The European Consulate General has been in charge of negotiating and agreeing on the cooperation project for the renovation of steam ships, which has been in the negotiation stage, and it can be said that the National Assembly has agreed to the decision to export steam engines under the condition that the basic principles remain unchanged.

After all, the technical blockade is not a long-term solution, and Australia itself intends to implement the era of steam shipping, and the current Australian finances basically cannot support the implementation of this policy.

The Netherlands and Spain are actually good objects, although Spain is in an economic crisis, but the shipbuilding capacity of the old empire is still there, even if it does not pay a penny, only some raw materials and skilled workers are not provided by Australia.

Spain controlled the whole of Luzon, or the Philippines, plus parts of the Malay Peninsula, all of which had the raw materials needed for shipbuilding, and as long as the Spaniards could provide them, it was equivalent to a considerable amount of money.

In addition to some of the capital, Australia needs to provide technology, and the raw materials needed for shipbuilding can be almost completely supplied by Spain.

"Consul, Spain can fully accept the conditions of the Australian side, everything can be agreed by you, and we will sign the cooperation agreement immediately." Carlos said the conditions directly as soon as they met after many days.

Obviously, Spain does not want to lag behind the Dutch, although the Dutch have not signed a cooperation agreement so far, but according to Yu Bowen's understanding, in fact, there are a considerable number of people in the Dutch who are in favor.

After all, this technology can be said to be unprecedented, and the willingness of Australians to share it shows that it is not easy, in the past exchange process, it can be seen that Australians are very strict about their own technical confidentiality system, and it is difficult for outsiders to obtain their real technical core.

Even if the Spaniards, like Spain, who have a long history of shipbuilding, were unable to imitate steamships when they saw them, it means that the possibility of this technology being built by relying on their own shipwrights is too low.

The Netherlands, after all, were late stars, and in the history of shipbuilding could not be compared with those of the seafaring powers of Spain and Portugal, and their only thing to be proud of was their commercial activities. It can be said that they have made a lot of contributions to the history of modern business development.

"Mr. Carlos, have you already thought about it, don't you really need to think about it?" Yu Bowen asked again with confirmation.

In his opinion, this amounted to almost no initiative, that is, after the declaration of Spain, it was completely under the command of Australia, and Spain obtained the modified ship.

In fact, Yu Bowen didn't know that Spain had always had a plan to revive maritime trade, but because the Dutch had too many merchant ships, they had almost monopolized two-thirds of Europe's foreign trade, so their revival plan was not so successful.

The advent of the Australian steamship undoubtedly gave them a glimmer of hope, and with such ships they could completely assemble a new commercial fleet and quickly crush the Dutch. Because taking the lead in transportation time is equivalent to occupying the market.

It was with such considerations that the King of Spain would agree to such harsh conditions, even if Spain only received the purchase and profit share of these ships.

"Well, but Mr. Carlos, I think I need to remind you that once a contract is signed, one party will strictly follow the contract and pay liquidated damages."

"No problem, Spain is the most honest country and will never break the contract," Carlos signed his name almost without thinking about it, and then his forehead was furrowed with nervousness and sorrow, and he obviously let go of a big thing in his heart. It made him feel a lot better.

"It's a pleasure to work together, and if you can, I would like to hope that you will start building ships this year, and there are still 20 new ships to be launched in the Royal Shipyards directly under Spain. We are going to say that all of these ships are bound for the Far East, and we hope that you will set up a dock in the chosen location as soon as possible. ”

Carlos seems to be very anxious about this matter, and it can be seen that Spain does need such a fleet of ships to transport all the time.

"Well, if you can provide all the raw materials in the Far East, I think it will be done. At least until your fleet arrives, the docks and docks will be repaired. ”

"Mr. Consul, you have misunderstood me, I hope that the fleet will be able to carry out the conversion of the steam engine directly after the arrival of the fleet. This is of great importance to Spain. ”

In fact, Carlos does not say that Yu Bowen knows that the impact of the economic crisis is becoming more and more serious, inflation is increasing, and it has brought difficulties to the people's lives and caused social instability. It is important to remember that Spain at this time was a major participant in the Thirty Years' War.

The country is unstable, and the soldiers in front of him are not at ease fighting, and the king is ready to send back troops to maintain order at any time.

So at this time, it is very important to have a transport fleet quickly, Spain transports silver from South America back to the country every year, and once the ship encounters any danger, it will definitely cause a lot of damage to the domestic economy.

"Well, I can only promise you as much as possible, you should know that the steam engine is not so easy to manufacture, even if the ship is installed, it still needs to be tested, and it can only be officially put into use after it is qualified." Yu Bowen said.

"I know that, but I wish at least we could get the boat out before the Dutch."

"Rest assured, this is absolute, the Dutch have not signed a contract so far, and perhaps they will give it up, and Spain's return to maritime trade hegemony will be just around the corner."

It can be said that the word sea hegemon can be regarded as speaking to the bottom of Carlos's heart, this guy is a complete Great Spaniard, and it is very uncomfortable to see the former little brother Netherlands getting stronger and stronger.

Carlos, who had always had the task of reviving the maritime business of the Kingdom of Spain, was even more concerned about this matter than the king, so in this regard, he was indeed more anxious.

He knew that Australia and the Dutch must have cooperated, but he hoped that the plan of cooperative shipbuilding would not be too early, at least after the Spanish ship was launched first, there would be no problem, and once Spain seized the opportunity, the position of the place would be completely different.

At that time, the Netherlands will not be able to rely on the advantage of large ships, and Spain will be able to rely on the accumulation of early investment to embark on the road to rise.

However, at this time, Yu Bowen's heart was wondering why the Dutch had not yet come to sign the contract, and they really did not plan to use the steamship and generously gave the opportunity to the Spaniards. I'm afraid things are by no means as simple as he thinks. (To be continued......)