It is not far from Vienna to Bled, Slovenia, and after Graz station, continue westward and arrive in about 1 hour.

When you get off the bus, you will see a city that is very different from Vienna, where the night is not as luxurious as Vienna, and there is no starry sky. But the weather here is clear enough for Kuster and the wheat fields to see clearly in the night.

According to the address provided by Little Custer, the two quickly found a steel mill in a remote location, far from the residential area.

It was late at night, and the workers in the factory had already left work, so Kuster opened the factory gate and lit the electric lights to dispel the darkness.

The night was quiet, and the two of them quietly walked to the center, saw a more conspicuous room, and walked in, and saw a middle-aged man full of scars and fat lying on the table sleeping soundly. This man was so fat that the flesh of his neck could be squeezed out by the collar.

Although the two Kusters were cautious, they woke him up.

He immediately took out a knife from the drawer and looked at the two of them fiercely, but after seeing their military uniforms and the muzzle of the gun pointed at him by the wheat field, he did not hesitate to throw away the knife and raise his hands.

Kuster pressed the gun in the wheat field, took out a contract and said:

"Sir, I'm really sorry, he's my guard, it's his duty to defend me, I hope you don't mind. I'm a little late, and you may not have been informed. ”

The man took the contract, looked at it carefully for a while before returning it to him, and said with some apologies:

"I'm also sorry, I'm ashamed that I made such a reckless move. Of course, you are welcome to become the owner of the new steel plant, and I am Akinson Marzo, the director of the plant. I will take you on a tour of this steel mill. ”

After Kuster withdrew his contract, he and Akinson toured all corners of the steel plant. During this time, his eyes were often drawn to Akinson's scars. When Akinson saw it, he said indifferently:

"Sir, are you curious about my scars and my fat body?

When I was an overseer, my work was not going well, and I suffered many injuries. Another time, I accidentally got burned by molten iron and had to take a lot of medicine, and I am what I am now. ”

Kusworth nodded, inevitably with some admiration. After the tour, the three returned to the room, and Akinson asked:

"Sir, are you satisfied with our steel plant?"

"Yes, except for the location is not very good, everything else is very satisfied."

"There's no way, and it's not up to me to decide where we are. It's a bit far from the train station, and it takes us some time to get there by mule and horse. ”

"I can only hope that your mules and horses are a little stronger. By the way, what is the daily production capacity and number of workers in this factory? ”

"We have a relatively advanced steelmaking facility, and the current annual production capacity is almost 7,000 tons. But we still have a lot of room for improvement, because we lack almost 100 workers, and the quality of the workers is very low, so our production capacity is not high. ”

"Well, I'll find a way to recruit some experienced workers for you. When they arrive, replace some of the industrious workers, and then give me full power! ”

"Yes sir, I will do my best to produce steel. Also, what about the steel we produce, sell it on the spot? ”

"I'll give you a list every month according to the needs of my side, and you just need to give me this steel. As for the rest, you can find a place with a big profit and sell it, and then give me the money. ”

"Yes sir! I'll do it well! ”

Just as Akins turned to leave, Custer took him by the shoulder, pulled a blueprint of steel from his waist and said to him:

"Mr. Akinson, I want a variety of special steels, come and have a look."

Akinson turned around and looked at the drawings carefully, frowned a little in surprise and said:

"It seems that the gentleman knows a lot about steel. However, the cost of adding these metals is not a bit high. And workers produce things they are not familiar with, and their productivity decreases. ”

Akinson's doubts are also unreasonable, these steels are not only iron, but also carbon on top of various metals.

A kind of high-strength armor steel called 'high-strength armor steel' has carbon, nickel, silicon, manganese, chromium, and molybdenum.

"You don't have to worry about this, the steel made of these metals is very durable, they are very cost-effective compared to ordinary steel, so they can be sold for a good price, and I mainly want to put it into the military industry.

Of course, if it's too expensive, you can make as much steel as I ask for, and you can make ordinary steel for the rest. ”

Despite Kuster's explanation, Akinson said with some skepticism:

"In that case, then we will produce at least 3,000 tons of ordinary steel per year, and the rest will produce those special steels."

"Well, now I don't have a lot of money, so it's up to you. But, in a few months, I will ask you to produce my steel completely. ”

"Well, is there anything else? If it's gone, then I'm gone. ”

"I'm going to bring in a set of hydraulic presses and plate rolling machines from Germany to process steel, and they'll be there in a few days, okay, you can go."

After receiving Kuster's approval, Akinson returned to his little house. Kuster and Wheat Field found a random hotel to stay in for the night.

The next morning, the Kusters boarded a train to Vienna.

After getting out of the car, the two returned to the arsenal, and saw Fox happily say:

"General! We produced more than 80 semi-automatic rifles yesterday alone, more than in the previous 7 days combined! If the supply of steel can be maintained, then we will be able to produce faster and faster! ”

Kuster wanted to look for him, and when he saw him running over himself, he said:

"I need you to do something for me, pick me 120 skilled and experienced workers, and send them to the steel plant. There is a shortage of workers there, so their steel production is not high. ”

"Okay, I have a lot of friends, so it won't be difficult to do this."

"That's good. By the way, you give me a list of monthly steel consumption according to the current steel consumption, and constantly adjust it. I've already talked to the steel mill over there and they'll produce a new batch of steel and deliver it here next month. After that, you will use this batch of new steel to make weapons, and as for weapons made of ordinary steel, let the soldiers on the front line make do with it. ”

"Yes, General, I'll take care of him."

"Also, we need to start producing submachine guns, and I hope to be able to produce five today, gradually increasing every day.

The production program for machine guns is also about to begin, and today an attempt was made to produce one. I hope you can do a good job. ”

"Don't worry, I'll be producing them today."

After saying that, Fox ran to direct the workers to work. Kuster also continued to work with Franz on drawings until night.