With this steel factory, the Munitions Factory would have the most important materials. With the Munitions Factory, he could expand his army.
Mu Yuan, who was standing on the second floor, really wanted to celebrate with the workers when he saw them cheering, but he held back.
Wood Spirit, thank you."
He watched as the molten steel below was being cast into various tool steel.
Mu Yuan suddenly said.
The wood spirit was stunned for a moment before lowering his head and saying,"This is what I should do. As long as the commander is happy."
Mu Yuan now completely trusted the Wood Spirit and no longer doubted his ability like before.
Trust and trust were two different things.
Previously, Mu Yuan trusted Mu Ling not because of his ability, but because of his loyalty.
Now, Mu Yuan trusted the Wood Spirit very much, and at the same time, he believed in his ability.
Before Mu Yuan's happiness faded away, Wood Spirit whispered to him," Commander, in this month, I took out 50,000 silver coins out of the 100,000 silver coins you gave me and invested them in the Shanghai stock market."
" In this month, I earned 300,000 silver dollars.
Mu Yuan was stunned for a moment and turned to look at the wood spirit. He originally wanted to say that the stock market was very risky.
However, seeing how confident the wood spirit was, he thought for a moment and smiled." Since I've handed the money to you, I won't ask you how you handle it. As long as you complete my goal, I don't care what method you use."
The wood spirit nodded and said," Thank you for your trust, Commander. The stock market does have a certain level of risk, but with my ability, I won't do anything that I'm not confident in. Besides, this is only our start-up capital."
" In the future, when the arsenal is completed, the army will expand, and the purchase of weapons and equipment will all require funds. Although the funds now seem like a lot, it's actually not enough. To maintain the operation of the arsenal and the scale of the army you want in the future, we'll need at least five million silver dollars."
" Other than the stock market, I've also set up trading companies in various regions. In the future, they'll sell our Munitions Factory's subsidiary products.
" In the future, I plan to open up a piece of land next to An Min Town and use it as a light industrial zone. After all, heavy industries require too much investment, so we need to use light industries to replenish our resources."
Mu Yuan nodded. He also knew that the investment in heavy industry was too high. Hundreds of thousands of silver dollars could not even build a decent steel factory.
A slightly better set of steel smelting equipment could easily cost millions of silver dollars.
Even if Mu Yuan invested all the funds he could use now, he would not be able to maintain it.
Fortunately, Mu Yuan had a wood spirit and many technicians. He had only invested 60,000 silver dollars to build the steel factory that originally required millions of silver dollars.
Moreover, the production quality was very good.
The equipment inside was also the most advanced in this era. It was comparable to the advanced equipment in foreign countries.
Mu Yuan felt that he was very lucky to have an all-rounded talent like the Wood Spirit.
" Mmm, I know. I think you're definitely clearer than me about these things. In the future, I'll give you a general direction and a goal. You'll be the one to do the specific implementation. Also, if the goal I propose doesn't match the reality, you can give me some suggestions."
The wood spirit nodded and said," Yes, commander."
Mu Yuan observed the steel factory for a few hours. After understanding the number of workers that could be used in the steel factory, he sighed. There were still too few people.
Most of the workers who were brought in were literate.
However, with their current technical level, they could only do some chores. The key operations still needed professional technicians to do.
Fortunately, the equipment designed by the wood spirit was not complicated, so there were not many key operations required.
Only ten professional technicians and more than 300 extremely junior workers were needed to operate the steel plant.
Just as the wood spirit sent Mu Yuan to the entrance of the Snake Head Mountain, a warrior rode up to Mu Yuan.
Mu Yuan and Mu Ling frowned. Both of them realized that something must have happened.
The soldier dismounted and came to Mu Yuan's side, saying,"Commander, there are over a thousand bandits from Wuyi Town heading towards An Min Town. They are estimated to arrive at An Min Town in five hours."
" The captain reckons that they're coming for us."
Mu Yuan frowned. Are they bandits from the Five Dragon Mountain?"
The information on the bandits around Linyuan County had been thoroughly investigated by the soldiers.
The soldier nodded." Yes, Commander. There are also members of the County Security Regiment among them."
Mu Yuan frowned." Alright, we didn't even look for them, but they came to find trouble with us first."
Let's go and discuss it with the people and Cheng Zhi."
The wood spirit nodded and looked at the dozen or so technicians behind him." You guys go and maintain order in the arsenal. Mobilize the security platoon to assist."
Mu Yuan also said,"Tell the security platoon at the Munitions Factory that it's my order and have them assist you in keeping watch. If anyone causes trouble at the Munitions Factory, they can shoot them on the spot. There's no need to report it to me."
The technicians nodded.
Because these people were Mu Yuan's trusted aides, he did not need any letters to prove it. The security platoon would definitely believe them.
After giving the order, Mu Yuan and Mu Ling went to the military camp together.
Currently, the people of Anmin Town still did not know that the bandits of Wuyi Town were attacking them.
However, Mu Yuan did not intend to tell them.
When they arrived at the military camp, Mu Zimin and Mu Chengzhi had already started to assign tasks.
When they saw Mu Yuan and the wood spirit appear in the command center, they were all stunned." Commander, senior officer wood spirit, how did you guys get here so quickly?”。
Mu Yuan and Mu Ling walked to the map and sand table and asked,"Do you have any countermeasures?" How?"
Mu Yuan asked this question from the beginning.
He knew the bandits of Wulong Mountain very well. They had 800 rifles, all of which were made in Hanyang.
In the country, this kind of gun was currently considered the best rifle.
If they started a war with them, the pressure would be great.
Mu Zimin and Mu Chengzhi didn't feel any pressure at all. They smiled and said,"Commander, don't be nervous. You should think about it. If the Five Dragon Mountain bandits attack our An Min Town, Qian San will definitely appear. At that time, the number of bandits we will face won't just be 1000. It might be 2,000 or even 3,000."
The corner of Mu Yuan's mouth twitched slightly as he looked at Mu Zimin and Mu Chengzhi." Then you're telling me not to be nervous?”。
Mu Yuan felt that Mu Zimin and Mu Chengzhi were definitely playing with him.
The wood spirit glared at the two of them and quickly said,"Commander, there's really no need to be nervous. Although we only have 465 people, we have better discipline than the bandits. Moreover, we have 30 ZB-26 light machine guns and 30 Thomas submachine guns as suppression weapons."
" Even though they've only been training for a month, the new recruits of the Security Regiment already have a certain level of combat strength. Even though the enemy has a 6 times advantage in numbers, they're bandits. I'm confident that we can defeat them in this battle, but they're a little too early."
" If they came later, the new recruits would have gone through three months of training and the casualties would have been reduced.
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