678 Returning to Shanhai City (1/2)
Chapter 678-Returning to Shanhai City
Translator: ryangohsf
Editor: Nora
After settling the deal, Ouyang Shuo relaxed and smiled, ”William, let's do another trade. Shanhai City will use three turreted ships to exchange for 1 class 1 Man O' War and two class 3 Man O' War.”
In the Gaia 3rd year, before the rise of iron warships, both ships had their strengths and weaknesses. Ouyang Shuo hoped to combine the strengths to raise their warship building standards.
More importantly, the design of the Man O' war was closer to that of the future iron warships. If Shanhai City used it as a model, they could naturally speed up their iron warship research.
William was a smart person and understood immediately, ”Sure.”
He hoped to use this chance to build some personal friendship with Ouyang Shuo. Western and eastern giants working together, what a sight to look forward to.
Next, they needed to discuss the dealing details.
At 6 PM, these two finally came to an agreement.
This deal was enormous; Shanhai City paid four million, one thousand underwater breathing devices, 20 three-bow arcuballistas, two dragon crystals, and three turreted ships in exchange for the Avic Fort steam engine crafting technique, the sewing machine crafting technique, and three Man o' Wars.
At the same time, William agreed to provide Shanhai City with 12 mechanics and 15 sewing talents to help Shanhai City technologically.
Naturally, they were delighted after reaching a deal.
William had obtained enough construction funds while Ouyang Shuo got the techniques he dreamt off.
With that, the gold in his storage bag had decreased by a small half.
When he defeated the Spanish Invincible Squadron, he had close to 11 million; the construction of Jidian City and the Mediterranean Squadron had used up a million.
The ocean auction allowed him to earn him two million.
His personal wealth amassed to 12 million. After this deal, he lost a third and now had 8 million.
Of course, everything was worth it.
That night, William held a huge feast in the castle's largest banquet hall to welcome Ouyang Shuo and celebrate their deal.
The next day, both sides settled the deal.
William passed Ouyang Shuo the two books; when he took them, they felt rather heavy.
Other than that, William gave Ouyang Shuo five prototypes as an extra gift.
Only after the massive trade started did the other people in Avic Fort learn of this astonishing deal.
”Shanhai City is truly rich; as expected from the richest man in the world!” Some people exclaimed.
”Selling the steam engine and the sewing machine to easterners, that isn't a good thing, right?” Some people doubted this matter. However, the deal was set in stone, and no one could stop it.
”No matter what, at least we have money now.” The finance officer was the happiest.
Amongst all the debate, the deal continued.
Only at 5 PM did the batches of goods finally exchange hands. The hardest was naturally the warship trading. The Man O' War was still okay, they directly handed them over from the shipyard.
As for the turreted ships, they had to shift the resources over to the Man o' War and vacate it on the spot.
In an afternoon, this mega deal spread across England and even some countries in Europe learned about it. Naturally it caused an uproar.
Some said that England had betrayed Europe, some were envious, and some were angry.
Even in the mid 3rd year of Gaia, four million gold was still a huge amount to Lords. Furthermore, Europe was a place with a smaller land area, so these funds were even more important.
The rise of Avic Fort could not be stopped.
At the same time, the various Lords in Europe started to speed up their steam engine research. The 1st industrial revolution was going to totally explode in Europe.
8th month, 20th day, Dragon Head.
After the deal was completed, the voyage squadron did not spend too much time at Plymouth Port and got ready to return.
The squadron had three turreted ships less but three more Man O' Wars. Using this chance, the Shanhai City soldiers, including the sailors, got familiar with the functions of the Man O' War under the teachings of the engineers at Avic Fort.
If based on normal traveling speeds, even if they were not held up by matters, the voyage squadron would need two months to smoothly return.
At that time, the 6th battle map would have already started.
Hence, Ouyang Shuo needed a way to swiftly return to Shanhai City.
As for the specific method, before coming out to sea, Ouyang Shuo had it all planned. Even the entire voyage squadron, if everything went smoothly, did not need to return to the country.
Some of the rules in the game could work miraculously if used well.
In the war room, Ouyang Shuo instructed Zheng He,” Lead the voyage squadron back to Jidian City and wait for further instructions.”
”What about you Lord?” Zheng He did not understand.
”Tonight, I'll return to Shanhai City using a secret method; don't worry.”
”Understood!” Zheng He nodded.
The mysteriousness of players was something that NPCs understood.
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His mysterious method was the Yin Yang Copper Coin he had obtained during the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Gaia 2nd year.