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Chapter 274, Sun Lord (6k more updates)

Through the glass window, Gu Hang watched the restless little boy being questioned by the alliance intelligence officer.

In order to appease his state of mind, a lady was specially chosen to do the job. While talking, she also comforted little Sinnie's emotions.

And the conversation between them was transmitted outside through the loudspeaker.

Although Xiao Si Ni doesn't know much, no matter how well-behaved, reshaped or mature a five- or six-year-old child is, it is difficult for him to be able to act on his own like a well-trained espionage member. Summarize and extract various information.

But after all, he has lived in that city for two or three years. Many of the things he said may seem like inconspicuous details, but when summed up and deduced, you may be able to get a very important piece of information. .

However, those are minor details anyway.

The most core information:
Gu Hang already knew the information that "Blackbird Heavy Industry violated the ban on omnics, and Blackbird City has become a nest of omnics."

All the other things were the details behind this important intelligence. It couldn't be said to be unimportant, but Gu Hang didn't need to think too much about it. He could just look back at what the intelligence officers had put together.

Gu Hang was thinking about how to use this entire information.

Lambert Hodgson, who was accompanying him, did not dare to disturb him.He knew that the Governor must think carefully about such a big matter.

He was thinking too.

This incident will inevitably lead to more and bigger incidents in the future. Perhaps, the angry owl star, which has only had a little time for peace, will once again usher in the flames of war.

Moreover, this time the enemy is not some brainless monster or a local aborigine equipped with crotch-stretching equipment.

This is Blackbird Heavy Industry. It is backed by the famous Falches family in the Pegasus region. Now it has been revealed that it violated the omnibus ban. Its productivity and the quality of its military equipment cannot be compared to its former enemies. treat.

Judging from the information coming back from the front, in the western part of the mainland, there are 500 million people, and there are an estimated 700 million in Blackbird City.Blackbird Heavy Industries has a very high degree of organization for this population. In a war of attrition and extreme conscription, it is not impossible that the troops they can draw will be at least 150 million, or more than 300 million.

Will the Alliance fight a war of attrition with them?How many people are going to die?How much labor originally used for economic construction must be transformed into soldiers on the battlefield?How long will the development of the alliance be stagnated?

If you think about it more deeply, is the current Blackbird Heavy Industries... still the same one as before?
The omnic ban is not a joke, it is not a big yoke that the empire insists on putting on itself, but a deeply felt decision made out of forced helplessness.

Don't say that if the development of intelligent algorithms is not enough to cause an omnic crisis, everything will be fine. That's not the case at all.Even a calculator-level thing may be infected by the electronic demon. One plus one can give you a result of 360.

Those who have been created have exceeded the minimum limit of servitors and become fully mechanized, even according to the empire's definition, they cannot be called human beings, those mechanical dogs made by fully automatic machines, those automated The production line...is it still in control of 'people'?

From this perspective, can the alliance survive?

Even if an omnic crisis really breaks out, and they can apply for support from the Astra Militarum and the Imperial Navy, the Alliance must at least defend until then.

OK?

His mind was in chaos, and the more he thought about it, the heavier he felt.

At this moment, the Governor's voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Is that Elan Byrd... back alive?"

"...What?" Lambert was stunned for a moment before he realized that the Governor was talking about one of the team of demon hunters sent to perform a mission in the west of the continent.

He came out of the grand narrative room, recalled it quickly, and then said to Gu Hang: "No... As soon as we received the news, we made a request to our air force brothers, and the Falcon set off within half an hour. . But the western part of the continent is too far away. Even at the speed of a wind falcon, it would take more than fifteen hours to fly there. In the end, only three people, including this little boy, were brought back. Ilan Bird was no longer alive. on the list.”

After a pause, Lambert continued: "According to the two surviving demon hunters, Ilan Bird should have disguised himself as a personnel transport driver and successfully passed through the city with Little Sinney. At the checkpoint, he arrived outside Blackbird City. However, due to the presence of guards, he was unable to leave immediately and could not get in touch with his teammates. When the transport team came to the town where other teammates were, they loaded up a group of people. After that, he took the risk with Xiao Si Ni and disguised himself as a local resident, trying to leave in disguise, but this time he failed and had to resist on the spot. His teammates appeared in time and saved them. But after all, the number was small, and in the When your whereabouts are exposed, you can only send out a distress signal and stay put to wait for rescue."

"When Feng Falcon arrived with the elites of the special operations team, only two of them were left alive."

Lambert told Governor Gu, and his tone was a little sad as he spoke.

Of the 15 people who left, only two returned. Although important information was obtained, the sacrifices were still heavy, which is hard to avoid.

"Yeah." Gu Hang nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Corresponding pensions, rewards based on merit, and even follow-up arrangements for the child named Xiao Si Ni, he doesn't need to say much, I believe the people below can handle it well.

After returning, Gu Hang sat and meditated for a while, then called someone to dial an interstellar communication.

The person on the other side of the communication was none other than my mother.

The image of Ms. Wang Qi appeared in front of Gu Hang, with a rather tired look on her face.

"Very busy?" Gu Hang asked.

"Yeah." Wang Qi nodded, but didn't say much else.

After the Black Arrow Incident, Wang Qihuo and Gu Ming died, Gu Hang officially became the nominal head of the Gu family, but he has not yet seen the most important powers in the family, as well as the most important group of people in power. ——The remaining twelve fleet leaders.

Wang Qi is in charge of all matters.

Gu Hang didn't have any objections to this, it was something he and his mother had agreed upon.

Even if he is really allowed to be the powerful head of the family now, he is not very happy.He was solely focused on the actual development of governance and had no time to take care of the family business.

Although the scale of the family business is large, in his opinion, the foundation is not sufficient and the future development potential is just that, which is not the path he wants to take.

What's more, he doesn't understand how the Interstellar Chamber of Commerce plays.

After several recent incidents, his sense of Wang Qi has changed, and he is relatively relieved to leave everything to his mother.

As for his mother, Ms. Wang Qi, she was very tired during this period.

He won, but he also left a huge crack in Gu's Trading Company.The entire chamber of commerce, which is essentially a franchisee, has a faint tendency to fall apart. People among the people are unstable and the business is unstable.Gu Ming's lineage had to be completely eradicated, related businesses had to be restored, people had to be appeased, and political situations in the star region and even outside the star region had to be connected. She was so busy day by day.

She wanted her son to help, but Gu Hang put her off by saying, "I don't understand, I don't understand."

So much so that now, when Gu Hang called, she didn't give her lazy son a good look and asked stiffly: "What's the matter?"

Gu Hang probably has some understanding of his mother's current state and mentality.

He was considerate of this.

And told my mother all the information about Blackbird City.

After hearing this, Wang Qi's virtual image remained silent for a long time in front of Gu Hang, which made Gu Hang think there was something wrong with the signal.

After a long time, Wang Qi let out a long sigh:
"What's this? One wave after another..."

It took her a long time to react.

After sighing, she forced away the fatigue in her mind, faced her son seriously and said, "You know the seriousness of this matter, right?"

Gu Hang nodded slowly.

"Then I'll give you two more pieces of information."

Wang Qi thought, considered the wording, and then said:
"The first thing is the news from within the sector. The situation on Koruga 3 is deteriorating. A hive city with a billion people has fallen, and a large number of residents have been transformed under the evil spell. They became zombies of the plague, and more residents were displaced and fled everywhere, spreading the plague everywhere... The main astral army stationed in the Tianma sector, the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion, has urgently dispatched an army group, more than An army of 150 million people took the Pegasus fleet and went to Koroga 3."

After talking about the realistic situation without subjective factors, Wang Qi paused and added some analysis: "But according to my estimation, even if this is the case, it will be difficult to calm the situation. I suspect that Koruga No. 3's The situation will quickly deteriorate. This is no small matter. The population of Koroga 3 accounts for 56% of the entire Pegasus sector, a full 400 billion. If there is chaos here, the scope of influence is by no means limited to one of its planets. Feiyi With a population of 400 billion, the annual output value of the star exceeds 3 billion. On the one hand, the development of Feiyi Star is also related to the fact that Koruga [-] serves as a huge market and raw material supplier."

Hearing this, Gu Hang couldn't help but be moved.

This was indeed the first time he had received this information.

He quickly recalled the urgent recall of the Battle Sisters.

He originally thought that after Garrett and more than 3 nuns returned to Koruga No. [-], the matter would be suppressed.

But things don't seem that simple.

And according to what my mother said, if Koroga 3 is in great turmoil, then the Winged Star, whose economy is strongly tied to Koroga, will also be in turmoil.Feiyingxing, whose output value has dropped rapidly, will not be so calm when facing imperial taxes in the future.The total population of the Pegasus sector may be more than 700 billion, and the two planets add up to 500 billion, and they are in turmoil together...

It’s a big egg!

At the same time, Gu Hang also realized that these two worlds were the core sphere of influence of the sector leader Pedes.The three worlds of Falches 1, 2, and 3 have a combined population of 200 billion, which is the basic base of the Falches family.

They don't seem to have any trouble.

Oh, it’s not nothing, Gu Hang is about to cause trouble for them.

But they have a very close relationship with the main force of the Astra Militarum in the sector, the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion. A large number of troops and supplies are provided by the three planets of Faches.

Will they fully support Peddes in putting down the rebellion?

I'm afraid it's difficult.This wave, the number of Astra Militarum troops sent to Koroja 3 was only 150 million, which seemed like a lot, but...that's it.

Now, Gu Hang has revealed another scandal about Blackbird Heavy Industries' violation of the smart ban. This will give Peders a reason to attack the Farches family, and it is a very serious reason.

What can Farches do?
Cutting ties?Even in order to distance themselves from the relationship and identify it as Blackbird Heavy Industries’ independent behavior?On the one hand, we are managing the relationship, but on the other hand, will we react particularly fiercely and be willing to push the Astra Militarum to arrive on a large scale, destroy the Blackbird Heavy Industry, and destroy the evidence at the same time?
By the way, this will also give the Fachers family an excuse to reduce the Astra Militarum's support for Kororga 3: Compared with the evil plague and the omnic crisis, who is lighter and who is heavier?
The evil plague will infect tens of billions of people. If the omnic crisis is left alone, not many people on the planet Raging Owl will be infected. But if it is really controlled by omnics to a certain extent, people will automatically mine, produce their own machinery, and raise soldiers... Then It’s not like it takes more than ten years for a human population to mature.I don’t know how many combat machines will fall off the production line at the end of the day!
Regardless of whether this is alarmist or not, it is a statement anyway.

From this perspective, it seems that this is not a good thing for Leader Pedes.

And what should you do if you are in it?
The Gu family has always been an ally of Peddes, and Gu Hang himself has benefited a lot; but compared to the brothers Fofana and Peddes, the Gu family has the most relaxed relationship with Faches, and there has been some cooperation in recent years. .But last time, in order to save his mother, Gu Hang agreed to Peddes and fell out with the Faches family.

Eh?If you ask me to fuck a blackbird, doesn't that make it a legitimate fight?
Maybe we can even get the Faches family to fight together.

As for falling out with Faches... the Gu family's corresponding trade ban is already being implemented.

He had discussed this matter with his mother before, and the Gu family must carry out their agreement with Peddes.Putting aside actual benefits, political reputation cannot be afforded to be lost.Gu is in business, and her reputation is the same as her destiny.

But there are also some areas where you can argue.There is no reason to completely isolate the three planets of Faches. That is the imperial world, and Gu's Trading Company is a caravan affiliated with the Imperial Chamber of Commerce. How can you say that if you don't do business, you won't do business?This is against imperial decree.

This is first of all a tenable legal principle. Wang Qi and Pei Desi also had many communications and were very embarrassed. The Faches family was complaining to the higher-level organization of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce. It was also difficult for Gu's Trading Company to do so. Can we find ways to reduce trade volume and prohibit the circulation of certain categories of goods without violating the regulations of the Chamber of Commerce...

On the one hand, this is to give an explanation to Peddes, and on the other hand, it is to appease Faches and show them his helplessness.

Of course, this is about not offending both sides, trying to please both sides, and playing both sides. If done well, a balance can be maintained, and there are benefits if both sides do not fall out. But if not done well, both sides will be offended, which will test Wang Qi's skills.

But that's how it is.

Where are the eternal friends or enemies?

Didn't Pedes also add insult to injury when the Gu family was in danger, and used the name of the navy as a bargaining chip to blackmail Gu Hang into doing things?

Moreover, although you, Pedes, are hostile to Faches and have engaged in countless dirty things in private, you have never really fallen out with each other. There is no reason for Gu's Trading Company to break up with Faches first.

This matter is not as simple as a crisis on the Raging Owl Star. It involves a wide range of things.

The situation became foggy.

How will the future evolve?

Gu Hang was still thinking, but his mother started to talk about the second piece of information: "The other thing is about imperial tax."

"What happened to the imperial tax? The collection will start in more than a month, right? Logically speaking, there will be a fleet from the Star Territory Tax Department, which will come to the Tianma Star District, visit each planet one by one, collect taxes, and then transfer all Bring the collected items to the capital of Feiyi Star, settle with the leader, use the seal, and then leave the Pegasus Star Region and return to the capital of the Dragon Eagle Star Region..."

"Yes, this is the tax collection process. But this year is a little different. The tax fleet coming to the Tianma Star Region is not a squadron, but the main tax fleet of the Dragon Eagle Star Region."

Gu Hang frowned deeply: "Why is it arranged like this?"

"Listen to me." Wang Qi continued, "It's not just the Star Territory General Tax Fleet, there is also a big shot coming at the same time: the Sun Lord's war apostle, Bogea Gallardo."

Gu Hang's eyes widened now.

Gallardo, that's a very famous name.

This person's stage is not just a small fight at the star level or star level.He is a hero of the Empire, one of the 46 War Apostles of the Sun Lord.

As for the Sun Lord: Sohkaim, this can almost be regarded as the most important figure in the empire today, and is the 'ruler' of the empire.

Of course, the true ruler of the Empire is always the Emperor, and this is eternal.Only after the immortal Emperor ascended, the highest governing body to manage this boundless human empire was the Human Supreme Council.

There are thirteen seats in this Supreme Council, and some of its components are fixed, such as representatives of the state religion, representatives of Mars, the Supreme Judge of the Imperial Tribunal, and the Prime Minister of the Empire;
Some are relatively fixed but occasionally absent, such as the Grand Marshal of the Astra Militarum, the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Navy, and representatives of the Psychic Order;
Some are often present or not, mainly depending on the current political situation of the empire.There are more of these, such as the representatives of the Space Marines, the president of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, the prime ministers of the Ministry of Administration, the Ministry of Legal Affairs, the Ministry of Taxation, and the Ministry of Military Affairs, the chief of the Imperial Astrology Department, and an indefinite number of representatives elected by the Speaker of the Universe... …

There are also some positions that may not necessarily be established, such as the Imperial Regent, the Imperial Commander, and... the Sun Lord, which was established for the first time in the current empire.

Thorakam was originally the son of a planetary governor. He established an Astral Legion, joined the Astral Army, and quickly became a general after leading the army to achieve military exploits.

Then, his invincible record along the way allowed him to rise rapidly in official positions. He was favored by the then Grand Marshal of the Astra Militarum and was groomed as his successor. Later, with his huge prestige and unparalleled military exploits, he naturally became the most powerful The young Grand Marshal of the Astra Militarum and entered the Supreme Council - he was only 32 years old at that time.

Then, he won the support of the Supreme Council and launched the Solar Crusade.

In the beginning, this was just an ordinary journey, but after he recovered [-] planets in three years, his expedition expanded like a snowball; not only did a large number of forces from all sides of the empire join him, but he even obtained Supported by over ten Space Marine Chapters;
And in the 13th year of No. [-], the number of planets recovered reached [-]. His huge reputation made him more than just the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Astra Militarum. He left this position to a man he trusted. General, and pushed more generals into the Supreme Council, and named himself the 'Lord of the Sun'.

The sun is the star of the birthplace of human beings. It is named after it, and one can imagine its authority.

Today, the Solar Crusade has been going on for 35 years, and more than [-] Imperial worlds have been recovered; endless armies continue the great crusade under its command, and more than a hundred Space Marine Chapters serve for it.

Among those recovered planets, many worlds were not even lost by the Empire, but had been left alone since extremely remote ancient times, and had never heard of the name of the Emperor or the Empire.

These newly recovered worlds have even established a brand new space domain, named 'Solaria'.

Today, the Sun Lord is the most powerful person in the human empire and a hero known to everyone in the empire. Although he is a mortal, he has the respect and loyalty of countless space warriors, who regard his orders as the emperor's orders. , even the Supreme Council of Terra acted under its bright light.

However, Gu Hang recalled many realistic things.

Do the entire empire really support the Sun Crusade?

Not necessarily.

As far as Gu Hang knew, the empire was as bad as it was, and this kind of administrative efficiency corresponded to such a huge territory, and the utilization efficiency of resources was extremely low.

The expansion rate of the Solar Crusade, which reached 35 planets in [-] years and captured an average of three planets every two days, has far exceeded the limit that the imperial administrative agencies can bear. A large number of newly recovered worlds cannot be effectively managed. Being in a state of anarchy, not only failed to bring blood to the empire, but became a burden.

The long supply lines also made the Ministry of Military Affairs miserable.

Each local world needs to supply a large amount of materials for this purpose.

The imbalance of local power makes it difficult for each region to obtain sufficient strength to counter the threats it faces.

At this age, the Solar Crusade has become an unbearable burden for the empire.

On a darker note, at his current age of 65, and with life extension surgery, he can still live for a long time, but under the imperial mechanism, he has begun to lose effective means of checking and balancing him.

Can the Empire accept the emergence of a mortal 'Emperor'?

Can the Supreme Council really continue to tolerate having a 'sun' above its head?

But no matter what, he is still the hero and the sun.

And one of his 46 war apostles is about to come to the Tianma Star Region.

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