Chapter 401: Where there is demand, there is a market
The time and space of the Tang Dynasty, somewhere in Texas, later generations...
Since I decided to play airships, I naturally had to ensure the supply of helium resources. After stopping the production task that was originally being hosted, Li Anran drove the shuttle to come here with all his efforts.
The reason I chose Texas is because the natural gas wells here have the highest helium content. In addition, at this time, Texas is a place with a wide range of land and sparse population. It is very easy to use as a base.
According to data detected by later Americans themselves, Texas's oil reserves have always occupied the highest number of total reserves in the United States, up to 22% of which, coupled with natural gas resources, it is very suitable to use them as an energy base.
Although in the eyes of the central intelligent brain of the multifunctional exploration spacecraft, humans in modern time and space have been used to this day, and the fuel energy system using fuel and coal as raw materials is too low-level, it is still very suitable for use at present.
Even with the technology that Anran has mastered now, it is completely fine to build a nuclear power plant. But firstly, the operation, maintenance and maintenance of this thing requires a large amount of manpower, and secondly, nuclear reaction technology is relatively high-end.
Although the Yufeng i-type airship has already used electromagnetic pulse engines, in addition to high-efficiency super batteries, it is also equipped with an independent high-efficiency solar power generation system, but to be honest, it is actually not as high-end as nuclear reaction technology.
Of course, I don’t care about how low it can be, and I still don’t care about it at all. He only cares about how it can be low-cost, efficient, easy to use, and sufficiently safe. Fortunately, the central database on the multi-function exploration spacecraft can fully meet these aspects.
In just less than half a day, the gas wells in the module have been installed and debugged. In order to maximize the use of Texas' natural gas and oil resources, a supporting multi-function production line has also been established.
The production line is not large in size, with a diameter of 200 meters and a hemispherical general factory with a height of six stories. It surrounds the largest natural gas and oil wells with an equilateral pentagonal layout, and also connects the oil and gas pipelines.
With this thing, natural gas and oil mined from gas wells and oil wells do not require any other transportation channels, and can be sent directly to the corresponding factory buildings, and then refined and deep processing according to the preset procedures.
At the edge of the early warning line of the five factories, an automatic turret was erected like a bunker. The automatic fire control system connected to the orbital satellite and early warning radar system is enough to protect the safety of the entire base in this era.
Unfortunately, this multifunctional production line is the previous natural gas well. Although the modularity and automation of the oil wells are quite high, it does not mean that they can completely get rid of manpower, so they will not be able to operate at full capacity for a while.
Fortunately, Li Anran didn't plan to make it too big at the beginning. As long as he could get out the helium first and provide enough fuel to Datang. However, the recruitment and training of personnel were once again put in front of him.
Seeing the construction robots who were forcibly recruited from the modern space-time multi-function exploration spacecraft, establishing this base that will undertake energy supply with a scary efficiency, Li Anran said happily and depressedly:
"Damn it! It's okay if you can't figure out the high-intelligent robot like Qianji Transformation. That special nanomaterial is really very dark technology. But why can't even make a big killer like a construction robot with modern time and space technology? You have to use people."
However, no matter how much he complained, Li Anran also knew that if he could really make intelligent robots in large quantities, with his lazy temper, he would probably accidentally use intelligent robots in large quantities, thus ruining the entire time and space of the Tang Dynasty.
In addition, judging from the data provided by Intelligent Brain Cortana, although the manufacturing of an intelligent robot is not troublesome, if it wants to produce it on a large scale, it will inevitably lead to many aspects. With the technological level of the Tang Dynasty's time and space, it is difficult to cost less.
Moreover, with the multi-functional exploration of the virtual reality system on the spacecraft, the biggest problem of talent training has been solved. The rest is to provide a sufficient number of "materials" that is humans. For this reason, Anran Li had to become a human trafficker.
While the helium manufacturing equipment in Texas was officially put into operation, seeing that the construction work here was not enough, Li Anran went to Xiaoyao Villa, Liuqiu Island, Li Hua's family and Abramo on the Silk Road respectively.
If it is in modern time and space, Li Anran's order on "acquiring infants and young children between the ages of birth and six can be discovered by the outside world will inevitably cause a lot of condemnation and trouble. But in the time and space of the Tang Dynasty, this is not a problem at all.
Although most of the Servant markets in various countries in the time and space of the Tang Dynasty were adults, and were just as some people said in later generations that "there is a market for demand". As long as you are willing to give money, there will always be someone who is willing to do this business.
For Fusang and Liuqiu, Li Anran’s requirement is that as long as he meets his requirements, he can trade whatever the baby and toddlers come from. However, for Xiaoyao Villa, the origin of the baby and toddlers must be clear.
In Li Anran's opinion, the Japanese and Tu people on Taiwan are all aliens, and they don't need to pay attention to any moral and ethical things. But the Tang Dynasty was different. No matter how you say it, you can be considered a compatriot and you can't do unethical things.
Anyway, I don’t lack money at all, and the current gap in manpower is not a small number, so there is no need to break up their families in order to buy a few more people. For this reason, I specially provided a set of paternity testing equipment with the multi-function exploration spacecraft.
This kind of equipment is not as troublesome as modern time and space hospitals have to obtain blood samples and identify whether the seller is the parents of infants and young children on the spot. Once someone finds that abducts a child, there is only one result, killing!
In the past, when I was an ordinary commoner in modern time and space, the industry of traffickers was the one among the several professions that the lonely Li Anran hated the most. He used to be unable to do so, but now he has the ability, he will naturally not be ruthless. If he doesn't kill, he will not be angry with the public.
Some people may say that it is not inconsistent to think Li Anran like this, is it slap himself in the face? Since he hates human traffickers, why do he still have to work in this industry? In fact, as mentioned earlier, where and what the score is.
It is definitely illegal to do this in modern time and space, but in the Tang Dynasty, population trading was a legal business. Even the Tang Dynasty officials have specialized in selling the business of relatives of criminal officials who were implicated in various lawsuits or other situations.
The most important thing is that Li Anran also prevents the problems that will inevitably encounter when purchasing a large number of infants and young children. As long as the parents agree and they clearly mark the price, they can buy real money and silver from legal means, so the situation is naturally different.
As for why I don’t pay attention to this to Fusang and Liuqiu, on the one hand, it is because Li Anran never thinks that he is the kind of tall corpse who considers problems from the standpoint of all mankind. It’s enough to be able to take good care of his compatriots, but others have nothing to do with me.
On the other hand, it is because there is no need to consider any theoretical issues. Don’t forget that Li Anran came in Liuqiu and Fusang as the Lord of God, and being able to send his children to the divine palace is a great honor.
Not to mention spending money to buy infants and young children of the right age, they just don’t pay, and at the same time they choose wider. Except for a very small number of people who are unwilling to be separated from their families, most people will not object, but will respond positively.
It is not surprising that this happens. After all, Fusang was quite poor during the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention eating well, even eating is not something that every household can enjoy. And this situation is not only Fusang.
Having a person who can make a lot of money and let his family live a good life, while also giving his children a better living environment, and perhaps even brings some extra benefits to the family. Few people can refuse such a thing that can kill multiple goals in one go.
Otherwise, the slave transactions in the time and space of the Tang Dynasty would not exist openly as a legitimate business, and all countries were still doing very well. Especially in the previous situations of the Tang Dynasty's drought and locust plague, let alone selling children and eating children, there are all things that can be done.
Chapter completed!