Lord of Industrialization

To be an emperor, you must have your own army. To build an army, you must have enough equipment. If you want equipment, you must have a weapons workshop.

Fatih has his own army, and naturally has his own weapons workshop.

In his imagination, the factories in Wesson should be similar to those weapons workshops - the red furnaces are emitting heat, the sound of hammers and the voices of masters scolding apprentices are endless, and the air is filled with the smell of fireworks and sweat. , occasionally there will be a smell of feces and urine.

The workshop has been like this for thousands of years, with no fundamental changes.

The factory building of the Clover Hinge Factory has red bricks, red tiles and wooden beams. The walls are equipped with glass windows. It is very bright inside. For several days, slogans and banners such as "Safety First" and "Beware of Fire" have been hung on the walls.

It was equally noisy here. The sound of more than a dozen punch machines, drill presses and grinders working simultaneously shocked Fatih more than the sound of heavy cavalry charging.

There were workers working next to each machine. Fatih saw the young man he saw at the barbecue restaurant. He was feeding iron bars to the machine. There were several other people pushing trolleys to bring iron bars and process them. The good iron sheets are transported to the machine for the next step of the process.

The floor of the factory building was made of cement, and Fatih found knee-high ropes stretched on the ground. Ropes of different colors formed passages leading from the door to different places.

After taking a look, Fatih understood that the trolleys transporting materials, the trolleys delivering iron sheets, and the personnel walking to the machine took different routes to avoid collisions between the trolleys and people.

Hoffmann took Fatih and Hakan into the factory and introduced his products all the way.

Making a set of hinges is not simple. Starting from the long metal sheet that was originally bought, it takes four to six times of stamping and repairing holes with a drill machine before half a piece of qualified hinge can be made, of which the roll part needs to be stamped. Twice, after installing the insertion rod, it is necessary to stamp and seal both ends of the cylinder.

Fatih looked at it very seriously, echoing Hoffman from time to time. His eyes stayed more on the machines, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

After the explanation, Hoffman picked up an assembled door and window with hinges and tentatively quoted the price. Fatih felt that it was too cheap, but he still offered a 40% discount. Can be wholesaled at 15% off.

After some haggling, the two reached a consensus, and the final FOB price was 15% off the initial asking price.

At this time, Hoffman's secretary came again and signaled that tea in the reception room was ready.

Fatih followed him to the reception room. He thought the other party was really preparing tea just now, but unexpectedly, Hoffman threw out a statistic that made him jump.

"Do you know the population of the Ghazi Empire?!" His Majesty the Emperor looked at Hoffman in disbelief, "Who told you?"

At today's level, it is very difficult to accurately count the population of a country. Only the king can get a relatively reliable number, and other people's guesses can have an error of two or three times.

Now Hoffman uses the population of the Ghazi Empire to calculate the minimum sales volume of the general agent. This number is exactly the same as the number Fatih got when he first became emperor.

Hoffman was a little confused by the other party's reaction and replied: "This number is recorded in the foreign trade guidance book published by the Dawn Chamber of Commerce. It seems to be the data mentioned in an edict from your country more than ten years ago. There is a big difference between it and the current one." ?"

Fatih frowned and thought for a moment, and sighed in his heart. When he went back, he would have to cut off a few heads.

"It's nothing." He made an excuse to deal with his surprise, "I have never heard of that edict. I thought you had sent someone to investigate."

Hoffman didn't care, and began to calculate the annual sales of hinges in areas with developed waterways in the Ghazi Empire.

Fatih did not object to his calculation results. The key was that he did not understand how the calculation was done, but he felt it made sense.

The two parties signed a memorandum of cooperation, and Fatih will send someone to discuss some details before signing a contract.

After giving the memo to Hakan, Fatih asked Hoffman in a low voice: "Can I customize some special products? For example, scale armor plates."

Hoffman's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked the secretary behind him to fetch a wooden box from the cabinet nearby.

The wooden box contains several pieces of steel of different shapes, each with several small holes on it. Anyone who knows how to do it can tell at a glance that it is a piece of scale armor.

Fatih picked up a piece of armor and observed it carefully. As someone who has led troops for many years, he could quickly tell the quality of the armor and nodded with satisfaction.

The climate in the Ghazi Empire is much hotter than here. Wearing iron cans there is prone to heat stroke, so the army mainly uses scale armor and mail armor.

Extraordinary power is very important on the battlefield, but ordinary soldiers cannot give up. If a soldier can survive five battles and still be physically and mentally sound, there will be much room for growth in the future. A new generation of extraordinary power will most likely be born from these people. .

If a sufficient amount of cheap and reasonably protective scale armor could be obtained, even if it was only half-body armor, the soldier's survival rate would be much higher.

The equipment of a small number of elite troops can be more expensive, but the equipment of a large number of ordinary troops must consider the cost. There are few places with the wealth like Weisen State that can equip all members with a five-gold silver scale breastplate.

Fatih thought of scale armor just now when he saw hinge pieces spitting out from the machine. Referring to the price of hinges, if armor pieces can be mass-produced in this way, the price of the entire scale armor will be much lower, and it can be armed. There were more soldiers, too.

Hoffman said to the guest: "We once produced a batch of armor plates. This is the sample left at that time. If you want it, we can provide the first batch of one thousand samples the day after tomorrow. If you need additional shape design and adjustment There are material requirements, we need to make new molds and purchase materials, and we can provide so many samples in five to ten days.”

There are many people who have the same idea as Fatih. Not long ago, Baron Wesson, a distant relative of Frederick in the north, came up with the idea and customized a batch of armor plates to go back to. These are what Hoffman had left from that time. .

Hoffman was also speechless about this, because there were hunters over there who were so inspired after seeing the hinges they produced that they wore ropes to make armor and saved their lives while hunting, so someone came to the door.

Fatih nodded slightly and said, "I will have someone come over tomorrow to communicate with you on the details."

"He doesn't speak the language here very well. He can speak Pulan. Please find a translator. We will provide the cost."

Hoffman agreed.

Fatih remained silent after leaving the Clover Hinge Factory and silently returned to the hotel.

Returning to his suite, he winked at Hakan, who immediately wrapped the living room in a wind shield.

"There is a mission." Fatih ordered in a deep voice, "Go to the factory tonight in person, find their account books, and see what the real cost of the things we discussed today is."