Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

Seeing that the members of the Chamber of Commerce still didn't understand why the Sixth Prince's subordinates weren't offering gifts, Ye Xingteng simply said, "The Sixth Prince isn't unwilling to accept gifts, but rather he dares not."

Upon hearing Ye Xingteng's words, the caravan members were slightly taken aback.

You dare not accept gifts?

Lu Zian is the son of the Heavenly Emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty. What is there that he wouldn't dare to do?

Their caravan had visited many dynasties, and the princes of those dynasties were almost all arrogant, domineering, and lawless. What wouldn't the son of a great emperor dare to do?

Besides, it's just receiving some gifts.

Ye Xingteng continued, "Would you believe it if a greedy and lustful person suddenly became interested in cultivation and said he was going into seclusion for ten years?"

One of the members of the Changhong caravan said, "Of course I don't believe it."

Ye Xingteng continued, "Then there's only one possibility: the sixth prince of Great Xia has been warned."

"Judging from the way the Sixth Prince's guards are, they are afraid of accepting gifts. Moreover, the guard even reminded them that leaving gifts would offend the Sixth Prince. This proves that the Sixth Prince is afraid of accepting gifts, and even more afraid that the news of accepting gifts will reach the ears of someone he fears."

"The only person who can frighten the Sixth Prince is probably that one."

Ye Xingteng did not explicitly state who it was, after all, the Great Emperor could not be insulted. If he revealed it directly, the Great Emperor might notice. Although their intelligence indicated that there was a Great Emperor behind Lu Chen, in their eyes, Lu Chen was most likely also a Great Emperor.

Upon hearing Ye Xingteng's analysis, the members of the Changhong caravan immediately understood.

Ye Xingteng continued, "Most emperors wouldn't care about their children's eating, drinking, and having fun, but according to our intelligence, that one is different. He values ​​family ties very much, and he probably doesn't want to see his child become a good-for-nothing."

At this moment, a member of the Ye family said, "Then our plan is ruined?"

If their guess is correct, then the Sixth Prince's so-called ten years of seclusion is probably just the Heavenly Emperor confining him for ten years. It will be difficult for them to see the Sixth Prince during these ten years, and their plan will fall through.

Ye Xingteng said calmly, "Ten years is just a short time. We can afford to wait that long."

For cultivators, ten years is not a long time. It would take them many years to return to the Crimson Moon Dynasty, and then they would need some time to spread the news of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Ten years is not enough time to acquire what the Great Xia possesses, so they don't need to be in too much of a hurry.

Moreover, the starship manufacturing process alone is enough to make them wait ten years.

Seeing that Chairman Ye Xingteng had said so, the others in the Changhong caravan stopped saying anything more.

After some time, the Changhong Caravan and the Space Development Company completed the transaction, and all the starships in the transaction were transferred to the Changhong Caravan.

But when the people from the Changhong caravan saw the dense array of buttons on the starship, they were all dumbfounded.

To control the celestial vessel, all they need to do is infuse spiritual energy into its core; for them, controlling the starship is incredibly easy.

In fact, the Space Development Company is also trying to reduce the number of buttons on the starships to make them easier to operate. Nowadays, the starships of the Great Xia Dynasty don't have as many buttons.

However, the starships sold to the Changhong Caravan were all from previous generations, so they had more buttons.

This presented a dilemma for the Changhong caravan. They had managed to buy the starship, but they didn't know how to operate it.

They could easily bring these starships back, but they wouldn't be able to operate them if they didn't know how.

Although their initial goal was to study the structure of these starships, if they couldn't even operate them, they probably wouldn't be of any use even if they built them in the future.

However, Ye Xingteng soon came up with a solution. He then contacted the Space Development Company, hoping they would lend them some people who knew how to operate starships.

The Space Development Company did not agree immediately, but instead sent Ye Xingteng to the Ministry of Commerce to discuss the matter with Lord Lu.

Heavenly Fire World, Great Xia Commerce Department.

Inside the conference room, Ye Xingteng sat in an armchair, gazing out the window.

A member of the Ye family standing next to him said, "President, so many people in the Great Xia Dynasty can operate starships. Why don't we just recruit some people ourselves? Why do we have to borrow people from the Space Development Company?"

Not all starships of the Great Xia Dynasty are official; nowadays, all major powers have starships, so it's not only soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty who can operate starships.

Some members of the Changhong Caravan believed that if they wanted to recruit people to operate starships, they could simply spend a lot of money to hire people from the general public; there was no need to come to the Space Development Company to borrow people.

Ye Xingteng glanced at the Ye family member and said, "What do you know? How many people in the general population can pilot a top-tier starship? You don't actually think all starships are the same, do you?"

"Since the starships are of different classes, their control methods are naturally very different as well."

Most of the people in the Changhong caravan thought that the control logic of starships and immortal ships was similar. In their view, regardless of the level of the immortal ship, the control method was to directly control the central array of the immortal ship. Therefore, the control methods of starships of different levels should also be universal.

Upon hearing Ye Xingteng's words, the members of the Changhong Merchant Caravan were taken aback. One of them said, "Guild Master, aren't they all starships? How come the control methods are different?"

Ye Xingteng said, "Starships are not celestial vessels. As for why the Space Development Company differentiates the methods of controlling starships, you'll have to ask them."

"If we don't have anyone who can operate the top-tier starships, even if we bring these starships back, they'll likely just be a pile of junk."

Ye Xingteng originally planned to spend a high price to hire some people from the Huangshan Star Region who knew how to operate starships to teach them how to operate starships, but the people they hired couldn't understand the buttons on the Tianzi starship at all.

Later, Ye Xingteng understood what was going on. The Tian-class starships were armed starships used by the War Dragon Army and were considered weapons of war. The starships used by the civilians of Great Xia were just cargo ships and did not need so many functions or buttons.

Currently, only soldiers from the War Dragon Army and personnel from the Space Development Company are capable of operating the Tian-class starships. If the Changhong Caravan wants to learn how to operate the Tian-class starships, it will have to borrow personnel from the Space Development Company or the Great Xia Dynasty.

Just then, footsteps sounded outside, and the people in the conference room fell silent instantly. Soon, Lu Chen appeared at the conference room door.

Ye Xingteng quickly stood up and came over, saying, "Greetings, Lord Lu."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "President Ye, it's been a long time. I wonder what brings you to the Ministry of Commerce today?"

Ye Xingteng said directly, "Lord Lu, it's like this, this is our first time dealing with a starship, and we don't know how to operate it, so we'd like to borrow some people from the Space Development Company."

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen said, "I see, that's easy to handle." (End of Chapter)