Original God, life in red Teyvat from scratch

She understood now.

Haiji Island is indeed trying something new, Ningguang is right.

However, with her knowledge, she couldn't tell whether this was good or bad.

Judging from the rapid development speed of Kaigi Island and the conditions of the people living in it, this may not be good, but it is definitely not bad.

Anyway, let Ningguang make the specific decision.

She couldn't imagine what problems would arise if these robots were used on a large scale in Liyue Harbor.

His thoughts gradually drifted back to reality. Beidou saw Jiang Ming in front of him, who was also lost in thought.

"Well... As for warships, it's very troublesome to design them. We don't want to use the ironclad ship plan of the Fontaine Navy's White Fleet, so we have to wait. However, ordinary merchant ships are not a big problem. As long as we have enough resources, we can produce a batch per month at the fastest. Do you want to buy some?"

"So fast?!"

Beidou was shocked by the speed of shipbuilding.

"Not too fast."

Jiang Ming just waved his hand. What's the point?

Back then, the United States built a light aircraft carrier every seven days. This is what industrial machines work like.

What they are doing now is somewhat similar to the "Freedom Ship" in that it is cheap, usable and easy to build, although due to various restrictions, the construction speed is far behind.

"How about replacing the ships in the fleet with ours? Compared to your wooden sailing ships or human-powered boats, this one has a much higher loading capacity, a steam turbine power system, and a faster speed."

“How much can it hold?”

"The full load displacement is 1.2 tons, the design target is to pull 4000 tons, and the maximum is just over 7500 tons."

"How many???"

Jiang Ming rubbed his ears, which were a little painful from Beidou's loud voice, and repeated the numbers again: "Twelve thousand, four thousand, seven thousand five hundred, the unit is tons."

As soon as Jiang Ming finished speaking, Beidou's voice rang out: "We bought it!"

"You agreed to give me a 98% discount."

"Don't worry, I'll keep my word."

I reminded him that the ship issue was not in the initial expectations, and I will calculate the price first and then give a discount.

"We can allocate four ships for the first batch, you see..."

"I want it all."

"Huh? You didn't even ask the price? Aren't you afraid that our design will be flawed? What you buy back will just be scrap metal?"

"I believe your products are worth the money. Moreover, with the materials you are using now, even the scrap metal is worth a lot of money."

"Okay, since you're not afraid, then it's settled. I'll let Xinhai sign a contract with you later. I'll go to the dock to inform them and ask them to start working on your renovation project immediately so as not to delay your return trip."

"Wait a minute!"

Seeing Jiang Ming was about to leave, Beidou hurriedly stopped Jiang Ming.

"what happened?"

"Does the shogunate know about your recent actions?"

"you mean?"

"Robots, public ownership."

"Oh, you mean this, Xinhai even told you this."

Jiang Ming suddenly realized.

"Well... how should I put it? We have never publicly announced the above content. In the Coral Palace inside Haiqi Island, to be exact, Xinhai and I have absolute control. This is only necessary for the current stage, nothing more."

understood.

Bokuto nodded, understanding.

The shogunate knew, but what they knew was somewhat different from the objective facts.

In all likelihood, the shogunate understood the "public ownership" of Kaigi Island as a de facto monopoly of the Coral Palace.

They will distribute it to ordinary people just because of their kindness or need, that's all.

Tsk, come to think of it, it's a bit too much to expect those insects in Tianling who have no faith or twisted faith to understand selfless actions driven by lofty beliefs.

They will only understand and measure everything based on their own actions and experiences, and ultimately regard everyone as insects like themselves.

As for the Kamisato family...

Beidou really couldn't imagine how Kamisato Ayato would view this matter.

Kamisato Ayato's situation is a bit more complicated than that of a pure twisted insect like Kujo Takayuki.

"Besides that, our current situation has brought more benefits to both sides of the shogunate."

"Huh? What do you say?"

"We imported a large amount of cheap industrial products into the areas controlled by the shogunate, and this was through the shogunate's channels, which was the only channel. The shogunate had absolute pricing power in the areas it ruled."

Looking at Beidou's gradually widening eyes, Jiang Ming smiled.

"The Tenryo Bugyo and Kanjo Bugyo are making a lot of money from the cheap goods we provide. We only need 120 Mora to produce a brush, but the shogunate can sell it for 8 Mora. Who can stop them? We are their target from time to time. Will they touch their own cash cow?"

"So, what about the Society Commissioner?"

"At this stage, they are not pursuing money, but stability. The cheap goods we export have somewhat relaxed the Tianling Fengxing's mind. At the very least, the price of the brush has dropped from 100,000 Moras to 80,000 Moras. Doesn't this also fit in with the pursuit of the She Fengxing?"

Chapter 140 Why?

Beidou stayed on Haigi Island much longer this time than last time.

The main reason is that there are many more large equipment such as vehicles and robot maintenance stations that need to be fixed, and two ships need to be modified.

Moreover, Beidou has currently replanned her trade routes.

In the past, the Southern Cross would depart from Liyue, carrying goods other than Inazuma, first going to an outlying island to unload part of it, then loading some Inazuma specialties and supplies needed by Kaigi Island, then coming to Kaigi Island, unloading what was needed for Kaigi Island, and then loading Kaigi Island's specialties and returning to Liyue.

Now, she plans to change the route as follows: unload goods at the outlying islands, purchase a large amount of minerals, transport them fully loaded to Kaigi Island, unload them all, and then leave with a full load of Kaigi Island's industrial products.

The optimized trade routes not only did not harm the interests of the surveyors, but also greatly satisfied the trade needs between Liyue and Haiji Island.

This time, everyone had some time and was relatively relaxed, so Jiang Ming found Beidou and asked her to talk about the "pass" in detail.

"Here, this is it. How do you feel about it?"

Beidou handed him an ordinary copper token that looked ordinary except for the logo of Thunder Triple Tomoe on it.

He had seen the appearance last time, and this time he was going to try it out in person.

"There is a faint aura of lightning on it, but it makes people feel like they are being looked down upon. Holding it in your hand, you can't help but feel awe. Even if you don't have the Eye of God, you should be able to feel it. Anyway, the captain said he felt a little uneasy when holding it."

The person who can make a strong man like Beidou feel looked down upon must be General Lei Dian.

It sounds like General Raiden injected his own divine power or something else, anyway, it left a specific mark.

However, Jiang Ming, holding the token in his hand, could not feel any of the aura that Beidou mentioned.

There was no feeling of being looked down upon, nor was there any awe or panic.

He felt like it was just an ordinary piece of copper.

Hmm... Is it because he doesn't belong to Teyvat? His body structure is different from that of Teyvat people, so he has no sense of elemental power? Or is he not affected by elemental power at all?

Or is it because of some other reason?

Jiang Ming thought about it briefly, but couldn't come up with any relevant conclusion.

Beidou was still explaining diligently.

"Holding this token, you will not be attacked by the thunderstorm zone within a certain range. Beyond this range, the thunderstorm will gradually intensify. This is why we have to slow down and wait for the slowest ships to gather together and pass through the thunderstorm zone."

Just as he had imagined last time, the thunderstorm area would not attack if it detected his specific aura, which was equivalent to a white list.

This is currently the only legal way to enter and exit Inazuma.

He once thought about using an all-steel transport ship, combined with adequate lightning protection measures, to directly force his way into the thunderstorm zone.

Jiang Ming proposed this proposal to Xinhai and Wulang when the main part of their first all-steel transport ship, currently code-named "Thunderstorm", was completed, and they formally discussed it.

The result of the discussion was that the proposal was completely rejected.

Because this is a bet that General Thunder is really as they thought, and he doesn't care about the thunderstorm area at all, and even watches a large number of ships "smuggle" in the later period without any abnormal feedback.

Jiang Ming couldn't guarantee this, he could only say it was a high probability.

Things involving gods need to be handled with extreme caution, so this proposal was ultimately rejected and replaced by two other solutions:

Enhance the Beidou fleet's capacity or obtain a passage permit.

The main focus is on being upright and aboveboard.

As for the former, it was the "Thunderstorm" transport ship that they had planned to use to brave the thunderstorm. In addition to being able to withstand ordinary thunderstorms, it was designed to be able to carry large amounts of cargo.

The latter, they set their sights on the Fatui.

Now, besides the Southern Cross Fleet, it is the only force that clearly holds a pass in Inazuma.

There may also be Tianling Fengxing, but there is no way to verify this.

They are currently trying to communicate with the Fatui, but the Fatui's attitude is very vague and changes every time, so they can't say what the final result will be.

After some discussion, the token was returned to Beidou.

Beidou looked at Jiang Ming who seemed to be thinking about something, and asked curiously, "Why, do you have any ideas?"

"nothing."

Seeing that Jiang Ming was unwilling to say more, Beidou did not ask any more questions.

The two men just stood on the dock, watching the robots and workers in powered exoskeletons coming and going.

Compared to the dock at Liyue Harbor, this place seems cleaner, more orderly, and more efficient. Compared to the noisy dock, this place is simply pleasing to the eye.

"Can you give me a copy of your port management experience?"

"Hmm?" Jiang Ming looked back at Beidou. "That's not a problem, but we're going to innovate soon. I'll send you the latest version in a couple of days."

"What's the difference?"

“In the latest version we plan to apply container standards. The ship over there is the container ship we built.”

Beidou suddenly realized: "I was wondering why that ship over there looked a little strange, it turns out it's a new species."

In the next few days, Southern Cross was busy loading cargo, while Beidou and the sailors began to wander around Kaigi Island.

For Beidou, the changes in Haiji Island this time are greater than the last time she came here. However, Wen Chen and An Xin are not with her this time, so she has to record some of the differences by herself.

For the sailors, it was a day of shopping.

Jiang Ming and Xin Hai set up the duty-free zone ahead of time and ran it as a pilot project.

"Look, look, this mechanical watch is so cheap? It's also 100 meters waterproof, electroplated to prevent rust, and can be worn on the hand. Isn't this just right for us? Fontaine's mechanical watches are not this good."

"Mechanical watches are a bit old-fashioned. They are big and heavy, inaccurate, and easy to break. Wouldn't it be better to buy a quartz watch?"

"What do you know? Mechanical watches are art and sentiment! People like you cannot understand the joy of watching those tiny mechanical parts operate."

"Yes, yes, yes, you can just play with your feelings. I'd rather forget it. My wife is in finance, and I want to buy her a calculator. I'll just play with the electric drill myself. I don't know if this thing exists."

At the side, a slightly older sailor who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke up: "Come to think of it, I want to buy a truck. What do you think, if I change my career to become a truck driver, can I return to land in the future?"

Several people looked at each other.

"Forget it, bro. This thing is not for sale to individuals right now. Even if they are willing to sell it someday, look at those robots driving cars. How can you get to drive one?"

"Yes, one day, even the sailors may not need us anymore, and we will be replaced by the machines."

When talking about the future of their own careers, several of them felt somewhat lost, with a faint sense of crisis lingering in their hearts.

The sight of robots replacing human labor everywhere on Haigi Island truly shocked them.

They even wonder if robot operator will be the only profession in the future.