What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

This is embarrassing for both sides!

Originally, both sides thought that they had firearms, a powerful weapon, and should be able to quickly eliminate the other side and end this civil war! But the war unexpectedly fell into a stalemate. This was something that no one expected.

The troops of both sides tested each other on the plains in the northeast of the empire, but neither could defeat the other.

Since we can't get rid of them, we can only send more troops!

So the commanders of both sides continued to fill the plain with troops, and before long there were more than 100,000 troops gathered here!

While competing in the number of soldiers, the two sides were also competing in firearms.

In terms of workshop production capacity alone, the Duchy of Hastings is obviously far inferior to Margaret! However, the Duchy of Hastings is not fighting alone, behind it are the Feruman Empire and the Baishajie Empire.

Compared with Grand Duke Hastings, these two empires are even more reluctant to see Margaret unify the entire Holy Roll Empire! A divided and ruled Holy Roll is in their best interest.

Therefore, the two empires secretly transfused blood to the Northern Roll Empire. As soon as the firearms were produced, they would be sent to the troops of Grand Duke Hastings. As one side gained strength while the other lost strength, Margaret became the disadvantaged party.

in the military camp.

Margaret threw the battle report to the ground.

"Hmph! Two thousand musketeers! Two thousand!" Margaret said, "Wallenstein, tell me why the other side has so many musketeers! Other forces can easily produce so many muskets, why is the production capacity of our workshop so poor?"

Wallenstein lowered his head and said nothing.

"say something!"

"Your Majesty... Mainly because a large number of craftsmen have fled our workshop recently." Wallenstein said.

"Escape? Where else can those untouchables go if they don't work in the workshop? How can they find such high-paying jobs?" Margaret was furious, and then asked: "Did you deduct their wages?"

"I dare not do that!" Wallenstein said quickly, "They went to the city of Orilla."

"What did you say?" Margaret's eyes widened and she asked, "They left Vienna and went to the deserted city of Orilla? Are they crazy? Tell me, what is going on?"

"Your Majesty, it's not their fault." Wallenstein said, "Because Fran's wages are ten times what we pay. And I heard that this is just the basic salary. If they complete the daily quota, they will get extra wages for every extra production. In total, their wages may be fifteen times ours.

Besides, the intensity of work there is even lighter than here.”

"Fifteen times? Is Fran crazy? Offering such a high salary!" Margaret was surprised: "Humph! She must have maliciously raised the salary to attract the craftsmen."

"Your Majesty... that's not the case." Wallenstein said, "This high salary is not just for craftsmen. In fact, all positions under the Jingxi Chamber of Commerce have much higher salaries than those in Vienna. This includes female workers and miners. So during this period, a large number of workers went to Orila City, including

The principalities around Vienna."

"Is she crazy?" Margaret laughed in anger, "Spending such a high price to hire people, can her Jingxi Chamber of Commerce still make money?"

"Although I don't know what method she used, but..." Wallenstein paused and then said, "The Jingxi Chamber of Commerce has indeed expanded significantly in recent months! I heard that she has built several workshops in the port. There are several huge chimneys on the roof of each workshop, and a lot of thick smoke is coming out of them."

"There's a lot of thick smoke? Why is that?" Margaret just felt that she had a lot of questions today. How come Fran came up with so many things all of a sudden after not paying attention to her for a few months?

Wallenstein shook his head. "Flan's factory has very good confidentiality measures, and it is difficult for ordinary spies to enter. Even if they get in, they can only get in touch with part of the work at most, and they can't explore the core secrets at all. All they know is that she keeps throwing coal into the furnace to burn. Your Majesty, should we intensify our investigation on Fran?"

Probe.

Margaret waved her hand and said, "Forget it! The war is the most important thing for now! Humph! Since these greedy craftsmen are attracted by the salary, we can also do this to attract them back. Didn't Fran offer fifteen times more salary than us? Then we offer a higher price! We must use a lot of money to get these craftsmen back.

Get it back."

"Your Majesty...Excuse me for being blunt." Wallenstein said, "If we really want to do this, we might as well just buy firearms from Fran."

Chapter 134: Go find City Lord Fulan!

"Buy it from Fran?" Margaret frowned instantly.

"Yes..." Wallenstein said, "If we really intend to use money to compete with Fran for craftsmen, the cost of the musket will be much higher than Fran's selling price. Right now we are in the war period, our funds are very precious, and we should not spend them on such things."

Margaret sighed, and finally said, "When the war is over, we will have enough funds to take these craftsmen back. In other words, if I want to equip myself with a large number of muskets now, I can only buy them from Fran?"

"Yes."

"But I want to buy it. Is she willing to sell it?" Margaret smiled bitterly and shook her head. "Given her shrewdness, I'm afraid she will ask for a higher price."

"I don't think so." Wallenstein said, "My informant told me that Fran is planning to hold a firearms sale in Bieson Harbor recently, selling a large number of firearms with clear prices. It will no longer be a public auction like before."

"What!" After hearing this, Count Tilly could no longer sit still and said angrily, "We are fighting on the front line, but she openly sells firearms to our enemies! Is she still our ally? Your Majesty, I think we need to deal with this greedy city lord first."

"How do we deal with it?" Margaret asked, "Now turn your guns around and attack Orila City?"

After hearing this, Count Tilly fell silent.

Now that one battlefield is already so difficult to fight, it is naturally impossible to open up a new battlefield.

"Speak up! Why are you all silent?" Margaret glanced at everyone in the tent.

"Your Majesty, do you remember that according to the treaty of the Vienna Alliance, we have the priority right to purchase firearms?" said Wallenstein.

"The convention also states that Fran cannot sell firearms to enemies we are fighting. But isn't she still selling weapons to others in a big way?" said Count Tilly.

"She certainly did not sell it to our enemies," said Wallenstein. "She could have said that she sold it to the Venetians, who then sold it to the Duke of Hastings."

"Oh! How despicable!" said Count Tilly.

Wallenstein said, "Since we have the priority to purchase firearms, we can just buy all the firearms in her inventory! On the one hand, Grand Duke Hastings will not be able to obtain weapons from her, and on the other hand, it can fill the gap in our firearms."

"But what if she refuses to fulfill the agreement?" said Count Tilly.

Wallenstein said, "Then we can just close her shop and bank and kill her. It doesn't matter who she makes money from, so why should she die with us?"

Margaret nodded approvingly, then said to Wallenstein, "Go find Fran yourself and get this done."

"As you command!"

The port of Biesson.

Fran was inspecting the busy port.

During this time, Feuerbach quickly advanced Fran's plan and led the construction corps to build a large-scale project in Bieson Harbor. When Fran returned from Volssus, Feuerbach not only renovated the existing dock, but also built two large factory buildings.

These two factories, one was used for spinning and weaving, and the other was used for forging firearms.

This can be regarded as the first production base opened by Fran outside the city of Orila! And judging from its land area, it will soon exceed the city of Orila. In the future, the finished products produced here will be directly transported to the ships moored nearby, and then shipped to every corner of the world.

Looking at the busy figures in the factory and the rows of huge chimneys, Fran always felt at ease.

This kind of peace of mind is something that no amount of magic crystal coins can give you.

Later, more than 500 orcs will come here by boat to receive training from Fran's workers, and then mix with other workers to work together.

These workers were carefully selected by Ka'graz and were considered some of the smarter people in the Orc Empire. Not only could they read and write, but their minds were also more flexible than those of ordinary orcs.

In a martial arts place like the Orc Empire, it is indeed not easy to gather such a group of people. These people are the best of each tribe and may take up positions such as priests in the future. But now they are sent by the Beast King to work as workers and learn technology, which shows the determination of the Beast King.

Since the Beast King was so determined, Fran also fulfilled her promise. She asked Feuerbach to lead a brigade of construction troops to Gray Port and build a factory there as well.

Feuerbach was originally an orc! His ancestors were once an orc expeditionary force that went deep into the demon world, and then they were trapped in the demon world and became an isolated army. The demon world did not destroy them, but they did not integrate well into the demon world either.

When Feuerbach learned that he could return to his homeland, he was so excited that he almost burst into tears. For this reason, he brought a bag of ashes with him, saying that these were the remains of his ancestors' heroes, and he wanted to scatter them back to his hometown.

This story moved Fran and the others greatly, but it was a pity that the Orc Empire did not have much say in the entire continent, so this tragic story was not remembered. No one would remember such a brave Orc army, but only the slave legions under the dwarves who were forced to charge.

Fortunately, there are orcs like Feuerbach who guard this memory and are ready to spread these proud stories back to let the warriors enjoy the respect they deserve.

When the production base in Biesund Port was put into use, Fran's firearms manufacturing efficiency reached a new height.

At this time, the first batch of firearms sold had already borne fruit in every corner of the world, and the forces that bought the firearms successfully imitated muskets and cannons. Although the quality was far behind, at least they were usable.

Fran's method of selling items through auction is obviously no longer suitable for this version.

However, these workshops encountered the same problem as Margaret. Although they had successfully copied the weapon, the production volume could not be increased. Even if they tried their best to increase manpower, the production volume of firearms could only be increased slightly.

The forces that have successfully copied the weapons are already the best in the entire continent. Most forces cannot even get samples, let alone copy them. Therefore, the demand for firearms in the world is still very high!

The market is vast and there is a future for marriage.

So taking this opportunity, Fran planned to hold a grand weapons exhibition, with clear prices and fair competition.

A musket costs 500 magic crystal coins, and a cannon costs 5,000 magic crystal coins.

Although this price is higher than the price sold to Margaret, it is incomparable to the unit price in the previous auction.

Such favorable conditions naturally attracted the attention of various forces around the world. Even the dwarves and elves, who had always disdained firearms, sent envoys.

Fran counted the days on her fingers every day, looking forward to the trade fair coming soon so that she could make a lot of money.

But on the day before the trade fair, Wallenstein, an old friend of Orila City, came to him.

At this time, Margaret was still fighting, and Wallenstein was one of the two commanders on the front line. Such an important person suddenly came down from the battlefield. Fran knew what she wanted to do just by thinking about her breasts.

Chapter 135 No one can show off in front of me

"Nice to meet you, General Wallenstein." Fran "warmly" received Wallenstein.

"Lord City Lord, to be honest, you really shocked me." Wallenstein looked around the factory buildings and said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that this prosperous city in front of me turned out to be the shabby Bieson Port back then. You are really a city lord who is good at creating miracles."

"This miracle was not created by me alone." Fran said, "Have you seen so many busy workers? Without their hard work, there would be no miracle."

"I'd like to ask, how many people are there here?"

"About two thousand people in total." Fran said.

“More than two thousand people!”

Wallenstein was really shocked when he heard this number. She was also a person who had opened a workshop.

A workshop is different from the army, and it is obviously impossible to demand the same of its craftsmen as it does of its soldiers.

When the number of craftsmen reaches a certain level, the management capabilities required will increase exponentially. Things that seemed trivial, such as eating, bathing, and going to the toilet, will become huge challenges.

This is also why when they increased the scale of craftsmen to a certain level, the output of the workshop did not increase significantly, and sometimes even resulted in a decrease in efficiency due to improper management.

However, from the perspective of Biesund Harbor, the craftsmen here are well organized in both work and life, without any panic!

The gap between them and Fran might be even bigger than imagined.

"I think Count Wallenstein came here not just to visit the port," Fran said.

Wallenstein smoothed his golden hair and said, "I heard that the city lord is going to hold a weapons exhibition next?"

"Yes." Fran said, "It will start soon. If Her Majesty Margaret wants to attend, I am willing to provide Her Majesty with a free ticket."

Is this about the tickets?

Wallenstein asked, "Does the city lord still remember the Vienna Alliance Treaty we signed a year ago?"

"Of course I remember!" Fran said, "I dare not forget it for a moment! That's why I have never sold weapons to the enemies of our Holy Alliance. But weapons are always lost in war. It is normal for the enemy to pick up a few on the battlefield and take them back to copy them. Your Majesty, don't feel sorry for this. I am not...

mind!"

Do you think the weapons that the Ferumans got were dropped on the battlefield by us?!

Wallenstein knew that this was Fran making excuses, but she really had no other options, so she continued, "Do you remember, Lord City Lord, that during the war, if His Majesty wants to buy firearms, they will be given priority."

"That's right!" Fran said, "But that was when His Majesty was conquering the three duchies in the south. We also discussed the supplementary regulations once after that."

"But there is also this clause in the supplementary regulations. I hope the city lord will not forget it."

"How could I forget?" Fran said, "Not only will I not forget, I will even abide by this rule! As long as Your Majesty wants firearms, I will supply them as soon as possible! Your Majesty's orders will always be at the front of the queue! However, the supplementary regulations state that orders that jump the queue will not enjoy price discounts."

Wallenstein thought Fran wanted to renege on the debt, but after all the talk, Fran just wanted to reiterate that there would be no discount? Do we look like such stingy people?

"So if I ask to buy now, you will give priority to me no matter how much it is?" Wallenstein confirmed again.

"Yes." Fran said, "Sell first and never hold back."

"What if I buy all your stock..." Wallenstein said.

"As long as the Earl can afford it, he can buy them all," Fran said.

"But your trade show."

"Without the merchandise, the trade fair will naturally not be held." Fran said, "I am a city lord who strictly abides by integrity."

"Okay! In that case, I'm sorry to offend you, Lord." Wallenstein said, "It's war time recently, and we need a lot of firearms, so we want to buy all your stocks. Please forgive us, Lord. After all, this is also for the entire Vienna Alliance."

After hearing this, Fran showed a meaningful smile on her face, and then asked: "Are you sure, Lord Earl?"

"Sure!"

Fran stopped the guard and asked him to hand a list to Wallenstein. She then said, "This is the firearms I plan to sell at the exhibition. There are 6,542 muskets and 806 cannons in stock."

Upon hearing this number, Wallenstein froze in place.

Fran continued, "We will have clear prices at this exhibition, there will be no auctions! A musket costs 500 magic crystals, and a cannon costs 5,000 magic crystals. If Your Majesty wants to buy them all, the total will be 7,310,000 magic crystals. This is a small business, no credit!"