The most routine task was the same as Jiang Ye Xing's.
Expanding the occupied territory.
The more territory occupied, the more money distributed!
Although there was a serious signal delay with Bi Rong Xing, sometimes even experiencing hours of disconnection. However, Jiang Ye could observe the situation through the Bi Rong Xing app.
For several consecutive days, Jiang Ye's phone was filled with pop-up messages from the Bi Rong Xing app, so many it was like downloading some incredibly strange software.
[Your faction has explored more areas, upgrading to Town level 61.33%]
[Your faction has explored more areas, upgrading to Town level 61.34%]
This was the most frequent message pattern, receiving dozens of them a day at least.
Occasionally, special messages would appear.
[Your faction discovered a high-quality lake, upgrading to Town level 63%]
[Your faction entered a volcanic river network area, encountered a large number of local creatures and Mill creatures, acquired biological data, upgrading to Town level 70%]
[Your faction discovered abandoned military facilities, upgrading to Town level 73%]
In just one week, Jiang Ye Xing's faction broke through the Town level and reached City level 3%!
Jiang Ye was very satisfied, feeling like things were finally on the right track.
On Monday, Wei Hongyang returned to Jiang Ye Xing and went to the General's office at the military base to see Jiang Ye.
"We have established a foothold in the lower latitude regions and have opened up many areas along the border line," Wei Hongyang said directly, getting straight to the point. "I think we can quickly roll out some industries."
"Such as?" Jiang Ye asked.
"Agriculture, light and heavy industries can all be rolled out to solve basic survival issues first," Wei Hongyang said. "I've prepared a preliminary plan, would you like to take a look?"
Jiang Ye nodded lightly.
Wei Hongyang took out his phone and tapped it twice on the edge of his desk.
A document immediately appeared on the screen, and Jiang Ye began to browse it.
It was evident that Wei Hongyang had put a lot of effort into this document, which included detailed maps of the explored areas of Bi Rong Xing, introductions to the conditions in various locations with photos, and suitable areas for industrial development.
For example, the forestry area, located in the heart of Bi Rong Xing's primeval forest.
Hydroelectric power stations densely packed along the banks of large rivers, with ferry and ship transportation lines.
Mechanized agricultural areas in the plains, with the nutrient content of each piece of land and suitable crops marked.
There were also over twenty mining and fishing grounds.
Each industrial area was also marked with the approximate number of personnel and equipment required, as well as the startup capital and estimated profits.
Notably, many dark red and dark green striped areas were also marked on the map.
The dark red areas were chemical/nuclear contamination zones, where large amounts of radioactive dust or chemical agents remained in the environment, remnants of the tug-of-war battles during the Mill occupation.
The dark green areas were biological contamination zones, mainly Mill plants and Mill fungi, as well as some hybrid insects and troublesome small creatures.
The contamination zones were depicted on the map with different stripe densities according to their danger level.
The sparsest stripes were as thick as a finger, with very low contamination, allowing for permanent residence in the area, but requiring regular medical check-ups and medication to prevent adverse effects.
The densest stripes were almost a solid block, areas that absolutely could not be entered without wearing proper protective gear. These high-risk areas would strongly contaminate even fast-moving spacecraft and aircraft, and many aircraft had to be replaced entirely due to severe shell erosion after accidentally entering heavily contaminated zones.
The number of these different levels of dangerous areas was not small, loosely distributed in various locations, like a ground that had just started to rain.
After browsing the entire document, Jiang Ye was very satisfied.
This document exuded two words: professionalism!
Hiring Wei Hongyang at a high salary was finally paying off.
"You can proceed according to this. I want detailed reports from each industrial area, and I will allocate funds and supervise," Jiang Ye stated.
Wei Hongyang smiled, "Thank you, Commander! We already have some funds, and if you provide further financial support, we can roll out all industrial areas more quickly. However, there is one thing we are really struggling to solve."
"What is it?"
"Labor shortage," Wei Hongyang said with a pained expression. "Whether it's robots or androids, even with all of them working, there's still a deficit of more than half the workforce. We've even discussed whether to send the captured prisoners to plant potatoes, but we later felt it wasn't appropriate. If the planned industrial areas are to be initially rolled out, we expect to need another two hundred thousand laborers."
Wei Hongyang was telling the truth.
Simple tasks could be handled by intelligent machines, but management and maintenance personnel were needed.
For some complex and niche jobs, without the relevant machinery, it could only be done by humans or robots with human-level intelligence.
"What's inappropriate about it? Let the prisoners plant potatoes. Before they are exchanged for their home planet, they can't just be fed for free, can they? Shouldn't they be self-sufficient?" Jiang Ye quickly responded.
"Alright!" Wei Hongyang immediately nodded.
"Two hundred thousand personnel... that's a bit difficult," Jiang Ye frowned. "We have to provide them with housing, and there are high salaries, as well as basic infrastructure and safety guarantees required in various remote areas... it will cost a lot of money."
"That's the difficulty," Wei Hongyang sighed. "A penny saved is a penny earned!"
"I'll try my best to gather some people and send them over, you wait for news," Jiang Ye said. "Are there any other difficulties?"
"None for now. The few small factions we've contacted in the vicinity are all afraid of us, after all, our overt troop numbers are too exaggerated," Wei Hongyang smiled. "The lower the latitude, the more contaminated areas there are, but we have unmanned transport aircraft, as well as spacecraft that can ascend to space to avoid contamination, so it can be handled for now."
"Good, you all do your best. If Bi Rong Xing is eventually taken, you will be founding stars pioneers."
For the next half month, Jiang Ye racked his brain to gather people and send them to Bi Rong Xing.
First, he tried to persuade the citizens of Jiang Ye Xing.
Tang Hanliu's filming crew in Bi Rong Xing specifically chose beautiful scenery to shoot, and they interviewed many soldiers and workers. These people showed happy smiles to the camera, claiming that they were living very well in Bi Rong Xing and felt reborn, and anyone who came would know.
Various cities also conducted publicity, posting various job openings on Bi Rong Xing.
Surprisingly, over three thousand citizens of Jiang Ye Xing went to Bi Rong Xing one after another. However, only a very small number were completely fooled into going. Most of them were unemployed individuals who lived day-to-day on Jiang Ye Xing, starving from one meal to the next. They decided to go to Bi Rong Xing to endure hardship, take a gamble, and find a job to earn some money.
In addition to luring living people, Jiang Ye also focused on mechanical soldiers.
Previously, a large number of inferior mechanical soldiers were rapidly produced to attack the Qian Long Xing border camp.
At Jiang Ye's command, these inferior units were sent back to the factory for refurbishment, equipped with various modules, and moved towards becoming fully functional mechanical soldiers, thus alleviating the labor shortage.
Of course, there was also ordering from Ni Dian Company.