Chapter 820: Rare Earths
If all the technologies in Zhao Li's hands are really used, it will not be difficult to transform the entire pattern on Mars, at least after all his own technologies are realized, once the entire land bridge is opened, the Mars base, underground base, and moon base will be connected as a whole.
After the success of this land bridge experiment, Zhao Li watched as tons of supplies began to be transferred between the three bases.
No matter how you look at it, Zhao Li has already unified all the manufacturing capabilities after having the land bridge, and even a few days later, the entire ground and lunar bases have used nanorobots.
And the resources mined from Mars and the Moon are also converging.
Zhao Li is completely happy at home this time.
The second shipment, or the goods developed in the second, is already in hand.
This cargo is very important for human beings, and it is also a necessary rarity, but this kind of thing is very common on the moon and Mars, this kind of thing is not a good commodity, because if this kind of thing is really shipped back from above, then the cost must be higher than the selling price, but now the price is completely different.
Because its own land bridge can occasionally reduce this cost to an outrageous level.
And these things that Zhao Li mastered at this time can reduce this cost.
Looking at this batch of things that have been transported, this thing is also very important to yourself, but in terms of the amount of this thing, it is a bit exaggerated to want to enjoy it alone.
A full 300,000 tons of rare earths, this is what Zhao Li brought back this time, two-thirds of which need to be sold. And this amount cannot be swallowed by oneself, but can only be used by others.
To whom? Minister Wu is one of the best buyers.
Rare earths are such a thing. It is the most important part of electronic products, at least from the current process. Rare earths are an important raw material, and they are of course the most important.
Because of its irreplaceability, it is even more important.
Now all kinds of rare earth resources are being exported all over the world, especially China.
And almost all of the things that Zhao Li brought back this time were ready to be sold, except for meeting his own needs.
Because there are a lot of these things on the Moon and Mars.
And the weight of these rare earths, Zhao Li is ready to replace them with some useless rocks and gravel.
Sand and gravel are easy to get, you just need to go to the desert to get them. Anyway, at this time, it is easy for the land bridge to open the portal anywhere.
And now the world has little means to monitor this technology.
It is impossible for them to monitor themselves.
Zhao Li backfilled the mined quality before transporting the rare earths to the warehouse.
This time, Minister Wu almost appeared in front of Zhao Li with a jump.
The rare earths in this warehouse are simply the biggest boon. This rare earth resource is not an extremely scarce thing. However, judging from the current use, this kind of thing can be regarded as relatively scarce in the world. At this time, Zhao Li took out 200,000 tons at one time, and all of them were sold to him at a price lower than the international market price. What is this?
Is this a transaction?
And that's not all!
Minister Wu was more interested in the attitude that Zhao Li showed at this time.
If the transaction in the international market is the result of negotiations between the two sides, then in the process of this negotiation, whether it is political weight or economic weight, this needs to be used to game, and in various senses, the international transaction price at this time is still a more important reference.
For example, why does China want to get copper from Africa? Isn't there one in the country? Don't other countries sell it?
Of course not, this international quotation at this time largely depends on the futures market. At this time, of course, the transaction is to refer to this price, and the price of copper directly obtained from Africa at this time also has a reference significance.
Other people do trades, you can't just look at the futures price. If your price is too high than the price of copper in Africa, you won't be embarrassed to trade any more.
The rare earths that Zhao Li got back this time have undoubtedly become some kind of weight in China to some extent.
China is the world's largest exporter of rare earths. And with their own development, the demand for rare earths is also increasing day by day. There have been requests for a reduction in export quotas, but this request has been rejected internationally. Now Zhao Li has made so many rare earths, which is basically to fill the domestic vacancy, and the amount of 200,000 tons is indeed very large.
But this is just a reference, and now Minister Wu wants to know more about how he got these things out of the universe.
Zhao Li's technology is in his eyes, if you want to get something back from space, you must also pass through the atmosphere, and in a sense, the entry and exit of this atmosphere cannot be hidden from everyone's eyes. And now Zhao Li has made 200,000 tons of rare earths at once.
This is simply a slap in the face of Hongguoguo.
Monitoring can't be done!
After Minister Wu visited the warehouse, he was even more sure that more than the 200,000 tons had been brought back this time.
At least a third more.
Can this Nima be calm?
The maximum load of an air-space fighter is three tons, and if it really has to transport hundreds of thousands of tons of things, then at least 100,000 sorties must take off and land.
"Xiao Zhao, you got all these things?"
"Hmmm! There's a lot of this stuff on the moon, and I'm thinking about moving all the resources back now, leaving an empty shell for us to fill in, as long as the overall mass of the moon doesn't change drastically! Zhao Li is very confident, after all, this backfill has already begun, and he has not seen any tidal changes anywhere, or any animal tragedy due to the change in the moon's gravity.
Swallowing his saliva, he followed Zhao Li in the warehouse, and the containers on the shelves nearly ten meters high were full of rare earths. "Are you going to sell this to us?"
"If I sell it to someone else, will you agree?" Zhao Li rolled his eyes. He really couldn't do that.
Minister Wu's heart is even more turbulent, in all senses. He would rather believe that Zhao Li is a technical master who is being monitored, rather than admit that Zhao Li is a transcendent person who wanders away from surveillance.
"How. Let's make this deal! Zhao Li grinned and flicked the container, and there was a muffled sound inside, all of which were rare earths, and they were stuffed inside.
But that's just the beginning!
"Good thing! Meddlesome! "Of course Minister Wu is willing, after all, this batch of rare earths below the market price is worth it no matter how you look at it, not to mention that the amount is so huge, if it is used, it will naturally be used for a long time.
As soon as he saw these rare earths, Minister Wu was even more concerned. "Xiao Zhao. You said that if our spaceport is really established, will we be able to buy into the space age, and the development of Mars will be able to raise the agenda! ”
"Yes! However, the construction of the spaceport is the first place, and now when the resources are not very scarce, we can develop Mars one step earlier and take precautions! ”
Zhao Li is still very concerned about Mars, after all, it is such a huge resource field.
Think about why there are constant wars in the Middle East, and why Africa never stops. Not because these countries are restless, but because other great powers do not want to see them settled.
Africa is a small resource farm. And the Middle East is a big resource field, in which the big powers are frantically plundering resources.
However, compared to Mars and the Moon, these resource fields are weak.
The reason why Zhao Li is smiling happily now is that these resource fields are now his. Even if someone develops these resources in the future, even if someone enters the market in the future, they can only follow themselves if their transportation advantage is still there. They will be able to continue to develop and transport on their own.
"Xiao Zhao! Could we also build such a space station on Mars? ”
"Yes!" Zhao Li didn't lie to Minister Wu. "But first we have to calculate all kinds of data about this Mars, including its diameter, weight, rotational speed, etc. These things we need not to say, aerospace is also needed. After all, the communication problem is a big problem. ”
Communications in space are just this trouble.
Compared with the earth, which has established a complete communication link, there are of course certain risks in developing new planets.
The first thing to bear the brunt of is this communication risk, first of all, the moon is the closest planet to itself, the other planets are actually doing some kind of relative motion relative to the earth, this kind of motion law can be calculated mathematically, but in the same way, this kind of function is calculated at this time, and the login position and the rotation period of the planet need to be calculated.
In other words, it is very likely that the time of each communication does not change periodically, and this pattern needs to be found.
In the same way, if something happens when the communication is poor, then it's a lot of fun.
Zhao Li knew even more that if something happened at this time, it would be called the heavens and the earth.
The reason why artificial intelligence is allowed to test the waters first is actually this meaning. Being able to build a communication base station by yourself is a big win.
And now the few communication satellites launched by myself on the Mars base can only keep the communication smooth, and nothing else can basically be guaranteed.
If it weren't for the land bridge, it would take a lot of time for me to cross it.
When it came to these troubles, Minister Wu was a little hesitant.
"Actually, don't worry, even if we can't do it now, we can do it in the future, we can't build a base on it now, so we can still do it by launching a few satellites on it!" Zhao Li didn't hit the old man too much.
"If this can really be done, we can be considered ahead!" Minister Wu gritted his teeth, and his eyes flashed with excitement.
Scratching his head, Zhao Li sat on the shelf on the side. "Sort of, I'm not good at saying this kind of thing, but as long as you can go up at this time, it's the lead!"
"Xiao Zhao, let's start! As long as you can launch a satellite, then launch a satellite first, whether it is a communication satellite or a meteorological satellite, get a few first, find out the situation over there, and then seize the opportunity! ”
The Age of Discovery!
As soon as he heard this word, Minister Wu was a little excited.
This word was proposed by Zhao Li, and after this word was proposed, many domestic researchers and scholars began to interpret this word.
Especially at this time, Zhao Li took out the technology and gave up the shares of the spaceport, which are very important, and anyone can see that this is that he is making concessions to these people, and in the same way, they are still vigilant about the role of that spaceport.
Zhao Li took the initiative to give up his shares, not only to invite them to join, but also to have an attitude, either to join and do it together, or to wait for it to fall behind.
If they didn't believe in this before, then now looking at the rare earths in this place, Minister Wu has to believe it. (To be continued.) )