Three months passed quietly, and the new workshop had settled into a steady rhythm. Ang no longer needed to personally worry about its production needs, and all aspects of its operations gradually stabilized. Seeing everything running in perfect order, Ang finally breathed a sigh of relief. One day, he sat down with Ernit in the workshop's meeting room and discussed their future development.
"Our current scale is just right. Don't think about expanding blindly," Ang said earnestly. "Pursuing scale for its own sake will only bring more problems—resource allocation, management costs, and the impact of market changes."
Over the past few months, Ernit had successfully connected with several Great Nobles through Enchanted Armaments. These nobles not only became the workshop's most important clients, but also gave Ernit's Chamber of Commerce greater social standing and prestige. With their help, the workshop's order volume gradually stabilized, with neither excess inventory nor backlogged demand.
However, Ernit's ambitions clearly did not end there. He had brought up to Ang more than once that he wanted to use his connections with those nobles to establish further ties with the Imperial Military Department and promote the workshop's Enchanted Armaments within the Imperial Army. In his view, only the military was a true major buyer. Once they secured orders from the Military Department, the workshop would gain a broader market and greater profits.
Ang, however, opposed Ernit's idea. "You can't take such a big step right now," Ang said calmly. "The Imperial Military Department is not an ordinary client. Their requirements for equipment are not only demanding, but their review process is also exceptionally complicated. If your products are deemed insufficiently stable, or if another noble chamber of commerce reports you for plagiarism, they have more than enough authority to shut down your workshop directly. Most importantly..."