"It depends on your needs, little Alphonse. I have a small merchant ship that is reasonably priced and can transport up to 15 rasters of grain.

pound, that is, 1.81 tons), buying a 60% new one only costs 700 livres, and it may require 100 livres for slight modification and registration. This is not a problem." Will put down the wine glass and said seriously:

"But to have a ship, you need sailors, and you also need goods and traders. This is the big problem."

"Can you tell me more carefully? I do plan to enter the maritime trade business in the future." It is obvious that the Desai family and the Moti family regard him as one of their own, and there is no need for him to hide everything.

Be proactive and ask for help.

"Originally, Laiya (Mrs. Desai) also said that Darren can recommend you to join the wine industry guild, then you only need to find more dealers or customers to come to your store to purchase; but if you

If you want to run sea trade by yourself, you must have a pass and trade license for the port of destination, and you must also find a supplier willing to give you a low discount, otherwise your costs will make you unprofitable at all." Will shook his head and continued.

Said: "In addition, you have to master more routes and more trading ports, get news about some popular products, and avoid pirates and privateers in a timely manner."

In the future, when playing games, it may feel like all this is just some simple data, but in reality, it takes days, weeks or even months to get from one city to another, and it will be difficult for a person to travel throughout Europe in his lifetime.

For all ports, thinking about operating a huge commercial territory is no different from fantasy! Not to mention that people's minds have changed, and the language and customs are very different. Moreover, Europe is still in an era of extreme ignorance and backwardness, and xenophobia

, hatred of foreigners and all kinds of pirates, privateering merchants running rampant in the sea, and various dangerous sea conditions in the sea itself are a hindrance, sea trade is equivalent to risking one's life to gain wealth!

After having these concerns, although Alphonse did not give up his dream of a big voyage, at least he did not have the idea of ​​​​investing in maritime trade in a short time; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and Alphonse still plans to take care of it first

In order to manage his own family business, he first accumulated a certain amount of wealth and connections. Therefore, during the luncheon, he no longer talked about sea trade, but asked about the local customs and some connections, so as to facilitate the interview.

Come down and take root here...

After the luncheon, Little Lissen immediately ran up to learn swordsmanship from Alphonse, because he accidentally heard that Alphonse participated in a duel at Armand's wedding and won the opponent; although he was dishonored later.

Shooting, but at least it shows that Alphonse's swordsmanship is very strong! But this Alphonse is different from Alphonse. He may still have considerable swordsmanship skills, but he has never reviewed them. If he uses them now, wouldn't he only be embarrassed?

?So he refused, but he promised to fight with little Lisen again in a few days, which made the little guy reluctantly leave first...

Alphonse stayed at Desai's house until four o'clock before leaving. He repeatedly rejected the warm invitations of the Morty family in the evening. He only planned to go back and have a good sleep in order to adapt to the new life in Calais as soon as possible. But when he returned to his

In the mansion, Alphonse was lying on the bed that had just been made, but he couldn't fall asleep. Thousands of thoughts suddenly came to his mind: the Desai family, the Morty family, Calais, various characters in Calais, and even him.

The grandfather he had never met before, and even his home in Amiens and his brother and sister-in-law who kicked him out...

At dinner, Alfonse not only did not express any dissatisfaction with the Calais-style dinner, which was basically fish and tasted salty, but he even praised it as "unique flavor". After all, compared to fish and salty food, Desai's Namo was better

The name of the meat sauce, and the charcoal barbecue with unreasonable seasonings are even more overwhelming...

"Mr. Alfred, we are here for the first time. You must have a lot of things to deal with. We won't go to the workshop yet. I plan to visit Calais alone in the next few days to learn about the customs and business here.

Environment, we can make better decisions when we go to the workshop in a few days." After dinner, Alphonse, who had just put down his napkin, raised his head and said to Alfred beside him.

"You are right to want to know more about Calais, but after all, this is your first time here, why don't you go out with me or Old Anda (the gardener)?" Alfred bowed and said.

"Well... you are right." Alphonse thought for a moment and then smiled: "Then let Mr. Anda be my tour guide tomorrow, so as not to get lost when I go out tomorrow, and I need you to search all over the world for me.

It’s a bit embarrassing to live in the city.”

"I will arrange it." Alfred smiled and nodded at Alphonse's obedience. Alphonse then got up and went to the study room, focusing on checking some information about the workshop and other things that Alfred had prepared.

The warehouse's account books and cargo orders, after all, he really needs to know all the available information from this era where writing is rarely seen...

The next day, after a quick breakfast, Alphonse wore simple regular clothes, a three-cornered hat, and a sword that only sword-wielding nobles were allowed to wear, and followed Old Anda on the gravel road in Calais. Europe at this time

There is no such exquisite and colorful morning tea after the 18th century, and France is not as particular as the British gentlemen, so a breakfast of white bread, an omelette, a sausage and a cup of cocoa is the simplest and most efficient breakfast. For this reason, Ah

Only then did Fang Si have enough time to take a leisurely walk around the streets and alleys of Calais and learn about everything here.

"Sir, look, that is the Azte Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands, one of our customers." Old Anda excitedly pointed to a small store on the roadside that was no better than a grocery store and introduced it to Alphonse.
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Alphonse smiled slightly and did not comment. The reason why he did not let them call him "Master Alphonse" or other youthful terms was because as a businessman and the head of the family, the term "Master" seemed more convincing in terms of status and aura.

He should be more forceful. After all, no chamber of commerce would casually cooperate with a certain young master, but with a certain master, it would be convincing. And for such a humble Azite Chamber of Commerce, Old Anda still had a slightly showy tone.

From Fang Si's perspective, either his workshop business is miserable, or the entire business environment in Calais is miserable...

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Alphonse, who was half-hearted, knew from this moment on that he had to find another way; so he became obviously more interested in imported products, observing the types of goods, the inventory of the store, the number of customers coming in and out, and even the general language used.

Currency, clothing, etc.; even the not-so-smart old Anda beside him seemed to realize that Alphonse was interested in everything except the "anchor" related to his industry... I found a little fly at noon

After eating casually in the restaurant, Alphonse asked Old Anda to find a quill and paper, and casually recorded some information and data that he thought could be used on the paper; after the meal, Alphonse continued shopping for an afternoon.

After most of the trip to Calais, I bought some small gifts. After returning to the house, I distributed them to four people, including Alfred, and then went back to his room to continue studying his great cause.

During dinner, Alfred seemed to be waiting for Alphonse's question. After all, judging from Old Anda's reaction, Old Anda should have noticed Alphonse's motive of giving up the anchor business and trying to start a new one, and this must also be the case.

Alfred will be informed. But Alphonse really has nothing to ask. After a day of research today, he sadly discovered that the miserable anchor business is probably the most stable business at the moment: there is almost no technical content and the price is stable.

It is unified, has stable suppliers, is a port city and is needed by all ships. Although the profit is very thin, from the generation of Alphonse's grandfather to the present, the anchor workshop has still not lost money after decades of ups and downs in the vast sea. This can be seen from Alphonse's grandfather's generation.

Mang had no intention of cheating Alphonse when he sold the anchor workshop. Even if Alphonse was really incompetent, he could still survive for at least a hundred years by guarding the anchor workshop!

However, the annual profit of the workshop worth three thousand livres is not even three hundred livres. For Alphonse, who has vast ambitions, it is indeed a piece of cake. If he wants to really make it big, he must find a reliable business.

It was imminent; since there was no way to break through from commodities, Alphonse naturally wanted to seek a breakthrough from technology, and for this, he needed to find reliable professionals. Fortunately, this was a port where businessmen from all over Europe gathered, and technology would always be found.

Regarding personnel, the rest is just a matter of poaching...

Alphonse spent another two days wandering alone in Calais. On the first day, he made a special trip to the Chamber of Commerce and the Workshop District in order to find suitable professionals. However, it was really difficult to find the ideal partner when looking for a needle in a haystack; on the next day

He changed his goal again and went to the dock and the sailor's tavern there to inquire about news all day long. He probably learned that Louis XIV's minister Colbert had begun economic reforms and the country began to support the development of handicrafts. It was said that he planned to

New factories were opened across France to imitate Venetian mirrors/lace, British stockings, Dutch woolen, etc. Judging from Alphonse’s known future, Colbert’s support for the handicraft industry was successful, and these factories did greatly improve France.

But it is a pity that Alphonse knows that no matter currently or in the future, none of these factories are in Calais, not even Amiens. No matter how delicious the food of others is, it is not his turn to eat, so Alphonse

We still need to continue to find new ways...

On the fourth day after arriving in Calais, Alphonse finally followed Alfred to his own workshop in a carriage: the Molekin Anchor Workshop!

Mr. Antoine has been the head of the Molekin Anchor Workshop since 1645. In other words, how old is Alphonse? Mr. Antoine has managed this well-known local workshop with conscientiousness.

Years. Tradition, rigor and conscientiousness, this is the temperament of Mr. Antoine, and it is also the perception of the workshop for Alphonse. It can be said that this is a virtuous company, and its temperament alone should make it a century-old enterprise.

Unfortunately, in this turbulent age of navigation, conservatism has become the original sin. Equipment that has not been updated in thirty years, and hand-made production that is so traditional that Alphonse immediately discovered how many long-term shortcomings this company has...

"Mr. Mauler..." Mr. Antoine looked at this new boss who might be younger than his son with some restraint, fearing that he would rashly say that he wanted to change like his own son, and then ruin his job...
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