"The quality of what we produce is very different from what you produce yourself." Alphonse shook his head and said helplessly: "I'm not bragging, there is a huge gap between the technology we have and the technology of the craftsmen you can find.

, so big that you can’t imagine.”

"Then I still suggest that you come to Spain. As you said, just go to Ostend; even if your technical staff are not willing to follow them all, isn't there a way to let them come part of it?

Even if the other part cooperates with the design, I believe it can still meet the current standards." Baiserion Juan shook his head and said.

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." Alphonse stood up with a wry smile and added: "I need to hurry up and prepare for the artillery test firing, so I will leave first; I will ask the butler to invite you to dinner later.

”

"I'll be there for sure." Baiserion Juan watched Alphonse leave, while he sat on the sofa and thought about something...

Alphonse stood guard at the gate after leaving the annex building. As expected, Alfred came back not long after. As soon as he got off the carriage, he handed over the bank's invoice, Francis' receipt and the share notes issued by the bank for the business alliance.

Alphonse.

The share notes these days are actually very simple. They are basically an empty note with the issuing unit, holder, share, value and issuing bank written on it, and there are multiple seals and signatures as anti-counterfeiting marks.

But this stock note from the Merchant Alliance is much more beautiful. After all, it uses a local bank as the capital reserve and issuing company, so this time I was willing to spend money to customize a batch of exquisite notes:

On the thick parchment paper of 6 inches

Next is the "Calais Merchants Union Stock Note" written in French cursive, and then all the issuing unit, holder, share, value and issuing bank written in French cursive;

Finally, there are the four family seals of Mohler, Otong, Desai, and Blair and the bank's seal as anti-counterfeiting signs, as well as Francis's signature, making this note particularly fresh and gorgeous.

Alfred brought not only one note, but 8 notes worth 2,500 livres and one note worth 1,000 shares valued at 4,000 livres; after all, these batches were all priority stocks.

Therefore, the face value will be relatively large; ordinary shareholders will generally have 250 shares of notes, and the smaller ones will only have 25 shares of notes. Unless the equity is further divided, notes with smaller face values ​​will generally not be issued.

"Twenty thousand livres were lost for nothing." Alphonse shook his head helplessly and smiled. If you want to have fame and the right to speak, you must pay the necessary losses.

Moreover, most of the 50,000 livres subsidized by the four major families will be recovered because Darren Desai runs for deputy mayor and Alphonse and Francis run for councillors.

Apart from anything else, didn’t all the votes of the merchants, leaders, employees and relatives of the Merchant Alliance go to the Merchant Alliance without spending a penny?

"Sir, who is your guest?" Alfred asked in a low voice.

"You are a rear admiral of Spain and a relative of the royal family. Just think of yourself as someone like Julia. You wait here for Armand. As soon as he comes back, ask him to change clothes and go to Desai's house for tonight's banquet;

After he leaves, you will arrange another dinner, and ask Old Anda to go to the workshop on his way back and bring a message for me, saying that I will test-fire the artillery tomorrow afternoon, so they must be ready." Alphonse confessed.

Said: "In addition, I will entertain the Spaniards at home in the evening and prepare some French specialties to entertain the guests."

"Yes." Alfred bowed and said, and Alphonse went back to the study to think carefully about how to deliver the Spanish drawings and molds...

It wasn't until Alfred knocked on the door of the study that Alphonse remembered the dinner, rolled up the tinderbox and locked it in the cabinet, and then went downstairs with the drawings of the gun carriage he had just designed.

Come to the restaurant.

"Please take a seat, Your Excellency Juan." Alphonse smiled and called to Baiserion Juan, who was standing in the center of the restaurant to admire the murals. These murals were left over from the time of Alphonse's grandfather, and they were vividly painted.

, and most of them are religious paintings, which should be very popular with Spanish people.

"A very beautiful mural, very charming." Baiserion Juan praised with a smile and sat down on the chair pulled out by Anal, and then Anal also sat down below him.

"This is your first time in Calais, so we have arranged some special dishes for you to try." Alphonse smiled and sat down and put on a napkin. Unexpectedly, devout Spaniards still have the custom of praying before meals.

Put down your knife and fork and make a sign of the cross on your chest, then clasping your hands and praying: Thank you good Lord for giving me food...

Alphonse also imitated them in pretending to pray. After all, we are the parents of food and clothing, so don’t get in trouble with other people’s piety. After praying, Alphonse asked Alfred to pour champagne for the three people who were dining, raised his glass and smiled.

: "I wish our friendship will last forever, and I wish each other's countries a prosperous fortune!"

"Congratulations!" Baiserion Juan and Anal raised their glasses together, and then followed Alphonse to drink the wine in the glass, then picked up the knife and fork and started to enjoy the food.

"Mr. De Moller seems to have a good family background, right?" Seeing that Serion Juan seemed to have no intention of communicating, Arnall took the lead and asked.

"My ancestors participated in the Hundred Years' War between England and France, and settled in Pierdy. They served in the army for generations, until my great-grandfather, the first Sir Mauler, was Henry III's general; he retired during the reign of His Majesty Henry IV, and since then I have

It has been seventy or eighty years since the family settled in Amiens and turned to business." Alphonse did not make it too clear. After all, the sesame-sized Lord really did not win in front of Baiserion Juan.

The necessity of se.

Arnal could only watch in embarrassment as the scene cooled down again. After Alphonse replied, he quietly cut the fish fillets and stuffed them into his mouth; while Baiserion Juan kept eating.

Sausage, as a Catholic he naturally eats fish, but no one at sea would want to eat fish on land...

"I heard that you are Mr. Desai's godson?" Anal asked again.

"You may have remembered incorrectly. He is Uncle Darren's son, Little William. He is my father's godson." Alphonse replied with a slight smile. Sensing Arnar's embarrassment, he smiled and took something from his sleeve.

He handed over the drawing of the gun truck and said: "Mr. Adjutant, this is the gun truck we are designing. What do you think?"

"Is it suitable?" Anal said this, but he took the drawing in his hand without any delay and started to read it. Baiserion Juan still ate quietly, and Alphonse didn't say anything more, also lowering his head.

Focus on eating.

Arnal started holding the drawings, and the expression on his face became wonderful: first he was excited to speak out, but he was afraid of being rude and held back his voice; then he opened his eyes wide and wanted to make a few comments, and then

I had to swallow the words that hit my throat again; then I frowned and thought, and then I had an expression of sudden enlightenment; then I thought hard and didn't understand, but I couldn't ask out loud, I could only hold my face hard.

…

"It seems that this design of yours has puzzled Anal." Baiserion Juan picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth. He picked up the wine glass and said to Alphonse who just put down the knife.

"Mr. Adjutant, what doubts do you have?" Alphonse also picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, then picked up the wine glass and asked with a smile.

"Uh..." Arnar raised his head and glanced at Baiserion Juan, handed him the drawing, and then asked Alphonse: "Mr. de Moller, why do you want to design a gun truck?"

What about wheels in different directions?"

"Have you ever pushed a carriage? I mean, when the wheels of the carriage sank into the pit." Alphonse asked with a smile.

"Uh... I'm sorry, I don't quite understand..." Anal replied awkwardly, looking back at Baiserion? Juan. Of course, the result is not to mention, when will it be Baiserion? Juan's turn to push the wheel, and the Spanish Empire

I'm afraid it's the end.

"It's very simple. When the artillery truck retreats, the wheels with different directions are not wheels, but like a wall blocking the way the artillery truck retreats;

At this time, the gun truck will not retreat directly, but will slide slightly to the left or right front, but no matter which direction the gun truck goes, it will be blocked there like hitting a wall and it will be difficult to retreat," Alphonse said with a smile.

:

"This means that the recoil of the artillery will be consumed a lot by this invisible wall. Of course, the wheels cannot be too big; the blocking force of this wall should be just enough to be pushed by the retreating force of the artillery carriage, so that the wheels are not easily damaged.

, and the recoil of the gun carriage is the smallest."

"Is that so?" Anal said that he was enlightened. He looked at Baiserion Juan again, and saw him gently putting down the drawing, looking at Alphonse and saying: "If this gun carriage is produced,

Come out, I'm afraid the weight will exceed 10 dan, right?"

Alphonse was stunned for a moment, and then Arnar translated for him. The load that Baiserion Juan said was a Spanish quintal, and one load was equal to 200 Spanish marks, which was approximately equal to 188 Paris marks, or 101 pounds.

Fortunately, Alphonse, who was a sailor in his previous life, probably remembered that a Spanish quintal was about 40 kilograms, so he came up with the value of 46 kilograms through extrapolation.

However, Baiserion Juan estimated that the weight of the gun carriage exceeds 460 kilograms, which is more than 1,000 pounds, and Alphonse agrees;

This is a big toy made entirely of pig iron. The three pig iron wheels of the gun carriage weigh more than 100 kilograms. With the two-layer gun mount, 460 kilograms should be only a lot more.

But without enough weight, the recoil reduction of the gun carriage is relatively limited; for example, if the recoil angle gun mount is replaced by wood-clad iron casting, the cost will actually be higher when considering the additional casting of slide rails and iron cladding.<

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The same is true for the lower gun mount, and if the wheel becomes smaller, its friction will drop significantly, which will further weaken its effect of reducing the recoil of the gun.

However, since it was Party A's objection, Alphonse should naturally provide improvements. He smiled and said: "If you are worried about the overweight of the gun truck, you can also reduce the weight of the gun truck.

For example, three large wheels can be reduced to six small wheels. The ground contact surface will not be reduced, but the weight will be reduced by half; secondly, the material of the upper and lower gun mounts is changed from pig iron casting to solid wood clad iron. Due to the shrinkage of the wheels, the lower gun mount will be

The height can also be reduced, so I think the entire gun carriage can be reduced to a weight of 600 pounds, which is about 6 tons."

"I think the existing gun carriage can be properly modified into a lower gun mount, and then an upper gun mount can be added. In this way, not only does the entire gun carriage not require much modification time, but the weight of the gun carriage can also be reduced. This

It ensures that our ship can carry more supplies." Baiserion Juan thought for a while and replied.

"Your suggestion is very good. I can modify the design based on this." Alphonse smiled. He had already taken out the drawings, and Baiserion Juan had also seen them. He must have paid for them.

"Arnar said, do you think a 16-pounder can be used to fire 24-pound lead bullets and be used as a 24-pounder?" Baiserion Juan turned to the next topic.

"You may not know that an 18-pound iron bullet is the same size as a 26 2/3-pound lead bullet; this means that as long as you can fire an 18-pound iron bullet, you can fire a 26-pound lead bullet.

Another 2/3 pound lead bullet.

It just requires more gunpowder and a longer barrel to make the 26 and 2/3 pound lead bullet exert its due power." Alphonse continued with a smile:

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"Within the maximum caliber of civilian artillery, I can achieve the effect of allowing you to fire up to 28 pounds of lead bullets; of course, at this time you must at least pay for a 20-pound gun."

"As long as that effect can be achieved, I can pay the price of a 24-pound gun." Baiserion Juan looked like he was not short of money: "The problem is, how do you ensure that the gun does not explode?"

"This is the technical secret of our factory. If you are interested, we can use 26-pound lead bullets cast on site for test firing tomorrow. Let you see the effect. I can be sure that after the modification,

The power of the artillery will only be greater!" Alphonse replied confidently.

"I'm very much looking forward to tomorrow's test firing." Baiserion Juan handed back the gun carriage drawings to Alfons, then stood up and said: "I will go back and write the documents for withdrawing the gold, and Anal will be here tomorrow morning.

We will set off for Ostend. As long as you can come up with good enough artillery, we will have enough gold to pay for it."

"You will see what you want." Alphonse watched Baiserion Juan leave with a smile, and then said to Alfred:

"Mr. Alfred, please prepare the mirror for Armand to take away in a moment, and give it to him as soon as he comes back;

Then I asked him to pack his luggage immediately and return to the manor early tomorrow morning. I also gave him 200 livres and said that I wanted to get a hundred frames as soon as possible."

"Yes." Alfred also understood that Alphonse was driving Armand away, but he was worried that he would be suspicious, so he asked him to go back to produce frames in the name of an order;
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