Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 208 Chapter 208 Not Much

The prime minister waited for Tang Mo to laugh enough before he said, "Actually, you are already very rich, Mr. Tang, to be frank, you may be richer than those big bosses of the Cyric consortium."

The Cyric Consortium is actually not the industry of one person. Although most of the shares are in the hands of a few wealthy families, the shares controlled by each of these wealthy families are actually very limited.

But Tang Mo was different. Tang Mo's Datang Group was his own property, which made his wealth more concentrated.But Tang Mo still doubted that his wealth was actually no more than those people.

So, Tang Mo shrugged his shoulders, and justified himself: "I don't have much money, as you can see, paving the road with steel is a big expense."

He's not lying, in fact, he really doesn't have much cash in his hand - most of the income, he has re-invested in the construction of his own factory.

Now, he has a lot of factories under construction, in several places at the same time, which has reduced his money to a dangerous level.

Today, Datang Group is building an oil refinery and chemical plant on Heilong Island, as well as a pharmaceutical factory and a large power plant.

These constructions take time and investment.And in the vicious forest, Tang Mo's No. 2 factory is also constantly expanding in scale.

The second phase of the railway project connecting North Ridge and Bunas is also under construction. Tang Mo plans to build this into a double-track railway line to make freight and passenger transportation more convenient.

Coupled with the investment in railways and factories in other parts of the Kingdom, as well as equity participation and investment in some projects, the money in Tang Mo's pocket did not match his status at all.

In fact, the prime minister also knew about it. He didn't need to deliberately investigate, he just needed to ask casually, and he knew that Tang Mo had spent at least 100 million gold coins for expansion and investment recently. Tang Mo's money must be tight.

So he smiled and suggested to Tang Mo: "Mr. Tang is joking, if you are willing to sell the railway operation rights from Bunas to Wangcheng to His Majesty, the amount of money you get back may be unimaginable."

Tang Mo was taken aback, knowing that the king seemed to be planning to expand his investment in the railway project.He looked at the prime minister and asked casually: "It seems that His Majesty has a lot of money now?"

Recently, the Three Kings Alliance has been vigorously digesting the territories it has annexed. These lands and the people on the land are all to be resettled and managed, which involves most of the energy of the three kings.

In order to allow these newly occupied territories to be naturalized faster, and to enable themselves to control these areas more firmly, several countries all thought of Tang Mo's railway.

Now, seven or eight railways are under construction at the same time, and several countries are not too anxious to expand their armies. Instead, they have worked hard on railways and telegraphs.

Several countries have invited Tang Mo to set up telegraph offices in many cities to cover these areas, so that these areas can be controlled at arm's length.

And Tang Mo also took the opportunity to expand his influence in these areas and at the same time cover his intelligence network.

However, the expansion of the telegraph system also had other impacts: the electromagnetic environment became complicated, Tang Mo had to start dividing frequency bands for telegrams, and began to popularize more advanced telegraphs in his troops.

The prime minister did not hide anything, nodded and said truthfully: "Actually, because of your support, he has never been so rich."

The tax reform of the Wright Kingdom may be more comprehensive than that of Susas. After all, Tang Mo provided a new plan for the Wright Kingdom and supported enough manpower.

Finance Minister Simeone can now be said to be one of the best political stars in the kingdom, and his performance has won Wright VII's praise.

Wright VII accepted almost all the suggestions from Simeone, and the talents recommended by Simeone would quickly gain a foothold in the Wright Kingdom.

In return, Simeone built a very advanced economic system for the Wright Kingdom, and the Wright Kingdom's taxation has never been so efficient.

Because of tax cuts and efficiency gains, the Wright Kingdom quickly conquered those new occupied areas. The kingdom lowered taxes and appeased the occupied areas. The efficiency is really not ordinary.

With the support of the graduates of the military trainees of the Tang Dynasty, the Wright Kingdom can be said to be thriving, and Wright VII has completely surpassed his father's generation, becoming the greatest king since the birth of the kingdom.

These achievements made his prestige even higher, and at the same time raised his dominance over the core area of ​​the kingdom to a new level.

Tang Mo was not Cyric, he almost never caused troubles, and although his penetration of the entire kingdom had reached a terrifying level, he really rarely exerted his own political influence on the Wright Kingdom.

His weapons are so advanced that he doesn't need to sell them. The Wright Kingdom's military has already fully purchased and replaced them with weapons and equipment from the Datang Corporation.

He does not need to use the political capital he has accumulated to implement the political system he wants in the kingdom, because these political systems are all more advanced, and they are good governance that the senior leaders of the Wright Kingdom cannot refuse.

This way of getting along made Wright VII very comfortable, and it also made him more confident and bold to develop his political ambitions.

Of course Tang Mo was unwilling to give up his own right to operate the railway, so he suggested, "Since His Majesty is so rich, why don't you build a railway to connect Wangcheng and the new occupied area?"

Hearing Tang Mo's question, the prime minister realized that Tang Mo's rail production capacity seemed to have increased, so he asked curiously, "Can you produce more rails now?"

In fact, the production capacity of the rails has always been insufficient. On the one hand, it is due to the lack of raw materials, and on the other hand, it is also due to the lack of steelmaking plants.

In order to solve this problem, Tang Mo built a new steel factory in Beiling, using local materials to expand the production scale of the rails.

However, this made it impossible for North Ridge to fully supply Bunas iron ingots, so Tang Mo had no choice but to use the sea transportation line to frantically purchase iron ore and iron ingots from other regions, just like the elves.

In addition, Cyric is also purchasing steel recently, and the price of steel has nearly doubled.But Tang Mo still took all the orders, putting on a posture that I would take as much as I had.

Recently, the share of steel procurement in the Poplar Kingdom has begun to decrease, and the aftermath of the sinking of many merchant ships is showing.

Tang Mo nodded, and answered the prime minister's question: "The new factory has been completed in Northridge, and Earl Alice can now provide the kingdom with 70 kilometers of railroad tracks every month."

Because of the huge demand, the scale of the factory is also very large. In today's Wright Kingdom, everyone has begun to get used to using the factory as a more efficient production unit.

After all, titles like workshops and workshops could no longer reflect the advanced production of Tang Mo's Datang Group's factories.

When the prime minister heard what Tang Mo said, he immediately said with emotion: "I can be sure now that everyone who knows you will become richer and richer."

In fact, the prime minister's family also had shares in some textile factories built by Tang Mo, creating a large amount of wealth for the prime minister's family every month.

Now that the prime minister's family can't live without Tang Mo's monthly payment, the prime minister is actually unknowingly influenced by Tang Mo and will make some decisions that are more beneficial to Tang Mo.

Tang Mo thought for a while, and said an answer that was beyond the prime minister's expectation: "Not all of them."

"Huh?" The prime minister looked at Tang Mo curiously, showing a gossip expression.

Tang Mo, who didn't intend to hide anything, immediately explained to the prime minister: "Actually, the Yangmu Kingdom, which has been maintaining a stance of expansion recently, owes me a large sum of money."

The prime minister immediately expressed his position and sided with Tang Mo: "Does the Kingdom of Wright need to exert some pressure? If necessary, we can change the foreign policy towards the Kingdom of Yangmu."

The recent expansion of the Wright Kingdom gave him great confidence, coupled with Tang Mo's technical support, the prime minister did not think that the Yangmu Kingdom would be the opponent of the Wright Kingdom.

Even the opponent has been very strong recently and is expanding, and has also defeated the Kingdom of Galles and annexed the Senna Plain.

Tang Mo looked at the docked warship, and said to the prime minister, "There is no need for this at all. My iron-clad ships have already blocked the Nanshui Port of the Yangmu Kingdom."

Only then did the prime minister know that Tang Mo had actually started a war with the Yangmu Kingdom.He looked at the cold and powerful battleship, and gave his own judgment firmly: "They must be very uncomfortable."

"Yes, my next step is to smash their Osa Port, what do you think, Prime Minister?" Tang Mo asked with a smile.

He is so casual, as if attacking a kingdom's port is a very simple matter.

The prime minister was silent, and after about ten seconds, he spoke, and made a very solemn promise to Tang Mo: "If necessary, the Kingdom of Wright can declare war on the Kingdom of Yangmu."

Before he knew it, Tang Mo already had the ability to decide such an important national decision as a kingdom declaring war with a single sentence.

Tang Mo was not proud, and rejected the prime minister's kindness: "Thank you, but the matter will definitely not develop so out of control."

The prime minister also breathed a sigh of relief, because if he really declares war on a powerful country that does not border him, he will actually be under a lot of pressure.

After confirming that Tang Mo didn't need Wright Kingdom's support for declaring war, the prime minister obviously relaxed a lot, and asked gossipingly with a smile, "I want to know, how much do they owe you?"

Tang Mo casually answered an inaccurate number: "Not much, about 1400 million gold coins. I didn't ask about my finances, it might be more..."

The prime minister was taken aback for a long time before confirming that the numbers he had heard were true and valid.

Then, he reacted for a few seconds before realizing how terrifying this number was.

"Pfft..." Ever since, he couldn't hold back...

(End of this chapter)