Chapter 78 Visitors from Amiens (please order first)

"It's up to you." Francis smiled.

"You are so generous." Christina teased Francis in a low voice when he turned back to entertain other guests.

"It doesn't matter, they all rent my workshop space. Although it's not expensive, I still make a steady profit. No matter whether the business is good or not, they have to pay me the rent in full every month." Alphonse smiled.
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"Awesome, you can just make money while lying down. You don't have to worry about whether the price of copper has increased, whether the price of coal has increased, whether the goods are unsalable; you can charge as much as you rent out the workshop area, and grab money.

You can’t make it as fast as you.” Christina snickered.

"I've made money, haven't you been living a good life? Now there are people flattering you everywhere." Alphonse joked.

During this time, the whole of Calais was under construction, so Alphonse took Kristina around every day to prevent her from getting sick at home. As a result, Kristina was naturally very happy to be able to go around every day, and she especially liked going there.

In the commercial street, because all kinds of delicacies and snacks are now springing up there, Christina has gained a lot of weight.

"I don't like flattery." Christina replied arrogantly. Just as Alphonse was about to return her favor, he heard Will Morty's voice coming from behind:

"Alphonse, are you also here at the Bronze Exchange?" Will Morty smiled and walked over to say hello: "And Tina, Betty is looking to play with you!"

"But I don't want to." Kristina shrugged and replied: "She is only suitable to play with Lisen."

"Build your reputation, girl." Alphonse rolled his eyes at her, looked at Will Morty and asked with a smile: "Why are you free to come here today?"

"Thanks to you, I also opened a bronze workshop. It was Francis who found me." Will Morty chuckled softly: "He is really good at calculating calculations. He found me alone and paid for it."

I owe you two a favor."

"It's not easy for him either. One spot is given to you and the other is given to old Cullen. I'm afraid there won't be much profit." Alphonse smiled.

In fact, a quota is not expensive, the most is 1,000 livres, and the least is only 600. In other words, Francis can't make 3,500 livres in extra money by running these six workshops; if it weren't for Alphonse and

It is proposed to open six workshops. It is estimated that Francis will lose enthusiasm after a while.

"Who made Old Cullen give birth to a good daughter?" Will Morty said with a bad smile. Old Cullen's Cullen Artillery Factory was about to close down. Unexpectedly, some time ago, Old Cullen's daughter actually fell in love with Francis. Old Cullen

Without spending a penny, Francis took away a place in the bronze workshop from Francis.

But having said that, Old Cullen has worked in the artillery workshop for so many years, so he took over the bronze workshop the fastest and the quality is the best, so this place is not in vain.

"It's your birthday in two days. Don't you plan to hold a birthday party? This is a rare opportunity for the business alliance to get together." Will Morty asked again with a smile.

"No, there's nothing to celebrate." Alphonse shook his head and said, not even realizing that today is the last day of August.

"Yes, I really can't believe that you will only turn 17 in two days." Will Morty lamented: "Maybe when you are eighteen, you will be a millionaire."

The wealth of millionaires these days is extremely high. Farmers, who account for 90% of the country's population, only earn 80-140 livres per year, and even urban workers only earn 200 livres per year;

The annual income that meets the standard of wealth is only 800 livres. Using a modern scale, an annual income of 1,000 livres is roughly equivalent to a modern annual income of 200,000, and a person with a net worth of one million is equivalent to 200 million.

Asset...

"Maybe you don't have to wait until you are eighteen." Alphonse blinked and replied. He already has more than 400,000 livres in assets. In ten days and a half, he will get another 300,000 livres; although he can only use

Come to invest rather than own, but it won’t be long before you can bring the Dutch Orange family into the water, and you will soon be worth one million by then!

"Master, Master." Artu suddenly hurried over and reported out of breath: "The manor has just sent a batch of frames, and he also said that he would pay for the next batch of goods, saying that they are for you.

Prepared for birthday party."

"Very good, go back and tell Armand that you don't have to withdraw." Alphonse waved his hand.

"If I really want to invite you to the birthday party, why doesn't he come by himself?" Christina sneered.

"I didn't allow him to come to Calais. What, you want to see him?" Alphonse said with a smile.

"Of course not." Christina curled her lips and said.

"The payment for a batch of goods is not much, right? 200 livres?" Will Morty next to him said: "There is no need for you to get into trouble with your brother because of this little money."

"No, on the contrary, this is enough to make me unhappy with him." Alphonse shook his head and said: "Is he really throwing a birthday party for me? Of course not, he just intends to take this opportunity to ask for something from me.

money;

Under the guise of celebrating my birthday, since I'm not here anyway, I have to get more money, right? I've already told him that I will never pay for the luxurious life of him and his wife."

"You should think about it carefully, and try not to get too tense with your brother." Will Morty patted Alphonse on the shoulder and turned to leave.

"Come on, let's go to the lighthouse and have a look. I wonder what's going on?" Alphonse, who didn't take Armand seriously at all, took Kristina to the pier to check the construction progress of the lighthouse, but he didn't know it.

At this time, my house was in a completely different situation.

"Father, Calais seems to be under construction everywhere?" Anderson, standing next to Alfred, was the person in charge of escorting the frame here.

Alphonse expected well. Armand's intention of holding a birthday party was to let Alphonse get a little more money, at least 500 livres. It would definitely not be safe to give such a large amount of money to a coachman, so Armand

That's why Anderson was sent here; and Anderson himself also wanted to come to Calais to explore the way. After all, Alfred wanted him to bring all his family to Calais, so he naturally wanted to take a look in person.

"This is natural. Calais is now accelerating development. There are big constructions everywhere, docks, workshop areas, commercial streets, large-scale work sheds and brand-new residential areas; this will soon become the largest on the entire northern coast.

A prosperous place." Alfred said proudly:

"And Mr. Darren Desai is seeking the position of deputy mayor. Once he takes office, he will quickly promote more policies to make Calais a more developed port than Boulogne."

"It's unbelievable. This place is much more prosperous than I thought!" Anderson replied, then looked at the west annex building under construction outside and asked: "The house is being expanded?"

"Yes, considering that there may be more guests, the master plans to expand the house and raise all the floors." Alfred smiled: "According to the new city expansion plan, the house will become the center of the entire Calais in the future! <

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The west coastline is the new dock area, the east coast is the old dock area, further to the west are new residential areas, and to the east are the city hall, court and tax bureau; further to the south are the old residential areas and the old wealthy areas, and

A new wealthy area will be built, and as long as the three main roads are built, the transportation of the house will be very convenient."

When Anderson heard this, he understood that the original house may not be in a good location, after all, the west side is all wasteland; but now that Alphonse has developed the entire west wasteland, then the area that was not important at first will suddenly become the entire city.

center!

Whether it is symbolic or convenient, it will greatly increase the potential value of the house; however, with the extensive construction of a coastal port, it will be difficult to face privateers and pirates!

"Will we encounter pirates?" Anderson asked.

"Probably the port that pirates least want to approach is Calais. The rapid-fire cannons produced in Calais are a pirate's nightmare!" Alfred laughed.

Since Alphonse has provided drawings and molds to Britain and Spain, the production of rapid-fire cannons has now been released. Almost all merchant ships traveling to and from Calais are equipped with a large number of rapid-fire cannons! The pirates may be scared out of their wits when they encounter them.

Not to mention that the privateers, who knew the power of rapid-fire guns, even took a detour to Calais!

Speaking of which, this is related to the fact that today's privateers and pirate ships are generally only equipped with 12-pound guns and 18-pound guns. Such firepower simply does not have the ability to storm and loot ports with artillery defenses; it will probably take another 30 years to fully

Some artillery calibers have entered the 24-pound or even 32-pound era, which was the heyday of pirates!

"I will find a way to come to Calais by the end of the year." Anderson felt relieved.

"It's just that time, the house has been expanded, and you will live in the west annex building; and the new chamber of commerce will also be built, and you can manage the internal affairs of the chamber of commerce, and come back every day to report to the master." Alfred nodded.

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"You don't have to rush back at night. If you stay here for one night, I might have something to tell you."

"Okay." In fact, Anderson and Alphonse are not strangers, but they are not familiar either.

Before Alphonse's father died, Alphonse basically had contact with Alfred; after Armand took over, Alphonse looked like a bad boy again, wandering around when he was away from home all day long; therefore, Anderson's impression of him

He has always looked like a prodigal son. It is really difficult to fit the previous Alphonse into his current image...

"Mr. Alfred, and Mr. Anderson, the master...the master said he is not allowed to withdraw the payment..." Artu ran in and replied.

"This..." Anderson's face suddenly changed. After all, he came here in person. If he couldn't bring back a penny, how could Anderson live well at Armand's place in the future?

"The master has a deep prejudice against Sir, I will talk to him when he comes back." Alfred comforted his son, then looked at Artu and asked: "When will the master come back?"
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"I didn't ask, but it seems that he went to the pier..." Artu replied. Going to the pier means that Alphonse will not come back for lunch; he probably accompanied Kristina to the business district to eat snacks and then go for a ride.
Chapter completed!