Him and their stars

"In short, because this machine is broken, you can't refine Taiwen Ore." Yu Lian inspected the machine and nodded: "Indeed, this should be an assembly line designed by Alliance Furnace Heavy Industry. The main core...should be the Hirsch furnace."

The so-called Hirsch refers to the name of the sun god, the main god in classical mythology when the Alliance was still on its home planet. Later, it came to mean "sun" in the Alliance language.

Ever since, this kind of furnace can also be called a solar furnace.

Babalu nodded: "Actually, there is also a problem with the mother machine of the automatic mining drone. And we don't have much money to maintain it, so the mining machine can't move. But this is a minor problem. The big deal is that our workers are carrying power hammers. Just go down the well with the energy pickaxe and dig. If the solar furnace breaks down, there’s really nothing you can do.”

As they talked, the two walked out of the factory and soon arrived outdoors. In front of him, stood a large machine more than ten meters high. At first glance, it looked like a tall tower made of steel bars, pipes and rounded metal cans. It had the aesthetics of a large industry.

Judging from the structure, this thing looks like a large blast furnace, but it is also the blast furnace with the most science fiction feel that Yu Lian has ever seen.

He also knew that what was exposed in front of him now was actually only the above-ground part. The real main body is underground, forming a huge automated ore refining system.

This is the solar furnace of the Red Maple Factory. This super machine with a volume of more than 10,000 cubic meters is the most majestic giant in the eyes of the workers of the Red Maple Factory.

"How beautiful! Isn't it?" Babalu looked at the sleeping solar furnace and sighed like a pilgrim.

"Much more magnificent than Nalaoshizi's sky god!" he added.

The first sentence is pure emotion and praise, while the second sentence contains obvious resentment and sarcasm.

Yu Lian looked at Babaru behind him with great interest, feeling very close to this young Lumina worker who did not leave a very prominent life to future generations.

"You really don't look like a typical Rumina person." Yu Lian laughed.

Babalu was slightly startled, and then said with a helpless emotion: "That's because the typical Rumina people you have seen are not the typical ones."

He then explained to Yu Lian that the Rumina people are actually a very rural ethnic group. It is precisely because of this that when the expansion plan of the management of the Red Maple Factory is bound to destroy the vast maple forest, it is naturally difficult for everyone to accept it.

The Rumina people are indeed a race full of martial virtue. Before humans discovered this planet, there were some tribes who lived in the mountains and forests or near lakes and made a living by hunting. They would hunt a Lumina moa or a lake-armored crocodile as a rite of passage.

Of course, it’s a team job. The Lumina Moa and the Crocodile are both fierce predators with an average weight of over one ton. It is impossible for ordinary people to defeat each other with only cold weapons.

Later, word spread that all Rumina people had to kill a moa with their bare hands to become adults, otherwise they would be thrown into the mountains to be used as bird feed.

"These are all nonsense rumors! If that were true, the Lumina people would have become extinct thousands of years ago! Most of the Lumina people, anyway, I don't think are much different from the people on Earth! Eat, sleep , work, marry a wife and have children! Of course, we really like our hometown, so it’s not like you humans like to go up there and hang out!”

The Lumina worker leader pointed to the sky, while Yu Lian knew that he was referring to the universe.

Now that I think about it, there are indeed very few crew members born from Rumina people. In this age of the universe, there are actually quite a few intelligent races who are so attached to their homeland. They may display their outstanding talents in all walks of life, but they are also destined to be unable to become the protagonists on the big stage of the universe.

"As for the so-called God of the Sky... Hey, even a thousand years ago, before humans came, there were only some tribes worshiping the gods. I don't know how they became the gods of all Lumina people. Oh my god. Of course, people who are doing things outside don’t have a clear mind, so that’s why they need to talk about something, right? Yes, anyway, the Rumina people you have seen outside are all... there is something wrong with them here! "Babaru pointed to his head again.

He added: "What does their terrorist activities have to do with us ordinary people in Rumina who live peacefully? Yes, the tribes in the eastern plains and southern lakes and bays will not listen to you human big shots. , but most of them are just herders, farmers and fishermen who live a serious life!"

Yu Lian felt that this was quite reasonable. After he arrived at Red Maple Factory, he had already dealt with many Rumina people. Generally speaking, these ferocious-looking four-armed mantis men, perhaps because they are naturally brave and strong, do have a bit of a quick temper, but they are really not what the outside world imagines. They will attack people with four blades at the slightest disagreement. A natural anti-establishment element.

They value their family, their homeland, and nature. Likewise, it’s easy to make friends.

Because of this, the Lumina workers here really regard Red Maple Factory and Maple City as their homes that they must protect.

"...So, even the most valuable Taiwen mine here can no longer be mined. You are not willing to leave!"

"Everything here was built bit by bit by ourselves. However, many people still left. If the solar furnace doesn't stop, I can't tell what the future will be like." Babalu said helplessly.

When the solar furnace stopped operating, the engineers at the factory did try to repair it. However, on the one hand, this thing is really expensive, and technicians really don't dare to make big moves; on the other hand, this kind of solar furnace is a very sci-fi device after all, and the internal structure is so complicated that ordinary engineers can't understand it. Let alone repairs.

There is no way, since you can't repair it yourself, of course you can only find the manufacturer.

After all, the capitalists in the alliance who are desperate for money are not Hans, who is full of craftsmanship. It is impossible that they buried brand-new spare parts wrapped in oil paper nearby decades ago.

Furnace Heavy Industries stated that the warranty period has expired for several years, and many of the key components have reached the end of their service life. In addition, as the equipment manufacturer, they are not responsible for equipment damage caused by the user's own "carelessness". In addition, if a preliminary investigation is to be carried out, the engineer's travel expenses, food and accommodation expenses need to be reimbursed.

They provided Hongfeng Factory with a list of engineers, and the scale was more like demolishing a home than repairing a furnace.

Of course, there was also a bill that shocked the ancestors of the Red Maple Factory when they think about it now.

This is still just a preliminary part-time bill. Just a preliminary check, does it cost that much? Also, do the standards of food and accommodation for these people have to be so high? Each meal will include eight snacks, eight cold dishes, and eight hot dishes, and a special transport ship will be opened to bring them ingredients and pure water from the alliance.

When Duke Tannhäuser was still here, he wasn't so extravagant, right?

However, Hearth Heavy Industries stated that the preliminary inspection is of course not valuable, but knowing where to start is quite valuable!

In addition, more than 90% of the Lumina planet is an unopened "wilderness area" defined by the Galactic Civilization Council. Who knows what unknown parasites and viruses there may be. In order to protect the basic right to survival of Alliance citizens, it is reasonable to carry clean water, right?

In short, we have been arguing for five or six years just as to what the living standards should be for engineers.

On the one hand, it's because the profiteers in the alliance are really difficult to deal with, and on the other hand, it's because Red Maple Factory has its own problems.

There is no way. From the day the Red Maple Factory was established, the property rights were not very detailed. The Earth's central government owns a part, the Far Coast Sector Government owns a part, the military owns a part, and the rest belongs to the Lumina tribe that participated in the construction and uprising at that time. But there has never been a clear statement about who has the final say and who is the largest shareholder, let alone implemented in legal documents.

When you are making money, it is easy for everyone, but when you have to pay out money and are still losing money, the problem becomes very serious.

The workers felt that this was not an option, so they pooled together some money and invited the alliance's engineering team.

The (da) technicians (ye) from the alliance worked in Factory A for a month. After enjoying the stewed crocodile meat and moa custard, they wiped their mouths and told everyone in the factory: "It's hopeless." , if it can’t be repaired, please get a new one.”

"The most important Orsay core has been destroyed, so it cannot supply energy to the solar furnace. Do you understand? Well, let's put it this way, an ordinary blast furnace driven by electric energy will produce a high temperature of more than 1,000 degrees, which can treat ordinary iron The ore has completed preliminary smelting. However, Taionite is different. It requires not only a temperature above 6000 degrees, which is equivalent to the high temperature on the surface of a young star, but also its own magnetic reaction must be neutralized. Therefore, in the sun, Inside the furnace, not only high temperature is needed, but also a controllable magnetic field... This requires the control of the Orsay core. However, this control core is one of the alliance's core engineering secrets, and direct repair is impossible. It must be Order a new one. In addition, due to your non-compliant operation, the RP72 pipeline has deteriorated seriously, and it needs to be replaced with a new one. In addition... (A long paragraph of more than 1,000 words will be omitted below)"

"So, do you understand what I'm saying? It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Anyway, just do what we say! New solar furnace, new production line, new roar, and then another car It’s the No. 1 Tasmanian superconducting alloy! Do you understand? This is all money!”

Babalu said that if he had been there at that time, he would have shot the guy's head off with one shot.

However, the new managers of the Red Maple Factory and the general manager who represented the interests of the new shareholders directly expressed their opposition.

"Hongfeng Factory is not so wealthy yet! We have just taken office and are facing such losses. I really can't explain it to investors!"

The well-dressed general manager whose name is not important said this.

Yes, after a long period of push and pull, the community government and the Far Coast Sector Government really could not tolerate the loss of this factory. What's more, the era of the War of Independence is over, and it's time for everyone to return to their respective places. The government is the government, and things like business management should still be left to professionals.

As a result, the part of the government's shares was bought by a private enterprise from a community with a large sum of money, and it also obtained the right to operate and manage the company.

In addition, I don’t know who the private owner was through. The government also put some pressure on the military, and the military representatives stationed in Hongfeng Factory also withdrew.

As for the military industry that originally belonged to the Red Maple Factory, it had been relocated one after another a few years ago.

Without the constraints of the government and the military, representatives of private investors probably feel that facing a group of rough workers and uneducated Lumina elders, this company, and even this planet, is enough to let them do whatever they want. .

So, the handsome and elegant general manager made another suggestion.

"Since it can no longer be refined, let's sell the ore directly!" he said.

"I have asked geologists to inspect it. The quality of the ore here is very good! And I am also in contact with the Deep Space Mining Group. It will cooperate with us to build our own professional mineral transportation fleet. !”

In business, from the perspective of a profit-seeking operator, this guy's idea cannot be said to be wrong. After all, in Yu Lian's hometown in his previous life, one could get carried away with its abundant resources. A country that doesn't plant maple trees but instead grows hemp trees, and a country whose ancestors all exiled criminals, rely on selling resources to make ends meet.

"...Hey, I used to think that all the military representatives were idiots! Now that I think about it, it's good to have military representatives here, at least they won't let these profiteers do whatever they want!"

"He doesn't dare to do whatever he wants! Didn't you rebel again soon?" Yu Lian laughed.

Babalu also smiled. He always regarded this as the glorious history of the factory.

He said matter-of-factly: "Because my master's master said, we are glorious smelter workers! If we only live by buying the inheritance left to us by the spirit of the universe, sooner or later we will become addicts and strong (meow) The traitor!"

Master Babalu's master was actually the chairman of the earliest workers' autonomous committee in Red Maple Factory, an old human worker named Tom Wise, and one of the leaders of the uprising army composed of workers in Red Maple Factory.

This is also a name buried in the long history, but he is also an ordinary hero.

It's a pity that the old man passed away five years ago, otherwise Yu Lian would really want to pay him a visit.

All in all, under the leadership of Mr. Wise, the labor leader at the time, the Red Maple Factory went on strike.

In fact, workers at that time were virtually alone. The management are representatives of the employer and are their enemies; and the rebels composed of Lumina cultists who worship the "God of the Sky" are also trying to attack the city and factory.

"Humans have deceived us! Their machines, their tall buildings, their cities, and their railways are all symbols of evil! Destroy them and return to our real lives!" This is what the Rumina rebels said.

"It's just that the moa flew in the head!" said the old workers. So we began to prepare for the factory's own self-police team.

On the other hand, the management representatives finally couldn't hold on any longer. The company has been unable to generate profits for a long time, all business plans have been disrupted by the workers, and small-scale attacks have broken out near the city from time to time. Who can survive this?

So, they left Rumina in despair. It has been nearly ten years now.

But since then, Red Maple Factory and Maple City seemed to have been forgotten until today.

Babaru was a little disappointed. At their feet is the abundant Taiweng ore, but now it cannot be turned into actual benefits, which is equivalent to begging for food while guarding the gold and silver mountains.

"We don't know how to beg for food. How can the children of Hong Maple Factory be so worthless!" Lumina worker leader shouted: "My master leads everyone outside to open up wasteland and farm, my senior brother goes into the mountains to hunt, and I... still We organized everyone to mine what should be mined and produce what should be produced! Although the Taiweng mine cannot be refined, the iron, copper, etc. can still be used! The equipment left by Duke Tannhäuser is still there, We have also built several blast furnaces of our own, which can still produce iron. The supporting factories 4 and 5 can produce tools and simple machines, which can be traded with other tribes, and the city's basic life can still be maintained. "

This is the same as what Yu Lian understands. Starting with Mr. Wise, several labor leaders tried their best to maintain order in the city.

This is completely self-help through production! Yu Lian was really in awe of this workers leader.

However, he also knew that it would be impossible to maintain this industrial city for too long using the production and trading model of the agricultural era.

Therefore, the key to everything is to get the solar furnace moving. Let those Taion mines buried underground turn into superconducting materials that make the whole universe feel happy!

"So, do you know how to repair the solar furnace?" Babalu said with expectant eyes.

"I'm sorry! I don't know." Yu Lian shrugged, looking calm.