A steam engine bigger than a house... isn't that a toy that can only blow a deafening whistle? Alice tried hard to reorganize the fragments of memories about the steam engine in her mind, and then decided to skip this topic first.
So she continued to ask Tiger: "So, this gentleman named Tang Mo, can he provide us with such new rifles at a quantity of about 70 per month?"
"I can guarantee that his production speed may become faster and faster." Tiger thought for a few seconds and gave a statement that he felt should be accurate.
Because he knew that Tang Mo had already started building the third steam engine on the day he left, and based on Matthews' private conversation with him, he felt that Tang Mo might build the fourth or even the third steam engine.
Five steam engines.
What he didn't know was that Tang Mo had actually planned to build 7 steam engines at the same time. Among them, Tang Mo planned to reduce the size and improve the technical accuracy of one of them to experiment with some train technologies.
Tang Mo also has plans for the remaining six steam engines. He plans to build two workshops directly at the new factory site he has opened up to produce new weapons and equipment!
Yes! He is an arms dealer, not a gun manufacturer! He is not a gun factory that only produces rifles, but a super military industrial body that produces all arms!
In this era, Tang Mo himself found it incredible to only produce rifles but not artillery, so Tang's Weapons Workshop will take the challenge of producing larger weapons - artillery!
These were things that Tiger, who had left Bunas, didn't know, so he still judged Tang Mo's expansion speed conservatively.
In Tiger's view, since Tang Mo has more steam engines, he will definitely be able to increase the production speed of K1 guns.
In fact, his guess was absolutely correct. Tang Mo planned to increase the production speed of his K1 gun to the level of 500 guns a month!
These rifles are not completely supplied to Beiling, and may be sold to other areas. Tang Mo will even arm some of his own people to resist Cyric's unreasonable annexation methods.
"Can it be faster?" Alice couldn't believe it, but she had no doubt that Tiger was a loyal Northridge man, just like a cypress.
"At least... twice the current production speed." Tiger thought about it and decided to brag for Tang Mo. He felt that if Tang Monu worked hard, he should be able to achieve this number.
Alice did not speak. She was shocked by the production speed. She had studied the small weapons workshop in Bunas before, and she could probably judge the scale of the workshop.
Beiling supports about 300 people in this workshop. Even based on this number, the total number of people in Tang's weapons workshop should not exceed 600.
Her guess was actually very accurate. Tang Mo had almost this number of people, but those who were actually engaged in weapons production couldn't even muster 300 people.
Alice, who has visited Cyric's workshop, knows how big a workshop with a capacity of 1,000 people is. She still remembers the rows of black smoke rising from the chimneys of the metal-smelting furnaces there.
The workers in the workshops were sitting densely at the long tables, heads lowered, assembling the beak structure of the flintlock gun in the not-so-bright factory building.
These workers engaged in weapons production were covered in oil, dirty and thin. There was no luster in their eyes, like zombies, and they were indifferent to Alice passing by them.
Despite this, these large-scale and overcrowded weapons workshops can only produce a few hundred flintlock muskets a year, and the output of a kingdom's flintlock muskets is only around 2,000.
And this young weapons merchant named Tang Mo can actually produce 120 better needle guns every month with a few hundred people...
This means that the weapons merchant named Tang Mo not only improved the weapons, but also completely increased the production speed, innovated the production process, and mastered a production technology that transcended the times!
Frankly speaking, Alice, who has been managing Northridge's economy, is not too concerned about the emergence of a new weapon, but she keenly grasps the details of productivity innovation.
She has even begun to think about whether this new production method can be replicated in Beiling to improve Beiling's productivity.
In this era, the improvement of productivity means that fewer people can produce more things. The increased profits are a temptation that Alice cannot refuse.
However, before her thoughts could reach this level, she saw her father walking over with a smile on his face.
Tiger is the hero who brought back so many K1 guns, so Fischereau naturally wants to have a good chat with this hero.
"It seems we can give this young man Tang Mo more trust, doesn't it?" Fischereau was very excited and was ready to be generous and send Tang Mo another amount of supplies as soon as he came over.
This time, Alice did not object, but she once again brought up a proposal that Fischereau vetoed: "Is it true that we can't bring this talent to Northridge? No matter what we give him, gold coins... power! It's okay!
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"I'm afraid this won't work, miss. He cares about his own property, and he probably won't become the Earl's subordinate." Tiger reminded cautiously.
"Catching him back is also a way." Alice looked at Tiger and said seriously: "Tiger, if you lead the team yourself, 100 soldiers...are you sure of catching him?"
"I'm afraid I'm not sure, Miss." Tiger shook his head, then looked at the Earl, and said, "When I come back this time, I have something else to give you, Earl."
"You brought me a gift? Hahaha! Tiger! You have never been so attentive." Fischerlot laughed and patted Tiger on the shoulder.
Because the weapon on Tiger's waist was mostly covered by the holster, Fischereau did not see any difference between this weapon and an ordinary flintlock pistol at first.
"To be honest, this gift was prepared by Tang Mo for the Earl." Tiger scratched his head in embarrassment and looked at Alice: "That's why I said it's not easy to control Tang Mo.
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"He is good at giving gifts?" Alice raised an eyebrow and teased Tiger disdainfully. She was surprised, thinking that there seemed to be no inevitable connection between being good at giving gifts and being able to catch him.
"Yes, he is very good at giving gifts! Bribing... buying... wooing..." After hearing your words, Alice, Tiger, who understood deeply, immediately nodded in agreement subconsciously.
Then, he quickly shook his head and corrected himself: "No, I mean, although he is really good at giving gifts... But, he is also very good at other things! So good that I don't even think about it.
You know how many trump cards he has in his hand now."
He thought of the pistol on his waist that he had never seen before. This thing still gave him a lingering feeling of fear.
"What do you mean?" Fischereau asked Tiger with great interest. He really wanted to know what trump card that young man who was focused on business could have that even Tiger was afraid of.
Although Fischereau never had the idea to capture Tang Mo and come back to serve him, he really didn't think that Tang Mo's small weapons workshop was a force that even 100 soldiers in Beiling could not defeat.
Tiger opened his long military uniform, revealing a dark brown leather armed belt hanging around his waist, and also revealed a very delicate-looking pistol on his waist.
"Sir, this is a gift given to me by Tang Mo. In the secret compartment of the carriage, there are the same five identical pistols."
"Pistol? Tang Mo made the K1 gun into the style of a pistol?" Fischereau asked with great interest.
"No, sir! He has made a more terrifying weapon!" Tiger said to the count: "We should go to a place where there is no one, and I will show you... the future!"
Earl Fischereau smiled again. He patted Tiger on the shoulder and mocked his men with some disdain: "Ha! When you came back from Beiling, you looked more like that boy Tang Mo! You were talking about the future and what not.
Terrible weapon...Are you trying to sell me another weapon for him?"
"Sir, please believe me...I never meant to exaggerate." Tiger's face turned red and he explained to himself very embarrassedly.
Alice was very interested in Tiger, who was so cautious for the first time, and took a step back to make way for him: "Let's go! Go to the backyard and see what kind of future our North Ridge's number one warrior has brought us.
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"I realized that I might have made a mistake in letting Tiger go to Bunas." Fisherow gestured to Tiger with his hands behind his back, and then he and Alice walked along the path to the back of the house.
Behind them, the soldiers called by Fischereau were distributing newly delivered K1 fast guns. These fast guns will be used as training weapons and 20 will be issued to each battalion!
With these weapons, Beiling's troops will quickly master the use of these weapons. When there are more K1 guns, Beiling's troops will be able to form a more powerful combat effectiveness!
After avoiding everyone's sight, the three of them arrived in a deserted small courtyard. Tiger couldn't wait to draw the revolver he had prepared from his waist.
Fischereau stood beside him and discovered that there was no beak-like hammer on the side of the weapon, and there was a strange protrusion on the gun body.
Alice had never seen such a pistol. She looked at the weapon in Tiger's hand curiously, looking forward to how the weapon would perform.
Tiger straightened his arms, took a deep breath, and finally felt the urge to fire. The light from his eyes passed through the rear sight gap on the gun spine and aimed at the trunk of a big tree nearby.
Then, he held his breath and steadied his gun hand.
