Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 421 Military Machinery and Equipment

Now Claude understands why the nobility of the Hicks kingdom is so keen to form a mineral developer's office to recruit people for exploration and mining in the hinterland colonies, and the Nikanca nation found more than a dozen gold and silver mineral resources after occupying only one third of the hinterland colonies of the Hicks kingdom. It is conceivable how much gold and silver mineral resources are in the interior colonies of the three bis territories.

You know, nobles in the Hicks kingdom are only interested in mining gold and silver, or mineral resources that are more precious than gold and silver. Others have little interest, as gold and silver mines can be refined directly into ingots and shipped back home in exchange for large sums of cash. Most importantly, it's easy to transport, and a few horses or donkeys can easily deliver months or six months of production to the harbor, without having to spend money to build roads...

The original seven Overseas Administrations of the Kingdom of Ovilas were bitter compared to the Hicks' inland colonies on the continent of Nubian. Although the vast area of flat transportation is suitable for colonial development, there are only three gold and silver mines in the direct administration of Amphiston, which has the largest mineral resources, and no gold and silver mines can be found in the other jurisdictions. Although the mineral resources explored also have valuable value, they require major investments in order to be exploited and are not as easy to earn money as gold and silver mines.

The war zone has been divided with the Nikanca State, with the help of Bok Al, between the direct jurisdiction of Port Vibato and its borders, essentially according to the original jurisdiction of the original Port Vibato colonial county. Some local war zones have also taken advantage of the fact that some small hill highlands and so on have been placed under the direct authority of the border line, with which it is easy to form a defence front in the future.

In addition to accompanying the Special Envoy of the Nikancha Nation to Tyrsim, Mormali and Arturas to mobilize the local Nikancha community to relocate to their own country, Bok Al had something important to do with Claude. After four glances, he mysteriously pulled a piece of paper out of his arms and gave it to Claude.

“What is this, sneaky..." Claude didn't think to open the paper, and the contents seemed to be a list. It's just Claude almost jumped up at first glance, grabbed Bok Al's collar and pulled it in front of him: "Where did this thing come from? Is it true? ”

You can't blame Claude for being so surprised, because the list clearly states a large set of hydraulic forging machines, a large refinery, and a variety of supporting hydraulic cutting machines, large hydraulic drilling machines, and so on, all of which are military machinery and equipment that the Kingdom forbids to own overseas. And the mechanical equipment that Claude sees on this list is perfectly capable of building a large military industrial base, which means that these things allow the theater to build its own guns, or the type of equipment that's made, rather than the different specifications of the cannons and cannons.

“Calm down, calm down!” Bok Al refers to the collar he was caught in.

Claude let go with embarrassment, picked up the wine on the table and poured it straight into her mouth to calm her down. The new type of rifle currently being studied by sister Anna's lab has advanced considerably and has entered the testing phase. It is continuous firing to test the durability and practicality of the firearm, as well as its safety. Generally, 3,000 bullets are required before a preliminary determination can be made as to whether the new rifle meets the design requirements.

But Claude also received bad news from Master Byrd that even if invented, new rifles could not be used on a large scale in overseas jurisdictions. Simply because overseas jurisdictions have no military industry, they cannot manufacture new rifles in large quantities. Up to a small amount of manual manufacturing can only be done in the alchemy spell array, or small scale construction can be organized by blacksmiths. In that way, it would not be possible to guarantee uniform accuracy and quality, but only to count as dirt guns.

Now the mechanical equipment from the military industry on this list from Bock-All completely solves the difficulty that Claude faces in preparing to manufacture a new type of rifle, only to make Claude wonder how a mechanical equipment package from the military industry like this, which should be the focus of the war zone, could not have been silenced in Bock-All's hands?

Bok Arshan had a collar wrinkled by Claude and wanted to get a drink. However, after seeing two bottles filled directly by Claude, he skipped his mouth and went to the wine cabinet to pick a bottle of fruit wine. After opening it, he poured himself a glass to taste slowly. Claude was in no hurry, so cold to see him perform.

When Boquer finished drinking, he pointed to the list and said to Claude, "You believe me? No, I only got this thing for two cases of good wine and a case of fresh beef. ”

Claude shook his head, indicating that he didn't believe that one of the wrongdoers would trade these things and Boquer for two cases of wine and a case of fresh beef.

“It's true, I'm not lying to you.” Bourke Alderman was proud of what he said. Originally, the mechanical equipment packages of the military industries on these lists were transported from the Kingdom of Hicks to the port of Vibator because Machid III wanted to build a large gun-making workshop in the colonies of the Nubian continent, producing guns and artillery and ammunition to ease the pressure of maritime transport, facilitate the arming of colonial garrisons and replace damaged weapons and equipment.

Since this was the idea that McGidd III had in mind, the following people were responsible for transporting these military machinery and equipment to Port Vibato before discovering a major problem: where is this gun factory to be set up? It is well known that gun-making workshops established in all countries of the Farea continent have strict geographical requirements, namely the use of hydropower, which requires constant waterfall water resources throughout the year, while the Port Vibator colonial county has no suitable location.

This made it difficult for the officer in charge of the gun factory to come and bring some engineers and explorers in his line of work. The Hicks kingdom is so big here in the hinterland that it is believed that a suitable place will always be found. So he sent all of his engineers and explorers out to find the right place to build this big gun factory.

Only this poor responsible official did not realize that the colonial officials and nobles on the side of Port Vibato did not take Machid III's demands into account, but rather struck the engineers and explorers under his command. Emperor Tianguo is far away, and the colonies here are so short of people, not brainless people, but professionals.

At that time, the colonial war had not yet begun, or McKid III had just turned his attention to the Overseas Territories of the Kingdom of Ovilas, and it had not been rained before he had built a large gun-making workshop in the colony. But what he didn't think was that the nobles of the Hicks kingdom, who had already been mining in the hinterland colonies, needed professional explorers to find new gold sites for them, that engineers could also design or repair the latest gold mining machines for their mining industries...

So the explorers and engineers sent by the responsible officials quickly lost their whereabouts, all of them missing. Only then did the responsible official realize that the colony was not the mainland of the kingdom, that there was no place for lawlessness, that he might not even be able to guarantee his own security out of the city. Many times he saw guards carrying gold and silver ingots fleeing heavily to the city to seek refuge, as well as knowing that if these guards met someone weaker than them in the wild, they might turn into a murderous bandit slave hunt...

The officials in charge wanted to go to the local officials of the colonies to help, but all they had received was haste and delay, and no one was willing to help him. And he wrote back to the mainland of the kingdom, and because of the outbreak of the colonial war, nobody took his letter as a matter of fact. Anyway, everything and equipment were there, so long as they could not be lost. The missing persons were just minor matters, and it was not too late to build a gun factory after the colonial war ended.

Thus, the sole duty of the responsible official became to guard the pile of equipment, and even the managers of the dock warehouse were reluctant to take up too much space, forcing the responsible official to transport all the machinery and equipment to an abandoned warehouse in the western city of Port Vibato. The place was a slum shantytown for the Nikans, where the responsible officials had to live with their servants as custodians in order not to be stolen by the Nikans holding their sheep by hand.

As such, the responsible official kept the mechanical equipment for more than four years until Port Vibato was besieged by the Light Riders of the Legion of Thunder. The city was strained, and he and his servants could only starve with potatoes. When General Bolognick led the Corps of Forbidden Guards under the town of Port Vibator, he knew full well that he, an official of the Hicks kingdom, would surely enter the prison camp after the city had broken down. So he found Bok Al and exchanged two boxes of good wine and a box of fresh beef for this pile of mechanical equipment in his custody, ready to enjoy himself and his servant in the last few days of the city's breakdown.

“That's not true.” There's something strange about Claude: “Didn't we have to do the whole city after the occupation of Port Vibato? Mechanical equipment for military industries like this will certainly be a great credit to the Guardians when they discover it. Do you know how you hid from the Guardian Corps the seizure of such a suite of military machinery and equipment produced by the Kingdom of Hicks, even greater than the credit of a broken city? ”

“Have you forgotten? I did not say that the machinery was stored in a warehouse in the western city of Porto Vibato, which was originally inhabited by the Nikanchas, in a slum shantytown. After the Nikancas were captured as slaves by the Hicks, the whole place became deserted, with no one going in or out except small animals like rats and wild dog sparrows. ”

"And after I discovered this pile of mechanical equipment, I went to the management office and ship registry in the dock area and found the registration file that transported this pile of mechanical equipment more than four years ago, destroying it all. Now no one knows that Port Vibato also has such a complete range of military gun-making machinery. Of course, the main thing I wanted to do was hide it from the Prohibition Corps, and if they found out, they would definitely have to send the mechanical equipment back to the mainland of the Kingdom as proof of their merit.

After breaking the city, the Guards trusted me because I had the credit to lead the way and guide the attack. Later, all over the city, they organized troops to search the shantytowns of West City in order to prevent the remaining enemies from hiding there. When I searched the warehouse, I told them that this was a warehouse rented by a buffalo dealership I run, and that it was mostly a storage bin and some large items, and I covered the overpacked wooden boxes of the mechanical equipment with fabrics that looked like furniture. They didn't do much scrutiny, so they took a rough look around and left. ”

“What about the responsible official of the Hicks kingdom and his servant?” Claude asked.

“I saved them and they didn't reveal their identity," replied Bok Ar while drinking. “I only said that they were two of the warehousekeepers I hired, Hicks civilians. After taking over the port of Vibato, I returned to the battlefield headquarters, worried about them and the machinery, and then returned to the port of Vibato on the pretext of handling the business of the bison business.

But obviously I'm just nervous, and nobody's interested in the warehouse stuff. The Nikantha are not in the surrounding shantytowns, and the warehouse is secure. The officer in charge also raised a dirt dog for the night watch. I decided to go to that Nikancha country to look for business opportunities, just didn't think I'd be there for half a year... "

This bottle of fruit wine was filled with three large glasses of Bok Al, and after finishing the last of the glasses, Bok Al mumbled his mouth: “You're all good wine here. ”

Claude paralyzed himself on the chair and made himself more comfortable: “You know, none of this is my collection, it's supposed to be from the former owner of this governor's house, and it's all cheap for me now. I don't usually like to drink, and for me, black tea is more refreshing. Go back and pick up some for yourself and take it with you. I'll give it to you. ”

“Okay, it's not yours anyway, and you're not in pain. I just saw a couple of very expensive bottles of fruit wine. Haven't heard of it since the kingdom itself. I didn't expect to see it here. You're welcome.” Bok Al refers to the list that Claude put on the table: "What are you going to do with the mechanical equipment? I went all the way to Port Vibato to see it before I got back, and it was basically intact. Now, these belong to our bison business. Are you going to sell them or leave them there as usual? ”

Claude tapped his middle finger on the desk not too slowly and thought for a while before saying: "Buffalo Merchants has a stake in the War Zone Logistics Department and the Intelligence Service. I'll give you some money to replace the mechanical equipment first. This cannot be related to Buffalo Merchants. I'm currently designing a new type of rifle, just like the revolver you got, that fires brass bullet shells. So far, it's going well, and you'll soon see a sample gun.

Originally, I was worried about how to make large quantities of new rifles after they came out, and now that I have this mechanical equipment made by military guns, it just helped me a lot. I'm going to run a large firearms manufacturing workshop in the Overseas Territories with this mechanical equipment, and of course, I'm going to save you a share in this military industry as a reward for bringing together the top people in the Overseas Territories' war zones so that they can also be shareholders in this industry. ”

Bok Al nodded, pulled a thin piece of copper out of his pocket and placed it on the table, engraved with a buffalo head pattern: "Okay, just make a decision, you're in charge of the mechanical equipment. This buffalo bronze medal is the director's voucher for the buffalo store. Take this bronze medal to the port of Vibato and find the warehouse in the West End. Everything in it is handled by the person carrying the buffalo bronze medal, as is the officer in charge and his servant. ”

“One more thing," Claude said, "you have to ask the officer in charge, and it would be better to have a list of the names of the explorers and engineers who used to go to Port Vibato with him. Then you send someone to that Nikantha country to find out if there are any of these engineers and explorers among the Hicks who were taken prisoner in the gold and silver mines. If there is one, they want to be redeemed. These are technical talents, and it would be a shame to consume them in a mine. Bring them back, I should use them when I run that gun factory..."

Boquer replied: "No problem, but I have to help the envoys of the Nikanca Nation to settle the three Nikanca colonies. We'll have to stay here for a while. We won't leave right away..."

Claude laughed, “It's okay, I have to work hard on these Nikancas' relocation to help them get on the boat and take them north, so take your time. As for this buffalo bronze medal, I will hand it over to someone else to visit the port of Vibato, check out the mechanical equipment, and select the appropriate address for the construction workshop in the overseas jurisdiction. ”