"What mysterious gift?" Li Yi asked with interest.

Ye Hongjiang said: "Don't you always think about going back to Bristol as soon as possible, there just so happens that there is a ship that will also go back to the star field where you are, so I helped you hire this ship, it is equipped with the MTU jump engine, and you only need half a month to get home!" Although it costs a lot of money, I think it's worth the money when you feel so homesick! ”

Li Yi was stunned and said in surprise: "A ship equipped with an MTU jump engine!?" ”

Ye Hongjiang nodded and said: "Yes, I didn't expect to be able to find this kind of fast ship, assuming it is an ordinary ship, you will return to Bristol from Mayfair, at least one and a half months, if there is any delay, it will even take two months, this ship can save two-thirds of your time." ”

Li Yi nodded heavily, it was indeed an excellent gift, a clipper equipped with an MTU jump engine could greatly shorten the time of space travel.

"Where is that clipper now?" Li Yi asked curiously.

Ye Hongjiang said: "Don't worry, the Xiaoyao will arrive in Hong Kong in three days, and you can't delay your home, you can just take a good rest in Maryland these days." ”

After saying some words of gratitude, Ye Hongjiang went to see his son next door, leaving Steward Liu to accompany Li Yi.

"Thank you!" Steward Liu said very seriously: "This is my thank you for the people of Maryland, as soon as the white night wolf died, there was one less big scourge in the local area, I always felt incredible, what kind of ability do you have?" Can you kill the White Night Wolf? When I asked Ye Fan, he wouldn't say it, and you wouldn't say it when I asked you. ”

Li Yi smiled: "Ye Fan is honest, I told him not to say it." No way, my little life is too tender. I can't stand the toss, and the less people know about it, the safer my secret is. ”

Steward Liu nodded. "Really not going to live in Maryland for a while?" The master is very willing to hire you to be the personal bodyguard of the young master, no, that's just the master's idea, the young master actually regards you as his good friend. ”

Li Yi said in a deep voice: "I have to go back, there are a lot of troubles at home, to be honest, I really want to stay and make money with such a high salary, but unfortunately, the situation does not allow it." ”

Listen to what Li Yi said. Steward Liu also dispelled the idea of leaving Li Yi.

……

The Ye family did not treat Li Yi as an outsider, and later Li Yi learned that the Ye family actually had no money, and the 10 million star yuan was a newly obtained bank loan.

After all, the Lorraine mine has only been explored, and has not yet formed a real benefit, and now Ye's Mining Group is operating in debt, and the bank is very tight, otherwise it will be more generous, after all, it is the life of the little master. It's not something that can be measured by how much money can be measured.

And Li Yi was already satisfied, 10 million star yuan, this is the biggest wealth he has ever had in his life, after Coke told Li Yi that the money had arrived. Li Yi couldn't help but watch it several times a day.

During the few days waiting for the Xiaoyao to arrive in Hong Kong, Li Yi spent time at Ye's house, mainly discussing with Coke how to use the huge amount of money.

According to Li Yi's meaning. Why do you have to buy a spaceship that can cross the star field first, after all, there are too many things lacking on the earth. In the future, it is inevitable that you will have to go out to buy something, and it is very inconvenient to have no spaceship. Besides, having his own warship is also Li Yi's dream all along.

Coke feels that it is not cost-effective to spend so much money to buy a battleship, the so-called battleship, it must have a fire control system, strong attack and defense, it has never been a cheap ship type, even if it is second-hand, it must start at least a few million star yuan, it is better to buy a small cargo ship to be cost-effective, anyway, the main purpose is to carry goods.

In the end, under Coke's strong insistence, Li Yi promised that no matter what kind of ship he bought, he would only use one million star yuan at most, and let Coke handle the rest, and Coke was thinking about expanding the productivity of Coke's company, manufacturing more alloys and machinery, and striving to make the earth self-sufficient first.

In any case, Coke always thinks about the earth, so Li Yi's expenses are strictly controlled, which Li Yi is clear, so he doesn't insist.

It's just that if the cost is controlled at one million star yuan, Li Yi is only afraid that he will have to say goodbye to the battleship of his dreams, and this money is at most to buy a second-hand cargo ship, the unarmed kind.

After comparing the prices of the three nearby star fields, Coke prepared all the supplies that could be purchased on the planet Maryland first, after all, buying locally can save expensive shipping costs, and some have to be collected through the Starlink network.

Three days later, Maryland Airport.

Li Yi, Ye Fan, and Steward Liu came to the airport and saw the Xiaoyao who was going to carry Li Yi home.

Contrary to Li Yi's expectations, the Xiaoyao, equipped with an expensive MTU jump engine, was actually a tattered vulture-class frigate, and he didn't know where the Xiaoyao usually docked, and the hull of the ship was actually scribbled by a group of children.

In addition, there are many broken places, tinkering, many places are patches stacked on top of each other, Li Yi bets that this is the most dilapidated boat he has ever seen!

A drunken old man opened the hatch and staggered down, his nose red and his eyes hazy, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

After sweeping around the airport, the old man said to Li Yi and them: "You are the kid who wants to go back to the Bristol Star Domain with me?" ”

Li Yi nodded and said cautiously: "Exactly, I don't know what the old man is called?" ”

The old man pointed to the name of his broken ship and said, "Wei Xiaoyao, and my ship have the same name." ”

Steward Liu seemed to be unhappy, and frowned: "Please open the warehouse, we have some goods to be shipped, and I want to take advantage of the loading time to visit your ship, the legendary MTU super jump engine, I have never seen it in my life." ”

Wei Xiaoyao smiled slightly, and said, "You don't believe that my broken ship has an MTU engine, right?" Well, let you see and see! ”

Opening the door of the warehouse, the workers at the airport began to load the goods, and the first thing to be brought in was the Discovery, covered with a thick layer of canvas.

Wei Xiaoyao was stunned, stopped the workers at the airport, opened the canvas and looked, those drunken eyes instantly burst into a flash of light, and his fingers couldn't help but tremble.

"Whose is this shuttle?" Wei Xiaoyao asked in a deep voice.

"Mine." Li Yi said simply.

"Good thing..."Wei Xiaoyao muttered to himself in a low voice.

Pouting, Wei Xiaoyao put down the canvas a little unwillingly, and let the workers continue to load, until they saw that the Exploration was placed in the innermost part of the cabin and fixed, Wei Xiaoyao nodded, and asked Li Yi to pedal the ship and go to see the legendary MTU engine.

I don't know if it's Li Yi's delusion or what's going on, Li Yi feels that Wei Xiaoyao seems to be a lot more sober at this time.

The name of the Xiaoyao is quite chic, but the interior is chaotic, the smell of engine oil, rancid, and wine are mixed together, becoming a very bad smell, and Steward Liu and Ye Fan can't help frowning.

The lines are intricate, and a lot of mechanical parts removed from the battleship are scattered in the aisles at will, Wei Xiaoyao is really lazy, and the parts are removed and not installed back? Can such a ship fly!?

Steward Liu shook his head when he saw it, Ye Fan also pulled Li Yi's sleeve, and said in a deep voice: "Why don't take this ship, although our family doesn't have a warship, but there is a sturdy mining survey ship, which can also send you back." ”

Li Yi thought for a while and said, "Let's take a look first." ”

Walking through a half-covered hatch, Li Yi opened it and saw that it was actually a cultivation cabin similar to the Turtle House, but it had not been used for a long time, and there were some wine bottles thrown in it, as well as the old man's torn clothes of Wei Xiaoyao.

"This is the cultivation room!?" Li Yi was surprised.

"Oh, it's indeed a cultivation room, but it's no longer usable." Wei Xiaoyao said casually.

Li Yi was a little disappointed, for a long journey, it would be great if he could have a cultivation room and cultivate while sailing.

Truth be told, the Easy was well-armed and not at all as dilapidated as it looked, except that most of the ship's facilities were unusable, even the weapons systems against pirates.

Li Yida frowned, assuming that this ship was his own, he couldn't say anything and saw it so deserted.

When Cola told Li Yi the manufacturer's information, design function, and price of each piece of equipment, he couldn't believe his ears!

According to Coke's calculations, the ship spent as much as 500 million stars on refitting!

But now, even the refrigerator with fresh food is broken! Can only be nibbled on the voyage!

Tyrannical Creatures!

It's definitely a tyrannical thing!

Wei Xiaoyao is the most sloppy guy Li Yi has ever seen in his life! A good ship, look at what has become in his hands!

Sighing deeply, Li Yi felt very helpless, some people can't afford to buy a battleship after saving up all their lives, such as himself, and some people, but they treat a battleship worth 500 million star yuan as garbage!

The first thing to face when walking in the Xiaoyao is all kinds of tricks, Ye Fan was hit in the head by a bucket that fell from the sky, Steward Liu wanted to see the bathroom, but when he pulled the handle on the door, the door didn't open, and the handle fell off, in short, this is a ghost place that normal people don't want to stay in for a moment.

Even walking has to wade through a river of wine bottles, I really don't know how much wine the old drunkard has to drink a day, there are wine bottles everywhere.

Finally passed through many levels and came to the engine room, Wei Xiaoyao smiled slightly, opened the door, and let Li Yi and them in.

At the first glance of entering the engine compartment, Li Yi saw a pair of dazzling silver engines! Sparkle!

With its complex mechanical structure and lightweight design, it is not the legendary MTU Super Jump Engine!

And the engine room was noticeably cleaner than the rest of the ship, and there were no wine bottles on the floor, a dirty rag sat next to it, and both engines were shiny.

Obviously, although Wei Xiaoyao is very sloppy, he often maintains the ship's power system.

Walking up to the two MTU engines, flicking his fingers lightly, a crisp and pleasant sound was heard.

Wei Xiaoyao said proudly: "This time you believe it, the Xiaoyao not only has an MTU engine, but also a twin engine!" (To be continued......)