Interstellar: Start as a cleaner.

Chapter 1294 Lack of Money
Yang Bo's popularity has gradually increased since the swordplay competition.

Since creating an academic website was a public matter, it was quickly discovered.

Yang Bo's two published papers are not very academically rigorous.

However, there was no way around it; the copyrights to the video and image materials cited in the paper belonged to Yang Bo.

Most people are indifferent to Yang Bo's behavior.

However, scholars, especially those who study interstellar life, are extremely disgusted by Yang Bo's behavior.

Because Yang Bo himself is not very well educated.

Moreover, Yang Bo had never done any research in this area, nor had he systematically studied this knowledge; he relied solely on luck!

These scholars believed that their own papers were superior to Yang Bo's.

However, Yang Bo is now a figure on the rich list, so these scholars dare not say anything recklessly.

These scholars did not pay much attention to Yang Bo, mainly because Yang Bo himself did not engage in related research.

These people, of course, did not know that Yang Bo's research and application of interstellar biology had far surpassed that of the world's top research institutions in the field!
Yang Bo is now in Prince Holden's territory because the king has sent men.

Prince Holden was exiled by the King!

I had assumed that Prince Holden would live a life of poverty here.

Moreover, Prince Holden received quite a few people from outside the country last year.

Many of these outsiders were nobles of the kingdom, and some were given to Prince Holden by the king!
I thought that Prince Holden's territory would be in chaos after taking in so many outsiders!

Unexpectedly, Prince Holden has managed things very well, and has even established many farms and ranches!

They even sold many goods to the kingdom, such as salt produced in Prince Holden's territory!

It is purer and tastes better than the salt produced in the kingdom.

There are also various kinds of salted fish produced by Prince Holden.

The salted fish here at Prince Holden's place tastes better than salted fish from other places.

That's because in other places, coarse salt that has been directly dried from seawater is used to pickle salted fish.

Prince Holden's side, on the other hand, was cured with refined salt.

Coarse salt produced by directly evaporating seawater contains many impurities.

Similarly, other salts in the kingdom taste bitter or astringent because they are not pure enough.

The other nobles in the kingdom were seething with hatred as Prince Holden lived a life of increasing comfort and ease.

So these guys got together again and discussed it.

Another bad idea popped into their heads, so they joined forces to get the king to send a special envoy!
The king's envoy proceeded with great caution when facing Prince Holden.

Because Prince Holden was known as the Savage Prince in the kingdom.

Prince Holden's beating of the other nobles was not without reason.

But Prince Holden isn't in the capital right now.

So they let other nobles slander them!

"Marriage?" Yang Bo had been entertaining the envoy at Prince Holden's castle, never expecting that the envoy's purpose was this.

"I refuse!" Yang Bo knew perfectly well that the king and those nobles were up to no good!

Besides, Yang Bo has absolutely no interest in women in this world.

Yang Bo's eyesight is now comparable to an eight-fold magnification lens, if not a microscope.

It also has a sense of smell, which is even more acute than that of a dog!

Imagine what it would feel like to have the smell of an ordinary person magnified dozens of times!
"I will dedicate my life to the pursuit of mysticism!"

"Marriage is out of the question!" Yang Bo quickly came up with an excuse.

"Your Highness!"

"His Majesty sent me to inform you!"

Bang! Before the envoy could finish speaking, Yang Bo kicked him away!
"Men, give these people a good beating and then expel them from the territory!"

“Go back and tell those guys that I’ve come to this remote place. If they cause me any more trouble, I’ll challenge all their descendants to a duel to the death,” Yang Bo said irritably.

Then the king's envoys and their entourage were brutally beaten by the guards of Prince Holden's territory and chased onto the ship.

These people were beaten black and blue, and the messenger gritted his teeth in anger!
Yang Bo felt that things were likely to take a turn for the worse, so he increased the number of guards.

In addition, have the guards select some outsiders from the territory to serve as knights' squires!
Players in Prince Holden's territory enthusiastically signed up for the game.

Then Yang Bo didn't have time to waste in the Second World.

Because Yang Bo has other things to do!
John Lee isn't in a hurry; the warships won't arrive at the assembly point for another ten days or so.

The Federation fleet targeted this time consisted of four Class B warships, eight Class D warships, and sixteen Class E warships.

Despite the Federation fleet's victory in this major battle, the soldiers of these fleets in Madhya Pradesh are filled with unease.

The soldiers in the Madhya Pradesh fleet naturally knew what the inside of the fleet was like.

The fleet in Madhya Pradesh suffers from embezzlement, inadequate training, and corruption.

Moreover, these soldiers also knew that the last victory was nothing to brag about, because the Seventh Fleet had only faced four pirate groups from beginning to end.

The first to pursue was a combined fleet of witch pirates!

Then they faced the third reserve team.

This victory can be attributed to prior knowledge of the enemy's intelligence.

Moreover, the Seventh Fleet previously massacred pirates.

The pirate alliance has issued bounties for the commander and officers of the Seventh Fleet, and assassins have already started accepting the orders.

In addition, the Pirate Alliance announced that it would retaliate against all the soldiers of the Federal Central Fleet.

Now, the Federal Central Committee doesn't dare to send out small-scale fleet patrols at all.

Because no one knows when the pirate alliance's retaliation will come.

The Pirate Alliance is indeed preparing for another major operation.

The pirate alliance has reached a preliminary compensation agreement with the pirate groups that suffered losses. The agreement includes a portion of the compensation in cash, the sale of warships at a discounted price, and a 10% higher price for any goods looted by these pirate groups in the future.

These pirate groups also knew that it was unrealistic to expect the pirate alliance to provide full compensation.

The pirate alliance is planning an attack on the mineral planet of the Madhya Pradesh consortium.

The Pirate Alliance also knew that the Federation had lost a major fleet and was building warships at a great cost, which was exactly when they needed materials.

As mentioned earlier, the Pirate Alliance is backed by financial groups from the Imperial Alliance Federation.

However, after the Pirate Alliance clashed with the Federal State of Madhya Pradesh, the Pirate Alliance directly blocked anyone with ties to the Federation.

The pirate alliance's plan was very well executed.

On the one hand, by attacking the mineral planets of the Federal Madhya Pradesh Consortium, they are causing the financial situation of these consortiums to continue to deteriorate!
On the other hand, if the mineral planet is attacked, the Federation's plan to build its own warships will be put on hold!

Therefore, the Federation has no choice but to purchase materials from the Empire and the Alliance at high prices.

Yang Bo estimated that the pirate alliance was backed by an empire and its mining companies!

This is because the materials looted by pirates were laundered through these mining companies. Even the Alliance and the Empire were receiving orders for warships from the Federation.

The pirate alliance is determined to make up for its losses!

The reason why the pirate alliance planned to attack the mineral planet!

The reason is that attacking the transportation team carries other high risks, mainly due to a lack of transparency.

While mineral planets have various defensive measures, including warships for defense!
However, the information is much more transparent.

"Hehehe!" Yang Bo saw through the pirate alliance's little scheme, and was secretly pleased.
Because in the interstellar era, the supply of materials is relatively balanced.

In other words, upstream mining companies will only begin production after an order is placed.

If the Alliance's mineral planets are attacked, it will cause an imbalance between supply and demand.

Therefore, the cost of materials used to build warships will increase significantly in a short period of time.

Moreover, there is an even more crucial reason: if the pirate alliance can attack one mineral planet, then it can attack a second or a third.

Moreover, if the mineral planet is attacked, the Federation will definitely increase the number of warships.

These mineral planets require more warships to guard them.

Because the Madhya Pradesh consortium has more than one mineral planet, it has dozens of mineral planets.

Moreover, these pirate groups, including the Pirate Alliance, urgently needed to replenish their warships.

Therefore, the industrial chain of warship manufacturing and related sectors will appreciate significantly in the future.

Yang Bo was pleased that he had just signed a materials order in Karaya.

"It's a pity that my own warship dock probably won't be able to keep up with this bull market," Yang Bo said with some regret.

"Looks like I'll have to help the Pirate Alliance!" Yang Bo had originally planned to balance the interests of the Federal State of Madhya Pradesh and the Pirate Alliance.

The point is to put the two sides in opposition!
Because if the two sides are not on opposing sides, they will cause trouble for themselves.

You, John, are not only a thorn in the side of the Federal State of Madhya Pradesh, but also a thorn in the side of the Pirate Alliance.

After all, John's warships were all stolen from pirates.

That's why we provided the federal intelligence agencies with information about pirates last time.

This time, he was to provide the Pirate Alliance with information about the Mineral Star of the Central State Consortium!

There are so many mineral planets that it's impossible to station a bunch of warships on every one of them.

Therefore, these warships are in patrol mode, meaning that the warships assigned to the mineral planets form several fleets and patrol back and forth between dozens of mineral planets!
Mineral Star itself has certain defensive measures. If the pirate alliance cannot break through the defenses in a short time, then they should run away as soon as possible.

Of course, Yang Bo wouldn't be that kind!
When Yang Bo provided intelligence, it was definitely targeted at a specific purpose.

We have to wait until the mining companies on these mineral planets have just shipped out a batch of materials.

Then he would send the pirate alliance to attack these mineral planets, while he himself would attack the transport ships carrying materials.

Because the escort fleet of the transport ships carrying materials to the mineral planet was attacked, it is highly likely that they will return!

Yang Bo will select high-value materials!

Moreover, Yang Bo's provision of intelligence to the pirate alliance this time will not expose his identity.

Theoretically, Yang Bo could use Li John's identity to have the Witch Pirates and other pirate groups pass on intelligence, but that would expose Li John's identity!
Pirates have no credibility whatsoever, and Yang Bo, disguised as John Lee, never allowed the other pirate groups to obtain any evidence.

Several pirate groups are now closely associated with John Lee, mainly because they want to increase their strength by following John Lee!
Once these pirate groups reach a certain level of strength, they will see John Lee as a threat and will definitely use the Federation's power to eliminate him.

Therefore, Yang Bo never gave these people a chance to find fault with him from the beginning.

"We're still short a lot of money for shipyard construction and warship construction!"

"I'm short of money!!" Yang Bo is short of money right now, even though Li John has a sum of money on hand.

However, this amount of money is simply not enough to build a shipyard for warships.

Of course you can get a loan, but the loan amount will definitely be limited.

Even if he used the warship as collateral, the Karaya Gang wouldn't be able to give him much money because he couldn't possibly hand over control!

Of course, the other party will definitely take out a loan, because they want to use this method to obtain their warship.

Another factor is the materials used in warship construction.

While I can make the software myself, I can't do anything about the materials needed for the hardware.

Looks like I need to work harder!

"Moreover, the materials for building warships and shipyards are too vast, and it's unrealistic to rely on our own transportation!"

"We can use the Silver Moon Pirates' identity to rob other mining companies of their materials!"

"Then sell these materials to the pirate alliance!"

"I managed to get it back using John Lee's identity!"

"In this way, I not only made money, but also gained materials!" Yang Bo had already made a plan in his mind, but things hadn't progressed to that point yet, so he hadn't implemented a detailed plan.

"Then when providing intelligence to the pirate alliance, you should provide information about the mineral planets where the mining companies have the largest material reserves."

"This might even drive up the price of materials, and then these pirates will definitely rob these materials even more frantically!" Yang Bo also knew that once the supply and demand balance was broken.

Capitalists will certainly not miss the opportunity to raise prices.

Because the mining equipment on Mineral Planet is all custom-made!

These mineral planets each have different environments. Some have different gravitational environments, some have hurricanes, some have sand, some have rocks, some have thick methane ice, and some are cold, hot, and so on.

There are also different radiation environments and different mineral contents.

The mining equipment used is completely different!
Mining equipment is more expensive when the gravity environment is greater.

Because of the strong gravity environment, the entire mining equipment needs to have anti-gravity facilities!

Anti-gravity facilities are high-energy-consuming equipment.

Therefore, once the intelligent mining equipment on a mineral planet is destroyed, it takes a relatively long time to restore production.

However, this presents another problem: pirates will continue to attack.

So it's hard to say exactly how long it will take to resume production.

All three countries are now increasing their warship reserves.

Of course, the three countries have different objectives. The Federal Central Gang urgently needs warships to protect the conglomerate's assets.

The Empire and the Alliance are just looking to make a fortune here, whether they sell it to the Federation or to the pirates!
Between the Alliance and the Empire, the Empire sells the most warships.

Therefore, the Alliance and the Federation were the most frequently raided by the Pirate Alliance.

How did Yang Bo know the timing of these federal conglomerates' material shipments?

Because the Madhya Pradesh consortium relies on federal intelligence agencies for its transportation operations.

Yang Bo's target this time is extremely valuable; the value of the materials alone exceeds trillions.

The materials used to make the energy engine are extremely expensive.

The main problem is that the mining, refining, and transportation costs for these materials are very high.

Moreover, after this raid on the Federation's energy engine materials, the Federation will not be able to obtain so many materials in a short period of time.

(End of this chapter)