Chapter 67: The Arms Trade (I)
The Lich was extremely efficient, and the first batch of 2,000 tons of pig iron had already been raised in just three hours after the "Pig Iron Pact" was signed.
"So fast?" Murphy was really shocked by the efficiency of the undead.
"Normal, I mobilized an army of undead under my command to carry pig iron, and this speed can only be described as normal. Carolon spoke casually, jealous that Murphy's teeth hurt.
The standard equipment of a Scourge legion is 100,000 undead, led by the Death Knight, and there are various powerful undead subordinates, which can completely raze the thirteen towns in the north to the ground.
But such a powerful legion is only a porter in the hands of Carolen.
In order not to attract the attention of the people in the city, Murphy specially gathered Marshall and Alsace to discuss the acquisition of three large farmsteads outside the southern city.
The three farms were then renovated, one of which was converted into a warehouse to store the large quantities of pig iron that the Carolon had brought with them.
The second farm was converted into workshops by Murphy, and a considerable number of workers were recruited to work there, and it was named "Remlos No. 1 Machine Building Factory".
The third farm is very powerful, most of the skilled craftsmen in the city have been moved here by Murphy, a machine tool and workbench form a production line, arquebus is produced, Murphy also deliberately formulated the standard of parts, anyway, with the help of Carolen, these are not a thing, so this place has rightly become the "first arsenal of Remlos".
At Murphy's behalf, under Marshall's distribution, and at Alsace's beyond, pig iron was transported from the warehouse to the steel mill east of the city to be processed into steel, and then transported to the "arsenal" or "machine factory" to be turned into mechanical parts and arquebuses, and then stored in the warehouse.
After that, Murphy ordered the army to be rebuilt, and at least 500 of the original thousand-man city defense army had become undead, and Murphy was included in the moment of the undead, and the remaining four or five hundred people survived by retreating to the castle.
However, it is still difficult for an army of about 1,000 people to gain a foothold on the border, after all, even the enemy's closest to Fort Tulga, which is closest to Fort Remlos, has an army of more than 3,000 people.
So, Murphy consulted with Bruno and Simon to expand the number of troops to 5,000 men, according to the modern army structure, with ten people as a squad, the squad leader as an active veteran, three squads as a platoon, three platoons as a company, five companies as a battalion, three battalions as a regiment, and three regiments as a brigade, because only 5,000 people were recruited, so there was only a brigade establishment.
The refinement of the establishment has brought about the flexible use of tactical tactics and the upgrading and innovation of equipment technology.
After the formation was completed and the army began to be trained, Murphy's arsenal began to produce the latest flintlock pistols and bayonets, and now with Carolen's magical transformation and the preservation of the original skilled workers, batches of high-quality flintlock pistols were shipped from the arsenal to the army.
With flintlock pistols and bayonets, it was the real era of queuing to shoot, Murphy ordered the production of 10,000 flintlock pistols, completely eliminated arquebuses, and the whole army was equipped, retaining all arms except cavalry, and even the cavalry was equipped with a flintlock pistol.
However, although the arquebus was eliminated, it was not thrown into the garbage, although the army of Remlos Fort no longer used this weapon, but it does not mean that other places do not want to use it!
Mass production leads to a large number of jobs, and the town hall mobilizes the human, material, and productive forces of the entire Remlos Castle into large-scale production.
A week after the start of large-scale production, the much-anticipated Wang Jun and the caravan finally arrived at Remloth Castle.
The entire walls of Remlos Fort were covered with the words "Welcome to the King's Army" and "Warm Welcome", and Murphy took Simon and Carolin to stand on horseback in the cold spring wind.
Murphy had already learned in advance that this was the army of the Marquis of Harlan and Archduchess Angela Morina of Vicondise, with a total of 6,000 people, led by the Marquis of Harlan, of which the Marquis of Harlan's forces were dispatched, for fear that Murphy would make a mistake.
"Welcome friends from afar to come to Remlos Castle as guests!"
"Your Excellency Harun, we haven't seen each other since we parted ways in Crescent City four months ago!
Seeing the marching procession that was even to the edge of the sky, Murphy drove forward and hurriedly greeted him.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince is polite, you are better than anything else!" Marquis Harlan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Murphy was sound and clear-headed, if this Royal Highness the Fourth Prince had a problem in his own territory, his little marquis would definitely be pushed out to take responsibility.
"This is the necromancer who helped in the crisis in Remlos Castle, right? Fortunately, thanks to your help in protecting His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince!" Harlan turned his head to look at Carolen's face, feeling the powerful magic fluctuations in his body, and secretly frightened.
"Marquis Harlan doesn't have to be so polite, just show his hands!" Although Carolon disdained to communicate with low-level creatures like humans, she still gave Murphy face and attended the welcome event.
"It's cold outside, so let's talk in the castle. Murphy made a gesture of please.
"Your Highness first!" Marquis Harlan also stretched out his hand and said.
"Simon, take Lord Harlan's army to the soldiers' quarters in the training ground to rest. Murphy whispered a word to Simon next to him.
"Your Highness. Simon whispered a reply, and led the knights toward the army opposite.
"Knights, soldiers come with me!, adults have something important to discuss!" Simon beckoned, and left with all the warriors, leaving only Marquis Harlan and the crescent caravan.
"Father, you can come!" Arthas rushed to the crescent City Chamber of Commerce's caravan as Murphy and Marquis Harlan continued to talk.
"Kony, yes, you've grown up, and sure enough, your father didn't mistake you, you're a good seedling in politics!"
In the carriage of the Crescent City caravan, Jonas Alsace, the respected president of the Chamber of Commerce, pushed the car door and looked at Coney Alsace, who had a lot of vicissitudes.
"Brother, father, let's go in too!His Royal Highness Murphy and Marquis Harlan are going to go away!" Beside him, Coney's younger brother Seke glanced at the Murphy people who were far away.
"Oh yes, let's keep up!" said Coney Alsace grinned, and drove over to Jonas's carriage.
"Father, I tell you that His Royal Highness the Prince has a batch of weapons in his hands that he wants to trade, you must seize this opportunity!" Arthas lowered his voice, "It is best to sign an exclusive agency contract with His Highness, I am sure that as long as you can persuade His Highness to win the standard of exclusive agency, then our family's Chamber of Commerce will definitely flourish!"
"Weapon, is it the legendary arquebus?" Jonas raised an eyebrow, realizing something.
"That's right!"
"Then I've got this batch of weapons!"
"I'll do my best to convince Your Highness!"
In the shadow stretched by the sunset, the father and son reached a consensus and smiled very happily.
A future capital giant is about to be born due to the consensus of father and son.