DipNovel Chapter 31: The Doorstep Comes Knocking
Chapter 31: The Doorstep Comes Knocking
"Master Chef Guo, this is a top-grade pre-Qingming tea, a rare gem: West Lake Longjing. Please try it."
"Drinking tea can cause insomnia, Master Guo, you'd better not drink it."
Here, this is a pufferfish that we happened to catch while patrolling below yesterday.
Pufferfish (also known as spiny turtle) is called "sea bird's nest" because its skin is rich in collagen, making it a top-quality ingredient for soups and stews.
"Fine, you're abusing your power for personal gain! I'm going to report you!"
Chief Engineer Guo, don't accept that guy's fish, or you'll get covered in fishy smells.
"Here, Chief Engineer Guo, please accept this. This is top-grade cordyceps, known for its lung-tonifying, kidney-strengthening, hemostatic, and phlegm-reducing properties: wild cordyceps from Nagqu."
"Chief Engineer Guo is a young man, why are you giving him random supplements?"
Chief Engineer Guo, don't listen to him. Don't take any medicine randomly; it could cause problems.
Here, Chief Designer Guo, this Lu brocade high-end fabric is for you.
Lu brocade is a national intangible cultural heritage. From cotton picking and spinning to weaving, it is all done by hand, with a total of 72 steps.
The main processes include cotton ginning, cotton carding, spinning, yarn winding, yarn sizing, yarn twisting, yarn unwinding, warp yarn, yarn brushing, heddling, heddling, heddling removal, loom hoisting, weaving, and finishing.
Lu brocade haute couture incorporates modern techniques and 24K gold thread into traditional Lu brocade, with patterns originating from the Han Dynasty.
If you use this fabric to make clothes, it will definitely accentuate your extraordinary temperament even more.
"You are corrupting Chief Engineer Guo with extravagant things; your intentions are despicable!"
Chief Engineer Guo, please don't be fooled into accepting it!
Honestly, drinking more tea is good.
However, if you're going to drink it, you have to drink my tea.
This is Wudang Mountain Golden Summit Tea. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, this tea was a royal tribute tea. It has a mellow taste and a refined aroma; it's a rare high-mountain, cloud-shrouded tea.
Inside Guo Yi's office at the shipyard, five of the country's most powerful military leaders attacked their colleague while simultaneously shoving gifts they had brought into Guo Yi's hands, leaving him with an awkward but polite smile.
The reason those five people were there and did that is simple: to grab AS equipment qualifications and quotas!
After the battle in the dense forest, the five of them set their sights on AS, and relentlessly pestered the Grand Elder to equip them with AS.
The Grand Elder, unable to resist their persistent requests, and considering that AS tanks do indeed have advantages over tanks in certain environments and can substantially enhance strength, agreed to their request to equip their forces with AS tanks.
However, the Grand Elder left the decision of which location to deploy AS aircraft and how many AS aircraft to deploy to the shipyard.
The reason is simple: none of the ongoing projects have AS production plans. Therefore, the factories outside only have production lines for Zhenyue's mechs, not AS production lines, let alone production lines for AS-related weapons and equipment.
Therefore, if we want to equip AS with service, we can only have the shipyard produce it.
Why not set up AS-related production lines in external factories and have them equip those five people with AS equipment?
Thanks to its mature industrial chain of military, new energy and high-end equipment manufacturing, and the adoption of modular assembly, multi-line parallel and three-shift production methods, the external factories can now produce 180 Zhenyue, 90 Yandun, 240 Juzhu, 60 Linxun, 50 Chuanyan and 70 Qing'an mechs per month, with a total monthly production capacity of 690 mechs.
This mech production capacity seems large, but don't forget, the mechs have only been in production for a few months!
With the current number of mechs, they can't even complete the preliminary plans for the Tushita Palace Project, let alone execute the Tushita Palace Project.
(The preliminary plan for the Tushita Palace Project is to be able to deploy a large number of mechs to any location in the country within 24 hours.)
Only after securing public order and disaster relief can we wholeheartedly implement the Tushita Palace Plan.
Therefore, even if the production lines related to AS are given to external factories, the external factories cannot squeeze out the production capacity for those five people to produce AS.
Since the shipyard was to produce it, Guo Yi's consent was naturally required, so the decision ultimately fell to Guo Yi.
This has led to the current situation: Guo Yi is caught in a dilemma, unable to accept the gift or not, and can only smile awkwardly but politely.
"Chief Engineer Guo, don't just laugh! How many mechs am I actually going to get?"
Seeing Guo Yi smile without saying a word, the commander-in-chief of the Vermilion Bird War Zone urged anxiously, "Name a number so I can select the men and form combat capability as soon as possible."
"..."
Looking into those five expectant eyes, Guo Yi steeled his resolve and said quickly and decisively, "I do not agree to your deployment of AS..."
"No!"
Before Guo Yi could finish speaking, the commander-in-chief of the Azure Dragon War Zone abruptly stood up and interrupted, "I don't care about other places, I absolutely need mechs here!"
"Old Qing, are you under as much pressure as I am?"
Before Guo Yi could speak, the commander-in-chief of the Vermilion Bird War Zone retorted, "You might only have potential conflicts on your side, but here we're experiencing constant conflicts!"
After refuting the accusation, the commander-in-chief of the Vermilion Bird War Zone then tried to elicit sympathy from Guo Yi, saying, "Chief Commander Guo, we have people getting injured in conflicts every few days, so I really need to strengthen our capabilities with mechs to reduce casualties!"
"Old Zhu, you and Old Qing are both primarily naval-based, while I'm all land-based. Besides, I'll likely face more conflicts here than you!"
The commander-in-chief of the White Tiger War Zone glared fiercely at Lao Zhu and Lao Qing, gritting his teeth and saying, "If we're talking about who among us can't do without mechs, it has to be me!"
"Mechs can exert their greatest deterrent effect on my side, and they can genuinely reduce casualties!"
"Old Bai, you guys have the most self-disciplined dogs, and you're the ones who get the highest priority for deployment. Now you want a mecha too? Aren't you being a bit too greedy?"
The commander-in-chief of the Xuanwu War Zone glared defiantly at Lao Bai, clenching his fist as he said, "You four are either engaging in petty skirmishes, or the enemy is a bunch of empty shells, but my... Winter Iron Cavalry is no joke!"
"I……"
The commander of the Qilin War Zone had barely uttered a word when the other four men joined forces to suppress him: "Shut up! You, a mere defender, have no right to be equipped with a mech!"
"Fine, you'll team up against me then, right...?"
Just as Guo Yi was waiting to see what harsh words the commander-in-chief of the Qilin War Zone would say, Old Qi suddenly changed his tone and cried to Guo Yi in unbearable pain: "Chief Commander Guo, don't think that just because I don't have any specific enemies, I can do that."
In reality, I not only have to face all enemies, but also defend against their decapitation strikes.
Of the five of us, I'm the one who's having the hardest time, and I'm the one who most needs to be equipped with a mecha.
So you have to equip me with mechs no matter what.
"I don't need many, just give me a heavy mech brigade!"
"Sigh~ Old Qi is really having a hard time. Forget it, Chief Engineer Guo, I don't need the mecha anymore. Just arrange a heavy mecha brigade for Old Qi."
"Sigh, since you've said that, Chief Engineer Guo, I don't want it anymore."
"I don't want it anymore..."
"Chief Engineer Guo, since the others have all given up, please do me a favor."
"..."
Guo Yi's lips twitched, and his eyes almost rolled to the sky: He could clearly hear the sound of that abacus from across a galaxy!
Therefore, Guo Yi refused without hesitation, saying, "Don't even mention a heavy mech brigade, I wouldn't agree to even one AS per person!"
Before they could speak, Guo Yi quickly said, "There are only those two junk AS prototypes left in the shipyard. Whoever wants them can take them; there aren't any more!"
After saying that, Guo Yi frowned and said seriously to the five of them, "You all know what the shipyard is doing."
You all know the limitations of AS.
Therefore, the shipyard will no longer produce AS; give up on that idea.