Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 21 21Not a word of truth

Just listen to Tang Mo continue to say: "So, of course, I will pick some slightly inferior land and buy it. You will get a benefit, I will get a benefit, and the soldiers there will also have money to make... Naturally, everyone is happy. no?"

"Hmm...I understand when you put it that way." The mayor's face softened a lot, and he nodded slightly and praised Tang Mo: "I have long seen that you are very sensible, and the future of young people is limitless."

 You just heard that there was a benefit, so I became that young man with an unlimited future, right? Tang Mo complained secretly in his heart with disdain.

However, he still smiled, stretched out a finger, and promised: "When the matter is done, I will give you this number!"

“…” Seeing Tang Mo’s mouth shape, the mayor’s little heart beat wildly involuntarily. That's a hundred gold coins! He wants to be greedy... No, he has to work hard for a whole year to get so much gray income, okay!

Don't look at it. The Cyric Consortium only gives Baron Stella a profit share of 150 gold coins for one year. As the mayor of a small town, he can only earn 100 gold coins after a year of hard work. Now that he has the opportunity to double his income, can he not be tempted?

"Let's talk about it in detail and see if I can help the Earl solve his problem..." the mayor said with a hint of something in his words.

"I'm going north to buy! Go to the direction of the vicious forest. How about buying the wasteland, forest land... over there?" Tang Mo Tu saw it clearly and revealed his true intention.

The mayor was stunned for a moment, and then a satisfied smile appeared on his face: "Okay! I know that since you spent money to complete this errand, you must have a way to earn the money back..."

He would not be able to accept it if it was for fertile farmland or manors in the south. Because that is his profit, and it is also his bargaining chip to control the sheriff and tax collectors and let them support him.

But the land in the north is different. It is basically impossible to grow food, there is no way to cultivate it, and it is not safe next to the vicious forest, so few people care about it.

 Such land is idle and can be sold for a large sum of money. He can say that he has turned waste into treasure and reaped benefits that other town mayors cannot.

He paused, pretended to think for a moment, and then continued to promise Tang Mo: "Yes, if it is the unowned land in the north, I can make the decision and sell it to the Earl."

As he spoke, he looked at the man dressed as an officer who had been silent behind Tang Mo. After seeing that there was no dissatisfaction on the other man's expression, he knew that these soldiers seemed to be attracted by Tang Mo. This cunning businessman "paid off".

This made him even more relieved, because it meant that the people below were working together and were connected together. In this case, most of the time the nobles above would be deceived by their subordinates for a while.

"It's just!" But he still leaned towards Tang Mo and pretended to ask a question that seemed to worry him: "If the earl finds out, this matter..."

"Don't worry... Mr. Mayor." How could Tang Mo give him a chance to raise the price? He immediately assured him confidently: "When the count really loses Beiling and escapes here... he will still be in the mood to find us. Trouble?"

 “Uh...hahaha!” The mayor was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter. He pointed at Tang Mo and praised with satisfaction: "Why didn't I realize that you are such an interesting person?"

"Tell me, how much does the earl plan to spend to buy this wasteland... ah, no, this land?" After laughing wildly, he asked Tang Modao.

Hearing the mayor's question, Tang Men stretched out six fingers: "600 gold coins! Buy... all the land between Bunas and the Vicious Forest!"

Tiger, who was standing aside, was really convinced this time. As soon as Tang Mo came in, he started rambling and talking nonsense. Until now, none of what he said was true!

Even Tang Mo’s extremely sincere “six hundred gold coins” just now was actually a complete lie!

 Because others don’t know it, but Tiger knows it all! Tang Mo now has only about 500 gold coins to spend, so where can he find 600 gold coins to buy land?

 How many gold coins does Tang Mo have in his hand? Or how much money does he have now? Let's do a simple calculation.

Logically speaking, he went to see Count Ronin Fisherow and received a reward for new weapons, totaling 500 gold coins. Among them, he promised to give Weiss 20%, which meant that he still had 400 gold coins left in his hand.

On the other hand, he also signed an agreement with the Count to sell K1 fast guns. In this agreement, the Count purchased 500 K1 fast guns, and may purchase another 1,000 in the future.

This business also includes 100,000 rounds of bullets for K1 fast guns. There is also a supplementary agreement that may purchase an additional 100,000 rounds of bullets.

According to the price quoted by Tang Mo, the total price of this batch of arms is actually a lot - the K1 gun and its supporting equipment alone cost up to 7,500 gold coins. Counting the 3,000 gold coins for the bullets, Tang Mo had 10,000 gold coins at a time. The above gold coins are received.

 In the past, such a large amount of money would have been enough for Tang Mo to support the entire workshop for a long, long time.

 But in fact, this money is not Tang Mo's profit. It is only gross profit, not pure profit - the production of these arms requires raw materials and labor costs, so Tang Mo's actual income is actually at a discount. Even so, this is already a very considerable income. But Tang Mo has only received more than 1,100 gold coins so far.

  Before, Tang Mo brought back less than 600 gold coins from the earl. Then the earl put together another sum of money and sent it to Tang Mo.

According to the letter sent by the earl along with the gold coins, in ten days, the earl will raise another 1,000 gold coins and send them to Bunas.

However, after these 1,000 gold coins, the count could not find any more gold coins in a short time, and most of the remaining money would not be paid until a month later.

Of course, even so, Tang Mo couldn't get 10,000 gold coins - most of the money was actually converted into materials and paid to Tang Mo in the form of debt repayment.

 Including the grain, leather, wood, coal, and steel that returned with Tang Mo. It also includes the grain, meat, wood, coal, and steel that Beiling will supply to Tang Mo in the future!

 So, Tang Mo seems to be very rich now, but in fact he doesn't have much money at his disposal.

There is no way around this, because Count Fischereau is not greedy, so he can't come up with so many gold coins at once, so it is naturally impossible for Tang Mo to get all the money at once.

Tang Mo was actually quite content. He was able to bring back more than 1,000 gold coins in one go, which actually far exceeded his expectations.

 As time goes by, this money has actually been consumed a lot. On the one hand, Tang Mo also purchased a large amount of steel and grain from the port, as well as a large amount of leather, bristles and other materials.

 In addition to recruiting construction workers, purchasing construction materials, acquiring some nearby land, and paying wages to his workers—he has already spent about 300 gold coins.

Of course, he cannot spend all the remaining gold coins, because he will keep about 300 gold coins to hire teachers, build schools, build new factories, and subsequently purchase more steel raw materials.

 So the funds he can use are probably only about 500 gold coins. Considering that some gold coins are reserved to deal with possible risks, there may only be 300 to 400 gold coins that can be spent without any scruples.

 Sounds like a lot, but it’s definitely not a lot. Compared with the large tract of land he wanted to purchase, the money was actually a bit stretched in every aspect.

The mayor over there didn't know this. When he heard that Tang Mo was the one who came to help the Earl buy a large piece of wasteland, he had already begun to figure out how much more he could get out of this deal.

The two people then began to discuss the specific area of ​​the land. After all, the gold coins in Tang Mo's hand were not enough to directly buy all the land between Bunas and the Vicious Forest.

 So, whether we want it or not needs to be discussed in detail. Tang Mo was very familiar with this generation, and the mayor also knew it well, so the two of them sketched on the map and quickly decided on the size and location of the land.

Tang Mo was not picky about the quality of the land. He wanted the land to build a factory and expand production capacity. Therefore, he only wanted a piece of land next to his weapons workshop. Because it was barren, the area could really be described as huge.

After pondering for a while, the mayor raised his head, nodded in agreement: "Yes! We can sign the land sale agreement immediately!"

"Wait!" Sure enough, Tang Mo couldn't come up with 600 gold coins, so he naturally stopped the mayor who wanted to get up to draft a land purchase contract and eat Tang Mo, a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered. .

 “Huh?” The mayor frowned and looked at Tang Mo.

“My lord, part of the count’s gold coins are still on the way...so it will take ten days before I can pay you the other half of the gold coins!”

"What do I mean? You can make an IOU! If the gold coins are not received by then, our contract will be invalidated..." the mayor waved his hand openly and said. He had no reason to disagree with this kind of thing. If Tang Mo couldn't pay the balance, he would take back the land and make hundreds of gold coins, which would naturally make more money.

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, he immediately showed a greedy smile: "However, if you are the one who breaks the contract, half of the payment in advance will not be refunded!"

"Of course! This is very reasonable!" Tang Mo had no intention of defaulting on the 300 gold coins, so he smiled and stretched out his hand, shook it with the other party, and said the words he was very familiar with: "Happy cooperation. !”

 (End of this chapter)