Although he was separated by the helmet, King Kefen 31 was still a little uncomfortable being stared at by Talos's helmet, so he asked in a low voice:
"Sir, is there anything I can do for you this time?"
"There is nothing wrong with my visit this time. I just accidentally received some information when I returned from a mission. It seems that the world is in trouble."
Upon hearing the trouble, King Kefen 31's fat face immediately began to sweat. While he asked the beautiful maids in tight-fitting dresses to bring over-sized wine glasses, he responded in a meek tone:
"It is a little troublesome, but we can overcome it. We can overcome it."
"Oh, that's it. Along the way, I saw famine and turmoil in many worlds. I went to the nest below to see it before. I thought you were short of energy and food now. I planned to return to the chapter and speak to the chapter leader.
Now, increase the relief food and energy, since we can overcome it——"
"grown ups!"
Kefen 31 immediately changed into a hoarse voice.
"You are really aware of everything. There are disasters and chaos everywhere in the whole maelstrom, but the war tax is still being collected one after another. The situation of our Senglad 2 is even more serious. Now there are people everywhere, and there are starving people everywhere.
There were also riots. The mob not only robbed the upright rich people, but also robbed factories! Even the relief warehouses established by the empire out of kindness were all robbed. After the warehouses were robbed, shouldn't we rob the Governor's Palace? I hope that your Excellency will do it in Soshiyan
If you, the commander, can say a few nice words and talk about our difficulties, the generations to come of the hundreds of millions of people on Senglade 2 will definitely remember your great kindness and benevolence and erect a monument or statue in your honor!"
As he spoke, he held a large wine glass and handed it to Talos, but the other party refused with gestures.
"Don't worry yet, I also need your help with something."
"You say, you say, I will definitely do it!"
"The war in Angstrom is fierce now. The chapter leader asked me to recruit 200 million young and strong residents from the hive city to work as laborers. Can you get it for me within ten days?"
As soon as he heard this, the sweat dripped from Kefen Thirty-I's face. If he had done this three months ago, he would have done it immediately, but now
The maximum population he can control in the entire hive city is only one billion, and it is impossible to gather 200 million young people in any case.
"Sir, this."
"What? Are you having trouble?"
In fact, Kefen 31st had already come to his senses at this time. He was cruel and greedy but not stupid. After all, he was able to get into this position by poisoning his father and nine brothers, so he had already guessed that this person
I'm afraid the Space Marines' intention was not really to capture Din.
The other party must know something and come to investigate. If he doesn't want to give a better explanation, his guards, power, and ministers may not be able to protect him.
"Yes, there are some."
"Didn't you say you could overcome it before? Why did you say it again?"
"Sir, you don't know something. This planet is not rich, and the products that the hive can produce are also very limited. In the past, most of them were exchanged for promethium and synthetic food from the Forge World. Hundreds of years ago, the Forge World
Angstrom once made a joint agreement with other forge worlds in the Maelstrom, stipulating that no nest can build more than three promethium refineries, otherwise it will be blocked by the joint technology of all forge worlds, which is to force us to buy
They produce high-priced promethium! We protested many times but the Ministry of Internal Affairs was unable to do anything about it! In the past, we could barely support it with trade taxes and other revenues, but. But after the expedition began, war taxes were increased one after another.
Moreover, all promethium is given priority to the army, and trade routes have been disrupted by the war. Purchasing promethium from foreign sources is too expensive and unaffordable. When Angstrom is surrounded, our external sources of promethium are completely cut off.
, the promethium in stock could not last even three months. Without promethium, food processing plants could not operate. Workers began to go on strike and cause trouble, causing the remaining promethium refineries to be damaged to varying degrees. Seeing that the scale of the riots was getting bigger and bigger.
However, our application for assistance from the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been delayed. We always say that we are on the road. On the road, many businessmen have begun to maliciously drive up the prices of food and promethium. Even if we spend all our savings, we can't buy enough.
of food——”
"Fuck your shit!!!"
An angry shout interrupted King Kefen 31's cry. Sablin walked to the table angrily, scaring the nobles to retreat. Then he grabbed a piece of tender and juicy steak and threw it hard on Kefen.
There was a large stain on Fen XXXI's luxurious robe, which frightened the other party and made him retreat repeatedly.
"The civilians are already eating each other! What about you guys! Have you ever given even a penny to charity when you are so full of food? No! Not only no! You have also robbed them of their last hope! You also kill people who have no food rations.
!You are still trying to argue, you beasts deserve to die!"
As he spoke, he pulled out his bolter, and the crowd suddenly screamed.
"what are you doing?"
Talos turned his head, looked at Sablin, and said calmly:
"Didn't I give an order? No action is allowed without an order. Are you going to rebel?"
"Company Commander——"
"Put away the gun or put him in confinement for half a year."
Sabourin gasped twice, but he did not put down the gun in his hand, but instead held it tighter.
"I don't understand! Why should you listen to their nonsense! Sinners deserve to be punished! Isn't this what you taught us, company commander!"
As he spoke, he turned his gun towards the crowd around him, and those who were pointed at him retreated like frightened sheep.
Talos compared it and just uttered a few words.
"Can't figure it out?"
Sablin gritted his teeth and replied:
"I can't figure it out!"
At this time, Li Lin also quietly put his hand on the handle of the gun. Although he obeyed Talos's order more, if Sabourin fired, he would definitely fire because they were brothers and they would bear the guilt together.
"The Thunder Eagle stopped outside and immediately went back to think about it until it was clear."
At this time, Cassati came over and pressed Sablin's gun-holding hand hard, then grabbed the other person's arm, turned around and walked out, and said to the other person in a private message:
"Sabulin, I know you are angry, but you must understand that you represent the Astral Knights Chapter now... The mission of the Astartes is to protect the survival of mankind and the order of the Empire, although most of the time the two goals are the same.
Yes, but occasionally there will be conflicts... We are not gods and cannot solve everything..."
After Sabourin and Kassati left, Talos turned to King Kefen 31 who was huddled behind a pillar. At this time, some guards heard the noise and ran in. However, they did not dare to take out their weapons and just looked around cautiously.
.
This is not some remote world where no one dares to attack the Space Marines.
"The soldiers have seen some things and are a little impulsive, but at least I am willing to listen to your explanation."
"grown ups--"
Kefen 31 walked out with trembling legs, and then fell to the ground, explaining with tears and runny noses.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuori,I don't want to either, but I can't live up to the responsibilities the emperor has given me! I discussed it with everyone at the time, including the bishop, the arbitrator of the Ministry of Justice, and the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Everyone agreed, but those people didn't
If there is enough food, there will definitely be riots! But the number of guards in the hive city is not enough to defend all areas. If a large-scale rebellion breaks out, then things will be out of control. We can only take action and eliminate them before things get to that point.
Eliminate hidden dangers.”
The expressions of those imperial bureaucrats who were called upon by the Governor suddenly became very embarrassed, and some even tried to retreat into the crowd.
"What bullshit logic!"
Li Lin couldn't help but curse.
"If you kill all the people, there will be no rebellion, right!? Those are not enemies, they are citizens of the empire, people of the emperor, and they are the people you want to protect! Can't you just take out what you have in your mouth?
Go save more people! You are the emperor’s sheepdogs! I’m not asking you to eat sheep! You keep saying there is no promethium! Then what did you use to burn so many civilians to death! Is it firewood! There is promethium to burn people, but there is no promethium.
Generating electricity, right?”
"Sir, how much can we save with the reserves in our hands? There are also people like Zhongchao and Shangchao, so many elites, so many nobles, so many officials. They are the foundation of the empire! If they all survive
If we don’t go down, how can we claim that this place belongs to the empire in the future?”
Li Lin was slightly startled, a little speechless, but immediately retorted:
"You are lying, Empire. The Empire is composed of countless civilians."
But at the end of the day, he didn't have much confidence anymore.
Instead, it was King Kefen 31 who took a step forward and pointed his arms at those gathered.
"Sir, look at it. There are scholars here who are familiar with the empire's thousands of years of history, there are experts who are familiar with space knowledge, there are astropaths who communicate with the planets, and there are also technical priests who serve the Omnissiah and collect taxes for the emperor.
Tax officials, judges who enforce the empire's sacred code, and bishops who guide people's souls. If two people really want to die at the same time, and die as some scum, the world still belongs to the emperor and the empire, but if they all die
, this place will become a den of heresy!”
Talos looked at the ruler of the hive city and suddenly chuckled. Then he made an eagle salute, turned around and walked towards the door, ignoring the call behind him.