"Hey, forget it, the population is too small, and there is no point in immigrating here, I was going to announce the matter of the Inner Earth to the outside world, but now it seems that there is no hurry, the Inner Earth will be used as our resources and logistics base for the time being. Li Quan thought for a while and said.

"Okay, it's up to the host. Ling'er didn't have any opinions.

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Since the discovery of the suspected ladder building of the New Tang Empire, capable powers around the world have been actively increasing their investment in the aerospace industry.

It can be said that the whole world is now in a state of space race, such a large investment, there must be certain results, no, Sam's Country and White Bear Country have announced that they will land on the moon this year.

The miniature space city at the end of the ladder is divided into three levels, the lowest of which is the cargo transport level, where there are thirty-six external passages, similar to the berths of a surface port.

This means that the Micro Space City can dock thirty-six spaceships at a time.

Wei Ming, a spaceship pilot who has just graduated, of course, there must be more than one pilot in a spaceship, and it is also equipped with artificial intelligence, which is generally operated by artificial intelligence for smooth interstellar navigation.

Only when it is dangerous, or when you arrive at a port, you need to drive manually.

Zhang Lei is also the same batch of graduates as Wei Ming, they are the first batch of graduates in the New Tang Empire who have received formal training for more than a year and a half, and now the two are still assigned to the same dormitory.

"Sanshi, our dream has finally come true, it's so exciting, we're going to actually fly the spaceship. Wei Ming stood in the staff dormitory on the transportation floor of the miniature space city, looked out the window at the spaceship that was about to be assembled, and said excitedly.

"yes, the spaceship is so beautiful, if possible, I want to try it now, I can't wait for a moment. Zhang Lei stared at the spaceship outside with his eyes and said enthusiastically.

"Hahaha, me too, but we still need to wait a few days, we need to train well these days, otherwise we won't be able to pass the final assessment, and we will be sent back to study again, then it will be a tragedy, I'm afraid we will be laughed at by those guys." Wei Ming joked.

"You have to pass the customs, and I won't go back if I am killed. Zhang Lei replied.

"It's a pity, there are only three spaceships, otherwise it's not enough for our batch of graduates, where is there such a trouble to assess. Zhang Lei muttered.

"This is also something that can't be helped, but these three are only used in the transitional stage, although they are very large, but I heard the teacher say that the research institute is researching real civilian-grade spaceships, and even industrial-grade spaceships have begun to be studied, and the volume of the spacecraft is more than 100 times, and that is the real sense of the spaceship." Wei Ming said.

"Oh, what's going on, tell me more about it, I'm curious. Zhang Lei glanced at Wei Ming suspiciously, sat down and asked.

"Well, okay, anyway, you don't have to keep it secret or anything, the teacher will probably talk about it in the next class, didn't the teachers come back for a few days last time, or went to a meeting, and also participated in many seminars on the feasibility of future civilian spaceships and industrial-grade spaceships. Wei Ming explained.

"I've heard about this, and the teachers have just come back, how do you know what they did, oh, I remember, Professor Wei seems to be your uncle, right?" Zhang Lei suddenly thought.

"That's right, it's my uncle, that's what my uncle said, he said that this is not confidential information, otherwise it would not be possible to tell me that our current spaceship is a small spaceship developed based on aerospace fighters, and I heard that this kind of spacecraft will be used as an export model in the future. ”

"The spaceship we will use in the future is a spaceship in the true sense, not only is it more than 100 times the size of the spaceship we see now, but also the speed is more than 10 times that of the current spaceship, and it is far stronger than this in terms of defense and attack. Wei Ming said.

"Isn't that the same as what we learn in textbooks, isn't that kind of spaceship said to take at least twenty years to develop?" Zhang Lei wondered.

"Hehe, have you forgotten who Your Majesty is?How did the empire develop so quickly?" Wei Ming said and looked around, a little nervous.

Although the New Tang Empire will not scold people with words now, let alone be convicted because the common people talk about Li Quan, His Majesty is a great existence in everyone's hearts, and if people with ulterior motives hear it, they will always make some moths.

The spaceship of the New Tang Empire is so big, all the tourists who come to the sightseeing floor of the Space City as long as they are not blind can see it, everyone is very shocked, this ladder has just been built, and this spaceship has come out.

It's too fast.

Daming Palace, the imperial study.

"Shen Congwen of the Ministry of Aerospace See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live. Shen Congwen saluted.

"Excuse me, what is Shen Aiqing looking for?" asked Li Quan.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are only four spaceships currently scheduled for production in our Kunpeng Island Space City, even if you add the three that have been transported to the Space City for assembly before, there are only seven, and I think it is a little less, and I hope that Your Majesty can allocate funds to increase the production line of spaceships and accelerate the exploration of space. Shen Congwen did not shy away from saying.

Li Quan put down the fold in his hand, stood up and walked to Shen Congwen's side and said: "Hehe, Shen Aiqing, I can understand your urgent mood, but we must consider the actual situation, the investment in the space industry, every one is huge, the construction of a ladder can be said to have hollowed out my cash flow, and even the government's expenditure this year is stretched, these are all needed to be slowly recovered." ”

"We are now at the forefront of the world, don't be too anxious, and the research institute is developing a breakthrough in civil spacecraft and industrial-grade spacecraft, next year will definitely be successful, when the time comes, we will directly schedule these advanced production lines, and now the spacecraft are used as export models. ”

Young people need encouragement, which is why Li Quan explained so much to Shen Congwen.

"Today's spaceships are used as export models, and the minister knows about this, but the minister feels that the current spaceships are still a little advanced, and they should be castrated and then used as export products. After listening to His Majesty's words, Shen Congwen didn't know that the empire really didn't have extra money, so he could only talk about another thing along His Majesty's topic.

"Well, this issue has not really been decided yet, there is no hurry, we have just used it ourselves, and it will need to be discussed by various departments in the future to be decided. ”

"By the way, there is one thing, as the secretary of the Ministry of Astronautics, you should know that our research institute is not only conquering spaceships, but also conquering space factories, and in the future, our spaceships will definitely need to be produced directly in space, otherwise it will be a waste of time and ladder capacity just to assemble from the surface transporter's space, so what you need to do is to use the existing seven spacecraft to explore space, look for those resource asteroids, and it is best to be able to tow them back as raw materials. Li Quan thought of something and said.

When Shen Congwen heard this, his heart was about to jump out, he was excited, the space factory, space smelting, it was really sci-fi, and the most important thing was that these would soon become a reality, because as long as he entered the research institute to overcome the difficulties, the basic achievement would not be far away, which was a common idea in the upper echelons of the New Tang Empire.

"Yes, the minister will definitely live up to expectations, do a good job of exploration in advance, and prepare for the construction of a space factory. Shen Congwen said.

"Well, then you go down first. Li Quan waved his hand.

Li Quan told the Ministry of Space in advance that these things were also a last resort, and that there were too many materials needed for the space city and space factory, and they could not all be transported from Aqua Blue Star, so they had to think of a way from space, and it was best to solve them nearby.