Selling factories to the Americans is no big deal for the French. So the negotiations between the two sides went very smoothly. Of course, from France to France to create cannons, and then consider the gap in supporting facilities, scale, and workers' wages, the cost of the steel cannons made by the United States is obviously far higher than that of the steel cannons made by the French in Europe.

What's more, do the bosses of the American arsenal really stop loving money because of "patriotism"? If this is the case, why didn't they love the motherland of the "United Kingdom"? How did the "United Kingdom" oppress them and infringe on their freedom? Isn't it just that they charged more taxes for them? If they collect more taxes, they would "then die if they are not free." They still want to make money without making money? How is it possible?

So, it is almost certain that the price of cannons made by the Americans to be sold to the US team is much higher than the price of shipment by the French to North America. It may even be higher than the price of cannons sold by the British to Indians through Canada.

However, this is not something that the French need to consider, nor even something that Robert Leviton needs to consider, anyway, he doesn't have to pay for it.

And perhaps because the United States is far away in the New World and has limited danger to France, and the two countries have always been friendly and the French are not asking for a high price, the deal was quickly finalized, and the US government ordered a steel cannon factory with an annual output of 200 cannons and a hydropower plant from France.

This is the first time France has exported a complete hydropower plant to foreign countries. However, considering that relevant science has been made public, exporting such factories is actually not a big problem.

As for the price issue, Joseph explained this:

"American arsenals, all raw materials must be imported from us, and all technicians must rely on us. The same is true for power stations. So in the future, we can get all the money back through services. If we directly ask for a high price, it will be bad if we scare them away."

This is actually a trick that some companies in later generations have played badly. What machines sell at a loss and make consumables back; what machines don’t make money and make maintenance and make money back - they are actually a routine. Even in later generations, there is a story about such a reader-like one:

"In the early 20th century, Ford, the United States was in a period of rapid development, with workshops and factories quickly built and put into use.

Customer's orders are almost filled with Ford's sales office. Every Ford car that has just been offline has many people waiting to buy it.

Suddenly, a motor for Ford had a problem, and almost the entire workshop could not operate, and the related production work was forced to stop.

The company transferred a large number of maintenance workers to conduct repeated inspections and invited many experts to check, but they could not find out where the problem was, let alone repairs.

The leaders of Ford are really furious. Not to mention stopping for one day, even a minute will be a huge economic loss for Ford.

At this time, someone suggested to invite the help of the famous physicist and motor expert Stanmenz. When everyone heard that it was reasonable, they hurriedly sent a special person to invite Stanmenz.

Stanmenz asked for a mat to lay it next to the motor, listened attentively for 3 days, and then asked for a ladder, climbed up and down for a long time, and finally drew a line with chalk on one part of the motor, and wrote "The coil here has been twisted for 16 more times."

People did as they did, and what was surprising was that the fault was eliminated! Production was restored immediately!

The Ford manager asked Stanmenz how much compensation they would pay, and Stanmenz said: "Not much, it only costs $10,000."

10,000 US dollars? Just simply draw a line! At that time, Ford's most famous salary slogan was "5 US dollars a month", which was a very high salary at that time, so many experienced technical workers and excellent engineers in the United States rushed from all over the country for the monthly salary of this $5 US dollar.

1 line, 10,000 US dollars, the total income of an ordinary employee over 100 years!

Seeing that everyone was confused, Stanmenz turned around and opened a bill: Draw a line, $1; know where to draw a line, $9999."

This story itself is full of loopholes, and it is not a good story. For example, Ford's daily salary was $2 at that time; for example, changing a motor would not take so much time and so much money, and it would definitely save a lot of precious time; for example, if the coil was too much winding, the motor would either not have any problems or could not be turned at all, and would never have problems after using it for a while...

In general, this story is full of the stupid smell unique to the rumors created by scholars and literati who don’t know any scientific knowledge at all. It uses high-end tactics such as luring the enemy into depth, surrounding the enemy, and surrounding the points and aiding a company of pla in one go. (I don’t think about it, with the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, what can I use to support the wild wolf army with hundreds or even thousands of wolves, which are dozens of times the number of wolf mouths in this plane) and Nikang’s little friends, carrying 20 kilograms of weight and hiking 100 kilometers a day (overwhelming the standards of the US special forces).

However, this story really tells a way to make money, that is, as long as you use our things, when it needs maintenance, even if it is so simple that you only need to draw a line, I can cheat you a lot of money in one go. So this story is actually not to tell you that knowledge is wealth, but to tell you that there is also a good way to make money by relying on after-sales and technical guidance.

What's even more serious is that once Americans use French production equipment, the entire supporting facilities and maintenance must be based on French standards. Considering the technical capabilities of the United States at this time, the entire system should not be maintained by French components. Haha, the whole factory is worthless, but the parts that have been dismantled are more valuable than the other. In addition, if you dare to use non-authentic parts, for example, if you use a copycat screw cap on the drilling machine, haha, then the entire system, including the warranty of the powered generator, will be gone. In other words, if Americans buy these things back, it is equivalent to getting on a pirate ship and there are many opportunities to be sucked in the future.

However, at this time, Americans were generally too simple and did not see Joseph's sinister intentions, so they happily felt that they had done a good deal.

After signing with the Americans, the Austrian talents that the three brothers had been looking forward to finally arrived. However, the Austrians surprised the three brothers again because Shinra did not imitate Donglu and Lulu, set up an arsenal, and then set off an arms race. They just wanted to understand the production capacity of the Russians and Turks in order to formulate corresponding plans to buy or rent weapons from France.

"Anyway, even if Austria can produce these things by itself, the output and quality will definitely not be comparable to the original French goods. If that's the case, why do you have to work hard to build factories and manufacture them by yourself? However, our country is very interested in your country's power plants and related technologies for electric lights. Unlike weapons, these things should be truly good things that can make money." Austrian Ambassador to France Metternich told Napoleon at a dance.

"Mr. Ambassador, you mean, you want to use our technology to produce electric lights, and then compete with us for the market?" Napoleon frowned.

"First ruling, you misunderstood our meaning. You see, the same principle as I mentioned earlier in making cannons, how can we compete with your factory in other European markets? However, in some places, such as in Austria and in some areas of the Balkans, your business is not particularly easy to do there for various reasons, and it takes time to develop those markets. I think it is better to cooperate with us and develop together, isn't it better to develop them?"

Napoleon thought about it and did not immediately refuse Metternier because he was not very proficient in doing business. He thought it would be better to go back and discuss with Joseph before making a decision. So he said to Metternier: "Mr. Ambassador, I think we need more time to think about this issue, and I cannot answer you immediately. However, as a professional soldier, I think that as a professional soldier, there is one thing I may need to remind you that although cannons can be purchased or rented quickly, soldiers using cannons are not available at any time."

"Ah, this is a question," said Metternier. "We hope your country can help us train a group of gunners. Of course, it would be even better if your country can provide gunner rental business..."
Chapter completed!