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Chapter 96 Ten Thousand Gold Order, Snow Valley Refugees

Of course, for the imperial military, the more manganese steel, the better.

This special metal, its properties and weight are far superior to the equivalent steel material.

Although the current price is slightly expensive, this does not mean that it is a large purchase price, so the upper management of the army wants to get in touch to find out where the reserve price of manganese steel is.

Walsh, who had reacted, hurriedly asked: "If the material is full, how much quota can you come up with to sell?"

"Well, if I can ensure that the material is full, I can take out half of the production quota every month."

half?
That's about seven to eight thousand pounds of manganese steel, which translates to 3.1 to 3.6 tons.

For this number, the joy in Walsh's eyes is even more obvious.

But next he wants to ask the most crucial question, the lowest cost price.

According to the acquisition standard of Jinyuan City Trading Bank, eight gold per pound, this price is still too expensive for the equipment of the elite troops.

"Lord Gooden, manganese steel comes from your territory. I think you must be very clear about its value. The imperial military wants to purchase a large number of soldiers to install."

Walsh put a slight emphasis on the word 'a large number' as a reminder.

"So I want to know Lord Gooden, what is the lowest price you can give?"

Facing Walsh's question, Gooden pondered for a while.

The actual value of manganese steel is naturally clear to him, and now facing the large-scale procurement of the imperial military, he also wants to give a win-win price.

After all, a list with a maximum of [-] gold coins made him so greedy.

Even though there are small batches of manganese steel, fine salt, crystal sugar, and even pure water for sale, these items are obviously difficult to support the construction of Qingyuan Town for a long time.

The cost of building the school alone, labor, materials, corresponding equipment, etc. added up to more than 150 gold coins, and the cost of each flat building was more than [-] gold coins.

This is still a 'streaking' teaching building without electricity, water pipes and other supporting facilities.

Especially in the face of the next town construction, city walls, sewers, roads and other places that need a lot of money, it is obviously not enough to rely on the trade of 'thousands' gold coins every month.

Gooden quickly calculated the cost of manganese steel in his mind to make a minimum bottom line price.

The core cost of manganese steel is iron and labor. Manganese ore is its own mine, and as long as labor and transportation costs are paid, energy can be continuously produced.

Only the iron thing needs to be purchased in large quantities. The underground iron ore has not been fully developed. It may take until the end of September to wait for stable mass production.

而现在的铁矿石价格也开始飞涨，从原先1磅1银涨到了1磅2银30铜，足足两倍不止。

成品铁锭的价格也从原先的1磅5银，涨到了1磅7银60铜，这简直就是在抢钱。

Calculating 10 pounds of manganese steel in this way requires 8.5 pounds of finished iron, plus 1.5 pounds of manganese, for a material cost of 64.6 silver alone.

Coupled with manganese ore mining, limestone flux, refining labor costs, and furnace fuel, the cost of construction will increase to about 1 gold and 20 silver.

Of course, this is the minimum cost price of 10 pounds of manganese steel. If it is converted, the cost of 1 pound of manganese steel is estimated to be at most 15 silver coins.

Gooden certainly won't just report this price stupidly, he also has to make money, after subtracting the cost price, Gooden silently gave a price range in his heart.

3 gold to 4.5 gold.

This price is a figure that is sold to Jinyuan City at half the price. For Gooden, at this price, he can get the maximum profit as much as possible.

After a second thought, it was completed, but Gooden did not make a direct bid, but asked Walsh a question.

"Before bidding, can I ask a question?"

"Please."

"Is the order required by the army a one-off or a long-term cooperation?"

"If the price and the feedback after installation are good, the top management will definitely continue to add more after this transaction."

"understood."

Gooden nodded. What the other party said meant that the price given was appropriate, and there must be follow-up cooperation, but if the lion had a big mouth, then the order would be forgotten.

After a little thought, Gooden made his offer.

"In that case, I can reduce the price of military purchases to four gold per pound."

The halving price is undoubtedly a huge surprise for Walsh.

He thought that Gooden could only lose two gold coins at most, but he didn't expect to cut it in half.

It seems that Gooden also went straight to the maximum order amount, and this result is undoubtedly the best for Walsh.

Now the surprise is a surprise, but Walsh still wants to make a plain look, and plans to try again to see Gooden's bottom line.

Facing Walsh's continued temptation, Gooden did not let go, although he had no talent in business.

But he still has experience in this kind of bargaining. Just like selling clothes, he will cut the price of one hundred pieces of clothes to fifty for the other party. Although the other party said that it was still too expensive, but in his heart he knew that he would pay for the purchase. Heart.

In this case, after two more rounds of pulling, it's basically the same. At that time, I will give the opponent another step to excuse me to step down, and the list will be completed.

But what Gooden didn't expect was that Walsh's persistence was too outrageous.

The two talked for more than half an hour on the four gold coins alone, but the other party showed that they would not purchase if they did not continue to lower.

For a while, Gooden wondered if his price was still too high.

At the same time, Walsh is also thinking and hesitating, is this price really Gooden's bottom line?
Or move out the killer?
When the two sides were thinking about this issue at the same time, the living room also fell into a rare silence.

After a moment, Walsh spoke.

"Well, Lord Gooden, if the military provides the necessary basic materials, how much can the price of four gold coins drop further?"

"The military provides materials?"

Faced with this question, Gooden quickly began to calculate in his heart.

The basic materials are nothing more than the cost of iron and fuel. If the military were to provide basic materials, the price might drop to 3.5 or even 3 gold?
After a little thought, based on Walsh's proposal, Gooden put forward his request for a price reduction.

"If this is the case, I can make a further concession on the price of manganese steel, three gold, but in advance, the military can provide sufficient iron and coal."

"The smelting of manganese steel requires a large amount of iron. For every 10 pounds of manganese steel, 13 to 14 pounds of iron must be consumed. In addition, the temperature of smelting is also the key, which should be clear from the military's research."

In the face of Gooden's last words, Walsh also acquiesced.

Since the manganese steel first appeared in the Jinyuan City Auction House, it has attracted the attention of the Jinyuan City Lord, and the manganese steel that was taken out also made the other party understand that Gooden must have far more than that.

Only then did it report it to the military's upper management, and let it study it to see if it could decipher the elemental composition of manganese steel, so as to understand the elemental formula, so as to imitate the smelting.

But without the periodic table of elements, they don't know the nature and appearance of manganese. Even if they can successfully separate manganese, they have no way to find the mine of this thing.

In this way, a natural 'patent lock' protects the manganese steel formula.

Of course, someone might be able to discover it one day in the future, but by that time, Gooden would no longer need to keep this kind of thing secret.

"Iron, coal, these are all fine. Apart from these, do you have any other needs?"

"For other materials... I can handle it myself, and some materials may not be provided by the military."

Gooden did not continue to 'deceive' the other party. A wrong iron consumption ratio was enough to give the other party a headache for research.

If you report another material that does not belong to manganese steel, the other party is not stupid, and it is easy to see through the problem.

"Okay, then we will make a simple contract according to what you said."

Walsh nodded, then took out a blank piece of paper, wrote down his needs, and Gooden's demand price, etc., and made a simple contract.

Gooden also looked at the content of the contract, which probably meant:
The imperial military needs to purchase [-] gold manganese steel, at the price of three gold per pound, while providing enough basic materials, finished iron, coal and other materials for manufacturing.

And Gooden wants to complete [-]% of the amount within a month after getting the materials provided, which is [-] pounds of manganese steel according to the price.

The Imperial Army will also pay a deposit of [-] gold coins while providing the first batch of materials, wait until [-]% of the amount is completed, then pay [-] gold coins, and then wait until the remaining [-]% is completed, and then pay the final [-] gold coins.

At the same time, if Gooden fails to complete the order quantity within the specified time, in addition to delaying getting the final payment, he may even be refused payment and be charged with an additional charge of delaying military funds.

Cooperating with the imperial military, it is normal for Gooden to have such domineering regulations.

For the contract written by Walsh, Gooden did not make any proposed amendments, but he did have his own small calculation for the deposit paid.

Immediately, he told Walsh of his thoughts, and the other party was a little surprised after hearing it, but he did not refuse.

What Gooden proposed is to use copper ingots to offset part of the amount of gold coins, and at the same time need a thousand gold coins of silver coins.

This kind of payment request, Walsh didn't think it was a deliberate problem, and immediately agreed.

After the two completed the remaining details of the contract, Walsh got up and retire, preparing to return overnight.

Regarding the anxious appearance of the other party, Gooden did not open his mouth to hold back, but gave two bottles of pure water.

"This... Lord Gooden, this thing is too valuable, I can't accept it, I will be investigated by the army to find out about the wolf cub over there, I can't stand it."

Looking at the pure water vodka sent by Gooden, Walsh quickly shook his head and refused, but his eyes were still full of eagerness.

He had heard of this thing at the auction in Jinyuan City, and was fortunate enough to taste it once.

But such a small cup is worth a few gold coins. For Walsh, he has to save two or three years of salary to buy a bottle.

"Haha, Kroger, it seems that your previous work in the military investigation seems to be very unpopular."

Looking at Kroger who was accompanying him off, Gooden laughed and joked, then looked at Walsh and continued.

"This thing is expensive outside, but in Qingyuan Town, this thing is not so expensive. You are in a hurry and you have no time to enjoy it. This is what you bought and tasted. It is not expensive for a gold coin or a bottle. , it's not too late to pay next time."

In the face of Gooden's enthusiasm, Walsh looked at Kroger and saw that the other party nodded slightly to indicate that he was fine, so he accepted it with confidence.

"Thank you Lord Gooden for your kindness. The next time we meet will be at the end of the month. The upper management attaches great importance to this order. I hope you can prepare this order in advance and go."

After accepting the pure water, Walsh also revealed a message to Gooden in a very respectful manner.

The meaning of his words can also be clear, as long as this order can be completed, the arrival of the next order is only a matter of time, and let Gooden make follow-up preparations.

After seeing Walsh off, Kroger suddenly spoke quietly in the group.

"Master Gooden, if you can hold an official position in the empire, I think many inspectors will be laid off."

Listening to Kroger's words, Gooden touched his chin and asked back with a little shame.

"Is this a compliment to me?"

"Hahaha……"

When the group heard this, they burst out laughing.

"However, I have to disappoint Kroger. It is impossible for me to hold any official position. Being a lord is already the limit."

After a casual explanation, the group returned to the castle to temporarily do their own work.

Gooden did not receive the whole process, and he also had to start arranging the order of the imperial military.

……

At about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, under the afterglow of the sun, there were more people outside Qingyuan Town.

"Is this Qingyuan Town? Why doesn't it look as good as Xuegu Town?"

"We...are we being deceived?"

"Don't worry, I have relatives here. I will visit and ask later. If the situation is not right, we will go to Jinyuan City tomorrow."

"That's okay too..."

The appearance of a group of hundreds of people fleeing outside Qingyuan Town quickly attracted the attention of the soldiers in charge of patrolling.

When he stepped forward to ask and learned that the other party was from Xuegu Town, the soldiers quickly returned to the castle to report the news to Master Gooden.

"An escape team of hundreds of people?"

Hearing this news, Gooden's face was also a little surprised, which was earlier than he expected the collapse of Snow Valley Town.

It seemed that the fire caused more damage to Snow Valley than he expected.

Immediately, Gooden looked at Old Joseph beside him and instructed.

"Old Joseph, you immediately bring a team to maintain the scene, let all the residents of Snow Valley Town register their information, and then arrange a temporary gathering place for them."

"At the same time, let people live in some hot food, hot soup, etc., and send them to these people after they have registered, and tell them that they are willing to join Qingyuan Town. After the two days of work are allocated, they will be directly given five silver subsidies. "

"Yes, I will arrange it immediately."

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