Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1288 The Imperial Court Has Plenty of Gold and Silver

A new Water Dragon is on the way.

In fact, the court built a lot of them. After all, there's not even a pump in this thing, and the principle is not much more difficult than "shaking a soda and then turning it upside down." It's just extremely huge, ridiculously huge.

The imperial court did not use aerospace capacity but rather shipbuilding capacity to build the Shuilong.

Judging from the current space missions, the Water Dragon is now completely unable to recover its costs. However, as the most powerful world empire in human history, and also the last world empire before humans escape the constraints of gravity, it is insignificant even if the court builds a big rocket to waste money. Because the court has mountains of gold and silver, which can never be spent.

One Water Dragon exploded, and there are two more on the launch pad, five in the shipyard, and the next generation of Water Dragons undergoing prototype testing in the Gobi Desert. The court has 2 backup Qigong pilots in reserve, and each of them can perform missions at any time.

The Water Dragon that Shangluo needs will be ready within a week.

During this week, the main task was to renovate the interior space of the Water Dragon.

The carrying space of the Suzuki is actually just a small empty compartment above the fuel tank. This space is as wide as the body of the Suzuki and has actually never been properly utilized.

The cockpit left for the pilot was actually only the tip of the rocket, as small as an airplane cockpit. Because there was really nothing to control on the rocket, just a series of valves, which could be directly controlled by the Qigong practitioner's spiritual energy.

Now, in order to meet Shangluo's requirements, the front of the Water Dragon needs to be equipped with a troop transport cabin and enough supplies to support personnel combat. Although these will not exceed the carrying capacity of the Water Dragon in terms of weight, how to distribute them in a space that has not yet been planned is still a problem.

"Then according to the plan, it will probably be completed like this." The next morning, Shangluo went to meet Zhu Xianxin at the right time and took out the preliminary plan formulated by Apollonia:

"We will launch the Water Dragon into space first, and only leave the first stage in the middle atmosphere, and launch most of the rocket body directly into space. After entering orbit, the Water Dragon will dock with the Bread Space Station, fill it with bread fuel, and then fly all the way to the moon."

"Wait a minute." Zhu Xianxin was stunned for a moment. "I understand the beginning and the end. It's a routine process. What's the bread space station? What is bread fuel? Kvass?"

"No, but it could be. First of all, this bread space station"

Shangluo briefly introduced its origin. Because Shangluo and others only knew about this thing yesterday afternoon, and this news had not yet reached Zhu Xianxin's ears.

"You mean, those automatons launched a large flying saucer into space without our knowledge, and are waiting in our path to provide support?"

"Yes." Shangluo nodded, "They said they could launch more if necessary."

"Let them retract their magical powers. How did they do it?"

"The automatons are using experimental technology that humans can't adapt to. We haven't yet determined whether this technology will cause harm to humans, but the automatons obviously don't need to care about that. As long as they are sure that the technology is technically feasible, they will do it immediately." "Okay. That's the Vulcan device you mentioned before. Those canned heads are so terrifying. So they can now bake bread in space?"

"Yes. They say that if needed, we can also use biomass fuel made from bread to fuel our spacecraft, just like they turn air into flour on the ground. It seems that the main process is to ferment the bread."

“Isn’t that still kvass?”

“It’s actually a stronger kind of kvass.”

"Good fellow," Zhu Xianxi covered his forehead with his hands, "I feel like they are getting more and more outrageous."

"That's what I think too. So after this incident is settled, I will make some adjustments to the Colombian Automata."

"Based on their speed, they will probably conduct deep space exploration soon." Before he finished speaking, he saw Shang Luo's expression was a little strange -

"No way?!" Zhu Xianxun asked in surprise, "Have they already started?"

"Yes. As far as I know, they have actually launched no less than 40 bread probes into deep space, looking for places in the universe where bread can be made, to provide more bread for humanity's subsequent space exploration. I have asked them to stop this work, and they will not send more automata up there."

"You're right. They can help us in low-Earth orbit now. But for deep space, we'd better do it ourselves."

"They are unreliable," Shang Luo replied. "Even if I put loyalty aside, these automatons are not very reliable. Because they tend to expand bread production by any means necessary, without considering other things. This makes their behavioral logic very distorted, but because their execution ability is unusually strong, they can complete these projects at a terrifying speed. But I think they will hit the ceiling sooner or later."

"Do you mean?"

"Currently, the Columbian Automaton State is actually using the experimental technology of Rome. Although these technologies have been proven to be feasible in Rome, many of them have not been put into practical use due to the ethical issues of science and technology. So far, the Columbian Automaton State has not demonstrated real research and development capabilities. After they have devoured all the legacy left by Rome, they may have nothing left to gnaw on."

"Huh" Zhu Xianxun finally breathed a sigh of relief. At least, this was something to be comforted by.

Living next to a neighbor whose origin and end he didn't know really made him unable to sleep peacefully. After knowing that these automata still had to follow the basic laws of scientific research and development, he felt more at ease.

"However, if they do not have the ability to develop technology, we can consider asking them to make more practical contributions in the short term. Have they considered deploying a space station on the moon?"

"They have actually already launched a lunar base. Yes, they have already deployed robots on the moon in advance. They have chosen a place that is very suitable for human landing, where there is water and other minerals in the strata. Even our space forces may be able to move in with just their luggage. By the time we go in, the steaming hot bread should be ready."

(End of this chapter)