A year and a half later.

November 5, 4634 in the galactic calendar, the bridge of the ocean-going ship in the Small Geellanic system.

Ming Luo looked at the stellar embryo displayed in the stereoscopic area of the bridge projection, and asked Edward Marty, "Professor Marty, how long is it until this stellar embryo enters the main-sequence star?" ”

"There are about 5,000 years to go."

"Are all the hundreds of thousands of stellar embryos in this cluster similar?"

"Yes, this star embryo is the most cost-effective star embryo found so far, and now as long as the equipment is in place, it can be put into production immediately, and here is all the information."

"Okay, thank you, Professor Marty, now let's build a makeshift jump station and get ready to sail back."

In the gray cosmic environment, in the orbit of a huge spherical celestial body with a radius of 100 million kilometers, the five cloud-class battleships quickly separated, and each released six quantum communication towers to form two jump platforms according to the predetermined orientation, a total of ten jump platforms were released, and other warships of the ocean exploration company near the wormhole were contacted, and then ten cloud-class battleships jumped over, and after Edward Marty handed over to the jumping cloud-class battleships, these ten newly released various mecha and equipment and began to build a space station, Mingluo and Edward Marty took the Ocean One and the other four Cloud-class battleships that accompanied them, accelerated out of the gravitational range of the star, and then jumped to the temporary jump port near the exit of the wormhole, which at this time had gathered hundreds of large and small starships.

The five Cloud-class battleships approached a 30,000-meter-long supply ship, replenishing the battleship with nuclear fusion raw materials and propellants through a special connection channel, and Mingluo contacted Cohen, who was in charge of the port: "Cohen, are you used to it here?" ”

"I'm used to it, with Youlan with me, it feels the same everywhere, now there are dozens of companies that have set up permanent offices here, and there are tens of thousands of people here in normal times, it's very lively, and the Southern Army is preparing to move its headquarters over, and it was even more lively at that time."

"That's good, you go and make an announcement, let's say that the Baiyin Group Hewai Development Company will hold an investment fair for the development of some resources in the Magellanic galaxy in Gaokunxing on November 30."

"Well, do you want to go home?"

"Yes, I'm going to go home and have a look, and I have to prepare for this investment conference."

On November 12th, Mingluo came to the MiG Federation Capital Star Milan Space Jump Port again, Mingluo walked out of the connecting passage, saw Felsny standing at the mouth of the passage, and quickly walked over, the two hugged each other tightly, Mingluo kissed Felsny's forehead, and said softly: "I haven't seen you for a year and a half, you have lost weight." ”

"yes, we haven't seen each other for a year and a half, and it feels like it's been a long time, and it's never felt like time was so slow."

"I'm sorry, it's my fault that made you feel emotionally attracted to me and made you suffer from lovesickness."

"You mean you're not emotionally attached to me."

"I'm really touching you."

"That's pretty much it, let's go, let's go back."

The two took their entourage to the MiG family planet landing spaceship and landed in the MiG family manor.

Paul Andy and his group came out to greet him, and he smiled when he saw Mingluo and Felsny walking off the ship holding hands. Ming Luo walked up to Paul and bowed lightly: "I've seen my brother." ”

Paul smiled: "Okay, good, my precious sister has now found a home, but I have a thing on my mind, okay, please." ”

"Thank you, brother!"

In the Andy family's study, the three of them sat down around a small desk, and Ming Luo said: "Brother, I came here this time, first, to see Felsny, and secondly, to talk to you about the development of the Small Magellanic Galaxy. ”

"Oh, you've already selected a mine?"

"Yes, last year we scanned a nebula that has not yet been ignited by stars, after a year of random jumps and sailing, we reached that area last month, we selected one of the stellar embryos as our private resource star, this star embryo is still gathering the material in the nebula, after calculation, it will take five thousand years for the core to ignite, even if all the mining equipment in the Tianhe Star Field is pulled over, it will not have much impact."

"You guys are really lucky, now the cost of mining fusion raw materials in the Orion Arm has skyrocketed, the traditional asteroids and gas planets are too scattered, the amount is too small, the refining cost is too high, and the pressure is getting bigger and bigger year by year, now there is the Nebula mine you discovered, which is a new development opportunity for the entire Tianhe Star Domain industry, and you are also making a lot of money this time, I saw your investment announcement a few days ago, when do you plan to open the mine?"

"You can do it next month, and after the investment promotion at the end of the month, it will be opened immediately, and you can enter the site to mine resources after signing the contract."

"In such a hurry?"

"I need money, and now it's running out of money, the shell of the Dreadnought-class battleship we built is about to be completed, and the next stage will require a lot of money, and I have to cash in quickly."

"And how are you going to calculate the price?"

"There are two charges, one is the mining authorization fee, which is charged according to the mining capacity when the contract is signed, which is basically very low, and the other is charged by the ton, which is charged for each full cargo ship, and the temporary price is 100,000 blue shield coins a ton."

"This price is very cheap, I will send a mining company over, I believe that all MiG energy companies will pass."

"How's your development in the Andromeda Galaxy?"

"Still wandering around, our military strength is insufficient, we don't dare to go too far to the star field, we didn't find a stellar embryo, only found a planet rich in quartz, an ilmenite planet, and other minerals are rich in gaseous planets, I'll send a video to Accord now to see the situation on his side."

Paul took out a computer and put it on the table, projected a stereoscopic projection, and pointed out Accord's communication request, and a minute later, the figure of Accord appeared in the projection, "Dad, is there anything wrong with calling me at this time?" ”

"Mingluo wants to know about the development situation over there, you can talk about it." Paul spun the webcam and pointed it at Minlo and Filsny.

"Oh, hi, hello Mingluo, I haven't been in touch for half a year, and now you've come to my house, do you have a harvest over there?"

"Yes, I've already rushed to the nebula that I scanned, and I've come to see your aunt this time." Mingluo said next to Filnis

"Congratulations, it looks like we're a family, and suddenly we're a generation shorter in front of you, and I'm a little unaccustomed to it."

"Haha, it's okay, I'll get used to it slowly, what's the current situation over there?"

"Now there are eight mines here, and the output is gradually increasing, and this year there has been a total output of more than 30,000 trillion meters, and next year it is expected to be ten times the output, ah, by the way, Cassiu is a guest here, Cashew, Mingluo is on the other side."

"Hello, Your Excellency Marquis, it's a pleasure to see you again."

"Hello, Lord Cassiu, it's nice to see you again, I know you're still fine, haha."

"After the last time I fought Perry Mar of the Triangle Empire, I was hunted down by him several times, and each time he almost succeeded by a little bit, but unfortunately I was luckier than him."

Accord smiled evilly on the side: "Where is the pursuit, this guy Kaxiu set up ambushes everywhere, and brought a small number of warships to seduce the other party, and let the other party lose a few warships every time, Tokaxiu's blessing, we got a few more warships, and the other party didn't dare to pay attention to Kaxiu in the past six months, which caused us to lose a lot of fun, by the way, when will the shell of the dreadnought-class battleship you built for us be completed, we want to drive the Dreadnought-class battleship to the supermarket 13,000 light-years away to have a look, and see the world." ”

"Probably by the end of next year."

"Can you speed it up a bit? I hope to complete the final assembly by the end of next year. ”

"Not much faster, a month in advance at most, how are those giant beasts researching?"

"There are no results yet, more and more biological scientists have joined in, and now the Tianhe Health Association has begun to operate, hoping to crack the genetic secrets of these giant beasts as soon as possible."

……

"I'll come over next year, it's too late this year, I'll go back to Blue Shield tomorrow, if it's not busy over there, you and Cassiu come to Blue Shield to play, I'll basically stay in Blue Shield during this time."

"We'll see, and let you know in advance if we come."

"Okay, we still have something to talk about, so we'll close it first."

"Well, okay, goodbye." "Goodbye"

"Goodbye Accord, goodbye Cassiu."

Paul turned off the video and said, "This Cassius is a character, you really have to be careful when dealing with such a person, fortunately we are not enemies with him, and there is no entanglement of interests." ”

"Indeed, such a person, we can only try to make friends, there is no benefit in dealing with him, he is not only calculating, but also has a large pattern, pays attention to the rules of the game, but can become a strategic watch partnership."

"I want to know as much as possible about the Triangular Galaxy, if you want to make a difference in the Andromeda Galaxy, the Triangular Galaxy is an unavoidable force, too close, their wormhole exit is less than two light years away from our exit, from the current information, the Triangle Empire is much stronger than our MiG Federation, and the Kama Empire is much weaker than our MiG, I have always been curious, how can the Kama Empire not be annexed by the Triangular Empire."

"I'm also curious, do you plan to establish diplomatic relations with both of them?"

"With this idea, the MiG government is doing relevant research, in the final analysis, the strength is still not strong enough, there is no confidence, by the way, how did you do with the order of the MiG government's five dreadnought-class shells."

"The workshop was built three months ago, and if it weren't for the advance payment, the entire Silver Group would have been hollowed out, and now it's equivalent to building the shells of seven warships at the same time, what is the economic situation of your MiGs now?"

"The statistical report at the end of September shows that the unemployment rate has fallen by 1.1 percentage point from the end of last year and 2 percentage points from the end of the previous year, and other economic indicators have not yet been counted, but the popularity of service consumption places is much better than last year, and the number of people who are optimistic about the economic situation has increased by 12 percentage points compared with the previous year."

"It seems that the development of heavy industry in the past three years has obviously boosted economic development."

"I heard that you have received orders for the shells of more than a dozen dreadnought-class warships, why are there only seven under construction?"

"Now there are 19 orders, we have encountered capacity bottlenecks, equipment supply can not keep up, first of all, the production of high-energy particle accelerators of the Mark Group can not keep up, I have moved their inventory, they are also working overtime to produce the high-energy particle accelerators we need, the Mark Group is also in trouble, some electronic components production and supply can not be supplied, because the production capacity of other smelting companies can not keep up, and the production capacity of other affiliated enterprises can not keep up, I heard that there are several parts of the parts of the company can not supply some components related to the Andy family."

Paul smiled bitterly: "This is true, there are dozens of companies at home and abroad are urging us to sell, we are also urging other affiliated enterprises, we are expanding production capacity as much as possible, now the root cause of the problem is that the supply of mineral resources is not enough, the amount of mineral resources mining can not keep up with the lack of mining equipment and the lack of transport ships, this is a cycle, we are also having a headache for this, it was overcapacity before, and it was difficult to stabilize the production capacity to a benign state, but now we have to worry about the lack of capacity." ”

"This year, we have received orders for the hull of various types of battleships other than the Dreadnought class are more than eight times that of previous years, fortunately, the silver group did not receive orders for complete battleships, otherwise it will be more troublesome, our silver wing family shares of the Feiku Group transport ship orders are three times that of previous years, these numbers are terrifying, we now dare not easily accept the delivery date, our silver group is in the middle of the manufacturing industry, the back is urging delivery, the front supply is not available, and even the production of small parts is now very tight."

"Hehe, but it's not us who are most anxious, it's the Motu Empire, they fought a few battles with the countries of the Shepherd's galaxy on the other side of the wormhole, losing more and winning less, and the major families and consortia in the country took the opportunity to make trouble, and now they have become a real constitutional monarchy."

"Oh, what the hell is going on, I only know that they have a coup d'état in the past year and a half, and I don't know much about the specifics."

"You, the head of the Silver Wing Family, don't know such an important thing, you can still sit in this position, I have to admire you."

"Why not? My sister is in charge of the intelligence agency of the Silver Wing family, and our Silver Wing family also has various secretarial agencies, asset management agencies, accounting agencies, financial institutions, legal institutions, and family committees, and we basically do not interfere in the operation of various enterprises, and only participate in the preliminary negotiations of national business and be responsible for corporate development strategies. ”

"Okay, you are a thousand-year-old family, and you do have a complete inheritance mechanism, many research institutions say that your five major families are united, and they are the third family in the entire Tianhe Star Domain, it seems that there is a basis, at first I didn't believe it, because our Andy family is inseparable from the control of the patriarch, once the patriarch has an accident, the entire family will suffer a huge blow, and it will take a lot of effort for the new heir to take control of the situation."

"I'm a little different from you, many people sell my face, in fact, they sell the face of the Silver Wing family and the entire five families, because the five families have been involved in all aspects of the entire society, even if they are members who are independent from the family, we will give a certain amount of funding in accordance with the family rules, and those who belong to the family will have a certain percentage of income dividends, but they do not have any right to interfere in the operation of the enterprise, and our relationship with each of its enterprises is completely handled in accordance with the law and family rules, such as the Silver Group, Only the chairman of the board of directors is the patriarch of the Silver Wing family or a person appointed by the patriarch, the executive director members are elected by major experts and members of the professional group, the Ministry of Defense will send a representative to become the director of military aircraft, the group will apply for an official of the National Assets Management Bureau to become a part-time director, the House of Representatives Military Industrial Committee also has a member of the supervisory director, and other outsiders will be invited to become members of the board of directors, and the chairman of the board of directors is not allowed to interfere with the operation of the group, only the right to nominate the president. We also adopt orphans and raise them from an early age, and although our family members cannot run for prime minister, we can still serve in the military and become civil servants. ”

"This is clear, your five major families control five group armies, and many of them are civil servants, and some have become planet chiefs, but more of them seem to be scholars and scientists."

"Technology is the capital of our life, which is written in the family rules, we have been vigorously cultivating science and engineering talents, in the family, the treatment of science and engineering talents is very high, there are many higher wages than me, many of them have patent dividends, which is not comparable to me, the security level is higher than my hundreds, this is not counting the talents recruited from the outside in various enterprises, after thousands of years of development, especially in the last two hundred years of development, we have explored the perfect rules and regulations."

"Your development model has a very important reference significance for our newly rising families, many people are studying your five families, there are different opinions, or to understand you deeply to be able to really understand the five families, your blue shield became a real constitutional monarchy thirty-seven years ago, the strength of your five families has not only not weakened but also strengthened a lot, and now the Motu Empire has just become a dual monarchy, but the influence of the royal family is declining."

"Politics is just a game of compromise, when our prestige and power were at the peak, our Bauhinia V Duke took the initiative to cede military power to achieve real democracy, in exchange for the sincere support of the people, so the influence of our five major families did not decline but rose, the Shaten Empire, the whole country has been brainwashed, they are all fanatics, if the people's wisdom is not awakened, the whole country will be eliminated sooner or later; As for the Motu Empire, the royal family has always been reluctant to hold the power in their hands, and they will eventually be burdened by the power, but they don't know how the power in their hands was bitten and what kind of civilization they are at war with. ”

"The Motu Empire is at war with two countries in the Shepherd Galaxy, the Mutu Galaxy is tens of billions of light-years away from us, and it is a galaxy about the size of the Milky Way, but the Motu Galaxy is a spiral galaxy, in the center of the galaxy group, surrounded by seven dwarf galaxies, and two ordinary spiral galaxies, the wormhole exit of the Motu Empire is located in the desolate starry sky near the Mufu Galaxy, and there are four wormholes near the exit, they just appeared there, and they were discovered by two nearby countries, Unfortunately, four wormholes have been discovered within a range of 0.1 light years nearby, and the three of them have fallen into a chaotic fight for the ownership of the wormhole, and the strength of the three parties is about the same, but due to the internal contradictions of the Motu Empire, it is basically more losses and fewer wins, and heavy losses, the domestic consortium and the political and military bigwigs they support took the opportunity to make trouble, and asked for the formation of a parliament, and the cabinet was elected by the parliament, and the royal family had to compromise under the internal and external difficulties, and many of the emperor's rights were delegated to the cabinet government, and the emperor merged the noble senate into the parliament to check and balance the major consortia, I estimate that they will send delegations to visit countries during this time and buy warships from various countries, hehe, in order to form a parliament, the major consortia contributed a large amount of money, plus the money from the royal family and the major nobles and the money from the treasury, at least enough to buy thirty dreadnought-class warships. ”

"It's so serious?"

"Yes, even if possible, will ask the countries to send troops."

"Will you send troops?"

"Yes, the premise is that the interests are sufficient, our major forces and parliamentary closed-door meetings have discussed this issue, one is because it belongs to the same civilization, the same root and the same origin, we will send troops, and the other is for the sake of interests, the location opposite this wormhole is too good, we also want a piece of the pie, we are now in urgent need of external resources and communication with the outside world, we are worried that the human arm on the inside of the Orion arm will form a loose alliance, recent intelligence shows that the opposite public opinion is demanding a high call for an alliance, and they are also looking for space for development, If they form an alliance, it will be extremely disadvantageous for us, and the situation is similar with the Perseus Arm on the outside of the Orion Arm, and now we have to speed up the pace of development outward. ”

"I went out for a year and a half, I feel out of touch with society, I want to go back and grasp the current situation information as soon as possible, otherwise there will be a real problem, the negotiation meeting at the end of the month, my brother still sent someone over in advance, there are many things to know more about the better, I can only get half of the price concession for you at most, these days the Blue Shield government will announce the relevant development blueprint, our Silver Wing family will also release the corresponding plan, we have such a tight schedule, although we want to cash in funds as soon as possible, but more to take advantage of information asymmetry, I expect to sell all kinds of resources at a good price, and because of the relationship between Felsny and me, according to the rules of the Silver Wing family, the Silver Wing family will not agree to Filsney to participate in the negotiations on behalf of the Andy family, and if Füsney presides over the negotiations, there will be no preferential treatment. ”

"Haha, okay, this is how it should be, this time I personally represent the Andy family, and I haven't been to Blue Shield for a long time, so I'm going to visit an old friend by the way."

"Well, then Firsny and I will go shopping first, and then leave for China together tomorrow."

"Okay."