"Once the war starts, you have already made money, why do you have to ask the government affairs of the empire after the war this time?" Clark asked, glancing at Desel.

"Nature is for the greater good! The lord of Seris is interesting and has developed a new woodworking machine that will allow the Dragontate family to monopolize the carpentry market. "Deser told the truth, but he used the truth to hide the truth of the matter.

"I'm afraid, it's not just carpentry, right?" Prime Minister Clark is an old man, so he naturally won't easily believe Desser's explanation, and asked again.

"And, of course, a new type of loom! Come to think of it, the cloth market is much more than the carpentry market......" Desel replied as he continued to tell the truth.

"That makes sense...... The young lord of Seris was sure to pay the tax of 4,500 gold coins in three places, so he moved his mind to eat both Mayne and Ferry. Clark nodded, knowing the ins and outs of the matter.

The Longtaite family is thinking about making a fortune on their own, and they are ready to use 50,000 gold coins to beat themselves as the prime minister, which is really a good calculation! Thinking of this, Clark stared at Desel with a smile, his tone became a little cold, and he said, "Then the official will first wish the Dragon Tate family a wide range of wealth. ”

"Here, you still need the Prime Minister to do his best in front of His Majesty, so Desel is here this time to prepare to do a good business with the Prime Minister." Desel knew that Prime Minister Clark was insatiable, so he didn't wait for the other party to make trouble, and directly talked about the cooperation first.

Sure enough, hearing the other party's words, Clark had a smile on his face and waited for Desel to continue.

Desel didn't twist either, stretched out a hand, and pointed to Prime Minister Clark: "Fifty thousand gold coins a year!" ”

"Hmm......" Clark was noncommittal, waiting for Desser's later words.

"The 50,000 yuan was sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the tax money ......" Desel pulled a long note, waiting for Clark to speak.

"6,000 per year!" Clark didn't let Desel wait too long, and said directly: "In addition, you have to send me another 200,000 gold coins!" ”

This time it was Desel's turn not to speak, although he was young, he was also an old profiteer, and he knew that Clark would definitely give a satisfactory account for the next 200,000 gold coins.

"After all, this Seris has already occupied three cities, and he can no longer use the identity of a lord! Let Your Majesty be crowned a Grand Duke, but you have to do a good job. Clark said solemnly.

Desel nodded: "The price is fair!" I ordered someone to send the money in the afternoon, the prime minister is loyal to the country and works tirelessly, he is really a model in the world! ”

"Well said! Say! Come! Drop-off! Clark smiled even more and shouted to the audience.

By the time Desel walked out of Prime Minister Clark's mansion, Steed was still waiting outside the door.

He walked forward with a smile, took Stred's hand and said, "It's done!" It cost me a full 200,000 gold coins! ”

"Huh?" Hearing Desel say this, Stred was so frightened that he trembled: he had never seen so much money as 200,000 gold coins in his life, if there were 200,000 gold coins, would he still need to run any territory?

"The harvest is not without it." Desel smiled and took Stred's hand as he walked forward, saying, "Soon, Lord Chris, will be called ...... Grand Duke Chris! ”

After saying that, he glanced at Steed, who was already stunned, and said with a smile: "Let's go!" Let's go to Ceris City! ”

……

At this moment, Chris, who has been designated as the Grand Duke of Iran Hill, does not know about his promotion and salary increase, and he is holding a stack of drawings in a daze, looking no different from a tech nerd.

Even though Seris City already has a lot of processing equipment and a steam engine as power, there is still a lot to be done. Rome was not built in a day, and the industrial system of the city of Seris could not be perfected in a dozen days.

The ability to manufacture machinery so quickly is actually directly related to some of the reserves in the city: the city defense forces have reserves of fire oil, which can refine various petroleum compounds. The city of Seris is rich in the special iron material of ferro, and the smelting technology is also outstanding.

In addition, some other special materials can find some temporary substitutes, so Seris can quickly produce a large number of industrial machinery to complete the construction of the first few factories.

But then, the problem began to arise: the various raw materials needed by the industry were too large and complex to be supported by a small city of Seris. The rapid industrialization began to enter a bottleneck period, and it had to slow down its pace.

"There are so many questions in front of us...... Dines leaned back in his chair and grumbled to Chris as he hurried back to Seris from Ferry City, "I don't even know what to do if you don't come back." ”

He pushed a few reports in front of Chris, and said helplessly: "We are producing cloth and woodworking products too fast, and there is no merchant who can eat so many goods." ”

Chris had just returned, and before he even had time to drink his saliva, he picked up the reports from the table and read them carefully. I don't know if I don't see it, there are really a lot of problems.

For example, Seris's stock of cotton and other materials has been depleted, and his factory is facing a shortage of materials. What's even more terrifying is that although the price has been adjusted to half of the original price of the goods, these items are still seriously unsalable because of the large quantity.

"The ironware side is a little better, and after the press is assembled according to your drawings, the mass production of plate armor and utensils will begin, very fast...... We have plenty of raw materials, but our reserves are dwindling. Dean said worriedly.

Speaking of this, he looked at Chris and said very painfully: "Originally, we still have more than 1,000 captives of Mayne, which can be used for mining...... However, because of the need to maintain stability, you ordered most of these innocent people to be released, and our plans to increase production were ruined. ”

Hearing Dines say this, Chris was also very helpless: "Mayne's side has been made resentful by this bastard Berman, if I don't do this, I may only be able to quell the chaos in Mayne's territory now......"

"I know that, but now these things have to be dealt with one by one." Dean also tried his best, but the things he faced were too fresh, so fresh that he had no experience to deal with them properly.

Chris has no particularly good solution, he can only pin his hopes on Dessel, who has not yet reappeared, hoping that Dessel, a businessman, can help him open the market and start a completely benign operation.

"For the time being, send the surplus cloth produced to Mayne and Ferry City!" Chris thought for a while, and opened his mouth to arrange one by one: "Let the troops of Ferry City be responsible for transportation, and distribute the cloth everywhere they go!" It is regarded as the comfort of the city lord's mansion! ”

"In the same way, send surplus cheap woodworking products to these two places, half the price, if you can't do it, you can dump it at a tenth of the price! It's as cheap as you can! After having a calculation, Chris's subsequent order became coherent: "In addition, all the workers in the city of Seris, those related to the factory, half of their wages are converted into products!" Lowest price to deduct ...... Give cloth if you want cloth, and give furniture if you want furniture! ”

Opening the internal market and dumping the product is the only way Chris has it now. The biggest disadvantage of this method is that it does not make money, which is also the pain of extreme industrialization, and Chris has to bear it.

Dean nodded yes, and smiled bitterly in his heart: it was an irony that furniture and fabrics produced cheaply would be given away almost for free, almost no different from throwing them away......

While Dean was thinking, Chris got up, walked over to his cabinet, and pulled out a stack of drawings from a locked drawer. He looked at the drawings in front of him, and weighed the advantages and disadvantages of the various weapons and equipment on them.

These drawings were all drawn before he left, and they were all weapons and equipment that could not be manufactured at the current industrial level of Seris City. Chris had to choose the right weapon for the next step of production from these weapons, which was a very painful task that he could only do alone.

"We're not in a good position right now. The production capacity of the factory is so low that I have to temporarily abandon many advanced weapons and equipment. Putting down a blueprint for an automatic rifle, Chris looked at Deans, who seemed to understand what he didn't understand.

He now had to choose a single weapon for his troops, and although the artillery was powerful, if the armament of each soldier could not be improved, the troops without the artillery would not be able to carry out combat missions alone.

It's worth thinking about which firearm to choose as an individual weapon: sometimes, it's not always the best weapon that is the most suitable. Thinking of this, he was reluctant to look at the drawings of the simple and practical AK47 assault rifle on the table, and Chris, who had to cut his love, sighed.

Because of the production capacity, he had to give up many weapons and equipment that were not complicated by their own manufacturing process, and the AK47 was just one of them. For example, mortars, for example, simple and practical bazookas, etc. - he can't even equip these weapons and equipment.

Chris, who has an industrial base, is not unwilling to equip more mortars, but the production rate of shells cannot keep up with the consumption of mortars. Now Chris knows how troublesome it is to maintain a modern army: the production of weapons alone is a very test of industrial strength, and the meagre production capacity he now has cannot afford even the war consumption of an infantry company......