Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Mining Barge (Part I)

Lan Tian had always had a warm smile, as if there was nothing in his world that could make him sad, and nothing would make him feel emotional.

Whether he is the president of the Tower Shield Group and Tianxun Group, or the Minister of Finance of the Berwick government, Lan Tian has always been that breezy look, even if tens of billions of funds are in hand, he will not seem excited. But now, when he heard that Yun Yi was going to give the Blue Moon Group to him, he was excited.

"No, it's absolutely not going to work!"

Lan Tian immediately refused: "Since the Blue Moon Group has been acquired by Tianxun Group, it is the group's industry!" ”

Yun Yi said indifferently: "Although Tianxun Group is my asset alone, I understand that without your operational means and management methods, even if I have the technology of artificial wormholes, it will be difficult to develop the group to the point where it is today." All along, this group has been running on your hands, and I haven't been able to give you anything other than salary. So, don't shirk this. ”

Lan Tian said excitedly: "I don't need any rewards. The boss handed over the management of the Tower Shield Group and the Tianxun Group to me, and gave me this position that allowed me to give full play to my strengths, and I am already very satisfied. As for incentives or something, an annual salary is sufficient. As for the Blue Moon Group, no matter how it fails, it is a large group worth hundreds of billions, and most of its assets are extremely good, as long as it is operated well, it can definitely achieve an annual profit of nearly 10 billion! ”

"Alright, alright." Yun Yi didn't want to argue with him about this: "I said that if I send it, I will send you, whether you accept it or not, he is all yours anyway." There's nothing else going on, and if that's gone, I'm going to continue working on my mech. ”

Seeing Yun Yi's unrefusable look, Lan Tian smiled bitterly: "This is something worth hundreds of billions, you actually said that if you give it away, you will give it away." Alas......"

Shaking his head, seeing Yun Yi's appearance of wanting to leave, he agreed, and said, "Okay, I accept it, and I don't thank you." I will let my father manage the Blue Moon Group, and I will continue to manage the Tianxun Group and the Tower Shield Group. ”

Yun Yi smiled and nodded with satisfaction.

"Come here this time......" Lan Tian continued to talk about other issues: "The Berwick government wants to continue to expand the size of the fleet, but you have not allowed the construction of Wumu-class warships. According to the information sent back from our intelligence officers in Isseras a few days ago, the size of Isseras's fleet has been expanding over the years, and the number of our fleet has not increased. ”

"Hmm...... That's a problem. Yun Yi thought carefully, now that the scientific research planet has been built, only those experts in ship design will start to design new warships after they have thoroughly understood the warship technology of the New World Federation. And judging from the technology of the New World Federation, the warships that can be built casually are several times stronger than the Wumu-class warships. This is also the main reason why Yunyi does not allow Berwick to build warships, after the emergence of new warships in the future, Wumu-class warships are bound to be eliminated, and manufacturing them now can only be a waste of manpower, material and financial resources.

After thinking about it, Yun Yi said: "This matter has to wait a little longer, at most half a year, the new warship should be able to be designed, and it will be put into production at that time." However, this matter must be kept completely secret, as long as you, Liang Zecheng and Qi Daoxue know about it, don't spread it, so as not to startle the snake. ”

Lan Tian nodded solemnly: "Okay, I understand." In terms of policy, is it still mainly based on hoarding various metal materials? ”

"That's right, be sure to stock up, the more the merrier." Yun Yi said: "If I guess correctly, it won't be long before there will be a new increase in the materials used to make battleship mechs in the entire galaxy, and the price is still stable now, so we must buy more." ”

Lan Tian said: "Money is not a problem. It's a pity that Berwick's current sphere of influence is still the area of the Lekima Federation, an old power, and absolutely some of the planets and asteroid belts that are easy to mine have been mined, and the rest are not easy to mine and refine, and there are very few self-produced ores, most of which are purchased from other countries. And now one of the main ore producing areas, the Southeast Universe Region, has been integrated into the Sherechong Alliance, and our main ore source, the Arta region, has also been occupied by Mayah, and the price of ore will rise in the future absolutely. But I'm worried that if there is a war, some countries will ban the sale of ores, which is a big problem. ”

Yun Yi frowned slightly, this is really a big problem.

After a moment's thought, Yun Yi thought of a super-large mining barge that he had seen in the New World Federation. This barge is very large, even more than the flagship warship, and the overall size is comparable to that of the Aquarius. Such a large spaceship, combined with hard outer armor, new mining equipment and huge storage space, can operate unhindered in some extremely difficult areas.

With such a ship, it would be possible to mine the more stable areas of the Dead Shatter Belt. The celestial bodies in the Death Shatter Belt are all fragments of various planets and stars, and many minerals that are usually hidden in the interior of the planet and are extremely difficult to mine can be found everywhere here, but due to the complex and harsh environment, no mining company or country dares to mine here, and there is no corresponding equipment. If you have a very large mining barge, you can still have the periphery, even though the interior of the Shatter Belt cannot be mined.

Thinking of this, Yun Yi said to the blue sky: "You wait a minute. ”

After saying that, he opened the light brain in the room, and his hands quickly tapped, connecting to the central light brain of the rock base. He had the highest privileges, could browse through all the materials at will, and soon found the design drawings of the mining barge. Due to the importance and technology required for such civilian ships is not as high as that of warships, the authority required for this design is not very high.

As soon as he opened it, Yunyi suddenly let out a "huh" and looked at the design drawing with some confusion.

The screen showed that the number of views of the design drawings was one hundred and thirty-two, which was not unexpected by Yunyi. The design drawings are not highly privileged, and can be read by students who have graduated from advanced colleges. But to his surprise, there were a few comments under the blueprint.

"Very good mining vessels, heavy defenses and large storage space, can fully adapt to most environments. Although I don't understand the working principle of the engine system of this spaceship, but most of the others have already figured it out, in my opinion, the ship's ship type seems a little unreasonable, although the cigar-shaped structure is suitable for most cargo ships, but in the more complex environment, the steering movement will become extremely slow, one hundred and eighty degrees of turn, it takes an hour and a half! ”

After reading this message, Yun Yi nodded in agreement. The data of the spaceship is also shown on the design drawings, this spaceship is large and elongated cigar-shaped, and the lateral steering becomes extremely slow, even in the New World Federation, it has been regarded as a typical failure by countless designers.

But in fact, after studying Yunyi, he found that the spacecraft was designed in such a way that it was extremely correct. After all, this is a mining barge and not a battleship, and it does not require flexible and agitated speed. In general, when mining, they tend to stay in one place for several days, and they don't care about the turning time of an hour and a half. However, this man's reminder made him think of another question. If the ship had been built to work in the Death Shatter Belt area, the turn would have taken too long to be safe for the ship in that complex environment!

There is a second message below.

"The first floor said that if this kind of ship flew in a safe area, there would be no problem. But once you encounter pirates, even if you drive a small warship and only have a small pirate group of about a dozen people, you can easily take advantage of the heavy size of the mine ship to fight in a circle and win easily. In my opinion, if this spacecraft adopts an oval structure, in addition to the main engine in the rear, four auxiliary engines and eight steering engines will be added in the four directions of up, down, left and right, and the speed will be increased a lot, and the steering time will also be shortened to about 20 minutes. ”

"Hello on the second floor, I'm on the first floor. After reading your message, I also thought about it carefully. If you follow your method, the speed of the ship will increase, but at the same time, the cost of the ship and the cost of operation will increase by at least two-thirds. On the civilian side, the gains outweigh the losses, unless you go deep into some more dangerous areas, you can make a lot of profits. ”

"Hello on the first floor, I'm on the second floor. According to you......"

"Second floor, I mean ......"

“……”

“…… On the second floor, I'm in the sixth laboratory of the Ship Formation and Structure of the Ship Laboratory, so come over and let's meet and talk. ”

From the communication between the two, Yun Yi was keenly aware that they seemed to have discussed a spaceship that was extremely fast, but at the same time had a strong mining capacity and carrying capacity, but the cost and operating expenses of the spacecraft were higher, but this kind of spaceship was more suitable for Berwick, who had money and didn't worry about this at all. Moreover, the target of Cloud Wing is not ordinary minerals, but precious deposits in the Death Shatter Belt, and this kind of ship is the most suitable to use.

I looked at the date of the message, and it was half a month ago. I don't know how those two people are studying now?

Thinking of this, Yun Yi's heart itched, and at that moment, he said to Lan Tian: "It seems that someone has already modified this kind of spaceship, I'll go and discuss it with them first to see how they progress." If it succeeds, I will have half a month at most to complete the design of this spaceship and hand it over to you. After going back, he made some and applied to Chu Tang in the name of the Tower Shield Group to open mines in the southern area near the Death Shatter Belt. With this kind of ship, it is completely easy to excavate a large area at the edge of the Death Fragmentation Belt. ”

"You mean...... Shattered Belts of Death? ”

Listening to Yunyi's words, the blue sky was taken aback! He could tell the name of the Death Shatter Belt clearly, and the terrifying scenery he saw along the way still makes him unforgettable. But as a businessman, he is also well aware of how much valuable ore is contained in this risky place. Countless rare mineral deposits, a large number of in-demand metals, are very valuable and strategic reserves, unfortunately, due to their complex environment, countless mining companies and countries are discouraged.

And Yun Yi now actually said that he was not overjoyed to have a spaceship that could mine in such a place.

"Are you really? Could there really be a ship that can mine ore in the Dead Shatter Belt? Lan Tian said in surprise: "Go quickly, get the design back as soon as possible." With this kind of ship, we can exclusively mine the incomparably vast treasure trove of the Death Shatter Belt. Whether it is ordinary ore or rare mineral deposits, it is simply how much there is. It's done, and I don't have to look at the faces of the hillbillies in the Xie Leichong Alliance for a few ores in the future, hahahaha......"

From Lan Tian's excited voice, Yun Yi could hear that for the sake of the country's ore reserves, Lan Tian was probably angry a lot, otherwise he would not have been so out of shape.

Yun Yi couldn't help but feel a little apologetic, and at the same time secretly made up his mind in his heart, even if his personal mecha was put aside for the time being, he would design the mining barge first, at least he wouldn't let Lan Tian be angry with others.

After saying goodbye to the blue sky, Yunyi immediately made his way to the square of the Rock Base, entered the orbital elevator, and moved towards the spaceship laboratory located in the spaceport.