When the summer came, Margari's inland fleet arrived in the border town.

Roland specially received the businesswoman at the dock, checking the goods she brought with him.

The most important thing is the nitrite of the whole three ships, and now the gunpowder in the border town is basically exhausted, and even the shooting practice of the First Army has stopped.Although the rifles have begun to equip troops on a small scale, they have only remained on the practice of bomb replacement, gun maintenance and reloading ammunition.Now with these nitrites, it is finally possible to resume live fire training.

In addition to nitrite, she also brought two ships of ingots, mainly iron and copper, as well as some green alum ores, as well as some green alum ores, which took two or three days to unload.

Roland also placed two steam engines in a prominent position in the yard, and dressed in red satin according to the usual practice, tied with large red flowers for Margrie acceptance.In fact, the West End Industrial Company for nearly a month stumbling only piece together a steam engine, which is still based on hundreds of scrapped parts, so Roland had to let Anna out of the horse, those deviation is not too large residual parts for reprocessing, so that the second steam engine to catch up with the scheduled delivery time.

To Roland's surprise, Margery did not come alone this time, and she brought the merchant group of the royal capital.

After the goods were delivered, Margery and her family followed Roland back to the castle to enjoy a rich lunch in the living room.

"Your Highness, this is Hogg, my old friend, and a mining merchant in the number of the kings."Marguerite said, "This is Gamore, and Marlan belong to the String Moon Bay caravan, the main gray castle and the fjord cross-sea trade."They are very interested in steam engines.I have known them for many years, and I am ashamed to sell them at a higher price, so I will bring them to you."

"Say good to you, Your Highness," said Hogg, with a large belly and full of oily eyes, "listen to Margley's saying that this machine can replace human labor, quickly pump water and mines from the mine, and still have a great strength to rest all day long."Can you let me see it with my own eyes?”

"Of course," Roland poked out the wine, which at first he was completely unable to adapt to the sour taste, and now he was getting used to it, "but to install the track system if he wanted it to carry the ore."After lunch, I can take you to the North Slope mine."

"My Highness, I am very curious about the use of the steam engine you have described, can it really be mounted on a sailboat to drive the ship in place of sail?"Marlan said, "What if it's a three-to-four-masted ship like a sea-boat?"It's not enough power."

"The steam engine is also the same as the horse, some of the strength is large, some of the strength is small, depending on the type of manufacture."Of course, machines with large efforts are naturally more expensive.And one is not enough, you can go on two or four."Roland replied with a smile.

Let the steam-board ship, even the most primitive Ming ship, be a complex system involving power, transmission and control, and there is no other place for the technical power of the Grey Fort except the border town.And the cost of remaking such a ship is bound to cost much more than the steam engine itself.

"In that case, the String Moon Bay Caravan would like to order you this machine."Gamoret put a newly caged bun in his mouth and squinted his eyes with a fragrant gravy.

Sure enough, things are clustered together, people are divided into groups, and the friends of the big dog are still big dogs, and even the actual effect is not seen, so they directly pat the board and place the order, as if they don't put thousands of golden dragons in the eye at all.

Roland shook his head, "Unfortunately, the shortage of manpower in the border town, coupled with the complexity of the steam engine, makes it difficult to make additional machines before completing Margari's order."

"I can give you a hand, my dear one," Gamore patted his chest, "whether it is a carpenter or a blacksmith, or even a shipbuilder, there are many in my port, and I do not have to pay!"

“Then let them learn the manufacturing method and then use it for you?”Hogg interjected.

“No!Certainly not!”He rolled his eyes and said, “How dare I play this trick in front of His Royal Highness the Prince.”Ten years, Your Highness," he opened his hands, "I am willing to let them work for you for ten years, and the salary is paid by me."There is only one requirement, and that is that the steam engines they manufacture are sold to the String Moon Bay caravan.”

This is an interesting proposal, Roland thought, similar to the future of the technical partnership, only to provide technology, and to earn big head, of course, the other side can get the steam engine as soon as possible, and ten years later can get a group of technicians, this decade of workers' compensation is equivalent to the cost of technology purchase.

"Don't rush the board, we can look at the physical details and talk slowly," Roland pressed down, "and I'm not only here the steam engine worth buying, there are some things you'll be interested in, for example."He made a ring finger, and the guard around him took a large number of things out of the wooden box at his feet, one by one, on the table.

"These are new goods in the border town, no matter what is high quality, the price is fair, such as this is the simplest mug," Roland said, pointing to the colorful cup on the table, "light, beautiful, and not as fragile as the crystal cup."The above pattern can be customized, and it is not water-to-water and easy to clean.”

“Without water?”Marguerite took a cup and looked at it carefully.

"You can try it with wine," the prince quipped, "and after drinking it, you can pretend to be drunk and throw it on the ground and crush it to me."

"This work, yo, is really fine... I'm afraid not every cup can guarantee such quality?" 」Hogg had filled himself with wine, and he took a sip of it. "Oh, it's dry in it."

Of course, it is dry, it is essentially an ordinary wooden cup, but it covers a layer of Soroya's paintings, and the above patterns are designed by themselves."It does not conflict with the crystal cup, and it is more suitable for appearing in the boudoirs of the golden ladies than the formal court banquets."Roland said, "As far as I know, they have no resistance to things that are bright and beautiful."

"I think so too," nodded Marguerite with interest, "and you seem to be very experienced."

"Cough," the prince coughed twice, "look at this, the thickness of the completely uniform overall breastplate, a total of two pieces, are made of cooked iron."Compared to the knight's board armor is light, a person is wearable, after closing there is no gap, suitable for no follow from the caravan guards to use.The most important thing is that it is cheaper than the board.”

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After introducing all the goods, the merchants could not help but turn their heads together.Roland simply left them some free time to discuss, got up and left the hall, and went to the garden corridor to disperse.

"Your Highness, you have not seen a month, and you have many new things here."Marguerite followed.

“Don’t you have to exchange views with them?”

“No, I don’t need to listen to what I think, whether it’s a commodity or a human being.”She smiled and shook her head, “The caravan will probably stay here for three or four days, can you... let me see the lightning again?”

"She didn't recognize you, but at least didn't show any nuance last time, so I don't think there's anything wrong with that."

“Thank you!”Marguerite said gratefully.

"Raise your hand," Roland smiled, "yes, since you have stayed so long, you may wish to come to the play?"In three days the town will hold its first theatrical performance.”

“In a month, you’ve built the theater?”She was surprised.

“Certainly not.It's an open-air show, right in the square in the center of the town, and I think it's going to be different."

"Then it would be better to be respectful, Your Highness."Marguerite stroked her breasts down.(Not finished.If you like this work, you are welcome to start the line, your support is my biggest motivation.Mobile phone users please read.)