Thousands of sparks

Chapter 17 Investigation
According to the laws and regulations of the previous life, the Rosen Company is likely to be classified as a gang of "black and evil forces".And Dussand himself... may be identified as the backbone or even the umbrella.

Fortunately, this is an empire, a magical country with complicated laws and regulations that almost no one can understand.As long as Rosen and his fifteen friends don't provoke the nobles, or decide to rebel against His Majesty the Emperor, it is not difficult for Dusande to protect them.

Selling security services to civilians is actually hard work.

The real "smart people" are selling the promise of "I won't come to trouble you" to the common people.Few people will face the revenge of gangsters, thieves and blackmailers for a few shillings a month. This is really a very uneconomical business.

But Rosen didn't understand, or he didn't want to understand.He's experienced blackmail—those gangsters know exactly where you're most vulnerable.They will unscrupulously put pressure on you and demand high "compensation".

Rosen's grandmother was well aware of the tricks involved, and she firmly forbade Rosen to have any contact with Boss Enrico's subordinates.This kind of compensation will never end. As long as they taste a little bit of benefits, they will squeeze the victims even more frantically.

Until the other party surrendered his last halfpenny and was forced to die.

Gangsters are a typical example of bullying the weak and fearing the strong. They prefer to use simple and even easy ways to squeeze civilians.Until the last moment, the gangsters were unwilling to fight people desperately with knives and guns.

How easy is it to easily force the opponent to death and then take away all the property?

Rosen was a young man, a victim of gangsters, who had the good fortune to be helped and cared for by Dusand.

Most importantly, Du Sande once told him to "strengthen the security design of the factory, and the design must not be stolen."This is the order of the benefactor and the noble lord.

As a result, the company had fifteen guards.In order to pay the salaries of the fifteen guards, Rosen simply took over the security entrustment of dozens of households around him—since the second floor of Boss Enrico was completely blown up by the guards of the Privy Council, half of the industrial area was destroyed. into a state of "anarchy".Although no major disasters have been caused, seven or eight homes were burglarized in one day, which is really scary.

Now, Rosen's business is booming.Every day, new security commission orders are delivered to your door.

What is even more unexpected is that the police registration required by the security company went extremely smoothly.The deputy director of management and registration of the police department even personally sat in a carriage and delivered the registered certificate to Rosen.

The deputy director even told Rosen very kindly that the police department has a batch of police equipment that is going to be phased out.And Rosen could buy them all for a very reasonable price.

Rosen agreed, and he took it for granted that Mr. Deputy Director was asking for bribes.So he handed over thirty gold pounds, which is compounded by the regular price, to Mr. Deputy Commissioner.

Mr. Deputy Director saw Jin Pun's expression a little strange, but he still laughed and accepted the envelope.

Mr. Deputy Director said that the delivery carriage will arrive the next day.If possible, he hoped that Lord Dusand could attend the handover ceremony together.

This was the main purpose of Rosen's letter to Dusand - he invited Dusand to attend the handover ceremony at noon the next day.

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"Are you sure, these things were bought for thirty gold pounds?" Du Sande stood at the door of the iron house, looking at the crates piled up half of the yard, dumbfounded.

Rosen was also shocked, but he didn't have time to feel emotional now - Dusande's question hadn't been answered yet.

"It is indeed... thirty gold pounds." Rosen rubbed his head and said, "I just went to ask about it, and I asked the accountant to check the account to make sure that I remembered it correctly. Master, it is indeed thirty gold pounds." Gold pounds."

"For thirty gold pounds, you bought 150 rifles, 320 rounds of ammunition, [-] pairs of boots, [-] sets of trench coats, [-] batons, and thousands of handcuffs..." Dusande looked at the bag in his hand. The list, one head and two feet, "And... didn't you say that these are obsolete equipment? Why are these things even new boxes?"

Rosen looked at Dusande innocently, and after a long time, he cautiously and tentatively replied, "This matter...will it have something to do with you, Master?"

"I'm only ten years old." Dusande glared at Rosen, who had a nervous expression on his face, "This deputy director is not my father, even my father would not use [-] pairs of brand new boots for him. I’m pocket money—he’ll just let me sling a rifle and go for a run.”

"But...Master, there is no other possibility." Rosen spread his hands and said, "These supplies are worth at least two hundred gold pounds. It can't be that Mr. Deputy Director suddenly went insane and thought I looked like him. illegitimate child?"

The two ten-year-old boys looked at me and I looked at you, but they really couldn't figure out how the steak that fell from the sky was produced.

"Master, what did the deputy director tell you before?" Rosen decided to make one last effort, "This is obviously a gift from the deputy director to you, isn't it?"

"Him? He just greeted my mother and father." Dusande scratched his head, "There's nothing else..."

The two stared at each other for a while, and then, under the reminder of the old accountant, Rosen invited Dusand into the room and served him a cup of hot tea.

"We didn't bother to buy tea." Rosen tremblingly raised the large teapot and poured a cup for Dusand, "This is surrogate tea, master, if you are not used to it... I will let you People go out to buy black tea and come back."

"I just want to taste it." Du Sande took a sip from the teacup, and then smacked the taste, "Don't tell me, it tastes...very distinctive."

Rosen's grandmother came out of the room and greeted Du Sande.Then, ignoring Rosen's warning, he held Dusand's face tremblingly with his dry hands, and kissed him hard on the head twice.

"Bless you, kind master, bless you." The old woman patted Dusand's shoulder excitedly, so hard that Dusande felt a little pain.

"Rosen is a good boy, he will definitely repay you." The old woman pointed at Rosen who was feeling a little uncomfortable and said, "I raised him, and I know what kind of person he is!"

Du Sande nodded with a smile, saying that he "has no doubts about employing people and not using others", and then talked to the old woman for a long time before sending him back.

Rosen explained with some embarrassment, "When my father passed away, my grandmother looked calm. But...after Boss Enrico's small building was blown up, she suddenly started crying."

Looking at the young man in front of him who was not particularly dressed, Rosen felt grateful in his heart, "I know, because grandma is worried about me and my sister, she dare not even show the sadness of her son's death." As he said that, Rosen's eye circles also slowly turned red, "If you and the Privy Council guards hadn't solved Enrico...the gang, I really can't imagine how things would develop in the future."

He sniffled and said, "The day after you left, I found a 25-pound pack of dynamite in my grandmother's room."

An old man who can confront hooligans with a crowbar has a dynamite bag weighing about [-] kilograms in his room. Then this dynamite bag might explode somewhere... Needless to say, Dusande also Can guess.

He couldn't help but sigh a little, if Rosen didn't have the courage to go to the bankruptcy court to find a buyer, if he wasn't an aristocrat, if Tom and Todd didn't have such a big temper... would Newsail suddenly appear that night? A suicide bombing attack.

What started out as a bargain, ends up taking out a gangster, saving a respectable old lady, and starting a low-fee security company for an industrial estate.Dusand slowly smiled, this change seems to be quite good.

"I have something to do this time." After chatting with Rosen, Dusande suddenly remembered his "mission", "Please ask me, who in the industrial zone has the ability Those who process crankshafts mainly need milling machines and broaching machines, and they must have experience."

At first Dusand thought that a steam lathe would suffice for all mechanical work.But it turns out that he was a little bit wrong.Without milling and broaching machines, Polina would not have been able to complete the machining of the crankshaft by herself.

There are two solutions. Either Rosen, who is only ten years old, can suddenly have a flash of inspiration and become a more talented technician or foundry than Polina, and complete the technical research on the airflow impact molding of castings within a few days... Or the billets would have to be sent elsewhere for preliminary machining and then finished with Polina's lathe.

"Machining the crankshaft?" Rosen looked a little embarrassed, "Master, the crankshaft of the steam engine is too big, there may not be any company in Upper Albin that can do it."

"We won't make too big a crankshaft, which is about the length of half a Joel." Dusande said, "Master Paulina is already working on other processing methods, but before that, we can only do it first. Find the processing factory with the best technology to OEM."

As one of the most important parts in the engine, the crankshaft has to work in a harsh environment and under great pressure. It must be extremely strong and even in texture, so that it can bear the impact brought by the continuous operation of the four cylinders.

Dusand himself had no idea, but Polina insisted that at least the experimental machine should use the theoretically strongest homogeneous metal ingot, and then cut it into shape continuously before heat treatment before it could be installed for experiments.

According to Dussand's smattering of relevant knowledge, the chipped parts are strong, but costly and take a long time to produce.Very unfavorable for large-scale industrial production.

Isn't that why the Tiger tank was submerged by the T-34 ocean back then?
However, as an experimental product, it is better to respect Teacher Polina's professional knowledge.

"Second thing, I have some news. You can find out for me recently." Du Sande thought for a while and then said, "In the past few months, has anyone been buying votes for the House of Commons? If so , Who are they going to vote for.”

(End of this chapter)