Star Dome Railway, are you a player too?

[The empire's supplies are gradually running out, and you need to find a new way to replenish supplies. 】

There are not enough supplies...

Ron looked at the text on the light screen and rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

It was normal to have insufficient supplies. He had actually expected it.

The wheat grown previously has not yet been harvested and will have to go through at least one or two months of growth, so we cannot count on it for the time being.

The empire's finances are actually extremely dependent on the outward exploration and reclamation of the pioneering group - the snowstorm and the rift buried the old world on Yalilo-VI. Although Beloberg was the only spark of civilization on Yalilo-VI, But they are also the remnants of an old civilization.

Embers naturally look like embers - Belloberg's technology tree has regressed at an unimaginable speed over the past 700 years. It has successfully transformed from a civilization in the interstellar era to one that has just completed the industrial revolution. It relies on digging up the heritage of the old era to recall its past glory. Then the childish civilization that used the old laser cannon as a flashlight...

Like a monkey with a lightsaber.

But monkeys naturally have monkey ways of living.

The legacy of the past has become a gift of the new era. These materials may have been just useless garbage in the eyes of people at the time, but for the current empire, they are a timely help and can greatly supplement the empire's financial deficit.

But now, in order to suppress these infected people, the Pioneer Corps and the Silver Mane Iron Guard are forced to be trapped in Beloberg, unable to explore deep into the rift. Naturally, they will be left with nothing, and their finances will naturally come to the brink of collapse.

What's more, the existence of infected people serves as a weight, falling under the empire's finances, causing the empire to continue to fall into the abyss of poverty.

The relatively sane infected people in the quarantine area are now the biggest drag on the empire. The infection with the Seed of Disaster causes them to have a strong appetite. If there is not enough food supply to reach the bottom line, they will fall into madness, causing rebellion and commotion in the quarantine area.

But although they eat a lot, they are of no significance to the empire and cannot contribute any productivity at all.

Even, because of their existence, they have to drag the pioneering group and the silver-maned iron guard to guard them outside the quarantine area, wasting the productivity of the pioneering group and the silver-maned iron guard, and completely dragging the empire into the mud.

In fact, many times for Ron, if a problem is too difficult to solve, he will directly solve the person who caused the problem without hesitation...

But we can't really kill these infected people this time.

Although from Ron's perspective, the infected are just infected, a drag on the empire and a worm in the treasury.

But if you look at it from the perspective of the people and the tiny parts that make up the empire, the infected people are their relatives who are seriously ill, their friends who have suffered unforeseen disasters, and their unlucky neighbors...

In order to keep the infected people sane and contain them while maintaining the stability of the empire, Ron gave the excuse of containment and treatment - although the isolation area is actually an isolation area, its name is still "Belobo" after all. Ge People's Hospital".

Their deaths were enough to shake the most fundamental cohesion of the empire - no one wanted to see their relatives and friends being taken away by the government for treatment after contracting a strange disease, only to die completely after a period of time.

How to do it well...

Ron thought so, the text on the light screen faded away, and a new option box popped up:

[Facing the current shortage of supplies in the empire, although the treasury has not yet reached the point where the treasury is completely empty and everything is irreparable, you still feel a strong sense of urgency in your heart. 】

[You need to find a reliable way to solve this problem, whether to increase revenue or reduce expenditure, you have to make a choice...]

【1. Throttling.

You know that the empire is now at its most critical moment. If you want to survive this crisis, the empire must move cautiously.

You decided to issue a number of decrees to completely control the empire's current trade market, nationalize all resources, and implement a rationing system with extreme frugality to survive this most difficult time while barely maintaining human survival. ...

After selecting this option, it is possible to trigger events: "Sharing the joys and sorrows of struggle" and "The end of tyranny without any problem".

Because of the current cohesion of the empire and your reputation among the people, the trigger rate of the event: "Sharing the joys and sorrows of the struggle" will be increased by 15%. 】

【2. Open source.

All the troubles the empire is facing now are just because of the waste of productivity... If the empire can return to what it once was, with the pioneering team going deep into the rift, and the people living and working in peace and contentment, the empire will immediately take steps forward and continue to grow from what it once was. Forge ahead on the bright road.

The infected are actually part of the people. If they are not swallowed up by desire, they are a more useful labor force than ordinary pioneers.

You decide to use the wasted labor force - of course, how to use the labor force of infected people and how to control it within a safe range is a difficult decision.

After selecting this option, you need to enter your placement method for the infected in the text box.Because you place the infected in different ways, events may be triggered: "The Empire Advances Again", "Disaster Event·Infected Riot"]

【3. Increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

The eating needs of infected people are much stronger than those of ordinary people. To maintain their sanity and maintain the stability of the empire, satisfying their appetite is necessary.

But if you want to satisfy their appetites and keep the empire growing, you will need far more resources than you imagine...

You decide to use all means to increase the productivity of the empire, increase the empire's financial revenue, and fill the empire's treasury with resources.

After selecting this option, you will use all the means in the first two options at the same time, and you may trigger the events: "The Dawn of the Empire" and "The Fall of the Empire".

Because of the current cohesion of the empire and your reputation among the people, the trigger rate of the event: "The Fall of the Empire" will be increased by 50%. 】

Ron looked at the options on the light screen and sighed.

Option No. [-] is completely a suicide option, and the success rate is too low, so I won’t consider it for now and can just forget about it.

The reduction of expenditure represented by option No. [-] is actually the safest - with Ron's support from the Pioneer Corps and the Silver-maned Iron Guard, the empire is actually under complete control. As long as the people can survive, any of his decrees will be There is a possibility of execution.

But...what about throttling?

The empire only has a small amount of money in total. Such a small amount of money is not enough to feed the infected people for a month. No matter how severe the expenditure is, I am afraid that it will only be able to survive for another week or two at most - so what? ?

It's just a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, only option No. [-] is an option that does have operational significance and can bring sufficient benefits to the empire...

Even though it is extremely dangerous.

Ron looked at the action logic in option [-], thought about his expectations in the previous plan, and sighed slightly.

He had long anticipated the shortage of resources and had made predictions on how to solve this situation, thinking about how to solve these troubles.

The final conclusion is that as long as all the people of the empire can be put back into their proper positions, continue to provide productivity for the empire, and push the empire forward, the material problem will be greatly alleviated.

By then, as long as we wait for the harvest season in two months and the researchers at the Beloberg Academy of Sciences come up with new results, the empire's deficit will eventually be completely wiped out and the income will return to normal...

Therefore, just put the infected people in the isolation area back to where they should be.

There are fewer infected people in the quarantine area, and the number of pioneers and silver-maned iron guards used to protect Beloberg can be reduced in proportion to suppress possible riots in the quarantine area, releasing more sergeants to continue to flow in. Split the border, open up territory for the empire, and bring about the remnants of the old era.

However, it is very difficult to utilize the productivity of these infected people... They are not like the pioneers who ate the blessed berries. They are completely loyal to the empire and have a passion for building the empire. Extreme enthusiasm.

These infected people who can eat the seeds of disaster are themselves the group of people who have the most distrust of the empire. Perhaps the vast majority of people do not have the courage and ideas to rebel against the empire, but after eating the seeds of disaster, everything is not up to them. Already......

Perhaps at first they could work steadily after arriving at the positions assigned to them by Ron, but the desires brought about by the Seed of Disaster would continue to challenge their sanity.

Ron doesn't think these people can restrain their desires. Maybe there are people with a strong mind who can prevent the desires of the seeds of disaster from invading, but Ron believes that these are definitely a very small number of people.

Most of the infected people will probably be suddenly swallowed up by desire at some point and completely turn into monsters driven by greed, desire and appetite...

Therefore, although freeing up their productivity to make up for the current deficit of the empire is what has to be done under the current circumstances, Ron is still very hesitant.

Because he knows that doing so is essentially just drinking poison to quench thirst. These infected people will definitely cause riots. They cannot restrain their desires and are likely to be suddenly swallowed by desire and completely turn into a monster.

But if we don't do this, the empire will indeed be completely destroyed within a month...

Ron thought for a long time and finally made up his mind.

Even if it is a poisoned apple, if you are about to starve to death in the next moment, you must eat it to satisfy your hunger.

As for the toxicity on it, that is all a matter of surviving...Only by surviving can we hope to detoxify.

Only if the people are well fed and the empire is not completely divided can there be any hope of solving the problem of infected people.

This time the choice must be option number two, and the labor force of the infected must be utilized.

However, how to arrange it and how to minimize the risk requires careful thinking...

Ron clicked option No. [-], and the option box on the light screen in front of him faded away, leaving only a blank text box, waiting for Ron to input his plan.

He thought for a long time, finally raised his hand and entered his choice seriously...

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[Infected people rioted again in the quarantine area. 】

[The Pioneer Corps and the Iron Guard immediately took action to suppress the rioting group of infected people, and brought the two infected people who caused the riot to your laboratory tied up. 】

[Because of Ron's request to you, you dissected the two infected people, studied them in great detail, and tried to develop an antidote to the Seed of Disaster infection problem. 】

[The development of the antidote failed. You have no clue about the infection from the Seed of Disaster, and there is no progress in the development of the antidote. 】

[But through your anatomy and research, you have obtained new information about the infected, and you have clarified another common weakness of the infected. 】

[The empire’s intelligence level on the infected has been increased. 】

Looking at the words on the light screen, Natasha couldn't help but sigh, and held up her cheeks slightly depressed.

After Ron's last speech in the simulation, Ron asked her to become the director of the "Belloberg People's Hospital" to treat these infected people who had eaten the seed of disaster.

But when she came here, she discovered that the so-called treatment was not what she expected - what Ron wanted to treat was not the catastrophic infection in these infected people, but instead wanted to treat the empire.

And these infected people are the most serious disease in the empire, and they are chronic diseases that need to be solved immediately.

Although Ron didn't want to kill them, he didn't care about their lives.

It's okay when they can maintain their sanity, but if they are swallowed up by desire and completely turn into monsters, Ron will ask her to bring these monsters into the laboratory for dissection, use them as experimental materials to study, and make detailed experiments. research report.

It would be a good thing to find out how to make the antidote during the experiment, but it wouldn't matter if it didn't work out. As long as we can get a detailed experimental report and get more information about the infected, it would be enough.

Natasha actually understands Ron's choice, but asking her as a researcher to use the lives of these infected people as material still makes her somewhat uncomfortable...

However, that's just a little bit.

Natasha took a deep breath, sat up, and looked at the light screen in front of her seriously.

For the stability of the empire and the continuation of civilization, and to survive this crisis, it is appropriate to use some radical and effective means.

She doesn't like this, but she won't do anything that affects the empire just because of her own preferences.

She believed in Ron's decision and would continue to believe in it.

The text on the light screen faded away, and new text appeared:

[Although there are unrest among infected people in the quarantine area from time to time, you have keenly noticed that the unrest among infected people has become less and less recently. 】

[In the past few days, more than a dozen infected people were swallowed up by desire every day, turning into various ferocious monsters wrapped in vines. 】

[But during this period, there were only three or four monsters that appeared every day, and today was even more amazing. Only two people were devoured by desire in the whole day. 】

Looking at the words on the light screen, Natasha couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Less?why is that?

Is it because the weak-willed among these infected people have been swallowed up by desire?

It makes sense to think this way. The longer the infected person lasts, the stronger their will will be and can resist the strong desire brought by the seed of disaster.

Maybe... as time goes by, if not a single rioting infected person appears in the quarantine area one day, does it mean that the remaining infected people can restrain their desires?

In this case, maybe this crisis will be over...

Natasha fantasized a little in her mind, and a new note popped up on the light screen in front of her:

[Ron came to the quarantine area covered in travel. 】

[He found you as quickly as possible. As the current nominal director of Belloberg People's Hospital and the actual supervisor of the quarantine area, he needs your assistance. 】

Ron needs my help?

Natasha was stunned for a moment, and her eyes suddenly became serious.

Every time Ron needed her assistance, it was no small matter... If Ron could leave Fort Clipper and take time out of his busy government affairs to come to the quarantine area to find her, she would need her help to solve it. It's definitely not a trivial matter.

This needs to be taken seriously...

With this thought in her mind, Natasha clicked on the light screen in front of her to continue the simulation.

The text on the light screen slowly faded away, and a new picture emerged from it——

"Now the empire's finances have reached a point where it is overwhelmed, and we must find some way to solve this problem."

Ron held a document full of words in his hand and handed it to Natasha as he spoke.

Natasha took the document handed over by Ron and read it carefully. She found that most of the things written on it were related to the Pioneer Group... This seemed to be about the relationship between the Pioneer Group and the Silver-maned Iron Guard. Draft for major restructuring.

Ron's explanation sounded from the side at the right time:

"This is my draft for the restructuring of the Pioneer Regiment... However, my purpose is not to restructure the empire's army, but for the empire's finances."

"For the empire's finances? I see that you wrote above that the army must be reorganized and expanded at the same time. If the army is expanded, the pressure on the empire's finances should increase, right...?"

Natasha was confused. She was just a doctor. When she was the leader of the Earth Fire, she had few soldiers under her command. She had no awareness of this aspect at all. She couldn't understand what was going on in Ron's densely written plan. Planning something.

But Ron just smiled at Natasha's performance, and then explained very patiently:

"I did write about expanding the army, but if you look carefully... who are the people I am recruiting to expand the army?"

"Who is it? I didn't look carefully just now. Let me take a look now..."