Chapter 678 Return to Shanhai City(1/2)
After a big deal was negotiated, Ouyang Shuo relaxed and said with a smile: "William, let's have another exchange. Shanhaicheng used three giant tower ships to exchange for a first-class sail battleship and two third-class sail battleships."
In Gaia, where the ironclad ships had not yet emerged, the tower ships and sail battleships had their own advantages and their own shortcomings. Ouyang Shuo's intention was naturally to learn from their strengths and weaknesses and improve the manufacturing level of warships in the territory.
More importantly, the overall design of the sail battleship is closer to the design concept of the future ironclad ship. If Shanhaicheng Shipyard has a sail battleship as a reference, it can naturally accelerate the research of the ironclad ship.
William was a smart man. He knew it immediately and smiled and said, "Yes."
He also hopes to take this opportunity to establish some private friendship with Ouyang Shuo. The two giants in the East and the West will work together, and such a picture is exciting to think about.
Next, we will discuss some transaction details.
It was not until around 6 p.m. that the two giants finally reached a deal.
The deal was not ordinary huge. Shanhai City spent a total of four million gold coins, one thousand underwater respirators, twenty three bows and eight cow bed crossbows, two dragon crystals and three giant tower ships to exchange for the Avik Castle steam engine manufacturing technology, loom manufacturing technology and three sail battleships.
At the same time, William agreed to support twelve mechanical engineers and fifteen textile technical talents in Shanhaicheng for free, and cooperate with Shanhaicheng to complete the transformation of two technologies.
When the transaction is completed, everyone is happy.
William received sufficient construction funds, and Ouyang Shuo obtained the coveted technology.
In this way, the funds in Ouyang Shuo's storage bag also shrank by half.
When defeating the Spanish Invincible Fleet, Ouyang Shuo's funds reached a huge amount of 11 million gold coins; the construction of the Base Point City, including the formation of the Mediterranean Fleet, consumed nearly one million gold coins one after another.
At the sea auction, another two million were recovered.
Ouyang Shuo's personal wealth once accumulated to a huge amount of 12 million gold coins. The transaction with William was completed and it suddenly turned into 8 million gold coins, which directly shrunk by one third.
Of course, everything is worth it.
That night, William held a grand dinner in the largest banquet hall in the castle, which not only welcomed Ouyang Shuo and his party, but also celebrated the large-scale deal reached by both parties in the afternoon.
The next day, the two parties began to fulfill their contract.
William handed Ouyang Shuo two booklets, namely the "Steam Engine Manufacturing Technical Manual" and the "Loom Manufacturing Technical Manual". Ouyang Shuo took it and felt heavy.
In addition, William also gave away five additional prototypes.
It was not until the bulk goods began to be delivered that the others in Fort Ivek learned about the shocking deal.
"Shan Haicheng is indeed rich in the world, and it is worthy of being the world's number one god!" Someone was amazed.
"It's not good to sell the steam engine and the loom to the Orientals, right?" There were also doubts, but the transaction had been settled and no one could change it, so they could only complain.
"Anyway, we finally have money." The territory's finance officer was most excited.
While the discussion was over, the transaction continued.
It was not until around 5 pm that batches of goods were delivered. The most difficult thing to deal with was naturally the delivery of warships. The British sailing battleship was fine, and the new ship was delivered directly from the shipyard.
The tower ships in Shanhai City have to be circulated on the spot and transfer the supplies to the sail battleship.
In the afternoon, the transactions of the two giants had spread throughout the British region, and even some European countries had received news. This naturally caused another wave of turmoil.
Some attacked Britain and betrayed Europe, some were envious, jealous, and even jealous.
Even in the mid-3rd year of Gaia, four million gold coins were still a huge sum of money for the lords. What's more, the territory of European countries was generally small, so the funds were even more heavy.
The strong rise of Avik Castle is unstoppable.
At the same time, the lords of European countries began to accelerate the research and development of steam engines. The first industrial revolution was about to break out throughout Europe.
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August 20th, Dragon Head.
The transaction was completed, and the Ocean Fleet did not stay in Plymouth Harbor for a long time and set off for a return flight immediately.
There were three missing tower ships in the fleet and three additional sail battleships. Taking this opportunity, the soldiers of Shanhaicheng Navy, including sailors, were familiar with the performance and operation of sail battleships under the guidance of the engineers of Fort Ivik.
If the seafare is at normal navigation speed, even if the ocean liner is not delayed by the situation, it will take at least two months for the Ocean Fleet to return to Shanhai City smoothly.
By then, the daylily will be cold and the sixth battle has already begun.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo must return to Shanhai City quickly.
The specific method was considered properly long before going to sea. Even if the entire ocean fleet went smoothly, there was no need to set off step by step back to China.
Some rules in the game, if you use them well, can sometimes achieve miraculous effects.
In the war room, Ouyang Shuo was talking to Zheng He in a secret conversation, "You lead the ocean fleet back to Jidian City and wait for further instructions there."
"Why, you, lord?" Zheng He was puzzled.
"Tonight, I will return to Shanhai City through the secret method, so don't worry."
"I understand!" Zheng He nodded.
The magic of Inhuman has long been known to NPCs.
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The secret method Ouyang Shuo said was the special item obtained on the New Year's Eve of Gaia's second year - Yin and Yang copper coins.
[Yin and Yang Copper Coins]: After use, you can be resurrected and reborn once without damage.
With this protection, Ouyang Shuo can commit suicide directly and complete his reincarnation in Shanhai City.
Without hesitation, Ouyang Shuo took off his equipment and put it in the storage bag.
The so-called lossless reincarnation is just that it does not lose attributes such as level, internal strength, skills, merit, etc., and the equipment on your body will still be dropped after death.
Therefore, to avoid trouble, the equipment must be put away.
Immediately afterwards, Ouyang Shuo committed suicide by swinging his sword without hesitation. A little leaned over, his "corpse" disappeared into the Dragon Head secret room.
At the same time, Ouyang Shuo slowly walked out of the Reincarnation Hall of Shanhai City, thousands of miles away. He had already put on all the equipment he took off.
"Jun, Junhou?"
The imperial guards responsible for guarding the Reincarnation Hall were so surprised that they couldn't speak. The soldiers knew that the Reincarnation Hall was not a good thing to Yiren.
Anyone who has come out of this world will die once.
"Don't panic, I'm fine."
"Yes!" The sergeant was ordered to salute in a conditioned manner.
Among the Imperial Guards, Ouyang Shuo is the absolute supreme existence.
The soldiers of the Imperial Guards will not have any doubts about the words of the king and the lord.
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Ouyang Shuo's sudden return caused a stir in Shanhai City.
The entire city suddenly became boiling due to the return of Junhou. In the past six months, Junhou's achievements in leading the ocean fleet have become well known by Xiao He and others.
In the eyes of the people, Junhou is no longer the overlord, Weiga.
Ouyang Shuo's prestige in the territory thus reached a peak.
In less than two hours, news of Ouyang Shuo returning to Shanhai City spread throughout the Chinese region.
Everything you should know is known.
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Handan City, the Lord’s Mansion.
"Has the old fox been back?" Di Chen's eyes were deep.
I don’t know when, the title of Ouyang Shuo by [Yanhuang League] was replaced by the old fox.
The peerless Feng Huamian smiled and turned the world upside down, "I'm afraid the Chinese region will be in peace again."
"Yes, that's a good thing."
Judy Fenghua suddenly thought of something and said with a smile: "I just don't know, how will the old fox feel when he learned about the recent achievements of our [Yanhuang Alliance]?"
"Thoughts?" Di Chen raised his eyebrows, "Compared with his reputation in the international community, what is our achievements worth? I'm afraid it won't catch his eye at all!"
"Don't underestimate yourself, either." Judy Fenghua advised.
Di Chen shook his head, looking lonely, "It's not that he is self-deprecating. Do you know that the latest information from [Di Feng] shows that the old fox has bought British steam engine technology."
"You said, will he open this technology to [Shanhai Alliance]?" Judy Fenghua thought deeper.
"Maybe!"
Di Chen was also a little confused. If it were him, he would never share it with his allies. But that person is different. He never follows common sense in his work, and is often unexpected.
I have to say that in terms of mind, Di Chen sighed that he was not as good as he did.
"If that's the case, the results of our hard work for more than half a year will be greatly reduced."
Di Chen took it lightly, "That's nothing to do. Who made us incapable of going out to sea?"
"I heard that Xiongba has been vigorously developing a navy recently." Judy Fenghua observed Di Chen's expression and continued: "I heard that Xiongba and the old fox are a little close. This time the old fox returns, Xiongba doesn't know what trouble will happen again."
Hearing this name, Di Chen frowned unconsciously.
"Let him go!"
To be continued...