The Qing Yuan fleet had already left the Grizzly Star System.
"I've calculated it, a total of two hundred and twenty thousand, three hundred units of crystal ore!" Secretary Officer Qiao Rong Rong's hands trembled with excitement, her eyes sparkling like stars.
"Two hundred and twenty thousand units of crystal ore... Our Qing Yuan fleet has never had such a large amount, not to mention real crystal ore..." Deputy Captain Tang Yuan sighed.
Secretary Officer Qiao Rong Rong happily and helplessly added, "But we have a problem now. The Qing Yuan and Giant Turtle Zero are both at full capacity to store all this crystal ore.
Almost every space on the Qing Yuan that could fit the crystal ore is filled with it. We even requisitioned some of the female soldiers' quarters to store the crystal ore!
This has significantly slowed down the speed of our two starships."
Hearing this, Deputy Captain Tang Yuan couldn't help but laugh.
She never thought that one day they would be troubled by having too much crystal ore.
"How are these crystal ores usually handled?" Sun He asked Secretary Officer Qiao Rong Rong.
Secretary Officer Qiao Rong Rong said, "Generally, we keep a portion of the crystal ore as raw material stock, and the rest is exchanged for other necessary raw materials. The remaining portion is simply kept in our fleet's account."
Crystal ore itself is a raw material. Almost nine out of ten technological creations require crystal ore, and its production is large and stable, so it's also used as 'cosmic currency'.
"Keeping it in the account, is that safe?" Sun He was worried about this issue, as their current situation was quite complex.
They had just robbed a lord's resource star. If they were identified as space pirates, their account would be frozen, and all their efforts would be wasted.
"There's no need to worry. In fact, even some space pirates store some of their wealth in their accounts. After all, not many can carry a large amount of crystal ore around.
The Galaxy Alliance's electronic accounts are controlled by several large financial families. Almost all starports are backed by these families. Their 'vault' guarantees that all accounts are confidential, even the Galaxy Alliance cannot query or freeze them.
So, there's no problem in storing these crystal ores in our account." Secretary Officer Qiao Rong Rong explained.
Capitalists!
This is exactly like the capitalists of the past, they only care about wealth and capital, not at all what kind of entity they are serving. As long as it brings them wealth, it's okay.
"Alright. Let's choose a nearby starport and get some rest. Leave the crystal ore matter to you.
I will also create a procurement list, and you will be responsible for purchasing all the raw materials on the list, and you can handle the rest of the supplies.
Oh, the Qing Yuan fleet's food standard will be raised from the previous 0.3 units of crystal ore per person per month to 1 unit of crystal ore. "
Sun He's final words left everyone on the bridge stunned.
"1 unit of crystal ore? That's 3,000 units of crystal ore for 3,000 people!" A space soldier next to him shouted excitedly, then realized she was being impolite and quickly covered her mouth.
"Captain Sun He, your food standard is way too high. Even the most luxurious and elite starship flagships in the Galaxy Alliance only have a food standard of 1.5 units of crystal ore per person per month for their female soldiers!"
Secretary Officer Qiao Rong Rong recited a series of data. She didn't say that this was excluding the possibility of being deducted by superiors and the different class food standards.
In the end, the basic food standard for female soldiers might not even reach two-thirds of that.
"1.5 units?" Sun He rubbed his chin and frowned slightly, "It seems our standard is still too low, but our current finances can only maintain this.
But I can tell the sisters, as long as you are willing to follow me, within three months, our food standard will exceed this standard!"
Secretary Officer Qiao Rong Rong was astonished. Sun He hadn't even listened to her words.
"Ahem... Captain Sun He, I understand your concern for the female soldiers. Even if we want to raise their food standard, it can't be this fast.
Just a month ago, it was raised from 0.1 to 0.3, and now it's raised to 1!
This is too fast, it needs to be gradual." Deputy Captain Tang Yuan said beside her.
At this time, the female soldiers on the bridge all started to speak.
"Captain, your standard is indeed too high."
"Yes, we used to have 300 units of crystal ore for 3,000 female soldiers per month, then it was raised to 1,000 per month, which was already very good.
Now it's raised to 3,000 per month... this is really unnecessary."
"The current food standard of the Qing Yuan fleet is already very good, we can eat eggs every day, and my favorite tomato noodles, it's a real treat."
"I shared my food videos with my family recently, and they all want to join the army now."
The scene on the bridge of the Qing Yuan was quite bizarre.
In the past, female soldiers would protest that the food standard was too low, but now they are actively saying that the food standard is too high and asking Captain Sun He to lower it.
This can be understood, actually.
They want to eat good food, but they are also satisfied with the current situation. They are worried that if they consume too much, this lifestyle will not last long.
So they want to be frugal.
"Don't say any more, this rule must be implemented." Captain Sun He directly stopped everyone from continuing, emphasizing his order.
At the same time, Sun He was also very happy about the female soldiers' concern for the starship.
Maybe this is the tradition of the Qing Yuan fleet. They have already treated the Qing Yuan fleet as their home.
"This..." Secretary Officer Qiao Rong Rong looked at Deputy Captain Tang Yuan beside her, wanting her to persuade the captain.
Deputy Captain Tang Yuan could only helplessly shrug her shoulders, indicating that she had no way to help.
Beep
Just as everyone was discussing this decision, a communication line was directly connected.
"Report to the bridge, Third Class Petty Officer Qi Bing, a space fighter pilot, has experienced drug backlash!"