Chapter 112: 112Morality
Chapter 112 112 Morality
Tang Mo knew that it was time to bargain: "My troops need to rest and replenish..."
"You are responsible for the north!" After the battle at Sanchakou, the count knew that he should give Tang Mo some compensation, so he promised generously.
"Thank you so much, Earl." Tang Mo didn't try to show off, but immediately accepted this generous favor.
In fact, they were allocating the direction of the subsequent attack: According to the Earl's plan, the North Ridge Army was responsible for going south to block the retreating Susas army, while Tang Mo led his army northward and entered the Kingdom of Sussus.
This is a very interesting arrangement, because the main force of Susas is basically in the Kingdom of Leyte, so the country must be extremely empty.
With the combat effectiveness of Tang Mo's troops, they must be invincible. So it was an easy job to go north, and there was plenty of fuel and water.
Every time he captured a town, Tang Mo could plunder some of the local reserves, including money, and other things - as long as he visited the nobles' mansions, there would always be many surprises.
"However, since Lord Earl is so generous, I can't be too stingy, right?" Tang Mo rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "How about it? I will give you a grand promotion to support my new artillery in winning the Battle of Sanchakou. …”
Tang Mo is not a fool. Although going north to attack Sussus is a good and profitable mission, leaving the back to Fischerot also requires courage.
At that time, his troops went deep into the Kingdom of Susas. Once Fischereau's troops had problems behind the scenes and were penetrated by Susas's returning troops, Tang Mo would be said to have been made a dumpling by Susas.
Once this situation occurs, things are completely reversed: there is a lot of baggage, and with countless seized materials and gold coins, Tang Mo's troops move slowly and are trapped in a tight siege. The earth is not working.
So Tang Mo simply did nothing and sold the new cannon to Fischerot, so that he could have the capital to defend the defense line and do a good job of breaking up the rear for Tang Mo!
Even, Tang Mo felt that Tiger could be kept with Fischerot. With Tiger's upright character, he would definitely not do anything detrimental to the Datang Group.
"I'm still curious. It seems you have a new weapon? Sell it to me? How much does it cost?" When the new weapon was mentioned, Count Fischereau became excited and asked many questions in succession.
Tang Mo didn't hide anything and immediately began to introduce his cannon. That look was absolutely professional to the extreme.
When he heard that a cannon shell was so valuable that it made one’s body ache, Fischereau became very interested in this expensive artillery.
Because he knows a simple truth: 80% of expensive things must be expensive for a reason! Tang Mo's weapons were ridiculously expensive, but they were probably extremely powerful, enough to change the course of the war!
After all, his army has been equipped with Tang Mo's needle guns on a large scale, and the officers are also equipped with revolvers. The power of these weapons is truly there and cannot be faked.
"No problem! I want all 6 cannons!" After Tang Mo finished introducing his C64 field cannon, Count Fischereau waved his hand and agreed without even talking about the price: "And all the others. Cannonball!"
Anyway, he knows that he is already a rich man - isn't there still more than 200,000 yuan in war compensation?
But he didn't know that almost half of the war compensation of more than 200,000 yuan had gone into Tang Mo's pocket. After all, there is still some funds in this compensation to repay the previous debt owed to Tang Mo.
This includes more than 20 steam engine equipment on credit, supporting mine-specific rails, mine cars and corresponding user training costs.
In addition, there are the design fees for Beiling’s own bullet factory, the equipment purchase fees for the bullet processing factory, and the study and training fees for workers.
At present, this unpaid compensation expense also needs to be added to the purchase cost of 6 advanced C64 field breech-loading guns, plus the corresponding towed ammunition trucks, and supporting ammunition.
This is the arms dealer. In a war, the biggest beneficiary.
Tang Mo was very curious as to why Alice, who was standing aside and liked haggling, allowed the count to purchase generously this time without saying anything to stop her.
But then he put all these small details behind his mind. He wanted to return to his troops and tell everyone the good news about his preparations to attack the Kingdom of Susas.
"Okay, I'm going back. After all, I can't leave them for too long..." Thinking of this, Tang Mo saluted the earl, and then prepared to turn around and leave. Only then did he feel tired. After all, fighting hard for a day was not an easy task.
Weiss nodded slightly to Fishereau, and then followed Tang Mo towards the horses in the distance.
"Your Majesty the Earl." Tiger did not follow immediately, but walked up to Fishereau, his face flushed.
“Tiger? What’s wrong?” Fischereau asked with a smile on his face when he saw his confidant approaching.
Tiger thought about his words for a moment, then plucked up the courage and said: "I once swore allegiance to you... I should be loyal to you throughout my life..."
Hearing Tiger suddenly say this, Fischereau frowned. He realized that the confidant standing in front of him seemed to be making a decision that he was struggling with.
So, he waved his hand to interrupt Tiger's words and asked: "What's going on? Speak slowly and don't be so nervous." "That's it, sir." Tiger took a deep breath and picked up the words. He took off his military hat and said: "I hope you can allow me to take back my oath."
He looked at the somewhat astonished Fischerot and explained: "I am loyal to you, but I am inspired by Mr. Tang Mo's courage. I cannot be loyal to you and work for Mr. Tang Mo at the same time. So. , please forgive me for my selfish decision.”
"I probably understand." Fischereau nodded, stretched out his hand and patted Tiger on the shoulder: "Your character is like the most dazzling gem in Northridge, my old friend, Tiger."
He nodded again after saying: "I allow you to take back your oath, Tiger! I have to say that Mr. Tang Mo is indeed a good choice."
"I hope you can become the link between me and Mr. Tang Mo. Please keep this in mind whether you work for me or for him." After he finished speaking, he put down the hand on Tiger's shoulder. .
"I... will." Tiger felt disappointed, but he also felt extremely relaxed.
After struggling for several months, after Tang Mo silently adopted his life-threatening suggestion and really risked his own life to launch a charge, he finally made such a decision.
He nodded slightly to Fischerot, and then flew towards Tang Mo in the distance.
"Does he know magic...the kind of magic that can pinch the other person's heart and take it as his own?" Looking at Tiger's retreating back, and looking at Tang Mo's back further away, Fisherow felt a little disappointed. asked: "Tiger, too, and you too..."
Alice also looked at the young figure in the distance, not knowing whether she was answering or talking to herself: "Who knows..."
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In the distant Poplar Kingdom, the port city of Sidon, in the huge castle of the Augustine family, the guards with revolvers already hung on their waists stood at attention and saluted the young people who passed by them.
“Father, the third steam engine has been assembled and debugged. According to the construction speed of the production line drawings, we can start mass production of the Tang’s K1 gun next month.”
"This is really good news." Count Augustine Leiter put down the pen in his hand, raised his head and looked at his son John with satisfaction: "You did a good job, John, you did a good job! These things will be completed soon. You will become the cornerstone of our Augustine family’s rise, and you will become the brightest star in the family.”
Affected by the monsoon, John's return to the Yangmu Kingdom was actually very fast. It can be described as smooth sailing by riding the wind and waves.
However, the season is wrong at this time, so the forced return to Bunas means going out to sea against the wind, and most of the time will be wasted on the way. Therefore, the four months he promised Tang Mo to return to Bunas did not mean two months each way.
Because, when the Battle of North Ridge broke out, John had already returned to the Poplar Kingdom for half a month. However, during this half month, he had been arranged by his father to supervise the construction of the factory and did not organize the fleet to sail again.
John, once again dressed in gold and silver, bowed deeply to his father and replied: "Thank you for the compliment, father."
“I heard that that family has a good working attitude?” Earl Leiter waved his hand to signal John to relax, and then asked.
“Yes, the technical consultant from Datang Group knows everything. He is very enthusiastic about training other workers without reservation.” John answered truthfully.
"I don't know if he is really stupid or pretending to be stupid." Earl Leiter sneered: "Give him twice the salary! Find a way to keep him and make him forget that he is a technical consultant! In our case, for Let’s work!”
“Yes! Father.” In John’s opinion, this was a trivial matter, innocuous.
“Then, let’s talk about the debt.” Earl Leiter was very satisfied with his son’s efficiency and attitude, with a smile on his face.
"I promise Mr. Tang on the basis of my reputation and the credit of my family that within four months, I will rush to Bunas with the remaining payment for the goods. Father, I may be late." John mentioned this matter Come, obviously some resentment.
Earl Leiter ignored his son's resentment and explained: "Well, you are a good and honest boy, John. However, recently the family is expanding the factory and recruiting workers. The fleet you sold also needs to be replenished in time. We I don’t have enough money anymore.”
“Father...what do you mean?” John asked carefully and tentatively.
"I'm afraid I have no choice but to be prepared to pay such a large sum of money within the time you agreed." Earl Leiter said what he meant with a smile.
"So, father, how much can you give me?" John asked reluctantly.
"You still don't understand, John...I don't plan to spend another penny for fees that I don't need to pay." Earl Leiter gave a cruel answer with a disdainful smile on his face.
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I am not feeling well and the update is late. Sorry for keeping everyone waiting.
(End of this chapter)