Ling Han had to just put in a word and the land was acquired. The newly-acquired land spanned over 500 mu (333,350m2), and Thunder Horse Military Factory was set to become a large military enterprise when the new factory was finished. The loan of 5,000,000,000 was also approved and interest was half of the usual rate because of special conditions and advantages offered by the nation, to be paid off in ten years. 

Thunder Horse Military Factory’s current momentum of development and profitability was high enough that they wouldn’t need ten years to pay off this loan. 

They had land, and they had capital - what was next was to build a new factory. Xia Lei threw himself headfirst into work. He had to finish up an intelligent lathe which was bigger than Josef’s before the new factory was ready. The lathe’s capabilities were also going to be more advanced and perform better. He then also had to modify the equipment and special intelligent lathe for the new factory. 

This was a huge undertaking but he was just one man. Other...