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Chapter 842 I, Da Ying, have the ability to make money (Second update, please subscribe)
Because the Comet airliner had two hard landings in a row and was still grounded indefinitely, the C717 White Swan became the only jet airliner in operation in the world.

Its excellent performance attracted many overseas customers, and even the British Overseas Airways Corporation purchased four of them.

Among them is a White Swan that flies exclusively from London to the Far East. Since it was put into operation, it has been the first choice for British officials and wealthy people to travel to Southeast Asia.

Naturally, British Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Eden and his entourage had also arrived in Chang'an on the White Swan.

As soon as Aiden entered the official residence and met Li Yian, he went straight to the point.

"Your Majesty, in view of the cooperation between our two countries' objectives, Downing Street is very interested to know whether you have a rocket that can launch a satellite."

Faced with such a direct question, Li Yian remained silent.

In fact, he had been waiting for the American envoy to come, but he did not expect that the person he waited for was Anthony Eden, the British Deputy Prime Minister. After Mr. Chu resigned next year, he would succeed him as the British Prime Minister. However, he only served as Prime Minister for two years and then was defeated by the Labour Party again.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yian nodded.

"Anthony, in fact, as early as eight years ago, Nanyang had already begun to study rocket technology based on the V8 missile with the help of German rocket experts. Now we do have some very mature rocket technology, and we can indeed send satellites into space."

Such a direct answer silenced Anthony Eden in astonishment.

"Then why don't you launch a satellite?"

He really couldn't understand why Nanyang didn't launch a satellite first.

“Because of the funds!”

Li Yian shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said.

"Nanyang does not have sufficient funds for space exploration. Although we intend to enter space, that is just to retaliate against the Russians. Of course, according to the plan, we will launch our own artificial satellite next year. It is heavier and has more functions. It will definitely not be able to only send out beeping radio signals like the Soviet one..."

After listening to Li Yian's explanation, Anthony was completely silent.

He didn't expect that Nanyang also had no money. Alas, except for the United States, no one had much surplus food at home!
But this also made him see the opportunity to achieve the purpose of this trip - there is no money in Nanyang, and although Britain does not have a lot of money, it still has small changes!

Just asking if you want it!
"Your Majesty, I came to Chang'an this time in the hope of opening up cooperation between Britain and Nanyang, no, it should be said that the entire Commonwealth in the space industry."

Facing this Majesty, Anthony carefully considered his words.

"Now, we can discuss this matter openly. As we all know, the Soviet Union has already launched its satellite. If we can launch a satellite right after it - a Commonwealth satellite, then it will surely make the entire Commonwealth proud. Moreover, as Your Majesty said, Nanyang alone cannot afford the cost of space exploration, so why can't we choose to cooperate?"

"cooperate?"

Li Yian raised his eyebrows slightly and said.

"Cooperation with the UK?"

"No,"

Anthony shook his head.

"It's the entire Commonwealth, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. We can gather the strength of the entire Commonwealth, launch our space business, and march into the universe together!"

It is not about gathering the power of the Commonwealth, but in the name of the Commonwealth. After all, the Commonwealth... of course it is still our Great Britain!
The sudden suggestion made Li Yian's heart move.

Gather the strength of the Commonwealth!

There is something to this matter!
In fact, although the decision has been made to enter space and become the "third pole" in space, Li Yian couldn't help but feel a headache whenever he thought of the huge expenses involved.

After all, this thing really costs money!
Not to mention that ordinary countries really can't afford it, even traditional powers like Britain and France can't afford that much money.

In another world, during the height of the U.S.-Soviet space race, although Britain had formulated a number of aerospace plans from the outset, it found after several years of implementation that the capital investment was too large and it was difficult to reap the benefits in the short term, so it took the initiative to abandon some plans, including cutting and canceling a series of previously formulated advanced fighter aircraft research and development and manufacturing plans.

Finally, due to financial constraints, they began to choose external cooperation. At the beginning, they wanted to independently develop intercontinental nuclear missiles. However, during the research and development process, they found that due to large R&D investment, high R&D technical barriers, and long R&D cycles, they began to give up independently developing nuclear intercontinental missiles and chose to cooperate with the United States, directly purchasing U.S. intercontinental missiles for their own use.

A penny stumps the hero.

As far as the space industry is concerned, if you don't have money to burn, you will definitely not achieve any results.

As for the space industry of European countries, they also choose multinational cooperation. But even so, the European Space Agency is still troubled by insufficient funds, so that they have achieved the least results.

There is no other way. The space race can only be won by spending money. And most countries really can't afford it. If you are not careful, you may end up going bankrupt.

Although Nanyang's GDP surpassed that of the United Kingdom this year, there is no doubt that it is no longer a suspense, but even as the third largest in the world, Nanyang's own spending in space will definitely affect the economy. Three billion!
It looks like a lot.

But in the space race, it was not much at all, and it could even be said to be insignificant.

But what if the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and even South Africa each contributed some money?
That’s tens of billions.

Although there are bound to be some differences in multinational cooperation, with the participation of countries such as Britain and Canada, not only can we obtain more sufficient funds, but we can also enrich Nanyang's technology. Although Nanyang is currently leading in the field of rockets, it is relatively weak in terms of basics. Britain... that is an old imperialist country, and there is no doubt about its basic science. Even in the 21st century, when Britain has declined, its basic science is still in a leading position.

How much of a boost would it be if we simply pulled the United States and the Soviet Union into the race?

If the UK is also included, what kind of flowers will bloom?

What kind of fruit will it bear?

On another level, Britain currently has the world's largest colonies, which can be said to be all over the world. This also means that with the addition of Britain, it is natural to set up overseas monitoring stations in the future. After all, in another world, when the Soviet Union was developing its space business, it encountered problems in continuously tracking rockets, satellites, and spacecraft in flight. Although they built many measurement ships, the equipment on the measurement ships was still not comparable to that of ground stations. Later, they had to spend huge sums of money to aid other countries to establish a series of ground monitoring stations.

If Nanyang wants to develop its aerospace business in the future, it will definitely need ground monitoring stations. At that time, it can't just solve this problem by spending a lot of money like the Soviet Union did!

Such big money throws are not just done once, but every year, and eventually it becomes stupid money.

But the participation of Britain will change all this. Nanyang can completely establish overseas monitoring stations in British colonies through land purchase, leasing, and other methods. Since it can be a monitoring station, it can also become a military support base.

As for the area, it doesn't have to be very large. The support base of the University of International Business and Economics in Djibouti only covers an area of ​​36 hectares.

Although it is not large, it is basically sufficient in terms of material support and other aspects.

Of course, Great Britain will not be so stingy. The ground monitoring station must start with an area of ​​several square kilometers.

Anyway, Britain's colonies are very large, and they certainly wouldn't care about such a small piece of land.

These ground monitoring stations can be set up in Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian Ocean. In a word, they are now monitoring stations serving the space industry. When the time is ripe, they will be military bases, serving as a "wedge" for the South China Sea to infiltrate various regions.

When is the time ripe?
Of course, this refers to the time when those colonies became independent and when Britain withdrew from this cooperation.

Will the British withdraw from cooperation?
The answer is yes.

Because it is impossible for the Labour Cabinet to burn money in the space industry for a long time, so as the investment in the space industry continues to increase, they will definitely withdraw in the end, or become a marginalized role like they did in the European Space Agency.

However, being able to use British funding and technology in the initial stages is definitely a good thing for Nanyang's space industry.

If you calculate it this way, if the UK joins, the benefits will outweigh the disadvantages!
Of course, there can be some reservations on certain technical levels, such as the Wanhu-5 rocket!

You can't just take out a "big killer" that can send a one-ton satellite into space right from the start. That would scare people to death.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Yian said.

"Anthony, you know, we are always very happy to cooperate with the UK. After all, this is for the entire Commonwealth, but you also know that scientific research costs a lot of money."

He said this, but then Li Yian stopped talking.

Now we need to wait for the UK to make an offer.

Anthony, being a politician, knew exactly what the other party was talking about, so he said.

"Your Majesty, as you said, scientific research requires financial support. Britain is willing to assume corresponding responsibilities in this cause..."

How much responsibility will be taken in the UK?
Actually, this is not important. What is important is that the UK has joined in now.

Of course, we should take advantage of this opportunity to let them play their roles as much as possible and take on more responsibilities.

With great power comes great responsibility,
Now I am a British university student, and I am still very capable. I have the ability to make money, which is also a capability!
Li Yian leaned forward slightly and said.

“But this responsibility is very expensive…”

"The space industry itself costs money!"

It has to be said that Anthony is very sensible, or in other words, as a veteran imperialist, Anthony knows very well what kind of choices should be made now. This is the biggest characteristic of veteran imperialists - realism and profit-oriented.

"The UK is willing to take on this responsibility and obligation. After all, this is not just for the Commonwealth, but also for all mankind. We are willing to share this responsibility with you, for all mankind!"

(End of this chapter)