Chapter 196: 196 debt collector
Chapter 196 196 Debt collectors
"Hiss...hoo..." Tang Mo enjoyed the smell of cigarettes comfortably and looked down at the development report on Heilong Island.
There are now more than 6,000 immigrants on the island. If he works harder, the total population may increase to more than 10,000 in a few days.
At present, these people are almost entirely fed by food shipped from the port of Bunas, but they will soon become self-sufficient next year.
After all, Black Dragon Island is so rich that cultivating it is like digging a gold mine. Tang Mo could even roughly calculate that it was more than enough to support 1 million people.
A road is being built on Heilong Island, and Roger hopes to connect the newly discovered harbor with the town he built when he landed.
At the same time, the oil refinery has started production, refining the oil day and night and turning it into chemical raw materials, gasoline and other materials that Tang Mo needs.
These are good news. As the days go by, Tang Mo's primitive accumulation begins to become richer.
He had hoarded a lot of gasoline on Heilong Island, and the same was true in Bunas. This laid a good foundation for him to start building cars in the future.
In short, for Tang Mo, everything is developing for the better.
The knock on the door interrupted Tang Mo's thoughts. He raised his head, holding a cigarette and ordered: "Come in!"
Leo Ao walked in from the door. The old man looked quite good. After all, his Silver Fox Tavern has never been so glorious since the day it was born.
Now, his men are rampant in almost the entire Kingdom of Leyte, and his influence in Susas is second to none.
The construction of the intelligence network far exceeded Tang Mo's expectations. Even in the royal city of Sussus, Datang Group's telegraph machines have begun to be put into use.
This thing is still not for sale. Except for Miss Alice from Beiling, who bought two telegraph machines through personal connections, all the remaining telegraph machines are operated by Silver Fox Company.
Sending a message from Sussus to the Kingdom of Leyte costs one gold coin per word. This price can be said to be sky-high.
But...users don't care about such charges, and business is even in short supply. Not only the top leaders of the two countries frequently use telegrams to communicate, but even some wealthy businessmen also use this tool to contact their branches or subordinates.
However, everyone knows that although telegraph machines can be used to quickly contact distant places, for the Silver Fox Group, confidentiality is out of the question.
Except for some code words that have been negotiated in advance, the content transmitted through the telegraph machine is transparent, which makes Silver Fox extremely powerful in gathering intelligence.
Any valuable intelligence will be sent back to Bunas for collection, then classified and processed by dedicated personnel, and archived and preserved.
At present, in the Datang Group’s intelligence room in Bunas, there are more than 300 people from the Silver Fox Company in charge of this work.
They are all women. They have signed a contract that is stricter than a contract of sale. They hardly leave the factory once a month. They sorted the documents gathered here together, bound them into volumes, and put them on high bookshelves.
As long as someone retrieves it, they will quickly find everything relevant and send the useful parts to the people in need.
More than a year ago, Leo never dreamed that he, a sinner, could be in charge of such a huge dark empire.
He never expected that he would meet a master like Tang Mo once he sought refuge. Now he doesn't even want to return to his hometown, because he can become the uncrowned king of another place.
This is actually the case for most people... If they could become the president of the United States, who would be willing to go back to the Congo and become a village chief...
"Master, about three hours ago, some... people landed at Bunas Port." Leo stood in front of Tang Mo's desk and reported the report.
"Huh?" Tang Mo knew that if Leo could come, things would not be particularly simple.
"They are orcs. They carry weapons, and as soon as they land, they start to inquire about things related to us." Leo explained to Tang Mo: "Based on the information we obtained before, after the Kingdom of Gales was destroyed by the Kingdom of Yangmu, , the king committed suicide, but some members of the royal family were missing.”
"Gales...interesting, here to seek revenge..." Tang Mo flicked the ash into the ashtray, with a smile on his face: "You said, these orcs who came to seek revenge, and my security forces... Which one is more powerful?"
“They are not on the same level at all.” Leo replied confidently: “Judging from their activities, they have not undergone any counter-reconnaissance training. Their frontal combat effectiveness may not be low, but they are already fish in the net.”
Tang Mo thought for a while, nodded and ordered: "Let them continue to inquire, find someone to keep an eye on them! Don't alert the snake, I want to see how much noise they can make."
“What if they sabotage the driver in Bunas?” Leo did not leave, but asked again.
"Then deal with it, we don't have time to play with the children, do we?" Tang Mo was silent for two seconds and said to Leo: "If they have the guts to come directly to trouble me, then let them do it, I will I still appreciate people with courage. But if they are just here to cause trouble, they are just rubbish. I don't need rubbish." "I understand!" Leo then withdrew from Tang Mo. office. After Leo left, Tang Mo immediately found Weiss.
"Let the guards keep an eye on these orcs. If they come to kill me, let them in and catch them. If they don't come, let Leo's people handle the matter." Tang Mo gave the order directly.
Wes nodded, indicating that he had remembered it. Then he hesitated and did not leave immediately. Instead, he pointed at Tang Mo's cigarette curiously and asked, "Is this thing really that good?"
"You don't understand..." Tang Mo was stunned for a moment, and then said with a concealed smile.
Wes curled his lips, as if he was not fooled, but said: "Tch...when you have more of this thing in your hand, will you give me a taste?"
"Ha! OK!" Tang Mo suddenly remembered the scene when he was in school, with his friends hiding in the toilet and introducing each other to each other's smokers, as if they were offline. So the corners of his mouth raised, and the fake smile turned into a real smile.
Weis saw that Tang Mo seemed to be lost in some memories, so he whispered and walked out: "I'm going to do something."
Tang Mo subconsciously warned them again: "Let them pay attention to their safety and stop being careless."
“Yes!” Wes walked to the door and responded before closing the door.
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"Your Majesty... let your subordinates handle such dangerous matters." In the hotel, a burly orc begged angrily to the thin young orc sitting on the bed.
“Last time, I left the matter to you... but you allowed my father to perish.” The young orc wiped the Cyric flintlock in his hand and said without raising his head.
His words were very soft, but they immediately made several irritable guards and officers blush and stop making noise.
Then, he continued to speak: "Don't call me your majesty. Our country has been destroyed. There will be no majesty before it is restored."
"But..." Several orc officers and guards were about to speak, but for a moment they didn't know what to say.
"I don't mean to blame you... I know you are all loyal ministers." His Royal Highness, the former Crown Prince of the Orc Kingdom of Galles, comforted these subordinates: "I just... can't suppress my own anger... those who made us lose our motherland Everyone should get retribution!”
"Yes! Your Majesty! They all should pay the price!" Several guards and officers immediately agreed.
"However, our current situation is not good." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince glanced in the direction of the door and asked with some worry: "You should have noticed that we have been targeted."
His senses were keen, but even though he was careful, he still couldn't find definite evidence that they had been targeted.
It's just that everyone here seems to be looking at them with evil intentions, sizing them up, and monitoring their every move.
So, he spoke depressedly and expressed his worries: "I don't know who is targeting us, but someone is indeed watching us. If they have bad intentions, we will be in danger."
An orc officer comforted his master: "There are not many orcs here. It is normal for us to be targeted."
"Maybe, but we can't be too optimistic. Gentlemen, we can't make any mistakes now." The crown prince sighed and nodded.
The rest of the guards and officers looked at him, and a few asked: "Then, Your Majesty, what should we do?"
Putting the musket on his waist, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince replied: "The plan remains unchanged. Now that we have found out the location of the bastard's factory that sells weapons to the Poplar Kingdom... then tonight, we will action!"
“Yes!” Everyone lowered their voices and replied in unison.
After looking at everyone, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told everyone: "Remember! Every life of yours is precious! I can no longer bear the bad news of losing any loyal minister of the Kingdom of Galles, so You must protect your lives no matter what!"
"Ming, I understand..." These orcs were hesitant and sparsely answered their master's instructions.
The crown prince once again asked in a stern tone and lowered his voice: "Do you understand!?"
“I understand!” This time, everyone answered firmly.
"Very good!" The prince nodded with satisfaction: "Go and prepare something to eat, and wait for those who went to inquire about the news to come back..."
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An update, I still owe you all an update.
(End of this chapter)