Earth Invasion

Chapter 423 Family Dinner
I don’t know when the family banquet started to rise. Chinese people are used to talking about things at the wine table, but they seldom talk about national affairs at the wine table.Maybe the Chinese people think that the national affairs are very serious, and talking about it between toasting and drinking will not lead to anything.Therefore, this habit was passed back from abroad.

Chewing at the desk is impossible. This is just a negotiation with a relatively relaxed atmosphere.

It is said to be a family banquet, but it is actually a meal-sharing system, and the dishes are very light, which is also to cater for Shen Jiufang's appetite.Recently, his health is not very good. Although he is not sick, he can't tell anything about the health of the elderly.

In this case, Zhang Mai can't do anything.For other negotiations, he could still give Ann some advice based on what he saw in the media, but he was at a loss for such a closed meeting.

However, An's performance let him know that he was completely careless.

In other words, he didn't even think about the identity of his wife.

Queen, real queen.Although in the eyes of ordinary people in SCO, she, the queen, has the best entertainment effect.However, in a country that has wiped out aristocratic families for more than 1000 years and thrown the emperor into the pile of old papers for 600 years, it is still difficult to guess what a genuine royal family is all about.Even if this royal family is still an alien royal family.

Elegance, etiquette, all kinds of cumbersome lingo and decent topics.Her Majesty Queen Rivendell I thoroughly demonstrated what is called a royal demeanor.

Originally, no matter how close the Sifah royal family is to the people, it still has its own style. This kind of big family that has been passed down for thousands of years has a lot of precipitation in this regard.Banquets, dances, speeches, tea parties, camping, hunting, religion, this is something that runs through the entire royal life.Although An is the last princess, she hasn't failed in everything she should learn.This kind of small family banquet is completely out of the question.It seems that all the leaders of other countries attending the meeting are a bit wild, meaning nouveau riche.

When Zhang Mai thinks that he will be taught a lot of royal etiquette in the future, he is ashamed.

The meal was enjoyed by both the host and the guests. When all the tableware was removed and refreshed coffee and drinks were replaced, Zhang Mai knew that the show was coming.

"I don't know if His Majesty Rivendell is interested in sailing." A leader sitting in the forehand direction asked with a smile. Zhang Mai had to admire these political figures, who could control the aura around him at will. Now he is Like a kind elder, he and his party chatted with everyone.

"We have just developed schooner technology, and we haven't installed steam engines on board. So, I can't say whether I am interested or not. But I still like the sea very much. Similarly, I also like the sea in the sky." Ann answered very well. , because she still couldn't grasp what the other party said, so she had to use such unnutritious words to deal with it.But at the end, she still brought the topic to space.

Nodding his head, the other party seemed to be planning to say: "Stars and seas, our earthlings ushered in the first great development in the era of great navigation, and ushered in the second great development in the era of great space. No matter Which sea is our luck. I think His Majesty can also find opportunities that will have a great impact on the nation in the sea."

coming!Before this, Zhang Mai had discussed with himself that he should seize every opportunity to win topics or projects for himself.Don't be reserved or anything.

Now that you talk about the sea, I'm not polite.

"If this is the case, I would like to thank you, but you know, our technical level, not to mention the star sea in space, even the sea on the planet is helpless. I don't know if you are interested, and if we can help ?”

The person opposite couldn't help laughing, thinking that this little girl is really impatient.But it's no wonder that if it's like my own country, then I would be more anxious than her.

In this case, it's not beautiful for me to beat around the bush like this.As he spoke, he took out his personal terminal from his jacket pocket, placed it in the center of the table, and opened a virtual screen of the Assyrian planet.

"Since His Majesty Rivendell is very straightforward, let's talk about some substantive things. First of all, how much does His Majesty know about the matter of going back and forth between heaven and earth?"

This question is a bit strange.Ann glanced at the other party, but didn't find any special expression on the other party's face.But since the other party said that they want to talk about the essence, then I should follow the essence.

"My understanding is very superficial. In terms of going back and forth between heaven and earth, does it refer to the process of ascending from the landmark of the planet to low orbit? It also includes returning to the ground from low orbit."

"That's how it is." The leader nodded, "You are very good, but I would like to add that scientists and economists actually have another point of view. If there is a round trip between heaven and earth, it should be based on reaching the synchronous orbit. Then I would venture to ask again, do you understand the essentials of going back and forth between heaven and earth?"

"This..." To be honest, answering this kind of question is a bit tricky, especially when there is Shen Jiufang present.But the other party must have some intentions.At this time, Zhang Mai reached out from below and grabbed her hand, shook it hard, and encouraged her to speak up.

"If I'm wrong, I'm laughing at you." An smiled, and then said, "It should be the cost and speed. In terms of cost, it is the energy consumed to climb out of the gravity well. The less energy consumed, the faster the transportation. The more cargo there is, the lower the cost is, and vice versa. Part of the reason for the development of industry into space is to save energy for climbing gravity wells, right?"

Everyone nodded, and one of them also said a few words of praise, which were nothing more than non-nutritive words like being able to understand the things going back and forth between heaven and earth so thoroughly.And An also politely said thank you, and then continued the topic just now.

"The other is speed. Unlike transportation on the surface of the planet, the general method of climbing a gravity well requires speed, and this speed often exceeds the tolerance of humans, and not all cargo can withstand extremely strong acceleration. Therefore , the speed of climbing the gravity well can’t be too high, can it? And now, there are laser rockets, aerospace planes, mass accelerators and orbital elevators to climb the gravity well. Among them, the laser rocket has a relatively large capacity , and can be built without terrain restrictions. Aerospace planes have a short response time, but their transport capacity is very low and the cost is high, so they are only used in VIP transport. Mass accelerators occupy a large area and have a long construction period, and their transport capacity is not comparable to that of laser rockets But there are great limitations on the location of the construction, and the speed is too fast, and a very large accelerator is needed when transporting people, such as the Red Ribbon of the Earth built in Africa. Or the Panama Gate built in South America. Of course, The last one is the track elevator, which can be said to be a once-and-for-all method, whether it is speed, cost or capacity, it is the best method. However, the cost is too high, and it is built on the equator.”

Clap clap, everyone started to applaud. A little girl of a foreign race can speak so accurately, it is considered a lot of effort.

"It seems that Her Majesty the Queen is very familiar with the travel between heaven and earth. Then let me ask you a question. Where do you think the site should be for building an orbital elevator on Assyria?"

This question was a bit unexpected.Can you say things like the location of the track elevator?Shouldn't this be said by many, many scientists or engineers?
Ann shook her head, she understood that she shouldn't say much at this time.

"Here, and here." The leader didn't continue to play tricks, he directly drew two circles on the virtual map.One is the equator point of the Nebula Continent, which is the southernmost point of the Kadera region.The other is at the place across the equator in the Fairy Continent.

Ann's mind suddenly became tense.Could it be that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization wants these two places to be used as construction sites for orbital elevators?Doesn't this mean...

Unfortunately, before she could get excited, the leader crossed these two places.

"Unfortunately, Your Majesty Queen Rivendell, we don't plan to build an orbital elevator in this place. In other words, we are only guessing about building an orbital elevator on Assyria. We have more important things to do now. "

Ann's mood immediately fell to the bottom, and her eyes dimmed: "Is it the Jupiter fleet?"

"Yes, because of gravity, we still like to collect minerals and other things in space. However, we still attach great importance to a planet that can provide human habitation and food, otherwise, we will not ask you During the visit, I gave a comprehensive introduction to the Assyrian planet.”

"Then you mean..."

"You just said that the track elevator needs to be located at the equator. But there is another point you didn't say. Not any place is suitable for building a track elevator. First, the track elevator needs to be built in a place where the bottom shell is hard and stable. Although we The orbital elevator is not connected by rigid matter but by a magnetic field, but it still has to land on the ground. Places with violent plate movements or weak bottom shells are not advisable. Therefore, although Nebula Continent and Fairy Continent also cross the equator, but Considering that the entire Sea of ​​Falling Stars was smashed out by an asteroid, we doubt the current plate structure problem under the two continents."

"Second, the safety factor of the track elevator is very high, but a high safety factor does not mean that there will be no problems. In all our emergency plans, there is a plan to forcibly disassemble the track elevator and eject people out. This plan requires the surrounding The open area is preferably the sea area. Therefore, on land, we do not plan to build rail elevators. In order to ensure the convenience of loading and unloading goods on rail elevators, we cannot make the elevators too far away from the mainland. Therefore, the deep ocean Neither."

"So, here are the main points of our earlier demonstration." As he spoke, he turned the virtual planet map in a circle, and clicked a dot almost on the back.

"Here?" An didn't react for a while, but immediately, the map was unfolded and turned into a plan.

"We temporarily take the Nebula Continent as the center of the planet, so this place is on the easternmost side of the map. That is, here, in the terms of our earthlings, this place is called Dongdazhou." The leader is on the far right, one from a part The land is north of the Tropic of Capricornus, and part of it is dotted on the heart-shaped land south of the Tropic of Capricornus.

"Our plan is to build an orbital elevator here at the equator, and then develop this eastern continent." Having said that, he paused, and then looked at Ann.

"We intend to invite the Constitutional Monarchy of West Fah to jointly develop it."

(End of this chapter)