Douluo: My dear grandson, come quickly, Grandpa, I am Titled Douluo

Chapter 64 Isn’t it good to charge more taxes?
Ye Tian handed the drawings of the compound bow to Aman.

And took out two thousand gold soul coins.

"This is a new weapon I tried to make, with a total of 56 parts."

"You take the money, go to the nearby blacksmith shops, and share a few drawings among the families."

"Within the end of the month, I want to get [-] sets of parts."

The manufacturing process of compound bows is relatively complex.

56 parts, already simplified.

There is also an advantage to having more parts.

That is to prevent others from stealing lessons.

Spread among so many blacksmith shops, the blacksmiths probably don't know what can be made from these parts.

Although the Kingdom of Barak does not prohibit the creation of weapons.

But making five hundred bows and arrows at once is still a bit conspicuous.

Decentralized production can just solve this problem.

Aman took the drawing.

Although you can’t tell much about the parts on a drawing.

But with all the drawings in his hand, he immediately saw that this was a bow and arrow.

"Sir, are you going to engage in the weapons business?"

Aman was surprised, and then said with some embarrassment:
"I'm afraid this won't work."

"Why not?" Ye Tian asked.

Aman explained: "Sir, you haven't been out for a month, so you don't know what's going on outside."

"Nowadays, there is serious fighting among the major sects in the Kingdom of Barak, which has affected business operations."

"The king has applied to the overlord Tiandou Empire to send troops to maintain order."

"Half a month ago, an army from the Tiandou Empire arrived in Soto City."

"The city lord recruited most of the blacksmiths to repair weapons for the army, and even I was assigned a share."

Hear the news.

Ye Tian put his forehead in thought.

There is no doubt that the sect's melee is secretly promoted by Wuhun Palace.

It seems that Barak's royal family has noticed this.

Therefore, he applied to the Tiandou Empire for rescue.

The Tiandou Empire does not want to see Wuhun Palace controlling Balak.

Therefore, it is extremely refreshing to send troops.

In Ye Tian's memory, on the eve of the establishment of the Wuhun Empire, the four kingdoms were annexed.

In other words, Wuhun Palace's premeditated annexation plan did not succeed.

"It doesn't matter if you don't have a blacksmith." Ye Tiandao: "Except for the pulleys, these parts are very simple. You can recruit some apprentices to make the parts."

"Apprentice? Apprentices have to stay in the shop permanently. Our small shop does not have accommodation."

Ye Tian smiled: "Aren't you willing to spend money?"

Aman was startled, and then he noticed the golden soul coin that Ye Tian just handed over.

San San smiled and said, "I'm used to living in poverty. I just listen to the master's orders."

In terms of making bows and arrows, Ye Tian doesn't need to worry about it for the time being.

Ye Tian went out and went to a tavern in the city that was doing part-time news business and bought a recent information board.

There are many such part-time intelligence taverns in urban areas.

A lot of information was leaked by even the kingdom's intelligence department in order to make extra money.

Except for the time when the intelligence occurs, there may be some delay.

Records are generally accurate.

The first piece of information is the recent military garrison incident.

The 32nd Infantry Legion of the Tiandou Empire has temporarily stationed in Soto City. In recent days, it has held joint military exercises with the local Barak garrison to warn the sects not to approach.

This military exercise is obviously aimed at the sect, warning them to be more honest.

The second piece of information was about the melee incident among the surrounding sects.

The Black Tiger Sect suddenly showed up with a reclusive soul saint, killing everyone, and had the potential to become the number one sect around Soto City.

Ye Tian felt that this Soul Saint most likely came from the Spirit Hall.

The stick of Wuhundian has turned the Balak Kingdom into a pot of porridge.

This is one of the reasons why Ye Tian came to Balak.

In chaos, people's hearts will become unstable and there will be opportunities for rebellion.

Ye Tian continued to look down.

The rest was some information that he didn't care about, and he just roughly skipped it.

Suddenly, in the corner of the information board, Ye Tian saw a piece of news.

The upstart in the Soul Fighting Arena of Soto City, the 'three-five' combination has won 15 games in a row, and all the major forces are waiting to woo them.

"The third and fifth group is probably Tang San and Xiao Wu. I didn't expect that the protagonist group is still hanging out in Soto City."

If you think about it this way, the continent-wide senior soul master competition will only happen next year or the year after.

It's not that Ye Tian wants to participate in the competition.

It's just that the game is a critical point in time.

after the game.

The atmosphere of preparation for war across the continent suddenly reached a new level.

By then.The control of the two empires over the grassroots is bound to be strengthened.

It is much more difficult to start an incident.

It will only become easier again after the Wuhun Palace starts a war.

However, that was already seven or eight years later.

Ye Tian couldn't wait that long.

Fast forward to October.

this day.

Aman came over and reported: "Sir, the materials for the compound bow are almost ready."

"It's just that this pulley has never been successfully manufactured."

Aman took the snakeskin bag and placed it in front of Ye Tian, ​​laying out piles of parts, all of which were pulleys.

"These pulleys were made by the best blacksmiths on Black Coal Street."

"But the pass rate can only barely reach 5.00%."

hear the number.

Ye Tian was helpless, it was indeed a bit miserable.

He picked up a few and quickly discovered why.

"I forgot that the mainland does not have a technology tree that lights up steel balls."

In order to perfectly reproduce the performance of the compound bow, Ye Tian used steel balls as the transmission medium inside the pulleys.

However, Ye Tian forgot one thing.

The manufacturing process of steel balls is very complicated.

It cannot be done by just a few small blacksmiths.

Therefore, the pulley failed to be made.

After observing this error, Ye Tian quickly picked up paper and pen to improve it.

After sacrificing part of the performance, Ye Tian changed the pulley to a single shaft.

"After installing the pulley, apply more lard."

There is obviously no such thing as lubricant in Douluo World.

Animal fat can also be used reluctantly.

Aman didn't know the function of the pulley, nor the similarities and differences between Ye Tian's improvements.

But as a qualified subordinate.

He knows the word 'do it'.

"and many more."

When Aman was about to leave, he was stopped by Ye Tian.

Subsequently.

Wait for Aman to go out.

There is another piece of paper in my hand again.

There is a strange question written on it: to investigate the sales of agricultural tools from the Black Coal Street Blacksmith Shop in the towns under Soto City in previous years.

Aman was confused.

But it is extremely easy to get this data.

You only need to spend a few gold soul coins, and the blacksmiths will automatically come to your door and explain clearly.

Another week in the blink of an eye.

As usual, Ye Tian went to the downtown tavern to buy an information board.

However, after the Tiandou Empire garrisoned.

The situation around Soto City has stabilized.

On the information board, there are no major changes.

It's nothing more than news about the promotion of some soul masters.

Or a certain official changes.

"This little brother, there is important information recently. Do you want it?"

Ye Tian stood in the corner of the tavern, looking at the information board.

A middle-aged man wearing silk clothes and aristocratic appearance came over with a sinister look on his face.

Ye Tian put down the information board in his hand and looked at the middle-aged man with a smile.

This person obviously hangs out in the tavern all year round.

I know he comes often.

So he stepped forward.

"I just came here to help my master. I don't have any extra money to buy other information."

Ye Tian shook his head and started talking nonsense.

Hearing this, the middle-aged noble looked a little regretful and said:
"You can tell your master that the Tiandou garrison fee will be added to the recent taxes. If you want to reduce taxes, you can send someone to the tavern to find me."

"Okay, I'll note it down." Ye Tian nodded.

The Barak royal family seems to be really used to extravagance.

They are not willing to pay even a little bit of Tiandou's garrison expenses.

Actually passed it on to civilians.

But this is a good thing for Ye Tian.

If he arbitrarily collects some more taxes, his path to rebellion will be easier.

(End of this chapter)