Chapter 184 The threat posed by the Shatta United Empire
The major groups are very cooperative in this regard. After all, they used to eat food made from various bugs or synthetic food, and the taste was simply indescribable.
Even if the powerful and noble people in Cybertron are eating a little better, they are not much better.
Now there is enough land to grow all kinds of delicious food that were only recorded in historical materials before, and they are more motivated than anyone else.
Up to now, the five super agricultural areas in Gaowei Fortress, each with ten floors, and a total of fifty floors, have all been cultivated, or some have been cultivated and planted with various food crops.
The reclamation conditions of pastures are much lower than those of farmland. Three pastoral areas, each with ten floors, a total of thirty floors, have also been reclaimed. A number of livestock genetic clones have been cloned and cubs are being bred. The fastest growing ones are Chickens, ducks and other small poultry have already been out of the pen once.
Other aquatic areas and cash crop areas are also being developed and planted at this time, and the first batch of crops will definitely be produced within two years.
In other words, the food crisis in the territory has actually been resolved at this time, and there will soon be excess that can be stockpiled or sold.
That's a lot of money.
The total area of the agricultural area in the super livable zone is 1,000 kilometers * 1,000 kilometers = 1 million square kilometers, and each square kilometer = 1,500 acres. There are a total of 1.5 billion acres on the first floor. The average grain yield per mu at this stage is about 2,000 kilograms per quarter. The grain output is about 3 trillion kilograms.
Taking into account issues related to land fertility and other reasons, food is grown in agricultural areas three seasons a year, which means that the annual output is 9 trillion kilograms.
The average selling price in the grain market is only 1 star yuan per kilogram, and 9 trillion kilograms is only 9 trillion star yuan.
However, there are a total of 50 agricultural areas here, which add up to 450 trillion kilograms and are worth 450 trillion star dollars.
“Sure enough, it’s not that farming doesn’t make money, it’s that we don’t grow enough.”
There is definitely not enough food to be used by oneself. Even if the Orbs and the Cybermen are included, they can use about 44 trillion kilograms a year. Even if some 50 trillion is wasted, there are still more than 400 trillion kilograms of additional food.
Store part of it as strategic grain reserves, and sell the other part, which will become a major financial pillar of the territory in the future.
After solving the problem of food, the most difficult part is actually over, and most other things can be solved with money.
What should I do if I don’t have that much money temporarily?
Then just go slower.
Eat as much food as you want, and do as much work as you have as much money as you have.
And after solving the biggest problem of eating, what is left is a matter of time. Based on the funds you have now, budget your expenditures and income, and then decide the speed of development.
Li Qing briefly glanced at the territory development plan for the past six months. Under Yu Yuefei's management, the territory was well developed while ensuring stability.
Thanks to his decisive decision to place the expeditionary force headquarters in the territory system, the territory is now a gathering place for many players. Although it is impossible to collect taxes from players, with players present, basically all the output of the territory can be sold.
After two days of rest, Li Qing contacted Yu Qingzhi and visited him personally the next day.
Still in the same office, Yu Qingzhi personally made tea and pushed it to him, smiling and saying:
"I haven't seen you for a long time. Where did you get rich?"
Li Qing picked up the tea cup and took a sip. He felt that it tasted better than last time, and a smile appeared on his face.
With the successful establishment and stabilization of the territory, his status will naturally increase, and now he is not inferior to the commander of the expeditionary force in terms of status.
In other words, from the perspective of the entire United Human Empire, he is higher because he is an official planet lord and ranks in the Imperial Senate. Yu Qingzhi, the commander of the expeditionary force, is not included among them.
After drinking two cups of tea, Li Qing raised his head and said to Yu Qingzhi:
"Let me tell you some good news first. The batch of warships you ordered is almost completed, and the Titan super flagship will be completed in about a month."
Yu Qingzhi's hand while making tea paused, and his face showed a look of shock:
"So fast?"
He nodded:
"Yes!"
"It's less than two years now, right? I remember that the construction time of super flagships is usually ten years. It only took two years for you to build it. This is too much."
Li Qing smiled slightly, with a hint of pride on his face:
"In just two years, my super shipyard came from an ancient super civilization. The shipbuilding speed is very fast and it can be completed in only two years."
Yu Qingzhi was shocked and speechless. After a moment of silence, a smile appeared on his face and he said:
"That's very good. I will take over the completed ones first, and then take over the Titans in a month."
Li Qing nodded:
"Any time."
"By the way, do you still accept the order? I also want to order a batch, including the blueprints of two flagships."
Li Qing thought about it for a moment, shook his head and said:
"I have a batch of battleships and several flagships on hand. I will build mine first and then form a standard brigade-level fleet!"
This is only part of it. He is also planning to take the time to update Quelta's garrison division to enhance its combat power.
Yu Qingzhi did not force it, but nodded with understanding:
"Indeed, your own fleet strength has not increased for a long time. You need to form at least a brigade-level fleet to maintain the suppression of the Orb people and face the counterattack of the Shatta people in the future."
"By the way, there is one thing you may not be aware of. In fact, the Shatar people completely defeated the Shar civilization more than half a year ago. After the main force was freed up, the Red Moon team's independent plan in the western province has failed. Now the main force of the Shata United Empire is attacking the Sivis Civilization, and at the same time a large number of troops have been added to Locke Fortress. There are now three divisions stationed there. "
"Oh!"
Li Qing was a little surprised, but also a little lucky that the Shata Civilization did not send troops to attack their territory.
"It seems that they want to annex first, defeat the Shar people and Sivis, and then deal with us after digesting the two civilizations."
Yu Qingzhi nodded and said:
"The great emperor of the Shata United Empire has outstanding talents and outstanding abilities. He is a son of destiny that is rare in the Shata civilization for thousands of years. With his iron fist, he unified the eight major tribes that were originally fighting each other. The empire's strength skyrocketed and it faced three battlefields at the same time. Fight and win.”
"Now that the Shar people have been annexed, Sivis is no match for them. Judging from the information currently available, the Sivis civilization is estimated to only last for one or two years. Plus the digestion of two civilizations and preparation time, the remaining We don’t have much time to prepare. It could take as little as three years, as long as four or five years. They will definitely launch an attack on Jialanling.”
He looked at Li Qing and said in a deep voice:
"According to the worst-case scenario, you only have at most two years to face the unified Shatta United Empire. Are you sure?"
Li Qing thought for a while, raised his head and asked:
"Uncle Qing, does he have detailed information about the Shata United Empire? How many total troops do they have now?"
"The information currently available shows that the Shata United Empire currently has only one division stationed in the eastern province, and two in the western province. But when the remnants of the rebellion are completely wiped out, one will be transferred, and there will be one in the northern province. Two divisions, there are two divisions in the central province.”
"There are three divisions in the province of Locke, and there are eight divisions in the northern expedition against the Sivis Council."
"Taken together, the entire Shata United Empire has eighteen divisions, five of which are enhanced divisions. Among them, the central division is comparable in strength to three standard divisions, and is equipped with the latest fourth-generation technology. ”
"Fourth generation technology?"
Yu Qingzhi nodded and said:
"You heard it right. The Sand Tower Civilization has actually researched the fourth generation of technology a long time ago. With the continuous annexation of the two major civilizations, the fire of civilization is boiling and destiny has come. The research will be completed very soon. It will take less than ten years. You can change the weapon to the fourth generation first.”
"Hiss!"
Upgrading from the third generation to the fourth generation, it seems that only the weapon accessories have been changed, and there is only one generation difference, but in fact it is a qualitative change.
A single warship of the same level has one level three technology and one level four technology. The level four technology will be stronger, but the strength is limited. It can also use tactics and command capabilities to compete head-on.
But when a civilization has eighteen division-level fleets and is fully improved, this improvement is exaggerated.
At the same time, the fourth-level civilization can already try to design a Titan super flagship or super aircraft carrier. Give them enough time, and they can also build a Titan super flag belonging to the Shata Tribe United Civilization. By then, their advantage will be even greater. Zoom out.
Li Qing said decisively:
"We cannot give them time to develop."
Yu Qingzhi nodded and said:
"The same is true for the resolution of the Expeditionary Force Elders Council. Therefore, after the restrictions are fully relaxed in four years, the three major legions of Tianjin will be introduced to the scene and strive to defeat this civilization with considerable potential before they fully change their equipment."< br>
After returning from the headquarters, Li Qing told Yu Yuefei and Ding Youran the news.
He did not tell other core members, it was not necessary for the time being.
But he has already raised this matter to an extremely important level in his mind, and he must start preparing now.
"Tsk, tsk, it's a bit exciting!"
Li Qing felt his scalp numb when he thought about facing a full-scale attack by a fleet of eighteen divisions in three years.
With their current strength, they definitely cannot defeat the siege of so many fleets.
Chuyuan, no matter how awesome he is, he can only fight with one against several, but the problem is that the gap between the fleets of the two sides is now dozens of times.
"We have to hurry up and build a fleet!"
Li Qing returned to the universe in his hand, and first launched the previously accumulated expeditionary force order fleet, and handed it over to the people sent by Yu Qingzhi, earning a total of 14.75 trillion star yuan in foundry fees.
Then he re-entered the palm universe and began to count the warships built during this period.
There are no battleships. During this period, all the battleships in Tun were from the expeditionary force, and the ones built next were his own.
Six months ago, there were only 100 groups of cruiser engineers, and a batch of 100 cruisers could be built in two months. A total of nine batches, or 900 cruisers, were built in a year and a half and 18 months.
But a year ago, he was promoted to a negative star, and the shipbuilding speed increased greatly. A cruiser can be built in only one month, and six more batches, or 600 additional cruisers, were produced in half a year.
In addition, he returned to the territory half a year ago and assigned a full 500 teams of cruiser construction engineers, six rounds in six months, each round of 500 cruisers, for a total of 3,000 cruisers.
At this point, a total of 4,500 cruisers have been stationed in the palm universe.
As for destroyers, there are only 3,100.
It has nothing to do with the speed of shipbuilding. The main thing is that there are only so many destroyer blueprints. I am so busy these days that I have no time to work on them.
On the contrary, there are quite a lot of frigates.
Originally there were 500 groups of frigate engineers, and they could be built in half a month. A total of 36 batches, or 18,000 ships, were built in a year and a half and 18 months.
Half a year ago, a large number of frigate engineers were added, with a total of 2,000 groups. After being promoted to Negative Star, the shipbuilding speed increased again. One batch can be built in 10 days, and 18 batches can be built in half a year and six months, totaling 36,000.
18,000 ships + 36,000 ships, a total of 54,000 frigates.
Due to the lack of blueprints for various accessories, most of these warships are bare ships. Only 1,500 cruisers and 3,100 destroyers are fully equipped and can be put into service after being equipped with crew and captains.
Li Qing suddenly discovered a very important problem. As the mother chips of frigates and cruisers were upgraded to level five, the ship blueprints were sufficient, but the blueprints for weapon accessories were seriously lacking.
Although there is a trading market for this expeditionary force, it is very few. You have to go to the market in Jinmen to get a large number of blueprints.
And because Yu Yuefei was only in charge of territory administration and not military affairs, she didn't know that there were so many blueprints missing and didn't ask the Yu family and the Qinghe Li family to prepare.
"Gotta go out."
But it’s not necessary to go to Jinmen, but to other provinces in the hinterland of the United Human Empire.
Due to the expeditionary force in Jinmen, wars are relatively frequent, the losses of battleships are also large, and the consumption of these blueprints is also large, so it is not necessarily possible to obtain many.
It is better to go to the hinterland of the United Empire of Man, those relatively peaceful provinces, where there are few wars, and players do not have high demand for these blueprints, so they can buy a large number of them at once.
But before that, some money must be prepared.
The territorial treasury currently has about 64 trillion yuan, but it owes 48 trillion yuan to the Yu Chamber of Commerce and 50 trillion yuan in interest-free loans to the Qinghe Li Family.
This money cannot be touched, and he may even have to add to it if he has extra money.
He personally has 17.1 trillion in cash and 98 trillion worth of standard alloys.
It turns out that there is still 13.7 billion left, and a large part of it is used up in shipbuilding.
I don’t have much cash on hand, but it’s not a big problem. I really can’t sell materials. The smelted standard alloy is a very popular material and can be sold at an affordable price anywhere.
Moreover, Li Lie and Hong Changfeng have not been idle in the past nine months. It just so happens that there is no war. They and most of their subordinates spend most of their time mining outside in addition to patrolling the core systems in the territory. Now they have accumulated a lot of reserves in the past nine months. Around 2.7 trillion cubic meters, there are all kinds of mines.
It has been counted before, and about 300 billion cubic meters of it are high-value mines, which adds up to 500 billion cubic meters of the 200 billion cubic meters previously collected.
The remaining 2.4 trillion cubic meters are worthless minerals such as limestone and gray quartz, which are specially used to convert into rare crystals.
Calculated based on the conversion of 50,000 cubic meters of raw ore into 1 cubic meter of rare crystals, 2.4 trillion cubic meters can be converted into 48 million cubic meters of rare crystals. Based on the unit price of rare crystals of 800,000 cubic meters, these 48 million cubic meters of rare crystals are worth 38.4 trillion.
He collected these mines, and as a price, he distributed 1,000 cruisers and 2,000 destroyers out of the 1,500 cruisers and 2,000 destroyers on hand, according to the raw minerals they contributed.
It is equivalent to directly exchanging mined ores for ships.
Considering that there were only three months left before the one-year repayment period, Li Qing sent a message to each of the five creditors explaining the situation and would repay the money only after he returned.
Three months was enough for him to go out for a wander and then come back, but he was afraid of being delayed due to accidents, so he made arrangements first to be more stable. (End of chapter)