Now Claude understands why the nobles of the Hicks Kingdom are so keen on setting up mineral development companies to recruit people to explore and mine in the inland colonies. The Nikancha country only occupies one-third of the Hicks Kingdom's inland colonies. On the territory, more than a dozen gold and silver mineral resources were discovered. It is conceivable how much gold and silver mineral resources there are in the inland colony, which still has two-thirds of the territory.
You must know that the nobles of the Hicks Kingdom are only interested in mining gold and silver mines, or mineral resources more valuable than gold and silver. They are not interested in anything else, because the gold and silver ore can be directly refined into ingots, which can be exchanged for large sums of cash after being transported back to the country. The most important thing is that transportation is convenient. A few pack horses or donkeys can easily transport a few months or half a year's output to the seaport and board the ship. There is no need to spend money on building roads...
Compared with the inland colonies of the Kingdom of Hicks on the Nubisian continent, the original seven overseas territories directly under the Kingdom of Overas were miserable. Although the vast area, flat terrain and convenient transportation are suitable for colonial development, the Amphiston Territory with the most mineral resources only has three gold and silver mines. There are no gold and silver mines in other territories. Although the mineral resources discovered are also valuable Yes, but it requires large investment and construction to mine, and it is not as easy to make money as gold and silver mines.
With the help of Bokoar, the war zone has been divided with the Nikancha country to divide the territory directly under the jurisdiction of Vibato Port and its borders, which are basically divided according to the original jurisdiction of the original colonial county of Vibato Port. In some local war zones, they also took advantage of the fact that some small hills and highlands were placed under direct jurisdiction along the border. In the future, it would be easy to build a defensive front based on these geographical advantages.
This time, in addition to accompanying the special envoy from the Nikancha country to Tiersim, the three direct rulers of Mormali and Arturas mobilized the local Nikancha settlements to move to their own country. Besides, he had something else to do with Claude. After looking around, he pretended to be mysterious and took out a piece of paper folded into a square from his arms and handed it to Claude.
"What is this, sneaky..." Claude opened the document disapprovingly, and the content inside seemed to be a list. But Claude almost jumped up when he saw it, stretched out his hand to grab Bockar's collar, and pulled it in front of him: "Are the things on this where they came from are all true?"
We can't blame Claude for being so surprised, because the list clearly states a set of large hydraulic forging presses, a large refining furnace, as well as various supporting hydraulic cutting machine tools, large hydraulic drilling machine tools, etc., all of which belong to the Kingdom. Military machinery and equipment owned by overseas territories are prohibited. The mechanical equipment written on the list that Claude saw can completely set up a large-scale military industrial base. In other words, these things can allow the war zone to make its own guns and cannons, or standard equipment. , rather than native guns and cannons of different specifications.
"Calm down, calm down." Bok'ar pointed to the collar where he was grabbed.
Claude let go of his hand in embarrassment, picked up the wine on the table and took two sips to calm down. Currently, the new rifle being researched by sister Anna's laboratory has made great progress and has entered the stage of gun testing. It is to test the durability, practicality, and safety of the gun by firing continuously. Generally speaking, it takes three thousand bullets to be fired before it can be initially determined whether a new rifle meets the design requirements.
However, Claude also received bad news from Master Bird, that is, even if a new rifle is invented, it will not be widely used in overseas territories. It's very simple. Overseas territories directly under the Central Government do not have a military industry and cannot manufacture new rifles in large quantities. At most, a small amount of handcrafting can be done in the alchemy magic talisman array, or blacksmiths can be organized to carry out small-scale crafting. But in that case, uniform accuracy and quality cannot be guaranteed, and it can only be regarded as a crude gun.
Now the mechanical equipment of the military industry on the list sent by Boker has completely solved the difficulties Claude faced in preparing to manufacture a new standard rifle. What makes Claude strange is that, logically speaking, a military industry like this Complete sets of mechanical equipment should be the focus of attention in the war zone. How could they appear quietly in the hands of Bock Al
Bockar dusted off the collar that was wrinkled by Claude and wanted to drink some wine. However, after looking at the wine bottle that Claude took two sips from, he curled his lips in disgust and went to the wine cabinet to choose a bottle of fruit wine. After opening it, he poured himself a glass and tasted it slowly. Claude was no longer anxious now and just watched him perform with cold eyes.
After Boquear finished drinking, he pointed at the list and said to Claude: "Believe it or not, I only spent two boxes of good wine and one box of fresh beef to get the items above."
Claude shook his head and expressed that he did not believe that any enemy would exchange these things with Bockar for two boxes of fine wine and one box of fresh beef.
"It's true, I didn't lie to you." Bokoar proudly told the story. It turns out that the complete sets of machinery and equipment for the military industry on these lists were transported from the Kingdom of Hicks to the Port of Vibato. The reason why these things were transported here was because Medid III wanted to build a large gun building in the colony of Nubisia. The gun manufacturing workshop produced muskets, artillery and ammunition to reduce the pressure on shipping, facilitate the arming of colonial garrisons and replace damaged weapons and equipment.
Since this was the idea that King Mechid III came up with, the people below responsibly transported these military machinery and equipment to Vibato Port and then discovered a big problem. Where should this gun manufacturing workshop be set up? Yes, the gun manufacturing workshops established by all countries in Farea Continent have very strict geographical requirements, that is, the utilization of water power requires continuous waterfall water resources all year round, but the Colonial County of Vibato Port does not have suitable facilities. place.
Now the official who came to be responsible for building the gun manufacturing workshop was in trouble. Fortunately, his team also brought some engineers and prospectors over. The Hicks Kingdom has such a large inland colony here. Can find a suitable place. So he sent out all his engineers and prospectors to find a suitable place, and then build this large gun manufacturing workshop.
It’s just that the poor official in charge didn’t realize that the colonial officials and nobles here in Vibato Port did not take Melchid III’s request to heart, but instead focused on the engineers and prospectors under him. . The sky is high and the emperor is far away. The colony here is very short of people, not just those brainless coolies, but these professional talents.
At that time, the colonial war had not yet begun, or in other words, Melchid III had just turned his attention to the overseas territories of the Kingdom of Ovilas, and he wanted to build a large gun manufacturing workshop in the colony before it was too late. But what he didn't expect was that the nobles of the Hicks Kingdom were already very interested in mining in the inland colonies. They were in great need of professional prospectors to find new gold mines for them. Even those engineers could help them find new gold mines. Mining Industries designs or repairs the latest gold mining machinery... ...
Therefore, the surveyors and engineers sent out by the responsible officials soon lost their whereabouts, and each of them became a missing person. Only then did the official in charge realize that the colony was not the kingdom itself, but a lawless place. He might not even be able to guarantee his own safety outside the city. Many times he saw the guards transporting gold and silver ore ingots fleeing to the city to beg for shelter with heavy casualties. He also understood that if these guards met people weaker than them in the wild, they might turn into vicious bandits. Slave team...
The official in charge wanted to go to the local officials in the colony for help, but all he got was perfunctory and delay. No one was willing to help him in a thankless way. And when he wrote a letter back to the kingdom, because of the outbreak of the colonial war, no one took the letter he sent seriously. Anyway, all the equipment and equipment were there, so it would be fine if they could not be lost. The disappearance of a few people was just a minor matter. We would wait until the colonial war was over. It is not too late to build a gun manufacturing workshop.
So the official's only responsibility was to guard this pile of equipment. Even the managers of the dock area warehouse thought that these things took up too much space and forced the official to transport all these mechanical equipment to an abandoned warehouse in the west city of Vibato Port. . That place was a shantytown where the Nikancha people lived. The official in charge had to live there with his servants as custodians to prevent the Nikancha people from stealing some small things.
In this way, the official in charge kept these machinery and equipment for more than four years, until the port of Vibato was besieged by the light cavalry of the Thunder Legion. Materials in the city were tight, so he and his servants could only eat potatoes to satisfy their hunger. When General Bolonik led the Guards Division to appear under the city of Vibato Port, he knew very well that after the city was broken, he, an official of the Hicks Kingdom, would definitely enter a prisoner camp. So he found Bockar and exchanged the pile of mechanical equipment he kept for two boxes of good wine and one box of fresh beef, preparing to let himself and his servants enjoy themselves in the last few days of the city.
"That's not right." Claude was a little strange: "After the occupation of Vibato Port, wouldn't it be necessary to conduct a city-wide search? Such a complete set of military industrial machinery and equipment will definitely become one of their possessions after being discovered by the Guards Division. A great achievement. You must know that seizing such a set of military machinery and equipment produced by the Hicks Kingdom is even greater than the destruction of the city. How did you hide it from the Guards Division?"
"Have you forgotten? Didn't I say that these mechanical equipment are stored in the warehouse in the west city of Vibato Port, which was originally the place where the Nikancha people lived, a slum shanty town. The Nikancha people were killed by the Hicks After the slaves were captured, the entire place became a deserted place with no one in or out except for small animals such as rats, wild dogs and sparrows."
Bockal looked like he had a pearl of wisdom: "And after I found this pile of machinery and equipment, I went to the management office and ship registration office in the dock area, and found the registration files that shipped this pile of machinery and equipment more than four years ago. , all the records were destroyed. No one now knows that there is such a complete set of military gun manufacturing machinery and equipment in Vibato Port. Of course, I mainly want to hide it from the Guards Division. If they find out, they will definitely This set of machinery and equipment must be transported back to the kingdom as proof of their merits.
After the city was broken, because I had the credit of leading the way and guiding the attack, the officers and soldiers of the Guards Division still trusted me. Later, they raided the entire city and organized troops to search and sweep the shantytowns in West City to prevent the remaining enemies from hiding there. When I searched for the warehouse, I told them that it was a warehouse rented by the Bison Trading Company that I hosted. It was mainly used to store pledged items and some large supplies. I had disguised the outer wooden boxes of the mechanical equipment. Covered with a cloth curtain, it looks like furniture. They didn't check it carefully, they just took a rough look around and left. "
"Where are the officials in charge of the Kingdom of Hicks and his servants?" Claude asked.
Bokoal replied while drinking: "I saved them. They did not reveal their identities. I only said that the two of them were warehouse keepers I hired and they were Hicks civilians. After capturing Vibato Port, I returned The theater command was worried about them and these mechanical equipment, so they returned to Vibato Port on the pretext of dealing with the Bison Trading Company.
But apparently I'm just neurotic and no one is interested in the contents of this warehouse. Since the Nikancha people are not in the surrounding shantytowns, the safety of the warehouse can be guaranteed. The official in charge also kept a native dog for sentry duty at night. I decided to go to the Nikancha country to look for business opportunities after confirming that everything was fine, but I didn’t expect that I would stay there for more than half a year... "
This bottle of fruit wine was filled with three large glasses by Bockaar and then disappeared. After drinking the last bit of wine in the glass, Bockaar smacked his lips: "You have good wine here."
Claude slumped down on the chair to make himself more comfortable: "You know these are not my collection, they should be collected by the former owner of the Admiral's Mansion, and now they are all given to me at a cheap price. I don't usually like it either. Drinking, for me, black tea is more refreshing. Later you can pick some and take them back, and treat them as gifts from me."
"Okay, it's not yours anyway, so you don't feel bad. I just took a fancy to several bottles of very expensive fruit wine. I had heard of it but never seen it when I was in the kingdom, but I didn't expect to see it here, so I don't You're welcome." Bockaar pointed to the list that Claude put on the table: "What are you going to do with these mechanical equipment? I went to Vibato Port to see it before I came back this time. They are basically in good condition. Now. These things belong to our Bison Trading Company, are you going to sell them or keep them there as before?"
Claude tapped his middle finger on the table unhurriedly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Bison Trading Company has shares in the War Zone Logistics Department and the Intelligence Department. I will give you a sum of money to buy this batch of machinery and equipment first. Replacement, this matter cannot have anything to do with the Buffalo Trading Company. I am currently commissioning the design and manufacture of a new rifle, which, like the revolver you received, also fires brass bullets. It is progressing smoothly and will soon You can see the sample gun.
Originally, I was still worried about how to mass-produce the new rifles after they came out. Now I have this set of military firearms manufacturing machinery and equipment, which just helps me a lot. I plan to use this set of machinery and equipment to open a large-scale firearms manufacturing workshop in the overseas territories. Of course, I will leave you a share of this military industry as your reward, and by the way, I will win over those high-level people in the war zones of the overseas territories. , allowing them to become shareholders of this military industry. "
Bockal nodded, took out a thin copper piece from his pocket and placed it on the table. The copper piece was engraved with a pattern of a bison head: "Okay, you just make the decision, and you will be responsible for this batch of mechanical equipment." . This Bison Bronze Medal is the supervisor's certificate of the Bison Trading Company. Take this bronze medal to Vibato Port and find the warehouse in the West District. The contents inside will be handled by the person carrying the Bison Bronze Medal, as will the official in charge and his servants. "
"One more thing," Claude said: "You have to ask the official in charge for the names of the explorers and engineers who came to Vibato Port with him before. It is best to have a list. Then you send people to that Ni The Kamchat people country should check to see if there are any engineers and prospectors among the Hicks who were taken captive to mine gold and silver mines. If so, try to redeem them. These are all technical talents. It would be a pity to waste them in the mines. Rescue them, I should be able to use them when I set up the gun manufacturing workshop... "
Bokoal replied: "No problem, but I have to help the special envoys of the Nikancha country to settle the Nikancha settlements in these three jurisdictions. Besides, I estimate that I will have to stay here for a while, and I won't be here right away. Walk... ... "
Claude also smiled bitterly and said: "It's okay. I have to put in some effort for the migration of these Nikancha people and help them board the ship to transport them north. Then take your time in advance. As for the Bison Bronze Medal, I will give it to Others go to Vibato Port, inspect the machinery and equipment, and choose a suitable location to build the workshop in the overseas territory."