(The new January has begun, this month, the fish head at least three more times a day, eight o'clock in the morning, twelve o'clock at noon, six o'clock in the evening, if the update at six o'clock in the evening mentions four o'clock in the afternoon, then there is a chapter at eight o'clock in the evening, and the promised plus change remains the same, when the monthly pass and recommended votes reach a certain number, there are additional changes, and at the same time, when there is a rudder above the book friends appear, there is also a plus, for the sake of the fish head so diligent, come on, use the ticket to smash the fish head into a chopped pepper fish head...... ）

Now that a company has been established, Qin Zhiyuan can't afford to waste resources.

Qin Zhiyuan was short of money during this time, and as the only industry that actually belonged to Qin Zhiyuan, LLL should contribute.

Alan is working on it.

The company "LLL" has four divisions, one is responsible for the registration of relevant patents, one is responsible for the sales of products, one is the security department, and one is responsible for the research and development of related products.

Western countries attach great importance to intellectual property rights and are extremely strict in protecting the interests of patent holders, so Qin Zhiyuan raised the importance of the department responsible for registering patents to the first place.

Alan came to Fisher to sell the company's products.

"Guaranteed! Of course I need to, but I think the safeguards should be the responsibility of the state agencies, after all, we pay taxes every month. Fisher tried to make himself seem less concerned in order to get a head start in the ensuing war of words.

"Hehe, so can state agencies provide this kind of protection for your company?" Alan is more cloudy and breezy.

It is true that the taxpayer's property should be protected, but when the state cannot cover it, the profit and loss are all self-responsibility. At the same time as the ship was lost, Fisher was also losing the opportunity to expand his business, which was also a loss, and in the long run, the loss was even more severe.

Alan understands this, before that. Alan had just visited France's largest insurance company, and now he had a contract in his purse, which was a big deal. War is the great enemy of the insurance industry, and at the same time it is also a friend of the insurance industry, if the subject matter is lost because of the war, then the policyholder will not get any compensation, because war is a force majeure factor, which is clearly stipulated in the contract.

But this is not to say that insurance companies are useless during wartime, because losses incurred during war are still contractually bound if they are caused by non-war factors.

Allen signed an agreement with the insurance company. In this agreement, Qin Zhiyuan's fleet will provide escort in the Mediterranean, and the insurance company will pay Qin Zhiyuan a large sum of money for this.

It was enough for Qin Zhiyuan to continue to order ten destroyers.

However, it is no longer easy to order destroyers from the United States, and after the passage of the "War Act," American shipyards will have to serve the war, and they will not accept orders from other countries for the time being.

Fortunately, previous orders will continue to be filled.

"Hmm, tell me your suggestion." Fisher had no choice but to spread his hands.

on this issue. Allen has an absolute advantage, and losing one of Fisher's customers is just a loss of business for Allen, and for Fisher. If the fleet is not protected, it is not only money that is lost, but also an opportunity to grow further.

Even if he was reluctant, Fisher had to admit it.

"My boss has a fleet in the Mediterranean." Alan points out the crux of the matter.

"Fleet?" Fisher was surprised.

A fleet is different from a fleet. It is almost impossible for private people to own, and things like warships are generally not sold to private individuals. It's clear that Allen has a big boss behind him. Fisher immediately adjusted his sitting position.

"Yes, a fleet! It's not as big as the Royal Navy of the British Empire, but it's more than enough to deal with those black rats in the sea, so if you're interested, we can talk about it. When he said this, Alan felt extremely proud.

Alan was the first employee to join the "LLL" company, and he experienced the whole process of the "LLL" company's slow growth and growth, even if it was aside from the Templar Order, Allen's loyalty to Qin Zhiyuan was beyond doubt.

"Yes, I am indeed in big trouble, and if your company can provide escort for my ship, then I can pay a certain amount for it." Fisher was eager.

Since the other party is a big man with the level of the fleet, then there is no need to make a fool of himself, because it is not difficult for those big people to investigate the predicament faced by the Comoz shipping company.

"Then you can choose the way to pay, from Port Said to Marseille, about 1,500 nautical miles, the normal speed is about four days, if it is paid according to tonnage, then you have to pay two dollars per ton of goods, if it is paid according to the month, your company's 18 ships, only 150,000 dollars." Alan sent in the quotation.

"The price is also too high, which almost halves my shipping costs, which will make my product uncompetitive." Fisher did not rush to read the quotation, but began to dwell on the price, which shows that Fisher does not actually pay attention to the price, no matter what, he will accept the escort provided by Allen.

The most common route used by Fisher's Comoz shipping company is from Marseille to the port of Bath in French Indochina, which is another time and space in Burma, and if you take the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal, this distance is about 6,700 nautical miles. But if you don't go through the Suez Canal, all the ships have to go around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa, which doubles the distance and doubles the freight.

This is where the value of the Suez Canal lies, and so is the meaning of escorting.

"Don't worry, I have a good thing that can reduce your shipping cost by 75% first, are you interested?" Alan threw another fresh bait.

"Seventy-five percent?" Fisher was incredulous.

As a practitioner of the shipping industry, Fisher was very concerned about all kinds of technology, which Fisher had never heard of before, and there was no news of it, which was simply impossible at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when wireless telegraphy was gradually becoming widespread.

"Indeed, before that, I would like to ask what kind of cargo your fleet carries?" Allen sells off-the-job.

"We have everything, as long as the customer needs it, we can transport everything, of course, it must be something that can be transported over long distances and is not perishable." Fisher said in generality.

It is impossible to go into detail on this question, because in this day and age, as Fisher said, they ship everything, from rifles and cannons to wheat and corn, and Fisher never refuses as long as the customer asks for it.

"Well, if I had a way to double your current capacity and save the cost of terminal stevedores, how much do you think your costs would be reduced?" Alan asked.

"I haven't done the math of this, but if I can do it all, I think it's possible to reduce it by half, even if it can't be reduced by 75 percent." Fisher nodded in agreement.

"Let's take a look at this." Alan pulled out a document from his leather bag and handed it to Fisher.

"What is this? Container? Fisher wondered.

"Yes, the container, it's this gadget, it can reduce your shipping costs by seventy-five percent, we've already calculated it." Alan is sure.

The container is the latest patented product of the company "LLL", and before that, people were only used to building houses on land and never thought of building houses on ships. The container is such an artifact, an artifact that can build a house on a ship, and it is also a modular structure.

(To be continued.) )