Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 718 Cabinet Meeting - Part

"The promotion of the new measurement unit is smoother than expected, which is largely due to the implementation of the unified production standard." At the cabinet meeting, the Minister of Industry and Commerce was reporting on the promotion of the new measurement unit during this period: "Because all government-led projects have now adopted the new standard, factories are forced to adopt the new standard to produce parts, thus accelerating the promotion of the new standard.

From the current perspective, the market response is very good, but there are still many complaints from manufacturers.

They are mainly complaining about the new regulations increasing their production costs and the various problems caused by the elimination of a large number of parts of the old standards. "

"Don't worry about them." Perfect never paid any attention to such complaints from the beginning: "I welcome their willingness to adopt new standards to produce parts and various products.

It is understandable to complain about the implementation of the new standards, after all, they do pay more in production costs.

But if someone intends to take advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble... I don't think I need to teach you what to do."

Faced with Perfectok's tough attitude, the people in the cabinet did not find it strange. After all, Perfectok has always been like this, and no one can make her compromise.

So this question was only briefly mentioned and then ignored.

Compared with the implementation of the new regulations, the cabinet is more concerned about the progress of the flying battleship program.

Because this issue was personally handled by Perfect, she also explained it herself: "At present, the first phase of the layout of the basic related industries has been completed, and various related products have begun production.

After the new regulations are implemented, the expected progress of the second phase will be 10% higher than now, and it is expected that the construction of the second phase can be completed by the end of this year.

If nothing unexpected happens, construction of the prototype of the flying battleship will begin in the first quarter of next year and will be completed in the fourth quarter.

The focus of the flying battleship program next year will be the construction of the third phase. Assuming that the first and second phases progress smoothly, the third phase is expected to be completed in the third quarter of next year.

The main content of the third phase includes the construction of the logistics system of air battleships..."

This part is actually a cliché. After all, most of the content and project plan progress have always been the focus of the cabinet.

It can even be said that the previous coup was largely due to the influence of the flying battleship plan. Although this was not the main cause, it was indeed the direct fuse that triggered the coup.

So although everyone pricked up their ears and listened carefully to what Perfecto said, they were also already familiar with these things.

Perfect knew this, so she didn't say too much. She just stated the progress of the flying battleship plan again, and then said, "While promoting the flying battleship plan, I plan to build a batch of large airships as transport ships to restore the trade routes between the empire's colonies and the mainland. What do you think about this?"

Perfect looked at everyone, asking for their opinions.

Regarding this question, everyone in the cabinet looked at each other, but no one spoke first.

The issue itself is not complicated. It is indeed necessary to restore the air routes between the colonies and thus restore the connection between the colonies and the center of the empire.

After all, the various colonies had actually entered a state of independence. If it were not for Anne, the eldest princess, who personally stepped in to suppress the separatism in the colonies, the Victoria Empire would probably have fallen apart by now.

Just restoring trade was considered unnecessary by everyone. Affected by the doomsday winter, the empire's homeland had become a ghostly state, and Langton City was half frozen in ice. One could imagine what the other colonies of the empire were like.

Take the New World colonies as an example. Even if we don’t count the fact that it was torn in half by the dominions, the impact of this cold winter directly destroyed the original agricultural production system of the New World colonies.

Both the agricultural and animal husbandry industries were frozen to death in the cold wind.

After losing these two things, the only things that the New World colonies could provide to the empire were population and labor, mineral resources that could still be mined, and some industrial products that could still be produced.

The reason why it is called a part is that industrial production cannot do without the raw materials provided by agriculture and animal husbandry.

Now that the raw materials have been delivered, there is naturally no way to talk about industrial production.

Even if someone gets carried away and uses fantasy alchemy to provide industrial raw materials, fantasy alchemy still needs to be controlled by alchemists.

If one really wants to meet the needs of industrial production, an alchemist would probably have to drain himself dry before it could keep the factory running for an hour.

So, faced with this situation, no one in the cabinet felt that Perfectoct's so-called restoration of trade had any practical significance.

After all, the colonies really have nothing to trade.

Oh, except for people, the population of each colony can still be used as labor.

But for Perfect, which has already set up an automated production line, this is of no use other than making the rice more expensive.

We can't really let the colonies transport various populations to the center of the empire and use them like mules, right?

After hesitating for a long time, the Minister of Industry and Commerce, who was in charge of this area, stepped forward and said, "The main output of each colony is still the supply of raw materials for the empire.

But judging from the current environment, there may be nothing edible left in the empire's colonies.

So if we really want to restore the trade route, I suggest that we focus on raw materials, so that we can generally maintain a balance in trade and avoid too much loss. "

In the view of the Minister of Industry and Commerce, this trade route is bound to be loss-making, and all they can do is to prevent the loss from being too great.

After all, maintaining the connection between the hub and the colonies is still very practical.

If this is the goal, a certain degree of loss is within an acceptable range.

"Since the old trade system has been destroyed in this cold winter, why don't I try to establish a new trade system?" Kallen, the deputy prime minister, proposed a new idea at this time: "The colonies have suffered a serious blow, and their original industries have almost collapsed. If the empire can take this opportunity to build a new industrial system for them, can the trade routes avoid losses and even make profits?"

(End of this chapter)