Chapter 17
My Empire Chapter 17
2020-11-03
Chapter 17 17 Constraints on production capacity"Once the war begins, you have already made money, why this time, after the war, What about the government affairs of the Empire?" Clark asked, glancing at Dez.
"Naturally for the greater good! The City Lord of Serris is very interesting, he has developed a new woodworking machine that will allow the Lontate family to monopolize the woodworking market." Dez speaks frankly, but uses The truth hides the truth of the matter.
"I'm afraid, it's not just carpentry, right?" Prime Minister Clark, who is mature and skilled, naturally wouldn't easily believe Dez's explanation, and asked again.
"Of course, there's a new type of loom! Come to think of it, the fabric market is much bigger than the woodworking market..." Dez continued to speak frankly and replied.
"This makes sense... The young City Lord of Serris was sure to pay 4,500gold coin tax tribute in three places, so he decided to eat the two places of Mayne and Ferry." Clark nodded, has mastered the whole sequence of events.
The Lontate family, each minding their own business, was thinking about making a fortune, and they were going to use fifty thousand gold coins to play their prime minister. It was really a good abacus! Thinking of this, Clark stared at Dez with a smile, his tone became a little cold, and he said, "Then I wish the Lontate family a lot of money."
"Here, we still need to The Prime Minister did his best in front of Your Majesty, so Dez came this time to do a good business with the Prime Minister." Dez knew that Prime Minister Clark was insatiable, so he didn't wait for the other party to attack, and directly talked about the cooperation.
Sure enough, upon hearing what the other party said, Clark had a smile on his face, waiting for Dez to continue.
Dez didn't hesitate, stretched out a hand, facing Chancellor Clark: "Fifty thousand gold coins a year!"
"Hmm..." Clark indifferent expression, etc. The words behind Dez.
"These fifty thousand are sent to the Prime Minister's house, tax..." Dez made a long note, waiting for Clark to express his stance.
"6000 per year!" Clark didn't make Dez wait too long, and said directly: "Also, you have to send me another 200,000 gold coins!"
this It was Dez's turn to stop talking. Although he was young, he was also an old profiteer. He knew that Clark would definitely give a satisfying statement to the 200,000 gold coins behind.
"After all, this Serris has already occupied three cities, and can no longer use the identity of the lord! Let Your Majesty be named a grand duke, but it has to work well." Clark said solemnly.
Dez nominates: "The price is fair! I will order someone to send the money in the afternoon. The Prime Minister, the Lord, is loyal to the country, and he is truly a role model for the world!"
"Good to say! Good to say. Come on! See off!" Clark's smile grew even stronger, and he shouted loudly to the hall.
By the time Dez came out of Prime Minister Clark's mansion, Stryd was still waiting outside the door.
He stepped forward with a smile, took Stryd's hand and said, "It's done! It cost me a full 200,000 gold coins!"
"Huh?" Hearing what Dez said, Stryd shivered in fright: He has never seen so much money in 200,000 gold coins in his life. If there are 200,000 gold coins, what kind of territory would he need to run?
"The harvest is not without it." Dez smiled and took Stryd's hand as he walked forward: "Soon, Lord Chris, will be called... Archduke Chris!"
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Stryd, who was already stunned, and said with a smile: "Let's go! Let's go to Serris City together!"
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At this time At this moment, Chris, who has been appointed as Archduke Alanhill by default, doesn't know about his promotion and salary increase. He is holding a stack of blueprints in a daze, looking like a tech nerd.
Even though Serris City already has a lot of processing equipment and steam engines as power, there is still a lot to do. Rome wasn't built in a day, and Serris City's industrial system couldn't be perfected within a dozen days.
The ability to manufacture machinery so quickly is actually directly related to some of the reserves in Serris City: the city defense forces have reserves of kerosene, which can extract various petroleum compounds. Serris City is rich in special iron material such as Ferrite, and its smelting technology is also outstanding.
Adding some other special materials can temporarily find some replacements, so Serris can quickly produce a large number of industrial machinery to complete the construction of the first few factories.
But then, the problem began to appear: the various raw materials required by the industry are too complex to be supported by a small Serris City. Rapid industrialization began to enter the bottleneck period, and had to slow down.
"There are just too many problems before us..." Deans leaned back in his chair and complained to Chris, who hurried back to Serris from Ferry City, "I don't know if you don't come back. What should I do?"
He pushed a few reports to Chris and said helplessly: "We are producing cloth and woodworking products so fast that there are no merchants to eat. Loads of goods have been placed."
Chris just returned, and before he even had time to drink, he picked up the reports from the table and read them carefully. I don't know, there are a lot of problems.
For example, the cotton and other materials stored in Serris City have been used up, and his factory is facing the dilemma of shortage of materials and shutdown. What's more terrifying is that although the price was adjusted to half of the original price of the goods, these items were still seriously unsalable due to the large quantity.
"The iron is a little better. After the punching machine is assembled according to your blueprint, the plate armor and utensils will be mass-produced. The speed is very fast... Our raw materials are still sufficient, but the reserves are also It's decreasing," Deans said worriedly.
Speaking of which, he looked at Chris and said painfully: "Originally, we still have more than 1,000 prisoners of Mayne, which can be used for mining... But because of the need to maintain stability , you ordered the release of most of the innocent people, which made our production increase plan in vain."
Hearing Deans say this, Chris was also very helpless: "Mayne was beaten by Berman. This bastard has caused public grievances, I don't do this, and now I may only be able to calm down in Maine..."
"I know that, but these things must be dealt with one by one at the moment. Ah." Deans also tried his best, but unfortunately the things he faced were so new that he didn't have the experience to deal with them properly.
Chris also has no good solution. He can only pin his hopes on Dez, who has not shown up again. He hopes that Dez, a businessman, can help him open up the market and start a completely benign operation.
"For the time being, send the excess cloth produced to Maine and Ferry City first!" Chris thought about it, and said one thing at a time: "Let the descendants of Ferry City be responsible for the transportation. , and distribute the cloth wherever you go! Treat it as a consolation to the City Lord's Mansion!"
"Similarly, it's not good to send the extra cheap woodworking products to these two places, half price. Dump it at one-tenth of the price! It's as cheap as it can be!" After the calculations, Chris's subsequent orders became coherent: "In addition, all the workers in Serris City, those related to the factory, the wages Half of it is converted into a product! Deducted at the lowest price... If you want cloth, give cloth, and if you want furniture, give furniture!"
Opening the internal market and dumping products is the only way Chris can now. The biggest drawback of this method is that it does not make money. This is also the pain of industrialization at the limit, and Chris has to bear it.
Deans nods and says yes, and smiles bitterly in his heart: the furniture and cloth that are produced cheaply are finally given away almost for free. It is almost the same as throwing them away. This is really a piece of the past. Ironic things I can't even think about...
Just as Deans was thinking about it, Chris got up, walked to his cabinet, and pulled out a stack of blueprints from a locked drawer. up. He looked at the blueprint in front of him, choosing the advantages and disadvantages of the various weapons and equipment above.
These blueprints were painted before he left, and they were all weapons and equipment that Serris City's current industrial level could not produce. Chris has to choose the weapons that are suitable for the next production from these weapons, which is a very painful job and can only be done by him.
"Our current situation is not optimistic. The factory production capacity is too low, so low that I have to temporarily give up many advanced weapons and equipment." Put down a blueprint for the design of an automatic rifle , Chris looked towards Deans who didn't understand.
He now has to choose a single-soldier weapon for his troops. Although the artillery is powerful, if the weapons and equipment of each soldier cannot be improved, the troops without the artillery will not be able to perform combat missions alone.
Which gun to choose as a personal weapon is worth Chris's thinking: sometimes, not the best weapon is necessarily the most suitable. Thinking of this, and reluctantly looked at the blueprint of the simple and practical AK47 assault rifle on the table, Chris, who had to reluctantly give up his love, sighed.
Because of production capacity, he had to give up many weapons and equipment that were not complicated in their own manufacturing process, and the AK47 was just one of them. For example, mortars, simple and practical rocket launchers, etc. - these weapons and equipment can't be installed.
Chris, who has an industrial foundation, is not unwilling to equip more mortars, but the production speed of shells cannot keep up with the consumption of mortars. Now Chris realizes how troublesome it is to maintain a modern army: the production of weapons alone is a step that tests industrial prowess, and the meager production capacity he currently has can't even supply the war consumption of an infantry company... …
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