Chapter 155 New Visitor

Roland received the first purchase order since the manufacture of steam engines, and the transaction amount is also the largest so far.

The price of a "bare machine" is 500 gold dragons. Two units will be delivered in the first month, and 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 from Jinlong. As for the high-quality after-sales service and the three-guarantee promise, Roland said that he has never heard of it.

Barov is the most excited about this deal. In his opinion, any act that can increase the income of the city hall, whether it is trade or plunder, is worthy of great praise. Opponents were not absent. Carter, Scroll, and Nightingale all raised doubts about this matter, thinking that it was too early to sell these powerful machines to outsiders, and Border Town didn't have enough for it.

Roland didn't explain too much about this, because he didn't make this decision from the perspective of a lord, but from the position of a promoter of industrialization.

It is almost an impossible task to promote the industrialization process of society on his own, even if he has knowledge that is ahead of the times. The digestion capacity of the town is extremely limited, and the manufactured industrial products are no different from scrap iron if no one buys them. More people must join in this change in order to set off a wave of new energy applications.

What can he gain by selling the steam engine?

Plenty of money, plenty of jobs, and a pool of skilled workers which has always been the most important.

This is also the reason why Roland lowered production.

After Anna's ability evolved, her production efficiency was no longer the same. As long as she had enough raw materials, she could cut out a dozen steam engines in a day.

Selling such a product is simply "selling" the machine.

If you want to drive this industry, you must set up a dedicated team 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 all the production of steam engines to workers. It can be predicted that the factory's early production efficiency must be low, and the product qualification rate is appalling, but slowly, everything will be on the right track. With the blessing of the mother bed built by Anna, as long as she is familiar with the operation, the output will inevitably rise steadily.

The next step is to use the profits from selling machines to expand production scale and train more technicians. Experienced old workers make the town capable of producing higher-end products, such as steam trains, steam ships and so on. There is no doubt that this is a virtuous circle. And those steam engines that are sold can also indirectly create benefits for themselves. They can be used in the mining industry to reduce the price of ore; used in shipping to promote trade; used in textiles to make up for their own shortcomings.

Roland wished that steam power could be popularized quickly across the country, as long as these machines were all produced in Border Town. Once he unifies Graycastle, he can 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 and complicated parts. Depending on the current level of technology, it may be difficult for them to produce qualified steam engines in a short period of time. machines, even with high-temperature witches.

Being 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 in a happy mood at all.

"It's already cleared up outside, why do you still have a sour face?" Nightingale raised her long legs and sat on the desk, holding a plate of dried fish slices in her hand, "Are you still worrying about the church news?"

When Scroll was not around, Nightingale's behavior would become very casual, and she often stayed in the corner of the desk and the reclining chair by the wall. For other lords, this kind of behavior was obviously an offense, but Roland knew that he didn't care, and she also knew this.

"I've always wondered why the church supported me and Garcia in competing for the throne at the same time. Now I probably understand. If my guess is correct, I'm afraid Timothy has also received the invitation from the church." He frowned.

In addition to the orders, Margaery also brought him a lot of information about the royal capital, one of which surprised Roland, that is, the Church attacked and took over the Kingdom of Eternal Winter, and according to the businesswoman, they seemed to be He intends to take a step closer and launch an attack on the Wolfheart Kingdom. This news was like a bolt from the blue, connecting all the ominous omens that had been lingering in his heart together.

"Support the three of you to fight for the king at the same time?"

"It's not support, it's consumption." Roland shook his head. "The church doesn't care if the war spreads to the whole country, or in other words, they are happy to see Graycastle caught in internal strife. As for the church and believers being involved in the flames of war, they don't care at all. Within the range. Graycastle is not as weak as Eternal Winter. It has a vast territory and a large number of people. If it is attacked by force, the Judgment Army will lose more than half of it. Only after we have finished killing each other can he occupy Graycastle at the lowest cost. After that There are as many believers as you want, and churches can be built as you want. Those pills... are nothing but a well-prepared trap."

The kingship decree issued by Wimbledon III is equivalent to giving the church an opportunity to manipulate the situation. If Graycastle, Wolfheart, and Eternal Winter are destroyed one after another, the only Kingdom of Dawn will not survive alone. The real purpose of the church is probably to unify the four kingdoms. Considering the slowness of news transmission and the people's indifference to the political situation, it is very likely that the other party will kill the door, and everyone will wake up.

This is why Roland felt anxious.

In this era, there is no basis for establishing a united front, and it is foolish to expect the nobles of Greycastle to rush across borders to help. When the church army is approaching the city, the last thing he can rely on is the few troops in the western region.

"But you also have new weapons. The Judgment Army is not much stronger than ordinary knights. I don't think they can beat you."

I remember that when Nightingale mentioned the church as a behemoth before, she only felt fear, but now she was able to have such confidence in herself, which was slightly beyond Roland's expectations.

He forced a smile, but sighed in his heart. It was not difficult for the revolver to be produced by Anna. The trial-produced revolver and two revolvers performed very well, whether it was the trigger reset or the 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 material for the primer.

I hope the personal guards going to Chishui City can bring good news, Roland thought.

At this moment, Lightning, who had regained her former vigor and was undergoing daily training, flew into the office. She brought unexpected news. The flag on a slope in the woods east of Border Town was changed to blue.

According to the agreed connection method in the rumors secretly spread by Roland, the blue flag means that a new witch is coming. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)