Chapter 762 Transaction
January 1, 1845, Rhineland, Essen.
At this time, Krupp Steel was not the arms tycoon of later generations. At this time, its name was Krupp Steel Foundry.
On the wall of the shop, it was written that it mainly sells various high-quality agricultural tools, cooking utensils, as well as precision-processed parts and machine tools. Large quantities are preferred, and you are welcome to buy.
There is also a small line of words below: Siemens and Halske Telegraph Company.
These two giants were forcibly pulled together by Bismarck, but at this time, neither Krupp Steel nor Siemens could compete with the powerful industry of the Austrian Empire.
However, they were not overwhelmed. In addition to Bismarck's help, the Kingdom of Prussia subsidized a lot of its own industry.
So they still maintain strong competitiveness in the Prussian market, even stronger than in history.
In the German Confederation market, they seem a little weak, mainly because the steel industry of the Austrian Empire is relatively too large.
In fact, Franz could also use the power of capital to crush Krupp Steel and even stop Siemens Telegraph Company from opening.
But that seemed a bit shameless, and it might affect the iteration of technology and make the world more boring.
On the contrary, Franz planned to help them.
A luxurious carriage was parked in front of Krupp Steel Foundry and Siemens Telegraph Company, followed by several temporarily rented carriages and dozens of tall guards.
In fact, there were many dignitaries and wealthy businessmen who came to discuss business, but one was that the number of guards was small, ranging from one or two to three or four, and the other was that there was only tension.
Although these people did not put their weapons outside at this time, the sense of oppression could not be faked.
In the store.
"Hello, Ms. Talia. We are just businessmen, not teachers, and it is even more impossible for us to teach in girls' schools."
Friedrich Krupp had explained in his gentlest tone, but the other party seemed unmoved and just kept complaining.
"This coffee is too bitter. Don't you have sugar in your shop?"
Friedrich Krupp smiled bitterly: "The sugar is all in your coffee. In fact, I think coffee is used to refresh, not to flavor sugar."
"No! You are wrong. Eating sugar can not only refresh, but also provide energy for your brain. In addition, it can relieve fatigue and warm the internal organs."
The face-to-face rebuttal, especially by a woman, almost made Mr. Krupp, who was a little traditional, lose face.
The main reason is that being refuted by a woman in this era is a very face-saving thing.
On the contrary, Werner von Siemens on the side found it interesting and interrupted.
"You are the church doctor's statement, but they should be referring to brown sugar."
"I am a Protestant, I don't believe in witch doctors." Krupp emphasized.
Talia stretched her body and said indifferently.
"In short, sugar is a good thing."
"Yes." Siemens smiled, and he didn't feel offended.
Talia: "Okay, I don't have to drag you to Vienna."
"Do you still want to open a girls' school in Prussia?"
Friedrich Krupp said angrily. Although he thought it was unlikely, he didn't know what the other party could do with the support of the Austrian royal family.
Talia laughed, but she didn't care about the other party's attitude. After all, she had been treated coldly.
"You have a rich imagination, but I still advise you not to rush to refuse."
"Why? This is Prussia, not Austria."
Talia snapped her fingers, and a group of big men came in from outside the door, scaring Krupp to flee behind the table.
After that, three heavy wooden boxes fell heavily on the table, and Werner von Siemens' eyes lit up immediately. He felt that there was probably a huge sum of money here.
But as a Prussian soldier, a nobleman, and a Protestant, he shouldn't work for Austria.
At this time, Talia also stood up and walked to the three wooden boxes and opened them one by one. There was no gold, silver or jewelry inside, but some books, notes and other things.
"Here are all the research notes and experimental records in the field of electricity in the world. New results will be sent in continuously in the future."
In fact, Talia was also very depressed. She didn't understand why she had to find a steel company to do electricity research, but Franz had a lot of strange things, so she was too lazy to think about it.
"Are you satisfied?"
Krupp didn't know what these research notes in the field of electricity were, because the knowledge was too advanced for him.
Siemens had already walked to the table and started to look through those precious notes. He knew what electricity could bring to the world in the future, and he was always sure that he was the one who could change the world.
Siemens: "What do you want?"
Talia didn't say anything, she directly explained her purpose.
"Technology sharing, of course, is only between us, and cannot be disclosed to third parties."
"What do we mean?"
Siemens immediately became alert. Although Lucrup had received more state subsidies and even received low-interest loans from the royal family, the former was a Prussian officer and was deeply influenced by patriotism.
"Between Austria and Prussia."
"Thank you, it's a deal."
"Don't worry, we have another request, which is that you need to give priority to the development of generators."
"Generator?"
Siemens was a little confused, because there were actually many simple generators on the market at that time.
For example, hand-cranked, pedal-operated, wind-powered, water-powered, and even steam generators developed under Franz's auspices.
But these so-called generators are either not suitable for industrial production, or are inefficient, or extremely unstable and cannot work for a long time.
If they are forced to be used in industrial production, then unless it is aluminum smelting, that kind of highly profitable industry can make money, otherwise it will be a loss-making business.
Franz also tried to let Austria develop unilaterally, but the reality was directly stuck for several years, causing scientific progress to fall into a bottleneck period.
The key to breaking through this bottleneck is electricity, so he has to solve this problem at all costs.
It is unlikely to defeat Britain in the steam age, because the opponent's first-mover advantage is too great, but in the electric age, those advantages will become a burden.
As for what to do if Prussia masters the technology? Franz is not too afraid, because the size gap between the two sides is there. Unless the technological generation gap can be pulled out, it is difficult for Austria to lose at this time.
"Yes, it's the generator. The current generators can't meet our requirements."
"What kind of generator do you need?"
"It should be able to supply all of Vienna, and preferably all of Austria. And it's better to be relatively cheap, because it's easier to promote."
Talia thought about what Franz had said before, and Krupp on the side listened to these words and said sarcastically.
"He is really a lunatic, even more terrible than the iron lunatic in the UK. All of Austria? Why don't you have the whole world!"
But at this time, Werner von Siemens could no longer control himself. He grabbed Talia's arm, and then was subconsciously thrown over the shoulder by the latter.