"Alphonse, you are so kind to me. No one cares about the glory of the Orange family except you! I agreed, 200,000 guilders, the Orange Chamber of Commerce, a privateering license and 9 flutes

Merchant ships, I will return to Amsterdam as soon as possible to implement all this. As soon as the funds arrive, the construction of the 9 Flutter merchant ships will start immediately. I will find the best shipyard in Amsterdam. It only takes 10 days to build and complete the ships.

It's just artillery..." Julia looked at Alphonse with charming eyes.

"Whether it is a newly built Fuluite merchant ship or the original Orange family ship, once it sails to Calais, I will replace it with the best artillery in our workshop. This part will be settled at the ex-factory price, and after the chamber of commerce makes a profit later

I will deduct it again." Alphonse said generously: "You don't have to rush back to Amsterdam. I have already paid for your room for five days. You can have a good rest and visit the scenery of Calais."

"Will you accompany me? I'm not familiar with everything here." Julia's beautiful eyes were filled with spring water.

"I will accompany you, Julia. Alphonse has a lot to do, including investment plans, distribution of shares to friends, and subsequent factory location selection. Everything needs to be done by him personally." An Buo said.

She hesitated and refused for Alphonse, although she felt that Alphonse would never refuse.

"Really?" Julia asked just staring into Alphonse's eyes.

As long as An dared to disappear for a second, Alphonse would dare to nod in agreement! But it was obvious that An's eyes were wider than ever at this moment, and he didn't even blink, so he could only smile slightly and reply: "This

This is the period when my career is on the rise. There are too many things that I need to deal with, and many people rely on me, so I plan to do everything well while I am still young. There will be enough time for other things in the future.

, isn’t it?”

"Well, you can't keep making excuses next time." Julia said disappointedly.

"I'll try my best." Alphonse smiled.

"Then stay and have dinner together?" Julia asked again.

"No, Mr. Darren will be arriving soon, and we have to have dinner with him." An stared at Alphonse and said fiercely.

"That... is really disappointing." Julia glanced at An indifferently. If you can't speak, just don't come!

"It doesn't matter. I'll hold another banquet at home in a few days and introduce Uncle Darren to you. How about that?" Alphonse suggested while looking at An's murderous eyes.

"Then it's settled." Julia suddenly smiled.

"Then let's say goodbye first. Mr. Darren's ship will arrive soon." An stood up in a hurry and warned Alphonse with her eyes.

"Then...goodbye." Julia stepped forward and hugged Alphonse, and even kissed him on the cheek! What made An even more stunned was that she happened to have kissed Alphonse on the carriage earlier.

place…

"An, don't be like this." After leaving the door, An's face turned as dark as charcoal, and Alphonse had to say in a flattering way.

"What about me?" An asked, looking at Alphonse with a dead look on his face.

"Ahem, don't be angry." Alphonse touched his nose awkwardly and replied.

"Am I angry? Why am I angry?" An became expressionless.

"Ahem...you didn't. I made a mistake. I apologize to you." Alphonse said with a smile.

"I won't accept it." An snorted, turned around and walked down the stairs with such force that Alphonse was worried that the already unreliable and fragile pedal would make a big hole even worse...

"I apologize, I sincerely apologize." After getting on the carriage, Alphonse had to continue to please her. After all, when a girl is jealous, she also has you in her heart.

"Hmph!" An's nostrils turned upward and he ignored Alphonse.

"I swear, I will never accompany her to visit Calais Port." Alphonse said again.

"There are so many ports in the world. If you don't accompany her to visit Calais Port, wouldn't it be better for her to accompany you to visit Amsterdam later?" An continued to make things difficult.

"Then I swear that I will never go shopping with her. Even if I have to, I will take you with me." Alphonse continued to flatter her.

"What are you taking me for? Just get rid of me." An turned her face in another direction.

"No, no, you see, I have brought you with me today; I promise, I will never see her without you here. Besides, isn't she your friend?" Alphonse said helplessly.

"She is not my friend, she is not worthy." An turned around and said fiercely.

"Yes, yes, she doesn't deserve it." Alphonse could only follow her wishes and please her.

An stared at Alphonse expressionlessly again, which really made his forehead numb. It was not because he had no experience in love, but on the contrary, he used straight male thinking again and again to drive himself to die alone.

On the road to a dead end... But now it is another situation. An is an indispensable part of his business map, especially in this era. There is no reliable woman to solve his social problems. He is likely to end up somewhere.

Being picked on by face-hungry nobles in an unexpected corner, and even finding a powerful person to sow discord, Alphonse had to embark on the road of escape!

"Ann, don't do this to me." Alphonse could only pull her hand pitifully, but An ignored him and let him hold her hand, and turned away fiercely, as if I was angry.

The kind that can’t be coaxed no matter what.

"You may think that I am stupid and have a lot of money. I can give Julia 200,000 dong half-sold and half-free for a matter that can be solved with tens of thousands of livres. Is that out of my mind?" Alphonse asked again.

"Isn't it?" An Henhen said, even though he was acting coquettishly and cute, he refused to give him more money casually. The woman winked at him, and Alphonse almost paid for all his belongings.

"No, no, no, I am a capitalist, not a philanthropic person. I do all the beheading business, but I never do the money-losing business." Alphonse took An's hand and whispered: "I gave 20

The quoted price of 10,000 guilders, the equivalent investment of the Orange Chamber of Commerce is also 200,000 guilders of capital, but in fact the real value is not more than that. First of all, according to the market price, the Flute merchant ship is lifre/ship, and we can also produce artillery by ourselves.

Each ship has 11 18-pounder guns (10 deck-mounted guns and one bow gun) and 8 9-pounder rapid-fire guns (4 deck-mounted guns, 2 forecastle guns, stern gunners and 2 bow guns).

Stern deck ship equipment), the ex-factory prices are 800 livres and 45 livres respectively. Only the gun ship equipment is as high as 9160 livres, with a total value of 285,000 livres. But what is the actual cost? We paid Julia

It is livres per ship, and the artillery is 3460 livres. In other words, for a single Brigantine, we will get a profit of 3000 livres, and the artillery is 5700 livres, a total profit of 8700 livres, nine ships

Luter merchant ship, we will definitely make a lifre in this aspect."

"Cannon, aren't you going to deduct the profit later?" An wrinkled her nose and replied.

"It's right to deduct profits. First of all, it means that we advanced the investment in advance, so it should naturally be counted as our assets. Not only did we make money, but this part is also considered as equity capital." Alphonse continued with a smile: "

Then there are the six Flutes, eight Clarks and four Hansa merchant ships owned by the Orange Chamber of Commerce. The market price is probably less than 90,000 livres. But when they were brought to Calais, we repainted, waxed, and changed the sails, which was simple and easy.

The ship's installation, coupled with the low cost of Calais, only requires an investment of 3,000 livres at most to make it look like new. At this time, we can quote 243,000 livres in the share capital, plus the artillery, six fulu

Special merchant ship (11 18-pound guns and 8 9-pound rapid-fire guns, a total of 9160 livres), eight Clarks (7 18-pound guns and 8 rapid-fire guns, a total of 5960 livres),

Four Hansa (1 18-pounder gun and 6 rapid-fire guns, a total of 1,070 livres) 4,280 livres, a total of 107,000 livres needed for the gun ship installation, a total of 350,000 livres assets, but our actual cost is 13.4

For ten thousand livres, the net profit would be as high as 216,000 livres, which is also considered our share capital. In addition, the shops, warehouses and berths of the Orange Chamber of Commerce, as well as their tax benefits, are also worth 100,000 livres, right? That's all

, this chamber of commerce is worth 735,000 livres to us, and the equity attributable to us is 367,000 livres. In addition, the money earned needs to be returned first to our total artillery and ship installation costs of 190,000 livres, with a total equity of 557,000 livres.

We only paid a total of 250,000 livres in equity and 70,000 livres in artillery and ship equipment. The total was only 320,000 livres. In other words, after the contract was signed, we made a net profit of 237,000 livres and half

A permit."

"Uh..." An blinked, feeling that what Alphonse said was a bit unbelievable, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not outrageous: First of all, renovating the Orange Chamber of Commerce ship was done by Alphonse himself with his own money, and they did not do it at all.

Reasons to refute, and the benefits are all their own. As for the increase in value and high valuation, this is Alphonse's business and has nothing to do with them; then there is the ship-mounted artillery. First of all, it is an overdraft profit, and Alphonse has nothing to do with them.

It is positioned as privateering, responsible for grabbing goods and then transferring them to the General Chamber of Commerce. It is a business without capital. Naturally, the profit will be used to pay for the artillery and ship fittings; and this is the cost price for the ship fittings. It is up to the Orange family to do this on their own.

At least one third of the cost will be added!

But did Alphonse lose money? It is absolutely impossible. This damn arms dealer carefully calculated his profits on artillery ships. A mere 27 ships were equipped with 190,000 livres of artillery, a total of 225 18-pound guns and 208 guns.

Rapid-fire artillery, this kind of firepower configuration can compete with the current French Navy! Such a powerful armed fleet not only has to make money to support itself, but also has to sell the stolen goods to him at a low price to launder them, allowing him to harvest another wave.

Profits, this careful calculation has reached an astonishing level!

Thinking about it, An was not so angry. After all, Alphonse was not a fool. He was just throwing out a bait to catch a big fish. He would earn 240,000 livres from it first, and he could earn more by grabbing a Spanish galleon in the next year.

100,000 livres! However, although her anger was almost gone, An still did not give Alphonse a good look. After all, he was angry, but he was not that easy to coax!

"What does the money you make have to do with me? I didn't get any money." An hummed again. Just when Alphonse didn't know what to do, Old Anda's voice came from outside the carriage: "Master

, we’re at the pier."

"Okay!" Alfons was so happy that he almost jumped up, hurriedly opened the door and pretended to ask: "Have you seen Uncle Darren's boat?"

"No." Lao Anda said honestly.

"Maybe we are too far away from the dock. It's okay. You can park the car here and we can just walk in." Alphonse jumped off the carriage and reached out to help An Ye get out of the carriage.
Chapter completed!