Seeing Tang Mo staring at her thoughtfully, Alice's face couldn't help but blush. She glanced at Tang Mo secretly, and then looked at him again, deciding that she liked him as much as she liked.
However, she still stubbornly explained to Tang Mo: "This is not because of my relationship with you, Tang Mo, but because you have really brought benefits to Beiling. I am the Earl of Beiling, and I will do everything for you."
Beiling is in charge, and the reason why I fully cooperate with you is not because you... you slept with me, but because I think it is good for Beiling to cooperate with you."
"I understand! I understand! Alice! I have never wanted to hurt you, nor have I ever wanted to hurt Beiling." Tang Mo nodded slightly, giving Alice a promise.
Although it didn't sound like a promise, Tang Mo knew that what he said was the truth, and it was also a promise that he decided to implement and implement it to the end.
As long as Alice is still his woman, he will support Beiling and unswervingly support this land...
There was silence between the two for a while, and Alice suddenly asked about the neighboring country: "Have you heard about Susas's reforms?"
"Of course I heard about it." Tang Mo was slightly startled. Of course he knew about this. So he didn't hide it and admitted it directly.
Alice was very wary of her neighbor's ambition, and said with some worry: "What do you want to say? If they succeed in reform, the military will become stronger and stronger. This is not good news for Beiling."
After all, as the actual ruler of Beiling, she has a much deeper personal experience with this kind of thing than Tang Mo, who sells arms to both sides.
Susas was defeated in the previous war and had to cede territory and pay compensation. This was all a matter of deep hatred. If the Susas Kingdom wanted to seek revenge after its reform and self-improvement, Beiling was probably the first target.
Even if it is simply to avenge shame, the Susas Kingdom will take back the area south of the Ice Crystal River and take back the territory ceded to Beiling.
Therefore, once the Kingdom of Susas is ready, war will definitely break out in the Ice Crystal River area, and Beiling will bear the brunt and be involved in the whirlpool of the war.
Tang Mo didn't take it seriously and said to Alice with a smile: "So your Beiling must become stronger."
Of course he has nothing to worry about, because the changes in taxes and treasury funds of the Kingdom of Susas every month will appear in his database on time. He knows exactly what the king of Susas holds every day.
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After all, the initiator of the reform and the maker of the reform plan were actually his people. Even the design of the reform was taught by him to his students. How could he worry that the Kingdom of Susas would become stronger...
In fact, he is taking the lead in making the Kingdom of Susas stronger! Because in this way, he can sell his arms better and more, as well as countless other products.
Seeing the disdainful look on Tang Mo's face, Alice realized something. She snorted and said to Tang Mo: "Listening to what you said, I am more and more sure that Susas's actions were controlled by you.
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Tang Mo saw that his little lover seemed angry, and quickly comforted him: "Don't worry! I will continue to support Beiling in terms of arms and let Beiling have the advantage in weapons."
"But I have to spend more money on defense!" Alice became even more angry when she mentioned this matter, because she was almost working for Tang Mo's arms empire, or business empire!
She did earn more gold coins, but in the blink of an eye, all these gold coins rolled into Tang Mo's money bag.
Although she knew it well, the money did not stay in Tang Mo's pocket, and was quickly distributed to the civilians of Beiling and even the entire Wright Kingdom - but once the funds flowed, their power was huge. As Beiling money,
Alice, the bag, knows everything.
She knew clearly that it was Tang Mo who revitalized the economy of Beiling and even the Wright Kingdom, and allowed the Wright Kingdom, which had been experiencing continuous wars, to stabilize its fundamentals.
Tang Mo continued to comfort Alice: "The Kingdom's Finance Minister will allocate a special sum of money to Beiling in the new year to defend the northern border area."
Now he basically controls the entire Leyte Kingdom's economy, the Finance Minister is his, and the Prime Minister has shown a cooperative attitude to a considerable extent.
Even King Wright VII willingly accepted Tang Mo's financial distribution method after taking back his military and political power.
Basically everyone knows that the new Finance Minister is from Tang Mo, and Simeone has never denied this.
However, in his first week after taking office, he submitted a new tax reform plan to His Majesty the King.
This plan is quite mature and has immediate results - Tang Mo assured Wright VII through Simone that in the new year, the kingdom's fiscal revenue will increase by 30% compared to the past year.
After hearing this number, Wright VII lost any interest in how Simeone would reform or operate.
All he could think about now was military expansion and war preparations, and the expansion of territory. Because after seeing Tang Mo's C64 field gun, he was full of confidence that he could win on the battlefield.
In order to realize his dream, he was even willing to exchange his extra income for Tang Mo's cannons and rifles...
Alice was stunned. Of course she knew that Simone was from Tang Mo. She even had a casual meal with Simone in Bunas: Tang Mo's treat.
So she looked at Tang Mo with a strange look and said teasingly: "When you asked Simone to take office, did you think that I would say these things to you?"
Tang Mo teased Alice boldly: "Isn't it the right thing to worry a little about your woman?"
As expected, Alice immediately became filled with love. She stared at Tang Mo openly and put her hand on Tang Mo's arm: "This is why I like you so much, Tang Mo."
"This is the platform..." Tang Mo was startled by Alice's boldness. He looked at the nobles behind him, his face a little confused.
Alice got closer to Tang Mo, hugged Tang Mo's arm with her hands, and said with happiness on her face: "I know."
Tang Mo wanted to struggle: "Someone..."
"I know!" Alice still stared at Tang Mo intently.
"They will..." Before Tang Mo could finish his words, he was interrupted by Alice's action.
Alice stood on tiptoes and kissed Tang Mo's mouth.
After a long time, their lips parted, Alice smiled slyly, and said to Tang Mo in a show-off manner: "I just want them to know! They can all see it!"
At this time, a plume of black smoke appeared on the distant horizon, and the engineering and technical personnel guarding the edge of the platform immediately let out bursts of cheers.
Those very embarrassed guests who could only pretend to look up at the sky finally found a reason to lower their heads.
They didn't think it was such a treasonous thing for a countess who was less than twenty years old to have an underground affair with an equally young baron.
But after all, at this time, you still have to pretend not to know as much as possible - everyone wants to save face, right?
Then, these people were immediately attracted by the fast approaching train. They originally just came to take a look and visit casually, and they did not think that they would see anything extraordinary this time.
But now, everyone realizes that what they see this time may be a terrifying existence that changes the entire world!
They widened their eyes and watched the giant steel dragon in the distance winding its way until it arrived in front of them.
As the train entered the station, the terrifying huge size shocked everyone present even more intensely.
Even Alice saw Tang Mo's steam locomotive for the first time. Her eyes widened as she watched the train stop in front of her and spray out white mist that filled the platform.
The long whistle made everyone tremble, and Alice even hugged Tang Mo's arm nervously.
Finally, the train stopped, with ten carriages behind it!
After improvements, the carrying capacity of Tang Mo's train has been strengthened. This train can transport 10 carriages at a time, fully loaded with coal or steel, and can also pull nearly a thousand passengers or soldiers to and from Bunas and Wolf City.
In this era, this is a remarkable achievement. This railway makes the connection between Northridge and Bunnas even closer and inseparable.
Standing here, the officials and nobles representing the kingdom are thinking of something else: if this railway can make Bunas and Beiling inseparable, will it also make the entire kingdom inseparable?
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The answer is of course yes, otherwise Tang Mo would not have been able to find all these people and watch a transportation revolution in a boring way...
Soon, when the workers began to unload the goods, these nobles became even more crazy after seeing the terrifying carrying capacity of the train.
They had long forgotten the gossip about the Countess' underground love story, and all they could think about now were the contents of the train brochure that had been distributed to them before.
This new mode of transportation can carry countless goods to places 100 kilometers or even 200 kilometers away in one day. So to what extent will the economy of cities connected to this mode of transportation prosper?
Your own territory must have a platform! Your own territory must be connected to a railway! Your own goods must be transported to farther places by railway!
In just a moment, these nobles and businessmen had such thoughts in their minds.
They swore to all the gods in the world that they were willing to offer their loyalty and worship to Tang Mo, as long as Tang Mo... let them join this gluttonous feast to carve up the world again...
"Mr. Tang Mo!" A wealthy businessman was about to step forward and say a few words to Tang Mo.
"Go away! I was here first!" a count shouted excitedly.