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"What conditions?" Liang Yao asked.

Providing such a huge loan, given the nature of the Rothschild family, it would be abnormal not to ask for it.

But now Liang Yao is not falling behind in his cooperation with the Rothschild family. After all, he is the only one in the world who can provide such high-quality and low-priced products as kerosene.

As long as Lionel and James are not stupid, they will not make excessive demands and push Liang Yao to their competitors, such as the Bahrain family.

It is true that Hills is a idiot, but it does not mean that all members of the Bahrain family are idiots. After the Bahrain family reacts, they will definitely seek to cooperate with Liang Yao and get kerosene from Liang Yao.

The Baring family made its fortune much earlier than the Rothschild family, and its influence in the UK, especially in British politics, is greater than that of the Rothschild family.

Lionel will certainly not be able to prevent the Bahrain family from collaborating with Liang Yao in the future.

Lionel still has a very clear understanding of this point.

However, although it was impossible to organize the Bahrain family to cooperate with Liang Yao and get a share of the kerosene trade, before the Bahrain family contacted Liang Yao. Let the Rothschild family take the lead in reaching some agreements with Liang Yao to ensure that the Rothschild family gains an advantageous position in the kerosene trade. Lionel can still do it.

"As for the five requests you made to August last time, I will fully satisfy you. Almost every powerful country in Europe has our friends. As long as you go to Europe, we will introduce you to some powerful people." Friends, even royal members of various countries.

As for supporting President Fillmore's re-election, your Excellency the President has now been successfully re-elected. I think you should have no worries now.

If you want to explore the European market with us, we also welcome you.

Of course, we can also transfer the new cannons and blueprints you want to you immediately. "

James said very clearly.

"What you have to do is to give priority to providing kerosene to our high-quality partner, and we have to get kerosene from you at the most affordable price. That means that in the future, your other partners will want to get kerosene from you. The price cannot be lower than the price you gave us.

We only have this condition. If you can agree to this condition, we can sit down and happily continue to discuss our cooperation. "

Lionel's request was not too much, so Liang Yao agreed after thinking about it for a while.

"Of course, we are partners, and I promise you that the Rothschilds will get kerosene from Standard Oil at the best price."

"Then we'll work together happily."

Lionel, who always regarded himself as aloof, took off his gloves and shook hands with Liang Yao cordially and friendly.

After leaving the factory, Liang Yao invited Lionel and others to dine at a restaurant in Los Angeles.

There are no high-end restaurants in Los Angeles. After all, before the development of the chemical industry, the population of Los Angeles was less than 10,000, and the wealthy population was even less. There is no demand for fancy restaurants either.

But with the development of the chemical industry, the influx of a group of wealthy businessmen into Los Angeles and the rise of the middle class, Los Angeles became rich almost overnight.

High-end restaurants and luxury stores have also sprung up in Los Angeles to meet the needs of Los Angeles' emerging class.

The most exclusive restaurants in Los Angeles are located near Los Angeles Plaza, where land is at a premium and is the most crowded place in Los Angeles.

This restaurant is called Guangli Restaurant. It is a restaurant opened by a Chinese-French couple and can provide authentic French and Cantonese food.

The male owner of the restaurant is a descendant of one of the Thirteen Trades in Guangzhou, a branch of Guangli Bank, and the female owner is a down-and-out little aristocrat from the Normandy region of France.

Since Liang Yao wanted to treat a guest, Deng Wenshun naturally took Liang Yao to the most prestigious restaurant in Los Angeles.

When the male owner of the restaurant, Lu Shen, saw Mayor Deng Wenshun leading the way respectfully, he did not dare to neglect, and personally came out with his wife to entertain these distinguished guests.

"Who is this distinguished guest?" Lu Shen couldn't restrain his curiosity and asked Deng Wenshun cautiously.

In Los Angeles, people only nodded and bowed to Deng Wenshun. This was the first time that Lu Shen saw Deng Wenshun bowing to others.

"This is my cousin." Deng Wenshun replied proudly.

"Your cousin?" Lu Shen reacted quickly and slapped his forehead, "Your cousin, isn't that General Liang?"

"Go and do your work. You have seen smoke coming out of your ancestral graves today. The general is going to receive distinguished guests at your place. You must serve these gentlemen well. The general is negotiating a big deal of several million pounds with them." Deng Wenshun said. .

Lu Shen nodded in agreement, led the group to the private room on the third floor, and then prepared meals for these distinguished guests as quickly as possible, including various Chinese food and French food.

"I didn't expect to be able to eat such authentic French food in such a remote place." James was very satisfied with the meal arranged.

It seems that the development of California has far exceeded his expectations. James is now even considering directly leaving his right-hand man August in California to be responsible for developing the market here.

Perhaps the business that can be done here is not just kerosene.

Lionel's mind is still on kerosene: "Mr. Liang, how many liters of kerosene can be extracted from each ton of crude oil? At what price will you sell the kerosene to us?"

Production and profit are Lionel's main concerns.

"According to the technology we currently have, each ton of crude oil can refine about 25 liters of kerosene, but the specific amount of kerosene that can be refined depends on the quality of the crude oil. Good quality crude oil can refine more than 30 liters of kerosene per ton, and poor quality The crude oil may only be able to refine a dozen liters of kerosene per ton." Liang Yao thought for a while and said.

"As for the price for you, the best kerosene is 12 cents per liter, the medium kerosene is 10 cents per liter, and the low grade kerosene is 8 cents per liter."

The current average cost of kerosene produced in Los Angeles is between 4 and 5 cents per liter. If it is sold to the Rothschild family at this price, it will still make at least 100% profit.

Although this profit is very high, it is definitely not comparable to the profits in the United States.

To transport kerosene from Los Angeles to New York, the warehousing and transportation cost is about 10 cents. At the Crystal Palace Mall, kerosene of different qualities is sold for between 20 and 30 cents per liter, and the profit is evident.

However, since we have cooperated with the Rothschild family to open up the European market, the profits of kerosene in the European market will definitely not be as high, and some of it will have to be given to the Rothschild family.

What's more, the main purpose of Liang Yao's cooperation with the Rothschild family is to use Rothschild's resources and contacts to build his own sales network in Europe, and then sell other products.

After all, the commodities he can now handle are not just kerosene.

"This is not much different from the price that retail investors pay at kerosene stores. Mr. Liang, your purchase price lacks sincerity in cooperation."

Lionel was not satisfied with Liang Yao's offer.

Of course, he is not angry either. When discussing business, we can still bargain with each other.

"But those retail investors are not guaranteed to always get the goods, and you don't have such troubles. The kerosene in Los Angeles will be supplied to the Rothschild family first." Liang Yao did not intend to give in on this price, he explained to Lionel.

"This price is the price you receive after shipping to Europe, including intermediate warehousing and transportation costs. I am also the largest shipping company in the United States. These goods can be transported by my fleet personally and delivered safely. It’s in your hands, it doesn’t have to go through other people’s hands.

After the kerosene arrives in Europe, you have the final say at what price you want to sell it. My people are only responsible for assisting you with sales and will not interfere with your pricing.

The current price of whale oil on the market is 50 cents a liter, and the prices of other animal fuels and vegetable fuels are also between 40 cents and 60 cents. That is to say, as long as you have a profit margin of more than 300%.

I think my price is sincere enough. "

After hearing that this was the price without shipping to Europe, the expression on Lionel's face gradually relaxed.

After some haggling, the two parties finally signed a cooperation agreement in the restaurant and officially reached a cooperation.

Lionel also handed over all the four new artillery pieces and two boxes of technical drawings he brought this time to Liang Yao.

After finishing the meal and drinking some wine with Lionel and others, Liang Yao took out his pocket watch and prepared to check the time.

But the hands on the pocket watch didn't move. Liang Yao even wondered if he was hallucinating because he drank too much.

He rubbed his eyes and looked carefully, but the hands on his pocket watch were still motionless. It was obvious that there was something wrong with his pocket watch.

"Wenshun, what time is it now?" Liang Yao asked Deng Wenshun what time it was now.

"10:05 pm, it's getting late, otherwise the third brother will just spend the night in Los Angeles?" Deng Wenshun took out his pocket watch and looked at it and replied.

"Zi" is the unit of time measurement in most places in Guangdong and Fujian. The Chinese immigrants in California are mainly Fujian and Guangdong immigrants. This unit of measurement with regional characteristics was also brought to California.

One word represents the minute hand on the clock jumping from one number to another, which is five minutes.

10:05 is 10:25.

His steward, his third uncle Liang Shaoyu, sent him a telegram. Admiral Hong Mingxiang of the Guangdong Navy and his fifth uncle Liang Shaoqiong had been waiting for him in San Francisco for many days.

These two people came to him mostly to purchase arms and to deal with Yue Yong.

There are still many things waiting for him to deal with in San Francisco. Liang Yao does not plan to stay in Los Angeles, but is going to the train station in Los Angeles.

A train was opened between Los Angeles and San Francisco a year ago, and it is very convenient and quick to go back to San Francisco from Los Angeles.

Let’s set off now and we’ll arrive in San Francisco around ten o’clock tomorrow morning.

"No, I have to go back to Jinshan."

With that said, Liang Yao put on his coat and asked Lionel, James and others about their next trip.

"Are you planning to rest in Los Angeles and return to Europe? Or do you have other plans?"

"The development of California is beyond our expectations. We are now very interested in California and plan to continue investigating in California for a while."

James and Lionel answered after discussing for a while.

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