"Hey, how can you find such a shop," said Sun Wei, the emperor's guard.

"Your Majesty, he didn't say that he usually lives in the palace and is not grounded, no, he saw this tea restaurant from here, and said that he wanted to come in and feel it." The answer was Wei Canguang, the driver of Dianzhong Province.

Outside a newly opened tea restaurant in the Eastern Capital, surrounded by many media, everyone knew that the emperor was talking about things in the tea restaurant.

There are also many customers in the restaurant, sitting in their respective seats chatting, reading newspapers, or watching the TV in the restaurant, which is playing some news on the main island of Meikoku. These are very attractive to the people.

Zhu Wei sat in a window position, the small table and sitting were very exquisite, and the small pot of artificial yellow sunflowers imported from China brought a touch of warmth to the seat.

Sitting opposite Zhu Wei was Xia Haiyan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as well as the heads of several subordinate bureaus. According to the ancient official system, there were divisions under the six ministries, but the Ming country was relatively small, so it did not continue the ancient system but unified into bureaus and halls.

"The emperor is very good at choosing a place, I have always wanted to come to this place, but I have never had a chance." It was Xia Haiyan who spoke.

"There are more and more immigrants from Hong Kong Island in the Ming Kingdom, and they have also brought some living habits, I think we should respect them, good habits can also be carried forward, and they can also drive the catering industry in our country." Zhu Wei laughed.

"Yes, the most impressive thing is that all the snack stalls and big partners in Dongdu are now open almost all night, and there are many people who eat supper in the second half of the night."

"This is a good thing, it shows that our country's economy is better and the nightlife is richer." It was Yan Song, the squire, who spoke, and it was rare for His Majesty the Emperor to summon all the senior management of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade at once.

"Speaking of Hong Kong Island, it's been a mess lately."

At this time, the waitress brought a few cups of milk tea and some egg tarts and other desserts with a plate.

Zhu Wei coughed: "Don't talk about it, it's just a white-eyed wolf who can't be fed." Let's talk about the industry first, who will talk about it first? He glanced at a young man sitting in front of him, "You're from the automotive department, right?" Tell me first."

"Your Majesty, then I will first report on the automobile industry that you are most concerned about. At present, in the power automobile industry, in addition to the companies under the Ming royal family consortium, we have also supported 9 small and medium-sized enterprises, and the factory has been built. "The first to speak was Liu Songxi, from the Automotive Section of the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

"Uh-huh," Zhu Wei flipped through the materials in his hand. "Mingguo can't have only one car company, monopoly is not good."

"Yes, Your Majesty, there are many private enterprises that want to produce cars, and we are still reviewing the qualifications, if we can. can be developed. ”

"When will it be ready for production?"

"The prototype is in trial production, and it is estimated that it will be produced soon, and the next step is to establish a production line, and it is estimated that it will not be produced until the end of the year."

"Well, so that by the end of the year, the unemployment problem can be solved. By the way, I heard that the automotive department is encouraging the production and sale of gasoline-electric hybrid and gasoline vehicles overseas? Zhu Wei said suddenly.

Liu Songxi reported in 1510: "Your Majesty, when I was in Guozijian to run the automobile business, I found that many doctors and professors were developing hybrid engines for oil and electricity. And fuel engines, they say that there will be a breakthrough in technology soon, I think fuel cars will be brilliant in the world for a long time, and there is no reason why we should not make this money. ”

Zhu Wei nodded: "Your idea is very good." I support you to set up this industry, but you can't pollute the Ming country. ”

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

Ju Wei nodded. Smiled: "The automotive department has done a good job, even I have heard a lot of praise recently," and turned his eyes to the aerospace industry section of the Industrial Bureau: "What about you." How is the matter of cooperating with the space station and Huaxia? ”

Liu Yu of the Aerospace Industry Section immediately replied: "Back to the emperor, Huaxia welcomes the cooperation with us in the aerospace industry, and is also very positive, and has reached a preliminary intention, Huaxia is responsible for rocket launches, and we Mingguo will provide the blueprint and construction technology of the space station, as well as the production of core components, and Huaxia will be responsible for manufacturing secondary components, and the two countries will share technology and the future achievements of the space station." ”

As soon as he thought of aerospace, Zhu Wei smiled on his face, aren't you guarding against me? When the space station is built, let the Yankees cry: "I'll look at the blueprint of the space station." ”

"Yes"

Zhu Wei immediately placed a stack of materials on his desk, and he saw that the first page read: "Ming Empire Space Station Plan"

He turned the first page, and the first thing that caught his eye was the blueprint for the space station.

It was a completely different space station from the International Space Station, a circular space station. It's like a bracelet.

"This space station was designed by Guozijian, it is a ring, the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of this ring can produce a gravitational effect, and the interior is an ecosystem that can be circulated. As long as the energy is input from the outside, there is no need for replenishment from the inside. Humans can live on it as much as the Earth. ”

Zhu Wei felt very interested and said, "The annular space station is very creative, how many people can this space station hold?" ”

"80-100 people, more than ten times more than the ISS."

At this time, Yan Song, a waiter at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said: "Your Majesty, please forgive your minister, the construction cost of the International Space Station is more than 100 billion US dollars, and the annual maintenance cost has reached 90 billion US dollars. ”

Zhu Wei said to Liu Yu: "Can you tell me about the cost?" ”

"According to the preliminary communication with Huaxia, Huaxia's current largest and most advanced Long March 5 carrier rocket can only transport 25 tons at a time, and according to the overall design indicators of our space station, the space station needs to be divided into 21 parts and transported 21 times. If the conservative estimate of the cost of each launch is 40 million US dollars, it is estimated that it will cost 900 million US dollars when the space station is fully completed, which is only the launch cost, not counting the construction cost of the space station itself and the maintenance cost in the future. ”

Nine hundred million dollars, it doesn't seem high, Zhu Wei said: "It's much cheaper than the cost of the International Space Station of 100 billion dollars, but how can we reduce the cost of Mingguo?" ”

Liu Yu said: "The metamethylhydrazine and nitrous tetroxide propellants used in Huaxia rockets are highly toxic and expensive, and they will soon be squeezed out of the world space market. ”

Zhu Wei said: "Yes, if we can improve Huaxia's rocket launch technology, then we can reduce the number of launches, and NASA's Ares rocket can send more than 200 tons of materials to Earth orbit." With God of War we only need to launch 3 times, of course 3 times is unrealistic, the rocket can't carry a semi-cylindrical body into the sky, we need 11 times. ”

Zhu Wei said: "11 times is the same price, and it is by the kilogram to outer space, not by the number of times." Okay, that's it, you try to talk to Huaxia, we provide the rocket technology blueprint, and the space station technical plan, and we don't spend the money. ”

"Yes."

The meeting lasted for three hours, and Zhu Wei left the tea restaurant, and as soon as Zhu Wei left the tea restaurant, many media immediately surrounded Zhu Wei: "Your Majesty, I am a reporter from the Dongdu Economic Daily, we heard that you are discussing the matter of rockets, is it a meeting about Mingguo's space program?" When will Mingguo's space program be implemented? Will it put pressure on the Ming Kingdom's fiscal revenues and expenditures? ”

"Wow, you are a cannon, I admit that the meeting just now involved Mingguo's space program, and Mingguo is actively contacting the Huaxia side to carry out Mingguo's space activities and build a space station. In addition, if it is implemented, everyone will hear the news soon, and I would like to say that there is no financial pressure on the Ming government. ”

After Zhu Wei finished speaking, he turned around and left the tea restaurant. (To be continued......)