Chapter 121: The Fortress of Charon (I)

After a long voyage of twenty hours, the Humpback Whale VII transport ship carried by Robin and others finally arrived at the chaotic capital in the Ultra Nebula. {}

And in the course of this long voyage, Robin has been with Eugene? Mellon successfully reached a secret agreement on the core technology of the McCeni metal exchange and signed a formal electronic contract. At the same time, Major Barron, who had received Robin's order, had already transported all the first ten tons of McCeni metal from Bruno Planet, and completed a secret handover with the large interstellar cruise ship of the Mellon family in the edge of the northern star field, so that Robin had obtained the first core technology that was urgently needed before arriving in the chaos capital: the core design of the Star Vortex Type VI engine.

"Welcome back, my general~"

At the main spaceport of the 'City of Chaos', a large number of officers, led by Chief of Staff Yalvis, lined up to welcome Robin, who was the first to walk out of the starship's hatch.

After returning a military salute to Jarvis, Robin half-jokingly said, "I hope it's not too late for me to come back." ”

"Thankfully, it's just in time."

The already prepared logistics forces began to flock to the Humpback Whale VII's cargo hold to unload supplies, while Jarvis, along with several senior officers, hurried behind Robin to Central Command.

"Yárvis, how is the situation in the 'City of Chaos' right now? I've been worried about the situation here since the Othello Executive Council enacted the new Freemen Act. After all, the 'chaotic capital', which can only accommodate 200,000 people, will face the pressure of population expansion to accommodate more than 5 million people, and to be honest, I am really afraid that there will be a big mess. ”

"It's not too bad, but thanks to the expansion of the 'City of Chaos' that we were already implementing before the bill was enacted in Parliament, and the large number of freedmen flocking to the mines to mine, we were barely able to absorb the large number of homeless freedmen."

"And what about the supplies?"

"There was a relative shortage of living materials, but during this period, the logistics transport ships sent back several large ecological circulation systems, so they could barely maintain the daily minimum equipment of the freedmen. As for fuel, there is a lot of shortage. At present, it is difficult for us to maintain the daily consumption of a large number of civilian spaceships if we only use transportation. ”

"Fuel ......"

Robin realized the importance of fuel as early as Othello, and with the original fuel synthesis furnace in the 'City of Chaos', there was no way to supply the fuel needs of a fleet. What's more, allowing warships to use civilian fuel will significantly reduce the combat performance of warships. Therefore, in the secret agreement with Ansair, Robin will use the new fuel formula of the Rockefeller family as a key **easy clause.

At this moment, Robin was thinking quickly, and casually asked, "With the current fuel reserves, how long can it last?" ”

"No more than a month, which is still a figure that can only be achieved under the premise of significantly reducing the patrol range of the fleet." Yárvis immediately gave the answer.

"Reducing the range of fleet patrols is too dangerous, and it will make the Free Folk feel that our fleet has lost control of the star field, which is a big danger. Therefore, the patrol range of the fleet cannot be reduced, and it is the Free Folk spaceship that should be reduced. ”

"Shrink the Freeman spaceship?" Jarvis stopped in confusion.

"Yalvis, those space engineering ships outside were transformed by Old Jack, right?" Robin didn't answer directly, but asked outside the passage window about the engineering ships that were operating in the air outside the 'City of Chaos'.

"Yes, after we took over the Bloody Mercenary's property in the 'City of Chaos', we have seized more than 300 spaceships of various types. About half of the spaceships are old civilian ships that do not have practical use, so Lieutenant Colonel Jack of the Engineering and Technology Department has transformed these ships into engineering ships that can carry out outdoor operations in space. At present, the expansion of the 'City of Chaos' is progressing so fast, and these engineering ships have played a big role in it. ”

"So, let the freedmen transform their private spaceships into engineering ships. Immediately divide some star fields, even if the 'Chaos Capital' is expanded, it is impossible to accommodate five million people, so the establishment of a habitable space station is a top priority. I'm going to let the freedmen build their homes themselves, and as for the implementation, we can use the bidding model, where we will provide the design drawings, engineering materials, and the transformation of the private spaceship will be completed by us for free. The construction of the space station was completed by the freedmen themselves, and the quality of the work during the period was supervised by us, and after the construction was completed, except for the military area, which belonged to us, the other areas of the space station belonged to them. ”

"Private?"

Robin's idea made Jarvis stunned for a long time before he gradually digested many of Robin's intentions.

In Robin's mind, the current amount of rare substances collected is enough to meet the actual trading volume with Byron Heavy Metals Trading Company, so it doesn't make much sense to blindly let the free people go to the mines to mine and increase production. Rather than this, it is better to let the free people spontaneously join in the expansion of the 'City of Chaos' and accelerate the construction of the 'City of Chaos'. In this way, on the one hand, the fuel consumption of civilian spaceships can be reduced, and on the other hand, the construction progress of the 'City of Chaos' can also be accelerated, and the population expansion pressure of the 'City of Chaos' can be solved as soon as possible.

In the time that Robin has been away from the 'City of Chaos', Jarvis has actually begun to tap the labor of the freedmen. However, the preconceived notion of the republic made his idea less innovative than Robin's, and he used the method of hiring to borrow the labor of the freedmen, but the limitations of this model made it impossible for Jarvis to hire too many laborers at once, so his influence on the overall situation was really limited.

And if you take Robin's method, then the meaning is completely different. For freedmen who have just lost their homes, there is nothing more attractive than a home of their own, a fixed asset of their own. And after providing materials, providing space station design drawings, and even offering a free private spaceship modification, Robin didn't have to pay any more to the freedmen, which allowed Robin to save a lot of cash. In addition, it doesn't make sense for him to have full ownership of the space station, after all, these space stations are provided for the free people to live in the future, and as long as the military area established in the space station belongs to him, then it is okay to give all the remaining living area to the free people.

After a year in the Raymond Federation and a long time in the business world, Robin's ideas were very different from those of other Republicans, and his thinking was far ahead of Jarvis, who was still limited by the Republic's inherent concepts. While Jarvis was still trying to familiarize himself with the values of the Federalists, Robin already knew exactly how to use his interests to make others work for him willingly.

"It's a good way to defuse the situation, but ...... Lieutenant Colonel Jack of the Engineering and Technology Department and most of the mechanical maintenance personnel are now working on the transformation of the military area, and it would be ...... to spare more manpower to modify those spaceships."

"Well, you don't have to worry about that. When I was on Othello and Sean of Alex Machinery? Alex entered into an agreement whereby he would provide the equipment and the hands to set up a division of Alex Machinery in the 'City of Chaos', in which we would own 30 per cent of the shares. At present, the manpower and equipment he has invested have arrived with our transport, and the old Jack can pass on the design of the modification of the engineering ship to them, and they will be responsible for the modification. ”

"What about the cost?"

"Set aside an area as their factory, and the cost will be directly offset by the rent. I'll explain this to Sean, you don't have to worry. "Stepping into an unprecedented hectic ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］