I was excited when I came, but I was disappointed after I came.

A Song of Ice and Fire completely explains the old Bismarck's current mood.

There is absolutely no way. What Ai Husheng just said is true. Prussia's backward production capacity means that even if the production line is given to them, they will not be able to produce airships.

This is a gap in hard power that cannot be changed in a short period of time.

"But...!" Ai Husheng saw the old Bismarck's appearance, changed the direction and threw another one but it failed.

but!

It is one of the most obscure words in Chinese, because after this word, there is usually a magical turn.

"However, there is another way for you to have an airship." Ai Husheng slowly said the next turning point.

"Oh! What can I do?" Old Bismarck's almost desperate eyes immediately shone with light.

Having had enough of the cat and mouse game, Ai Husheng took a sip of tea and said slowly: "We can jointly produce it."

"Joint venture production?" Bismarck didn't understand this new vocabulary very well and looked at the speaker blankly, fearing that this guy might have mistranslated it.

"Yes! Joint venture production means that we need to cooperate to produce airships. The process of cooperation is reflected by a company, and the airship is produced by that company.

If Prussia wants to obtain airships, it can order them from this company. Of course, this company can also sell airships to other countries.

As for the profits obtained, they will be divided according to the shares held by each."

Ai Husheng's face was filled with pride, but deep down he was also horrified by the method proposed by the commander. He considered himself a business genius, but he could not come up with such a method.

Many times, Ai Husheng even felt that the Marshal was the most powerful economic genius in the world.

"Oh! I wonder how much Prussia has to pay for this?" Old Bismarck was very interested in this project, as he was a divergence of the thinking of the veteran politician Bismarck.

Since airships can be jointly produced, can other things be jointly produced? For example, bicycles and trains. If these things can be jointly produced, it will greatly increase Prussia's manufacturing strength.

At the same time, it can also greatly increase Prussia's hard power.

"Prussia needs to pay for land to build factories, and also needs to pave roads for factories. Uh..., based on Prussia's manufacturing capabilities.

The airship assembly line requires the import of a large number of parts, so you are exempt from the relevant customs duties.

The actual funds provided probably do not exceed 100,000 Ming silver coins. However, Ming will bear half of it, and Ming will provide managers and technical workers, so we, Ming, will account for 60% of the shares. The proportion of Ming directors in the board of directors is,

It has to be more than two-thirds.”

Having experienced a trip to Europe, Ai Husheng was very familiar with proposing such shameless conditions. Compared with the conditions of European banks, Ai Husheng even felt that the conditions of the joint venture between Daming and Prussia were too favorable.

Loans from European banks come with extremely stringent conditions.

For example, if France wants to build a railway from Marseille to Paris, the loan agreement signed with a European bank is that the construction company for building the railway needs to use Daming Company. The rails to be purchased for building the railway need to be purchased from Daming.

Even the sleepers for railway construction had to be imported from the Ming Dynasty. What depressed Napoleon the most was that the treaty stipulated that even the rivets had to be imported from the Ming Dynasty.

France can’t even produce rivets?

But there is no other way. If you don't agree to these conditions, Ming Dynasty will not give you a loan.

For the sake of the railway, Napoleon could only hold his nose and admit it. At the same time, Napoleon also decided that in the future war, Russia would be robbed to pieces. Otherwise, how could he repay Ming's debt to the King of Hell?

"Agree! We in Prussia fully agree, and your requirements will be met." Old Bismarck did not hesitate at all, and even almost jumped with excitement.

Bismarck considered these conditions completely acceptable.

It seems that although these conditions are a bit harsh. At the same time, most of the profits will be taken away by the Ming Dynasty, but Prussia can also take advantage of this opportunity to obtain much-needed technology, management experience, and airships flying in the sky.

Railways still need to be laid, but airships can be used as soon as they are manufactured.

If airships can be transported, Hamburg's beer can easily occupy the market in Western and Central Europe. Of course, this is just an example. Anyway, this is a sure-profit business.

"We can hold 30% of the shares!" Bismarck, delighted, suddenly said.

Ai Husheng stared blankly at Bismarck's face. This old bastard must have gone crazy. Negotiations are all about finding benefits for himself, so why would Mao take the initiative to reduce his shareholding ratio?

You know, when profit is divided, it is based on the number of shares.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, even if Prussia lowers its shareholding ratio, it will still have an original capital of 50,000 Ming silver coins." Out of sympathy, Ai Husheng felt that he could not bully "honest people" like this.

"Oh, of course we know. We will pay out a lot of fifty thousand Ming silver coins. However, we also have conditions." Bismarck looked at Ai Husheng with a smile.

"Does your country have the conditions?" Ai Husheng looked at Old Bismarck in surprise.

When he was tinkering with the European Bank in Europe, he kept his word. Not even a single word of the treaty could be modified. It could be whatever was written. The only choice for Europeans was whether to sign or not.

Don't sign?

If you don't want to sign, hurry up and get out. There are still a lot of people queuing up outside waiting to sign.

Conditions! You must be too drunk.

Anyone who dares to negotiate conditions with Ai Husheng will be kicked out by Ai Husheng.

"Yes! We in Prussia want to cooperate with Ming Dynasty in train factories and bicycle factories on the same conditions." Bismarck looked at Ai Husheng with a smile.

Sure enough, he is an old fox. He just follows the stick when he kills snakes. He just built the airship and now he wants to build the railway?

"I need to ask the commander-in-chief for instructions on this matter!" Ai Husheng thought for a moment and decided that it would be better not to make the decision on his own.

Asking your leaders for instructions when encountering problems is the only way to keep your official position in the Ming Dynasty. Ai Husheng has learned this through experience over the years.

"Of course, I very much hope that the Grand Marshal of the Ming Dynasty can approve these projects. I, Bismarck, will definitely do my best to help these projects succeed during my lifetime." Old Bismarck raised his glass and toasted to Ai Husheng.

"I wish our cooperation a success!" Ai Husheng picked up the wine glass and clinked a glass with Old Bismarck.

"While the iron is hot, why don't you give Ai Shangshu a call to the commander in chief? Asking for instructions on the phone is also asking for instructions! If the commander in chief agrees, the prime minister won't have to lie awake all night. Hahaha!"

Is the Zheng family really interesting enough? Zheng Zhilong saw the eagerness on Old Bismarck's face and stood up to help Old Bismarck.

Of course, the Prussians are also thoughtful. After the incident is completed, Bismarck, the old fox who has become a spirit, will never let Zheng Zhilong say this in vain.

"...!" Bismarck was dejected again.

Communication in the Ming Dynasty was so convenient. He knew that the Ming Dynasty had set up a special telegraph office. Telegrams from all over the world were relayed through one station. Even what happened in Europe, Ming Dynasty knew about it in a few hours.

In recent days, if he wanted to understand the situation in Europe, he had to hire someone to read the Ming Dynasty newspapers. He even felt that the things mentioned in the Ming Dynasty newspapers were faster than the news he got in Magdegeburg.

Even newspapers in the Ming Dynasty would publish their opinions on this major event. This was called an editorial in the Ming Dynasty!

What these editors wrote was, at least according to Bismarck, meaningful. In Prussia, it would be more than enough to be a specialized minister in any field.

But in the Ming Dynasty, they were just editors of the Ming Dynasty Newspaper.

Bismarck, who visited the school, burst into tears when he saw the groups of children reading and writing behind the tables. This was a right only for the nobility in Prussia, and the children of farmers were already working in the fields.

The workers' children were already working as apprentices at this time.

But the Ming Dynasty was cultivating talents in large numbers among civilians.

This is terrible!

Only people who have reached the height of Bismarck can understand the role of talents in a country.

"Excuse me, I'm going out to make a phone call." Ai Husheng stood up and walked to the Fifth Master's office to make a phone call, not wanting to give Zheng Zhilong face.

The Beijing Telephone Bureau is still a dedicated line that requires people to transfer. Telephones are still mainly used to protect various government offices in the imperial court, as well as the Marshal's Mansion, the Chief Assistant's Mansion, and the residences of some high-ranking people.

However, Mr. Wu has great hands and eyes in the capital, and he also has a telephone in his office.

Li Xiao had finished his meal and was chatting with Zhang Huangyan. This old guy had become a spirit long ago, and now he treated Li Xiao as an emperor. If anything happened, he would ask for instructions in the morning and report in the evening. This was used to express his feelings for Li Xiao.

The loyalty of the owl.

In that position, he had a proper low profile.

"This is a good idea from the European Bank. Ai Husheng told me at noon that next year the interest income alone will reach several million Ming silver coins.

Moreover, our domestic product suppliers can still earn more than two million silver coins, so Daming will make a net profit of nearly ten million silver coins. This is a lot of money!" Zhang Huangyan admired the European bank's idea very much.

This is not flattery but genuine admiration.

"Haha! The biggest benefit of this matter is not to make this money. It is that from now on, the Ming Dynasty silver coins will become the universal currency in the world.

Although countries will still use their own currencies in the future, they will gradually become accustomed to using Ming silver coins for international trade settlements.

Over time, the Ming Dynasty silver coins will become the world's leading currency. Currencies and bulk goods from various countries will be bound to the Ming Dynasty silver coins.

In other words, even if the Ming Dynasty does nothing from now on, as long as there are factories that continue to produce Ming Dynasty silver coins, they can continue to purchase various products from all over the world." Li Xiao looked at the somewhat demented Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty with a smile.

auxiliary.

Zhang Huangyan was really dumbfounded. He didn't understand the theory Li Xiao said. But if things develop according to what Li Xiao said, this result will indeed occur.

If this is the case, it will be too beneficial to Ming Dynasty. At least, maintaining Ming Dynasty's two hundred years' lead will not be a problem.

"Dingling...Dingling...!" Just when Zhang Huangyan was still in a state of dementia, the phone suddenly rang.

Li Xiao walked over, picked up the phone and said: "Hello!"

"Commander, I am Ai Husheng. The negotiations with Bismarck went very smoothly, but... Bismarck proposed that they also want to cooperate in a train factory and a bicycle factory.

For this reason, they also voluntarily reduced their shareholding ratio. The subordinates dare not make decisions without authorization, I don’t know you, Commander-in-Chief...!"

"Agree! Everyone agrees that we can cooperate with them to produce trains and bicycles." Li Xiao agreed immediately without any hesitation.

Putting down the phone, Zhang Huangyan frowned: "Commander, these are important weapons of the country. If they are sold to the Prussians rashly, once they are mastered, the consequences will be...!"
To be continued...