After Badab Prime was completely destroyed, only one habitable world was left in this troubled galaxy, and this world was also devastated by war. Only half of the hive city remained, and all the population was relocated. If it weren't for the atmosphere, it could be called a dead world.
But even so, its value is still immeasurable.
Because the location of the Badab Galaxy is destined to always be the center of the Maelstrom's trade routes, as long as the system's orbital shipping facilities are restored, it will soon become one of the most prosperous worlds in the Maelstrom.
Also because of its key location, Terra's envoys told Soshyan several times that the High Lords Council had other arrangements for this place and hoped that he could respect the High Lords' wishes.
Of course Soshyan wanted to respect the wishes of the high lords, but considering the long-term peace and stability in the future, he did not think that the arrangements of the high lords would be beneficial. He also bluntly expressed his thoughts to the special envoy, Badab This is still a critical point in the Maelstrom Expedition, and someone must be in charge. It will be too late for the high lord to make a decision. Anyway, this appointment is "temporary", and they will not be able to change it if they want to.
Regarding Soshyan's remarks, the Terran envoy could only remain silent.
Another reason why Soshyan is more interested in Badab is Sorge's opinion. He elaborated on the importance of the galaxy and the benefits it can produce to Soshyan. This former secret agent is now a great general. The leading dark leader of the Maelstrom, his Gray Fox Group has relied on "official" protection and profit transfer in the past few years, and has expanded to millions of core members, owns more than 300 ships of various sizes, and is involved in finance, agriculture , industrial production, hive real estate, contraband smuggling, arms trade and other behemoths in many fields. Now the Maelstrom, even the small gangs at the lower level of the most remote hive city, will definitely treat people with the gray fox mark in a respectful manner as long as they see them.
Some people even joked that the biggest winner of this expedition was not the Empire, but the Gray Fox, because it completely swallowed up the gray network that the red pirates had operated in the Maelstrom for a long time.
Sorge persuaded Soshyan to arrange for a controllable person to serve as the governor of Badab. That person should preferably have a strong background, so that when Soshyan leaves, Terra will not be able to replace him, but these conditions themselves There will be certain conflicts, after all, people with strong backgrounds are naturally difficult to control.
But it's not completely impossible.
So he deliberately let out the news that he was going to appoint the interim governor of Badab, just to see what "applicants" there would be.
There were quite a lot of results. Not only did old Morales enter the court, but Count Vaughan also started to take action, trying to push his illegitimate son to the stage, or in front of Soshyan. There were various methods, and even Some people can find Veronica. One day she went to inspect the work of the statistics department. When she returned to her private office, there was a simple gift box on the table. When she opened it, there was a "phantom stone" inside.
The Magic Stone is a gemstone that is said to come from the Eye of Fear. It looks like a drop of water. It is usually colorful, but when it is close to the human body, it turns into a hazy light blue. It not only has ornamental value, but more importantly, it is also It has an extremely magical effect, that is, it allows people to control themselves in dreams, which means that when people carry it into dreams, they can maintain the same waking consciousness as in reality. In a sense, it allows people to travel in their own dreams. It sounds almost like a paradox, because people who are awake should not be able to dream.
It is precisely because of this bizarre effect that the fantasy stone is extremely valuable in the empire's black market. It is literally extremely valuable, and it has a price but no market.
But Veronica couldn't laugh or cry, because the so-called magic stone by humans actually came from the world of old women of the Eldar Tribe, and it had another name——
The Jade of Lilith is similar to the gemstone used to open the Lilith shrine before. It is a prop used by the priests of the Dream Goddess to communicate with the goddess.
Later, she told Soshiyang about this and wondered if her identity had been exposed, but Soshiyang thought it was not the case and asked her to accept it quietly. Since the other party did not leave a name for the gift, it must be a test. Testing whether she likes these things, it is obvious that the other party must have put some effort into it. He knows that Veronica usually likes Eldar jewelry, and also knows that the magic stone is a creation of the Eldar.
Sure enough, within two days, another gift box appeared on Veronica's path. There was also a magic stone in it. Being able to take out two of these treasure-level things at once showed that the gift giver was very powerful.
Veronica immediately found the gift giver, who turned out to be a mid-level battle servant she trusted, a female clerk in her forties.
When facing Veronica, the other party did not hide anything and directly confessed to her that it was the Vaughan family who contacted her. She refused at first, but her son, a young man who is currently a low-level servant of the war group, was stationed in Sagan owed a large gambling debt because of her ignorance. At that time, the Vaughn family came forward to settle the debt. Now that the favor debt has come, and considering her son's future, she had to accept the other party's arrangement.
The Vaughan family also knew that she would be found, so they left a message specifically. They wanted nothing more than to have Veronica say something nice about their family's candidate.
Through the few words of this mid-level servant and the daily behavior of Veronica occasionally coming forward to deal with some important matters, Count Vaughn judged that this beautiful woman probably had a special status among the Astral Knights, and immediately judged that this was the most important person. A good breakthrough point.
In fact, he made the right choice. When Veronica told this matter, Soshyan was indeed a little moved, mainly because of the skill and financial resources shown by Earl Vaughn. In a sense, his illegitimate son could sit firmly Governor Badab's position is relied upon, and he also has access to Terra's capital. As for how to control the other party, Soshyan has a way. Count Vaughn's unclean hands and feet are easy to manipulate.
However, the infiltration of the war group's servants by others also reminded Soshiyan that this is not Veronica's problem. Her powerful psychic power can prevent this kind of thing. These things happened precisely because of her time. She is not in the battle group, and no matter what her difficulties are, the final outcome will still be that she will be deprived of all titles and status, and her family will struggle to survive on the bottom deck.
But Veronica wasn't done yet. One day when Alex, who was accompanying him, was reporting on the situation of the Astra Militarum, he suddenly said, "Arni Morales is a pretty good leader. Although he is from a noble family, he dares to fight against those who can." At that time, Soshyan was a little strange. How could Yarick notice the leader of a cannon fodder regiment?
Afterwards, Yarick told him that someone had compiled a group of political commissars who had performed well recently, including the political commissar Ayi from Arni's regiment, and it was still on the first page. The stories included but were not limited to assisting the regiment leader to kill Chaos. The Space Marines followed the regiment leader with only a dozen people to attack hundreds of enemy strongholds at night, and successfully beheaded the enemy commander. There were also cases where he and the regiment leader held the regiment flag high and launched a desperate charge when the battle line was about to collapse. These cases add up to enough. It has the name of a legend, but everything in it involves the leader, so Alex naturally has a deep impression.
(End of chapter)
