Inside the Flame Castle, a maid placed a report on Sofia's desk with utmost respect, bowed her head, and began her report, "Lady Sofia! The envoy from Chu Country has brought us a contract for the purchase of an additional 20,000 Shireck Model 1 rifles. We've achieved good sales results in many regions of Dahua."
A bit irritated, Sofia waved her hand dismissively and casually instructed, "Leave it there, I'm aware."
After giving her instructions, she turned back to the engineers who were reporting to her. The engineers' faces were full of dejection, for they had failed to complete their work.
For more than a year, they had been desperately trying to expand and develop the various technologies from the Great Tang Group.
The Shireck Consortium had not remained idle; after acquiring the respective technologies from the Great Tang Group, they had launched their own research.
