Midnight Plane nodded heavily, with countless thoughts in his mind.

The significance of glider manufacturing does not lie in how many items can be transported, but in broadening the almost dangerous "road" in the air and paving the way for continued development in the future.

If it was a small or even medium-sized territory, the lord there would definitely not let his companies mess around like this.

After all, this is not a small investment. If it is transferred to ground development, it will definitely promote several orders of magnitude iteration.

But this is Tianyuan territory.

Just as they had just finished discussing the details, Sumo, who returned to the territory from the Pumpkin Bunker, also received this surprising news.

The eavesdropping monster Zero doesn't know what to say and what not to say.

In his programming, Sumo must be notified immediately for any technology that requires an investment of more than 20,000 copper coins.

"Master, based on the calculation of No. 0."

The small square swayed slightly, as if thinking.

"The success rate should be around 27.9%, which is much lower than the 61.45% of the airship!"

Somo sat down calmly and took a sip of the cold tea from the thermos cup to refresh himself.

"But they don't want to make an airship, do they?"

When discussing with Su Deben before, Su Mo's first thought was to build an airship for transportation.

The cost is low, the technology is relatively simple, and it can be manufactured on a large scale. There is no need to prepare the take-off and landing sites.

The disadvantages are insufficient safety, uncontrollable routes, and the upper limit is too low.

Sounds like a good fit for the current territory.

But Sumo forgot one of the most important things.

enthusiasm.

Build airships, build airplanes.

This seems to be the same track that conquers the sky, and both have the ability to allow humans to soar into the blue sky.

But the reality is that these are completely two different things.

In the eyes of these people, building an airship is like building a tractor or farm machinery, a tool purely for production.

And airplanes are like sports cars, off-road vehicles, and sedans!

If you can build a sports car, who would be willing to build a tractor?

However, this is also the reason why Somo did not have strict requirements. He did not force these people to study according to his own wishes.

This has been verified many times in the past, and technical research on discursive management often leads to surprising and unexpected breakthroughs.

However, in those areas that focus on research, progress is often difficult to advance.

The choice lies with these investors.

The money lost now is just the productivity of more than 10,000 people in the past six months. The territory can afford to lose, and he, the lord, can also afford to lose!

"Invest in my name."

I looked at my account and found that I had accumulated nearly one million copper coins without even realizing it.

Even though Sumo was mentally prepared, he was also a little frightened by this number.

"What? We've given out so much money?"

According to the purchasing power exchange, the value of one million is equivalent to 100 million or more on the earth.

No. 0 said aggrieved without knowing why.

"Master, all the companies in the territory have your shares, and you still take 90% of them!"

"The operating income of several other villages also includes shares in the underground city, and they are all deposited in your personal account."

"A lot of money has been invested by Number Zero according to your wishes. If we really want to recover it, the current number should at least double again."

One million times.

Or at least!

It doesn't matter if it doesn't count, just calculate it carefully.

Calculated based on the territory’s average output of 1.8 copper coins per person per day, two million is approximately equal to the territory’s three months’ labor output.

Calculated based on the current food prices in the territory, this money is enough to empty the granary several times.

A total of more than 10,000 people worked hard for half a year, but in the end they got nothing and still owed a debt?

Of course, the real accounts are certainly not calculated this way.

Sumo said anxiously, a little dumbfounded.

“What is the median savings of villagers now?”

"Fifteen copper coins!"

No. 0 gave the exact number, which made Somo breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, investing in aircraft research and development allowed him to discover the shortcomings of current development in time.

Logically speaking, having taken away 90% of the company's profits, he, the largest shareholder, should be responsible for opening up the market to ensure normal production.

But the reality is that the situation has been tense recently, and he has no mind or time to deal with it.

The factory has no orders, the funds saved in the accounts are getting smaller and smaller, and there is no spare energy to develop externally.

This round of fundraising was also a last resort decision made by a group of factory owners.

Otherwise, if we continue to develop and cannot open up a larger market, there will be batches of business closures and unemployment of workers.

At that time, it was difficult to save the situation!

"I was negligent. I only thought about centralized management to prevent the emergence of moths." Sumo scratched his head and wanted to return the shares, but after a second thought, he gave up the idea.

Compared with delegating power to factory owners to develop technology and scale, uncontrollable risks may arise.

By taking some time to decide on the investment, he can at least ensure that the success rate of the investment will not be low.

Even if there are occasional failures, they can be saved through technological upgrades on the system panel.

"In this way, since there are one million copper coins in the account, let's use half a million for investment."

"Are they all given to the aircraft factory?"

"right."

Sumo nodded slightly, not worried that these people would burn all the money.

Building an airplane does not mean producing a complete airplane directly from the production line.

Instead, we need to start with different small parts and create various complex materials to meet the needs.

Moreover, in terms of the basic technologies required to manufacture aircraft, there will not be any difficulties that cannot be overcome in the short term, which will waste time and resources.

When those basic technologies are effective, other basic industries can also benefit and expand production.

"another half million"

"A large number of new people from the deep sea will join soon. Three hundred thousand will be used as working capital to develop the territory's infrastructure facilities."
Chapter completed!