……
Of course, building a Star Destroyer or something like that is just a joke.
Even though a Star Destroyer is far more powerful than a Gundam, it's not something we can build anytime soon.
When we have a star destroyer weapon, we can just install it on a Gundam. After all, I have full confidence in my body's compatibility.
There are so many amazing technologies and magics in this vast world. There's no need to limit ourselves to just one thing.
Being cool is a lifetime thing, yeah.
The Gundam caused quite a stir among the small ship girls. They were fascinated by this giant machine that could fly and walk.
Every day they either pestered Lu Chen to take them for a ride or went to Ming Shi to borrow a mecha to try out.
It drove the boss lady crazy.
"Aren't you ship girls? What are you doing driving a mecha?!"
"What if, during battle, our Gundam gets blown up and a ship girl pops out? That image is too weird!..."
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Two weeks later, in the evening.
In the naval base office.
Lu Chen was handling paperwork with Richelieu.
"Commander, Ning Hai and Ping Hai have sent a report. The first batch of supplies from the Demon Slayer world will arrive soon."
"Including iron, steel, coal, non-ferrous metals, and various other agricultural products, textiles, etc... The quantity seems to be quite staggering. We need to dispatch more Bristols to transport the resources."
On the list, Ning Hai and Ping Hai clearly calculated the amount of resources each country contributed.
Industrial powers like Great Britain and France contributed mainly refined minerals, while agricultural countries contributed mainly agricultural products and textiles.
"Refined steel 7 million tons, coal 54 million tons, tin 60,000 tons..."
Just glancing at the report was enough to be shocked by the sheer volume.
It was dozens or even hundreds of times greater than this world.
This was just the first batch of resources. To avoid affecting the development of that world, the proportion taken was quite conservative.
Once modernization is complete in the Demon Slayer world and the entire world is brought into the industrial age, the income will be even more astonishing.
"Give the Port District a portion. They're constantly experimenting and building new weapons, and they're probably short on resources."
"Also tell Enterprise that if they need anything in the future, just ask here. I'll cover all of Port District's consumption."
Lu Chen signed with a flourish.
This wasn't included in the trade agreement between the two parties because, in a way, the Demon Slayer world was considered his spoils of war.
But Lu Chen was grateful to the ship girls who helped him when he was starting out with nothing.
"So generous, Commander."
Richelieu smiled.
"What about ours? Should we continue investing in the development of the capital city? Or should we build some torpedoes, carrier planes, and other military industrial products?"
“……”
"Stop, stop, stop. Don't use them to build torpedoes, bombs, or carrier planes. Our warehouses are already overflowing with weapons."
"If I weren't worried about causing chaos in the Demon Slayer world, I'd even export some to them."
Lu Chen tapped the table.
"Use them all to build Mind Cubes and then Bristols."
"Huh?"
Richelieu blinked, not understanding.
"Didn't I eat a Mind Cube at Port District earlier? Ming Shi said they haven't built any new Mind Cubes because of insufficient resources."
"Now that we have an entire world behind us, resources are plentiful. For the sake of future development, we must start mass-producing Bristols."
Lu Chen explained briefly.
"For example, at the beginning of the game, the most important thing is to develop your economy and produce more miners and farmers while ensuring your own safety."
"When you have more farmers and miners, you won't be short of money when you build heavy industry, mass-produce troops, and build combat labs later on, and your development speed will increase steadily."
"If you use all your resources to build tanks and go beat up your neighbors, you might gain an advantage early on, but you won't be able to win in the end because you'll be out of resources."
"There's no population limit in our living area, so obviously, the more farmers and miners we have, the better. We'll also be able to build wonders faster later on."
“……”
Richelieu was completely confused by Lu Chen's theory of farmers and miners. It took her a while to understand.
But there's no doubt that Bristol is a versatile worker, even stronger than a versatile worker, for both Port District and our current living area.
They can not only mine and refine but also repair ships, manufacture various weapons for ship girls, and even Lu Chen's Gundam was built with a wrench by Bristol.
The more Bristols we have, the faster our development will be.
As for the little yellow chickens... They can only do some carrying, farming, and other miscellaneous tasks. Industrial tasks still rely on Bristol.
Five minutes later.
Ming Shi, who was slacking off, was pulled over by Richelieu.
"Commander, you need to pay me back for the Mind Cubes and the money I used to build your Gundam, meow?"
"A total of 160 million yen. But since we're close, I can give you a 95% discount, meow."
The repair girl took out her little notebook and prepared to bill Lu Chen.
"Wait, building a Gundam costs money?! You never said you would charge me before!!"
Richelieu was speechless at the merchant's greed.
"Don't worry, I can return the Mind Cube to you, as long as you help me with something small."
Lu Chen pulled Ming Shi over.
He showed her the resource list.
"If you get all of these resources, how many Mind Cubes can you build?"
"So much?! All for me?!"
Ming Shi's eyes lit up. She counted on her fingers for a long time.
"About 8,000..."
"What about if you use them to build Bristols? Including the resources for the hull, how many Bristols can you build?"
"Uh..."
She smoothed down her cat ears and calculated again.
"Special-purpose Bristol and prototype Bristol consume more resources, general-purpose Bristol consumes less. Based on the usual ratio... We can probably build about 6,000 in total?"
"Good."
Lu Chen patted Ming Shi's head again.
"Use them to build 6,000 Bristols. The rest is my reward to you."
"Meow meow meow meow meow?!?"