Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 77 77 Greatness

"Is this the 'factory' you're talking about? This is a construction site." John jumped off the carriage, looked around, raised his eyebrows at Tang Mo and said, "Are you going to use these things to defraud me of a large sum of money? "

"Using a word of deception... this is obviously a bit excessive." Tang Mo waved his hand and then made a gesture of invitation: "Believe me, if you just look at the appearance, such a person is really too superficial."

"Come on! Come in with me and have a look, and you will know how great the factory I am talking about is." Tang Mo said as he gestured to the doorman to open the door.

 In fact, Tang Mo's factory only has a courtyard wall, so the symbolic significance of his gate is completely greater than its actual role.

As long as you look into the distance, you can see that the courtyard wall "disappears" not far away, and is replaced by a construction site that looks spectacular.

 That’s exactly what John did, because he did see the construction site and the workers who were helping to remove the wall bricks.

Because Tang Mo lacks building materials for construction, workers in Tang Mo have to do things like demolishing the east wall and repairing the west wall every day. This section of the courtyard wall was originally several hundred meters long, but now it is only less than twenty meters long to decorate the facade.

 So, walking through the main entrance is actually just a habit that is barely retained to satisfy the sense of ritual. Many workers have actually stepped on the road elsewhere for convenience...

"Although it is a little rough, this place is about to become the center of future world development. Believe me, John, my friend! Compared with what is being nurtured here, nothing you have seen before is worth mentioning!"

He walked leisurely in front, watching a group of children carrying schoolbags passing by. When John saw these children after school walking on the flat road with steps like a military parade, he suddenly had an illusion - in front of him There is an army walking!

To be honest, he has never seen a group of children after school being able to maintain an orderly formation, and he has also never seen a group of people who never play and make noise.

Even the most elite troops cannot guarantee such a state in normal non-training conditions. At this moment, the people standing in front of him were just a group of children.

What surprised him even more happened. After these children saw Tang Mo, they immediately stopped on the side of the road. They held their chins high, raised their right hands towards Tang Mo, spread their palms, and pointed their fingertips at touched his temple.

Tang Mo also raised his right hand and walked through the neat square formation like a general. Although there was no sound during the whole process, the shock to John was truly overwhelming.

From this moment on, even if he didn't see the equipment Tang Mo mentioned, he began to believe that there was indeed something here, something that could be described as great or terrifying.

So he no longer dared to look down upon them, and followed Tang Mo, looking seriously at the children standing there like pilgrims.

“Are you training them to become your soldiers?” the elf captain behind John asked curiously, asking Tang Mo who was walking in front.

“No, they are all my students!” Tang Mo explained proudly. He did not lower his voice, but introduced the children in a high-pitched voice: "They are all my proudest students!"

Hearing Tang Mo's words, the children's chins became higher, as if they didn't pay attention to John, an elf nobleman. It was as if they were looking at John and others with their own nostrils.

 It can be seen that they are proud. They are proud of the education they have received in the past few months, as well as the many strange knowledge Tang Mo has given them.

"I can see that." John nodded and continued to follow Tang Mo past the children. When Tang Mo passed the end of the team, the team began to move forward again.

With a high-pitched voice from one of the children, the children continued to march. There was still no noise, and there was still no confusion. The footsteps seemed to be even more proud after being praised by Tang Mo.

 Yes, pride, John thought of this word again and again—pride. He doesn't know why, but he always feels that these children have a little bit of aristocracy in their hearts...

And this time, John confirmed one thing. When these children heard the sound of walking in unison and then started to move forward, they all stepped with their left foot first and waved their right hand first, with uniform movements.

He stopped talking and followed Tang Mo, walking step by step on the not-so-wide road until he reached Tang Mo's first workshop.

 The so-called first workshop is the factory where Tang Mo first mass-produced the K1 gun. Now, this is still the main production workshop of Tangshan's K1 quick gun.

 Because among the newly built workshops in Tang Mo, one produces revolvers, one produces steam engines, and one produces rails and other supporting parts. Therefore, only the first two workshops are used to produce K1 fast guns.

This actually illustrates Tang Mo's attitude towards the K1 Quick Gun from another aspect - this is just a transitional product, and there is no need to invest too much.

Of course, the most important role here is that now Tang Mo brings John to visit, making John willing to pay. Sure enough, when they heard the roar of the machine and saw dozens of gun barrels being manufactured at the same time, John and the elf captain following John were stunned.

Even though John was fully mentally prepared before entering the factory, when he saw the steam engine and the complicated transmission mechanisms, his poor little head still shut down.

Yes, his poor head couldn't process the picture in front of him for a while, just like a 710 graphics card challenging the Cyberpunk 2077 game...

He just stood there stupidly, watching the flywheel of the steam engine rotating and the torsion bar reciprocating there.

 Finally, after he closed the redundant running programs in his mind and finally allowed the small processor to start controlling his body again, John suddenly looked back at Tang Mo.

“Are you using this machine to produce gun barrels fully automatically?” He asked Tang Mo impatiently, pointing to the steam engine that had broken down twice.

 In fact, there is no need for any negotiation skills, because from his voice that has begun to change, you can hear that he will not miss everything in front of him.

If he were participating in an auction at this moment, he would never put down the price sign in his hand—this may be the first time in his life that he honestly agrees with spending money like water from the heart to the body.

He even dared to boldly shout out the slogan that he had longed for but never dared to shout easily: "You bid! No matter how much you bid, I will add a gold coin!"

"It doesn't count." Tang Mo felt that he was still a long way from being fully automatic, so he said shyly with some embarrassment: "Actually, each barrel still needs a worker to control it."

"So... what you said, one of your workers can drill four gun barrels a day, is true!" John suddenly remembered some of the "advertising slogans" Tang Mo had told him before.

"Of course it's true. You saw it...these drill bits have a constant speed and can rotate all the time." Tang Mo walked to the machine and pulled a device. The drill bit detached from the half-drilled barrel and entered In idle mode: "And you can stop at any time!"

At this time, the Elf captain standing over there came back to his senses and noticed the wooden shelves placed in the corner specifically to support new guns.

 He ​​swallowed a gulp of saliva, because there was already a row of completed Tang K1 fast guns placed vertically on the rack over there, and the wood shone with a carefully polished shine.

"You said...this...machine...is also for sale?" John confirmed to Tang Mo uncertainly. Of course he remembered Tang Mo saying that these machines and technologies were for sale, but after he saw these things, he really didn't dare to expect such a good thing.

"Yes, they are all for sale." Tang Mo pointed to his steam engine and laughed loudly along with the roar of the steam engine: "Steam engines! Transmissions! Including machine tools! They are all for sale!"

"Moreover! Their manufacturing technology and production process! They are all clearly priced!" Tang Mo said, shaking his head: "But you don't have that much money anymore! My friend!"

"Go back... and collect everything valuable from everyone! Rings, gold teeth, jewelry, necklaces, pocket watches, private property... bills or land deeds... in short, no matter what, anything will do! Then calculate the total price!" John looked at it! He turned to his subordinate, the captain whose mind had not yet fully awakened: "Do you understand?"

“Ming, I understand.” After hearing this order, the captain swallowed again and nodded subconsciously.

“This! Here you go!” John took off a ring set with sapphire from his finger and handed it to Tang Mo without hesitation: “400 gold coins!”

He seemed to remember something again, and took out a pocket watch with a solid gold case and exquisite patterns all over it from his pocket: "And this! A treasure from a famous artist! You know this thing is very precise, and it is not cheap to make one. ! 300 gold coins! No more!”

"That..." Seeing that John had a tendency to take off his clothes, Tang Mo felt that his exorbitant asking price before was a bit too much to bully an honest person.

 When John saw the steam engine, he didn't even bother to bargain. In other words, he still remembers it, but he doesn't dare.

He didn't dare to speak, he didn't dare to blaspheme everything that was great in front of him. In fact, he held on and suppressed his strong urge to worship these things.

In just a few minutes, John was sure of one thing—the rise of the Poplar Kingdom was right in front of him...

 (End of this chapter)