Except for the Polish batch, there are not too many orders for weapons, especially for the French army. Although Kano tried very hard to give Joseph the order, but Kano's status is far from before, even if it is about the army, he can't let it go.

　　 It was the original Naval Research Institute. Because it was far away from Paris, Joseph started quickly and got it before others. Therefore, some key technologies of this research institute have not been lost. As a result, at least for the entire Europe, only their family can build flying shears.

　　 During this time, the advantages of flying shears in smuggling have been exhausted. Since the flying shear ship was put into use, until now, no flying shear ship has been caught.

Although the carrying capacity of the flying shears is not ideal, after calculating the shorter round-trip time brought about by the higher speed, everyone finally came to the conclusion that the transportation efficiency of this kind of cargo ship is actually higher than that of conventional ships of the same size. The cargo ship is even higher. So more orders for flying shears flew to Joseph's hands.

　　 Joseph deeply felt that the capacity of the shipyard attached to the research institute was far from enough, so the expansion of the shipyard began to be put on the agenda. However, the shipyard is a big project and requires a lot of money. But Joseph's money is not enough.

　　 Of course, at least for now, the Bonaparte family's financial situation is still quite healthy. Almost all businesses are making money, and Joseph has more and more money in his hands. At that time, most people who were accustomed to using a few generations of time to slowly establish a sub-industry seemed to be making money very quickly. But in the eyes of Joseph from later generations, the speed of expansion is really unacceptably slow.

　　 "This era is really lacking reliable financial means." Joseph couldn't help saying this to himself. In this era, banks can provide very limited funds, but the interest rate is surprisingly high. Twenty percent of the annual interest is considered friendship interest. And the general economic growth in this era is only a little more? Even in peaceful times, one percent is not always there. Most businesses cannot support such interest rates. Even if the profit margin of Joseph’s business is very good, but he is used to the interest rate of later generations. He still feels that he has such a good project in his hands, but he still has to borrow loans with interest rates as high as 20%. loss.

　　 If you don’t borrow, you can only attract more investors. But this means the dispersion of equity, which is also intolerable to Joseph. Therefore, the expansion of production has become a headache.

　　 "It seems that we can only oppress users." Joseph has only this way for the time being.

　　 In the beginning, because the "flying shears" was not well known for its good performance, in order to win over customers, Joseph used installment payments when selling the boat. But now it seems that this method can also be changed completely, um, it is better to change the full payment in advance.

　　 Of course, high-quality customers can still get certain discounts. For example, Joseph even plans to establish a "Bonaparte Shipping Bank" that specializes in providing loans for the purchase of ships. High-quality customers can get a friendly interest rate for ship purchase loans from him.

　　 However, the profit of flying shears will not last long, because the technology of flying shears is basically in appearance, so it is almost impossible to keep it secret for a long time. It may not be long before other countries, especially the British, will be able to master the technology of flying shears.

　　 At the end of December, the flying shear ship "Black Pearl" took only one month and three days to complete a round trip from Marseille to New York. The average speed at sea was over ten knots. This round-trip speed was twice as fast as an ordinary cargo ship, and this ship became a legend all at once.

　　 In addition to the various goods that France urgently needs, there are also a few Americans who came to France from the United States with Black Pearl.

　　As soon as these Americans arrived in Marseille, they came to the investment promotion office of the Bonaparte Institute in Marseille.

　　 The investment promotion office of the Bonaparte Institute is different from other places. There is a large curved counter in the street, on which is placed various short muskets and related accessories, as well as some cannons and ship models. On the wall behind the counter, there are various rifles and bunches of melons. Inside the counter, there are usually one or two pretty female shop assistants, and two, three, three, five-thick men.

Many times, when a smuggling ship drew ashore, the merchants on the ship came slowly and asked for a few boxes of "little melons" and other things. By the way, they made fun of them with the female shop assistant, and then they simply paid the money neatly. , Called a few people and picked them up on the boat.

If it was the big boss who bought the ship, a female clerk would lead them to the reception room upstairs, and pour them with freshly brewed coffee smuggled from Turkey, and then a manager would come over and negotiate with them slowly. .

　　 At this time, these Americans walked into the investment promotion office and came to the front of the big counter.

　　 "I heard that you can order boats here?" a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties asked in a Bordeaux dialect. He was a little flattered, maybe because he often runs at sea, so his face is black and red.

　　 When he heard that it was a big customer who was planning to order a ship, the two female shop assistants stood up.

"Sir, this does indeed undertake the business of ordering ships. We can make all kinds of the fastest ships in the world. If you have such a need, it is very correct to come to us. Sir, please follow us to the building. Come up and talk in detail."

　　 Two female shop assistants led the Frenchmen to the reception room upstairs. A female clerk poured coffee for them, and another female clerk brought in Du Thie, the manager of this type of business.

Du Tie brought a young clerk to the living room. He and the young clerk sat down on the sofa in front of the Americans: "Hello, gentlemen. I am the Investment Promotion Office of the Bonaparte Institute. Du Thie, the manager. Is there anything I can do for you?"

The overwhelmed middle-aged man glanced at the young Du Thiel and said, "I am Stephen Gillard, an American trader. We come here from the United States, of course, to buy a ship-flying shears. I am right. This kind of fast merchant ships is very interested. If you can meet my requirements, maybe I will buy seven or eight ships in one go. But what I want is not a flying shear ship the size of the "Black Pearl" today. A ship of that size is too limited in scope. From the cost of use, it is only suitable for transporting some high-value goods, and I need a larger flying shear ship, some flying shears that can be used to transport ordinary goods Ship. I don’t know how big your flying shear ship can be built?"

"Sir, currently, the flying shears we make are a little bigger than the'Black Pearl'. For example, the flying shears of the'Flying' class have nearly double the cargo capacity of the Black Pearl. I don't know if it meets the requirements. Your needs." Du Tie asked.

"Only twice as big as a black pearl?" Stephen Girard shook his head, "This is still too small. Isn't there a bigger one? Or, can't you build a larger flying shear ship? ?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know this question, but I think it's actually..." Du Tie was trying to persuade these Americans, but he didn't want the young clerk next to him to interrupt suddenly: "We can make more Large flying shears, even as large as battleships, are not a problem."

　　Steven Girard glanced at the clerk with interest. He noticed that when the clerk interjected, Du Tie, the manager, had no reaction.

　　 "Generally speaking, managers don’t like an instrument that interjects in negotiations. But this instrument interjects casually, and the manager has no response at all. It seems that the identity of this young clerk is not simple.”

　　 "Sir, do you say that flying shears can be made very large?" Stephen Girard asked.

"There is no problem in theory, at least what my brother said. Of course, he has never built such a large flying shear ship. There may be some things that need to be studied in technical details. However, there should be no big problems. Um. , Joseph said, the main problem is the need for money." The young clerk replied.

　　 "Ah~lightnovelpub.net~ I can take the liberty to ask, who is your brother?" Stephen Girard asked.

"Oh, my brother is Joseph Bonaparte, the owner and controller of the Bonaparte Institute, the measurer of the speed of light, the inventor of the flying shears and the cantaloupe. I am his brother Lucien. Very happy I can see you here."

　　 During this time, Lucien was assigned some social practical tasks by Joseph, one of which was the Tao Investment Office, which served as a clerk for the manager to increase social experience. So he happened to meet Stephen Girard and his party who wanted to buy a large flying shears.

"It turned out to be Mr. Bonaparte." Stephen Gillard hurriedly said, "When I was in the United States, I heard all kinds of stories about your brother. Can you recommend me? I hope you and you My brother talked about building a large flying shear ship."

　　 Lucien thought for a while, he thought it should be no problem. The flying shears can be made bigger, and this is not a big secret. And if this Yankee can really buy seven or eight boats in one go, then he can be regarded as helping Joseph make a lot of money.

"Well, Joseph should thank me for this." Lucien thought this way, and then replied: "Of course, but you may not know what he has been doing recently, soaking in the laboratory all day. In, I don’t know when I can see him. Maybe you need to wait here for a day or two."

　　 "Thank you, I think "Black Pearl" has saved me a lot of time. And we have to buy some other things. Waiting for a day or two is not a problem for us."