Everyone: Are mechanics weak? I wake up and rectify the natural disaster

now.

The reason why Su Wen is so busy is also because,

Right now, the situation is almost the same:

Proposed a large-scale shipbuilding plan,

First, because of the large-scale development of mining industry some time ago,

The output of various resources such as alloys, spare parts, hull components, and electronic equipment has increased sharply, and the balance of payments is excellent;

The second reason is that with the acquisition of Life Ark and the digestion of mind-derived technology,

Great progress has been made in major scientific and technological lines in the military field, and the technical foundation for manufacturing advanced ship equipment in all aspects is in place;

Third, it is also because of the Ark of Life,

A large number of 'second-hand mineral cores' excavated from the inner specimen library of Ark were assigned to various positions.

It has greatly enhanced the operational efficiency of grassroots industrial facilities, causing output to double.

...for various reasons.

Su Wencai proposed this shipbuilding plan covering hundreds of capital ships.

Prepare to further expand the empire's military strength.

But if this is further expanded, the resource gap will also be enlarged.

There are more than 300 capital ships, which is more than all the previous active ships in the empire combined, and they are two levels higher.

The resulting demand for supplies has also skyrocketed by several orders of magnitude.

...There is nothing we can do, let’s expand industrial production capacity?

OK, mineral production cannot keep up.

In the past, one million tons of alloys might not be used in a month, but mineral production was sufficient.

But now?

Now the more than thirty warships piled on the slipway consume more supplies every day than this amount.

When minerals are refined into raw materials, losses are inevitable;

The processing of raw materials into molded materials also causes further losses;

When profiles are turned into parts and hull components, the loss will jump up again...

...A lot of losses cannot be completely eliminated even with the current needs of the empire.

No matter how great the empire's technology is, no matter how high the resource utilization and recycling rates are, they are still not high enough to achieve 100% recycling and 100% conversion!

Such things as 'matter conversion apparatus' and 'matter recombination apparatus' were not something Su Wen had any intention of tinkering with.

At first glance, t6 and t7 level gadgets don’t seem out of reach.

But if it is not in the field of 'mind-derived technology', it is not an advantageous project;

Second, there is no sufficient knowledge base to support it, and it is not well matched with the current industrial system of the empire;

Third, it is still very high-end, but the field of 'material control' has the greatest investment requirements, the slowest advancement speed, and the highest technical difficulty...

Saying.

In the current situation of infrastructure construction + warship construction,

If we have to focus on another key problem, it is a whole field of difficult technology that has almost no foundation before...

Su Wen was really afraid of going bankrupt.

then.

I can only look back and sigh.

If you don't enter the court, you won't know that your official position is low. If you don't become the richest man, you won't know that your family is poor.

Although some words may sound nonsensical, they really are not unreasonable!

There is little room for development in 'throttling'.

Then we have no choice but to open source it.

At present, due to the existence of the inner specimen library,

The empire can obtain cheap artificial intelligence cores in large quantities to improve the operation rate of industrial facilities.

But this is not enough.

Because there are only so many resource producing areas within the national territory,

It is impossible to repeatedly build multiple mining stations on a mining area, which will not significantly help improve efficiency.

therefore...

——Simply put, Su Wen must start to expand his territory again.

even though.

When a large number of capital ships were still lying on the slipway, and they were just starting to lay keels and repair hulls, they launched territorial expansion operations...

...sounds somewhat outrageous.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like it.

During the lean season, a flowing banquet was suddenly set up and a feast for guests began.

In front is the granary that has been used for more than half a year and is ready to bottom out;

Behind them are fields that have not yet been harvested, and even the ears of rice have just begun to bulge.

According to common sense.

At this time, the cat should be at home, waiting for the autumn harvest to arrive before everything can be settled.

But Su Wen really couldn’t wait any longer:

If we continue to adopt the passive persistence mode and continue to dump the dozen or so mineral balls in the territory, all of them have been taken away from the mining station and are being fully developed, without considering the acquisition of new resource income...

Then by the end of next month at the latest, the total amount of existing domestic resources will fall below the red line and enter the 'dangerous reserve'.

This will inevitably lead to a further widening of the resource gap demanded by the shipbuilding industry, which will have to be alleviated by 'slowing down progress'.

And this is something Su Wen is not happy to see.

...to be honest.

Here, his performance, if viewed from the perspective of a normal Blue Star person, is undoubtedly a bit unreasonable:

The empire's resource output can only be so large, and Glory cannot turn stones into gold out of thin air.

Even including Blue Star, the number has become less and less, and it has even gradually become a 'Chinese export' of a 'mutual exchange' nature.

One month's basic mineral production is at the level of tens of millions of tons.

But in this case.

Su Wenyi doesn’t want to stop infrastructure construction;

Second, there is no intention to postpone technological research and development;

Third, we are not prepared to suspend the construction of the wonders;

Fourth, a new round of large-scale shipbuilding plans will be launched...

...There is one thing to say.

If this is truly a country of human civilization, it can be said that all the pitfalls that can be stepped on have been stepped on.

——It’s so pitiful that in the Soviet Union during the Map Head period, the level of dementia was about this level!

...It can only be said that fortunately Su Wen is not a real human civilization.

What he faced,

Not the Blue Star, which has been fully explored and has long since disappeared from the Borderlands.

Rather, it is a vast and endless sea of ​​stars, filled with "a fertile land flowing with milk and honey."

There really isn't much room for exploration in the solar system.

After all, the most decent mining resource producing areas here are Mars and the asteroid belt.

Others either have harsh environments and too high development costs;

Either the resources are too low-level and the return rate is low.

None of them caught Su Wen’s eyes.

...But after all, the solar system is the origin of human civilization, so he shouldn’t be too harsh:

According to the current material needs of the empire,

If we really open up our country, we can peel off a layer of its crust from Mars and empty the asteroid belt.

If we really engage in destructive development on such a large scale, it would be a lot of fun to look back at the beginning of serious alien colonization by humans:

You've eaten up the springboard planet, so how can we go out?

This is different from what we said before!

To avoid embarrassment to everyone, Su Wen gave up the idea of ​​making the moon base 'self-sufficient'.

We are still allocating supplies from Perseus to this side in order to have a stable hand.

...Of course, the main reason is because,

The solar system has been marked by a large number of alien civilizations in adjacent star fields, which is equivalent to a bridgehead to resist pressure and is not suitable for large-scale industry;

Secondly, regarding the resources of those two mining bases...

...and it's really not that good.

Even if it is already being developed, in the final analysis it is still a bit of a mosquito leg.

Like metal resources on Mars,

Basically, because they are of too low quality, they are mined and sold back to China in the form of crude steel.

In exchange for metals such as tungsten, nickel, molybdenum, and rare earths within the territory of China.

The asteroid belt in the solar system is quite rich in resources, but aren't there still a bunch of 'remnants of the alien civilization expeditionary force' there?

Even though the latter was like a rat in a glass cage, it was completely blocked by Su Wen's fleet.

After all, he is not dead yet.

And under the circumstances of deliberately keeping the lives of these guys to continue to "cultivate a sense of danger" for China.

It’s not easy for the empire to develop that area on a large scale.

Otherwise the play will not go on...

...Anyway.

For various reasons.

Facing material revenue deficit again,

After once again coming up with a plan to 'maximize the utilization value of the solar system',

Su Wen once again gave up the idea of ​​changing the script and starting to mess with the solar system.

He had to come up with other solutions.

There is no doubt that the attack started from Perseus:

——The two-ring galaxy is not enough, so we need to expand it to three rings!

This is so simple.

As for the expansion period, there will be some expenses...

Claiming, occupying, and developing some new galaxies indeed requires the investment of a lot of resources.

But this is a necessary upfront investment, and the later returns are also very impressive.

So Su Wen was very happy to accept it.

"Declaration: Order the Ministry of Mining to prepare a new round of colonization plan,

Deploy the idle command forces of the Ministry of National Defense to cooperate and form at least two new armed exploration fleets,"

Su Wen quickly issued a new head of state order,

"Additional dispatches to the east and north of the Third Ring to further speed up the exploration of galaxies outside the Third Ring..."