The business was negotiated, and the personnel on both sides were smiling.

Meade, in particular, was smiling from ear to ear, eager to remove all the rum at once.

Ai Yiman is also a neat person, she held Luo Lan's hand again, and showed an amazingly beautiful smile, even Mead was stunned.

"Prince Luo Lan, happy cooperation, if there is nothing else, I will call someone to move the rum, I will go north as soon as possible, this winter will make the northern continent hot."

Aiyiman said crisply, with a look of "taking a big advantage" in his eyes.

"Don't be in a hurry, you're just here, let's rest for a few days first." Luo Lan glanced at her and smiled very kindly.

Ai Yiman secretly squinted his eyes, and withdrew his jade hand without a trace: "Say, how much will it go up?" ”

The conversation between the two seemed inexplicable to others, and Elle and Meade were confused, not knowing what they were talking about.

In fact, what these two said was very simple, and both sides knew it.

Luo Lan counted on his fingers: "The original cooperation was a low-quality cooperation, and the rum was sold to sailors, so the price was one gold coin and one kilogram." This price, although not cheap anymore, is acceptable for the fleet. ”

Luo Lan paused, "Now we are going to open up the market of the Northern Continent, and the objects of sale are nobles and royalty, and this price can no longer be one kilogram and one gold coin." ”

As soon as these words came out, Ellie and Mead both understood that Luo Lan was going to increase the price.

Ai Yiman rolled his eyes and leaned against the wall with both hands: "Ten gold coins per kilogram." She snorted unhappily, "You're so stingy, you have to worry about a beautiful woman like me." ”

Ai Yiman is shameless again.

Luo Lan shook his head and smiled: "Don't be in a hurry to set the price, let's do business in the Northern Continent first." Your fleet is not very good at doing business on land, so I plan to send a few Phuket merchants to follow you to open up the market. ”

Luo Lan laughed harmlessly.

But Ai Yiman immediately snorted and said angrily: "Hey, don't go too far, you are trying to get involved in my fleet, and I have already given you a high price of ten gold coins per kilogram!" ”

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and a war of merchants seemed to begin.

The petite Ellie didn't understand business, she scratched her head to watch the play, blinking her eyes to think about Luo Lan's words.

And Mead stepped forward and said with a wry smile: "Your Royal Highness, you are not kind, sending someone to accompany you is not just to spy on us, our future business is all under your control, we will not be comfortable." ”

The Aiyiman fleet will indeed be very uncomfortable, because Luo Lan is an outsider after all, and he wants to intervene strongly. Trade into the fleet.

Luo Lan couldn't deny it, he naturally knew that Ai Yiman was unhappy.

But this is a step that must be taken, because Luo Lan's goal is not to make money, but to develop Phuket's overseas trade and even maritime military.

If Aiyiman's fleet did not have a royal stake, it would always be an overseas caravan, and it would not have any "sense of belonging" to Phuket.

"Ai Iman, do you want to kill Yadri?" Luo Lan didn't explain anything, he only asked one sentence.

Ai Yiman and Mead were stunned.

Then Ai Yiman said calmly: "What do you want to say?" ”

"I want to tell you that I want to use your fleet as a starting point to build an invincible fleet at sea, provided that your fleet is connected to Phuket by blood."

Luo Lan was calmer than Ai Yiman, as if she was just saying an inconsequential word.

Mead swallowed a mouthful of saliva, rubbed his hands and smiled dryly: "Prince Luo Lan, don't be whimsical, let's talk about business." ”

Mead didn't believe that Luo Lan had such a powerful ability, and to build an invincible sea fleet, he needed countless amounts of money, as well as the most elite soldiers and weapons.

And none of these, Luo Lan didn't have.

A small island alone can't be a big deal in any way.

Ai Iman didn't believe it either, and she even laughed.

"You're quite good at fooling people, let me tell you a statistic, the Sea Demon Fleet's annual expenditure is millions of gold coins. Soldiers, sailors, bows and arrows, swords, trebuchets, repairs, food, medical care, customs duties, etc., if you want to defeat Adri, you will have to prepare at least tens of millions of gold coins and decades, and I will not mess around with you. ”

What Ai Yiman said is the truth, in a feudal society, a strong country with many people is the king, and the Diman Empire behind the Sea Demon fleet can slap Buji Island with a slap.

Unfortunately, Phuket has an industrial behemoth, and when that slap comes down, the industrial behemoth will tear it to pieces.

"Barrett, take two distinguished guests to see the bombs." Luo Lan beckoned, and Barrett, who was drinking rum not far away, immediately jumped over.

"Here, please, the two of you will be stunned." Barrett was excited, he could snort again.

Aiman and Mead glanced at each other, and both saw the incomprehension in each other's eyes.

Luo Lan smiled lightly: "Go ahead, read it and make a decision." I also have to give an explanation to the winemakers, after all, they can't make money for the time being. ”

When the confused Aiyman and Mead followed Barrett, Luo Lan held a shareholder meeting in the workshop.

The excited shareholders looked at the prince with their eyes, looking forward to his income from "one kilogram and one gold coin".

However, when Luo Lan said that this batch of rum was given to Aiyiman for free, the shareholders were immediately dumbfounded.

"Your Highness, what's going on? Are you smitten by that woman? ”

"That's right, just now I saw that you were eye-to-eyeing with her, you can't give it away in vain, what kind of state-owned enterprise we need funds too much, and the workers can't afford it."

The winemakers were in a hurry, and Luo Lan smiled mysteriously: "Take a long-term view, next year's harvest will not be one kilogram of one gold coin, but one hundred gold coins per kilogram." ”

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the workshop.

The thirty or so winemakers looked at each other and gasped.

"Your Highness, what did you say?"

"Your Highness, don't talk nonsense, a kilogram of 100 gold coins will not be bought by fools!"

How would they believe that the cost of rum is about the same as wine, a kilogram is only about twenty copper coins, and it is already a huge profit to be able to sell it for one gold coin, let alone a hundred gold coins.

Luo Lan smiled and sat on an empty bucket, signaling everyone to be quiet. The crowd stopped talking, staring at him with wide eyes.

"The workshop is also my workshop, and I also invested 51 percent, if I can't make money, I will lose the most. Rest assured, Prince Ben will not let the workshop go out of business, and next spring, if you can't make a hundredfold profit, I will take money from the treasury and compensate you! ”

Luo Lan took advantage of his identity, and sometimes feudal power was still very effective.

The winemakers discussed for a while and agreed, they were still willing to believe Luo Lan.

Jige said: "Since His Royal Highness the Prince has said so, we will believe you." If you can't make money, the prince doesn't have to lose money, but we can't afford the workers' salaries, so let's share it together. ”

Everyone nodded, and Luo Lan's heart was inexplicably warm. These capitalists are not entirely profit-seeking, they also have this island in their hearts.

By the time the shareholders were meeting, Aiman and Mead had already arrived in the apse of the palace.

It is heavily guarded, and outsiders are not allowed to enter.

Barrett motioned for the Guards to remove two explosive bombs from the arsenal.

These two bombs are the result of secondary improvements, not only are the proportions more accurate, but the purity of saltpeter is also higher, and such a bomb can shatter a large area of rock.

Barrett placed the two explosive bombs together behind a boulder, ready to demonstrate.

The boulder was two meters high, wide and thick, more than three meters in diameter, and unadulterated with too many impurities, and the whole stone was so congealed that it was difficult to break with the largest stone hammer.

Aiman and Mead watched Barrett fiddle with it, both confused.

Ellie, who came with her, explained: "That's a blaster, a weapon that can explode......"

As soon as she spoke, Barrett poked his head out: "Stand back!" ”

The three of them hurriedly retreated, and the guards ran in front of the three of them with strong shields in their hands to act as a human wall.

"Back off! The Guards stack their shields! ”

Barrett shouted again, and all the nearby guards ran over and protected the three of them.

And the three of them had retreated to thirty meters away.

Mead frowned, "What's the bomb?" Why did the Great Prince let us watch? ”

Aiman shook his head and said nothing, staring at the boulder through the gap in his shield.

Soon, Barrett lit the fuse, and then the girl ran.

When he ran to the shield, a loud bang exploded, like thunder on the grassland, and the people were terrified.

Aiman and Mead screamed and covered their ears at the same time.

The impregnable boulder was swept several meters away, and then disintegrated with a loud bang, and the rubble shot out and crackled against the shield.

Ai Yiman's pupils narrowed.

Mead reacted and opened his mouth to shout, "Oh my God, it's horrible! ”