As expected by Gaomo, although the Ottomans had some objections to the price, they did not bother them much. Then they proposed to offset some of the shipbuilding costs in kind. After all, although the Ottomans are a big empire today, they have not been very financially abundant, especially after the Europeans opened a route around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa to the East, the fiscal revenue of the Ottoman Empire plummeted. Therefore, it is not surprising that they proposed to offset some of the payments in kind.

The East Coast people are not unacceptable to the proposal to offset part of the payment for goods with physical goods, but this proportion and the choice of goods are very particular. For example, the East Coast currently lacks livestock such as horses and camels (used in South Africa), and these Turks have a lot of money to buy from others in the future. Instead of spending money to buy from others in the future, it is better to barter with the Turks. Furthermore, the wool, fur, copper, lead, tin, mercury, graphite, sulfur and other materials needed in the industry are also acceptable to the East Coast.

Of course, in addition to the above, Turkey's most abundant "slaves" are also the "commodities" needed by the East Coast. As of the end of 1639, the population of the East Coast Republic of China has now reached a scale of 34,000 after nearly two years of vigorous expansion. However, even so, the existing population is still far from enough. The industry, agriculture, military and commercial departments need population everywhere, and the appetite of each department is larger and larger every time, which makes the Executive Committee extremely troubled.

Since the beginning of this year, a large number of indigenous people have been introduced from South Africa in several batches. So far, more than 4,000 Koisans or Xhosa people have been introduced in the form of labor dispatch. These indigenous people in South Africa have been dispatched to iron ore, coal mine, lime mine, cement plant, brick kiln factory, construction team, farmland and other places, liberating a large number of free people in the East Coast. The departments that tasted the sweetness of South Africa’s indigenous people have gradually begun to ignore the voices of some time travelers opposing the introduction of blacks and celebrities. They are like addiction, urging the Executive Committee to increase its efforts to introduce South African indigenous people.

However, introducing too many South African indigenous people at once will eventually touch the sensitive nerves of many people in China. The Executive Committee dared not make any comments easily. Moreover, according to the agreement, these indigenous people will return to South Africa in three years and cannot be used for a long time like lifelong slaves. Therefore, the most fundamental solution is to introduce large quantities of immigrants, and Ottoman Turkey is obviously a good "supply".

The two sides negotiated the details for more than three hours, and finally decided that half of the Ottoman shipbuilding costs were paid in cash, while the other half was deducted by materials and population. They also made detailed regulations on the quantity and unit price of each deducted material. In this way, it was equivalent to the East Coast collecting the shipbuilding costs in cash, and the remaining materials and population were in vain.

At this point, the cooperation agreement between the two sides' naval parties has been completed in preliminary negotiations, so what should be negotiated next is the agreement between the army. To be honest, the people of the East Coast are not very interested in selling army equipment. There is no other reason here, and they mainly cannot make a lot of money. Look at the two shipyards working together to earn the construction contract for six Ottoman warships, with a total amount of 360,000 yuan, and the profit is at least half. How much army equipment does it take to sell to exchange it for it.

At this time, the price of a Sur-style coercion produced by the UK was about 18 shillings, or more, in short, less than one pound (4 yuan). The price of the flintlock rifle is slightly higher, but not much higher. The latest discount price of the 32-B flintlock rifle sold in the East Coast Republic is 5 yuan per branch, and the cost is reduced to less than 2 yuan due to the use of a steam boring machine to drill the barrel, which means that a gun can earn 3 yuan. The profit margin is good, but the problem is that you can't sell much. Selling one or two thousand rifles at a time is a big business, and you only earn a few thousand yuan.

Rifles are like this, and the cannons are almost the same. Even if the "Tartan Cannon" has raised prices twice, the average cannons below 12 pound cannons can earn 30 yuan per ticket, and it will not make a lot of money to sell dozens of cannons a year. In recent years, there are not many army artillery sold on the east coast, most of which are sold for political reasons. For example, artillery sold to the French government to support their wars with the Spanish; for example, artillery sold to the British Royal Party to support their wars with the Scots; for example, artillery sold to the Turks, used as a stepping stone to open up the local market. In addition, only artillery sold to Sweden, Poland, Russia and other places were sporadically sold to Sweden, Poland, Russia and other places, and the proportion was actually very small.

However, now the Turks require the purchase of a large number of artillery and armor to improve army equipment to better fight against the Austrians, Poles, and Russians. The East Coast people must not ignore their requirements. Fortunately, they cannot threaten the East Coast people even if they buy weapons. There is no need to make them unhappy for this. Just sell them, and they can make some money anyway.

Hassan proposed that the Sudanese Imperial Guards and the Egyptian local new army needed to purchase a total of 60 artillery types, 500 armor, a small number of sabers, engineer shovels and other items, with a total value of 14,000 Dukats (about 25,000 yuan). Such a small amount of money is completely worth mentioning compared to the navy's huge shipbuilding costs, so the two sides did not engage in more trouble on the price, and basically reached an agreement soon.

Through these two naval and military cooperation agreements, the Ottoman Empire will become the largest exporter and trading partner of the East Coast Republic of China from next year. After all, the total amount of these two agreements is too amazing. With some spare canvas, artillery, and ship materials, there is no suspense that the total amount of the military cooperation agreement reached with the Ottoman Empire exceeded 400,000 yuan.

With a military purchase order of 400,000 yuan and bilateral trade, it would be no problem for the East Coast Republic to export more than one million yuan to the Ottoman Empire next year. You should know that the East Coast Republic sold 330,000 pieces of cotton in France this year, plus some arms and leather goods, the total amount was only 750,000 yuan. Even if there was a little increase next year, it would be difficult to break through the one million yuan mark. In this way, the title of the largest trading partner of the East Coast Republic of China will inevitably change hands.

After the agreement was reached, the two sides had dinner together. The next day, on December 6, at the request of the Ottomans, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs led them to visit the Dayuhe Naval Shipyard located on the seaside outside the south city of the East Coast Port.

Although the name of Dayuhe Naval Shipyard is "Navy" in its name, it is actually an absolute joint venture: East Coast Company holds 60% of the shares, Ministry of Industry and Commerce holds 30% of the shares, and the remaining 10% is owned by employees to improve their creativity and enthusiasm. Don't underestimate this method. Many European shipbuilders are attracted by the employees' shareholding and dividends. This can be regarded as an advanced management system in this era.

There are two ship platforms in the Navy Shipyard. Last month, the ship platform was empty after the ship "Kunlun" was delivered to the South China Sea Transportation Company. Now it can start construction of warships for the Ottomans. The shipyard has more than 500 technicians, craftsmen and apprentices, and its strength is quite strong. Although it is not as good as the Zhenhai Shipyard, the heart of the State Council, it is also a famous shipyard, far from comparable to those of the Spanish or Portuguese ship repair yards in the New World.

Since there is no shipbuilding task at present, the technicians at the shipyard are providing vocational training for craftsmen and apprentices. They invited Viviani, a dual-material researcher from the Institute of Mathematics and Ship Design of the Academy of Natural Sciences, to explain to everyone the mathematical principles of ship design and construction. After training mathematical knowledge for craftsmen and apprentices, Viviani also explained some superficial fluid mechanics knowledge to the technicians at the shipyard to improve their theoretical knowledge level and better build ships.

Vicenzo Viviani, a young man from Florence, has shown an unparalleled mathematical talent since he came to the East Coast with Toricheli a few years ago. After learning mathematical knowledge with several mathematical teachers from the Institute of Natural Sciences, Viviani began to learn mechanics with some physics teachers. He has achieved good results in both subjects and applied what he learned. Not only did he provide design guidance for some bridges and buildings built in China, but he also personally participated in the demonstration and design of new warships at two shipyards, and gained a lot of valuable knowledge and experience.

Now, this Italian young man, who is under 18 years old, has become a dual researcher at the Institute of Mathematics and Ship Design, with a great future. To this end, the State Administration of Intelligence has secretly upgraded him to a first-level protection and surveillance object to ensure that he is firmly controlled by the Eastern Coast Republic.

Hassan was shocked when he saw hundreds of people sitting in the auditorium studying and training. He remembered the meager paying shipbuilders and slave laborers in the Ottoman shipyards. He looked at the vigorous and vibrant shipyard industrial workers in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh deeply.

The uniquely designed pulley booms, hydraulic forging hammers, advanced woodworking equipment, neatly tailored ship materials and marine tar used in the shipyard all made him feel refreshed. The more he saw, the more he sighed, and the more he felt the backwardness and deep twilight of the Ottoman Empire.

Of course, some important locations and latest machines were not allowed to be visited by Hassan and others. For example, the steam cutting machines, steam cranes and other machinery in the next workshop that had just been developed were absolutely confidential to the East Coast Republic. No matter how much money the Ottomans paid or how many warships they ordered, they would not have the opportunity to be taken inside to visit.
Chapter completed!