Chapter 678 Steam Engine

Avicland, Castle William.

After the simple and warm welcoming ceremony, William grandly entertained Ouyang Shuo and his party at his marquis' mansion, which is now the William Castle, as a landlord.

William Castle continues the consistent style of British castles. The newly built castle can still feel a sense of history at first glance. The whole castle is magnificent, with beautiful interior scenery and rich connotations.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the two lords were able to negotiate alone.

In reality, William is a member of the royal family, with pure aristocratic blood flowing through his body. Because of this, he has an extraordinary appeal in the UK region of the game.

Although lazy, William is definitely a smart guy. After listening to his younger sister Annie's story about the experience at sea, William even confirmed his previous speculation: Ouyang Shuo must have something to ask for when he comes here.

There must be a big deal between the two territories.

Fort Avek is valued by Shanhai City now, but it is the steam engine that was only developed this year. The current British district is already in the embryonic period of the industrial revolution.

The powerful energy of the industrial revolution is about to burst out.

And the root of all energy comes from the small steam engine. In order to develop the steam engine, the resources invested by Fort Avek are beyond count.

It is conservatively estimated that the expenditure will not be less than two million gold coins.

It must be known that the research and development started a year after Gaia, and gold coins at that time were still extremely precious. Before the steam engine was developed, the entire Fort Avek lived on a tight belt.

It wasn't until the first half of this year that the clouds opened and the moon shone.

Therefore, William did not plan to cherish the steam engine manufacturing technology, but wanted to sell the technology to recover a large amount of working capital, so as to speed up the construction of the territory and make up for the shortcomings of the previous construction.

After all, the game is different from reality, and the British region is not the only one that can develop steam engines in the game. In the entire European and American countries, there is no technological bottleneck for steam engines.

I believe that it won't be long before the second and third countries succeed. The British region wants to monopolize the steam engine technology, which is tantamount to a dream.

That being the case, why not take advantage of this opportunity and sell the technology for a good price.

In William's eyes, Shanhai City is undoubtedly a good buyer.

Not to mention the kindness of saving Annie, one is that Shanhai City has strong financial resources; the other is that Shanhai City is far away from the UK, and for a long time, it will not pose a direct threat to the UK.

As for raising the technology tree of the Eastern countries, it was not within William's consideration. Since the establishment of the Earth Alliance, the prejudice and hostility between the East and the West have not been as serious as before.

What players compete for in the game is real personal interests.

The so-called national interest itself is a false proposition.

And even if Britain does not sell this technology to China, William believes that the United States will definitely sell this kind of technology to their allies in Asia, Japan and Korea.

In this way, William has no psychological burden.

Now let's see what good price Shanhai City can offer.

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In the reception room, Ouyang Shuo didn't make a fuss and asked directly, "May I ask, have you developed a steam engine?"

"Not bad." William nodded simply. In fact, steam engines have already begun to be fully promoted in the UK. With the strong intelligence capabilities of Shanhai City, William was not surprised to detect this information.

"Sell it?" Ouyang Shuo was simple and rude, straight to the point.

"The price is not cheap."

William's face showed an expression of wisdom in his hands, obviously he would not be easily shaken.

Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo was overjoyed, as long as the other party was willing to sell, he was not short of money.

It can be said that buying steam engine manufacturing technology is the real purpose of Ouyang Shuo's ocean voyage. To open up the great route is just to take advantage of the trend, success is gratifying, and failure is okay.

Only this deal, Ouyang Shuo really can't afford to lose.

If the industrial system of Shanhai City is to be truly established, it has to break the bottleneck of the technology tree in China. Otherwise, Research Institute No. 7 has a strong scientific research team, but it often feels powerless in the face of the appallingly low technology tree restrictions in China.

Ouyang Shuo believed that the team of scientists in Handan City and other territories must also have this confusion.

This is the weakness of the entire China region.

If Ouyang Shuo wanted to lead the Chinese region and take the lead in the future national war, he had to make up for this shortcoming, and he had to make up for it as soon as possible. As a reborn person, he knows too well that in his previous life, Dongying and Korea were authorized by the steam engine technology of the United States to rise rapidly, and they once overwhelmed the powerful China region.

In this life, Ouyang Shuo will never allow this kind of shame to happen again.

Therefore, no matter what the price is, Ouyang Shuo is determined to win the steam engine technology. Before going to sea, Ouyang Shuo even made a plan to forcibly snatch this technology through the national war.

Of course, that was just a last resort.

From this, it is understandable that Ouyang Shuo was excited when he learned that the rescued fleet was Anne's fleet.

Needless to say, without such a layer of factors, William would not have expressed his willingness to sell this technology so readily. A delay of a year and a half is nothing more than normal.

By then, Dongying and Korea may have already obtained technical authorization. The changes in the game are so rapid, half a year is enough to widen the gap by an order of magnitude.

It can only be said that Ouyang Shuo's [Fuyuan] is really starting to counterattack slowly.

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"Three million gold coins!" Ouyang Shuo started the first round of quotations.

Ouyang Shuo was not petty, so he raised the price one after another. The three million quotation was the result of his repeated weighing, which was basically close to the upper limit price of this type of technology authorization.

In the previous life, according to the information disclosed on the forum, Keisuke Honda, the number one lord of Dongying District, obtained steam engine manufacturing technology from Americans, and also spent three million gold coins.

Of course, that was already the first half of Gaia's four years.

In comparison, Ouyang Shuo's offer was already very sincere.

"Brother Wuyi is really generous!" William was really surprised, this offer was very close to his expectations. William also seemed very satisfied with Ouyang Shuo's straightforwardness.

After all, William is a lazy person and doesn't like to haggle back and forth.

It's just that what should be fought for must be fought for.

Three million gold coins can only be said to have just met his lowest expectation, and there is still room for improvement.

After all, for a lord like William, although money is important, it is not the most important thing. Although three million gold coins was already an astronomical figure, it was not enough to make William completely tempted.

"Not enough!" William shook his head firmly.

"Another thousand underwater rebreathers." Ouyang Shuo still took his time.

Ouyang Shuo was very knowledgeable and didn't continue to make a fuss about the amount of gold coins, because three million gold coins was basically a limit. William's so-called "not enough" naturally needs to be supplemented by other items.

Buying and selling is nothing more than a supply and demand relationship.

As long as you grasp the needs of the other party, you don't have to worry about the other party being caught.

The underwater rebreather is undoubtedly such an artifact, but there is no navy that does not covet this object. In particular, the frogman tactics successfully used by Shanhai City pushed the role of underwater rebreathers to the peak.

Whether there is a frogman brigade will become one of the criteria for measuring a navy's rating.

Speaking of it, Britain is the real maritime power.

Needless to say, Fort Avek is also known as a navy, so scuba gear means a lot.

Ouyang Shuo sold a thousand coins, which can be said to be generous.

I have to say that William was moved.

It's just that the steam engine is no joke, the invention at the heart of the first industrial revolution. Especially selling the technology at this point in time is also a risk for Avekborg.

"It's still not enough." William hesitated again and again, but reluctantly refused.

Ouyang Shuo's eyes were fixed, and the other party's greed was somewhat beyond his surprise. It seems that when discussing business, William had already completely forgotten about Shanhai City's rescue of Annie.

When the man rationalized, it was a little scary.

"So, what about adding this?"

Ouyang Shuo once again showed his hole card and took out a dragon crystal.

Seeing William, his breath became short of breath. Without him, because William is a magician.

"This is my limit." Ouyang Shuo had to remind the other party.

William nodded, not really greedy. But there was still a trace of unwillingness in his eyes, and he asked: "You should still have a dragon crystal in your hand, tell me about your conditions."

"In addition to the loom manufacturing technology." Ouyang Shuo said with a smile.

"No." William refused without thinking.

You know, the loom is another iconic invention of the first industrial revolution, which is enough to revolutionize the entire textile industry and bring about earth-shaking changes.

Although the loom is not as meaningful as the steam engine, it is still a treasure.

How could William sell such an item cheaply? !

Ouyang Shuo didn't expect William to agree directly, and continued, "What if we add another one million gold coins and twenty three-bow and eight-bolt crossbows?"

One million gold coins is the difference in the price of the darning loom, and the three bows and eight cattle bed crossbows are naturally special needs.

When William heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, "Are you talking about the mysterious weapon you used to shoot and kill the dragon?" He learned about the process of the ocean-going fleet shooting and killing the dragon from Annie.

"Not bad!" Ouyang Shuo didn't hide it.

"make a deal!"

This time, William answered simply and neatly.

"make a deal!"

Ouyang Shuo took the initiative to reach out his hand and held William tightly, unable to hide his excitement.

For Shanhai City, and even the entire China region, the foundation for the next three to four years has been completely laid. The China region will no longer suffer the humiliation of the previous life because of a large backwardness in technology.

Of course, gaps still exist.

The purchase of steam engine and loom manufacturing technology only makes up one part of the technology system. In terms of firearms, Western countries still have a huge technological advantage, waiting for Shanhai City to overcome.

This type of technology is the most advanced in the United States.

Undoubtedly, at a certain time in the future, Ouyang Shuo will take a trip to America.