Kunzhe Star, named after Kunzhe Lehman, the first patriarch of the Lehman family of the Northern Wharton Empire, ranks six of the ten planets in the Lehman system, and is a very resource-rich mineral planet.

Kunzhe has six satellites of various sizes, which orbit it in different orbits all day long.

Because the orbital position of these six satellites has extremely high military value, and it happens to be able to cross and defend Kunzhe in all weather without dead ends, the Northern Wharton Empire transformed these satellites into giant land-based batteries, and built a huge space city based on Kunzhe's low earth orbit - Kunzhe Space City.

As one of the three major space city bases of the Northern Wharton Empire in the Lehman system, due to its unique military security environment, Kunzhe Space City itself does not need to have too strong military defense capabilities, so it is only used as an industrial space city integrating mineral acquisition, collection, refining, processing, research and development, and manufacturing.

Outside Kunzhe Space City, it was still as busy and calm as before, and countless starships silently entered the port and left silently.

A nondescript medium-sized transport ship slowly exited a corridor in Space City, and no one knew who its owner was or where it was going.

"Target: LM-193 asteroid belt, turn!"

With a command, the massive body of the transport began to awkwardly turn sideways, and it took nearly half a minute to complete the turn, and the cruising speed increased to 63%.

"It's too slow, it's too stupid......"

Li Yi shook his head helplessly, feeling that he had thought about something simple, the cargo hold of this transport ship was large enough, reaching 150,000 cubic meters, but it also lost its ability to maneuver, which was much more clumsy than the previous mining machine.

It is emphasized in "Spaceship Control" that if a starship wants to enter the jump state, it must meet two conditions at the same time: 1. The cruising speed must reach more than 80%; 2. The angle between the bow of the ship and the destination coordinate point should not be greater than 5°.

In the case of automatic navigation, the system will wait for the speed to reach more than 90% and the angle is less than 1° before starting the jump engine, while manual operation can immediately issue the jump command when these two conditions are met, so the efficiency will be much higher.

But when encountering a behemoth like a transport ship, even if it is operated manually, it is not much faster.

After more than half a minute, the transport ship finally met these two conditions, and Li Yi gave an order and started the jump engine.

There is nothing to say about the process of the jump, no matter what type of starship, the scene seen during the jump is the same, and there is no quantum communication, the only difference is that the transport ship is obviously much more balanced, unlike the mining machine.

Coming to the LM-193 asteroid belt again, Li Yi felt that something seemed to be a little different here, not because the mining machine he threw away was missing, but because it was ......

I don't know how to describe it, anyway, Li Yi feels weird, but after observing for a long time, I didn't notice anything wrong, it was still a crowded place, a busy scene.

Putting aside the weirdness in his heart, Li Yi decided to start his money-making plan immediately.

After coughing lightly, Li Yi began to shout in an extremely demagogic tone directly on the regional channel in the asteroid belt.

"Don't miss it when you pass by...... Buying a lot of silicate minerals...... The price is fair, and the children are not bullied......"

"What is the purchase price, you ask? Definitely bought it at a high price...... 10 Stars per cubic meter of minerals......"

"What? Some people actually say that this price is too tricky? Did you not learn math well or did you get your head caught in the door? ”

"Yes, the official purchase price is 16.25 per cubic meter, but have you calculated how much ore can be mined in the time spent going back and forth?"

"It doesn't matter if you haven't calculated it, I'll count it for you next......"

"Taking the mining machine as an example, it takes more than 40 minutes to dig a full warehouse back and forth, so let's conservatively calculate it as 40 minutes, of which 15 minutes is the sum of the time spent on mineral processing and mining, the time spent on the road, the time spent at the port of entry and exit, and the time spent unloading!"

"In other words, the discount rate of mining efficiency is three-eighths, and further, you could have sold for 16.25 per cubic meter of minerals, and you have actually only earned five-eighths of that money, which is 9 Star Coins!"

"Now, if you sell it to me for 10 Star Coins, you will not only save the cost of transportation, but also earn 1 Star Coins!"

"What? Don't understand? ”

"You're driving a medium-sized mining ship, right? How long does it take you to dig a full mine and then go back and forth? 40 minutes? How long does it take to fill the warehouse? Just 20 minutes? Wow, your mining efficiency is very high, you're an old miner, right? But your overall earning efficiency is very low, and transportation accounts for half of the cost! ”

"What? Still don't quite understand? ”

"I'm going to go, won't you absorb a "Basic Mathematics" memory chip to clean up your illiteracy?"

"I'll just settle accounts with you...... How much can you mine in one trip? 10,000 cubic meters? That's just a little more than 160,000 Star Coins, right? Good! How much can you sell me for 10 Star Dollars? Can it only be sold for 100,000 Star Coins? This account is simple and understandable? ”

"Good! So now, instead of sending the mine back yourself, can you dig up two full warehouses of minerals in 40 minutes? So if you sell them all to me, will you earn a total of 200,000 Star Coins? Did you earn 40,000 Star Coins more than if you sent it back yourself? ”

"Hah...... You get the idea! Yes? You all get it? That's right! Isn't it much more cost-effective than shipping it yourself? ”

"Some people who understand also said that the purchase price of 10 star coins is quite reasonable, and everyone earns it! Right! We call this a clear division of labor and win-win cooperation! ”

"But...... I also want to tell you that although the purchase price of 10 Star Dollars is reasonable, I will raise the price! Right! In order to thank you for your support and to make a good relationship with you, I have decided to buy your minerals for 11 Star Coins! ”

"What? Can't let me suffer? It's okay! This is a piece of my heart! Moreover, is the price of 11 Star Coins high? High? No, I don't think it's high enough! ”

"I make another promise here, in order to take care of new and old customers, if the transaction volume reaches more than 10,000 cubic meters each time, I will buy it at a preferential price of 12 star coins per cubic meter!"

"What? Can it be higher? Of course! I'll suffer a little more! Anyone with a cumulative trading volume of more than 1 million cubic meters is my VIP old customer, and I will buy it at a VIP value discount price of 13 star coins per cubic meter! ”

"Is there any excitement? Got excited? Isn't it a good deal? ”

"What? Why don't you mine yourself with such a big ship, you ask? No, I don't produce mines, I'm just a porter of nature! I don't grab mines with everyone, I only provide transportation services for everyone, hello everyone is really good! ”

"This brother is going to unload now? Good! Money? Money is not an issue! If I deceive you out of a Star Coin, you can sue me at any time in the Imperial Court! Okay, okay, let's not talk nonsense, a lot of people are lining up to sell mines, let's start trading......"

Maybe it's because the business system of this era is too stupid, or maybe it's because the humans on Wharton haven't received a systematic basic education since they were young, and if they don't absorb specialized memory chips when they grow up, they are extremely insensitive to mathematics and numbers.

In short, Li Yi's set of tricks learned from the old time and space TV shopping has played a good effect beyond common sense, and the speculative business has just opened, and it is actually extremely popular!

Looking at the extremely hot trading scene in front of him, even Li Yi himself was a little dumbfounded.

This is not scientific! Sure enough, it's still a tertiary industry to make money quickly!

After thinking of this idea of buying and selling, Li Yi secretly calculated an account.

As he said in his flicker, the miners sold the mine directly to him on the spot, and instead of losing money, they also improved their work efficiency.

But it was him, a profiteer, who actually made a lot of money.

Even if it is purchased at the so-called "VIP preferential price", it can earn 3.25 star coins per cubic meter, and a standard medium-sized transport ship with a cargo hold capacity of 150,000 cubic meters, then that is to say, a full warehouse can earn 487,500 star coins!

Even after deducting 10% of the transaction tax, the net profit is still nearly 440,000 Star Coins!

How long does it take to make a round trip?

If you include the loading and unloading time, you can run back and forth in half an hour at most!

Obviously, this is much more than mining yourself!

It's even more than 5 times faster than making memory chips!

It's an absolute profiteering!

Of course, such windfall profits are not so easy to earn.

Li Yi is very busy at this moment.

On the one hand, he has to negotiate with a large group of indigenous miners, and on the other hand, he has to issue hundreds of instructions every moment to carry out brain-controlled operations such as towing, unloading, and trading with dozens of mining ships at the same time, and at the same time have to monitor and command the other systems of the transport ships.

This is also Li Yi, if it were any human in this time and space, it would be impossible for him to complete so many instructions at the same time!

Because--the speed at which the brain controls the instructions is determined by the knowledge quotient!