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:
"Yes...it's 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 look below the hive before and thought that you were short of energy and food now. I planned to return to the chapter and speak to the chapter leader. Now, increase relief food and energy, since we can overcome it——"
"grown ups!"
Kefen 31st immediately put on a hoarse voice.
"You are really aware of everything. There are disasters and chaos everywhere in the whole maelstrom now, but the war tax is still collected one after another. The situation of our Senglad 2 is even more serious. Now there are people dying of hunger and death all over the land. 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 still hope that your Excellency will be 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 of Senglad 2 will definitely remember your great kindness and benevolence and erect a monument and 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 have something I need your help with."
"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 wasn't 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 increased one round after another. Rounds of additions are being made, and all promethium is given priority to the army. Trade routes have also been disrupted by the war. Purchasing promethium from foreign sources is too expensive and unaffordable. After Angstrom is surrounded, our external source of promethium will be It was completely interrupted. The promethium stockpile could not last for even three months. Without promethium, food processing plants could not operate. Workers began to strike and cause trouble, causing varying degrees of damage to the remaining promethium refineries. ..... Seeing that the scale of the riots is increasing, our application for assistance from the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been delayed. We always say that on the road, many businessmen have begun to maliciously drive up the prices of food and promethium. We Even if I spend all my savings, I still won’t be able to buy enough food——”
“Fuck your shit!
! "
An angry shout interrupted King Kefen 31's cry. Sablin walked to the table angrily, scaring the nobles to back away. Then he grabbed a piece of tender and juicy steak and threw it hard on Kefen. There was a large stain on Fen 31's luxurious robe, which scared the other party back.
"The civilians are already cannibalizing! What about you? Have you ever given even a penny of charity to those who are so full of food? No! Not only no! You have also robbed them of their last hope! You also want to kill those who have no food rations! You still try to make excuses, you beasts deserve to die!"
With that, he pulled out his bolter and the crowd 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 the gun away, or put him in confinement for six months."
Sabourin gasped twice, but 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.
"Thunder Eagle stopped outside and immediately went back to think about it until he figured it out."
At this time, Cassati came over and pressed down Sabourin's gun hand, 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, but they did not dare to take out their weapons and just looked around cautiously. .
This is not some remote world where no one dares 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.
"Uu wu wu, 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, the bishop, the arbitrator of the Ministry of Justice, the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs... ...Everyone agrees that if those people don’t have enough food, they will definitely riot! But the number of guards in the hive city is not enough to defend all areas. If there is a large-scale rebellion, then things will be out of control. We We can only take action before things get to that point to clear...clear the 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, 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. Generate electricity, right?”
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"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! What if? If they can’t survive, how can they claim that this place belongs to the empire in the future?”
Li Lin was stunned for a moment and was a little speechless, but he immediately retorted:
"You are lying. The 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. 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.
"Alas alas, sir——"
