150: Chapter 150 Solving the Coal Crisis: A Mutually Beneficial Subordinate Strategy

Spain's upper management could not understand what this vassal treaty from the Dragon Kingdom meant.

Having once occupied nearly half of the Blue Planet, every time they invaded a country, they would plunder it with all their might.

But when it came to the Dragon Kingdom, not only did they provide protection, they also allowed Spain to develop and even allowed Spain to possess its own army.

How could this look like anything an invader would do?

Could it be a trap?

Spain's upper management was completely baffled.

All the experts gathered together to analyze the logic behind this decision by the Dragon Kingdom.

They did not believe that the Dragon Kingdom would really help Spain develop as the treaty stated.

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Spain's official livestream room.

The citizens of Spain also completely did not understand the Dragon Kingdom's operation.

"This treaty doesn't seem that bad for us, at least there's still a possibility for continued development."

"And if something happens to us, the Dragon Kingdom will be affected too, so they will definitely do their best to help us defend."

"That's right, after becoming a vassal state, we will never have to fear the Zerg invasion again!"

"It looks like the vassal treaty is just turning us into a resource-producing country."

"The Dragon Kingdom sends troops to protect us, while we fully develop production facilities and feed resources back to the Dragon Kingdom, it's mutually beneficial."

"Now that you put it that way, the vassal treaty is indeed much better than the one-sided plunder of colonization!"

"Feels pretty good, now it just depends on whether the Dragon Kingdom treats us sincerely..."

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Dragon Kingdom territory.

Su Yang sat upright in the lords residence, reviewing a series of information on the panel.

After Spain confirmed it had become a vassal state of Great Qin, a large section of information popped up on the panel.

Various achievements, prompts, and most importantly, a series of resources from the Spain territory.

[Successfully conquered Spain and turned it into a vassal state]

[Unlocked Achievement: Towards a New World, command points + 10000]

[Successfully conquered a country, gained buff: World Conqueror]

[World Conqueror: All resources tributing from vassal states receive a 20% bonus]

[You have obtained the vassal state Spain, now you can edit it]

[Vassal State Panel]

[Territory: Spain]

[Lord: Leader Tang Ji]

[Suzerain State: Dragon Kingdom]

[Main Base Rank: Level 2 Presidential Palace]

[Territory Buildings (Resource Type): Level 1 Stone Quarry * 1, Level 2 Coal Mine * 1, Level 1 Copper Mine * 1, Level 1 Iron Mine * 1, Level 1 Water Well * 1, Warehouse * 1]

[Territory Buildings (Industrial Type): Level 1 Blacksmith Shop * 1, Level 1 Gunpowder Factory * 1]

[Territory Buildings (Combat Type): Undetectable]

[Territory Buildings (Technology Type): Level 1 Research Institute * 1]

[Territory Buildings (Defense Type): Level 2 Stone Wall * 200, Level 1 Watchtower * 2]

[Combat Units: Undetectable]

[Production Units: Level 1 Miner * 200]

[Resources: Water Resources: 231 units, Stone Resources: 2316 units, Coal Resources: 561 units, Copper Metal: 161 units, Iron Metal: 336 units, Saltpeter Resources: 36 units]

[Territory Buff/Debuff Effects: Level 2 Call of the Shadows (Duration: /)]

[command points: Undetectable]

Good heavens, he was basically here for poverty alleviation!

After reading the various resources of the Spain territory, Su Yang was directly shocked.

In their current situation, one could only say that even a thief would cry and donate some money if they came here.

Su Yang did not expect that the Spain territory had only just upgraded to a Level 2 Main Base, and the development of various resources was extremely slow.

It seemed that Leader Tang Ji had focused the entire territory's efforts on building troops for defense in order to fend off the Zerg.

This resulted in the logistics of the entire Spain territory not being as wealthy as Su Yang had imagined.

The mines in the Spain territory were not fully automatic mining machines like those in the Qin Dynasty; they required human labor to excavate.

Therefore, besides raising soldiers, Spain also had to support a group of miners.

command points were limited; with more defensive soldiers, there were naturally fewer miners produced.

So the first requirement Su Yang gave to Leader Tang Ji was to immediately disband three-quarters of the troops.

Keep 100 soldiers, and convert all others into miners to be put into production.

Su Yang could not directly control combat units, so this operation required Leader Tang Ji to perform it.

Fortunately, Leader Tang Ji was quite sensible and changed his status quickly, honestly executing according to Su Yang's requirements.

With a new batch of miners, Su Yang immediately invested his own resources to build new mines for Spain and upgraded the old mines.

Because it spanned several Main Base Ranks, these consumed resources were nothing to the Dragon Kingdom.

Soon, the production facilities of the Level 2 Main Base were all topped out.

Spain's mining system was different from the Dragon Kingdom's; their workers' and mines' Rank would both affect production speed.

Upgrading mines meant upgrading the scale and better mining facilities; after the mine was upgraded, it could accommodate more workers to mine at the same time, increasing production capacity.

And upgrading workers meant improving mining proficiency, allowing the workers' own abilities to be upgraded.

Only by combining the two could the territory's resources achieve maximum output.

Counting the 300 people converted from soldiers, there were now 500 Level 1 miners in total.

And all the Level 2 mines in Spain combined could exactly accommodate 500 people.

Subsequently, Su Yang had Leader Tang Ji use all the command points originally reserved for upgrading troops to upgrade the miners.

With all-staff Level 2 miners plus Level 2 mines, the production capacity of the Spain territory had reached the maximum value for a Level 2 Main Base.

Among them, the Coal Resources that Su Yang needed most reached a production capacity of 200 units/day.

The Coal Plant was the largest mine, with a full 200 units of Level 2 miners working inside.

If not for Su Yang sending troops to protect them, it would be almost impossible for Spain to achieve this production capacity while ensuring defense.

After completing the upgrades of various production facilities, the next step was setting the tribute.

Spain was different from the Dragon Kingdom and had a low demand for coal.

Su Yang directly asked for 80% of the daily production, which was 160 units/day.

After the World Conqueror buff, the territory's coal resources were equivalent to an increase of nearly 200 units of production capacity per day.

For other resources, the territory was not lacking, so Su Yang reduced the tribute ratio.

He asked for 50% of the stone, which Spain produced in abundance, and 20% of copper; he did not request tribute for the relatively scarce gunpowder and iron resources.

Then, for the construction of the Level 5 Main Base, Su Yang let Leader Tang Ji voluntarily offer 550 units of coal inventory.

This would offset the fuel consumption of the team and allow the Main Base to be upgraded today as planned.

It had to be said that the vassal strategy was indeed excellent; even a Level 2 Spain brought a lot of resources to the territory.

Su Yang's eyes flickered; with mineral resources in hand, the next step was to solve the territory's urgent food problem!