Mr. Yan seems to have realized something.

This time, it seemed that Da Chen suffered a loss, but because he took the lead in establishing the Chamber of Commerce, it greatly enhanced the industrial and commercial system of Jibei. At the same time, he took this opportunity to break the boundaries between countries and promote silver notes. All these things seemed to be Chen Kaizhi's concessions, but in fact, the upstream and downstream of the Chamber of Commerce were controlled by Chen Kaizhi. As long as the Chamber of Commerce was fattened by the Chamber of Commerce, if the shipbuilding bureau was not bought, the Chamber of Commerce would have no ship available. Once they traded, they would promote the silver notes of the Jinbei Money House. Then, the trade of countries in the world and even overseas people would have to use silver notes to settle. How much benefit is there?

In addition, the Chamber of Commerce will recruit a large number of people from various countries at that time, and Jibei has everything in the world. The headquarters of this Chamber of Commerce must be located here. What will a super Chamber of Commerce with hundreds of thousands or even millions of employees bring to Jibei?

After thinking through these things, everything suddenly became clear. Mr. Yan smiled slightly: "No wonder he came to Jibei and when he was chatting with Mr. Yang, Yang Gong kept his eyes away and said that Jibei was a career for thousands of years. The old minister was sometimes confused. Now, after hearing His Majesty's words, he finally understood."

Chen Kaizhi smiled and said, "After that being said, if the Yang family cannot be cut off, everything will be empty. In essence, I will unite the four countries to declare war on the Yang family. In a time, I will wipe out Xiliang and Shu Kingdom. As for other countries, they are tied to me, but sooner or later, they can also slowly erode them. In this world, there are countless treasures, mountains of wealth, and vast land. Instead of trying hard to compete with other countries, why not look farther away?"

Mr. Yan stroked his beard and nodded: "Your Majesty said so much."

Chen Kaizhi frowned: "The only thing I worry about now is Yang Zhengqi, who is in Jibei, but I don't know what happened to this person."

After countless days and nights of negotiations on the formulation of the rules, the dust finally settled.

Immediately afterwards, the Chamber of Commerce was established. At the same time, various countries issued an order to order Fang Wucai to be the prime minister. The position of Prime Minister has been eliminated in various countries, but now it has rekindled. Its authority is no less than that of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. The Chamber of Commerce Presidents who hold the seal of the four countries will have the power to control the prefectures and counties in the four countries, and have the right to leave the following texts to allow the states and prefectures in various places to cooperate with each other, and even appoint relevant officials from the Chamber of Commerce, and have the privilege of directly submitting the emperors of various countries.

As for the chamber of commerce, they have certain military power, such as recruiting sailors, establishing water camps, and training naval troops. However, in order to prevent joint naval troops from causing chaos, various countries also prohibit them. Within the four countries, the naval troops had the right to station, and only after leaving the sea, the chamber of commerce had the power to mobilize.

Fang Wucai agreed to it seemed quite happy. This legendary gentleman has now transformed himself into a state of being no longer comparable to the Grand Secretary of various countries. Since then, the Chamber of Commerce has begun to recruit talents on a large scale. The streets and alleys of Jibei are full of recruitment orders. Not only that, but also recruiting people in countries such as Beiyan and Chuyue.

After all, there is a full 45 million taels of silver, which is enough to squander.

Next, we were supervising the construction of merchant ships and warships. But... it was not easy to build ships. Apart from purchasing some ordinary sea ships from Yue Kingdom first, for training, there were almost no sea ships that could actually go abroad.

But at the Shipbuilding Bureau, I came to the door to contact me soon.

The Shipbuilding Bureau has now got some clues when developing ironclad ships. After countless experiments and improvements with small-scale models, they have already made a prototype for future ironclad ships. Naturally, ironclad ships at this time cannot be truly all steel, but more like the splicing of shipwood and steel. But even so, they still have to use steam power because they are too heavy. Steam engines have already appeared, and the steam engines for marine use are actually not technically difficult. After all, they are ships, so even if they are larger and more bulky, it is okay. In addition, even the oars and blades connecting the steam engines need to be repeatedly demonstrated. Because they have power and are ironclad ships, the configuration of artillery can also be strengthened.

It is said that a new gunpowder workshop in Jibei is developing. This new type of gunpowder, which is different from black gunpowder, is said to be even more powerful.

Shipbuilding is a coordinated project of multiple parties, involving technical problems such as metallurgy, gunpowder, machinery and power. Under the Shipbuilding Bureau, dozens of departments were set up to cooperate separately. After repeated experiments, it was proved that countless plans were changed and finally a conclusion was reached.

The first warship that Fang Wucai purchased was from the Shipbuilding Bureau, and this time it also caused controversy. On the one hand, the iron-clad ship was expensive, and the Shipbuilding Bureau's offer was 940,000 taels of silver, which was a shocking amount. On the other hand, only God knows what this warship would look like, because... Mr. Fang decided after Chen Kaizhi and the Shipbuilding Bureau and personnel from various countries observed a model with a size of a black-sailed ship.

This ship model is a reduced demonstration experimental model of iron-clad ship. A large chimney extends out on the ship. It is said that it is used to match the steam engine. In addition, there is a coal burning room, an artillery room, a crew room, a base warehouse, a command room, an arsenal and a fuel room, etc. In short, everyone stood at the dock and looked at the "iron-clad ship" ship model on the sea. As for power, they naturally don't think about it for the time being. After all, the shipbuilding bureau cannot create a reduced steam engine. The smaller the ship, the higher the requirements for craftsmanship, and the more difficult it is to make breakthroughs in this regard. Therefore, in order to make it more intuitive to let people on the shore understand that the ship can walk by burning coal, the steel model led a rope in front, and then a capsized ship dragged it forward.

Fang Wucai's face turned dark. He couldn't help but look at Chen Kaizhi who was coming and whispered: "Your Majesty, just like that, I want me to place an order for the Shipbuilding Bureau, take out millions of taels of silver, and build several iron armored ships at the same time?"

The money has entered the chamber of commerce. All countries have no power to interfere with the chamber of commerce. They are only responsible for sharing dividends. Of course, if a major event occurs, shareholders of various countries will negotiate. The purchasing power naturally falls in Fang Wucai. He looked at the model of the "iron armored ship" dragged on the sea, and felt like he was beating his chest and falling down. Even if it was a show, everyone had to discuss it privately, but at least, it had to be made like this. This model looks fresh, and judging by weight, it is really iron armor. The only thing is that the ship has not sunk, and he can vaguely see the cannon hatches all over the hull. But... it just goes for you to see?

Chen Kaizhi whispered: "Uncle Master, please rest assured, I dare to use the head as a guarantee..."

Fang Wu sighed and shook his head: "Forget it, it's not necessary to protect it. Just think that our uncle and nephew teamed up to make money, use the Shipbuilding Bureau to empty the bank of this chamber of commerce. Anyway... I'm not the first time I did this. Next time, even if I have to act, I have to do better. Uncle Master is a well-known person. If he doesn't even take it seriously, someone will stab his backbone."

Chen Kaizhi felt embarrassed and wanted to explain that if this ship was built seriously, it would definitely have unexpected results, but after thinking about it, it seemed that it would be useless to explain it, so he said, "How many ships are planned to be built in the Chamber of Commerce?"

Fang Wucai was silent for a moment: "How about the six ships?"

"I see, ten ships are better. I will try my best to let the Shipbuilding Bureau build two ships first to serve as training ships for joint navy training. As for the others, they will be delivered as soon as possible."

"This is more than nine million taels of silver. As soon as I took office, I lost so much money and food in the chamber of commerce. I'm sorry." Fang Wucai stroked his beard, shook his head, and sighed: "Stop, let's go, ten warships, that's it."

"What about the merchant ship?" Chen Kaizhi continued: "The Shipbuilding Bureau has come up with a plan to arm the merchant ship. This kind of ship does not cover iron armor, so the cost is much cheaper. The biggest advantage is the draft, large scale, and sail power, which is enough to cope with the wind and waves in the sea. This is my personal design and is specially designed for trade needs. A ship, only 200,000 taels of silver, is enough."

Fang Wucai narrowed his eyes: "To be honest, how much benefit can Your Majesty get from it?"

"What does it mean?" Chen Kaizhi looked straight: "Don't Uncle Master know that in order to develop these ships, the Shipbuilding Bureau has been declining so far. Even if it is sold at this price, it is still not enough to make ends meet and barely guaranteed the capital. There is no intention to make a profit at all. Uncle Master... I am telling the truth, and I will never deceive you."

Fang Wucai looked at Chen Kaizhi coldly, as if he had seen through Chen Kaizhi's heart at first sight, and said lightly: "If you don't care about it, this merchant ship will take as much as you want. If you launch a boat, the chamber of commerce will settle the settlement. I am old, what hope will I have in this life? I am so happy that I am being brought to worry about these things. It's not for my beloved nephew, nephew... No, Your Majesty, you have to accept the love of my uncle. I have to ask you for the rest of my life, and I have to do anything behind me."

Chen Kaizhi was ashamed, but knew that he could not explain it, so he simply refused: "Since that's the case, then... I ordered the Shipbuilding Bureau to rush to work. Everything was difficult at the beginning, and soon everything went smoothly."
Chapter completed!