Because Speaker Zorchi relied on his very sensitive political sense to smell the increasingly strong smell of gunpowder between the Empire and the Human Federation, especially when a minister he knew who was qualified to enter the Shahai Palace for a royal meeting revealed to him After some of the emperor's words and deeds, the speaker guessed that the coming of war would not be too far away.
The armies in the outer ring have been weak for a long time, and they are certainly more than enough to beat the natives on weekdays, but when dealing with interstellar empires like the Human Federation, they are very likely to be at a disadvantage, and it is not impossible to even be hung up and beaten by the opponent.
Under the increasingly tense situation and the emperor's coercion and inducement, the representatives of the Central Council had to make a promise to support the army and a small number of warships. What makes Zolchi interesting is that the young Emperor seems to really think that the Colonial Council can mobilize those domineering elders to leave for the Outer Rim.
This is the disadvantage of having a territory that is too vast and being blocked by the inner planets. When the emperor decentralized some of the powers that should have belonged to the royal family in order to make the empire prosperous again, these powers actually ended up falling to the Inner Ring Council and the slave trade. In the hands of the guild, it's just that he doesn't know it yet or he knows it but is unable to control it.
All orders issued from the Qiannia Sand Sea Palace will be firmly blocked before they can even leave the inner ring star field, and the emperor sitting on the throne cannot see clearly how much is hidden in the shadows under his feet. A villain lying on the empire's torso sucking blood.
Unfortunately, Zorchi knows that he is just an ordinary colonial planet parliament speaker, so what he should be thinking about now is not how to change the political situation of the empire, but to find ways to make a fortune from the war between the empire and the People's Federation to fill the gap. Fiery Star has suffered from financial losses for many years.
For the Outer Ring, which has weak industrial power, the Inner Ring can provide assistance with arms, weapons, various pharmaceuticals, industrial products, etc. However, the only thing that Fiery Star, whose strength is far inferior to the Inner Ring planet, can offer is the recently formed police force. The slave group is here.
But of course he didn't want to regard the slave-catching regiment that the colony had spent great efforts to build as a regular army and send it to the front line of Krohoka to fight with the People's Alliance troops, because this was no different from committing suicide.
He wanted the hen of the slave-catching regiment to start laying the first egg belonging to the colonial assembly - to provide high-quality slave soldiers for the slave regiment to reinforce the front line.
After watching the transport fleet carrying 50,000 people and the slave ship intended to carry tens of thousands of slaves slowly sail into the atmosphere and out of sight, Zolchi, who was standing on the balcony, turned around. He returned to his luxurious mansion and began to enjoy a day that was completely different from the Qien people at the bottom.
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"Your Excellency Captain Sigris, since you have just joined the Blazing Star Slave Catching Group, I must ask you a few questions."
The leader of the slave-catching group, who was elected under the exchange of interests from all parties, looked at Jia Tu and seemed very polite.
He knew that the reason why he, who had neither outstanding command skills nor actual combat experience, could become the leader of the slave-catching group was just that the major families and companies on the flaming planet believed that he would not take sides. The person in front of him was the chairman of the board. If you put it in yourself, your status may be much nobler than that of a commoner.
"Have you ever done any work related to the slave trade before? For example, slave catching, transporting slaves, selling slaves, etc."
Seeing Jia Tu shaking his head slightly, the group leader asked the next question.
"Do you have any experience in commanding troops or militia in combat?"
Jatu, who had once served as a commander in the regular army, nodded and said in a hoarse voice that he and colonial military advisor Gandhar were once comrades-in-arms. This immediately awe-inspiring the regimental commander who had never participated in any fierce battles.
"Then I have no more questions. I believe that under your leadership, your team of ten thousand people will be the most powerful one."
After shaking hands with Jia Tu, the group leader turned on the holographic projector on the table and showed their destination this time.
"Your Excellency Sigris, please see, this is the destination of our trip, the famous slave planet on the outside of the central ring, Totus."
Following the leader's words, the earth-yellow planet on the holographic projection also became clear, and on one side of the planet projection, there was the main race living on this slave planet, the Toth tribe.
The Thoth look like turtles on the earth, and have the same hard backs and plastrons as them. However, as proof of highly intelligent creatures, the Thoth can walk upright on two legs, and their size and even strength are different from those of the Chien. Not big, but a very good source of slave soldiers.
There are currently several slave legions formed by pure Toths in the Qin Empire's army. After coating their natural armor with heat insulation and reflective coatings, the Toths can even withstand small-caliber laser gun fire with their bodies. , when necessary, you can also use your body to act as a human shield for the Qien soldiers, helping them push the front forward.
This time, the task given by Speaker Zorchi to the slave-catching group was to fill up all the slave ships with Toths, which could carry millions of people, and then transfer them through the Blazing Star and send them to the Empire in Krohoka. A Toth slave army was formed on the front line to help the colonial defenders fight.
If it is run properly, the profit from this transaction alone will be worth the cost of arms purchased by the Fiery Star Council. Therefore, Zorchi has high expectations for the slave-catching group. Even if it is to repay the Speaker for his kindness, the leader will also I didn't want to disappoint him, so I went to Jia Tu specifically, hoping to ask him a few questions to build up his prestige, so that Jia Tu's team of ten thousand people would not go their own way and not obey orders.
"According to the data updated in the past few years, the population of the Toth tribe on the planet Toth is at least more than one billion, so we can choose carefully. It does not require that everyone is a natural warrior who is one in ten thousand, but they must also be A young adult with a healthy body and no disease.”
In the subsequent video conference with the five captains of the fleet, Chilik, the leader of the Fiery Slave Catching Regiment, issued such an order. The five people, including Jia Tu, took it seriously and nodded in agreement.
For the prosperous slave trade in the Qien Empire, the difference between profit and profit depends on the quality of the slaves. If they are slaves used to open up colonies, then they need to be matched with men and women, and all occupations and age groups must be taken care of to be considered top quality.
But for people like them to be captured and used as cannon fodder on the front lines, as long as they are strong, not sick, and young and middle-aged, these three requirements are considered to be of extraordinary appearance. A bad temper, which was regarded as a scourge by slave traders in the past, is also due to cheap nerves. As implants became more common, it became less obvious and an accepted minor annoyance.
After four medium- and long-range hyperspace jumps and a total of five days of regular navigation, more than a dozen transport ships of the Fiery Slave Catchers finally docked at the ground parking lot of Tot Star. Countless members of the slave-catching group came out with weapons in hand, breathing in the fresh air on Tot while checking the status of the weapons in their hands.
Compared with well-trained naval personnel, these members of the slave-catching group who were civilians or policemen not long ago will feel much greater pressure from long-term space voyages, especially when the air inside the transport ship becomes increasingly unstable over time. When it gets dirtier, everyone has only one thought - to land quickly to a place where they can breathe freely, so that they can take a few good breaths.
As vehicles and engineering equipment began to unload weapons and supplies from the transport ship, the members of the slave-catching group who had had enough rest looked around excitedly. It was the first time for many of them to undertake such a distant interstellar journey. It's normal for Thoth Star to be curious.
But after watching it for a while, they shouldered their weapons in disappointment and helped the crew and companions unload the cargo - not to mention that Tot is also a desert planet and the climate is not much different from that of a flaming planet. Even if there are any differences, Where can we enjoy the natural scenery around the starship parking lot?
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Just when the crew was puzzled by the sudden heavy footsteps, a group of Qien people wearing pure black alloy exoskeleton armor slowly appeared from the corridor behind the hatch, with a streamlined appearance and gaps in the armor. The dark red light flowing from time to time inside shocked the members of the slave-catching group.
"Wow! Is that the exoskeleton armor the council equipped us with? I heard that in a while, everyone will be able to wear such armor!"
After rolling his eyes at the fussing companions around him, a centurion who obviously knew more about the inside story patted his head and said in an envious tone: "What are you thinking! Only captains of thousands and captains of ten thousand are qualified." The high-end exoskeleton used, we think it would be great if we could give it an iron frame to use!"
Under the envious gaze of everyone, Jia Tu led his ten captains into the temporary command post set up by Chilik, the leader of the slave-catching group, outside the transport ship, and found that the other party was conducting business with imperial officials on the slave planet. During the negotiation, he pretended to walk past Chilik inadvertently. The unusual-looking exoskeleton and heavy footsteps on his body immediately made the greedy imperial official feel excited, and he lowered the somewhat inflated price of the slave capture certificate a lot.
Not long after, after settling the issue of the Fire Star's slave-catching permission, Captain Chilik first glanced at Jatu gratefully, and then shouted on the radio connected to the parking lot in the headquarters.
"Fellow warriors of the Blazing Star Colony! Prepare your weapons! We are going to make a lot of money!"
