In August 2024, with the Exploration Department's Hengyue-class spacecraft leaving the factory for test flights, the combined fleet of the Trade Department and the Exploration Department finally departed from Lunar City.

The city of the moon has a population of 90,000, including 5,000 minors. When it's time to get out of school, you will see many children in their teens on the streets, who are energetic and curious about everything, and when they see two huge spaceships passing overhead, they will look up and shake their hands to say hello.

The first Henglun-class ship was part of the Trade Department, and it was filled with goods that had been discussed between the Trade Department and several major ports for trade at that time.

The second Moon-class spacecraft is part of the Exploration Division, and its hull structure has been strengthened to reduce a large number of storage bays to more chaotic compartments with special functions, and even to house a Moon-Leap class ship with a maximum speed of 400 km/s.

These two spacecraft, millions of kilometers away from the moon in the blink of an eye, are heading non-stop towards the first stop of their destination, Mars.

The employees of the two departments are scattered on two ships, and with the help of the network, they can still communicate with each other.

"It has to be said that modern trade activities are fundamentally different from those of ancient times." An employee lamented that he is a loyal player of "Age of Discovery", "In the past, the information was backward, and the sea ships never knew what the price of the city at their next stop was, so some sea ships that grasped the price law or had internal relationships could make a fortune." ”

"And now that the information is developed, the information transmitted at the speed of light, the delay from the moon to Mars is no more than 3 minutes, and even before we set off, the officials at the opposite port already know our intention and when we will come."

"They can easily report what they want, provide what they want to sell, and even enough time for them to report back to the earth!!"

Employees complain, "It's a different time." ”

"No," agreed another employee, "times are different, and if we find a golden trade route connecting the Earth, the Moon, Mars, and the asteroid belt, the information will soon leak out, and everyone can follow suit and follow the same trade route as we do." ”

"So we can never set a high price, because others know nothing more about our cost structure, even if it can't be reached, there are countless other options, to say that the only constant is the monopoly, the monopoly of commodities, the monopoly of trade routes..."

"Why..."Another employee teased, "Do you still think that when Zheng He went to the West, a ship came, and all countries worshipped?" But, as you said, as long as we maintain a monopoly on commodities and trade routes, there are many ports willing to do business with us. ”

"Do you remember the time when you were negotiating? When the officials of those ports heard that we wanted to do business with them, their faces were strange, how could they, who always regarded us as competitors, think of doing business with us, but no matter how they said it, they were two large spaceships, and they could transport 10,000 tons of materials at once, or extra, if anyone grasped it, they could instantly compare the development speed of other ports, and this was the benefit of monopoly. ”

While the employees of the trading department were joking, on the other side, there was a serious discussion within the exploration department.

"We'll go to Mars first..."

"And then to the asteroid belt..."

"Then separate from the ships of the Trade Department, and we will continue to sail beyond the solar system, aiming for Jupiter!" Sophia explains their plans for exploration.

"I remember that there are a few targets on Jupiter that I want to focus on."

"The first, Calliste, the satellite deployment of Ganymede, further expands the scope of our map."

"The second, Ganymede, Callisto's planet surface landing with simple exploration."

"Third, Jupiter's atmosphere, which is rich in hydrogen and helium, but unlike the Sun, it does not produce fusion, so it is relatively safe. If helium-3 is consumed, then the hydrogen and helium in Jupiter's atmosphere will become our future new energy options, so we must be careful. ”

"In addition, Jupiter is a gas planet, it is difficult to copy alien geology, and according to the known scientific conclusions, Jupiter's atmosphere is constantly stormy, there are all kinds of cyclones, lightning, wind belts, and the power is huge, even the strengthened hull may not be able to resist."

"If the above three points are completed, even if our exploration task is completed, Mr. Consultant promised us a total of 2 million merit rewards, and when the time comes, everyone can get a lot."

It's like office workers get the annual year-end bonus distribution, and the employees' faces are excited, "Great! Let's move forward. ”

"I really envy Lao Cao's Queen Nana!" Qiao Hehe, who was on the side, said with emotion, "If there is a Queen Nana, it will take us two months at most to get to Jupiter, and now, it will take at least three months, and when we come back, it will take half a year." ”

Thinking that they would have to stay in the spaceship for half a year, Qiao Hehe frowned, not that he couldn't bear it, but that it was a pity to think that there was a more comfortable way but didn't use it.

"And relying on our speed, let's explain the problem of the return route. When we return, we will follow this road! Sophia circled her fingers, took Jupiter as the starting point, made a large circle, and then met again with the spacecraft of the Trade Department near Mars, and finally returned to the moon in more than ten days.

What a good plan, and being able to catch up with the trade department after going around in a circle, it made them feel a sense of superiority!

"Do you have any comments?"

The employees of the exploration department shook their heads, they were all regular employees, and when they thought that the ultimate goal was Jupiter, no matter how big the challenge, they would rise to the challenge.

Large spacecraft generally travel at speeds of more than 150 km/s, and the journey from the moon to Mars is similar to a trip to a foreign country, and only 10 days later, the combined fleet approached Mars, quickly browsed the real-time data on the satellites they deployed earlier, confirmed the current development status of Mars, located the zero-point port of the lighthouse country, and planned a landing process through computer calculations.

In this way, half a day later, the combined fleet docked on flat land 2 kilometers away from the port of Zero.

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