The reason why he chose this name was not because Tang En was a nationalist who wanted to plant the flag of that country on Earth all over Prandal …
It was purely because he was lazy. Because his surname was Tang, he was called this name.
Of course, it was not wrong to interpret it that way. Anyway, Tang En did not think too much about it.
"Datang Chamber of Commerce? Okay. "
Fiona immediately remembered the name. At this time, Tang En suddenly said, "By the way, all the products we produce in the future must be marked with our mark."
Fiona was stunned. "Mark?"
"Yes, just like those blacksmiths who make weapons will engrave their names on them."
Tang En snapped his fingers, and a flame immediately appeared in the air. The flame quickly twisted and rotated, and soon turned into the image of a five-clawed golden dragon. The golden dragon was entwined with the two Chinese characters "Tang". "This icon will be our trademark in the future."
"What is this?"
Fiona could not recognize what animal the image formed by the flame was, nor did she recognize the two characters in the middle. She felt a little strange.
"You don't have to know what this is. In short, the trademark of our Datang Chamber of Commerce will be this golden dragon icon."
"Trademark? What is this? "
Fiona was confused. She could not understand anything Tang En said at this time.
Tang En suddenly understood. Prandal did not have the concept of brand trademarks. Even the good things produced by those masters only had the prototype of a brand to make themselves famous.
So Tang En simply explained the role of trademarks to Fiona.
"Fiona, if you are a warrior and you want to buy a weapon, there are two in front of you. The quality is the same, the appearance is the same, and the price is the same. But one of them is made by Brian, and the other is made by Edgar. Which one will you choose?"
"Of course it is made by Brian."
Fiona rolled her eyes at him. Was there a need to think about it? The quality of the dwarves' products was guaranteed.
"Yes, but if you don't see their forging process, how can you tell who made these two products?"
"This … Generally, there will be a mark left by the forger, right?"
"Yes, this is the prototype of a trademark."
Tang En nodded. "Further, if this trademark is clearly marked on the product, and the product made by Brian is slightly more expensive than the one made by Edgar, then which one will you choose?"
"If it is not too expensive, of course, I will still choose the one made by Brian …"
As soon as Fiona finished speaking, she immediately understood. "I know! This is the meaning of trademarks and brands! "
"Yes. Trademarks are used to identify goods, and brands are used to add value..
Tang En clapped his hands. "What we need to do is to popularize the trademark on every one of our products. We need to let everyone know that these products are produced by the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce and originated from Ellington. Our goal is to make the Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce's trademark a recognized brand."
"If that's the case …"
Fiona's eyes lit up. Coming from a business family, she quickly thought of more benefits of trademarks. "Once the market recognizes our brand, our competitiveness will increase a lot. Not only that, but we can also prevent others from counterfeiting our products! And after forming a brand, our profits will be higher! "
"Yes, that's called an anti-counterfeit trademark. It's more technical, but …"
Tang En smiled. "It's not a problem for me. Just leave it to me."
"Okay!"
Fiona was excited. It was as if she could see a huge market waving at her.
"Oh right, I came back with the Cross Roses Mercenary Group. They are now stationed in the Heart of Oak Tavern and will stay here for a day. Later, send someone to inform Old Tom and Aunt Fanny to take good care of the guests and make them feel at home."
Old Tom was the father of Danny's friend, Tom. Because he was illiterate, his son's name was also Tom, so everyone called him Old Tom.
"Mercenary group? For mercenaries, there's no need for that … "
"No, you're forgetting something."
Tang En shook his head. "For the current Ellington, the only way to increase the floating population is to make a name for ourselves. Let everyone know that Ellington is a good place. The people here are hospitable, the security here is excellent, and the things here are cheap. Once everyone has this impression, then people will naturally gather here."
Tang En said earnestly. "To manage the territory as a brand, that's the path we should take."
"I understand!"
Fiona accepted Tang En's education seriously. Although Tang En was extravagant in spending money, Fiona had to admit that Tang En was unbelievably talented in this area. The ideas he came up with were like a stroke of God. It was obviously a very simple method, but the potential for future development was unimaginable.
Fiona even felt that she would not be surprised if Tang En said that he was actually the Son of God.
After explaining these things, Tang En's attention returned to the charcoal factory. "Is the charcoal factory ready to work now?"
"The first batch of charcoal has been fired. With the help of a few old charcoal workers, the slaves have already gotten the hang of it."
Tang En's spirit was lifted. "Very good. Next, we can consider building the blast furnace!"
In addition to blowing carbon, steel production also needed quicklime, and quicklime was made by firing limestone. Limestone was dug up everywhere in the iron mountains of Brussels. He had already instructed Rogers to leave the limestone behind.
Rogers told Tang En that Rex and the others were even worried about how to deal with these stones. He did not expect that Tang En would actually let them transport these stones to Ellington.
Tang En did not explain at that time. Now, along with the iron ore, a large number of limestone was piled up outside.
There was also a production line for firing quicklime, but Tang En did not know what it looked like. He was too lazy to go through so much trouble. Limestone would decompose into calcium oxide and carbon dioxide when calcined at high temperature, and calcium oxide was the so-called quicklime. As long as he knew this principle, he would not have to worry about any problem that could be solved with magic.
The quicklime problem was very easy to solve. The main problem that troubled Tang En was the steelmaking furnace.
In Tang En's impression, the steelmaking furnace used in large factories seemed to be called a converter. But he did not know what a converter was at all …
He vaguely knew a little about a blast furnace.
Whether it was a converter or a blast furnace, the main technical difficulties to solve were the problems of temperature and slag discharge. But these problems … were not a problem at all in Prandal.
Temperature? Tang En estimated that the temperature of the high-grade fire magic he released could easily reach more than 10,000 degrees. Using it to make steel? No kidding. The iron ore would probably be vaporized directly.
The temperature of steelmaking could be easily solved with a fire magic array.
As for slag discharge, arcane magic had a miraculous effect … It could completely clean up the residue inside without affecting the molten steel.
Instead of worrying about this, it was better to worry about how to let ordinary workers complete these steps in the future.
Maybe … he could also recruit some mages to do this?
As soon as Tang En thought of this idea, he could not help laughing. The mages in Prandal were generally proud. How could they do this kind of work?
Unless …
Unless he trained some mages himself.
"… My lord? My lord! "
Fiona called several times, and Tang En came back to himself. "What's the matter?"
"Do you have anything else? If not, I'm going to work! "
"No, no …"
So Tang En was driven out of the study by Fiona.
"Really, with such a bad temper, who would dare to hire her in the future …"
Tang En complained subconsciously.
"Bang!"
Something seemed to have hit the door of the study, and Tang En immediately ran away with his tail between his legs.
"Blast furnace … Um … Blast furnace …"
Tang En thought hard for a long time, but he could not figure out the specific structure of a blast furnace. In the end, he simply patted his head and ran to find Brian.
"Get rid of impurities?"
Brian suddenly heard this question and was stunned for a moment. "There's no special means. It's just normal melting, cooling in the mold, and melting again when necessary."
"But that's not right …"
Tang En frowned. The quality of the products forged by dwarves was generally better than that of human blacksmiths, but craftsmanship was one aspect, and materials were another. Craftsmanship could not completely solve the defects of the materials.
"Melt … mold … fuse again … wait!"
Tang En suddenly had a flash of inspiration. "I remember you despised those dwarves living in human cities before, saying that their craftsmanship is getting worse and worse?"
"That's right."
Brian looked inexplicable. That was what he casually said to Tang En when he was drunk last time. Why did he mention it now?
Tang En seemed to have touched on a key point. "I remember that there's a volcanic crater under the hammer-forging castle, right? The furnace used by dwarves will use the lava from the volcanic crater to continue heating, and there will also be rune dwarves who will lay down flame runes to gather fire elements, right? "
Brian suddenly widened his eyes. "Damn it! Big brother, how do you know this!?"
Brian had never told Tang En about the situation in the hammer-forging castle, let alone the secret of the rune dwarves. This was top secret information of the dwarven kingdom!
Other races did not know about this at all!
Tang En was not surprised why Brian was so excited. In the eyes of the aborigines, dwarves were a pure warrior race. Except for warriors, priests, and paladins who believed in the Gaia Goddess, dwarves had no other professions.
However, there were actually mages among the dwarves.
According to the rumors among the dwarves, they were the rune children who were blessed by the Gaia Goddess and born with magic power. Therefore, these rare dwarves were called rune dwarves.
However, this was not the most important thing.
The most important thing was the great significance of the rune dwarves to the dwarves. Although not all rune dwarves were Divine Craftsmen, they were all rune dwarves! = = = PS: Please vote after reading ~ ~ ~ ~
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