Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 53
The reason why capitalists are called capitalists is because they are a group of people who have mastered the means of production.

However, from the perspective of income, mastering the means of production is not the ultimate goal of capitalists. Their ultimate goal of mastering the means of production is to make money!
Whether it is the means of production, the production process, or even the product, it is actually a process of making money.

Tang Mo is currently in the stage of rough capital expansion, so what he needs is money and a lot of supplies. For this reason, there is nothing in his hand that cannot be sold.

He can sell the K1 fast gun, the revolver, the cement formula, the steam engine, and of course... if the price is right, he can also sell the only two revolvers in his hand.

The premise is, as long as the price is right.

"You want a steam engine? What do you want a steam engine for?" Tang Mo looked at Tiger and asked curiously.

He didn't think that the steam engine was not for sale, he just thought that it was very interesting to rashly purchase a steam engine without thinking about the specific use of the steam engine.

"We also have many workshops, some of which can be used..." Tiger explained cautiously.

"Yeah." Tang Mo nodded: "Indeed, a steam engine can drive a lot of equipment, so that a lot of products can be produced, pots and pans, guns and ammunition... can be used."

"Yes, so we plan to purchase a steam engine." Tiger gestured backwards, and said to Tang Mo: "The Earl has a lot of grain in his hand, and these are left over from the sharp drop in grain prices. The Earl plans to Use food and some metal materials to serve as payment for the goods."

"The price... is easy to talk about!" Tang Mo put his arms around Tiger's shoulders, and said like an old friend in his heart: "We are all old friends, if Beiling needs a steam engine, I can naturally sell it here. "

"Really, really?" Tiger was flattered, looked at Tang Mo and said, "Well, thank you so much."

"Of course it's true." Tang Mo nodded, and said to Tiger, "Not only is the finished product of the steam engine, but if the Earl needs it, we can even sell the blueprint of the steam engine to Lord Earl."

He looked at the dark crowd outside the yard, adjusted his mood, and continued: "I can even send consultants, technical consultants, to help Beiling produce steam engines and design the environment for using them."

While talking, he gave an example and said: "The steam engine actually has many uses, more than you think. For example, the steam engine can improve the efficiency of mining, and what we need most now is to increase the mining efficiency." Mine efficiency!"

"As long as we have more steel and coal mines, we can produce more machinery, create more industrial jobs, and make the whole of Northridge develop faster." He tried his best to sell his equipment : "Believe me, Northridge really needs a steam engine, and the whole world actually needs a steam engine."

"My lord, you, you are right." Tiger was already limped by Tang Mo, because now his mind is full of joy that he has completed the task again.

Before he came back, he was always worried that Tang Mo might not sell steam engine technology.But now, Tang Mo didn't seem to realize how powerful the steam engine technology was, so he sold it to Beiling casually.

What he didn't expect was that Tang Mo was willing to sell the relevant technical blueprints, and he was willing to sell all the supporting technologies of the steam engine to Beiling...

In this way, if Beiling is willing, he can even produce the K1 fast gun by himself, and he can produce everything that Tang Mo's workshop can produce.

"You still don't understand! Only by making the plate bigger can the cake grow bigger." Tang Mo didn't bother to explain all the profound knowledge to Tiger. He just needed to know that there are people with good vision in Beiling who want to Steam engine technology will do.

"I've prepared an experimental prototype. As long as it works well, I can sell it to Lord Earl and put it in the mine to increase the mining speed of the mine." Tang Mo promised Tiger impatiently. : "If necessary, we can also produce two, or even three of the same steam engine."

He now urgently needs to obtain a large amount of mineral resources. Only by mastering these mineral resources can he continue to obtain steel from afar and produce a large number of products.

"However, in addition to people and food, I also need gold coins and corresponding mineral resources." Tang Mo stretched out his hand and said to Tiger: "Write to Lord Earl, I want [-]% of the mineral share, come How about replacing my income?"

"[-]%? As you know, the output of the mine is huge, and [-]% is really too much." Tiger shook his head quickly, and explained to Tang Mo: "Apart from workers' salaries, there are other messy expenses. The annual net profit of a mine is only about one-third of the output."

"What if... plus metallurgical technology?" Tang Mo took out his trump card: "I can improve the design of the furnace, and at the same time provide the ironworks with newer equipment, better technology, and increase more production... ..."

"As long as the earl leaves me with the corresponding output, so that I can continue to expand production, I will design a steel factory for the earl, a brand new, high-yielding steel plant." He said while patting Tiger shoulder: "Trust me, this is a great deal."

"This, I can't make the decision." Tiger hesitated, he felt that this deal was beyond the scope of what he could handle.

"Don't rush to make a decision." Tang Mo continued to throw out the bait, making Tiger more tempted by the bait: "Do you think the cannon you are using now is suitable for the K1 quick gun?"

"Of course...it doesn't deserve it. The K1 fast gun is the best rifle. It will definitely replace all Cyric flintlock guns in the future and become the standard equipment for every soldier in this era." Tiger replied affirmatively.

"With new steel with better performance, North Ridge will soon have cannons far surpassing the Cyric cannon!" Tang Mo continued to promise: "Steel with better quality and performance can make more powerful artillery... ...Isn't the truth obvious?"

"I, I understand..." Tiger nodded subconsciously, already thinking about how to get Earl Fischero to accept Tang Mo's offer.

He is a soldier, so naturally he cannot refuse newer weapons - he really believes in Tang Mo's weapon development level, and he firmly believes in a truth: Tang Mo said that if there are newer artillery, then there must be newer artillery!

So, subconsciously, he began to feel that building a steel factory in Northridge, and then using steam engine technology to mass-produce weapons to produce more guns and cannons seemed to be a better future.

But before he continued to discuss this topic with Tang Mo, Tang Mo had already focused on those strong Northridge civilians in leather.

These Northridge civilians are generally strong, and they are all males between twenty and thirty.What's more interesting is that they generally have weapons on their bodies, some are long swords, some are bows and arrows, and they look like a large group of bandits.

The team was not neat. In Tang Mo's eyes, these gathered people were not so much an army as a mess.

Compared with the children in Tang Mo School who had been trained for a month, these people had almost no discipline, and probably few of them could read and write. They crowded together like a swarm of flies.

"Are they the 'students' sent to me by the Earl?" Tang Mo narrowed his eyes and frowned, feeling that he had a lot of work to do.

"Yes, Lord Earl believes that Northridge only relies on a regular army of 1500, which is still too small in number, so he had to recruit some volunteers to form a new army."

"It's these beggars?" Tang Mo curled his lips, feeling that the chaotic crowd not far away had no fighting power at all.

"Although they have not received serious military training, most of them are hunters, rangers, and civilians who have served as soldiers." Tiger explained seriously to Tang Mo: "It seems that they are not very good, but as long as Give them arms, and these men are no worse than the soldiers of Susus."

"Are you kidding... Being richer than a beggar is useless." Tang Mo sneered disdainfully: "What they need is strict training and advanced weapons!"

"So, the Earl sent them here." Tiger said to Tang Mo, "This army...is for you!"

"Give it to me?" Tang Mo was taken aback, not understanding what Tiger said.

Tiger smiled, he finally had a day to surprise Tang Mo.After laughing, he began to explain: "You arm them, you train them, as long as you take them into battle on the future battlefield, after the war is over, these people will all be your troops!"

"You mean...they are under my command and loyal to me?" Tang Mo confirmed.

"Yes." Tiger nodded: "You appoint the officers, you are responsible for the training, and naturally you are responsible for feeding them, but they are your soldiers now, Mr. Knight Tang Mo."

"Master Knight?" Tang Mo frowned again, and looked at Tiger.

"Private troops are not legal after all, but the Earl is qualified to appoint knights under his command." Tiger pointed to himself, and then to Tang Mo: "Now, at least on the legal level of the kingdom, you can legally own your own army." As for the number, who will check this? As long as you don't get raided by the sheriff, you can catch 500 prisoners with guns."

Tang Mo laughed loudly: "The sheriff of Bunas...is he capable of capturing 500 prisoners?"

(End of this chapter)