Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 53 53Everyone gets what he needs

 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 profit, 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!

 Be it the means of production, the production process, or even the products, they are actually all processes of making money.

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

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

 The premise is that 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 did not think that steam engines would not be sold. He just thought that it was very interesting to rashly purchase steam engines without thinking of their specific uses.

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

"Yeah." Tang Mo nodded: "Indeed, steam engines can drive many equipment, so that many products can be produced, including pots and pans, guns and ammunition..."

"Yes, so we plan to purchase a steam engine." Tiger gestured back and said to Tang Mo: "The earl has a lot of grain in his hands, which was left over due to the sharp drop in food prices. The earl plans to Use grain and some metal materials as payment."

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

“Really, really?” Tiger was a little flattered. He looked at Tang Mo and said, “Well, thank you very much.”

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

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

While talking, he gave an example: "Steam engines are actually used in many places, many more than you think. For example, steam engines can improve the efficiency of mining, and what we need most now is to improve mining efficiency. Mine efficiency!”

"As long as we have more steel and more coal mines, we can produce more machinery, create more industrial jobs, and make the entire Beiling develop faster." He promoted his equipment in an alluring way. : "Believe me, Northridge does need steam engines, and the whole world actually needs steam engines."

"Sir, you are right." Tiger had been deceived by Tang Mo, because now his mind was filled with the joy of completing the task again.

 Before he came back, he had been 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, and he casually sold it to Beiling.

 What he didn’t expect even more was that Tang Mo was actually willing to sell relevant technical drawings and all supporting technologies for the steam engine to Beiling...

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

"You still don't understand! Only by making the plate bigger can the cake be bigger." Tang Mo was too lazy to explain all the profound knowledge to Tiger. He only needed to know that there were people with good vision in Beiling who wanted to Steam engine technology will do.

"I have prepared an experimental prototype. As long as it works well, it can be sold directly to the Earl and placed in the mine to increase the mining speed of the mine." Tang Mo promised Tiger impatiently. : "If necessary, we can produce two or even three more identical steam engines."

He now urgently needs to obtain a large amount of mineral resources. Only by mastering these mineral resources can he continue to obtain steel 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 the Earl, I want a 10% share of the mineral resources. Come here How about replacing my income?”

"10%? You know, the output of the mine is very large, and 10% is really too much." Tiger quickly shook his head and explained to Tang Mo: "Except for workers' salaries, there are other miscellaneous expenses. A mine’s annual net profit is only about one-third of its output.”

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

"As long as the earl leaves me the corresponding output so that I can continue to expand production, I will design a steel factory for the earl, a brand-new, high-yield steel factory." He said while patting Tiger. on the shoulder: "Believe me, this is a great deal." "This, I can't make the decision." Tiger hesitated a little. He felt that this transaction was beyond the scope of what he could handle.

“Don’t make a hasty decision.” Tang Mo continued to throw out the bait, which made Tiger even more excited: “Do you think the cannon you are using now is worthy of the K1 fast gun?”

"Of course...it's not worthy. The K1 fast rifle is the best rifle. It will definitely replace all Cyric flintlocks in the future and become the standard equipment of every soldier in this era." Tiger answered affirmatively.

"With new, better-performing steel, Beiling will soon have cannons that far surpass Cyric artillery!" Tang Mo continued to promise: "Only steel with better quality and performance can create more powerful artillery... Isn’t this obvious?”

"I, I understand..." Tiger nodded subconsciously, and was already thinking about how to get Count Fisherlot 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. He firmly believes in one truth: if Tang Mo said there are newer artillery, then there must be newer artillery!

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

But before he could continue to discuss this topic with Tang Mo, Tang Mo had already focused his attention on the strong, leather-clad civilians of Beiling.

These civilians in Beiling are generally very strong, and they are all men between 20 and 30 years old. What's even more interesting is that they generally have weapons on their bodies, some with long swords, some with bows and arrows, and they look like a large group of bandits.

The team is not neat. In Tang Mo's eyes, these people gathered together are more like a loose sand than an army.

Compared to the children in Tang Mo School who have been training for a month, these people have almost no discipline, and probably few are literate. They are crowded together in a noisy manner, 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 more work to do.

"Yes, the earl believed that Beiling only relied on 1,500 regular troops, which was still too small in number, so he had to recruit some volunteers to form a new army."

“Are these beggars?” Tang Mo curled his lips, feeling that the noisy crowd not far away had no fighting capacity at all.

"Although they have not received formal military training, most of them are hunters, rangers, and civilians who have served as soldiers." Tiger explained to Tang Mo seriously: "They don't look like much, but as long as they are Providing them with weapons, these people are no worse than the soldiers of Susus."

"Are you kidding me... Being richer than a beggar is of no use." Tang Mo sneered disdainfully: "What they need is strict training and advanced weapons!"

“So, Your Majesty the Earl sent them here.” Tiger said to Tang Mo: “This army… is all for you!”

 “Given it to me?” Tang Mo was stunned for a moment, not understanding the meaning of Tiger’s words.

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

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

"Yes." Tiger nodded: "You assign the officers, and you are responsible for the training. It is naturally up to you to feed them, but they are your soldiers, Lord Knight Tang Mo."

 “Sir Knight?” Tang Mo frowned again and looked at Tiger.

"Private armies are not legal after all, but the earl has the qualifications to appoint knights under his command." Tiger pointed at himself and then at Tang Mo: "Now, at least in terms of the kingdom's legal level, you can legally own your own As for the quantity, who will check this? Just don’t get raided by the Sheriff and capture 500 prisoners with guns.”

Tang Mo laughed loudly: "The Sheriff of Bunas...has the ability to capture 500 prisoners?"

 (End of this chapter)