Struggle in the Steam Age

The next morning, Lawrence was woken up by the sound of factory sirens. Since he still had some things to do in the morning, he simply picked it up from the bed. After tidying up briefly, he opened the door and walked out. Then he went downstairs with Safiel who went out almost at the same time.

"Successful, I made it." Just as the two of them left the building, the dwarf Eugene ran over excitedly. "I made the weapon on the picture yesterday."

After a short figure approached, Lawrence realized that his hair and beard looked messy, and his shirt and leather apron were covered with stains from various metalworking. It seems that Ouren had been busy all night after getting the blueprints, and ran over to inform Lawrence of the good news this morning as soon as the work was completed.

"The design of this thing is really ingenious, and it's also very simple to manufacture. I swear it definitely meets the needs of the military. It's really a genius design—" Eugene said excitedly after seeing Lawrence. Thanks to the fact that he is not only a dwarf but also an extraordinary person, he has a much stronger body than normal people. Otherwise, a person like him who stayed up all night doing heavy physical work all night would definitely not be as full of energy as he is now.

Following Ou Ren's nagging along the way, they came to a factory building. In the factory building, except for a few workers who were standing next to a bullet production line to assemble bullets, the other workers who had no jobs for the time being were gathered around to look at something.

"Give way, everyone. I called the designer and asked him to come and help us see if there are any deficiencies in this thing." Ou Ren shouted loudly. A gap was opened, revealing the cannon that was surrounded by them before.

This is a cannon that looks very different from the current cannon. First of all, in terms of size, this is a little guy who only reaches the height of a person's waist, and looks much smaller than ordinary artillery.

Secondly, the structure of this cannon is extremely simple. Except for a barrel, it is an iron plate fixed in the direction of the gun tail, a tripod that lifts the muzzle through a seemingly complicated part, and a bracket fixed on the left side of the muzzle. Side very simple iron sights.

Finally, the walls of the barrel of this gun are very thin. It also makes it look like the barrel is not very thick, but the caliber is much larger than similar artillery.

"Very good artillery." Lawrence nodded and said after walking around the artillery twice. He found that the artillery in front of him looked almost the same as the World War II mortars in his impression. But after he took a closer look at the sight, he asked a little puzzled. "But how did you get the shooting meter on this sight?"

"Actually, we have already built this cannon more than four hours ago." A worker in blue denim overalls said, "Then we rowed a boat with Brother Eugen to bring this cannon to the ground." Go to the small island in front for a test launch, and these data are all obtained from the test launch.”

"You guys are really too dangerous." After hearing what the worker said, Safir seemed a little excited, because although the island he mentioned could be seen from inside the factory, it was three or four kilometers away from them. More importantly, although this island is in an inner bay, there is a high possibility of encountering murloc commandos at this time.

"It's okay, little girl, don't we still have this." The uncle worker said and patted the mortar. Maybe because Saifeier was too young, the uncle subconsciously regarded her as himself A child of my daughter's age. "The cannon test did encounter a group of more than a dozen murlocs, but our boss's technique in using cannons is very good. After one cannonball, only two or three were left alive. In the end, we took them out easily with guns."

"Yes, yes, there is not much danger." The dwarf Eugene also echoed, "I was attacked that day purely because I went to the headquarters to discuss business, and I only carried a small powerful pocket pistol with me. If I If you are fully armed, you will definitely not be caught by those stinky fish—"

After everyone got together and talked for a while, Lawrence and Ou Ren came to an office on the second floor together. After closing the door, Eugene looked at Lawrence and said, "My friend, I believe this thing will be adopted by the military. So please tell me what I need to pay to get this design?"

"Hmm - can I buy shares in your factory through this? Of course, I only need half of the shares at most, and I don't require management rights except for normal audits." Lawrence said bluntly, gaining sweetness from the manufacturing industry before. After that, he now has a very strong interest in investing in such a factory.

"This—" After hearing Lawrence's request, Eugene showed a look of embarrassment, and Lawrence hurriedly said. "Of course, I can also understand that your factory is like your child. If you don't like it, forget it. We can think of another way to trade."

"It's not that I'm reluctant to sell you the shares in this factory." Ou Ren showed a wry smile. "But you can also see that although my factory is barely noticeable in terms of scale, it is now in a very serious predicament. I think its shares are probably not as good as your design. If it is traded, it will be a little bit I am so sorry."

"Hey, I thought what was the matter." After hearing Eugene's words, Lawrence showed a smile on his face. Eugene the dwarf, worthy of his reputation for honesty, could think of such things at such a time. "Anyway, you didn't lie to my factory about the problems in the transaction, and my judgment on the current situation is different from yours. I think it is very worthwhile to acquire the shares of the factory now, not to mention that I am optimistic about the future of this factory."

After all, this is a factory named after Bofors. From a metaphysical point of view, Lawrence believes that if it produces weapons, it will definitely be able to make a name for itself.

"Thank you, thank you." After listening to Lawrence's words, Ou Ren shook his hand vigorously, while tears ooze from the corners of his eyes. After he calmed down, Lawrence and he began to plan the next move.

After serious discussions, Lawrence and Safiel exchanged the new weapon design and the 4,200 yuan worth of loot captured in the battle with the murlocs in exchange for 50% of the shares in the Bofors factory. He didn't contribute much in the process of saving people and obtaining the loot, so he only asked Lawrence for the dividend right of 3% of the shares.

After the shares were arranged, Eugene immediately began to organize workers to produce artillery and ammunition. According to the plan, they will produce 10 mortars and 500 rounds of shells in one day with the help of Eugene's all-out efforts.

Lawrence and Safiel went directly to the military's scientific research institute to find Cog, and hoped that he could help them get a demonstration opportunity.

"That's no problem. In fact, we have been having a headache recently." Cog said bluntly after hearing Lawrence's request, "Murlocs and many wilderness races are actually not very strong, but they are too numerous. Too much. The firepower of the infantry's basic unit is indeed somewhat insufficient in the face of this situation. If your weapons can be as effective as you say, I believe you will have a steady stream of orders."

What happened in the next few days also proved that Cog's guess was completely correct. After discovering that this kind of mortar is not only cheap and easy to produce, it can also maneuver with infantry units and has a large-caliber weapon that is no less effective against wilderness races When the lethality of heavy artillery was realized, orders from the military immediately flowed to the Bofors factory.

Taking advantage of the large deposit paid by the military, the Bofors factory quickly merged with several other poorly managed factories and began to continuously provide the military with such weapons. And the status of a member of the Lawrence Federation of Sciences and the background of the Eugene Volcano family also forced those who wanted to move their minds to withdraw their claws.