After his conversation with Governor Northwind, Zhao Chen returned to the Xiaolong system.
Zhao Chen outwardly agreed to Governor Beifeng's request.
In reality, only Zhao Chen himself knows what he is thinking and what he is planning.
The first thing Zhao Chen did upon returning to the Xiaolong Galaxy was to have Lilith organize a department to begin researching aid and development work for the Morton and Eris Galaxys.
The most important one is naturally the Morton Galaxy.
Upon receiving the mission, Lilith immediately dispatched a group of people to the Morton system to investigate the matter. The first thing she did was to deploy a stargate escort fleet consisting of thirty T2 Black Rhinos.
They took over the stargate in the Morton system, and from then on, the stargate was controlled by the Dragon Legion.
During the time Lilith was handling things.
Zhao Chen was also busy with his own affairs, assisting Annie in developing a detailed construction plan for the last quarter of the year; what had been finalized before was only the construction outline and blueprint.
The details, down to what model to build each month, how many to build, and which interstellar industrial ship to build them, all need to be planned in detail.
Of course, this was mainly because Annie had dark circles under her eyes and looked at Zhao Chen with a pitiful expression, begging Commander Zhao Chen for help, otherwise the lovely Annie would suddenly die.
Zhao Chencai joined.
Having completed a phase of work, Zhao Chen stretched.
He took a moment to open the system task interface.
This also contains a record of previously completed tasks.
【Triggered system quest 'The Decline of the Xu Family'】
Task Difficulty: Level B
Task Rewards: 20 Task Points and 10,000 System Points
Mission objective: Help the Xu family preserve the Morton and Eris star systems.
Completed, reward available.
【Gained 20 mission points, current mission points: 260】
【Gained 10,000 system points, current system points: 350,000】
This is the previous task record.
"It's almost time." Zhao Chen looked at the floating clock beside him, as the last few numbers ticked away.
A new task has appeared in Zhao Chen's task list.
【Quarterly Mission: The First Battle of the T4 Suzaku-class Medium Star Cruiser】
Mission objective: Use a T4 Suzaku-class medium star cruiser to destroy one T4 starship and thirty T3 starships.
Task Rewards: 100,000 System Points, 50 Task Points
The mission for the last quarter of this year is actually to fight using a T4 Suzaku-class medium star cruiser?
"This task... is a bit difficult." Zhao Chen frowned slightly.
To date, the T4 Vermilion Bird-class medium interstellar cruiser remains classified, and the outside world has no idea that this Marquis of the Starshine Empire actually possesses a T4-class interstellar warship and the related construction technology.
If the outside world found out, the entire Starry Empire would probably be in an uproar.
After all, the Star Empire has only developed two T4 interstellar warships to date.
Furthermore, Zhao Chen's model is also an interstellar cruiser!
That means this is a starship that can be mass-produced, unlike the two T4 Borei-class heavy starships and the T4 Star Emperor-class medium carriers that the Star Empire currently possesses, neither of which can be built and deployed on a large scale.
Therefore, when Zhao Chen really reveals this T4 interstellar warship, it will be the time to go toe-to-toe with the princes.
It's currently impossible for Star Empire to produce it.
The mission requires destroying a T4-class interstellar warship with the T4 Vermilion Bird. T4-class interstellar warships do not sail alone, and if Zhao Chen moves any T4 interstellar warship within the Star Glory Empire, the risk of exposing the T4 Vermilion Bird is extremely high.
"If Star Empire doesn't work... then we'll have to look outside."
But ordinary space pirates or mercenary fleets wouldn't have T4 spaceships. Zhao Chen scratched his head, somewhat annoyed.
Therefore, the only targets that can be targeted are the Holy Radiance Empire and the Warhammer Starfleet Union.
Zhao Chen rubbed his chin, pondering how to handle this task.
"Commander, Secretary Lilith is requesting an audience at the door," a mechanical voice announced.
"Let her in," Zhao Chen said.
The office door opened automatically, and Lilith walked in.
“My lord, we have completed the plans and assistance you instructed us to provide for the Morton and Eris star systems,” Lilith said.
"Tell me about it," Zhao Chen said, clasping his hands together as he looked at Lilith.
Lilith raised her hand, and holographic projections of two galaxies appeared.
"The Morton Galaxy is a resource-rich galaxy with abundant mineral resources. It ranks third in the North Wind Star Region, but according to our investigation, if we include some unexploited mineral resources, it could rank first in the North Wind Star Region."
"Top ten in the Star Empire!" Lilith announced the good news first.
"Oh? Such a good resource star system, then why would it be given to an earl?" Zhao Chen asked, puzzled.
"Because those resource deposits are extremely difficult to mine, some of them were not even discovered by the Empire's interstellar exploration teams, but were discovered by the T3 Gold Digger-class heavy interstellar mining ships we dispatched this time."
The resources in the Morton system are of the type that are abundant, but most of them are very difficult to mine.
Therefore, prior to this, Earl Morton spared no expense in borrowing money to purchase interstellar mining ships and related industrial equipment for mining operations. Under his development, the highest annual output of raw materials mined in the Morton system before the insect plague could reach 30 billion star coins! "Lilith said.
Three hundred billion Star Coins a year.
This number isn't very high; it only ranks in the top five in the North Wind Star Region. In the vast territory of the Star Glory Empire, it probably wouldn't even make the top fifty.
After all, the North Wind Star Region itself is not a very wealthy star region.
Lilith then added, "But what if in the future we use our T3 Goldminer-class heavy interplanetary mining ships as mining tools?"
That year, mining efficiency could increase fourfold, and this number would rise even further as we discover more hidden mining sites.
Currently, we can at least increase the annual mining output of the Morton system to between 100 billion and 120 billion star coins.
The total monthly production value can reach 10 billion Star Coins!
Zhao Chen's eyes instantly lit up, and in a flash, he appeared in front of Lilith, grabbing her shoulders with both hands.
How much did you say?
Feeling Zhao Chen's large hand, Lilith, being a succubus with a naturally sensitive body, immediately straightened her tail.
“One thousand...one hundred billion star coins to one hundred and twenty billion star coins...” Lilith said, somewhat stammering.
Zhao Chen didn't notice Lilith's change; all he could see was a string of numbers.
A huge gold mine!
This is a huge gold mine!
With an annual output value of over 100 billion star coins, it can definitely rank among the top ten, or even the top five, of all the resource star systems in the Starry Empire.
