Only now did the head of the Li family really understand how serious the problems his family was facing here!

As we all know, the main manufacturers of the current high-end warship market in the empire are the Qin family, the Xuanyuan family, the Yun family and the Li family! The seventh-tier capital warships produced by these four companies basically divided three-quarters of the purchase orders of the imperial military!

The new generation of seventh-level warships of the four giants more or less need to use some rare metal resources, and these things can only be provided in large quantities in Xiao Junling's territory except for a few difficult old alien civilizations!

The new generation of warships of the Yun and Li families are on par with the Qin family and the Xuanyuan family in terms of performance! However, due to the high cost of raw materials, the unit price of the battleship has been greatly increased, and it does not have much competitive advantage at all!

In order to get enough cheap raw materials, they will either have to deal with the alien civilizations that produce those resources, or they will have to find another suitable supplier!

Thanks to the good relationship with Xiao Junling, the Xuanyuan family and the Qin family had already solved this problem as early as the middle of last year! As a result, he successfully made his new warship pass the assessment of the military delegation and was able to get the first batch of orders for a total of 300,000 warships!

Then at the end of the year, the military's new round of large-scale rearmament plan was launched on schedule, as many as more than a dozen corps, millions of warships were retired in batches, and in the newly held procurement bidding project, the warships of the Yun family and the Li family had to be disgraced because the unit price was too high! The first batch of battleship orders totaling two integrated legions were divided between the Qin family and the Xuanyuan family!

This year, Xiao Junling brought back more rare mineral resources from the Biluo star system, which not only made the production of these two new warships expand. Even the new generation of mechas, space fighters, mechanical war puppets and other important equipment are beginning to benefit from this!

In the blink of an eye, most of the time passed. Orders for millions of warships have been divided between these two!

Except, of course, battleships. There are other manufacturers of new equipment, and the families behind them have to start gradually moving closer to Xiao Junling in order to get these raw materials!

As an old and wealthy family, the Li family naturally has a lot of network resources in the imperial military, and there is no very special reason, and the market share of warships that has been operated for many years will not be snatched away so easily! But the premise is that you have to have a new ship of sufficient quality to come out! Otherwise, even the gods can't help them!

And because of Yang Yueqi, General Yang Yingxuan, head of the General Logistics and Equipment Department of the empire, has already said in private. If the Yun family and the Li family are not able to come up with a sufficient number of new warships in the next year, then the military will consider re-assessing and certifying the qualifications of the two families as "national defense equipment suppliers" to confirm whether they still have enough strength to have this important qualification!

Li Zhenyin knew in his heart that although with the connections and influence of the Li family, such a bad result would not appear at present! But this is undoubtedly an extremely dangerous signal! It will make the allies and enemies of the clan see their weakness, and give birth to certain thoughts that they would not have before!

In fact, the troubles are already beginning to manifest themselves.

Because of the lack of orders, many production lines in the family's military base have been suspended. And in the near future there is simply no possibility of restarting.

As a direct consequence, a large number of industrial workers in the base have nothing to do. It's mostly idle! A considerable number of people have resigned, and then accepted high-paying hires from the Xuanyuan family and the Qin family!

There are no orders, the upstream industrial chain is paralyzed, and even the many parts production suppliers who are attached to the Li family have nothing to eat! In desperation, many people are considering whether to change their doors in order to save their factories!

In the Anthropocene realm, there are not many businesses that can compete with the profits of the military industry! The reason why the Li family has such a prominent position in China is because she started with the military industry and energy industry, and it has not changed for hundreds of years! The profits of the military industry have always been the most important part of the Li family's income!

As early as the end of last year, the Li family's annual income and profits had shrunk significantly, so the family elders had to use part of the reserve funds and cut many important investment and business plans this year to maintain a stable situation!

Whether it is the government, the family, or the individual, if you want to do something, you have money to do it! Once you are short of money, it is not good news for any momentum!

And this year, the family's financial situation will undoubtedly be even worse, if it is not changed, it will even affect the change of the imperial government at the end of next year!

Domino effect!

Li Zhenyin frowned and pondered for a moment, and finally asked: "If we don't consider the cost, we can still mass-produce warships that meet the requirements of the military, right?" ”

"Yes," replied the head of the technical department.

"But this means that the cost of our single ship will exceed 3 million energy points, and if we sell it externally, the price will have to be at least about 4.5 million energy points to be cost-effective!" However, the production cost of the warships of the Xuanyuan family and the Qin family is two million energy points, and the external quotation is less than three million energy points! And there is also a certain percentage discount for the Imperial Military! ”

"If we also offer the same price as them, it is basically working for the military for free, and we have to pay for labor costs, and we can't even recover the R&D costs!"

"That has to be built!" Li Jinyin gritted his teeth and said,

"If there are no cheap raw materials, we will replace them with high prices! In short, the top priority is to maintain our battleship market share first! At the same time, I will approve the alternative material research and development plan! ”

Many family elders looked at each other, such a decision can be said to be strategically correct! But in this way, at least in the last few years, the family can't expect to have much profit at all!

Although with the rich heritage of the Li family, gritting his teeth and surviving the past few years, it should not be a big problem! But the power game between the giants is also like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat! If you miss this precious time, the Li family will lose a lot of opportunities in many things!

And the Qin family and the Xuanyuan family have gained such great benefits, they can take advantage of the situation to expand their influence and squeeze the strategic interests of the Li family!

Li Zhenyin snorted coldly: "What are you afraid of? Our family has a history in the past. There have been times when it was more difficult than this. Didn't you survive the worst of the time? Just a Xiao Junling. With such a little trick, you want to drag down my Li family? What a joke! ”

The elders were silent, if it was just such a trick, it was indeed impossible to bring down a thousand-year-old family like the Li family! The problem is that there is more than one opponent of the Li family, Xiao Junling.

Those family powerhouses who had a gap with the Li family in the past would never let go of such a great opportunity! The Silent Star Temple, as well as the wealthy families who are good friends with Xiao Junling, may all take the opportunity to make trouble! How much benefit will the Li family, which is in a fragile period, lose at that time?

And in addition to the battleship, there are also mechas, space fighters, long-range radars, hyperspace communication instruments, and even a new generation of war fortresses, etc., all of which are inseparable from some rare metal raw materials!

So many important projects. Could it be that the Li family can slap a swollen face and become fat, and always choose to lose money and make money?

"Your Excellency, there is another bad news!" The elder in charge of the family's intelligence affairs spoke.

Li Jinyin frowned and said, "What is it?" ”

"The head of the Yun family has decided to fully reconcile with Xiao Junling, so it is estimated that many of those cooperation agreements with us will be shelved or even canceled indefinitely!" He said helplessly.

"What? Yun Xuanyang, the old fox, ......, "The head of the Li family is already pale.

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In the dark night sky, colorful fireworks continue to explode in mid-air, rendering the sky in a colorful way!

In a delicate semi-independent compartment next to the venue, Xiao Junling unhurriedly sipped the red wine in his glass without saying a word.

"Don't blame Sister Yueqi. I told her to do it! Yu Xin'er looked at his face and said carefully.

"Yes. I've got to count on it! The housekeeper Lan Ya also said,

"A woman like this who doesn't know what to do or bad should teach her a hard lesson, so that she doesn't know how to be thick!"

She came to congratulate on behalf of the Silent Star Temple, so she just learned the news and rushed to come, and she didn't say anything about Yang Yueqi's move, but she was extremely in favor of it in her heart!

If she does it herself, I'm afraid that tearing Xiao Yanran's clothes is not enough, and she will have to pour a few buckets of feces to relieve her hatred!

People who dare to bully Xiao Junling without paying the price, except for Xichen Qinglan, no one has that qualification!

Xiao Junling sighed and said to Yang Yueqi, who was cramped and uneasy beside him: "You don't have to be nervous, I don't mean to blame you!" It's the woman herself who doesn't know the severity. You are all my relatives now, am I going to blame you for an outsider? ”

All the pretty faces of the girls are a little red, Xiao Junling's words are tantamount to a clear statement, their status is obviously much more important than Xiao Yanran's unreliable former cousin!

Lan Ya's eyes were full of tenderness when she looked at him, and she laughed softly: "Okay! Don't dwell on these unhappy things! Let's go back later! Your Highness is still waiting for you! ”

Xiao Junling nodded, and was about to say something, when a charming and pleasant voice sounded in his ears: "I can be regarded as finding you!" ”

When he looked up, he saw Yun Ningxue, who was dressed up, standing in front of him.

Her hair is high and coiled high, and there is a pale pink pearl necklace hanging from her snow-white slender neck, and she is wearing a dark black bandeau evening dress, which is black and white, looking dignified and elegant, noble and charming!

Under the diamond-encrusted bandeau, Yufeng stood proudly, round and full, squeezing out a deep and attractive ravine! Further down is the slender waist, followed by the sharply raised snow buttocks, and under the high slit skirt, the round and slender legs loom out.

In her slender hand was a crystal clear goblet with a red glass gently rippling in the glass.

"It turned out to be the eldest lady of the Yun family!" He replied lightly.

Yun Ningxue smiled charmingly: "Don't reject people thousands of miles away like this, okay?" You promised someone last time! ”

As she spoke, she presented the wine glass in her hand to him and said, "No matter what you think, the future of others is counting on you!" Come, let's drink this cup first! ”

"......" (To be continued......)