It took one month for the joint fleet to reach the asteroid belt, which is more complicated than the polar separation of Mars.

The Polar Bear Country controls Ceres, and in addition, there are some unknown small forces that use the spaceships of the Polar Bear Country and the spaceships of the 13-nation alliance of Europa to occupy the remaining asteroids, build bases on them, and then pass through Port 024 to the outside world.

As for why the asteroid belt attracts so many forces, the answer is the abundant resources of the asteroid belt, otherwise, there is no benefit at all to develop in such a harsh environment and no transformation value at all.

As for why the asteroid belt has frequent enrichment of mineral deposits, according to the explanation of alien geology, it can be traced back to the origin of the asteroid belt, and a considerable part of the stars in the asteroid belt come from the mantle part of the original mysterious planet, the core part, which will show a completely different element composition and corresponding compounds from the earth's crust.

In some places, conventional metals are more common than oxygen and carbon, giving birth to many metal planets, and Harbor 024 in the Polar Bear Country was built from conventional metals.

In some places, rare metals, super-heavy metals, and rare earths are even more staggering than the giant mineral deposits found on the moon, which can be mined with great ease.

As far as is known, Ceres' discovery of a 100,000-ton gold mine and a 500,000-ton uranium mine.

More than a month ago, the spacecraft of the Polar Bear Nation returned to Earth for the first time, and the "gold" ship loaded with 50 tons of gold, worth more than 10 billion, caused a sensation.

When the combined fleet anchored at Port 024, it received an even warmer welcome.

Joe Canale glanced at him, "Miss Sophia, are all those of your compatriots?" ”

Sophia took the initiative to nod: "Yes, I smell alcohol on them... All of them are from the Polar Bear Country. ”

Alcoholism is the talent of the polar bears, even in the era of planet development, they still can't get rid of the stigma on their bodies, the purpose of alcoholism is to ward off the cold, but it can't be said to be a bad habit, and in the asteroid belt, where even the Siberian plain is 50 or 100 degrees Celsius, it has become legal to allow the intake of alcohol.

In addition to bringing 1,000 tons of grain, they also brought an additional 200 tons of alcohol, which will be sold at 20 times the price, which in the eyes of many is definitely enough to make people crazy.

The mayor of Port 024 rushed out, "Miss Sophia, welcome, welcome, and everyone from the East Galaxy Company, we have been waiting for you for almost 10 days. ”

"You know what? Due to the shortage of spirits in the harbor and the discovery of organic fuel gas mines, many young men are planning to try some refined industrial alcohol. ”

"You can be said to have solved our ** annoyance!" The mayor said gratefully, he looked up and asked, "Can you unload the cargo?" ”

Wang Xian, who was in the back, was the person in charge of the delivery of the materials, and he didn't mind, proposing: "If you are ready, you can unload the goods at any time." ”

Their trade this time was bartering, just because both sides were buying and selling, so why should they settle through currency?

The East Galaxy Company will provide a sum of supplies sufficient for thousands of people to consume, a small amount of components and equipment; Port 024 will provide 4 tons of gold in return.

Quite a simple business, but the profit is no worse than in Mars, through this business, Wang Xian has more ideas in his mind about interplanetary trade in the hinterland of the solar system.

They didn't leave in a hurry, the asteroid belt is not only the 024 port of the Polar Bear Country, but also several small forces, although they are very weak, but they are all interested in doing business with the East Galaxy Company, but they will have to come over in a few days.

So everyone lived and experienced the daily life of the asteroid belt, and sure enough, the harsh environment here, whether it was the standard of subsistence, daily food and drink, or even entertainment activities, was too poor, and only the polar bear people who lived in a similar environment all year round could endure it.

On the other hand, the Exploration Department, which is no longer hindered by the dust storm, has started its own work, not only following the butt of the trade department, but also has its own mission in the asteroid belt, in order to understand the composition of the forces distributed in the asteroid belt, as well as their detailed information, and then go to the long-awaited Jupiter.

Their spacecraft sailed in the void 10 million kilometers away from Ceres, on an asteroid in the distance, and from time to time there were large and small spaceships up and down.

"Look... Polar bears have built several types of spacecraft that rely on the abundant gas mines they have at hand to sustain their transportation network. ”

"Starting from their respective asteroids, a spaceship is loaded with 50 to 500 tons of ore, transported back to Port 024, and then processed and manufactured for simple processing, and can be sold for money."

"It's not just the 024 port that's doing this, and even the neighboring small forces will basically have a few small spaceships to take care of the transportation."

The asteroid environment is complex, and so far, Port 024 of the Polar Bear Country entrenched here is undoubtedly the largest force, and the other small forces, even the largest one run by the 13-nation alliance of Europa, only have a population of 300, plus stay away from them, and there is no threat.

As for the sources of these forces, they are mainly some small developed countries on the earth, rich small countries, they can't build spaceships independently, but they have money in their hands, so they choose to carry other countries' spaceships.

They didn't choose Mars, the division of forces on Mars is too clear, and the small forces have no room to live, but if it is in the asteroid belt, it is different, it stretches for 1.5 billion kilometers, the environment is so complex, no country has a way to monopolize it, if there is a way to find a resource-rich asteroid, it is equivalent to finding a big gold mine, which can instantly make up for the huge investment they have paid.

For example, they happened to see the underground base on the asteroid less than 1 million kilometers from Ceres, the base was quite small, it seemed to them to be a village, and the internal structure contained only housing and mines, and nothing else.

The owner of this base is Prince Shaheka, since 2 months ago, he came here on the spaceship of the Polar Bear Country, he has been working hard, and fortunately he is not a stupid person, and he is lucky, he actually found an asteroid rich in high-purity silicon minerals, and has since settled down.

Even with the 024 port as the only commodity export, Prince Shaheka has easily earned more than 1 billion profits in the past few months, and has brought a large number of precious materials back to China, which has aroused unanimous praise from the upper echelons of the country, and regards him as the pride of the country.

However, there are also disadvantages of small forces, compared to those well-prepared countries, living and working in such a simple environment is simply fighting for their own lives, and within 2 months, more than 100 people who were brought over died more than 10 for unknown reasons, which can be said to be a disaster in modern civilization.