Free Web NovelDuring this time, Zhao Chen had also been observing Jiang Hong.
He had also looked into Jiang Hong's background.
Jiang Hong was a little girl the Eldest Miss of the Zhao Family had picked up on a planet in another star system while out traveling as a child. At the time, she was staring blankly while lying on her mother, who had already starved to death; she wanted to cry, but she was so hungry she couldn't make a sound.
It was the Eldest Miss of the Zhao Family who took Jiang Hong in and buried her mother.
From then on, the Eldest Miss of the Zhao Family treated Jiang Hong like her own younger sister, teaching her how to read and write, and imparting all kinds of knowledge to her.
Gradually, Jiang Hong's talent began to show.
She was a quick learner and was exceptionally good at management. In fact, for years, Jiang Hong had been secretly managing some of the affairs of the Owl Dragon Star System for the Zhao Family, with Old Madam Zhao then relaying the Orders.
Zhao Chen was merely a lord in name; the Eldest Miss of the Zhao Family had already comfortably become a hands-off manager years ago.
Gradually, Jiang Hong became very skilled °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° at handling various matters.
Most importantly, she was absolutely loyal to the Zhao Family—or rather, to the Zhao Family that had raised the Eldest Miss!
Currently, Zhao Chen had no usable talent around him. He couldn't stay in the Owl Dragon Star System forever; after all, it was too impoverished here.
Charlotte was a general; she was fine at commanding Starships in battle, but letting her govern the Owl Dragon Star System? Forget it.
Therefore, Zhao Chen chose Jiang Hong.
This woman who didn't even respect him.
"You're willing to hand over the management of the Owl Dragon Star System to me?" Jiang Hong asked, voicing her doubt.
Zhao Chen nodded. "I feel at ease leaving it to you to manage."
Jiang Hong didn't know what to say for a moment.
Zhao Chen then began to speak about the plan in his mind. "For the Owl Dragon Star System to rise and prosper, it needs three opportunities.
The first point: Star Gates.
A star system without a Star Gate has no development prospects.
This problem cannot be solved in the short term, but I will find a way.
The second point: Industry!
The Owl Dragon Star System has always only had very low-level T1 technological industries, which can only maintain the system's self-sufficiency. In fact, whenever an emergency occurs on those planets, starvation is a common occurrence.
If I remember correctly, the Galactic Alliance has a rating system based on the living conditions of a star system's people, from 0 to 10, right?
Our Owl Dragon Star System's rating is only 0.3; it's not even a fifth of the average of 5!
So we must develop a promising industry, one that has a competitive advantage in foreign trade! Only then can we draw funds from the outside to build up the Owl Dragon Star System.
I've already figured out what to do about this point, but I still need some preparation time.
The third point: A new Order!
Most of the old aristocrats are either gone or have left.
Now the Owl Dragon Star System needs a new Order. Although I'm not fond of those aristocrats, there still needs to be some large families.
Your mission during this period is to reconsolidate the Order of the Owl Dragon Star System, an Order centered around the Zhao Family. You can elevate the status of some small families loyal to the Zhao Family, or support and establish new loyal families.
I assume you can handle this task."
Hearing Zhao Chen talk incessantly about these things, Jiang Hong considered the first two items to be sheer fantasy, impossible to achieve.
However, the third point was the only one she agreed with.
Currently, the Owl Dragon Star System was waiting to be rebuilt, and first and foremost, it needed a new Order and system. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
"The task the Eldest Miss gave me was to guard the Owl Dragon Star System and the Zhao Family while she is away." Jiang Hong looked at Zhao Chen coldly. "I'm not doing this for you; I'm doing it for the Eldest Miss."
This woman was still acting tsundere at a time like this.
After reaching a simple agreement, Jiang Hong left.
Zhao Chen used his handheld terminal to project a holographic map of the Owl Dragon Star System, looking at the star system.
Zhao Chen raised his hand, as if stroking the starry sky.
"Since this was your previous wish, I'll fulfill it for you." Zhao Chen seemed to be speaking to someone, a faint smile on his face.
Then, he opened the system page.
【Host: Zhao Chen
Profession: Top Starship Engineer
Special Attributes: Fleet Luck Bonus, Eye of Insight
Points: 1100
Task Points: 8
Number of Starships: 2
Missions: None
Warehouse: T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser technical blueprints, t1 wolf louse-class medium interstellar destroyer technical blueprints, t2 bee queen-class heavy carrier starship technical blueprints, T2 Iron Hammer-class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ship technical blueprints】
He now had 1100 system points and 8 task points.
He checked the conditions to upgrade the System Mall again.
【T2 System Mall Upgrade Conditions
First item: Exchange for two T2-level items (1/2)
Second item: Complete two C-rank system missions (1/2)
Third item: Consume 2000 system points for mall upgrade (1100/2000)】
Zhao Chen's face darkened; it turned out his meager savings were completely insufficient to upgrade to the T2 System Mall.
Forget it, he'd handle the upgrade conditions one by one.
The third item couldn't be rushed.
The C-rank missions for the second item depended on luck.
So he'd settle the first item first: exchanging for two T2-level items. Exchanging for the T2 Queen Bee earlier already counted as one T2 item, so he was just one short.
Coincidentally, Zhao Chen had already had a plan in mind.
"I remember seeing it before, where was it?" Zhao Chen rummaged through the T2 items section of the System Mall.
Finally, he found the 'item' he had seen before.
【T2 Bronze Eden-class Starship Technical Blueprints】
Because he hadn't exchanged for it yet, he couldn't see the detailed data, but he could see a simple introduction.
【T2 Bronze Eden-class Starship: An auxiliary-type Starship capable of developing and operating agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fisheries in an infinite cycle without consuming resources.】
Simply put, this was an interstellar farm, ranch, forest, and fishery! And it had zero operating costs!
【Do you wish to consume 400 system points and 3 task points to exchange for the 'T2 Bronze Eden-class Starship' technical blueprints?】
"Confirm."
【Congratulations on obtaining the 'T2 Bronze Eden-class Starship' technical blueprints.】
【Remaining System Points: 700】
【Remaining Task Points: 5】
Zhao Chen immediately began to review the data for this Starship.
Just as the introduction stated, the T2 Bronze Eden was an auxiliary Starship that could navigate between the stars and use nutrients converted from cosmic particles to infinitely cultivate agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fisheries within the Starship.
In simple terms, it could grow grain and raise livestock without consuming any resources.
Actually, the Galactic Alliance had also researched this kind of technology, but the cost-effectiveness was far lower than the cost of growing crops on a planet, so it had never achieved commercialization or mass production.
But Zhao Chen's side was different.
The construction cost of a single T2 Bronze Eden was only three million star coins!
By comparison, it might seem a bit expensive.
After all, a T2 Queen Bee only cost 1.5 million star coins; the difference between the two was double!
But the key lay in the fact that the monthly crop yield of a T2 Bronze Eden was equivalent to a market value of about 1 million star coins, with the specific amount depending on the species cultivated.
And this yield could satisfy the living needs of at least one million people!
Calculated this way, as long as he built five hundred T2 Bronze Edens, the Owl Dragon Star System would never face a food crisis again!
Moreover, naturally grown crops had always been a hard currency in interstellar trade!
In the future, it could also become an important part of the Owl Dragon Star System's foreign interstellar trade.
This was why Zhao Chen had told Jiang Hong earlier that he already had a plan for the second point.
This was his plan.
He wanted to achieve 'food freedom'!
