Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1354: Early Human Space Movement
"This is actually fun." Phaethon was throwing the ball. She and Shangluo were throwing and catching the ball in the room, using rolled-up newspapers to hit each other. Because there was no gravity, using newspapers to hit the ball was a very skillful way to play.

"So, what does the book say?" Shangluo asked as he tossed the ball, "Why did so many people go to Southeast Asia when it was being developed?"

"The book says that there are three main types of immigrants in Southeast Asia: commercial immigrants, agricultural immigrants, and industrial immigrants. Commercial immigrants have existed since ancient times, because they mainly went to do business. Then came agricultural immigrants, who mainly went out to reclaim wasteland during wars. Industrial immigrants only appeared in modern times, and they were mainly plantation owners and their workers. Here is the test point: Although plantations belong to agricultural production in a broad sense, the employment relationship around plantations is counted as industry."

"If we use this as a reference,

Shangluo thought about it: First of all, it is probably difficult for commercial immigration to exist among the first batch of immigrants, because business is about exchange, and exchange first requires people to live in space. You can't do business in the air where there are no people.

It is also unlikely that a second batch of agricultural immigrants will exist—at least not in the narrow sense. Because the development of the universe is not something that a few self-employed farmers can handle. At least at this stage, private interstellar pioneers are unlikely to become the mainstream in the true sense.

The third batch of industrial immigrants is a target of reference value. Because in theory, the first batch of immigrants must be employees of the imperial court or the heavenly court, attracted by salary rather than land. Only after the emergence of mature space development technology, it is possible for "agricultural immigrants" attracted by space land to appear.

At this point, it is no longer appropriate to use agriculture or industry to distinguish between immigrants. Because even if they are attracted by space agriculture and start to develop habitable land on their own, it is probably not for the purpose of developing farmland.

However, no matter how people are pulled in, only those who are willing can go to space. Pulling people in against their will is like conscription.

Shangluo didn't dare to capture able-bodied men and send them into space, for he was afraid that someone might get desperate and drill a hole in the cabin wall.

"So, do you think this is fun?" Shangluo hit the ball over, and Phaethon reached out to catch it.

"I think this might be a little more difficult. Take a look."

Phaethon threw the ball into the sky - of course the ball would not fall down because it was already in orbit.

"Let me take soccer as an example. When you throw the ball on the ground, because the ball will fall anyway, the defense will inevitably focus on the middle and low positions of the goal. But if you shoot close enough, the ball may hit any height in the goal, which is difficult for anyone to block. Because originally you only need to defend a line, but now you have to defend an entire area. And look here."

She pointed to the top of her head, where the ball still hadn't come down: "Look, the defense area is ridiculously large. No matter how you throw it, you have to defend the entire surface. When you hit it with newspaper, it's already very fast. If you use a bat to hit it, this sport is not something that ordinary people can play."

The difficulty of this sport was so high that even Phaethon found it ridiculous, because the ball could fly over from any angle. Even on the moon, the requirements for catching the ball were too high.

"But this is what makes it exciting~~" Shangluo said, "It is this kind of trendy sport that can show the power of heaven and man."

"That's fine, but don't you think football and basketball would work too?"

"In a low-gravity environment, it's very difficult to play football and basketball. Because if the basketball doesn't fall, or falls very slowly, there's no way to throw it. Football is even more difficult because the ball doesn't even take up any space."

"Then do you have any sports in Rome that we can refer to?" "Yes." Phaethon nodded, "We do have a military sport - it's very similar to the rugby you are familiar with. This kind of ball simulates the shield pushing between heavy infantry, requiring players to collide and attack and defend with each other."

"It's like softball, and it can be played in space."

Softball is about throwing the ball in space, and rugby is about colliding in space. These are both relatively suitable sports modes.

"Very good. Then in the short term, I think we can shoot a news report about it. It can serve as an introduction and preview of life in space."

"That sounds good. At least I would like to see it - you can let me appear on the screen, but I want to show it to the Romans first. By the way, if the Romans also want to go to space, will you agree?"

Shangluo knew something about this matter. So it was obvious that not all Romans wanted to go to Cybele, and there were still many who wanted to live in the sun.

"If there aren't too many people, I don't mind. According to what was said before, a small number of Romans can move here."

"There won't be a large number of people. A large number of people have already gone to Cybernia. By then, there may be a large number of people in Syracuse who want to seek protection from Zhendan.

"That's what I want. If they dare to come, I will deal with them according to my own laws."

The matter of Syracuse has passed for the time being, but Shangluo doesn't know whether they will hide their ambitions forever. But for now, at least this result is good. Because the three-legged machine supervisors they sent here are very useful. They helped Shangluo master the thinking model that he couldn't see. Before this, Shangluo could only indirectly control Columbia through the chef. Although this is actually very safe, Shangluo still wants to be more stable after all.

Shangluo had not yet finished investigating the Syracuse people, because their motives were problematic. After all, they participated in this operation with the intention of "correcting" Colombia.

Colombia's current prosperity is certainly unstable, but Shangluo doesn't think that Syracuse's people can affect his employment standards. He wants people who can change the world correctly - whether it is correct or not is up to him to define. And Syracuse is quite incorrect in every sense.

"In short, even if they want to do it, it seems that they haven't found the opportunity yet."

"Maybe they will take action when we reach the moon?" asked Phaethon.

"It's very likely. But it will be too late to test it then. I think it's better to use a more direct method of provocation." He planned to clean up any possible infiltration in Syracuse before heading to the moon.

"Oh, right." He remembered, "Let's call those researchers as well. It's just going to space, don't be afraid, you can go there for a fee."

(End of this chapter)