Sun He smelled a faint fragrance.
He opened his eyes and saw a strange room.
“You’re awake?” A familiar female voice came from beside him.
Sun He looked over and found it was Tang Yuan, wearing a camouflage vest.
“Where is this…?”
“This is my room. Two days ago, you fainted on the bridge right after you finished your task. I sent you to the infirmary, and the doctor said you were very healthy, but you lacked sleep.” Tang Yuan explained.
“Then why am I in your room?”
“Your room has a password lock, and I couldn’t wake you no matter how much I called you. So I had to bring you to my room to rest.” Tang Yuan looked at Sun He with some reproach: “You are the captain of the fleet now, you need to pay more attention to your health.”
“I’ll be more careful next time.”
Sun He looked at the room in front of him. It was not in the same league as his presidential suite.
But it was much better than the female soldiers’ collective dormitory. There was a bedroom, a bathroom, and a small study, about twenty square meters in size, which was pretty much like a single apartment.
“I slept for two whole days?” Sun He sat up.
Tang Yuan put a set of clothes and toiletries on the bedside table: “At first, I couldn’t wake you no matter how hard I called you, and there wasn’t anything important going on later, so I didn’t call you.”
“Thank you.” Sun He thanked her, his eyes fixed on Tang Yuan, and he was a little lost.
“Why are you… looking at me like that?” Tang Yuan was a little embarrassed to be stared at by Sun He.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen you not wearing your uniform, you’re quite pretty.” Sun He smiled.
Tang Yuan was wearing a camouflage vest on her upper body and a five-point short pants on her lower body. Although it wasn’t a very feminine outfit, it had a different kind of charm.
Especially the thin vest on her upper body, you could see Tang Yuan’s white arms and her proud figure.
“You… you… you’re talking nonsense.” Tang Yuan’s cheeks flushed red: “You… you get ready quickly, the fleet has a bunch of things waiting for you to handle!”
After saying that, Tang Yuan ran out of her room as if she was running away.
Sun He laughed. He didn’t expect Tang Yuan to have such a cute side.
…
Three days later
Jin Ban Hu Star System·AP6 Spaceport
This spaceport was completely different from the ones Sun He had visited before. It was much bigger and more luxurious.
From afar, it looked like a mechanical asteroid.
“We have already booked the best berth, and the connected construction bay is quite large. It’s big enough to build a giant starship.” Qiao Rong Rong said next to him.
“Buy another construction bay. We are going to build two starships this time.” Sun He said.
Qiao Rong Rong was stunned. Only then did she remember that Sun He, the captain, had indeed said two starship manufacturing blueprints, but for another kind of starship.
No one knew except for Xue Li Er.
Xue Li Er had delegated all of her work to others during this time. After Sun He woke up, she had been following Sun He around, even staying in his room 24 hours a day.
Those who knew, knew they were discussing starship manufacturing blueprints. Those who didn’t know thought they were doing something else.
And Xue Li Er hadn’t revealed the confidential manufacturing blueprint to anyone. She only excitedly described it as a cross-century technology!
This made everyone look forward to the mysterious starship.
“If that’s the case, then our fleet’s daily rental fee will be 180 units of crystal ore.” Qiao Rong Rong reported.
“Are the first batch of materials on the list of raw materials ready?” Sun He asked.
“The first batch of materials is already in place. As soon as we dock, we can receive them. Also, because the purchase volume is very large this time, the account… only has less than 50,000 units of crystal ore left.” Qiao Rong Rong said with a little heartache.
Sun He nodded in satisfaction.
“Just leave it like this. Keep in touch with these suppliers. Tell them that we will be buying a large amount of raw materials later. If anyone can supply them quickly, then we will order from them.”
“Yes.”
Before, Sun He was struggling over which of the two starships to build first. After thinking about it, he came to a decision.
Only kids make choices, adults want both!
So he simply decided to build two starships at the same time.
However, in Sun He’s calculations, the Fenghuang-class aircraft carrier starship cost 2 million units of crystal ore and had a construction cycle of 40 to 50 days.
The Chuang Shi-class starship cost a whopping 4 million units of crystal ore and had a construction cycle of 90 days.
In total, it would cost nearly 6 million units of crystal ore. This number was unknown to anyone except Sun He.
Even Xue Li Er only knew roughly, not the exact number.
If Tang Yuan, Qiao Rong Rong and the others knew that Sun He was going to spend 6 million units of crystal ore to build two starships, they would probably be scared to death.
What’s more, they only had 2 million in their account, with a gap of nearly two-thirds.
However, Sun He considered that the construction cycle of these two starships was quite long, like the Chuang Shi-class starship which would take nearly three months.
So this money didn’t need to be in place all at once, it could be divided into a first phase and a second phase.
Use the current money to start construction. Once the subsequent money arrives, buy the subsequent materials needed.
This was the way Sun He thought of.
But it was also a very risky approach. Because if Sun He didn’t get the subsequent money during this period.
The result would be one.
‘Unfinished ship’
Despite this, Sun He still decided to do it. Because a few days ago, he received intelligence that made him determined.
On the third day of moving into the spaceport
Sun He held a brief meeting in the conference room of the Qing Yuan.
The content of the meeting was simple.
The Qing Yuan fleet, after a brief rest, would set off again.
But 1,500 female soldiers and Xue Li Er and the others would be left here to oversee the construction of the new ships.
“Ah? We’re leaving now? It’s okay to leave people here?” Luo Na was a little unexpected, worried about the safety of the people left behind.
Sun He said: “Those who are watching us will only watch the Qing Yuan fleet itself, and our starships have already left; those who stay in the spaceport will be safer.
Of course, those who stay behind also need to be vigilant. Until we return, they should try not to go out. Except for necessary contact, they should not have any contact with outsiders!
Judy, I need you to be responsible for security.”
Sun He looked at Xue Li Er’s bodyguard, Judy.
Judy said confidently: “No problem.”
“Xue Li Er, the new ship construction work is also left to you. If you encounter any difficulties, call me.” Sun He looked at Xue Li Er.
Xue Li Er clenched her fist: “Captain Sun He, rest assured, we will surely complete the construction of the two starships!”