After an all-night negotiation, both Watt and Bolton Jr. were exhausted. After all, they are not young, and in future generations, people of little Bolton's age already belong to the category of priority not to apply ventilators, and Watt belongs to the category that should be unplugged even if they are plugged into a ventilator.

Of course, if in the future generations, they are still as rich as they are now, then there is no need to worry about this kind of thing, after all, the rich uncle gives priority to the laws that have been followed from ancient times to the present, and even His Majesty the God Emperor said, "This is life." ”

Joseph came to visit them in the evening, and according to himself, it was because he arrived here at night. As soon as he arrived, he immediately came to visit, which of course showed Joseph's respect for Watt, a scientific predecessor. However, Watt was vaguely suspicious that Joseph came to the door at this time, and immediately talked to him about business after finding it.

Thinking of this, Watt hurriedly grabbed little Bolton and studied the conditions that had just been set carefully, until both of them felt that their heads hurt, and then they put down the terms in their hands.

"Mr. Watt, I don't think there is much of a loophole, and although we have not been able to take much of it with Dean Bonaparte, we certainly do not lose anything. It should be a win-win situation indeed. Also, my head is already starting to get dizzy, and I don't think I can gain anything more from continuing my research, so let's stop there. Bolton Jr. said.

"Yes, yes. I'm the same dizzy. Watt said, "Matthew, are you still asleep?" ”

"How is that possible?" Little Bolton said, "Do you think I'm still in my thirties, but at that time, no matter what time it is, as long as my head touches the pillow, I can fall asleep immediately." But now, this is about to miss the point of sleep, no matter how sleepy, even if the head sinks like granite, you can't sleep anyway. Well, Mr. Watt, what about you? ”

"Me? I'm a lot older than you, and that's been the case for a long time, of course. Alas, I can't sleep anyway, let's go have a meal together first, and then go out for a walk together? Watt said.

"Okay." Bolton Jr. said, "French breakfast, well, that's my second favorite place about France." ”

"What do you like first?" Watt asked.

"Good weather, always good weather." Bolton Jr. said.

"Your opinion is basically the same as mine, except that the order of first and second has to be adjusted here. Well, I'm already thinking about whether or not to fire that damn cook in our house. ”

The two of them had a breakfast that was far better than looking up at the stars, and then they went to the "Peace Palace" together.

The sun was shining brightly that morning, and from a distance, the Peace Palace, with a layer of white marble on the outside, was shining. The two of them walked over and saw that there were many more people in the area of the Peace Palace today than yesterday.

"It's going to open tomorrow, no wonder there are a lot of people." Watt said.

"Why don't you go over and have a look, maybe there's more new stuff out there?" Bolton Jr. said.

"No," Watt said suddenly, "for us, the most important things we have all seen. And, more crucially, we already have a place to spend our money. The rest, even if we look at it, we don't have any more money to do. And now that I've watched it, it's really boring to wait until the opening. Well, let's go somewhere else first. ”

"Yes, in fact, our main mission for this trip has been completed, hasn't it?" Little Bolton said, "I've fought that good fight, I've run the road, I've done what I have to do." From then on, there was time for me to save my free time. ”

"Haha, Matthew, you're changing the Bible."

"No, Mr. Watt, I'm paying homage to the Bible."

The two of them laughed and walked in the other direction......

But the next morning, when the real opening ceremony began, both of them regretted it a little.

In fact, the opening ceremony was very good, referring to some of the opening ceremony activities of later generations, all kinds of group exercises, float parades, very lively. And for those who had never seen much entertainment back then, it was naturally even more joyful. But for an old man like Watt, a little too noisy.

But it's not a big deal. Although it was a little noisy, it was still very joyful, but later, Lucien personally came to speak that it was really fatal. This guy is rambling for a long time, comparing this event to the Dionysian celebration of ancient Greece, the Roman civilization, and the common prosperity of the other...... After more than an hour of rambling, so much so that Watt, who was sitting in the front row, couldn't help but take a nap, Lucien finally ended his lengthy speech with the phrase "May the world peace!" ”

Then came the salute in order to wake up those who had been hypnotized by Lucien to fall asleep, so that they could hurry to spend the money.

After the opening ceremony, Watt and little Bolton wandered around the square outside the Peace Palace, as they had planned, to see all sorts of exotic goods that they had never seen before. Even in the semi-open-air exhibition hall, you can see a lot of very new and creative little things, for example, Watt found something called a "typewriter" on the booth of a small and inconspicuous business, which is very good.

This thing is actually basically not difficult to design, but it is quite easy to use, the typist who did the demonstration, it only took a while, to type a full page of text, I don't know how much faster than handwriting, but also to ensure that the font is clear and neat.

Watt immediately went up to inquire about the price of the thing, and implicitly asked if it had been patented. However, he soon received a disappointing answer - the thing had already been patented.

"Don't look at this thing simply, it will sell well in the future." Watt said to Little Bolt in disappointment, "It's a pity that we don't have the money and the people to do the deal." ”

As the two men were talking, they saw a familiar looking figure walking by.

"Well, that person seems to have seen him somewhere?" Watt Road.

"Well, it seems to be, it seems to be Foreman ......" Little Bolt suddenly stopped.

Lieutenant Commander Foreman of the British Navy who had just walked over, and when the British Navy was developing steamships in the past, Watt and Little Bolt had dealt with him, but at this time, he was dressed in civilian clothes and dressed as a businessman, probably on some secret mission.

Watt and Little Bolt knew that they had better not interfere in such a thing, so they pretended not to see it.

As for Lieutenant Colonel Forman, who had just come out of the Peace Palace, was chatting with an Italian merchant at the side of an Italian merchant. Just now, he disguised himself as a Mexican merchant and talked to the people of the "Bonaparte Arsenal" about the cannon business, and took the opportunity to learn about the performance of this cannon.

If the guys from the "Bonaparte Arsenal" did not brag, this artillery, in terms of power, especially in penetrating ability, even surpassed the 36-pounder guns used by battleships. And this cannon is so light. This was very worrying for the officer of the British Navy.

"It's just that the orca we've encountered before, if equipped with such a gun, can already penetrate the hull of our battleship at a normal engagement distance. Considering the obvious speed advantage of the Orca, it will definitely be able to grab the T position when facing our battleships, so in the confrontation of a single warship, it can even fight against even a first-class battleship like the 'Victory'. It's terrible, it's a subversion of the way naval warfare is done......"

At present, the British have not been able to create a steam warship that can be compared with the "Orca". They came up with a lot of ideas, such as putting the paddle wheel in the stern, such as making the length-to-width ratio larger...... But their new steam warship is still significantly different from the "Orca".

"In any case, even if for the time being we do not have access to the technology of" Orca ", at least we cannot be thrown too far by the French on artillery."

Lieutenant Colonel Forman proposed to the French that he wanted to buy this kind of artillery - it would be best to buy one or two directly and study them to see if they could copy them.

The Frenchman had been very enthusiastic about his various inquiries before, but after he made a request for the purchase of two cannons, the Frenchman, who had been very enthusiastic a second before, immediately changed his face.

"Sir, we don't do this kind of petty business." The Frenchman said, his face full of contempt for the little businessman who had no money, as if to blame himself for wasting so much of his time.

"So how many orders do you have to accept?" Lieutenant Colonel Foreman asked.

"No less than 12." The Frenchman replied simply.

Foreman calculated in his mind that the price was beyond the authorization he had received. So he tried to make a little more effort to get along with the Frenchman, but at this time, an Italian merchant came to him, this Italian from the Papal States, and he was obviously very familiar with the French. So the Frenchman immediately left him behind and flattered the Italian.

Soon, the Italian was ready to place an order, a full 48 cannons. The army of the Papal States, no matter how well equipped it is, has very limited combat effectiveness, and these purchases are largely just about paying protection money, just like the big dogs in later generations paying protection money to the God Emperor.

Seeing that the Italian easily signed the purchase contract, Foreman suddenly thought of a way - the French only wholesale, not retail, but he could buy one or two cannons from the Italian and go back!

So he got up, walked over to the Italian, introduced himself to him, and explained that he had only money to buy two cannons, but the French did not sell them if they were less than 12, and then offered to buy two cannons with him.

"Sir," the Italian looked at him suspiciously, "I can see that you are a man who often begs for a living at sea. You can't be in that kind of business in the Caribbean, are you? I don't care, though. I don't think God cares. But you want me to help, you have to show me a little sincerity. ”

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