Capitalists are called capitalists because they are a group of people who control the means of production.
However, from the perspective of income, mastering the means of production is not the ultimate goal of capitalists. Their ultimate goal of mastering the means of production is to make money!
Whether it is the means of production, the production process, or even the products, they are actually all processes of making money.
Tang Mo is now in the stage of rough capital expansion, so what he needs is money and a large amount of materials. For this reason, there is nothing in his hand that cannot be sold.
He can sell K1 fast guns, he can sell revolvers, he can sell cement formulas, he can sell steam engines, and of course... if the price is right, he can also sell the only two revolvers he has.
The premise is that as long as the price is right.
"You want a steam engine? What do you want a steam engine for?" Tang Mo looked at Tiger and asked curiously.
He did not think that steam engines would not be sold. He just thought that it was very interesting to rashly purchase steam engines without thinking of their specific uses.
"We also have many workshops, some of which can be used..." Tiger explained carefully.
"Yeah." Tang Mo nodded: "Indeed, steam engines can drive many equipment, so that many products can be produced, such as pots and pans, guns and ammunition... they can be used."
"Yes, so we plan to purchase a steam engine." Tiger gestured back and said to Tang Mo: "The earl has a lot of grain in his hands, which was left over due to the sharp drop in food prices. The earl plans to
Use grain and some metal materials as payment for goods."
"The price... is easy to say!" Tang Mo put his arm around Tiger's shoulders and said like an old friend: "We are all old friends. If Beiling needs a steam engine, I can certainly sell it here.
"
"Really, really?" Tiger was a little flattered. He looked at Tang Mo and said, "Well, thank you very much."
"Of course it's true." Tang Mo nodded and said to Tiger: "Not only the finished product of the steam engine, but if the count needs it, we can even sell the drawings of the steam engine to the count."
He looked at the dark crowd outside the yard, adjusted his mood, and continued: "I can even send consultants and technical consultants to help Beiling produce steam engines and design the use environment of the steam engines."
While talking, he gave an example: "Steam engines are actually used in many places, many more than you think. For example, steam engines can improve the efficiency of mining, and what we need most now is to improve mining efficiency.
Mine efficiency!”
"As long as we have more steel and more coal mines, we can produce more machinery, create more industrial jobs, and make the entire Beiling develop faster." He promoted his equipment in an alluring way.
: "Believe me, Northridge does need steam engines, and the whole world actually needs steam engines."
"Sir, you are right." Tiger had been deceived by Tang Mo, because now his mind was filled with the joy of completing the task again.
Before he came back, he had been worried that Tang Mo might not sell the steam engine technology. But now, Tang Mo didn't seem to realize how powerful the steam engine technology was, and he sold it to Beiling casually.
What he didn't expect even more was that Tang Mo was willing to sell relevant technical drawings and all supporting technologies of the steam engine to Beiling...
In this way, if Beiling is willing, he can even produce the K1 fast gun by himself, and he can produce everything that Tang Mo's workshop can produce.
"You still don't understand! Only by making the plate bigger can the cake be bigger." Tang Mo was too lazy to explain all the profound knowledge to Tiger. He only needed to know that there were people with good vision in Beiling who wanted to
Steam engine technology is enough.
"I have prepared an experimental prototype. As long as it works well, it can be sold directly to the Earl and placed in the mine to increase the mining speed of the mine." Tang Mo promised Tiger impatiently.
: "If necessary, we can produce two or even three more identical steam engines."
He now urgently needs to obtain a large amount of mineral resources. Only by mastering these mineral resources can he continue to obtain steel and produce a large number of products.
"However, in addition to people and food, I also need gold coins and corresponding mineral resources." Tang Mo stretched out his hand and said to Tiger: "Write to the Earl, I want a 10% share of the mineral resources. Come here
How about replacing my income?"
"10%? You know, the output of the mine is very large, and 10% is really too much." Tiger quickly shook his head and explained to Tang Mo: "Except for workers' salaries, there are other miscellaneous expenses.
A mine's annual net profit is only about one-third of its output."
"What if... plus metallurgical technology?" Tang Mo showed his trump card: "I can improve the design of the furnace, and at the same time provide the ironmaking plant with newer equipment, better technology, and increase more output...
…”
"As long as the earl leaves me the corresponding output so that I can continue to expand production, I will design a steel plant for the earl, a brand new, high-yield steel plant." He said while patting Tiger.
Shoulder: "Believe me, this is a great deal."
"This, I can't make the decision." Tiger hesitated. He felt that this transaction was beyond the scope of what he could handle.
"Don't make a decision in a hurry." Tang Mo continued to throw out the bait, which made Tiger even more excited: "Do you think the cannon you are using now is worthy of the K1 fast gun?"
"Of course...it's not worthy. The K1 fast rifle is the best rifle. It will definitely replace all Cyric flintlock rifles in the future and become the standard equipment of every soldier in this era." Tiger answered affirmatively.
"With new and better-performing steel, Beiling will soon have cannons that far surpass Cyric artillery!" Tang Mo continued to promise: "Only steel with better quality and performance can create more powerful artillery...
…Isn’t this truth obvious?”
"I, I understand..." Tiger nodded subconsciously, already thinking about how to get Count Fischereau to accept Tang Mo's offer.
He is a soldier, so naturally he cannot refuse newer weapons - he really believes in Tang Mo's weapon development level, and he firmly believes in one truth: if Tang Mo said there are newer artillery, then there must be newer artillery!
Ever since, he subconsciously began to feel that building a steel factory in Beiling, and then using steam engine technology to mass-produce weapons and create more muskets and cannons seemed to be a better future.
But before he could continue discussing this topic with Tang Mo, Tang Mo had already focused his attention on those strong, leather-clad Beiling civilians.
These Beiling civilians are generally very strong, and they are all men between 20 and 30 years old. What’s more interesting is that they generally have weapons on their bodies, some are long swords, some are bows and arrows, and they look like
It looks like a large group of bandits.
The team was not neat. In Tang Mo's eyes, these people gathered together were more like a pile of scattered sand than an army.
Compared to the children in Tang Mo School who had been training for a month, these people had almost no discipline, and probably few of them were literate. They were crowded together in a noisy manner, like a swarm of flies.
"Are they the 'students' sent to me by the Earl?" Tang Mo narrowed his eyes and frowned, feeling that he had a lot more work to do.
"Yes, the Earl believes that Beiling only relies on 1,500 regular troops, which is still too small in number, so he had to recruit some volunteers to form a new army."
"Are these beggars?" Tang Mo curled his lips, feeling that the noisy crowd not far away had no fighting power at all.
"Although they have not received formal military training, most of them are hunters, rangers, and civilians who have served as soldiers." Tiger explained to Tang Mo seriously: "They don't look like much, but as long as they are
Providing them with weapons, these people are no worse than the soldiers of Susus."
"Are you kidding me... Being richer than a beggar is useless." Tang Mo sneered disdainfully: "What they need is strict training and advanced weapons!"
"So, the earl sent them here." Tiger said to Tang Mo: "This army... is all for you!"
"Given it to me?" Tang Mo was stunned, not understanding the meaning of Tiger's words.
Tiger smiled, he finally had a day that surprised Tang Mo. After smiling for a while, he began to explain: "You arm them, you train them, as long as you take them to the battlefield in the future,
After the war is over, these people will be your troops!"
"You mean... they are under my command and loyal to me?" Tang Mo confirmed.
"Yes." Tiger nodded: "You assign the officers, and you are responsible for training them. It is naturally up to you to feed them, but they are your soldiers, Lord Knight Tang Mo."
"Sir Knight?" Tang Mo frowned again and looked at Tiger.
"Private armies are not legal after all, but the earl has the qualifications to appoint knights under his command." Tiger pointed at himself and then at Tang Mo: "Now, at least in terms of the kingdom's legal level, you can legally own yourself.
As for the quantity, who will check this? As long as they don’t get raided by the Sheriff and capture 500 prisoners with guns.”
Tang Mo laughed loudly: "The Sheriff of Bunas...has the ability to capture 500 prisoners?"