Chapter 18 Pioneering Mission
After helping the Wang family successfully repel Zheng Hu's raiding fleet, Qi Yiming finally gained a foothold in the Wang family.
Because he did not accept Wang Zhengfeng's generous gift, he had to stay on the Gray Rock Star for a while until he could gather enough energy blocks to support his long journey before he could say goodbye to the Wang family.
Qi Yiming was not in a hurry. Going to the former federal capital star was a long journey, and he didn't care how early he left. According to Qi Yiming, as long as he arrived at the capital star before he died of old age, it would be fine.
So the star pirates around the Wang family were in trouble again.
Qi Yiming went out early and came back late every day, and took on all the tasks related to clearing out star pirates on the Wang family's task list.
Wang Zhengfeng should be happy that the security environment around the Xuannv Galaxy has improved, but he has not been happy at all these days.
There is no other reason. The high-concentration energy blocks in the warehouse were almost replaced by Qi Yiming alone.
So the number of energy blocks to be issued to the retainers next month is not enough.
"Wang Sen, Qi Yiming is powerful, and he is really of great benefit to our Wang family. The problem is that we can't hold on to the number of energy blocks." Wang Zhengfeng scratched his head painfully.
"Father, I will ask the people below to increase production capacity as soon as possible to make up for the gap in energy blocks in the warehouse."
"This is secondary. The main thing is that Qi Yiming can't go on like this. What do you want other retainers to do if he goes on like this?"
Although Wang Zhengfeng expelled some retainers who had just joined the Wang family as punishment because of fleeing from the battlefield.
But Wang Zhengfeng, the retainers who could stay, didn't want these people to just eat and wait for death. To put it bluntly, the retainers can improve the combat power of their warships with extra money, and the improvement of the combat power of the retainers is equivalent to the improvement of the combat power of the Wang family.
But the problem is that Qi Yiming has completed the task of clearing out the star pirates, and the speed at which he, Wang Zhengfeng, hangs up the task can't keep up with the speed at which Qi Yiming clears out the star pirates.
Wang Sen looked at his father who was both in pain and happy and rolled his eyes: "Father, why don't you let Mr. Qi go with me to explore the strange galaxy."
"Go on." Hearing Wang Sen's idea, Wang Zhengfeng suddenly became interested.
"You can appoint Mr. Qi to go with me to perform the exploration mission, and give him a higher merit value. In this way, Qi will not have to spend time and effort to accumulate merit points, and it will also give other retainers the opportunity to earn extra money."
"Well, it makes sense. But Elder Fang Min has not returned from leading the team to explore, so isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to send another exploration team? You know that the operating expenses of a pioneering fleet are very high. No matter how rich our Wang family is, we can't afford two pioneering fleets to work at the same time." Wang Zhengfeng said with a frown.
"Father, have you forgotten Mr. Qi's combat power? In the past, the cost of the pioneering fleet operation was high because it was necessary to organize a full fleet led by a cruiser before it dared to set off, but Mr. Qi's combat power can complete the pioneering mission alone as long as he is equipped with a supply ship."
Wang Sen and his father muttered in the conference room for a long time and finally decided to send Qi Yiming to the K-28 galaxy to perform the pioneering mission.
Qi Yiming did not react much when listening to the mission introduction, but when he heard the merit value of 500 in the end, Qi Yiming dragged Wang Sen to the airport where the Xuefeng was docked without saying a word.
All the way, he kept complaining: "Why didn't you tell me earlier about such a high merit value mission? It made me go out early and come back late every day..."
In fact, Qi Yiming was also very painful these two days. After all, although going out to fight star pirates every day was a crushing game, it was very boring no matter how much crushing he did.
In addition, the old fox Wang Zhengfeng actually secretly raised the exchange price of energy blocks.
Originally, it only took 50 merit points to exchange for an energy block, but now it has increased to 100 merit points for one.
Qi Yiming didn't care, it was just a matter of killing a few more gangs of star pirates.
The problem was that this pitted the other retainers badly. The retainers, who had already had a hard time earning merit points by doing tasks, had a harder time, but they dared not speak out because of Qi Yiming's strong fighting power.
This time, when they heard that Qi Yiming was going to lead a team to do a pioneering mission, the retainers were excited to tell each other, and some even celebrated it.
But none of this mattered to Qi Yiming, he only wanted merit points. After learning that this pioneering mission had a full 500 merit points, Qi Yiming happily drove the Xuefeng and set off.
He didn't even wait for the supply ship assigned to him.
Looking at the Xuefeng, the captain of the supply ship scratched his head and asked Wang Sen: "Master, should I chase it?"
"How? Can the supply ship catch up with the Xuefeng? Forget it, Mr. Qi must have his own considerations." Wang Sen reluctantly let the supply ship return to its berth.
In fact, Qi Yiming didn't want to bring the supply ship at all. You know, if he brought back one more warship, there would be one more captain to share the 500 merit points with him. Qi Yiming didn't want others to eat from his bowl.
Besides, he was the only one on the Xuefeng, why did he need a supply ship? As long as there was enough energy, the food synthesizer on the ship could provide Qi Yiming with basic living security.
The K-28 galaxy is 27 light years away from the Xuannv galaxy. At the speed of the Xuefeng, plus the time for exploration, it would take at least half a month to go back and forth.
Wang Zhengfeng heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that Qi Yiming set out as soon as he received the mission, "Finally, I can relax for half a month."
Two weeks later, Wang Zhengfeng held a grand welcome ceremony at the Gray Rock Star Port. Don't get me wrong, it was not to welcome Qi Yiming, but to welcome another pioneering fleet of the Wang family led by Fang Min.
Strictly speaking, Qi Yiming's mission this time can only be regarded as a prelude to the pioneering mission, just like when Wang Sen met Qi Yiming, Wang Sen was also doing pioneering missions at that time, but he was only responsible for the early reconnaissance and screening.
Fang Min's pioneering mission this time can be regarded as a true pioneering mission. Not only did it find a better habitable planet for the Wang family, but it also brought back a lot of people for the Wang family.
Population is an indispensable resource for the Wang family in the pioneering stage.
Only with a large population base can the Wang family select qualified warship drivers from it and form more interstellar fleets.
Warships are not a problem, as long as you have money, you can buy them, but it is embarrassing if no one wants them.
Wang Zhengfeng couldn't help but sigh as he watched the people being driven off the transport ship like cargo.
His ancestors were once treated as a strategic resource and suffered various plunders like these people.
But Wang Zhengfeng's ancestors were lucky, and it was through their efforts that the Wang family became as powerful as it is today.
"Be nice to those people and let them adapt to the new environment as soon as possible." Wang Zhengfeng ordered the retainers who were responsible for settling these plundered people.
In fact, signs of human activities can be seen on many naturally habitable planets in this star field. The difference is that some humans have already stepped into the universe while others are still living like savages.