Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1321 The Launch of Lianshan
The Lianshan successfully entered the geosynchronous orbit at about 5 pm that day and docked over Yingtian. All Yingtian citizens looked up and could see the -ton giant ship docked in high orbit.

Next to the giant ship is the wheel-shaped space station, a creation of the Columbian Automata. Human technology is flying in tandem with human technology. After being briefly surpassed by Ironhead, humans followed closely behind, launching spacecraft of the same magnitude and regaining balance.

The good news for the public is being edited. Even if we ignore the news about the Columbian Automaton Nation, which is not suitable for publication, this is a great victory for mankind. Just like other victories thousands of miles away, this victory will appear on the front page of Yingtian’s newspaper that evening, allowing everyone to share in the glory.

Although the popular watermelon-flavored salty soda can no longer be distributed to Yingtian citizens for free this winter due to the production line being oversupplied, everyone will feel as proud as if they were drinking watermelon soda when they think of the huge battleship floating overhead.

And the shorter message had already spread to the ears of all those who knew about it.

Zhu Xianxin stood on his balcony and witnessed the scene. He had actually been watching the big ship jumping back and forth in the sky since the morning. Although the final stage of the orbit change had changed the orbit from ellipse to circle, so it no longer needed to jump around, it was a magic ship after all.

A strange thing powered by magic and taboos flew over his head, making him exclaim "Wow."

He didn't feel relieved until everything was settled. Because in the end, the warship passed through Yingtian more and more frequently, and he was afraid that the warship would smash down directly. At that time, he might have to use some backup hidden energy to intercept 100,000 tons of steel in the sky above Yingtian.

But in the end, Shangluo succeeded.

Soon after, two Water Dragons would be launched into the sky. The Water Dragons would carry the materials needed to transform the Lianshan—mainly those that were not suitable for being launched by cannons, such as some huge machines that could not be disassembled.

The hulls of the two Water Dragons will also be used to build frigates later.

"Should I design the uniforms for the Space Force?" Zhu Xianxi pondered.

Although the Thunder Department Heavenly Army was formed by Shangluo, it will take some time before it is truly merged.

During this period, the imperial court did need some space power of its own, because it could not just sit on the earth and not look for Shangluo for everything related to space.

But then again, there still needs to be a division of labor.

In the evening, Shangluo, who came to report the good news, sat in front of him.

"By the way, Shangluo, I think we need to divide up some work regarding aerospace. Because not all matters in the sky belong to the heavens."

"Ah, like satellites, right?"

Zhu Xianxun nodded: "Since it is running so smoothly, we can try to launch our communication satellite. You still remember that overseas calls are expensive, right? Because they are all transmitted through submarine cables. The channels of submarine cables are quite limited, and our communication with the New World is becoming more and more frequent. Including, long-distance communications in the capital are becoming more and more tense."

"Wait a minute, Brother. I think it's a bit too early for us to study communication satellites when we haven't even figured out integrated circuits yet?"

"We can put the Tianyi nobles into the satellite, and then let them provide switching services like the Jinyiwei's switching station. I think this is a good project for cooperation between heaven and earth, and it can increase the funds of the heavenly court. After all, the heavenly court still has to pay coins to buy soda, right?"

"Brother, did you see it?"

"It's hard not to notice you guys buying hot Coke at the door. In fact, there's another thing going on recently, which is watermelon soda, which also requires cooperation with the Heavenly Court." "What is that? What watermelon soda?"

"Actually, it's like this - you know that Yingtian Prefecture is going to distribute daily necessities, right? It's because the prices in Yingtian are too high, and our supplies are used to stabilize the cost of living, so that we can ensure that the price of living and the price of production run at the same time."

Shangluo also knew that this actually had the effect of restricting urbanization. The household registration system of the Ming Dynasty was tied to welfare, a large part of which was the distribution of materials and subsidies. The court did not restrict people from leaving their registered places, but many things related to citizen welfare were distributed in their original registered places.

The intention of the imperial court was: if citizens could settle down in Yingtian by their own ability, then the imperial court would not care about these things. The opportunities provided by Yingtian also made Yingtian's floating population the largest in the world.

But if you don't have the ability to settle down, at least you won't starve to death if you go home.

Yingtian is already very big, and the local citizens alone have supported a huge city. Among the supplies distributed to the citizens of Yingtian, there is a column of mandatory items.

“That’s watermelon soda.”

"So why watermelon soda?"

"Because watermelon is the specialty of Xiaolingwei. Xiaoling melon is also the face of the entire Yingtian, and it is one of the few specialties here. So every winter, everyone loves to drink watermelon soda."

"Does Xiaolingwei have watermelons in winter?"

"No." Zhu Xianxi answered simply, "In fact, there is no watermelon in the watermelon soda. It is just carbonated water with sugar and watermelon flavoring. But it is produced by the soda factory in Weigang, so everyone just thinks it is a peripheral product of Xiaolingwei watermelon."

"Ah, this. Why do I feel like this is a big deal? Otherwise, you wouldn't have mentioned this to me, brother."

"Because this is everyone's memory of the end of the year, everyone loves to drink this at the end of the year."

"Then why is it gone?"

"It seems like a few months ago, when you were leading the 'giant spirit' into the city, you passed by the Xiaolingwei territory, and then unfortunately, you ran into the watermelon soda factory in the corner. The facilities were too old and there was no replacement, and now the new equipment needs to be debugged. So I thought, you can also take over this deal."

Shangluo understood now - Zhu Xianxi saw that the Thunder Department was getting more and more active, and wondered if the Thunder Department might be short of money, so he wanted to send some orders. Including communication satellites, soda and the like, all of which could be provided by the Thunder Department.

"Will the Xiaoling Guards be angry?"

"No, I've already told him. And the son of the commander of the Xiaoling Guard is your classmate, from your Imperial College. He might even bring watermelon to see you at the beginning of the year. So, do you have a plan for the soda?"

"That's easy. Apart from the flavors which are a bit difficult to deal with, sugar and carbonated water can be produced by automatic machines, which is extremely convenient."

(End of this chapter)