"Well...Each Frut needs about 30 sailors, Clark also needs 20 people, Hansa has about 15 people, Galen ship has more, almost 120 people, so there will be about 3,000 sailors, considering

At other anchor points, there will be at least 700 sailors permanently stationed, right?

All the taverns in Calais can only accommodate 300 sailors drinking at the same time, so they need to add at least 600 wine seats. The same is true for hotels." Alphonse thought for a while and said: "This also needs to consider different grades.

Tavern, and some sailor recruitment, I think it is more appropriate to expand 800 wine spaces and beds."

Francis was stunned. His two pubs combined did not even have 50 wine seats, and they were never full. The 24 rooms at the Calais House were never full. Alphonse wanted to do it all at once.

Increase the position of eight hundred each?!! He felt his throat was a little dry, and had to take a sip of champagne before saying bitterly: "It's such a large scale, even if you sell me, you can't take this share, you leave one hundred for me each

That’ll be fine.”

"Really? Got it." Alphonse nodded, took a sip of wine, put down the glass and said with a smile: "I'm happy to have a drink with you today, and I'll treat you to a drink another day."

"Well... I know your artillery business is very big..." Francis watched Alphonse come to his door, and naturally he was not willing to give up his opportunity: "I mean, I still have some connections in Boulogne.

, if you are interested, I can take your products there."

"Well... thank you very much, but I have never developed the business of Boulogne and Dunkirk. In my opinion, they will become part of Calais sooner or later." Alphonse chuckled: "

If you are really willing to cooperate with me, why not choose an industry in which you are more professional?"

"What do you mean?" Francis asked.

"Well... I can now take out 1,600 gold louis in cash. Although it is not much, I can purchase a number of taverns and houses to quickly renovate and expand. If you are interested, choose your taverns and expand them on the original basis.

, cover; manpower can be slowly replenished, but business can still be done, and the same is true for hotels." Alphonse smiled and said: "Of course, you are the one who makes the decision."

"This...I have no plans to sell it for the time being." Francis shook his head.

"It doesn't matter, my cooperation with Uncle Dai Lun is not a direct acquisition, but a joint-stock system. I use their existing assets to invest in the company. I invest the funds and the shares are equally distributed. But after rapid expansion, everyone makes more money.

Alphonse smiled and said:

"Just like your tavern, it was worth about 2,000 livres when it was built, but now it may only be worth 1,000 livres; but it doesn't matter, we can use it as a stock for 1,500 livres, and I will invest another 1,500 livres.

! Renovate it and enlarge it so that it looks worth 3,500 livres, so each of us gets 1,750 livres, and we all make money.”

"An algorithm like yours is really interesting..." Francis was stunned for a moment, and then added: "But you also make a lot of sense, because it is already worth so much, and it is just aging that makes it look worthless.

As long as you invest a sum of money and let it return to its original state, you will make money and I will not lose money. Now I am interested."

"Then set a time, I will ask my staff to visit your property, and then I will visit you again to determine the investment ratio of both parties. Do you think it is okay?" Alfonse smiled, which made Francis feel more and more like this.

As expected, he is a big business person. For a business worth tens of thousands of livres, he just confirmed his intention and let his subordinates handle it! But will this cause his staff to underestimate his assets?

"This... Mr. Mr. Staff, can I meet you? As you know, my property has been around for many years. Although it is a little worn out, it has also accumulated a reputation. Many aspects of its value need to be dealt with more professionally and comprehensively.

Assessment." Francis thought for a while and then said.

"That's it...Then I'll ask her to come visit you tomorrow, and your people will accompany her for evaluation. Then you will also make an evaluation form and ask her to bring it with her. If the gap is too big, I will personally do it again

Do you think it's okay to go there?" Alphonse asked casually.

"That's great." Francis smiled, and then tried to persuade him: "Why don't you stay for dinner together, and I can make the evaluation form for you to take a look at in a moment?"

"Um...Mr. Alfred, do I have an appointment next?" Alphonse looked back at Alfred and asked.

"Although not, Miss Charles may come back to have dinner with you..." Alfred replied with some embarrassment.

"Uh...it doesn't matter, you can invite her to come with you." Francis said quickly.

"Next time, otherwise, you can come to my mansion for a banquet tomorrow night. If you have any questions then, can we discuss it at the banquet?" Alphonse replied with a smile.

"That's... okay, then I'll bother you tomorrow night." Francis smiled and nodded.

"Then it's settled. I'll be waiting for you at home tomorrow night. I'll take my leave now." Alphonse stood up with a smile. Francis walked all the way to the door of the manor and looked at Alphonse's leaving figure.

Reluctant to leave for a long time...

"Master, your negotiation method is really unique." Alfred, who was driving the carriage, understood for the first time why Alphonse's business could become so big. He obviously wanted to buy his hotel and act as his eyes and ears.

Five divided by two, even other people's property has been swindled in. With just half of the money, you can buy three agents. It doesn't matter whether you make money or not. After all, you have made an unknown amount of money from information fees...

"If you have ever bought antiques, you will know that if you like it, the other party will ask for a high price." Alfons sat in the carriage and smiled: "So you have to start asking the price from the most fake antique, and the other party will know that you don't know the price."

If you know your stuff, but you kill someone randomly, what should you do?

Keep asking, starting with the most beautiful ones, and getting uglier as you ask. The other party will find out that maybe you don’t have enough money, so they will quote you lower prices than the last time. Then you add the ones you really like, and the other party won’t be happy at all.

I didn’t notice that you wanted this; but don’t buy it right away, keep asking for uglier ones, and finally choose the one in the middle that you want.”

"If you want to buy the most valuable thing, you must first let the other party not know what you really want, right? You taught me a lesson." Alfred said with some emotion.

"I'm honored, because this is the first time I can repay you with something after you have taught me for so many years." Alphonse laughed...

Sure enough, as Alfred said, when Alphonse returned to the house, Ann had already returned to the house and was sitting on the sofa in the living room in a daze. At this time, Ann took off her women's leather shoes and flexed her feet wearing British stockings.

Put it on the sofa, lean against the armrest, fold your hands on your knees, rest your chin on your arms, and stare blankly at the furnishings on the table in the distance.

"You came back so early? Didn't you buy anything?" Alphonse walked over with a smile, handed Alfred the three-cornered hat, cane and coat, and sat down next to An.

"When something like this suddenly happened, how can I be in the mood anymore?" An replied with a pouted mouth.

"No way, we still don't have enough experience." Alphonse smiled and hugged Ann into his arms and said: "I just went to visit the Oton family, the owners of the Calais House Hotel where Julia is staying.

I plan to form a joint venture with the other party, not only to expand and add hotels and pubs, but also to control the information channels in Calais as much as possible."

"Are you a devil? I was just thinking about going to the tavern to place a long-term entrustment to acquire information, but you actually thought of acquiring hotels and taverns." An opened her eyes wide and said in disbelief.

"What the devil? We just thought of going together, and the other party happens to be interested, so we can acquire the other party. From this point of view, I feel that we should also develop the business potential of Calais, for example, by joining forces with the local chamber of commerce or big companies.

The family establishes our alliance of interests." Alphonse said with a smile:

"After all, if we become bigger, it will also be good for them. It just so happens that we bring them all in now. The more money we pay, the more benefits we will share. In this way, as soon as the money from the Louvre arrives, we can immediately spread it.

Go out and do errands."

"Do you still think the Louvre will invest in you?" An Qi asked.

"Of course." Alphonse smiled. Alfred had told him on the way that there had been no major events coming from Paris in the past two days. Naturally, there would be no unexpected events to urgently recall Riet De?

Weijiri; then since he returned on his own initiative and avoided An and himself, he definitely didn't want his stay here to be known. Even next time he comes back, he still needs to carefully consider whether he wants to expose this matter...

"It's better to be like this, otherwise you will be in big trouble." An deliberately teased: "I promised so much cowhide, but no one saw the money. It would be strange if I didn't tear you alive."
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"You are absolutely right, so I feel the need to buy insurance." Alphonse smiled and said, "My wealth and life are all entrusted to you. Beautiful Ann, I need you to help me contact some wealthy people.

Banker, apply for a loan."

"Do you have anything else that can be pledged?" An asked, stunned.

"Of course, we will get Julia's contract soon. We can use it as a pledge with the Orange Chamber of Commerce. Besides, the artillery workshop has no debts, so it can be pledged as well. If there are further orders from the Spaniards, at least the loan can be pledged."

There is no problem with a hundred thousand livres, and then give 250,000 livres to Julia.

We can get the ship in ten days, continue to mortgage the loan, and then get the money to produce artillery and go to sea to rob, wouldn't we have money?" Alphonse blinked and said: "After robbing the money, we will continue to invest in the Chamber of Commerce, and then

Continue to take out mortgages, expand your business, and reinvest the money you make."

"Have you ever thought about repaying the loan?" An rolled her eyes and said.

"Believe me, the Louvre will invest in me one day, and then I can just use the investment money to repay the loan." Alphonse said without caring.

"Sooner or later you will be torn apart." An said helplessly.

"This is insurance, you know? It's better not to be like this, but nothing is guaranteed. The more preparations we make, the less likely it will happen." Alphonse smiled and said, "By the way, you don't have to worry about it tomorrow.

Julia, I need you to go to the Oton family and help me evaluate the value of their assets. Pay special attention to the areas near various industries. We will need to purchase land for expansion."
Chapter completed!