Munitions Empire

In order to prepare for this exposition, Great Tang Group spent money to place their advertisements in any corner they could find.

In the most eye-catching sections of newspapers that were distributed, there were ads for the World Industrial Expo. Newspapers from Dorne and Suthers, as well as those from the Leite Kingdom, all had them.

In places without newspapers, Great Tang Group crazily distributed flyers, which seemed to be sprinkled everywhere as if they cost nothing. Many people even picked them up to use as toilet paper.

Almost the entire network of Great Tang Group's connections had been mobilized, with all the intelligence personnel now having a side job, which was to promote this important expo of Great Tang Group.

Even in the Empire of Nanla, the first Imperial Concubine personally endorsed the occasion, helping Great Tang Group to hold six balls, each time promoting the expo and distributing tickets and invitations.

After Great Tang Group's campaign, almost half the world knew about the expo.

To prevent dominance by a single entity, Great Tang Group went out of their way to find participants or enterprise factories for the expo in every direction within their reach. Similarly, to give everyone a chance to exhibit, Great Tang Group set the date of the expo three months later.

Even, to ensure the scale of the expo, Great Tang Group used its influence to compel many factories to participate.

For example, the locomotive factory built in Suthers Kingdom with the help of Great Tang Group was forced to take part in this expo.

This was the world's first vehicle factory apart from Great Tang Group that could independently produce steam locomotive engines — more modernized than Shireck's workshops, and the locomotives it produced were more advanced as well.

Its technology came from Great Tang Group, and the manufacturing standards were all according to Great Tang Group's requirements, making the technology quite advanced.

Initially, because the locomotive factory was concerned that their technology wasn't as advanced as Great Tang Group's in the same field, they had no plans to attend this expo.

But Great Tang Group issued a direct command, demanding the factory to send representatives, and even to bring along their product brochures and models, to attend the expo in Brunas on time.

Similarly, the military industry enterprises from Northern Ridge were also obliged to participate in the expo, as they had only recently completed the development of a 155-millimeter caliber heavy howitzer with the help of Great Tang Group.

This artillery factory could now produce new products such as 75-millimeter caliber howitzers, 105-millimeter caliber howitzers, and 155-millimeter caliber howitzers.

Besides, they could also produce compatible shells, and their technology was also quite advanced. Great Tang Group asked them to bring the actual products for the exhibition, since with the convenience of railway transportation, this was not very troublesome.

In addition to these, the food processing factory in Ice Crystal City, which had just absorbed Great Tang Group's anti-decay technology, was becoming somewhat famous for its canned goods, instant noodles, and compressed biscuits.

Many militaries were purchasing their products, and a portion of Suthers' food reserves had even been replaced with the more easily preserved compressed biscuits.

This time, they too were invited and told to bring all their products to Brunas. To boost their confidence further, Great Tang Group even sold them technologies such as refrigeration machines.

The industrial groups from the Laines Empire took the initiative to exhibit, having received the essence of firearm production technology from Great Tang Group.

Beyond that, there were several factories under the Laines Empire's industrial group which, although established with the technological support of Great Tang Group, were also quite advanced in technology.

The automotive and train components produced by these factories are already almost comparable with those produced by the Great Tang Group.

Their processing accuracy is quite impressive, and their products are in no way inferior to the original components from the Great Tang Group, they too are hoping to showcase themselves and obtain more orders from other countries.

Moreover, the Great Tang Group, which has largely withdrawn from the light industrial and textile industries, has recently developed new textile machinery. These private enterprises are now starting to massively enter the ready-made clothing industry and have brought their own technologies to promote at the exhibition.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

In the same vein, Northern Ridge Auto Plant provided 50 vehicles directly for the exhibition, which were just designed and manufactured for use as public transport buses.

Before these vehicles, the world had yet to see buses dedicated solely to public transport. Thus, after their display at the exhibition, these vehicles will remain in Brunas to serve as city buses within the city.

At the same time, Poplar Kingdom is preparing to let its shipbuilder partake in the expo, though they will be showcasing sailboat construction techniques.

After all, only a few factories in the world can produce steel ships, so sailboats are still the more mature and widespread means of maritime transport.

Since sailboats are unlikely to be completely phased out in the short term, there is still a market for them—shipbuilding enterprises in Poplar Kingdom plan to catch the tail end of the era and make their last fortune.

The Dwarf's Ice Cold Kingdom is also planning to send representatives to the exhibition; they will be displaying two types of products—mining machinery and Dwarf-made Ice Cold brand cars.

This is quite interesting because their mining machinery also follows in the footsteps of the Great Tang Group, employing technologies that are mostly obsolete from the Northern Ridge Mining Group.

Regardless of the outdated technology, they are still prepared to promote themselves and, at least, become a familiar face—the exhibition is truly understood by them.

On the other hand, the Dwarves' car technology was also sourced from the Great Tang Group; in fact, the Ice Cold brand cars are the Great Tang Group's Model T cars.

Now, as the Great Tang Group itself has ceased the production of Model T cars, anyone wanting to buy a Model T or its parts has to look to the Dwarves of the Ice Cold Kingdom.

There was originally no such platform in this world for workshop enterprises to market themselves. With the Great Tang Group establishing such a platform, many astute businessmen immediately grasped its profound implications.

They don't mind that the Great Tang Group uses it to promote themselves because they seem to care more about the significance of the expo itself.

After all, they saw that the Great Tang Group announced that such exhibitions would be held every two years, where any enterprise or individual can promote themselves.

This is a significant boon, for if they make a name for themselves at this grand event, they can sell their products to places they previously couldn't have imagined.

Such a grand exchange can promote commerce, accelerate the circulation of goods, and allow for a broader scope of resource sharing.

This is an innovation! An unprecedented innovation!

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Dragon Spirit got vaccinated yesterday and wasn't feeling well, so had a strong reaction. Woke up this morning feeling really sick, so today's update is just treading water, sorry.