Roland received the first purchase order since the manufacture of the steam engine, and the transaction amount was also the largest to date.
The price of a bare metal is 500 gold dragons, two units will be delivered in the first month, and then one will be added every month, for a total of ten units. The future technical support, parts replacement, and equipment improvement of the steam engine will require additional payment of Jinlong. As for the high-quality after-sales service and the three-guarantee commitment, Roland said that he had never heard of it.
Barov was the most excited about the deal, and in his view, the act of increasing the revenue of the city hall, whether it is trade or plunder, deserves a lot of praise. There are not no opponents. Carter, Scroll, and Nightingale have all questioned this matter, thinking that it is too early to sell these powerful machines to outsiders, and now Border Town itself is not enough.
Roland didn't explain much about this, because he did not make this decision from the perspective of a lord alone, but from the position of a promoter of industrialization.
It is almost an impossible task to promote the process of social industrialization by himself, even if he has knowledge above the times. The digestion capacity of the town is extremely limited, and if no one buys the manufactured industrial products, it is no different from scrap iron. More people must be involved in this change in order to set off a wave of new power applications.
What does he gain by selling the steam engine
Plenty of money, plenty of jobs, and a pool of skilled labor that has historically been paramount.
This is also the reason why Roland is holding down production.
After Ana's ability has evolved, the production efficiency has become incomparable. As long as there are enough raw materials, she can now cut out a dozen steam engines a day.
To sell such a product is simply to sell a machine.
To drive this industry, a dedicated team must be formed to be responsible for production, assembly and maintenance. In Roland's plan, he only needs to open a factory, prepare production tools, such as boring machines, planers, milling machines, etc., and hand over the production of steam engines to workers. It can be expected that the production efficiency of the factory will be low in the early stage, and the product qualification rate will be terrible, but slowly, everything will be on the right track. With the blessing of the mother bed built by Anna herself, as long as you are familiar with the operation, the output will inevitably increase.
The next step is to use the profits from selling machines to expand the scale of production and train more mechanics. Experienced and older workers enabled the town to produce higher-quality products, such as steam trains, steam ships, and more. There is no doubt that this is a virtuous circle. And those steam engines that are sold can also indirectly create benefits for themselves, and the other party can use them in mining, which can reduce the price of ore; when used in shipping, they can promote trade; when used in textiles, they can make up for their own shortcomings.
Roland wished that steam power could be quickly popularized across the country, as long as these machines were produced in Border Town. Once he unified Graycastle, he could save a lot of time.
He also considered the possibility of the buyer imitating the steam engine, but the new steam engine will use a circular cylinder drilled by a boring machine, plus some deliberately designed complex parts, relying on the current level of technology, I am afraid they will be difficult to make qualified products in a short time. , not even a witch with a high temperature type.
To be able to negotiate such a large order and find a channel to sell industrial products at the same time should have been elated, but Roland found that he was not at all happy.
"It's already sunny outside, why do you still have a sour face?" Nightingale sat on the desk with her long legs raised, holding a plate of dried fish in her hand, "Are you still worried about the news of the church?"
When Scroll is not around, Nightingale's behavior will become very casual. The corner of the desk and the lounge chair by the wall are her usual places. For other lords, this kind of behavior is obviously offensive, but Roland knows that she doesn't care, and she also knows this.
"I've always wondered why the church supports me and Garcia in the fight for the throne at the same time. Now I think I understand. If my guess is correct, I'm afraid that Tifeco has also received an invitation from the church." He frowned.
In addition to the order, Margery also brought him a lot of information about the capital. One thing that surprised Roland was that the church attacked and took over the Kingdom of Eternal Winter, and according to the businesswoman, they seemed to be Going to go a step further and attack the Wolfheart Kingdom. This news was like a bolt from the blue, linking all the ominous omens that had been lingering in his heart.
"At the same time support the three of you to fight for the king?"
"It's not support, it's consumption." Roland shook his head, "The church doesn't care that the war spreads to the whole country, or in other words, they are happy to see Greycastle caught in an infighting. As for the church and its believers being involved in the war, it's not their concern at all. Within the range. Graycastle is not as weak as Yongdong. It has a vast territory and a large number of people. If it is attacked, the judge army will lose more than half of it. Only after we kill each other can he occupy Graycastle at the minimum cost. After that Churches can build as many believers as they want. Those pills... are just traps that they carefully prepared."
The decree issued by Wimbledon III is equivalent to giving the Church an opportunity to manipulate the situation. If Greycastle, Wolfheart and Eternal Winter were to be destroyed one after another, the only Kingdom of Dawn could not exist by itself. The real purpose of the church is probably to unify the four kingdoms. Considering the slowness of news transmission and the indifference of the people to the political situation, it is very likely that the other party will kill them at the door, and then everyone will wake up.
This is also the reason why Roland feels anxious.
There was no foundation for a united front in this era, and it was a fool's errand to expect the nobles of Greycastle to come to help across the country. When the church army was approaching the city, the last thing he could rely on was the Western Border.
"But you also have a new weapon. The Judgment Army is not much stronger than ordinary knights. I don't think they can beat you."
I remembered that when Nightingale mentioned the behemoth of the church, she only felt a sense of fear, but now she was able to have such great confidence in herself, which was slightly beyond Roland's expectations.
He reluctantly smiled, but he sighed in his heart. It was not difficult for the revolver rifle to be produced by Anna. The trial-produced one revolver rifle and two revolver pistols performed very well, whether it was a trigger reset or an automatic revolver. But if the bullet firing problem is not solved, the new weapon will have no practical value. In the absence of mercury fulminate, he had to use some alternative materials as primers.
I hope the personal guards who go to Chishui City can bring good news, Roland thought.
At this moment, she regained her former strength, and Lightning, who was doing daily training, flew into the office. She brought unexpected news that the flag on a slope in the woods on the east side of Border Town had been changed to blue.
According to the agreed connection method in the rumors spread by Roland secretly, the blue flag means that a new witch is coming. (. If you like this work, you are welcome to come and vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Please come.)