It's one thing for all those research institutes to have their supplies cut off, but once the stealth coating production plants shut down, that's basically eternal damnation—an economic collapse is just days away.
"The only good news right now is probably that Your Lordship the Earl's prestige is high enough that even with living standards plummeting, it won't affect public order across the various Feudal and Feudal Star Systems too much. But the military Strength development Plan you set at the start will likely have to be completely halted. We'll have to find a way to liquidate some assets, grit our teeth through the pain, and adjust the industrial structure if we want any chance of getting through this."
The head of the Commerce Department reported it like that.
Ren Zhong listened and felt neither joy nor sorrow, merely said, "Stick to the original course without wavering. I'll figure out the energy problem."
