Hammer 40k: Far East Storm

"Finally, do you have anything else to say?"

"Trade between star systems is lucrative, not simply lucrative, but huge profits that you can hardly imagine." Li said: "But within the empire, most of the classic routes are controlled by trading families and large companies. The situation in the Far East is slightly better, but there are still similar large companies. Don't conflict with these people. The Far East is very large, and we are in an empty area. The purpose of your first trip is first to open up new routes, and secondly to find out the commodity market in the star systems around the empire. There is no rush to make money."

"I understand."

After dinner, Countess Bartoli left in a hurry. She was looking forward to the beautiful night after dinner, but after she saw the schedule provided by Li, she no longer had the heart to play.

Time was too tight. Li hoped that she could leave the port within a month, and she saw Li's embarrassment from this schedule. If he was not so short of money, this guy would not rush to make money.

So she decided to do better. In Countess Bartoli's own schedule, she set the departure time within two weeks. There is a saying that goes, time is money, especially for the lucrative industry of space trade, every minute and every second of delay is a shameful waste.

This is also what Lee likes about Countess Bartoli. This beautiful young woman likes to enjoy and have fun, but she pays more attention to work and trust from Lee. Countess Bartoli is a smart person. She knows that in addition to being a playmate in bed, she should show her true value to Lee. To put it bluntly, as long as she is a woman, there will be a hole between her legs. What Countess Bartoli can do in bed, other women can do, and what really makes Bartoli indispensable is her success in her career.

After the Countess left, Lee held several internal meetings and determined the administrative direction of Reach. Then he arranged for Jacob, the director of the think tank, to take over the training of new recruits, while Bell, the mechanical priest of the regiment, was still involved in many projects.

After arranging everything, Li went to the spaceport, where the Silver Wing was quietly parked in the berth waiting for his arrival.

In the bridge, he met the long-awaited chapter pastor, Martin Luther.

"Is everything ready?"

"Just waiting for your arrival."

"Then let's go, to the Eridanus galaxy."

The silver ship shook slightly, then slowly left the berth, and the ship slowly accelerated along the channel, and soon disappeared into the dark universe.

Among the three galaxies owned by Li, the Winter Solstice Galaxy is needless to mention. Almost no one pays attention to this galaxy. All the planets in the Winter Solstice Galaxy are dead worlds, which are completely unsuitable for human survival. The Eridanus galaxy, another galaxy that is rarely mentioned, is more special. It can be said that this is a forgotten place.

There is no special output in the Eridanus galaxy, nor are there any coveted precious species. The only thing worth mentioning is that there are three planets in this galaxy with human survival.

But in the eyes of most imperial officials, it is just the existence of human beings, which is not worth mentioning.

The three planets were named Eridanus 4, Eridanus 6, and Eridanus 8. The official attitude towards this can be seen from the naming. They are not even willing to spend more time thinking of a good name, and simply use numbers.

The reason is that the star systems where these three planets are located are not only remote, but also unable to bring income to the empire. The humans on these three planets live in the feudal world and the wild world respectively.

In the golden age, the footsteps of brave human colonists spread all over the galaxy, but when the subspace storm that swept the entire galaxy blew, all routes were cut off, all navigation between star systems was forced to stop, and the newly built colonies were cut off from the mother port.

At first, the colonists were still looking forward to the storm stopping, but this subspace storm blew for many years, and several generations died one after another. Moreover, because they relied too much on STC on weekdays, as the subspace storm blew, STC was destroyed, some alien colonies were annihilated, and the life of other colonies fell back to the Stone Age in an instant.

Li imagined this scene, which roughly felt like living on Earth in the 21st century. One day you woke up and suddenly found that there was no oil.

The industrial civilization built on oil will collapse in an instant.

This is the case with colonies. The modern life of colonists depends on two channels, one is the support from the home port, and the other is made by STC itself. When the storm blew, these two channels were closed. As time went on, the descendants of colonists could only gradually slide into the abyss of ignorance.

The common practice of the Empire for those who still live in the wild world or in the Middle Ages is to ignore them. The official statement is that the Empire will not interfere in the lives of these people in order to maintain their original ecology. Of course, the real reason is that if they help them enter the space age, it will be a long and thankless process. Whether it is an empire or a company, it is difficult to see the benefits in it, so naturally no one will spend the time to care about it.

Only the church maintains influence on this type of world. The fanaticism for the God-Emperor makes the church preach their doctrines anywhere in the universe. There are often devout preachers who will take the initiative to go to those wild worlds to preach God. The emperor's teachings are not for money or profit, but just to let more people have the correct belief. So even in a world of barbarians who still use stone axes, you may encounter followers of the God-Emperor.

Li was lucky. In the past three weeks in the Eridanos system, two planets were completely under the belief of the God-Emperor. Hundreds of years ago, missionaries had already spread the glory of the God-Emperor here.

"So everyone in the Holy See is ours?"

Pastor Martin replied: "No, that's not the case. Only the highest level of the local church, a few cardinals and the pope know the truth of the world. The other church members are just ordinary indigenous people. They don't even know. Is the earth under your feet round or square?”

“Didn’t our church tell them?”

"No need! No matter whether the ground under their feet is round or square, whether the stars in the sky are bright or dark, it is meaningless to them. As long as their beliefs are correct and they have not gone astray, it is enough. The church only cares about the human spirit and soul. For them, ignorance is also a kind of happiness. Moreover, the development of technology and knowledge is a gradual process, and it is best not to interfere too much unless necessary. "

"That's right, but I suddenly thought, if, I mean if, we flew a battleship over their heads, what would these natives think?"

Martin shrugged his shoulders and said: "The arrival of the divine messenger is easy to explain. In fact, we don't need to explain at all. They can always find a reasonable explanation by themselves. Do you want to do this?"

"No, no, although it's fun to scare the natives, I'm not going to do it. If possible, it's best not to make too much noise. Let's go quietly and do things silently." Of course, not like that The main reason for this is that entering the atmosphere is a very fuel-intensive process, and the fuel itself is also very expensive.

"I understand what you mean. After arriving in the galaxy, I will take the initiative to contact the priests there, and they will prepare for us."

"This should be enough. We can obtain enough intelligence resources locally. The next step is up to us."

"Is this so?" Pastor Martin showed confusion and said, "Please forgive me for my words. I would like to ask, why did you lead us here?"

"Look at your own territory," Li shrugged and replied, "Of course, this is just by the way, I'm here to recruit new soldiers."

"If you want to recruit new blood for the Templars, then we shouldn't be so hasty."

"Oh? What do you think?"

"I personally feel that a framework and a system should be established so that these planets can continuously supply us with new blood."

Li nodded in agreement, "That's right, but if you want to achieve this goal, you will rely more on the behavior of the indigenous people below. We know very little about those people, so I decided to go down and have a look first. Do you want to go together? ?”

"It's such a blessing."

When the spiritual words rang in George III's mind, he knelt down in front of the statue of God excitedly. He thought his prayers had been answered, and he had heard the words of the God Emperor.

This behavior and misunderstanding made the person he was talking to very angry. It took a long time for the two to resume a rational conversation, and George III finally figured out the origin of the other party.

It is not difficult to guess that the first Pope George had already made corresponding arrangements before he left this world. These people were the envoys of the God Emperor from the starry sky, and they were people from the same world as Pope George I. .

They are people from outside the sky, living in the city in the sky. What kind of city is that? Is the earth paved with white clouds? Is the gate made of gold? George III's mind was filled with all kinds of magnificent imaginations. He dreamed that among the white clouds, a golden door appeared, the door opened, and angels flew out.

The next morning, the thirty-eight bells of the holy city of Vatican were ringing. This was an unprecedented prosperous time. The knights of the Knights of the Holy Shield put on the armor of kindness and rode white horses to follow George III and a group of cardinals. A small hill outside the Vatican where, according to the Pope, angels will descend.

What are angels like?

Although the knights have undergone strict training, they still can't help but talk about it at this moment. Even the Pope can't stand the excitement in his heart. It is said that she is a beautiful woman with white wings behind her back.

No, no, they are bearded uncles holding flaming swords to sweep away evil in the world.

Wrong, wrong, they have long flowing beards, long robes with wide sleeves, holding seven-star swords, and come riding on white cranes.

What kind of myth is this? Why have you never heard of it?

It's really ignorant. This is an Eastern myth. After finishing speaking, the person added proudly, "A yellow-skinned boy named Mu told me, it can't be false."