The map of the solar system, through the efforts of the exploration department, the trade department, and the support of the neutrino communicator of the research department, has finally begun to take shape, and it can be said that this is the most accurate map of the solar system in the world, relying on the information sent back by more than 100 satellites "abroad", so that the map can be real-time - let people know what happened no more than one hour ago at the latest.

The current position of the planet, the angle of rotation, the state of the climate, the changes in the magnetic field, the development of many alien ports, the size of the city, and the approximate locations of countless ships sailing in the heart of the solar system.

Even the most productive free beacon countries have no way to build such a complete and real-time map to provide intelligence.

Cao Chuan stared at the map, there were more than 20 large spaceships on it, and more than 100 small and medium-sized spaceships appeared in the form of bright spots, half of which belonged to the East Galaxy Company.

Of course, there will definitely be a large number of mysterious spaceships that have not been monitored by satellites, but don't worry, the above ships are certainly not large spaceships, and ignoring them will have no effect.

It seems that the development momentum of the East Galaxy Company so far is good, with the lunar city as the fulcrum, and the trade department and exploration department have initially gained a foothold in the hinterland of the solar system and are developing vigorously.

This is a fact, but the above reliance on the accumulation of spaceships by the East Galaxy Company for many years in the past has brought all kinds of advantages to them, so that they can compete with the five major hooligans as a company.

Even if the East Galaxy Company uses unmanned units in a large area, the productivity of 250,000 people is comparable to the productivity of 1 million people, especially in the era of increasing wave of planet development, it still seems that it is not enough.

Even though the trade department has put considerable effort into prevention, as the number of ships sailing in the void increases, and more people aim to test the waters of the upper-star trade, they still feel invisible pressure.

Price wars, local protection, barriers to entry, anti-dumping, security review, etc., once a moderate trade method is adopted, it is bound to encounter all kinds of justice that human beings on the earth have come up with in the past 100 years, but in fact they are nothing more than shackles used to serve their own interests and put around the necks of others.

A simple way is to arm the trade and use artillery and giant ships to seize the market, but Cao Chuan hopes to see which country will do it first, so as to give them a legitimate reason.

In any case, in his opinion, force has always been a slightly impatient approach, and if it is not careful, it is equivalent to using a company against the whole earth, which is not in line with the current trend of peaceful development. Pressure generates motivation, and human beings will only progress in the face of pressure.

So, what's the other way? The way to let the East Galaxy Company develop steadily and steadily. Cao Chuan whispered, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Since you can't rely on one company to fight the whole planet, it's always okay to pull in some more allies." He pondered, it sounded vague, but a simple analysis of the current situation was enough to explain the problem.

Up to now, all the large spaceships have come from the four super powers of the Lighthouse Country, the Night Rabbit Country, the Polar Bear Country, and the 13-nation alliance of Europa.

This means that there are too many medium-sized countries, regional hegemons, and third world countries that can't find a chance to take off on the wave of planetary development, just because they can't get their hands on large spaceships.

"It would be nice if small and medium-sized spacecraft could also be directly involved... The key point is that the problem of miniaturization of fusion energy reactors cannot be solved for the time being, and small and medium-sized spacecraft can only rely on solid chemical energy fuel, and there is no potential to be tapped. ”

"Do you guys have any ideas?" Cao Chuan turned to ask the two mental models.

"Looking for a way to study miniaturized fusion energy reactors?" White Lotus replied distractedly.

"It's very difficult to miniaturize!" Cao Chuan replied, "At least it's not something that can be done in this era." Even if we solve this problem, is it the same as teaching those small countries how to build advanced small and medium-sized spacecraft equipped with fusion energy reactors? The process is too long. ”

"Nana, don't you have any ideas?"

"I'm not so bored, if I'm the master, I'll simulate the rules first." Nana replied rather open-mindedly.

Cao Chuan shook his head: "Actually, I have an idea... It is also the way that some people have proposed in the past few decades to solve the problem of future spaceship navigation. ”

"-- Build a passage to speed up the spacecraft."

"Let's assume that if the passage is successfully constructed, small and medium-sized spaceships can have similar speeds as large spaceships without fuel bottlenecks."

"Even if it reaches 100 km/s, the gap between the spacecraft is only a matter of downloads, but all of a sudden, the difficulty of planet development will be reduced by 10 times, and hundreds of small and medium-sized spaceships will have the opportunity to go to Mars, Venus, the asteroid belt, and Jupiter."

Cao Chuan said his thoughts, in this way, it is equivalent to the East Galaxy Company instantly has a large number of allies, although it is uncontrollable, first of all, it will not be to actively compete with the East Galaxy Company, and secondly, they will also compete for planets and resources to accumulate wealth; Or compete for the market to start trade, and as the number of ships further increases, it is equivalent to opening up a new camp outside the five rogue countries, opposing each other, and sheltering the East Galaxy Company.

"Sounds like a good idea." Nana replied after thinking about it.

"And then the East Galaxy Company can also charge some import and export duties?" Bai Lian asked.

"You guessed it!" Cao Chuan said that with such a man-made level that no one can refuse, it is equivalent to all spaceships from the earth must pass through here before they can have the opportunity to go to the vast hinterland of the solar system, otherwise at most they will fly to Mars, the fuel will be completely exhausted, and there may not be a way to carry many materials.

"Can't forget... The point is to muddy the situation ... East Galaxy won't be a thorn in everyone's side, will it? Cao Chuan finally said the key.

Thinking of the solution, Cao Chuan was in a good mood, in this way, the East Galaxy Company did not have to directly compete with the earth, they might suffer losses, but compared to the time they gained, it was simply insignificant.

"Specifically... How is the passage to be built? "He had some simple ideas in mind, many of which came from early scientists.

For example, it is modeled on the electromagnetic cannon, making a civilian version, accelerating the spaceship as a cannonball, and through a long acceleration trajectory, the positive and negative poles change, generating terrible thrust, as for the power consumed, they still have infinite helium-3 for consumption, so there is no need to worry about it at all.