Interstellar Industrial Age

The Dragon Nest Space Factory is relatively far from the earth and relatively close to the moon.

Due to the rise of the asteroid mining industry in the asteroid belt, the Dragon Nest Space Factory has always been very busy. There are more than ten long shipbuilding docks here, and batches of spacecraft have never stopped.

Even now that the second Dragon Nest space factory of Galaxy Technology Group has been completed and put into use, there are still too many orders here, and they have been lined up for several years.

Spaceships, especially the spaceships of Galaxy Technology Group, are expensive, but they are definitely worth the money, and it is absolutely safe to mine asteroids. Asteroid Mining Asteroids.

However, these spaceships have low thrust, poor safety, and seriously insufficient endurance. Sometimes when they arrive at the asteroid, they suddenly find that there is not enough fuel, and they can only go back empty-handed twice. Sometimes because of rocket problems, they become directly in the vast void. A firework.

The spacecraft of the Galaxy Technology Group has no such worries at all, and can come back safely every time. As for the harvest, sometimes it depends on luck.

At this time, in the huge Dragon Nest space factory, the spacecraft on a dock line has been completed, and the spacecraft on the entire line have been delivered, but the Galaxy Technology Group is not in a hurry to continue building the spacecraft.

"Haha, Lao Yang, Lao Zhang, I'm not that good, how can I research the controllable nuclear fusion technology so quickly."

In a huge empty room in the Dragon Nest Factory, this empty room is surprisingly large, with a length, width and height of several hundred meters. It seems to be a closed dock for manufacturing the core engine of the spacecraft, but this dock is really too big. .

In the dock, Qin Yi, Lu Qingwei, Yang Hongyan, Zhang Jian and others chatted while looking at the super huge anti-gravity engine in front of them.

The anti-gravity engine of the Qinglong-class spacecraft is almost the same as that of a building. The engine in front of you is several sizes larger than the engine of the Qinglong-class spacecraft. It is several hundred meters long and more than 200 meters wide. , more than 300 meters high.

On its huge body, scientists and engineers in white coats are like ants, constantly busy. The copper wires above are one meter in diameter, and any interface is like a huge abyss. Generally, if a person falls into it, it is like an ant falling into a person's mouth, without making any sound.

This engine is so huge!

The entire huge enclosed dock is almost occupied by its huge body,

Around this huge engine, the robotic arms are already busy, and every now and then there are huge accessories carried by the robotic arms.

This is just the assembly point. The engine is too big, and it adopts a modular design. Each module is assembled in other engine manufacturing docks, and then shipped together for assembly.

"You have the guts to say, how many years have you been studying this gravity technology, and in the end it was not because the boss stayed with you for nearly a year that you reluctantly researched the controllable nuclear fusion technology."

"If you rely on yourself, I estimate that without 100 years, it is impossible for you to research the controllable nuclear fusion technology."

Yang Hongyan glanced at Lu Qingwei, this kid has been very shy recently, and he said that he was very arrogant when he met anyone, and the whole person was floating.

"100 years, you underestimate me too."

"I have already researched the gravity technology, and the boss is just here to join in the fun. Without the boss, I can also research it very quickly."

"There's no way, whoever told me that the soldiers under my command are all quacks."

Lu Qingwei grinned with a big mouth, his face was neither red nor panting, his bragging was really powerful.

"Come on you, everyone still doesn't know how much you have."

Zhang Jian, who was beside him, couldn't stand it any longer and couldn't help but say.

"Haha, you are envious, jealous, and hateful, but if you look at the boss, he won't."

"Tsk tsk, I said that the two of you are also big bosses, so why can't you raise your mind and bearing."

Lu Qingwei looked at Yang Hongyan and Zhang Jian and said with a smile.

"Just say it, when will this dragon-class spacecraft start construction?"

"I'm ready here. I can come and start work at any time. The fusion reactor and the gravity system on the spacecraft are all handed over to me, and I will keep it for you."

Yang Hongyan and Zhang Jian looked at each other, and they were speechless. They were really not the opponent of Lu Qingwei in terms of mouth, so they couldn't say anything about him.

But the two of them also know that Qin Yi's visit this time must also be for the dragon-class spacecraft. This engine technology is available, the controllable nuclear fusion technology is also available, and the gravity technology is also available.

In addition, the asteroid mining industry is very popular now, and the number of asteroids mined every year is already very considerable. As long as there is money, there are enough resources to build spacecraft.

The conditions in all aspects are ripe, and it is time to build the Dragon-class spacecraft.

"The design of the dragon-class spacecraft has been completed. After listening to the boss's words, we are already manufacturing the engine ahead of time. Now the engine is almost completed."

"The most difficult engine is about to be built. I can say that one third of the work on my side has been completed. As for the fusion reactor and gravity generating device, it is up to Qingwei."

Yang Hongyan thought about it and told the current progress.

"I'm sure there's no problem here, it's definitely possible."

When Lu Qingwei heard this, he immediately patted his chest and assured.

"I'm most worried about you. This fusion reactor is very difficult to manufacture, especially the laser ignition device. We have failed several times on the moon. Now in space, the difficulty of manufacturing will increase."

"In addition, this dragon-class spacecraft and Qinglong-class spacecraft are completely two concepts. We already have a lot of construction experience for Qinglong-class spacecraft, and the experience is enough."

"Technically speaking, the most difficult thing about the Qinglong-class spacecraft is just this engine, but the dragon-class spacecraft is not only a more powerful second-generation antigravity engine, but also designed to controllable nuclear fusion and gravity technology. ."

"Just mastering the various technologies is nothing. The key is how to perfectly integrate these three technologies to create a perfect and powerful spaceship."

"Although I don't expect this dragon-class spacecraft to roam the sea of ​​stars in the future, the cost of this dragon-class spacecraft is too high."

Qin Yi looked at the huge engine in front of him, then looked at the three of them, and finally focused on Lu Qingwei.

"The cost of this hair thing has exceeded 5 trillion Chinese dollars. I don't know how many tons of rare metals are used on it. If the moon mining industry is not mature now, the price of these rare metals will decrease. The cost of this engine alone will consume the funds in our company account.”

"There is also a nuclear fusion reactor, which is also a bottomless pit. It cost me 5 trillion Chinese dollars on the moon. In this space, I don't know how much it will cost."

"So, brothers, everyone should communicate and negotiate with each other more, and cooperate with each other to strive to make this dragon-class spacecraft more perfect."

"I estimate that we definitely won't be able to build a second dragon-class spacecraft in a short period of time. At least it needs to be slowed down. It's really not enough money."

Qin Yi, who has always been rich and powerful, also cried when he was poor, but there was really nothing he could do.

Although Qin Yi's family has a big business and all its subsidiaries are very profitable, they can't stand Qin Yi, a prodigal prodigal. He Junbo, the company's chief financial officer, has repeatedly issued an alarm to Qin Yi. More, let Qin Yi take it easy and save some flowers.

The creation of the Dragon-class spacecraft is also all made with money. The core engine, the larger the anti-gravity engine, the stronger the power of the anti-gravity engine, its power is proportional to its cost, and it is still increased geometrically.

The engine cost of the Qinglong-class spacecraft is only a few hundred billion Chinese dollars, and the engine cost of this dragon-class spacecraft has soared to several trillion Chinese dollars.

There is also a nuclear fusion reactor, which is also very large in size, a huge sphere with a diameter of hundreds of meters. This is a nuclear fusion reactor built on the moon for experiments.

If this is used on the dragon-class spacecraft, it will definitely need to be improved. The volume is equally huge, and the cost will not be cheaper than this engine. The combined cost of these two things alone exceeds 10 trillion Chinese dollars.

This is just the cost of construction, not including research and development costs, etc. Once these are also included, the cost will be turned up again.

In addition to the engine and the nuclear fusion reactor, the gravity generating device is also very expensive, and they are all piled up with money. Not to mention trillions, trillions are definitely indispensable.

Coupled with the overall cost of the entire spacecraft, the amount of steel required alone is estimated to exceed hundreds of millions of tons. Only Qin Yi would be so willing to invest in this dragon-class spacecraft, but even Qin Yi, who was rich and powerful, was at this time. All have been calculated and invested.

"This is the first time I've seen the boss talk to us about money. I've never seen him like this before."

Lu Qingwei looked at Qin Yi and couldn't help but say.

"Indeed, the boss used to sign this piece without frowning."

Zhang Jian also nodded and said.

"Go, go, I'll find a way about money. If you three don't build this dragon-class spacecraft, I'll let you work for me for the rest of your life."

"The kind that doesn't pay wages~"

Qin Yi looked at the three of them and said with a smile.