"You just spent 10,000 gold coins in a few minutes, boss. Don't you have anything to say?" Weiss leaned on the carriage and looked at Tang Mo who was walking out of the tavern and about to get into the carriage.
Next to Tang Mo was the old man Leo who had just conquered him. The leader of the Silver Fox Tavern is now Tang Mo's butler.
Roger is more than just a butler to Tang Mo, so in a sense, Leo is more likely to become the real "butler" in Tang Mo's mansion in the future.
"At least you don't have to spend money when you come here to drink in the future." Tang Mo said as he got into the carriage.
"Ha! This is good news!" Weiss helped close the door after Leo got into the carriage.
Sitting in the swaying carriage, Leo looked at Tang Mo in front of him and asked curiously: "Aren't you worried that we will betray you after we take the money?"
"Why?" Tang Mo sat in the carriage and looked at the old man Leo who asked this question: "Why did you betray me?"
"You run an intelligence network, so naturally you hope to find a qualified master." Tang Mo didn't wait for Leo to answer, and continued: "You are full of expectations for the future, and I can give you something that no one else can. future!"
"You have also seen that I have a fleet and new weapons... You also know that I have a private army and I am training more talents... I am more powerful than all the nobles and royal families you know and have heard of. Ambition! I can go very far in the future. As long as you follow me and support me... I can go more steadily and firmly." After Tang Mo finished speaking, he looked at Leo, waiting for Leo's answer: " So why should I worry that a smart person will betray me?"
Leo knew that this was not just Tang Mo convincing himself, but there were other meanings in this passage. Tang Mo is showing his strength and at the same time showing his future development trend.
In his eyes, as Tang Mo said, he values his allegiance more and has a good and upward trend.
There is no reason for him to betray Tang Mo, who wants manpower, means, financial resources, and development trends, but is also a sinner.
In fact, in some aspects, Tang Mo does have advantages that other nobles do not have: Tang Mo has advanced industries, his own army, a large amount of wealth, and is willing to develop his own intelligence network—— There are not many nobles in the entire Wright Kingdom who have so many conditions at the same time.
There is no nobleman willing to spend a large amount of money to control the Silver Fox Tavern. The rich nobles look down on these mud-legged people, and the poor cannot afford to support them...
"So, as you said, I am loyal to you and will never betray you!" Leo showed a smile, and the wrinkles on his face bloomed like flowers.
"Choose some people and go to the fleet to help me keep an eye on it... You don't want those ships that carry your hopes and dreams to be secretly run away or sunk, right?" Tang Mo leaned against him. In the compartment of the carriage, he ordered with a smile.
"I understand, I will find people to join your fleet." Leo immediately agreed: "Eighty people! All of them have been to sea."
"Let's make a hundred." Tang Mo said and closed his eyes, giving full trust to Leo, the intelligence chief who had just joined the Datang Group.
The composition of Tang Mo's newly established "navy" is indeed a bit complicated at this moment. In fact, his navy now consists of four parts, none of which are familiar with each other.
The largest proportion of the navy were the elven navy slaves. These slaves had just been liberated by Tang Mo and had their own identity. They had become free citizens. Their loyalty was pretty good and they knew how to operate ships and sail the best.
Yes, Tang Mo did not intend to let these sailors continue to serve as slaves. He promised that as long as everyone served on his ship for five years, they could obtain civilian status and leave with a settlement allowance.
If they choose to stay, these people will become salaried sailors in five years, no longer slaves, and enjoy more equal treatment.
This decision made these slaves ecstatic, so at least on the surface, their loyalty to Tang Mo was overwhelming.
The other part is the recruits transferred by Tang Mo. These recruits are about a hundred or so, scattered on 11 armed merchant ships, and are responsible for commanding and learning navigation operations. Although they don't understand naval warfare, their loyalty is the highest.
The third part is the recruited sailors. These sailors have average loyalty and do not need to learn how to sail and operate the ship. Moreover, they have the smallest number, only more than 70 people. They are just temporary recruits from Tang Mo to make up the number.
The fourth part is the people from the Silver Fox Tavern. These people were just recruited by Tang Mo. On the one hand, they are responsible for the intelligence control and supervision within the navy. On the other hand, they are also the people who Tang Mo added to his own fleet. Play the role of supervision and balance.
With such a complex fleet composed of such a complex fleet, Tang Mo basically had no hope of combat effectiveness. He hopes that through training, this fleet can mature as soon as possible and be responsible for possible maritime transportation and trade.
Although he does not necessarily have to seize sea transportation, he cannot just sit at home and wait for other customers to come to his door. If you have your own fleet, it will obviously be much more convenient to sell your weapons to forces further away.
Tang Mo, who had a large amount of money, obviously became rich immediately. First, he used 10,000 gold coins and 30 revolvers to swallow up the Silver Fox Tavern in its entirety.
Leo, the boss behind the Silver Fox Tavern, became Tang Mo's other butler. The bartender who worked specifically for Leo was still called the bartender. He was stationed in the Silver Fox Tavern and became Tang Mo's exclusive intelligence chief.
Purchasing the Silver Fox Tavern with 10,000 gold coins is obviously a good value for money. If Tang Mo hadn't hooked up with the elves and created a fleet, Leo wouldn't have sold the Silver Fox Tavern to Tang Mo so cheaply. street.
This is a half-sale move, which is equivalent to an investment. Both parties were full of expectations for this cooperation, so they quickly reached an agreement.
What Leo values is Tang Mo's future development trend, hoping that Tang Mo can realize his wish to erase the identity of a criminal. Tang Mo, on the other hand, urgently needed Leo's intelligence network, and it was just a matter of convenience to solve some minor troubles for Leo.
Tang Mo is responsible for supporting the Silver Fox Tavern and its underground intelligence network, while the Silver Fox Tavern provides Tang Mo with all aspects of intelligence. Both sides got what they needed, and Tang Mo also built an intelligence network with Bunas as the center and radiating to the surrounding areas.
Tang Mo, who had mastered this huge intelligence network, was quickly rewarded - the next day, he got the information he wanted.
This news was what Tang Mo was going to use to deal with the first batch of 700 Cyric flintlock guns sent by Alice.
What? Modify these weapons? What a joke, Tang Mo wouldn't even consider such a thing. What he lacks now is time and production capacity, and neither of these two things can be wasted on transforming these outdated Cyric flintlocks.
If he has hundreds of idle workers, then it is obviously a better choice to modify these weapons and find a way to sell them for money.
But now almost all of his workers have important jobs: some are producing steam engines and rails, some are producing K1 fast guns and revolvers, and some are expanding his factory.
And the factories he finally built are also occupied by a large amount of equipment, ready to be used to produce more advanced equipment.
He still owes Beiling steam engines, Beiling needle guns, and Beiling revolvers... He also wants to build more weapons production workshops in advance...
Under such circumstances, how could he waste precious production capacity on modifying these Cyric flintlocks? In his eyes, these things are basically the same as garbage.
Where does he have time to build a production line dedicated to transforming these weapons? And then waste valuable workers doing these pointless things? He would rather let these workers make up lessons and learn mathematics or other subjects...
Even if Tang Mo uses the money from modifying these weapons to expand the production line of needle guns, he can still make greater profits.
What's more, the cost of modifying a flintlock gun is higher than expected. First, the breech needs to be cut, and special parts must be produced to transform the tail of the gun into a special look.
After such modifications, these flintlock guns were only barely usable and were not as good as the K1 fast guns. For Sirik, modification might be an option, but for Tang Mo, this option never existed.
Because Tang Mo knew that when the Battle of Beiling came out, these weapons might not even be as good as fire sticks, and people would not even take a look if they were thrown on the roadside.
In Tang Mo's eyes, only a few of these weapons need to be left and hung on the walls of the museum for future generations to admire and remember.
Therefore, he wanted to get rid of these weapons and recover the funds as quickly as possible instead of spending time modifying these weapons.
The result is actually very simple: just as Tang Mo expected, in any decadent kingdom, it is a very normal thing for Wen Tian to take advantage of others and sell off their reserves.
The same is true in Bunas. The Sheriff here may have sold almost all the city defense army weapons and equipment purchased in the warehouse as early as twenty years ago.
And those noble officials don't care at all how many guns the city guards in the small towns in the hinterland have left.
As long as the civilians dare not rebel, as long as the city defense troops still have long swords to bully the old, weak, sick and disabled, as long as there are dozens of muskets to decorate the facade, those superior idiots will not care whether the weapons in the warehouse are enough. quantity.
"It seems it's time to give gifts again." After hearing the news from a city guard, Tang Mo smiled and looked at the few confidants following him: "Let's go, let's give Sheriff Sauron , give me a big gift!"
