Jiang Ye felt something crawling on his face and reached up to touch it. To his surprise, it was tears.
After reading the letter twice, he suddenly remembered something and grabbed his phone to message Li Nannan.
Jiang Ye: "Commander! Can I write another letter to her?"
Li Nannan: "No, there's no time. I've already prepared to depart. You might not be able to contact me for a while. The war zone will block all signals. You might even receive news of my death one day."
Jiang Ye was very disappointed but still typed out his blessings.
Jiang Ye: "That won't happen. Commander, you are wise and mighty, like Bai Qi reincarnated, Huo Qubing reborn, Genghis Khan possessed! You are invincible and will surely return victorious soon! Wishing you a smooth journey!"
Li Nannan actually sent a selfie. She saluted the camera, looking heroic and spirited.
Jiang Ye put his phone aside, picked up Cen Yemeng's letter again, read it a few times, folded it, placed it in the tin box, and tucked it under his pillow. He then lay down to sleep.
He woke up to find it was already one in the afternoon. His biological clock was completely out of sync.
Jiang Ye got up, changed into loose sportswear, went downstairs, and headed to the kitchen to print his lunch.
Orange juice, fried crispy pork, spring rolls, and broccoli. He wasn't bothered to make much else; these few items were enough.
As Jiang Ye was halfway through his meal, a buzzing sound started.
Sophia entered slowly, her bare feet on the sweeping robot, as if she were standing on a hoverboard. Fortunately, she was dressed today in a loose sweater and silk trousers.
"Why are you standing on the robot?" Jiang Ye forgot to chew.
"It bumped into me while sweeping, so I'm punishing it," Sophia said seriously.
Jiang Ye was speechless. Sophia's image in his mind instantly changed. It turned out she occasionally showed a childish side, not as composed and mature as she appeared on the surface.
"When I was sleeping, were there any new messages?" Jiang Ye lowered his head and asked the robot again.
The sweeping robot replied, "No new messages, but there are new company resumes."
Sophia tapped the robot with her toe. The sweeping robot obediently turned around, carried Sophia back to the doorway, and buzzed its way out.
Jiang Ye took out his phone and checked [Investment Attraction].
As expected, new company resumes were already waiting.
One was a custom shopping bag company, another provided nutrition plans for clients, and the third was a piano manufacturing company.
Their scale was not large, each needing to recruit 40, 60, and 120 employees respectively in Binhai City, opening stores or factories. Forty percent of the profits would be handed over to Jiang Ye.
Jiang Ye agreed to all of them. The more enterprises that settled, the better. It could solve the employment problem of the settlement, boost the development index, and create more profits – a win-win-win.
He then casually glanced at [Commercial Factories].
"Whoa?" Jiang Ye exclaimed.
[Factory Type: Bullet-type Metro Train Manufacturing Plant]
[Factory Description: Occupies an area of 50,000 square meters, includes one bullet-type metro train assembly line, requires 890 workers. Operations are simple, and workers can be on the job after basic training. Can produce one train head and ten regular carriages daily, with a profit of approximately 200,000 yuan per day.]
[Remarks: Bullet-type metro trains are suitable for vacuum tube high-speed subways. Peak operating speed can reach 900 kilometers per hour. Each train head can pull 10 carriages, and each carriage can accommodate 10 passengers.]
[Construction Cost: 300 million yuan]
[Remaining Factories Needed: 82/100]
Jiang Ye scanned it and decisively clicked to order!
He had intended to grab seven or eight metro factories, but he was too slow and only managed to secure two.
All the colonies were competing for them. Within seconds, all factory slots were gone.
However, securing two was still good.
Six hundred million yuan was spent to acquire the production and operation rights.
Without waiting for Xu Yan's message, Jiang Ye directly messaged her privately.
Jiang Ye: "I've ordered two bullet-type metro factories. You should have received the notification, right? The factories are for manufacturing metro trains. Can I take this opportunity to build a metro line in the colony? To connect the east and west of Binhai City, and also connect to Shale Mountain and Chalkland."
Xu Yan: "No problem. These kinds of metros are quite easy to build. The key issue is insufficient electricity."
Jiang Ye: "Insufficient electricity? The power plants in Binhai City are more than enough now, aren't they? How much electricity can a metro line consume?"
Xu Yan: "Vacuum tube metro, it's different from the old-fashioned rail metros of your era."
Xu Yan: "The entire metro line is a vacuum-sealed tube. Every ten meters along the tube, there's an electromagnetic accelerator. The train doesn't touch the tube at all; it's maglev, so there's no friction. A few strong current accelerations can push the speed beyond nine hundred kilometers."
Xu Yan: "If you want to build a metro line connecting various colonies, you'll need to build at least a small nuclear power plant to supply it. Otherwise, once the metro starts, Binhai City will experience a blackout."
Jiang Ye finally understood what vacuum tube meant. It was truly advanced.
Jiang Ye: "How much does a small nuclear power plant cost?"
Xu Yan: "Cheap, 190 million."
Jiang Ye gritted his teeth. "Alright! For the nuclear power plant and the metro line, give me a plan to look at."
Xu Yan directly sent over a schematic diagram. It seemed she had prepared it long ago. After all, as an experienced professional, she had all sorts of contingency plans.
Jiang Ye scrolled through his phone, zooming in on the schematic diagram.
The screen was too small and difficult to view. He got up, went to the study, and tapped his phone three times on the desk.
The schematic diagram immediately appeared on the large screen of his desk, very clearly.
The entire colony wasn't very large, and it was designed with two metro lines.
Line 1: From the east of Binhai City, it traversed the entire city to the west, with five stops in between. Line 2: From the west of Binhai City, it passed through a long stretch of wilderness to Shale Mountain, and then crossed the wasteland from Shale Mountain to Chalkland.
Jiang Ye was very satisfied. With such a metro, transportation would be much more convenient.
To get rich, build roads first; a metro is even better.
Jiang Ye: "Can both these lines reach speeds of nine hundred kilometers?"
Xu Yan: "Not really. The distance is too short. If they accelerate to nine hundred kilometers over a short distance, passengers' heads would fly to the ceiling. Line 1 would take about ten minutes to run one way, and 16 minutes with stops at each station. Line 2 would take 15 minutes one way, and 20 minutes with stops."
Jiang Ye was satisfied. He directly transferred the money to Xu Yan and asked her to start construction.
Xu Yan also sent him an electronic copy of the "Metro Operations Management Regulations" for him to read.
The entire "Management Regulations" had 320 pages of tiny print, like a massive novel, more obscure than "War and Peace."
The content was all about how to operate the metro, including controlling the metro's movement, what to do if a passenger falls onto the platform, what to do in case of a metro malfunction, how to collect fares, and so on. All of it was important and had to be read.
Jiang Ye read until his eyes were blurry, but he finally understood it all.
Although this document was thick, it was indeed very useful. He now knew exactly how to operate the metro.
He posted an announcement in the colony's group chat, recruiting 300 metro employees with a monthly salary of 68,000.
As soon as the announcement was sent, Jiang Ye's phone vibrated.
A message arrived from the Star Network group.
Planet Governor Binglu: "@General Jiang Ye, I've surpassed you! My development index is ten points higher than yours!"