Imperial Palace, Council Hall.

The hall was quiet, and hundreds of people were sitting in silence.

In a few moments, near the throne in the center, the space rippled like water, and then a young and tall figure appeared in front of everyone.

Everyone looked uplifted and hurriedly got up and saluted.

Yun Haoyu nodded reservedly: "Zhongqing don't have to be polite, sit down and talk!" ”

After he sat down, Feng Lanxi beside him said: "Your Majesty, all the candidates scheduled to participate in the meeting this time have arrived, and the relevant materials have also been prepared, can you start now?" ”

"Okay!" He said from the bottom of his mind, "All the secretaries are all leaders in various academic fields in the empire, and they all have senior attainments in their own specialties that are difficult for others to match!" I have invited you here this time to listen to your opinions and see what is missing in this plan that the Empire is about to undertake! ”

As far as the eye can see, the participants in the empire are all scientific giants with academic titles of at least second-class academician or above! Hundreds of elites, covering almost all branches of expertise in the field of the imperial military industry!

The oldest of them is over 400 years old, and the youngest is around 100 years old, all of whom are national treasure-level elites who have made significant achievements and contributions to the empire in their respective disciplines! Therefore, Yun Haoyu also respected them quite a lot!

In addition to them, Meng Xuan, Minister of the Imperial Finance, Su Shangqing, Minister of Security, Luo Hanxing, Minister of Defense and Intelligence, Bernard, Minister of Logistics of the Imperial Army, and others were also present.

The entire hall is heavily guarded outside, and I don't know how many strong people are secretly on guard, ready to deal with possible accidents at any time!

The main purpose of this meeting is to discuss a super project that the empire is about to undertake, the importance of which is even related to the future national fortunes of the empire, and even the future fate of the entire human civilization!

An old man with gray hair slowly stood up and said to the emperor on the throne:

"Your Majesty, since the ministers received the edict, after more than half a year of intensive argumentation and investigation and research, all my colleagues unanimously concluded that with the current scientific and technological level of the empire, the domestic industrial manufacturing base, combined with the knowledge of the science and technology of ancient civilizations, it is completely feasible in theory to carry out the development of a super fortress!"

"Although there are still many difficulties in making this unprecedented strategic weapon come out, this is only a technical problem, and it can be completely overcome through hard work!"

Yun Haoyu said: "In this way, as long as the empire can make up its mind to implement this project, then it will definitely succeed, right?" ”

"Yes! However, this requires the empire to invest a huge amount of human and material resources, as well as financial support, to ensure the smooth launch of the Super Fortress! Another old-fashioned old man stood up and said.

Meng Xuan, who was sitting in front of everyone, immediately asked, "How much budget do you need?" ”

Feng Lanxi muttered: "This is not accurate, but according to the preliminary estimate of the Wise Men Regiment, if this plan is decided to be launched, it will require a huge amount of capital investment to choose to build a base, establish a stable resource transportation channel, allocate various materials in place, recruit and place personnel, and work in security and confidentiality!" The initial start-up capital alone will require six trillion yuan crystals, and as for the follow-up investment, there is no detailed budget yet! ”

The face of the Minister of Finance couldn't help but darken, the initial investment will be so much, and the follow-up funds must be rolling up! And the empire's war machine is about to start again, and when the time comes, the war will be spent like water! For the Ministry of Finance, this money is really a big burden! It's just that on such occasions, it is inconvenient for her to speak out, so she has to remain silent.

Yun Haoyu smiled and asked, "It's easy to say in terms of financial and material resources, but what I am most concerned about is that if the project goes well, will the actual combat power of the finished product be able to catch up with the level of the Borostons?" ”

Another disheveled, unkempt middle-aged scholar stood up and replied:

"Your Majesty, according to our calculations, it is currently possible to guarantee that the technical indicators can reach 80% of that planet, but the ancient civilization technology you gave us is still being researched and cracked, if these two projects can be combined, then it is completely guaranteed that the future finished products will reach or even surpass the level of the Borostons!"

As early as half a year ago, when the Imperial Army was about to take down the Prison Soul Star Sea, Yun Haoyu instructed Feng Lanxi to convene a group of elite scientists in the field of the Imperial Military Industry to demonstrate a major topic: that is, with the current technological level and industrial manufacturing capacity of the Empire, is it possible to replicate the asteroid that the Great Lord of Borosto is riding!

For the horror of this kind of big killing weapon, Yun Haoyu has seen it with his own eyes! When the Gardley Federation was destroyed, all the planets in the entire capital star field were destroyed, which was its masterpiece! If the later empire didn't have a few hole cards, it would be an impossible task to deal with it!

Moreover, being able to destroy two planets was already the limit of what the Imperial Legion could do at that time, and if a third asteroid was put into the battlefield, then the history of the Empire would have been over long ago!

The impact of such a superweapon on the strategic strength of the empire is fundamental! As long as the empire has such an asteroid, even if it is slightly inferior in technical performance, it can completely change the strength ratio between the human world and other civilizations, and thus become the supreme treasure that suppresses the luck of mankind!

According to Feng Lanxi's original estimate, if the empire wants to have such a killing weapon, even if it is invested at any cost from now on, without a hundred and eighty years of effort, it will not be able to make a breakthrough!

Although the major powers of mankind have the strength to build large-scale mobile interstellar fortresses, the technical level of the two is not at the same level at all! These fortresses have high energy consumption, poor concealment, long charging time, high failure rate, and unbearable slow maneuvering! At the end of the day, they're just big fortress turrets that can be moved!

It was only after the Starlight Empire obtained the knowledge in the ancient science and technology that it really built a more decent mobile interstellar fortress! Speed, recharge time, and strike power have all made great progress, and have become an important help for the Imperial Legion to conquer cities and run from a distance!

The Empire's latest "Ancestral Dragon"-class mobile interstellar fortress has greatly improved its maneuvering speed, concealment, and main gun power, and it already has the power of some asteroids!

But if you want to really create a killer weapon that can rival that kind of asteroid, the empire still needs to invest even more! to get your wish!

Of course, Yun Haoyu knew in his heart that in fact, the scientific and technological inheritance he obtained from the second Origin Ancient Base contained a lot of knowledge in this area, which made it possible for the empire to truly make it possible for this super weapon to reappear! As long as he's willing to spend money!

"Oh well! Since you all agree that this plan is feasible, then I approve it! He said.

"Your Majesty!" Meng Xuan said with some embarrassment, "The empire's financial budget this year is already very tight, and even the reserve funds have been mobilized a lot, if there is another project like this, it will be ......."

"Qing is the richest head of the Ministry of Finance in the sea of stars, will there be a time when there is a shortage of money to spend?" Yun Haoyu said with a little teasing.

Meng Xuan said with some annoyance:

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Treasury has not had any surplus at all in the past few years, and all the funds have been prioritized to meet the military! About half of the reserve funds that could not have been used have been spent for various reasons, and under such circumstances, the pressure on the Ministry of Finance to ensure that domestic prices are maintained at a relatively reasonable level is too great! ”

Since the founding of the country, the war machine of the Empire has never really stopped for a moment! Although the Imperial Legion is invincible, it is invincible! Today, the empire has more territory than any other major country in human history, which also ensures that the imperial government has almost unlimited financial and material resources in its hands!

But the problem is, money comes and goes faster! Today's empire has maintained a wartime economy, and all kinds of social resources are prioritized for war! In the research institute of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, there are thousands of research projects on various new weapons, and the cost of source crystals is already an unimaginable amount!

And the production of today's warships is all in millions, and the output of those mobile interstellar fortresses that cost hundreds of billions of yuan crystals and are known as "gold-swallowing monsters" are all calculated on the basis of fighting! As for the formation and cultivation of a large number of special ability legions, it has become a bottomless pit that consumes the resources of the empire!

Therefore, the young finance minister will find it more and more difficult to be a family.

Yun Haoyu pondered for a moment and said, "Since this is the case, then this money will come from the Ministry of Internal Affairs!" The budget for the future project will also be borne by the royal family! ”

Speaking of this, he asked Feng Lanxi: "How much investment is needed for the entire project budget, can you estimate it now?" How long will it take to see results? ”

"From the start of the project to the production of qualified finished products, if calculated in three years, its expenditure is equivalent to about one-third of this year's imperial military budget!" She said.

"Three years? Seems like a bit too long! Yun Haoyu frowned, "Can't it be faster?" ”

The Imperial Legion will soon go out again, and it will inevitably face off with the alien civilization at that time, and it will be fine at the beginning, but in the later stage, when the opponent's ultimate power is dispatched, the Empire does not have the corresponding means to restrain it, and it is inevitable to suffer losses!

Feng Lanxi lowered his head and quickly deduced for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty can also advance if you want, if this time is shortened to two years, then the budget will be nearly doubled!" If it's a year, that number will have to triple to be enough! ”

"And if some unforeseen unexpected events happen along the way, the budget may also increase, so you need to prepare an emergency fund!"

"In other words, I need to come up with a budget equivalent to two and a half years of the Imperial military, right? But that's it! Yun Haoyu smiled faintly, "Then it's decided!" Let's call this weapon the 'Death Star Ship', I must get it!" ”

The property of the nobles of the family confiscated by the Great Purge was basically in the hands of the royal family, and the Imperial Treasury only got a small part, so Yun Haoyu didn't worry about the problem of money!

As long as the empire can win this unprecedented competition, the entire sea of stars, including everything from those alien civilizations, belongs to the empire, and there is naturally no need to be stingy now!

Next, the ministers began to discuss the specific details of the project.

(Friends who have watched Star Wars are very impressed with the Death Star built by the Empire, right?) ）