It took about five minutes for Badis to fire the second shot, but the hit rate was not good, and the distance from the target was as high as 130 meters... Alphonse didn't say anything, and asked him to continue cleaning the barrel and adjusting the angle.

Soon the impact point of the third shot was greatly improved: the position difference was 13.2 meters, a standard near-miss! Badis became more and more confident and fired 5 more rounds in succession, and the total score reached 7 rounds hitting the bow of the ship.

One round missed at a distance of 13.2 meters, with a hit rate of 28.6%, which is outrageously high.

Of course, Badis doesn't think this result is very ideal. First of all, he is a senior artillery expert in the French army, and the average artilleryman's hit rate is at most two-thirds of his. Secondly, this time he shot at a stationary target on land.

, and the distance is only 600 meters. Although the flattening of the target increases the difficulty of hitting, by analogy, Badis believes that the hit rate at sea can only reach 6% at most. In other words, most ordinary gunners

It can only have a hit rate of less than 4%. Although it is much higher than the common 3%, it is probably only an increase of 20%-30%.

"Let's try shooting chain bombs again. Add a vertical pole for test firing." Alphonse did not react much. In fact, he thought Badis's expression was a little pessimistic. At present, he set a target.

If it is indeed a one-on-one duel, what is the difference between biting a semi-stationary target? If it is a battle between multiple ships, the scores at multiple targets will be higher than now, let alone if it enters a battle

In the alignment state, it is really a static target shooting. With this 28.6% hit rate, there is no falsehood in one against three!

The hit rate of the chain bomb has been improved again. Since Badis has strengthened the charge to 1.5 times, this time the test shot hit 4 out of 9 rounds. The hit rate was so high that Badis didn't believe it because this is a gun.

A disabled cannon with curvature...

"It's not surprising. With 1.5 times the charge, the deviation rate is naturally low." Alphonse understood clearly that the large charge and high muzzle velocity meant the natural deviation would be small, and the chain ammunition had a high hit rate.

Badis is a professional gunner, so it’s not surprising that he hit 5 or even 6 out of 9 shots!

"Do you want to try it on the ship?" Yasuo became more and more enthusiastic. He fired a total of 17 rounds, but there was no glitch in the cannon.

"After all, there is curvature. Forget it, let's get the next sample gun on board." Alphonse smiled and said: "You should continue to improve the barrel design these days, and the porcelain workshop's molds should also be followed up.

I've taken the time to design a gun carriage these days, and you can help me make it when the time comes, and then put it all together on the ship."

"What's so good about a gun carriage?" Yasuo pouted.

"Cannon carts that sell money, do you understand? Forget it, you don't understand either, otherwise you are just a master of cannon casting, and I am a capitalist." Alphonse said that you will never understand us rich people.

Happy.

"You can just earn a commission?" An was also not too humble: "I thought about it seriously and thought that the new artillery should give me a higher commission. Just like the original way, I should share 1 livre of profit.

Livre."

"There is no way to think of something beautiful!" Alphonse refused without hesitation. He actually wants 20% of the net profit share. How about the capitalists letting you do it?

"Anyway, if the commission for an artillery piece is only 20 livres, I won't help you sell any of it!" An's words embarrassed Badis, who had just walked over, because Alphonse gave him 5 livres.

% sales commission, based on the pre-quote price of 1,000 livres, a cannon has a share of 50 livres, which is indeed much higher than An’s share...

"Then I'll think about it." Alphonse nodded and turned around and walked in the direction of the carriage. Now that he had watched the artillery test firing, it was time to go home for dinner and prepare to visit Julia in the afternoon.

"What else do you have to think about? Don't you still make more than me?" An hurriedly caught up with Alphonse, while Yasuo behind him stretched out his hand to pull Bardis back, using the hand of someone who had come before him.

He said to Badis in a tone of voice: "You also need to find a girlfriend quickly, otherwise..."

After arduous negotiations on the carriage, An finally got a barely acceptable share: based on the ex-factory price of 800 livres, a single artillery share of 30 livres, and 1 livre for every 10 livres above.

Ful commission, no upper limit.

After eating, the two took a carriage and started to go to the hotel where Julia was staying. Just downstairs of the hotel, they met Hawk Azit who was just about to leave!

"What a coincidence, Mr. De Moller, and Miss Charles." Hawke Azter took the lead in greeting.

"Good day, Mr. Azite, yes, what a coincidence, you are here?" Alphonse greeted with a smile.

"Visiting a guest, how about you?" Hawk Azt replied.

"It's also to visit a guest." An replied with a smile.

"Then I won't disturb you two. Let's chat when we have time." Hawke Azit said goodbye with a smile. An looked back at his retreating figure and lowered her voice and said: "He's not here to see you.

Julia’s, right?”

"Can't you just ask?" Alphonse chuckled. He came to the hotel reception desk and smiled at the waiter: "Private Room 305, have you paid for Miss Julia's room?"

"Hello, not yet." The waiter looked up at them and replied.

"Pay the room fee for five days first, how much is the total?" Alphonse smiled and took out his wallet and asked.

"Miss Julia lives in a VIP suite. One day costs 45 sous, and five days is 11 livres and 5 sous." The waiter quickly calculated and replied.

"The rest is your tip." Alphonse took out 12 livres and pushed it in front of the waiter, smiling, and then asked: "The gentleman who just left is also going to visit Miss Julia, right?"

?"

"Yes, sir." Since he accepted a tip of 15 sous, the waiter naturally didn't mind revealing an unimportant piece of information.

"Thank you." Alphonse looked back at An, and took her directly upstairs to see Julia.

"Dong dong dong." Alphonse reached out and knocked on the door.

"Who?" Julia's voice came from the room.

"It's me, Alphonse de Moller." Alphonse took a step back and replied. Ann was still wondering why he stepped back. The next second the door opened, and Julia almost rushed out to say hello:

"Hey, Alphonse...uh, and Ann."

"Good day, Julia." Anpi greeted with a smile.

"Good day." Julia said a little embarrassedly: "Come in, you two, what would you like to drink?"

"A glass of water will do." Alphonse replied as he walked to the sofa, but An was very demanding: "A cup of hot cocoa, no sugar, half milk."

"I'm really sorry, I didn't order milk today." Julia just poured Ann a cup of pure hot cocoa, gave Alphonse a glass of water, and then sat opposite Alphonse with a glass of champagne and said with a smile.

: "I thought you would come later."

"One of my uncles will return to Calais later, so I plan to go to the dock to greet him in person, so I am a little early. I hope you don't mind." Alphonse smiled and took out another bag from his pocket.

A piece of parchment rolled into a roll was handed to Julia and said: "This is the quotation I decided to give you after discussing with several friends today. You can take a look."

"Of course I don't mind." Julia took the parchment with a smile, untied the ribbon on it, opened it, and then screamed: "200,000 guilders?!"

"Yes, this is the most sincere price we can give." Alphonse smiled: "From an economic point of view, privateering licenses are the most common in Britain now, and you can get one for about 2,000 pounds.

The license signed by Queen Elizabeth and Charles II is only 1,500 pounds; Denmark's is the cheapest, but it is basically only granted to locals, and can be obtained for about 1,000 pounds; France and the Netherlands are similar, both at around 3,000 pounds;

But based on the nobility and prestige of the Orange family, we think it can be worth at least 10,000 pounds. After discussing with you yesterday, our idea is to open a security chamber of commerce jointly operated with the Orange family in the name of the General Chamber of Commerce. Both parties will

Hold 50% of the shares, form an armed fleet, and professionally escort the merchant ships of the General Chamber of Commerce. We provide 200,000 guilders of funds, including 5,000 pounds of privateering license funds and shipbuilding funds of 9 Fuluite merchant ships, which is consistent with the Austrian merchant ship.

The current chamber of commerce of the Lanzhi family is of a similar size. As long as you agree, all the cash of 200,000 guilders will be yours to take away, and 9 new Fulute merchant ships will also be ordered by you."

"Do we have to include all the merchant ships of the Orange family?" Julia asked hesitantly.

"Of course not, it depends on your decision. The 5,000 pounds is our quotation for half of the privateering license, and the other part is the funds for the equal purchase of ships. For example, if you are only willing to provide half of the ships of the Chamber of Commerce, then it will be equal,

We will only have the funds to purchase 4 additional Flutes. 200,000 dong is only the upper limit, and the lower limit is 5,000 pounds." Alphonse smiled.

Now it's Julia's turn to struggle again. According to the current exchange rate fluctuation, 5,000 pounds is only 60,000 guilders, which means that the other 140,000 guilders are the purchase funds for armed merchant ships, which is also an estimate of the only remaining assets of the Orange family.

Value. Due to the failure of her cousin, Prince Maurice of Nassau’s illegitimate son’s business, Nassau’s assets are now insolvent and will sooner or later become someone else’s; as for Amsterdam, excluding castles, manors and other real estate and East India properties

Company stocks, cash assets, their only chamber of commerce assets are six Frut merchant ships, eight Clarks and four Hansa ships, which are worth only about 70,000 dong after depreciation. The value of goods, cash, shops, and warehouses is much higher

It is less than 50,000 guilders. In other words, accepting financing means that these assets are acquired at a premium of 20,000 guilders! In addition, there is the issue of ordering ships. The general order profit of merchant ships is more than 30%, and Dutch ships often

The price is high and the quality is low, but what if she is the one purchasing it? Due to its purely commercial use and careful budgeting, the shipbuilding cost of the Netherlands is 60-70% of that of the UK. For a fully loaded 300-ton Flutter merchant ship, an order of 9 pieces at a time exceeds 120,000 guilders.

She won't even consider the quotation, which means that there is another profit margin of 20,000 dong! As long as she nods, she will earn an extra 40,000 dong. This is equivalent to saying that half of the privateering license is sold in her hands.

The price is 100,000 dong!

The look in Julia's eyes when she looked at Alphonse began to change. From Ann's point of view, this was probably because the damn old woman was attracted to this stupid and wealthy guy, and she secretly gritted her teeth and smashed him into pieces.

The corpse's eyes glanced back and forth at Alphonse!

But it's no wonder that Julia looked at Alphonse with the same eyes as Kaizi. She naturally knew exactly how much the privateering license was worth. She was willing to come to France with An because she wanted to sell it for the highest price possible.

.After Alphonse creatively proposed a joint venture, Julia did not give up on shopping around, so today she specially invited Hawk Azter. Of course, Hawk Azter was always happy from the beginning to the end.

It won't be her partner, either Alphonse or Clark Allen. Hawke Azit's value only lies in the consulting quotation; but, even so, Hawke Azit's quotation is only 2
Chapter completed!