Chief Shipbuilding Engineer Li Qing can work part-time by himself, but now he still needs the assistance of 2 senior shipbuilding engineers and 30 ordinary shipbuilding engineers to build the frigate.

The salary of an ordinary naval architect starts at about 30,000 yuan, which is the minimum standard. If the work location is far away from Tianjin, such as working in a shipyard with a team like Burning Ghost, additional subsidies are required, which is between 35,000 and 40,000 yuan.

If there are some harsh conditions, such as being farther away, or signing a long-term contract of ten or twenty years to stay in a certain place for more than ten years and rarely coming back, the salary will be even higher.

Nearly 100,000 naval architects are needed to fill all the shipyards, and the monthly salary alone is several billion. The salary of ordinary naval architects is much higher than that of ordinary crew members on battleships.

Such a large amount of expenditure is definitely not something Li Qing can afford now. Even if he has money in the future, it will still be an extremely high expenditure.

To plan ahead, Li Qing felt that he should think of ways to save money early.

"Discussing how to save money, shipyards, people, labor, expenses..."

Fill in this query on the search engine, and soon a series of answers will appear on the light screen.

After taking a closer look, most of the answers were meaningless.

However, on a forum where a large number of battleship modification enthusiasts gathered, I found an interesting suggestion.

With a trade union, it is impossible to reduce wages or withhold wages, but it can start from the source and directly sponsor some low-level civilians to enter professional engineering and shipbuilding colleges. Sign a contract in advance, agreeing that one party will fund their studies, and the other party must pay less than normal wages after completing the studies.

Salary is based on the number of years of service to the sponsor.

However, this method can only be signed for about ten years at most, and then the salary will be gradually increased until it is equal to the normal salary.

In other words, you may be able to make some money this way, but the profit is limited and not long-lasting.

In addition, there is another suggestion that seems useless.

That is to establish a development base. When the scale of the base reaches a certain level, you can apply for development immigration.

There are two methods of immigration at this time. One is to accept immigration applications directly from within the United Empire of Humanity. The other method is to use genetic technology and fertilized eggs to cultivate new natural persons, and then set new laws to open up the territory. At this time, you can

The salary and length of service of cultivated natural persons can be freely determined.

You have to be cruel, even if you don't pay a penny of salary.

But the reason why this suggestion is called useless is that it is too expensive to establish a development base, and it can meet the conditions for development and immigration. This is not just an empty shell base.

Not to mention a living planet, at least you have to build a space residential station that can accommodate millions or tens of millions of people and achieve self-sufficiency in living materials before you can apply for pioneering immigration.

Building a standard self-sufficient space residential station that can accommodate tens of millions of people does not require trillions of stars. It is a no-brainer. With this money, you can pay nearly thirty years' wages and build a base.

However, after reading this suggestion, Li Qing became interested.

To others, this is indeed tasteless, but to him...

The dock currently only has a capacity of 2,300, but now the Palm Universe has begun to be repaired. It will not take many years for the Palm Universe to undergo huge changes. By then, if part of the 'Witness of the Stars' high-dimensional fortress can be repaired, what will happen?

Isn’t it possible to immigrate?

You must know that this 'Witness of the Stars' is not only a high-dimensional fortress, but also can be used as a super colonial planet.

It can be understood as a battle star, which can be developed as a super war fortress or a colonial star.

When part of the high-dimensional fortress is repaired, colonies can be established at the repaired locations.

With the size of this high-dimensional fortress measured in astronomical units, just repairing a small area of ​​space would be larger than a planet.

However, due to the special characteristics of the palm universe, it is not suitable to open up immigrants. The best way is to use genetic technology to cultivate new natural people. If they live inside the palm universe since childhood, they will not yearn for the outside world.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why cloned humans and biochemical humans are not used is because these two types of genes are incomplete and are not suitable for high-intelligence technical professions such as naval architects. Natural humans are required.

Li Qing weighed the two methods and felt that the second method was better and could solve all problems at once.

But now the universe in the palm of my hand has not been repaired yet, and it cannot be implemented for the time being. I can only remember it first and talk about it later.

A month and a half later, Yushi Shipyard sent him a message that the destroyer he ordered had been lined up and construction had begun.

His study at the School of Engineering has also entered a state of flux. Every day he either attends online classes or goes to the college to attend classes offline. In his spare time, he searches for information online.

With his hard study and dozens of times of experience bonus, his experience in various subjects has increased rapidly, and he has quickly reached level 3 or level 4, and some are not far away from level 5.

Normally, when these skills reach level 5, you can try to build a ship. So in addition to studying, Li Qing now has to prepare drawings, materials, and recruit a group of ordinary shipbuilding engineers to prepare for the upcoming shipbuilding.

But just when he was about to go shopping in the trading market in his spare time, a pinned message suddenly appeared on the elite channel that he had not opened for a long time. He only glanced at it and it attracted all his attention.

"Confirmed news, the pioneering team discovered an alien civilization in the Zutar star field!"

He immediately clicked on it and carefully checked the detailed information in the post.

After reading it carefully, the surprise in Li Qing's eyes became thicker and he murmured to himself:

"There are so many? My plan..."

The post comes from the Yu family and is similar to official news and is not false.

The news showed that a pioneer with special innate talent entered the depths of the nebula in the Zutar star field and discovered an alien civilization deep in the dust nebula more than 2,000 light-years away from the Jinmen province.

At first, they only discovered some remote mining stations, and then continued to explore, discovering more outposts and patrol fleets, and finally discovered an alien civilization hidden deep in the dust nebula.

Focusing on this extraterrestrial civilization, we entered into a deeper exploration. The original intention was to explore the scope of its civilization, but at the intersection of this civilization, two other civilizations that were not much different were discovered.

In other words, three alien civilizations with technological levels between the third and fourth generations have been discovered, and a total of eight life planets among the three civilizations have been initially confirmed.

At this time, the elite channel was already boiling with excitement, and all the pioneers were very excited.

What is the concept of eight living planets?

The entire province of Jinmen includes the two natural planets in the capital city of Jinmen, and there are only five living planets in total.

The United Empire of Mankind has overrun the land, and some remote provinces may only have two or three living planets.

The entire United Empire of Mankind has not discovered a new planet with life for at least fifty years.

This means that these eight living planets can establish at least two provinces, and it is possible to give birth to one to two or even more military lords.

This also means that there are eight living planets for the pioneers to snatch, and use them as a basis to achieve a great success.

This shocked Li Qing for a while, and then... he felt a little moved.

His previous idea was not to get involved with Zutar, but now that he found out that there were actually eight life planets there for them to fight for, he was a little ready to make a move.

As long as he captures one, whether he develops it for his own use or sells it, it will be a huge sum of money that he cannot imagine.

Or if you take a step back and say that you are not strong enough to grab it, you can also cooperate with others to grab it, and then get a part of the equity according to your contribution.

In the future, if the captured planet is developed, you can just sit back and collect money continuously, or you can directly sell your shares, which will be a huge sum of money worth tens of trillions.

It can be said that even 1% ownership of a living planet starts with one trillion.

This still refers to primitive and unexplored life planets, whether they are Category II or worse Category III life planets.

If the planet has been developed and transformed to be suitable for human habitation and is ready for immigration, the price will rise several times in an instant.

For example, 1% ownership of the Tianjin No. 1 colonial star can now be sold for 40 trillion.

However, this is still priceless and impossible to buy.

The post was very lively. I don’t know how many divers from major families within the United Empire could not help but come up and comment on the post. It had only been ten minutes, and there were already hundreds of thousands of messages.

And this news became more and more lively as more and more people saw it, and it even quickly spread out to people outside the elite channels.

Soon, Li Qing saw the same news appearing on the regional channel. In less than a day, this matter became the most talked about news in Jinmen Province, and almost everyone was talking about it.

This is obviously not a good thing.

Eight living planets, what a tempting thing this is.

Li Qing can be sure that many of the forces that have received the news at this time have probably summoned the top leaders of the forces to develop and decide on the matter of entering the Zutar Star Territory.

For ordinary people, this is just big news that they talk about, but for those teams with certain strength, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

With the combined efforts of the team, once they can successfully capture a living planet, they will fly straight into the sky. Everyone in the team's senior management can be killed in one wave, and they may even directly change their destiny.

"All family members staying in Jinmen, please return to the family office immediately!"

He responded casually to the group message from his second uncle Li Lun.

Obviously, the second uncle summoned all the members of the Qinghe Li family staying in Jinmen, most likely because of the news.

Li Qing did not ask for leave immediately, but listened carefully to this class before asking for leave for later classes, and then took the aircraft and rushed back to the planet Jinmen No. 1, the family office in District 5.

A six-story building covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters. The aircraft was parked on the roof. He opened the hatch and came out. He saw many aircraft parked on the roof. Four young tribesmen he did not know were standing at the central stairway chatting. He saw

He just nodded.

I went down to the second floor and walked out of the hanging staircase. I saw more than 200 figures standing in twos and threes in the hall. Most of them were unrecognizable. Only a few had some impression, including Li Lie, who was also back.

He was quite surprised why there were so many people. At this time, Li Lie happened to see him, and said to the two people chatting, and came over:

"Let's go and chat over there?"

Li Qing nodded and pointed to one of the many small rooms next to the hall with his chin:

"Number 32."

"Walk."

"By the way, why are there so many people this time? Are all of us coming back this time?"

Li Lie shook his head and said:

"Of course not, this is not the first term, but part of the people of the last three generations of the family who have been in Jinmen Province. There are still a large number of people who have not received the news yet. They will come back one after another in a few months. By then, people will probably

There are thousands."

"so much?"

"Of course, our Qinghe Li family has a big business and many branches. The age difference between the three pioneers is more than ten years, so it is not a problem to gather tens of thousands of people."

Li Qing:

"..."

Entering the small room, Li Lie closed the door, pointed to the coffee table in the center of the room and said:

"Let's talk."

There was a tea set on the coffee table, and there was no distinction between the two of them. He boiled water, and Li Lie sat down and said:

"You know the news at the top of the elite channel. The head of the family's office in Tianjin is my father. I know some inside information. This time the family has called us together to unite us to fight for a planet."

Li Qing said nothing, waiting for Li Lie to continue:

"Of course, this is not news. Anyone can guess it. The point is that my father told me that they already knew about it a week ago. Now the news has already spread to the United Empire of Humanity, and the patriarch has summoned the family members.

The top leaders of each branch met and made a decision to set up a development fund with a total of fifty trillion stars to support family pioneers in seizing a living planet."

"Tsk! Fifty trillion!"

Even Li Qing couldn't help but smacked his lips and said:

"Isn't it easy to get these 50 trillion?"

"Of course it's not easy to get. The patriarch stipulates that any family pioneer can apply for the development fund, but the prerequisite is to demonstrate your ability, strength or potential. You can apply if you meet any of the standards. The specific application amount depends on your ability, strength and potential.

It depends on the assessment.”

"In addition, the patriarch encouraged us to form a team and apply for the development fund as a team. This method is easier than individuals."

Li Qing suddenly understood and asked:

"Do you want to team up with me to apply?"

"That's right, I'm going to bring you and a few other acquaintances together to form a team and apply for the Development Fund as a team."

"When the application for the development fund is approved, we can decide whether to continue to form a team to go to the Zutar star field, or we can go our separate ways."

"Well...."

Li Qing held his chin and thought for a while, then asked:

“If I apply as a team, can I still apply as an individual?”

"Of course, there is no conflict between the two."

"By the way, if you apply for the development fund, you must go to the Zutar star field. This is a prerequisite."

"this..."

"Can I go later?"

"It can be delayed, but not too late. It can be delayed for a year at most."

"Okay, let me think about it."

The two chatted for a while, and he asked about the other people and some interesting things that happened to them during this period. An hour passed before he knew it, until he heard someone knocking on the door and saying that everyone was here.

Let them out.
Chapter completed!