Although Akainu's inaugural speech that day excited all the sailors.

But after calming down, everyone began to think about a question, did Marigio really allow the navy to come like this?

Involuntarily, they all started to feel anxious again.

It was not until several days passed that Wulaoxing still had no response. Only then did all the sailors truly realize...

It seems that Marie Joa really allowed the Navy to behave like this?

Just, why?

The one who couldn't figure this out especially was the Warring States Period. I couldn't understand what the situation was at all.

However, whether he understands it or not, the navy is indeed changing for the better, and the atmosphere in the headquarters now fully illustrates this point.

In response, Warring States had no choice but to sigh.

Did you really do something wrong before?

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More than a month later.

March, year 1520 of the Haiyuan calendar.

The first phase of the East China Sea Maritime Train has finally been completed.

The laying of this track lasted seven months, with a total length of 2,100 kilometers. It started from the Kingdom of Goa, passed through seven kingdoms, and finally arrived at Corona Island, where the 18th branch is located.

It can meet more than 70% of the travel needs and freight needs of the East China Sea.

At the same time, this is a two-way, two-lane track that can initially cope with maritime train traffic conditions in complex situations.

If this kind of project had been carried out in Li Yan's previous life, even a certain rabbit who is known as an infrastructure madman would have taken many years to complete it. However, in this pirate world, without borrowing machinery, it only takes seven months to rely on manpower alone.

It's finished.

Li Yan also had to admire the people in this world, they were simply a miracle.

But think about the original work, Espagu and Franky built the Thousand Miles of Sunshine from scratch in three days, and it also came with fine decoration...

Li Yan was relieved, and it seemed that this speed was normal.

Of course, both the maritime train transportation network in the East China Sea and the maritime train itself are operated by the Eighteen Branches.

According to Karina's calculations, although the investment was huge, the single phase of the project alone cost 180 billion beli.

but...

It can take at most three years to recover the capital, and after deducting basic maintenance fees and labor costs every year, it will be pure profit.

This would allow the East China Sea Navy to obtain approximately 30 billion Baileys in revenue each year, which is equivalent to 60% of the current annual allocation to the Navy from Marie Joël.

Not to mention, when the second phase of the project is completed, more independent islands will be involved in this transportation network.

And this is just the East China Sea!

In addition, all the companies involved in this project also made a lot of money, especially Carrera Donghai Branch and Donghai Luolan Construction Company.

One of them is responsible for all the track construction and about 30% of the offshore track laying work, and the other is responsible for 70% of the station construction work. Each of them has made at least tens of billions of Baileys. As for some other participating companies,

None of the companies has earned less than one billion.

I really envy a lot of companies or businessmen on the other three seas and the Grand Line.

While carrying out various basic projects, Li Yan also did not forget to build various industrial foundations, especially in steel, electric power, and petrochemical industries.

Especially in terms of steel, both iron ore mining and steel smelting in the East China Sea have reached a new height.

Today, the annual steel production has reached 3 million tons and is still rising.

After all, whether it is an automobile project, a maritime train project, an armored ship project, or some of Li Yan's secret projects, a large amount of steel is required.

When production was insufficient in the past, Li Yan could only rely on merit points to redeem them, and he didn't know how many merit points he spent on this.

If those merit points are used to draw Devil Fruit, I'm afraid they can create a ten-person nature team and a hundred-person esper army.

Now that steel production has increased, Li Yan can also save a lot of money.

However, this is not enough. In terms of current demand, an annual output of at least 7 million tons is required to achieve complete self-sufficiency.

And this is based on the fact that there will be no increase in demand for other steel in the future.

But this is obviously impossible!

Therefore, the task of increasing steel production still has a long way to go.

As for electricity, although the Tokai Ministry of Science has already researched a lot of electrical equipment, after all, since the Apayado large-scale comprehensive scientific research institute was built, the research institute on Corona Island has only been responsible for civilian projects.

However, Li Yan is not ready to take it out yet.

because...

One is that currently too few power stations have been built, which can only meet the demand for mobile phones.

Another is that there are still too many problems to be solved if we want to connect electricity to homes, especially in terms of infrastructure.

According to calculations, in the East China Sea alone, it will cost at least 500 billion beli and two years to completely connect electricity to every household and achieve full coverage.

Of course, although the private sector is still not good enough, the Donghai Eighteenth Branch has completed the power coverage of the entire island and has enjoyed all kinds of time-honored facilities in advance.

While going crazy with infrastructure construction, Li Yan also did not stop building the military.

And the most enviable of them all is...

There are two extra giant shipyards on the shipbuilding island, and two 50,000-ton warships are now nearing completion.

One of them is the new flagship of the East China Sea in the future, and the other is the one Li Yan promised to build for Akainu.

Of course, the other shipyards did not stop either. After all, the warship refitting work of various branches of the East China Sea Navy was still in progress.

Various frigates and patrol ships are like dumplings, one after another.

It's so lively.

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Just when the entire East China Sea is entering into crazy construction...

In the Apayado large-scale comprehensive scientific research institute, Vegapunk is also not idle.

However, at this moment, Li Yan hoped that he could rest for a few months. It was really...

I can't afford this prodigal guy!

After finishing the rocket, this guy became interested in ballistic missiles again, and he wanted to build one that could hit the world...

Although it has not yet succeeded, it has already consumed more than 100 million of Li Yan's merit points.

Even today, this guy sent another demand order.

Seeing that he only had 80 million worth of merit left, Li Yan felt like crying.

But what can you do if you feel heartbroken?

Who made the world's industrial base so poor that you have to use merit points to exchange for everything?

While trying to retrieve these materials in the system, Li Yan swore in his heart that he must speed up the development of basic industries, otherwise he would really not be able to support this guy in the future.

Of course, establishing a complete basic industry cannot be accomplished in a month or two.

Therefore, Li Yan still had to make money, no, he had to transfer his merits.

"Marshal, I'm going to take the fleet to the new world for training!"

"Well, by the way, I'll send you that warship!"
Chapter completed!