Hearing Soshyan mention the knight family, Ustad asked curiously.
"Chapter Commander, how did the Dupont Delin family perform this time?"
"Well, it's quite satisfactory. It basically meets my requirements. That son of Mathias is pretty good. He has excellent fighting skills and fighting will, and he has strong self-restraint. Many young knights have trysts with local noble girls, but
He has never refused even if he was offered an offer. Instead, he likes to deal with Space Marines, and both Farzad and Mark admire him very much."
"What about... that person?"
After thinking for a while, Soshyan knew who Ustad was referring to and replied:
"It's not bad, and the performance is also very outstanding. I watched the battle videos, and indeed... there are shadows of Olga's past. His son was useless, but he had a good grandson. If he had lived longer, wouldn't he?
——”
But Soshyan stopped the topic, shook his head, and said nothing more.
"Ustad, there are several tasks that you need to focus on in the future."
"Commander, please tell me."
"First of all, we must pay attention to the food issue. The food supply of the archdiocese is already at a very dangerous level. I believe you also know this. This year alone, some agricultural worlds have carried out three rounds of surplus grain collection.
This kind of small-scale riots has not stopped since the beginning of the war. Some are caused by gene stealers, and some are dissatisfied with high grain taxes and surplus grain collection. However, in the future, they will expand the army, build new colonies, and even develop local industries.
All of these require huge agricultural resources as the basis. Although there is support from the state religion, I actually don’t know how long it can support it. Moreover, it is difficult to fight the fire that is close by. People will not be able to stand even if they are hungry for two days. The state religion has recently been
It is conservatively estimated that a group of merchant fleets will not arrive until a year later, or even longer. Although Zhao Akada will help solve some of the problems, they will not be able to support so many. Besides, you also know that the Adeptus Mechanicus is not interested in life and death for mortals.
If they care, they won't waste a lot of production capacity on synthetic foods."
After hearing what Soshyan said, Ustad sighed and nodded.
"Yes, the supply of tens of millions of soldiers on the front line is really a huge number, and not only the soldiers need to eat, but the logistics operation personnel and non-combatants also consume a lot of food. To be honest, the commander of the battle, let alone
The peasants couldn't bear it, and religious riots even broke out in some worlds. Some poor priests led the people in riots with the slogan "Darkness, Emperor Saves the World". They wore yellow belts on their heads, held high the yellow Eagle flag, and used wooden sticks and
Agricultural tools attacked local management institutions and once swept through the three worlds. I had no choice but to send Robin and the others to suppress it... Millions of people died before and after. The leading priests were captured and even killed with thousands of swords.
They did not express any remorse for their actions. They firmly believed that their actions were right. It was corruption at the top that caused the famine. Alas, most of them were actually good priests with firm beliefs and poor lives. During the food collection process in various places,
There is a lot of corruption, and I originally planned to forgive some of the rioting priests, but Ms. Velez said that this case cannot be made, otherwise the people can start a riot if they are even slightly dissatisfied, and the archdiocese will never have peace."
"Veletz is right, because the war state in the Archdiocese will continue for a long time, and the situation at the lower level cannot be improved in a short time. We can only survive this painful period, open up new colonies, and allow industry to be established.
Let's gradually increase the overall food production of the archdiocese and eventually reach a higher level. This is the only way to cure the problem."
"I understand."
"Several families on the Rogue Trader side have already expressed their willingness to transport food to the archdiocese, but their food needs to be exchanged for local minerals and other commodities. You have to make preparations. The food they transport should be able to alleviate some of this.
, but the core still lies in how you schedule."
"yes."
"Then there is the issue of gene stealers. Although most of the gene stealer sects within the archdiocese have been wiped out, there are still remnants. Moreover, Tyranids have penetrated deep into the heart of the archdiocese, and they will definitely send out new infiltrators. According to
Statistics from the Adeptus Mechanicus show that more than 70% of gene stealer infiltrations are ultimately traced to various passenger ships and transport ships. Therefore, the control and inspection of ships in the area must be in place. A special inspection department can be established to conduct strict searches and inspections.
Ships coming and going, and civilian management capabilities must also be strengthened. The system implemented in the war zone before is good, and you can spread it. Although this will further expand the size of the bureaucratic group, it is worth it."
"I took note of it, Chapter Commander."
"The last thing is the fleet. Considering that the pressure of defense here is still relatively high, I plan to leave 12 capital ships and half of the small ships for you, but the Triumph and the Soul Messenger are being repaired in Zhao-Akada, so in the near future
You may only have 10 capital ships at your disposal, but with the main force of the Silent Fleet here, it shouldn’t be a big problem. Regarding the Silent Fleet, this fleet is secretly saved by the National Church and is something shady, so I told the deacon
We have already negotiated with the commander, and they will all wear the Astral Knight logo and accept your command in name only."
An unpredictable smile appeared on Soshyan's face.
"This Silent Fleet is just like the Banshee. It's very powerful but useless at all. Instead of letting it continue to gather dust in the hands of the state religion, it's better to let it really work. But you don't need to worry too much about this. Someone from the church will naturally be responsible.
."
Ustad nodded, but then asked curiously:
"Chapter Commander, I heard from some battle brothers that the people of the Silent Knights were very strange in the previous battles. They wore special armor and entered the depths of the battlefield in small groups. Every time they returned, they would bring the hunted people with them.
Although the heads of Tyranid behemoths are rarely returned as a whole team, their performance is incredible compared to mortals. There are even rumors... that they are Astartes illegally transformed by the state religion?
"
Soshyan shook his head.
"The State Church is not so bold yet, although with their ability they can indeed transform their own Astartes, these people..."
Regarding the "knights" of the Silent Knights, Soshyan also sent people to secretly investigate. According to intelligence analysis from the other side and leaks from some insiders who were infiltrated by the Holy Flame Order, they were indeed reformers, but the direction of the reform was different.
The Astartes are slightly different, and the specific process is still a mystery. However, they cannot yet reach the strength of the Astartes, but when they act collectively, some kind of "power of faith" similar to psychic energy will burst out, so
They can effectively resist the mental oppression from the Hive Mind.
"...You only need to know that those people are not as powerful as the Astartes, and you don't need to care about the others."