Walk alone in the abyss

Saka Star, the most luxurious hotel still in operation today.

The banquet on the top floor of the building was still being held, Yang Ming was sitting in the corner watching a short movie, most of the nobles in the hall had slumped faces, and most of them were in a sluggish state of mind.

Hanyin quickly arrived at Yang Ming's side, and said in a low voice: "Boss, I just received the news from the palace that Her Highness Daphne will arrive at Saka in 16 hours, please do a good job of reception."

"Daphne?"

Yang Ming pressed the pause button, looked up at the scattered figures everywhere, many nobles had gone to their respective suites to rest.

——Before the resources of various families to support the construction of Saka star arrived here, they all stayed in Saka star 'voluntarily'.

"What is she going to do again?"

Yang Ming suddenly showed a sad face.

Behind Daphne is Director Ino, the terrifying old man who holds the core secrets of the empire and the empire's dimension-enhancing laboratory. This is a huge threat that he can't ignore now.

Hanyin said with a smile: "It may be that His Highness appreciates the boss."

"Admiring me? Don't be kidding," Yang Ming pouted, "Daphne is a beautiful girl, and she is good at taking this beauty as her own capital. This is different from the girls I have ever met. I think She won't have real male-female affection."

Hanyin snorted: "It's as if you are an emotional expert."

"You and Hanxiang will suffer, and make some necessary arrangements to welcome Her Royal Highness," Yang Ming said, "You have seen the appearance of this planet, there is no good place, let Daphne also stay in this hotel."

"yes……"

"Also," Yang Ming thought for a while, "help me contact the local Saka family members, and say that Hui Saka is back, and I want to find a group of talents who are interested in building their hometown."

"knew!"

Hanyin turned his head and left, muttering constantly:

"Let us do everything, hide here and watch a movie by yourself, do you have a boss like you?"

Yang Ming's voice chased after him: "Your instructor will arrive at Saka soon, and when she arrives, she will take over most of your work."

Instructor?

Hanyin let out a soft snort from the tip of his nose, and there was a little fighting spirit in his eyes.

If you want to convince Hanxiang, you only need to scratch her armpits; if you want her to convince Hanyin, that's not something that can be done by just a random woman.

The honor of the palace maid is to be guarded by her!

Yang Ming continued to watch a short movie for a while, got up and strolled around the banquet hall, and the idea of ​​going out for a walk came up in his heart.

Taking out the hidden earphones in his ears and establishing a call with Li, Yang Ming began to have a comprehensive understanding of the current Saka Star.

"The situation is dire."

Law sighed:

"The emperor gave you the worst piece of territory, the boss, and it only has a 100-year period.

"If we develop this territory well, the future emperor will take it back...I always feel that we are at a big loss."

Yang Ming said with a smile: "One hundred years is too long, don't think so far away, just think about building Saka in a few years."

"Well, it depends on how you choose, boss."

Law said softly:

"I have formulated three plans for you, and the corresponding development cycles are thirty years, twelve years, and four years.

"The first plan is a normal planetary development plan, aggregating resources, attracting population, and encouraging fertility. It is hoped that this planet will return to the level of prosperity before the bug infestation within 30 years."

"Ignore this plan," Yang Ming said, "Faya's game will start in more than ten years at the latest. If it is soon, it may only be three to five years. Too long-term planning is meaningless to me."

Law asked: "Boss, what is your position on this territory? Or, what goal do you want to use Saka star to achieve?"

Yang Ming was lost in thought.

He walked into the sightseeing elevator and stared at the gloomy city outside the window.

Currently, 85% of the population of Saka is gathered in this city, and the remaining population is scattered around this city, engaged in agriculture and heavy industry.

This planet, which has experienced several times of glory and several times of weakness, has almost died after the bug infestation.

The color of the sky is still gray, and the environmental pollution caused by continuous over-development in the past hundreds of years still shows no signs of turning around.

When Yang Ming stepped out of the elevator, he had already activated the shielding device covering his whole body, and he was walking by the stove with his hands behind his back.

He said slowly:

"The positioning of this territory is to serve as our foundation in the empire. The forces we hold now are Dark Star first, Luofeng second, and this is the third.

"The resources of Dark Star and Luofeng cannot have any intersection with this place, this place will become our disguise, and it will also become the basis for us to exert political influence on the empire.

"Didn't we create the miracle of the dark star? Let's try to create a miracle here too."

"Boss, this is hard to do."

Law explained:

"Dark Star has undergone earth-shaking changes in just a few years, and it is based on mechanical civilization.

"Mechanical civilization is cycled by mechanical self-replication. As long as there are enough resources, there will be an exponential development speed, which is different from human civilization.

"Mechanical self-replication may only require an assembly line, and the cultivation of talent units in human civilization is calculated on the basis of ten or twenty years."

Yang Ming asked: "What's your second plan? The twelve-year one."

"Ancient technology."

Law laughed and said:

"The core is what we have always said to the empire, the ancient technology mastered by the white ghost.

"Using technology to rejuvenate the country, set up high-tech companies, attract talents with high salaries, build a group of huge technology companies, and build new cities around these technology companies.

"Because the industrial system of Star Saka has been paralyzed, it is equivalent to starting from scratch, so there will be no resistance, just start building from scratch.

"I have calculated that this process will take about twelve years."

"Then, what about the third plan?"

"The second plan is the basis of the third plan," Lv deliberately sold off, "it is equivalent to adding a little abnormal method."

Yang Ming wondered, "What unusual means?"

"Give full play to personal advantages and use the appeal of the white ghost! Make Saka Star a base camp for the white ghost fan group! Use the method of creating a popular tourist attraction on the Internet to build Saka Star and use the white ghost to guard the publicity Slogan, lure people here first to engage in development!"

Lu excitedly cheered:

"Ghost Daxing Saka! The honor belongs to me! The sanctuary of ghosts! Human beings coexist peacefully!"

Yang Ming silently took out the network access terminal, and sent a message to 026.

[Go and check the mastermind of Xia Li to see if any screws are loose. 】

[Good boss! 】

"Oh!" Lu complained helplessly, "Are you kidding me, boss, what are you doing, I'm fine!"

Yang Ming sneered: "How can there be conditions for the implementation of the third plan now? You sent someone to come over, and all you saw was a piece of dilapidated buildings built hundreds of years ago. Isn't this a scam?"

"If you don't cheat, how will you develop?"

Law sighed:

"Here we need talents but no talents, we need resources but no resources, we need urban construction without urban construction, the local defense force has a total of eight broken ships, and the military expenditure cannot be paid to them every year. Those who don’t want to leave will be left behind, and the quality of the population is considered to be the lowest level in the Milky Way.

"This place is not comparable to Luofeng's fifth administrative star. After all, the fifth administrative star still has a lot of cheap labor."

"Don't be in a hurry."

Yang Ming had actually thought about this question all the way, and said slowly:

"First do a pre-planning to see if there is a way to manage the environment here, and then see if a new city can be built quickly."

"Then, boss," said Li in a low voice, "let's simply introduce the robot factory, while expropriating the labor here, we also use the mechanical efficiency to ensure the steady improvement of the overall efficiency. After building a model of a new city, you can use it to name, and then attract people to settle in.”

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Is there any way for us to make a foray in the direction of the tourist planet?"

Law clicked: "Tourism, here is full of industrial culture. The rise and fall of hundreds of years ago can reflect the rise and fall of the empire's industrial stars to a certain extent, but I think people who are interested in this place should not More than a third of the agricultural star next door."

Yang Ming: ...

Good guy, has he entered the 'rust belt' of the empire?

Yang Ming clutched his neck and shook, his eyes were suddenly attracted by the corner of the street not far away.

There were a few figures squatting there, and some metal plates or solid-state display screens were placed in front of them, with the words "Xiao Gong" written on them.

What made Yang Ming a little concerned was that these few people seemed to be all of age, and they should all be at school age.

Should this happen to the most powerful empire in the galaxy?

Can interstellar civilization not solve the problem of people's poverty?

Yang Ming frowned and walked over.

These young people stood up immediately, all of them were a little sallow and thin, trying their best to show off their not too many muscles, staring at Yang Ming with those eyes that should have been young but had already matured.

The boy on the far left obviously recognized who Yang Ming was, clenched his fists a little nervously, and his breathing became a little short, obviously wanting to call out that name.

The other boys didn't recognize Yang Ming, and they all took the initiative to ask for work:

"Sir, do you need temporary workers?"

"Bill by the hour, or you can just give us some tips."

"It's better to take care of the food!"

Yang Ming nodded, originally wanted to get some banknotes on his body, but found that he had no habit of taking money out for a long time.

He pointed the network access terminal at several people, and asked in a low voice, "How old are you?"

"twenty two!"

"twenty five!"

"twenty-three!"

"I'm two, twenty-eight!"

Yang Ming frowned and looked at the few of them: "I don't check your actual age, you think I'm blind? None of them have grown beards!"

"Why do you look so familiar..."

"I'm more or less a public figure, and I'm short of a few people," Yang Ming said indifferently, "Looking at you, you're still pretty upright, and you're not bad looking, tsk."

"Sir, we don't do that kind of thing!"

"We can help you wash your car and sweep the yard, and we can also help you with some simple assembly work. We have all worked in the model assembly factory for at least half a year!"

"Yes, my lord, we've all heard of noble games, it's a bit insulting to our personality!"

"Actually, it's not impossible..."

Several people turned their heads and stared at the little fat man who said he was twenty-eight.

The little fat man quickly shook his head, swallowed again, lowered his head and said, "Anyway, if you can make money, you can do whatever you want."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Who is the leader among you?"

The skinny little boy on the far left stood up: "I am, sir."

"What is your name?"

"Peterson."

Yang Ming said: "Do you know me?"

"White, white ghost, hero of the empire," the boy pursed his lips tightly, whispering, "Your poster is on the opposite wall."

"Yeah?"

Yang Ming turned his head and glanced, and saw the huge projected poster covering the entire building, on which was a close-up of him facing the swarm of insects.

The boy said: "Thank you, you saved us."

"What about your family?"

"died."

"The last bug infestation?"

"The famine after the bug."

"Did something go wrong during the post-disaster reconstruction?"

"They said they had distributed food, but a lot of the food was moldy, and the portion was seriously insufficient. The adults gave us the food."

"Why don't you respond to this problem on the Internet."

"They confiscated our access terminals, sir, in exchange for food."

The boy's eye circles were slightly red, but he quickly calmed down after sniffling:

"My dad said before he died, you saved us, you gave us hope, and that hope is the most precious thing, we have to survive on our own and put down roots on this planet again.

"You have worked hard for us, if we don't live well, we will be ashamed of you."

The boy on the side whispered: "They said that many people left this planet, but in fact only a small part left. Many people were tricked into doing high-load or high-risk labor. Many people starved to death and were covered up. .”

The little fat man muttered: "The land is completely polluted, nothing can grow from the planted things, there are problems with the water, and the purified water is scary expensive, we have to queue up to go to the toilet and the water is limited. "

Yang Ming smiled and said: "I probably know, take me to where you live, and maybe I can bring you a few full meals."

"Are you going to inspect?" the boy asked.

"It doesn't matter," Yang Ming said, "I haven't officially taken office yet, and I don't know what a lord can do, so take me there."

"Okay, I hope you don't mind the environment here, at least we all have a place to live, and there are plenty of houses here."

Peterson turned around and made a gesture of invitation. He slightly pursed his lips, somewhat nervous.

Yang Ming smiled and rubbed his head, and walked forward with his hands behind his back.

"Boss," Li said softly, "I have already purchased enough supplies near the planet, and they will be able to send them to where they live later."

Yang Ming raised his hand and tapped on the earphones: "First call in two comprehensive supply ships."

"Boss, we don't have supply ships that can operate legally within the empire."

"Then buy it, in the name of forming a territorial private army," Yang Ming said, "mobilize the legal reserve funds in the empire, buy more equipment, build a food processing plant and a water purification plant as soon as possible, and build a temporary hospital , if the cycle is too long, we will bring a few medical spacecraft over here, remember, at least three million people can be guaranteed food, drink and medical services.”

"Yes, boss."

"Investigate the various problems in the reconstruction of the Saka Star Disaster."

Yang Ming said in a low voice:

"You don't need to report to me. If you find out the problem, you can solve the problem. You don't need to go through any legal channels. The legal process is too long. I don't want to meet with them, so as not to look disgusting."

"Understood, if you do this, the existing local government of Saka Star may be paralyzed today."

"Paralyzed is paralyzed, it's useless in the first place."

The corners of Yang Ming's mouth twitched slightly, and he closed the surrounding shielding devices casually, showing a gentle smile.

Peterson asked nervously, "You, can you really fly?"

Yang Ming said with a smile: "A little bit, it is to use mental power to fight against gravity, which is a bit similar to simulating a gravity field."

The little fat man on the side asked: "Then you are really like what you said on the Internet, can you single-handedly challenge the fourth-order queen?"

"That was before, if I call on my most powerful helper now, maybe I can solve the fifth-order insect swarm."

"Why do bugs attack us? They don't feed on humans."

"The previous bug infestation was their revenge. In the final analysis, the two races are fighting for the right to survive. The minerals needed for our jump engine are the same as the minerals needed for their queen's evolution. This forms a direct competition."

The sound of laughter and chat floated out of the alley, as if the years were peaceful and nothing happened.

legal thinking space.

Law slowly put on black sunglasses and white gloves for himself, and changed his suit into a solemn dress.

She looked at the rows of projection screens that popped up in front of her eyes, with a sneer on her lips.

These scumbags that make the boss unhappy.

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