"You just spent 10,000 gold coins in a few minutes, boss. Don't you have anything to say?" Weiss leaned on the carriage and looked at Tang Mo who was walking out of the tavern and about to get into the carriage.
Next to Tang Mo was the old man Leo who had just conquered him. The leader of the Silver Fox Tavern was now Tang Mo's butler.
Roger is more than just a butler to Tang Mo, so in a sense, Leo is more likely to become the real "butler" in Tang Mo's mansion in the future.
"At least you don't have to spend money when you come here to drink in the future." Tang Mo said as he got into the carriage.
"Ha! That's good news!" Weiss helped close the door after Leo got into the carriage.
Sitting in the swaying carriage, Leo looked at Tang Mo in front of him and asked curiously: "Aren't you worried that we will betray you after we take the money?"
"Why?" Tang Mo sat in the carriage and looked at the old man Leo who asked this question: "Why did you betray me?"
"When you run an intelligence network, you naturally hope to find a qualified master." Tang Mo didn't wait for Leo to answer, and continued: "You are full of expectations for the future, and I can give you something that no one else can give you.
future!"
"You have also seen that I have a fleet and new weapons... You also know that I have a private army and I am training more talents... I am more powerful than all the nobles and royal families you know and have heard of.
Ambition! I can go very far in the future. As long as you follow me and support me... I can go more steadily and firmly." After Tang Mo finished speaking, he looked at Leo, waiting for Leo's answer: "
So why should I worry that a smart person will betray me?"
Leo knew that this was not just Tang Mo convincing himself, but there were other meanings in this passage. Tang Mo was showing his strength and at the same time showing his future development trend.
In his eyes, as Tang Mo said, he values his allegiance more and has a good and upward trend.
There was no reason for him to betray Tang Mo, who wanted manpower, means, financial resources, and development trends, but was also a sinner against the people.
In fact, in some aspects, Tang Mo does have advantages that other nobles do not have: Tang Mo has advanced industries, his own army, a large amount of wealth, and is willing to develop his own intelligence network——
There are not many nobles in the entire Wright Kingdom who meet so many conditions at the same time.
And there are no nobles willing to spend a large amount of money to control the Silver Fox Tavern. The rich nobles look down on these losers, and the poor cannot afford to support them...
"So, as you said, I am loyal to you and will never betray you!" Leo showed a smile, and the wrinkles on his face bloomed like flowers.
"Choose some people and go to the fleet to help me keep an eye on it... You don't want those ships that carry your hopes and dreams to be secretly run away or sunk, right?" Tang Mo leaned against him.
In the carriage of the carriage, he ordered with a smile.
"I understand, I will find people to join your fleet." Leo immediately agreed: "Eighty people! All of them have been to sea."
"Let's make it a hundred." Tang Mo said and closed his eyes, giving full trust to Leo, the intelligence chief who had just joined the Datang Group.
The composition of Tang Mo's newly established "navy" is indeed a bit complicated at this moment. In fact, his navy now consists of four parts, none of which are familiar with each other.
The largest proportion of the navy are elven naval slaves. These slaves have just been liberated by Tang Mo, have their own identities, and have become free citizens. Their loyalty is quite good, and they know how to operate a ship and sail the best.
Yes, Tang Mo did not intend to let these sailors continue to serve as slaves. He promised that as long as they served on his ship for five years, they could obtain civilian status and get a settlement allowance and leave.
If they choose to stay, these people will become salaried sailors in five years, no longer slaves, and enjoy more equal treatment.
This decision made these slaves ecstatic, so at least on the surface, their loyalty to Tang Mo was overwhelming.
The other part is the recruits transferred by Tang Mo. These recruits are about a hundred or so, scattered on 11 armed merchant ships. They are responsible for commanding and learning navigation operations. Although they do not understand naval warfare, they are the most loyal.
The third part is the recruited sailors. These sailors have average loyalty and do not need to learn how to sail and operate the ship. Moreover, they have the smallest number, only more than 70 people. They are just temporary recruits from Tang Mo to make up the number.
The fourth part is the people from the Silver Fox Tavern. These people were just recruited by Tang Mo. On the one hand, they are responsible for the intelligence control and supervision within the navy. On the other hand, they are also the people who Tang Mo added to his fleet.
Act as a supervisor and balancer.
With such a complex fleet, Tang Mo basically had no hope of combat effectiveness. He hoped that through training, this fleet could mature as soon as possible and be responsible for possible maritime transportation and trade.
Although he does not necessarily have to seize maritime transportation, he cannot just sit at home and wait for other customers to come to his door. If he has his own fleet, it will obviously be much more convenient to sell his weapons to forces further away.
Tang Mo, who had a large amount of money, obviously became rich immediately. First, he used 10,000 gold coins and 30 revolvers to completely swallow up the Silver Fox Tavern.
Leo, the boss behind the Silver Fox Tavern, became Tang Mo's other butler. The bartender who worked specifically for Leo was still called the bartender. He was stationed in the Silver Fox Tavern and became Tang Mo's exclusive intelligence chief.
Purchasing the Silver Fox Tavern with 10,000 gold coins is obviously a good value for money. If Tang Mo hadn't hooked up with the elves and created a fleet, Leo wouldn't have sold the Silver Fox Tavern to Tang Mo so cheaply.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This is a half-sale move, which is equivalent to an investment. Both parties are full of expectations for this cooperation, so they quickly reached an agreement.
What Leo values is the future development trend of Tang Mo, hoping that Tang Mo can realize his wish to erase the identity of the criminal. Tang Mo, on the other hand, urgently needs Leo's intelligence network, and it is just a matter of convenience to solve some minor troubles for Leo.
for.
Tang Mo is responsible for supporting the Silver Fox Tavern and its underground intelligence network, while the Silver Fox Tavern provides Tang Mo with all aspects of intelligence. Both sides get what they need, and Tang Mo also builds an intelligence network with Bunas as the center and radiating to the surrounding areas.
intelligence network.
Tang Mo, who had mastered this huge intelligence network, was quickly rewarded - the next day, he got the information he wanted.
This news is what Tang Mo is planning to use to deal with the first batch of 700 Cyric flintlock guns sent by Alice.
What? Modify these weapons? What a joke, Tang Mo wouldn't even consider such a thing. What he lacks now is time and production capacity, and neither of these two things can be wasted on modifying these outdated Cyric snipers.
On the gun.
If he has hundreds of idle workers, then it is obviously a better choice to modify these weapons and find ways to sell them for money.
But now almost all of his workers have important jobs: some are producing steam engines and rails, some are producing K1 fast guns and revolvers, and some are expanding his factory.
And the factory buildings he finally built are also occupied by a large amount of equipment, ready to be used to produce more advanced equipment.
He also owes Beiling steam engines, Beiling needle guns, and Beiling revolvers... He also wants to build more weapons production workshops in advance...
Under such circumstances, how could he waste his precious production capacity on modifying these Cyric flintlock guns? In his eyes, these things are basically the same as garbage.
Where does he have time to build a production line specifically to modify these weapons? Then waste precious workers doing these meaningless things? He would rather let these workers make up for classes and learn mathematics or other subjects...
Even if Tang Mo uses the money from modifying these weapons to expand the production line of needle guns, he can still make greater profits.
What's more, the cost of modifying a flintlock gun is higher than expected. First, the breech needs to be cut, and special parts must be produced to transform the tail of the gun into a special look.
After such modification, these flintlock guns are only barely usable and are not as good as the K1 fast gun. For Cyric, modification may be an option, but for Tang Mo, this option has never existed.
Because Tang Mo knew that when the Battle of Beiling came out, these weapons might not even be as good as fire sticks, and people would not even take a look if they were thrown on the roadside.
In Tang Mo's eyes, only a few of these weapons need to be left and hung on the walls of the museum for future generations to admire and remember.
Therefore, he wanted to get rid of these weapons and recover the funds as quickly as possible instead of spending time modifying these weapons.
The result is actually very simple: just as Tang Mo expected, in any decadent kingdom, it is a very normal thing for Wen Tian to take advantage of the situation and sell off the reserves.
The situation is the same in Bunas. The sheriff here may have sold almost all the city defense army weapons and equipment purchased in the warehouse as early as twenty years ago.
And those noble officials don't care at all how many guns the city guards in the small towns in the hinterland have left.
As long as the civilians dare not rebel, as long as the city defense troops still have long swords to bully the old, weak and sick, as long as there are dozens of muskets to decorate the facade, those superior idiots will not care whether the weapons in the warehouse are enough.
quantity.
"It seems it's time to give gifts again." After Tang Mo heard the news from a city guard, he looked at his confidants with a smile: "Let's go, let's give Sheriff Sauron
