People Found Out About The Base I Built On the Moon - Chapter 91
Chapter 91: Immigration Plan!
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Meanwhile, at the Moon Base.
Zhao Yu entered the control room and spent 1000 technology points to exchange for the production line of the Hall thruster.
After the upgrade, all newly built nuclear-powered spacecraft could directly install the Hall thruster. However, the already constructed ships needed some modifications.
Leaving the control room, Zhao Yu discussed the modification with Uncle Da.
“Understood, Commander. I will arrange for the ships from various bases to come back one by one to replace the thrusters…”
Zhao Yu nodded and then asked, “How many ships do we have now?”
“About a hundred thousand, and most of them are transport ships…”
“How is the progress of the first defensive line?”
“It’s at 18% completion. According to the current mining efficiency of Xiaotian, it will take about 15 more days to complete…”
“I used a portion of the resources you brought back last time to expand the production lines of various ships…”
Zhao Yu nodded and continued, “Since the ships have been upgraded, have we made plans to send them to other planets?”
“Yes!”
Uncle Da took out the plan and handed it to Zhao Yu while saying, “There are four planets that are close to us: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars…”
“Earth is the closest to us, with a daily output of approximately 300 million Blue Moon dollars equivalent resources…”
“The rest, based on the current round trip times, are 10 days for Mercury, 15 days for Venus, and 20 days for Mars…”
“It’s too troublesome to send Xiaotian back and forth, so my idea is to directly establish resource collection bases on these three planets, set up Xiaotian production lines with no limits on manufacturing, and conduct unlimited mining operations. Once we gather a portion of the resources, we can send them back using transport ships…”
There are no people on these three planets, so during the mining process, we don’t need to worry as much as we do on Earth. We can mine freely.
Zhao Yu nodded slightly and asked, “What about Jupiter? How long would it take to reach there?”
“Jupiter is still too far away. Even if we install the Hall thruster, it would still take 4. months for a round trip…”
“The alien fleet will arrive in a month, and I’m afraid that even if we send ships there, they might be shot down before reaching the destination…”
“In that case, let’s forget about it. These four planets will be sufficient for the initial phase. Besides, we have plenty of resources on the Moon…”
The two of them briefly discussed the alien fleet situation.
However, they had limited intelligence at the moment, and they had already arranged the available weapons and defense facilities. Further contemplation was futile.
Zhao Yu remembered Yang Chief Engineer he encountered before leaving and asked, “How are Zhang Tao and the others doing?”
“Commander, Zhang Tao seems to be doing something, but the other 88 people haven’t done anything different yet…”
Uncle Da looked a bit puzzled. “It seems like they just remained the same. They just eat, drink, and enjoy themselves every day. They don’t fight or engage in romantic relationships…”
After a pause, he continued, “Commander, I suspect that their closed environment is preventing such emotions…”
“So, I think it would be better to let them out and have them work like Zhang Tao?”
Zhao Yu nodded slightly and said, “Apart from their employee level, set up a set of welfare systems according to the standards on Earth. Each level should enjoy certain benefits, and also, give them a monthly salary…”
“What should the salary be, Commander?”
“Just give them Blue Moon dollars…”
It’s his own currency, after all. He could print as much as he wanted.
After contemplating for a moment, Zhao Yu continued, “How many resources would it take to build a living area capable of accommodating one million people?”
“A few hundred Blue Moon dollars should be enough…”
“Well then, build a living area capable of accommodating one million people…”
“Commander, are you planning to build your own country?”
“No!”
Zhao Yu shook his head and said, “The alien fleet will arrive in a month. I’m concerned that Earth may be destroyed or cut off from contact, so I want to make some preparations in advance…”
The fastest way for him to acquire technology points now was through trading with the Earth people.
If he traded with the Earth people living on the Moon, he could also obtain technology points without much trouble.
J Prompt: The civilization population involved in trading with the mysterious merchant must not be less than one million.]
Just after Zhao Yu finished speaking, he received a prompt from the system, which made him somewhat delighted. This meant that in the system’s view, as long as there were more than one million people from Earth living on the Moon, they could trade with them.
“Uncle Da, expand the living area to a scale that can accommodate five million people and build all the facilities according to Earth standards…”
“Five million?” Uncle Da was startled for a moment. A city with a population of five million would cost less than ten thousand Blue Moon dollars, which was relatively simple.
For Earth, the biggest cost of constructing a city capable of accommodating five million people might be the labor cost.
But for them, the greatest cost was only resources, as they had replaced labor with robots in terms of manpower.
There were countless idle robots at the base now, and many of them had nothing to do, so they could be used to expand the living area.
“How long will it take to build the living area?”
“It should be ready in five days!”
Zhao Yu nodded slightly. The next difficult part was how to obtain people from Earth.
Thinking about this, he tried asking, “If we merge with Earth, will it still trigger the mysterious merchant?”
[Prompt: The mysterious merchant can only be triggered during trading with other civilizations.]
Zhao Yu was just testing, but he didn’t expect that this method would indeed trigger a prompt from the system.
“So, even if we bring people from Earth, we can’t merge them with us. We can only allow them to immigrate as Earth citizens…”
“Commander, if we’re bringing so many people here, what kind of work should we arrange for them?”
Uncle Da scratched his head, explaining, “Almost all the work in our base can be done by robots. Zhang Tao’s work was specifically assigned to him…”
If he wanted to bring a million people over, he should at least give them jobs so they had something to do.
Zhao Yu pondered for a moment and realized that the work robots couldn’t replace was the kind that required creativity.
“Now that you mention it, I have an idea of who we should bring over as immigrants…”
“Doctors, nurses, musicians, writers, artists, teachers…”
“We can even turn the living area into an entertainment city!”
As Zhao Yu thought about it, he realized that he spent every day surrounded by machines. Having a place on the Moon where he could eat, drink, and have some fun would be a nice way to relax during moments of annoyance.
Of course, the most important thing was Zhao Yu’s desire to experiment and see if he could trade weapons with the people in the new city, and whether he could obtain technology points from it. If successful, he could at least cash in twenty thousand technology points.
He didn’t dare to trade weapons with Earth directly, fearing that they would study the related technology and eventually counter it through large-scale production.
But on the Moon, trading with a city under his control, populated by people from the humanities fields, wouldn’t be a problem.
“Commander, with such a large-scale immigration, it might be difficult to hide our alien identities…”
“If we can’t hide it, then we won’t. It was the Earth Federation that wanted us to hide our identity, anyways. It would cause social unrest, they told me…”
Zhao Yu shook his head, planning to take a few days of rest and then visit Earth again once everything was arranged properly to discuss the matter of immigration..
