Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 125 Chapter 125
What is bothering Tang Mo now?Too many new weapons are already on the drawing, but he doesn't have enough production capacity and a big enough market to digest these weapons.

He had no way to immediately produce the K3 rifle to sell to Fisherow. In fact, Fisherol didn't have enough funds to support his troops to start switching to newer weapons immediately.

The Earl of Northridge may purchase a large number of grenades, and may also purchase some C64 howitzers, but he really does not have the money to replace all the K1 fast guns in his hand with the cutting-edge K3 rifles.

As for Tang Mo himself, there were actually quite a few problems. First of all, he couldn't complete the equipment update and development immediately, because he no longer had any spare skilled workers to fill the new factory.

Now he can only develop step by step honestly, manufacture more equipment, train more workers, and let his factory enter the next round of expansion and development.

There was nothing he could do about it, he could only wait, and he could only go on step by step honestly.

The good news is that his worker training is much easier than raising a craftsman with gold coins. These workers only need to operate the machine, so that they don't understand the meaning of this process at all.

These workers only need to repeat the same process every day, remember each process and carry out these processes, and they are qualified!
And the more uneducated the apprentice worker who didn't understand the complicated operation, the more awe he had towards the magical machinery.They will operate the machine honestly and in accordance with the rules and regulations, and they are meticulous and rarely lazy.

In short, this is a simple era, and people are busy running around for a bite to eat.No one here complained about working overtime, and no one asked for rest... And all of these were in Tang Mo's favor.

Another bottleneck in development is the problem of raw materials - Tang Mo's hoard of metal is actually very limited, and other raw materials are also pitifully small.

Although he has worked hard to raise these things, in the end he only bought enough materials to support his current development.

Now the only thing he has enough is leather and some sea salt, and the rest is in short supply.

Because of the sudden increase in the population, the originally plentiful food has begun to be stretched. After all, he has to feed 5000 people, which is not a small amount.

Although there is a small reserve of copper ingots, it will soon be exhausted by the production of steam engines, trains, and bullets.

Not to mention iron ingots. After smelting into steel ingots, a large amount of them are consumed in the production of lathes and machinery. Even the production of rails is almost impossible to guarantee.

Under such circumstances, no matter how aggressively Tang Mo expands his production capacity, he really cannot mass-produce the brand new K3 rifle in a short period of time.

Even, because the production capacity could not keep up and the supply of materials was insufficient, he was forced to give up even the Maxim heavy machine gun that he could manufacture casually.

The blueprints have been drawn, but due to the inability to supply enough bullets, they cannot be put into production immediately. The Maxim heavy machine gun has been unable to be released for a long time. Thinking about it makes Tang Mo's heart ache.

There is no way, it will take three weeks before Tang Mo can reopen a production line, which Tang Mo can only plan to use to produce hand grenades, which may be the only new product he can put into production quickly.

After all, the grenade uses very little iron, and the other consumable is wood, which is also a relatively large resource that Tang Mo can obtain.

After thinking about a lot of these things in his mind, Tang Mo finally felt the car stop.Sure enough, his car door was soon opened by Wes, and a handsome elf stood not far away, with exhaustion written all over his face.

"Ah, John! My best friend! You are such an honest and trustworthy person." Tang Mo jumped off the carriage, walked over and gave John a hug: "You sent me the money owed?"

John, who had just arrived in Bunas, hugged Tang Mo awkwardly, and then he replied with an apologetic face: "I may disappoint you, my friend! I failed to fulfill my promise, which makes me Very ashamed."

"Oh? What's going on here?" Tang Mo pretended to be surprised, because when he knew that there was only one warship docked at the port of Bunas, he was sure that the elves must renege on their debts. fact.

Because if the other party is willing to continue the trade, it must come here with more ships.Everyone needs to grab time, so we must try our best to save time.

If the elves are willing to send 10 gold coins and a noble title, then they will definitely purchase more machinery and equipment from Tang Mo again, so that it is in the best interest of the elves.

But now there is only one battleship docked at the pier, which shows that the elves do not plan to pay the rest of the money.

Sure enough, John also pretended to be frustrated, and explained: "I returned to the family and offered those treasures, but...my father is a stingy, short-sighted nobleman, and he refused to pay the remaining payment. "

Tang Mo shook his head, as if he had really cut off 10 gold coins, and said with a painful expression, "Oh! John, this is really sad news."

"Without his support, I couldn't raise a sufficient amount of gold coins, so I can only come here alone to express my apologies to you." John is also continuing his performance there at this time, if there is an Academy Award, He and Tang Mo are definitely the strongest contenders for the best actor.

Tang Mo nodded, pretending to reluctantly agree: "Okay, I accept your apology, but I reserve my right to pursue the debt, John."

Of course he wants to retain this power, because in the future, this is the most ideal excuse for him to mess up.

The sea breeze at the port is still very cold in February, and the two of them just stood in the wind, performing impromptu performances.

John obviously didn't expect that Tang Mo would declare so bluntly that he reserved the right to pursue the case, because he didn't expect that a person would be so stubborn when facing a group of nobles in a country.

So he hesitated, and subconsciously dragged out a long voice: "This..."

Tang Mo affirmed of course: "Yes, no one can not pay back the money owed to me, John! Although you are my friend, there is no exception."

Then, as if he remembered something, he suddenly looked at John, and continued to ask: "I don't know if you remember, you promised me... a title of Poplar Kingdom. Now, you won't deny it, right? "

John became even more embarrassed. At this time, he was no longer acting, but really felt a little embarrassed.

People need face and tree skin, even the dirtiest nobles, it would be very embarrassing to be exposed face to face and accused of dishonesty.

So, John bit the bullet and admitted: "Yes, I said..."

"Then did you bring the letter of appointment?" Tang Mo asked immediately.

John shook his head in embarrassment, his tone began to stammer: "No, no..."

"So, it seems that the Augustine family owes me more than 10 gold coins. About how much? 15?" Tang Mo looked at Weiss at the side, and said, "Remember, according to the highest interest calculation, next year's At this time, it will be 30 gold coins!"

John was even more reluctant to step down, so he quickly opened his mouth and stated the purpose of his trip: "Tang Mo...my friend! Although I failed to fulfill my promise, I am willing to stay here and help you do things! I hope I can Use my actions to repay some of the debts I owe..."

"Oh?" Tang Mo was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at John. He seemed to be examining and thinking.He didn't speak immediately, just stared at John, and there was only the whistling sea breeze between the two.

"Huh?" John didn't expect that Tang Mo would suddenly fall silent, and after a moment of embarrassing confusion, he also fell silent.

Silent, so silent.

After a long while, Tang Mo came back to life again.He stretched out a hand, patted John on the shoulder, and then asked: "To be honest, John, the reputation of the Augustine family has gone bankrupt with me, right? You have failed my trust , took my things but didn’t give me money.”

"But, but I... personally..." John felt that Tang Mo had a completely different impression on him this time.

Before, he just thought that Tang Mo was a little perverted, a little crazy, and he was still a profit-seeking businessman at heart.

But this time, Tang Mo's demeanor seemed to have changed... how should I put it, it was more like... more like his father.

This feeling made him feel very uncomfortable, as if he was in his father's castle.He was even a little afraid of Tang Mo's eyes, and he didn't dare to look at Tang Mo.

"I've sorted out your thoughts almost. I don't plan to pay back the money, but I want to put eyeliner on me for free. A nobleman with worrying loyalty. Why should I take you in?" Tang Mo put a hand on John's shoulder On, asked with a cold smile.

"No, that's not the case, Tang Mo... I just..." John felt a panic that was seen through for a moment, and explained with a guilty conscience.

Tang Mo didn't listen to his explanation, but interrupted him and continued: "Let me speculate...Maliciously speculate...Augustin, an ancient family...Hedge your bets, be a fool... ...the operation is very proficient.”

"..." John felt that what he might be facing was an existence more terrifying than his father.He wanted to turn around and run away, but he couldn't move his feet. He seemed to be the prey of a fierce tiger in the woods.

He didn't even dare to struggle, and even had difficulty breathing. He knew he was scared, but no matter how he pulled himself together, he couldn't get himself out of Tang Mo's shadow.

(End of this chapter)