After the development of the hot rolling mill was completed, the next step was the remaining series of machines, the plate rolling mill is good, with the experience of the hot rolling mill, this kind of machine with a similar structure is not a problem at all.

The free-fall forging machine is also very simple, in short, it is to slowly lift a huge forging hammer through hydraulic power, lift the forging hammer to a certain height, and then make it fall freely downward through a clutch device, and use the gravitational potential energy of the forging hammer to forge the forging.

The only problem is that it consumes a lot of materials, and after the other parts have been made, the huge steel forging hammer weighing 0.5 tons has to wait for other machines to complete the research and development before casting and installation.

The problem is that the shearing machine designed by Xia Lin is completely unable to meet the requirements, also because of the power.

Such a kind of explosive heavy machinery, without strong power, is impossible to achieve the design purpose, although the water power can also cut into the steel plate some distance, but it is still far from a complete shear.

For this reason, Xia Lin can only use the sawing machine of the machine tool factory to be responsible for cutting steel plates, although the efficiency is low, but it is still a way.

Next up is the most critical pipe rolling mill.

Originally, Xia Lin thought that with the accuracy of the machine tool that had been corrected by optics, it was still possible to process inclined rolls, but even Master Faun felt helpless about such a pair of complex inclined rolls.

Although a pipe rolling mill was successfully processed and installed, the accuracy did not meet the requirements at all, and the produced steel pipe was used in life to replace the cast iron water pipe.

There was no way, Xia Lin could only go to another round steel rolling mill, by stuffing a 10-diameter steel core into the 100 long tube blanks after drilling, and put it into the round steel rolling mill as a round steel for slow rolling.

This method is feasible, and Xia Lin obtained a 700 long short steel pipe with a fairly high accuracy, with an error of no more than 0.1, which has basically reached the current limit level of the industrial system established by Xia Lin.

It's just that the efficiency is relatively low, and at the end of the day, twenty of these short steel pipes are rolled, and if you want to make rifles on a large scale, you need to build several more such machines.

After completing the development of such a series of machines, Xia Lin immediately arranged for the machine tool factory to be separated from the machine tool factory to start producing a variety of agricultural tools from steel and pig iron to supply the planned needs, and the remaining factory equipment also needed to be produced with these produced steel.

On the other side, the business alliance also began to concentrate its efforts, rallying people to build agricultural cooperatives in small towns around the imperial capital.

On December 22, winter had already fallen on Hurgana, and the cold wind made people wear thick clothes, and thanks to the drop in the price of cheesecloth, even the poor people around the imperial capital with a little savings were able to wear a simple cheesecloth coat.

About 80 kilometres south of Urgana lies the town of Rumbo, the fiefdom of the Viscount Chester family, a prominent member of the conservative faction, who ran estates, timber trades, and land trade.

This town is not far from the imperial capital, and at the same time has a branch of the Seine River flowing through it, has developed commerce, and is surrounded by many free people's farmers, and is one of the pilot agricultural cooperatives and agricultural banks selected by the top management of the alliance.

In this bustling town, a new shop suddenly opened in the cold wind.

However, this shop looks quite strange, although there are frames of brand-new agricultural tools inside, but it is not a blacksmith shop or a shop of any kind of chamber of commerce, but on the façade hangs the signs of "Rumbo Town Agricultural Cooperative" and "Rumbo Town Agricultural Bank Branch", and passers-by are a little confused.

The agricultural cooperatives in Rembo had just opened, but Charlin had prepared a series of tactics to expand the reputation of the agricultural cooperatives and sell them cheap farm tools and other steel goods.

"Come and see! Come and see! New farm tools, iron hoes, shovels, and iron plows are all sold cheaply!

In addition, there are new iron pots, axes, sickles, knives, saws, hammers, and iron hooks that are all sold cheaply! For a little more money, you can even buy steel tools!

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Sakusha sells all kinds of farm tools cheaply! And today's opening is a big reward, buy three get one free for similar products! Buy 3 get 1 free!"

The crisp voices of two children suddenly sounded on the windy street, and passers-by looked curiously and saw a specially made wooden shelf behind them with various iron and steel goods.

These two children were born as newsboys, and their courage had been exercised, which was suitable for this kind of task of standing in front of the store and shouting.

Seeing those iron and steel farm tools and tools, and hearing the slogan buy three get one free, many passers-by were interested, and the crowd couldn't help but gather at the entrance of the agricultural cooperative.

However, when I saw such a novel way of selling, people just whispered to each other, and some did not dare to come forward to ask.

After a minute or two, an old farmer in the crowd with a cabbage bamboo basket looked at the two children and shouted for a while, looking at the high-quality farm tools and various tools shining with cold light on the wooden shelves behind the two children, and finally couldn't hold back the desire in his heart, and stepped forward and asked cautiously:

"Kid, how do you sell your hoe and axe?"

"An iron hoe with 1 silver mar and 23 copper mises, a steel hoe with 3 silver mar and 12 copper mis, an iron axe with 2 silver mar and 55 copper mis, and a steel axe with 4 silver mar and 12 copper miss!"

Seeing that someone was finally willing to ask for the price, a child who had just turned from a newsboy turned salesman had a happy smile on his little face that was red from the cold, and said skillfully.

These prices are all memorized by them, and for the payment of 30 copper pesas a day and a high commission, they will remember these more firmly than their birthdays.

"1 silver mar and 23 copper biss can buy a hoe? So cheap?"

"And there is a hoe made of steel, which is less than two silver mars more expensive than an iron hoe! How could anyone use steel to make farming tools?"

"And how much does that iron pot cost?"

When the people around heard that this was at least 20 copper pesas lower than similar products on the market, they immediately became noisy, and a man squeezed out of the crowd and asked the little salesman impatiently.

"The iron pot costs 6 silver mar 51 copper bis, we can buy three get one free today, if you want to buy it, you can buy it together, it will be much cheaper!"

"Buy 3 get 1 free? Does that mean buy three hoes and get one hoe?"

When the old farmer heard this novel statement, his mind moved and he hurriedly asked.

"That's right, but this buy three get one free can only be sent by buying three copies of one product, not buying three other products and getting this one!"

The salesman expertly answers the customer's questions.

"Oh my God, isn't that your weird-named Chamber of Commerce going to die?"

"Four hoes cost only 3 silver mar and 69 copper bis, and after I buy them, I will ship them to the countryside and sell them, won't there be a lot of money?"

"Hey! Lut, shall we buy three axes together? When the time comes, we will have two handfuls per person, and we may be able to get back a lot of money by selling one!"

Realizing the staggering profit margins that existed, the onlookers were immediately moved, and they began to unite with each other and prepare to harvest wool for a big time.

As the first crab eater successfully bought three axes and obtained a gift axe, but ten minutes later, in the rush to buy, the shelves behind the two little salesmen quickly became empty.

More people began to follow the guidance of the smiling salesmen who received high commissions and entered the agricultural cooperatives to buy the mountains of agricultural tools and tools inside.

In this session, they were also promoted by the tellers of the Agricultural Bank of China, who began to sell small low-interest loans for the purchase of these agricultural tools or seeds for spring planting.

For the freedman peasants, borrowing was something that would accompany them throughout their lives.

Because when the year is bad, such as a flood on a tributary of the Saine or a drought, they have to find a way to survive the year without much savings, and sometimes they even have to eat the seeds as rations.

After surviving the famine, they had to borrow seeds and rations from the manor owners, and in the process, the wealthy freeman farmers became poor, even from peasants with their own land to tenant farmers, and finally "voluntarily" became serfs from the manor owners.

Therefore, when they heard that the annual interest rate of the Agricultural Bank's small loans was only 5%, which was almost the same as the interest rate given for nothing, the old farmers who had been counting on their fingers for a long time were stunned.

What's even more exaggerated is that the tellers explain that this kind of small loan actually allows them to use agricultural products to return after maturity, and only need to sign a supply contract with the corresponding chamber of commerce of the business alliance according to the specified type of agricultural products, which saves the hidden loss of exchanging agricultural products for money after a bumper harvest, which makes the shrewd old farmers even more unbelievable.

Although farmers have not yet applied for such loans immediately due to various concerns, the two new concepts of agricultural cooperatives and agricultural banks have also entered their lives for the first time with today's experience.

"President Rhett, won't your cooperative lose money selling these farming tools and tools like this? It seems that the funds allocated to you by our bank are only 100 gold lundes, right?"

On the second floor of the agricultural cooperative, two men in silk jackets and woolen shirts stood by the window looking at the lively scene on the street below, and a man with curly brown hair asked worriedly and curiously about the somewhat obese man next to him.

"Don't worry! President Baker, do you know what the price of our cooperative's goods from Xinglan Industrial Park is?"

Faced with President Baker's concern, President Rhett grinned innocently and said mysteriously.

"How much? It can't be cheaper than what we're pricing now, right?"

Seeing President Red's appearance, President Baker asked with some confusion and curiosity.

"Of course, it's cheaper than the list price, and basically every farm tool and tool is more than 5 copper pess cheaper than the list price.

I heard that this is because the newly built steel mill in Xinglan Industrial Park adopts a new process, through which the cost of smelting a blockbuster steel is less than 12 silver mar, which is 8 silver mar lower than the price of steel on the market!

Therefore, although the prices of pig iron and wrought iron have not changed, through the subsidy of steel products, the prices of pig iron and wrought iron products have also been brought down by Xinglan Industrial Park!

Even if it is a buy 3 get 1 free on the first day, we will not lose money, but in this way, our agricultural cooperative will soon be able to make a name for itself around the town of Rumbo!

At that time, in order to buy farm tools and tools, there will definitely be a lot of farmers who will apply for low-interest loans from your Agricultural Bank! You need to get your tellers ready!"

"We certainly don't have any problems, but we can give farmers small, low-interest loans so that they can buy these tools and tools and then pay off their debts with the required crops.

Councilor Charin who was able to come up with this recipe tying the peasants to our carriage is really a wise man! I just don't know if these farmers can afford to repay these loans!"

After a moment of surprise, Beck looked at the noisy crowd below and sighed with admiration.

"Otherwise, how could Councilor Charin come up with that terrible alliance countermeasure?

Tut-tut! According to my father, the members of the coalition in the room that day were silent when they heard the plan, and they never thought that they could defeat the conservatives in this way!"

President Red shook his head and said with some admiration, Xia Lin's three countermeasures were so terrifying that they could almost be regarded as waking up the originally ignorant business alliance, and for the first time, this giant beast found its way forward.

It is also for this reason that during this period of time, the most commonly discussed name among the members of the alliance is Xia Lin Karl, and everyone has been quite convinced by this 15-year-old mage, and some people have even given Xia Lin the title of "the wise man of the alliance".