Chapter 330 Equipment Procurement
To be an emperor, you must have your own army. To build an army, you must have enough equipment. If you want equipment, you must have a weapons workshop.
Fatih has his own army, and naturally he also has his own weapons workshop.
In his imagination, the factories in Wesson should be similar to those weapons workshops - the red furnaces are emitting heat, the sound of hammers and the voices of masters scolding apprentices are endless, filling the air. It smells like fireworks and sweat, and occasionally there is a smell of feces and urine.
The workshop has been like this for thousands of years, with no fundamental change.
The factory building of the Clover Hinge Factory has red bricks, red tiles and wooden beams. The walls are equipped with glass windows. It is very bright inside. For several days, slogans and banners such as "Safety First" and "Beware of Fire" have been hung on the walls.
It was equally noisy here. The sound of more than a dozen punch machines, drilling machines and grinding machines working at the same time shocked Fatih more than the sound of heavy cavalry charging.
There were workers working next to each machine. Fatih saw the young man he saw at the barbecue restaurant. He was feeding the iron bars to the machine. There were several other people pushing the carts. Bring the iron bars and transport the processed iron sheets to the machine for the next step.
The floor of the factory building is made of cement. Fatih found that there were knee-high ropes pulled on the ground. Ropes of different colors formed passages leading from the door to different places.
After taking a look, Fatih understood that the trolleys transporting materials, the trolleys delivering iron sheets, and the personnel going to the machine took different routes to avoid collisions between the trolleys and people.
Hoffmann took Fatih and Hakan into the factory and introduced his products all the way.
Making a set of hinges is not simple. Starting from the long metal sheet that was originally bought, it takes four to six times of stamping and drilling with a drill machine to make half a qualified hinge. The drum part needs to be punched twice, and after the insertion rod is installed, both ends of the cylinder need to be punched and closed again.
Fatih looked at it very seriously, echoing Hoffman from time to time, his eyes focused more on the machines, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.
After explaining, Hoffman picked up an assembled door and window and used the hinges to test the price. Fatih felt that it was too cheap, but he still counter-offered with a 40% discount. Hoffman Therefore, it is difficult to express that we can only wholesale at a 50% discount.
After a few words of haggling, the two reached a consensus, and the final FOB price was 15% off the initial asking price.
At this time, Hoffman's secretary came again and signaled that tea in the reception room was ready.
Fatih followed him to the reception room. He thought that the other party was actually preparing tea just now, but unexpectedly, Hoffman threw out a statistic that made him jump.
“Do you know the population of the Ghazi Empire?!” His Majesty the Emperor looked at Hoffman in disbelief, “Who told you?”
Accurately count a country at today’s level It is very difficult to estimate the population, and only the king can get a relatively reliable number. The error of other people's guesses can be two or three times.
Hoffman now uses the population of the Ghazi Empire in order to calculate the minimum sales volume of the general agent. This number is exactly the same as the number Fatih got when he first became emperor.
Hoffman was a little confused by the other party's reaction and replied: "This number is recorded in the foreign trade guidance book published by the Dawn Chamber of Commerce. It seems to be the data mentioned in an edict from your country more than ten years ago. There is a big difference between it and the current one." "
Fatih frowned and thought for a moment, sighing in his heart. He would have to cut off a few heads when he went back.
"It's nothing." He found an excuse to deal with his surprise, "I have never heard of that edict, and thought you had sent someone to investigate."
Hoffman Without paying attention, he began to calculate the annual sales of hinges in areas with developed waterways in the Ghazi Empire. Fatih did not object to his calculation results. The key was that he did not understand how the calculation was done, but he felt it made sense.
The two parties signed a memorandum of cooperation, and Fatih will send someone to discuss some details before signing a contract.
After giving the memo to Hakan, Fatih asked Hoffman in a low voice: "Can I customize some special products? For example, scale armor plates."
Hoffman He narrowed his eyes slightly and asked the secretary behind him to fetch a wooden box from the cabinet on the side.
The wooden box contains several pieces of steel of different shapes, each with several small holes on it. A knowledgeable person can tell at a glance that it is a piece of scale armor.
Fatih picked up a piece of armor and observed it carefully. As someone who has led soldiers for many years, he could quickly tell the quality of the armor and nodded with satisfaction.
The climate in the Ghazi Empire is much hotter than here. Wearing iron cans there is prone to heat stroke, so the army mainly uses scale armor and mail armor.
Supernatural power is very important on the battlefield, but ordinary soldiers cannot give up. If a soldier can survive five battles and still be physically and mentally sound, then there will be much more room for growth in the future. The new generation of superpowers is very likely will be born from these people.
If a sufficient amount of cheap and well-protected scale armor could be obtained, even if it was only half-body armor, the soldier's survival rate would be much higher.
The equipment of a small number of elite troops can be more expensive, but the equipment of a large number of ordinary troops must consider the cost. There are few places that are as wealthy as Weisen State and can equip all members with a silver scale of five gold coins. Breastplate.
Fatih thought of scale armor just now when he saw the hinge pieces spitting out from the machine. Referring to the price of the hinges, if the armor pieces can be mass-produced in this way, the price of the entire scale armor will be lower. There are many, and there are more soldiers who can be armed.
Hoffman said to the guest: "We once produced a batch of armor plates. This is the sample left at that time. If you want it, we can provide the first batch of one thousand samples the day after tomorrow. If you need additional shape design and adjustment There are requirements for materials. We need to make new molds and purchase materials. We can provide so many samples in five to ten days.”
There are many people who have the same idea as Fatih. Not long ago, Frederick of the North. His distant relative, Baron Wesson, came up with the idea and customized a batch of armor plates to go back to. These were the ones left by Hoffmann at that time.
Hoffman was also speechless about this, because there was a hunter over there who was so inspired after seeing the hinges he produced that he wore ropes to make armor and saved his life while hunting, so he Someone came to the door.
Fatih nodded slightly and said: "I will have someone come over tomorrow to communicate with you on the details."
"He doesn't speak the language here very well. Pulanyu, please find a translator, and we will provide the cost.”
Hoffman agreed.
Fatih remained silent after leaving the Clover Hinge Factory and silently returned to the hotel.
After returning to the suite, he winked at Hakan, who immediately wrapped the living room in a wind shield.
“We have a mission.” Fatih ordered in a deep voice, “Go to the factory tonight in person, find their account books, and see what the real cost of the things we discussed today is. ”
(End of this chapter)