Chapter 320 The Lion Opens Its Mouth Wide!

The aerosol mining project in the Hematite Galaxy went on like this.

Under the premise that the Hematite civilization and human engineers were all unaware, under Han Yang's personal control, the millions of dummies and more robots and intelligent devices burst out with engineering capabilities that shocked the Hematite people.

Many factories sprang up like mushrooms after rain on the surface of the three large satellites that were scheduled to be pushed away. With assembly lines and factories working hard, planetary engines stood on the planets.

These three satellites are not big, only about 10% of the moon. But it is still very difficult to push such a planet.

According to Han Yang's estimation, the average number of super-power planetary thrusters required for a satellite is more than 160,000.

Moreover, this is just to change the orbit, not to push these satellites to break free from the gravitational field of the large planet.

If they really want to break away from the gravitational field, human engineering capabilities can barely do it, but the price will definitely not be as low as it is now.

There are also many space factories in the asteroid belt that specialize in producing small recyclable ion thrusters.

A large number of exploration teams went out to select suitable asteroids. Whenever an asteroid was selected, a corresponding number of ion thrusters would be transported over, installed on them, and then pushed them to move towards the gas giant.

A suitable asteroid can weigh tens of thousands of tons or more than a billion tons. And the human engineering team has to push tens of millions of such asteroids in total.

Add to that the pre-processing process of the asteroids, and the workload is even greater.

When arriving at the gas giant, the larger asteroids have to be processed, and holes have to be drilled and nuclear bombs buried to blow them up. Otherwise, if an asteroid that is too large hits the atmosphere of a large planet, it will not be a water replenishment but a disaster.

The heating project inside the atmosphere is also huge. One after another, protium fusion heating stations were built, and each heating station was equipped with many huge wings for heat dissipation, releasing a steady stream of heat in the atmosphere of this huge gas giant, slowly raising the temperature of this area, in an attempt to form the climate people want.

Three sub-projects were carried out simultaneously. Meteors streaked across the sky one after another. The tail flames of the thrusters on the large satellites pierced the space like sharp swords. In the atmosphere, huge iron birds floated in the wind one after another...

Time slipped away bit by bit. With the joint efforts of Han Yang and human engineers, the project progressed extremely quickly and smoothly.

The cooperation of the red iron people was just as agreed in the contract. They did what they should do. Although they never did more, they never did less, and they never delayed, which fully reflected the civilized character of this civilization.

After a long time, Li Yue also adapted to this style of cooperation, and even began to feel that the character of this red iron civilization was not bad.

But one day, an accident happened.

On this day, tens of thousands of asteroids that had been processed in the early stage broke free from their original orbits under the push of ion thrusters, and rushed towards the gas giant planet at the predetermined orbit and speed according to the predetermined speed.

The human side informed the Hematite side of the orbits and speeds of these asteroids through the communication mechanism, and the Hematite side would make evasive moves in advance to avoid being hit.

Both sides have been very familiar with this set of procedures.

But on this day, the detection radar suddenly found that one of the asteroids with a mass of about 30,000 tons had a slight deviation in its orbit.

After a detailed inspection, the engineers suddenly found that one of the ion thrusters that pushed the asteroid was not working properly!

Its power was too high!

But at this moment, the asteroid was very close to the giant planet and was about to rush into the atmosphere of the giant planet. It was too late to adjust the orbit again.

The information was quickly reported and finally came to Li Yue, and Li Yue's heart was lifted instantly.

If it didn't hit anyone or anything, it wouldn't matter if the orbit deviated a little. But if it hit someone or something, or hit the Hematite's aircraft or base, then with the Hematite's cold and hard character, it's hard to say what kind of compensation it would ask its side to make.

"Hurry up and inform the Hematite people! Let them evacuate!"

Soon after the order was issued, a secretary walked in with some trepidation.

"It's too late, Chief Engineer Li, it's too late. The asteroid just hit a Hematite aircraft. According to preliminary information, 6 Hematite engineers were confirmed dead, and the remaining 32 were missing..."

Damn...

Li Yue cursed in his heart.

In that environment, confirming the death is just finding the body. The so-called missing is just the absence of bones.

Do you still expect to find the body from the gas giant?

Damn, 38 Hematite people died at once, and it was because of our own reasons. This is a big trouble...

Li Yue immediately called all the responsible persons to discuss the aftermath.

The cause of the accident was also quickly found out.

Somehow, an unqualified part passed the screening and finally flowed into the product line, causing this accident.

Han Yang also knew about this matter in real time. But he did not give any instructions on this matter.

The reason is simple. The defective rate can only be reduced as much as possible, but it is impossible to completely eliminate it. Not to mention factories operated by humans, even if he personally operates a production line, it is inevitable that defective products will appear occasionally.

This kind of engineering accident will always happen. If it happens, just deal with it. If there is compensation, pay it back. If there is punishment, punish it. There is no need for you to come forward. The fleet leader can handle it.

Facing this major accident that was the first since the start of the project and was entirely responsible for by his own side, Li Yue discussed it with his colleagues, consulted his superiors, and finally made a response plan.

"Our bottom line is to compensate at most 1,000 silver coins."

Li Yue looked solemn: "According to the purchasing power conversion, 1,000 silver coins can be exchanged for more than 1 billion red iron civilization currency!

The standard of compensation for work-related deaths in the red iron civilization is 5 million per person, 38 people, converted into silver coins, it is only 190 silver coins! We raised it five times, which is enough to do them justice!

This kind of thing is just an accident after all, and no one wants to see it. We did something wrong, we should compensate, apologize, and admit our mistakes. But if these red iron people are greedy, we can't indulge them!"

Each member of the negotiation team was a little worried.

It was really that during this period of time, those red iron people were too difficult to deal with. In addition, according to the information collected in the past, those red iron people would overturn the table at any time...

Now that the handle of our side fell into their hands, how could we not ask for a high price? We also have to think about preventing blackmail and maintaining the overall situation, and not affecting the overall project. It's really difficult...

After actively showing the sincerity of handling this matter to the red iron people, the human negotiation team began to wait.

According to the process, the other party should make an offer, and then we should counter-offer, and finally reach a compensation amount.

But after waiting for a whole month... The red iron people did not respond at all, but continued their work as if nothing had happened.

Li Yue's heart became heavier.

"This is putting pressure on us! The longer it is delayed, the more disadvantageous this matter will be for us! You should contact them again and ask them how to deal with this matter."

"Yes."

The negotiation team contacted them again, and only got a reply of "it has been handled", and then nothing again.

"This damned bunch of red iron men, they want to do something big! No, we can't delay any longer, I will contact their person in charge in person!"

Li Yue personally went out and began to contact the person in charge of the red iron.

"We deeply apologize for the casualties of your personnel caused by our mistakes. For this, we are willing to bear the corresponding responsibilities and make necessary compensation... We are willing to compensate 500 silver coins for this matter, which can be directly deducted from the project payment, you see..."

On the screen, the red iron man looked cold, without any fluctuations in his expression, and his words were also cold: "No."

Li Yue's heart sank.

Is this not satisfied?

No, this mine must be removed today! It can't be left as an excuse for the red iron man to make trouble in the future!

"Or, you can also propose a plan..."

The red iron man said coldly again: "Humans are friends. Accidents, no compensation."

Li Yue was stunned for a moment. He seemed to see something that seemed to be called sincerity in the cold eyes of the red iron man.

Li Yue felt that he seemed to have thought something wrong.

This matter was over, at least the Hematite people did not mention it again. The two sides continued to maintain a cold cooperative relationship until one day, when another accident happened.

A human scientific research ship was investigating the atmosphere of a giant planet when it suddenly encountered bad weather. The spacecraft's propeller was damaged and could not return!

Several Hematite spacecrafts immediately went to rescue. Under the premise that they could not get close to the crashed spacecraft, the Hematite people wore space suits and tied ropes to carry out human rescue in the super wind that almost reached the speed of sound!

In the end, a total of 29 human engineers on the crashed spacecraft were rescued, and the lives of as many as 36 Hematite rescuers remained forever in this gas giant planet.

When the news came out, the entire human engineering team was shocked, and even Han Yang was alarmed.

Under Han Yang's instructions, Li Yue found the head of Hematite again and asked him to express condolences to the families of the victims and provide compensation.

But the Hematite man still refused coldly.

He pointed to the clause in the cooperation agreement that "When an accident occurs, the Red Iron Civilization has the obligation to rescue human engineers with all its strength" and said coldly: "Humans are friends. This is our obligation."

Li Yue was in a trance for a moment.

There is indeed this provision in the contract, but everyone knows the flexibility in it...

If they pretend to rescue but fail to rescue the people, the human side will definitely not say anything.

The phrase "We have tried our best" can block all the words of humans. (End of this chapter)