Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

“There's no need to show me this stuff at all. ”

The index finger was swept through the holographic screen, sitting at the desk in front of Li Guangya, and his attitude swept a 20-page application into the trash.

This 20-page proposal, or petition, came from Mars.

And to summarize its core content, it can actually be summarized in two sentences.

In other words, in order to create a supply line for transporting water resources between IWII and the asteroid belt, as well as Mars, the Tiangong Municipal Authority hopes to have its own armed defence force.

In short, they want to build a Mars defensive fleet in the solar system - or a second Pan-Asian fleet - to combat air thieves active between asteroid belts and terrestrial fire routes.

Honestly, after seeing such a proposal, Li Guangya, in addition to feeling naturally surprised, found it more amusing.

As President of the Board of Governors of Pan-Asian Cooperation, he would certainly not allow such an absurd proposal to be adopted in his hands as long as he was not out of his mind. Originally the autonomy of the Mars colonies was a huge historical legacy, and now if the right to defence had been granted, it would have simply allowed those Martians to build their country directly.

Besides, it is still unknown whether the skies on the asteroid belt were created by the Martians themselves, or whether they were financed with money.

Anyway, as far as he knows, the new London of the North Sea Alliance and the new Paris of the Ibero-French Alliance have become the largest black market trading centres in the entire solar system, where looted goods have largely escaped and even the futures market for stolen goods has been removed.

And that's pretty much a public secret.

“I think we'd better be cautious about this,” said Secretary Wei, looking at the chairman who didn't care much and standing at his desk with a serious expression, "Of course we can't make concessions on this request, but if you don't refuse carefully, your response to the colonial claim is likely to become a weapon for someone else who doesn't have the will to do the article. ”

“Even you, of course, I know. ”

Waving his hand, Li Guangya pressed his index finger's finger under his nose. After a while of reflection, he said.

“Rest assured, I admit I may have swelled up a little during this time, but I've never had a job… I'll respond carefully to this, and besides, we'll have to be cautious with the idiots who think about it. Do you have any good advice on that? ”

“We can start from two sides," Weisson continued after a moment of reflection, "on the one hand, conducting military exercises with anti-piracy as the main subject and, on the other hand, sending additional defensive garrisons to the city of Tiangong. This would both dispel colonial concerns about air thieves and strengthen colonial control… in preparation for future plans. ”

The so-called future plan naturally involves the withdrawal of autonomy and the exercise of direct jurisdiction.

The previous granting of autonomy to the Mars colonies, including the city of Tiangong, was largely due to the fact that communications were too long to make real-time decisions about the colonial situation, which led to the introduction of a highly autonomous model of jurisdiction.

Over the years, however, with more flights to and from Mars and more frequent economic and trade exchanges between Mars and the Earth, this highly autonomous model has instead become a drag.

Especially now that the warp speed technology has broken through, the Qin Ling has taken the lead in completing the first ultra-light speed transition in human history. In the near future, the difficulty of ultra-light speed communication will also be solved, and the last obstacle preventing Pan-Asian cooperation to recover the direct jurisdiction of Tiangong City will soon be removed.

After hearing Wei Song's obscure expression, Li Guangya's face raised a thoughtful expression.

A long time later, he spoke.

“Convene the Military Commission, and I hope to see everyone in the conference room this time tomorrow. Go say hello to Commander Sun and ask the General Staff to study in advance which battle formations will be involved in the exercise and which ground forces will be stationed there to maximize our strategic deterrence on Mars while meeting their ‘sense of security'. ”

Wei Song said seriously.

“I'll be right there. ”

Li Guangya ordered, “Just give the order. This matter is not so urgent. The focus of our current work is still on the space elevator and the starting gate, and the relationship with the colonies is very important. Try to avoid being too rigid with them. ”

Wei Song was about to turn around and leave.

But at this moment, he suddenly thought of something, stopping to say.

“By the way, there's something I need to report to you. ”

Li Guangya raised his head again and cast a gaze at him asking.

“What is it? ”

“Recently, several well-known foundations of the outer galaxy registered on Mars suddenly began to raise funds on a large scale with the intention of building colonial ships," Weisson continued after a moment of pause, "in particular the South Gate II fund for the exploration of the outer galaxy, which raised nearly 150 billion points of credit by pre-selling tickets and issuing debt. ”

“Colonial ship?” Li Guangya frowned slightly and shook her head. "I'm not in charge of financial matters. I'll say hello to the financial supervision department later. ”

Wei Song smiled bitterly and continued.

“The key is not a hundred billion… it's Master Lu. ”

Li Guangya stunned slightly.

“Master Lu? ”

“Well," Wei Song continued with a strange expression on his face. "He seemed to have left his apprentice and went to Mars alone to attend the painting exhibition of the South Gate II Colonial Exploration Foundation...”

Speaking of which, he remained silent for a while, lowering his tone and continuing.

“… he may be, seriously. ”

There was silence in the office.

It took a long time for Li Guangya to break the silence.

“A great man like him, capable of influencing the course of history, in the face of his destiny, whatever choices he makes, is not something we can dictate. ”

Sighed, his voice clearly bore a bit of fatigue, as if faced with some more difficult issue than the colonial right to defence.

It took him half a day to brew emotions in his chest before he gave up what seemed like a wave.

“You don't have to report this to me in the future, let him go. ”

……

“Sneeze! ”

His side looked at a sneezy ark without warning, pulled the Mars car steady Ling, and cast an inquisitive look at him.

“You have a cold, Commander. ”

“No, I guess it's been remembered...” I sucked my nose hard, the ark reached out and touched it on the holographic interface, swept the water fog inside the helmet, turned the subject off and said, “Are we there? ”

Lin nodded and threw her gaze out the window.

“It's already here. ”

This is an abandoned mine in the Rift Valley, a kilometre east of the old site of Hell's Gate, and where it all started.

Hiddell Mining's brands are still hanging at the entrance of the mine, but the traces left by those years of spotting and wind and sand erosion are even more pronounced than the last time we saw them.

The Ark had promised General Reinhardt that it would come back to him when it had handled almost everything on Earth. Though there may be a little time left before the date of departure, preparations are almost ready.

At the same time, he has a lot to ask about the mystery of Stargate.

Helping Ling's arm jumped off the Mars cart and stood in front of the dilapidated mine boat, a nostalgic expression appeared on her face.

Time passes so fast.

It's been a year and a half.

In this year and a half, I have not only seen the world changed by my knowledge, but I have also met so many interesting people, even my descendants, and sent myself to the future of her...

The throat knot moved gently, as if there was something to say about the ark, suddenly opening.

“Lin.”

He threw a gaze of inquiry at the ark and followed Ling's voice behind him.

“What is it, Commander? ”

There was something to say about the ark, and for some reason it suddenly closed its just opened mouth again.

After a while of silence, he looked up into the deep darkness of the cave in front of him, with a smile on his face.

“Nothing… lead the way ahead. ”

The red pupil flashes slightly like the light of a firefly.

Ling gently lowered her head and stepped forward in front of the ark.

“Aye, Commander. ”