There are not many orders for weapons except for the Poles, especially the French army. Although Kano tried hard to give the order to Joseph and others, Kano's status is far inferior to that before. Even if it is a matter of the army, he can't stop it.

However, because the original Naval Institute was far away from Paris, Joseph took it quickly and got it before others. Therefore, some of the key technologies of this institute were not lost. Therefore, at least for the whole of Europe, only they can build the Clippers.

During this period, the advantages of the fly-scissors in smuggling have been fully demonstrated. Since the fly-scissors were put into use, no fly-scissors have been caught until now.

Although the carrying capacity of the clipper ship was not ideal, after calculating the shorter round trip time brought by higher speeds, everyone finally concluded that the transportation efficiency of this kind of cargo ship was actually a little higher than that of conventional cargo ships of the same size. So more orders for the clipper ship flew into Joseph's hands one after another.

Joseph deeply felt that the production capacity of the shipyard affiliated to the institute was far from enough, so the expansion of the shipyard was also put on the agenda. However, the shipyard was a big project and required a lot of money. However, Joseph did not have enough money.

Of course, at least at present, the economic situation of the Bonaparte family is still quite healthy. Almost all businesses are making money, and Joseph has more and more money in his hands. At that time, most people who were used to spending several generations to slowly establish a part of their industry seemed to be very fast. But in the eyes of Joseph from later generations, the expansion speed was really slow and unacceptable.

"This era is really lacking reliable financial means." Joseph couldn't help but say this to himself. The funds that banks in this era can provide are quite limited, but the interest rate is surprisingly high, and the annual interest rate is considered friendly interest. And the general economic growth in this era is only a little more? Even in peaceful times, one percent is not necessarily one percent. Most businesses cannot support such interest rates. Even if Joseph's business has a good profit margin, he is used to the interest rates in later generations, and still feels that he has such a good project in his hand, but he still has to borrow loans with interest rates as high as 20%. This is really a loss.

If you don’t borrow, you can only attract more investors. But this means the dispersion of equity, which is also something that Joseph cannot tolerate. Therefore, expanding production has become a headache.

"It seems that we can only oppress users." Joseph has the only way to do this for the time being.

At the beginning, because the performance of the "slippers" was not well known, in order to win over customers, Joseph adopted the method of payment in installments when selling the ship. However, now it seems that this method can be completely changed, well, it will be changed to prepayment in full.

Of course, high-quality customers can still get certain discounts. For example, Joseph even plans to establish a "Bonaparte Shipping Bank" that specializes in providing loans for purchasing ships. High-quality customers can get a friendly interest rate ship purchase loan from him.

However, the profits of the fly-scissors cannot be taken for too long, because the fly-scissors technology is basically in appearance, so it is almost impossible to keep it confidential for a long time. Perhaps it will not take long before other countries, especially the British, can master the manufacturing technology of fly-scissors.

At the end of December, the Black Pearl, the fly-scissor ship, took only one month and three days to complete the round trip from Marseille to New York. The average speed at sea was more than ten knots. This round trip speed was twice that of an ordinary cargo ship, and the ship suddenly became a legend.

In addition to various goods that France was so much needed, there were several Americans who came to France from the United States.

As soon as these Americans arrived in Marseille, they came to the investment promotion office of the Bonaparte Institute in Marseille.

The investment promotion office of the Bonaparte Institute is different from other places. On the street, there are large counters in a curved shape, such as various short muskets and related accessories, as well as models of cannons and ships. On the wall behind the counter, there are various rifles and strings of small melons. Generally, there are one or two pretty female clerks, as well as two or three big and thick burly men.

Many times, when a smuggling boat approaches the shore, the merchants on the boat come slowly, asking for a few boxes of "little melons" and some other things, and then teases the female clerk, then they simply pay and ask a few people to pick them up on the boat.

If the boss came to buy a boat, a female clerk would lead them to the reception room upstairs and pour them freshly cooked coffee smuggled from Turkey, and then a manager would come over to discuss with them slowly.

At this time, these Americans walked into the investment promotion office and came to the front of the large counter.

"I heard that you can order ships here?" asked a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties in the Bordeaux dialect. He was a little bald, perhaps because he often ran on the sea, so his face was black and red.

As soon as he heard that it was a big customer who was planning to order the ship, the two female clerks stood up.

"Sir, it is indeed the business of ordering ships here. We can make all kinds of the fastest ships in the world. If you have such needs, it is really correct to come to us. Sir, please come upstairs and have a detailed discussion with us."

Two female clerks led these Frenchmen to the reception room upstairs. One female clerk poured them coffee, while the other female clerk found Du Thier, the manager in charge of this type of business.

Du Thier came to the living room with a young clerk, and he and the young clerk sat down on the sofa in front of these Americans: "Hello, sirs. I am Du Thier, manager of the Bonaparte Institute's investment promotion department. Is there anything I can serve you?"

The middle-aged man with a bald look at the young Du Thier and said, "I am Stephen Gillard, a trader in the United States. We come here from the United States, of course, to buy ships and clippers. I am very interested in such fast merchant ships. If you can meet my requirements, maybe I will buy seven or eight ships in one go. But what I want is not the size of the Black Pearl today. The range of ships of such size can be used for use is too limited. In terms of cost of use, it is only suitable for transporting some high-value cargo, and I need larger clippers, some clippers that can be used to transport ordinary cargo. I wonder how big your clippers can make?"

"Sir, at present, the clippers we make are a little larger than the 'Black Pearl'. For example, the 'Flying'-class clippers, which are nearly twice the cargo capacity of the Black Pearl. I don't know if it meets your needs," asked Du Thier.

"Only twice as big as the Black Pearl?" Stephen Gillard shook his head. "This is still too small. Isn't there a bigger one? Or, can't you build a larger clipper than this?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know this question, but I think it's actually..." Du Thier was about to find a way to convince these Americans, but he didn't expect the young clerk around him to suddenly interrupt: "It's not a problem that we can build larger flying scissors, even as big as battleships."

Stephen Gillard looked at the clerk with interest, and he noticed that when the clerk interrupted, Du Thier, as the manager, did not react.

"Generally speaking, managers will not like a document that interrupts during negotiations. However, this document interrupts casually, but the managers do not react at all. It seems that the identity of this young document is not simple."

"Sir, do you think that the fly-scissors can also be made big?" asked Stephen Gillard.

"There is no problem in theory, at least that's what my brother said. Of course, he has never built such a large fly-scissor ship, and there may be some research in technical details. However, there should be no big problem. Well, Joseph said that the main problem is that it requires money." The young clerk replied.

"Ah, I can ask, what is your brother?" asked Stephen Gillard.

"Oh, my brother is the owner and controller of the Joseph Bonaparte Institute, the measurer of the speed of light, the inventor of the Clippers and the Little Melon. I am his younger brother Lucien. I am very happy to see you here."

During this period, Lucien was assigned some social practice tasks by Joseph, one of which was the Dao Investment Promotion Office, which served as a document for the manager to increase social experience. So he happened to meet Stephen Gillard and his group who hoped to buy large flying scissors.

"It turned out to be Mr. Bonaparte." Stephen Gillard hurriedly said, "When I was in the United States, I heard all kinds of stories about your brother. Can you recommend it for me? I hope you will talk to your brother about building large-scale fly-scissors."

Lucien thought for a while and felt that there should be no problem with this. It is not a big secret that the fly-scissors can make big. And if this American can really buy seven or eight boats in one go, he would have helped Joseph make a lot of money.

"Well, Joseph should thank me for this." Lucien thought so, and replied: "Of course, but you may not know what he has been doing recently, and I don't know when I will see him. Maybe you need to wait here for a day or two."
Chapter completed!