Warhammer 40,000: Mortal Gods

"It sounds like we're holding us back?"

Guilliman smiled and joked that the progress of Sanguinius and Jaghatai was faster than he imagined.

"If they are facing that ghost here." Ryan looked back at the iron ring, "then we have taken down these three worlds now."

Guilliman knew that Llane was telling the truth.

The main fleet is indeed making slow progress. The Ultramarines and the Dark Angels are two battle groups. One of these two groups has a large number of people that is not much different from the legion period, and the other is trying every means to maintain the organizational structure of the legion period.

The two main battle groups, plus other Space Marine chapters that were later assigned to the expedition, plus countless Astra Militarum, are not progressing as fast as the other two branch fleets.

However, the main fleet was previously dragged into the vortex of war by Fabius, which even Fabius himself was involved in, and then fought in the Iron Ring with the Iron Warriors and many other fallen knights and Space Marine traitors of the Titan Legion.

Plus Vashtor is opening web tunnels everywhere...

"We are almost finished here." Qin Mo looked out the porthole along Ryan's shoulder, "I guess we can make it in time to fight the decisive battle with the branch fleet on a planet like Medlengard."

"It seems yes now, at least those barriers have been broken down." Ryan nodded.

Of course Guilliman had the same view. He looked at Ryan, then at Qin Mo, and finally waved his hand to disperse everything on the tactical table: "The next thing is what I have to deal with. I have to do it." We need to prepare for the aftermath of this war from now on."

"So fast?" Qin Mo was surprised, "I know you like to plan ahead, but you don't want to start thinking about the aftermath before the expedition is successful. The branch fleet's attack may not go smoothly. Maybe we have to wait for us to arrive and fight for a while. , there’s no need to prepare for the aftermath so early, right?”

Guilliman, who had not rested since he entered the webway and was startled halfway through, now showed an obvious look of exhaustion.

Just from his look, Qin Mo could tell how difficult it was to deal with the aftermath, but he still didn't feel that this was something that he needed to start preparing for now.

In his vision, at least it was after the celebration ceremony at the end of the expedition.

"for example."

Guilliman raised his index finger.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs has increased the tithe tax standard by about thirty times for the sectors including the Belis Corona sector, the sector where the Cadia fortress world is located, and the sectors surrounding the Eye of Terror."

"Why is there such a high tax rate?"

"Because the war brought huge amounts of income to these places."

As he spoke, Guilliman looked at Qin Mo and Ryan.

The latter two were sitting together at this time, with expressions on their faces looking at the fun.

Guilliman continued to explain to the two men the need for him to start preparing for the aftermath now.

"Let's just talk about logistics and supply transportation."

"You should know that the investment boom in your sector is transport ships. A huge number of transport ships pass through the sector around the Eye of Terror. You can make a lot of money just by providing food and accommodation for the transport personnel."

"There are also many unofficial transport fleets. In order to put more transport ships into use faster and receive more orders, the shipbuilding group in the Tyrone sector directly began to invest in the industries of the empire world around the Eye of Terror, hiring imperial people as workers .”

"These huge profits have made some worlds that were permanently on the front lines of war prosperous and large, and they have also raised the tax standards of the Ministry of the Interior."

"But you can imagine that these economies will be affected when the war is over."

"If the tax standard is not lowered to match the economic situation after the expedition, the tithe can tax those worlds that have prospered due to the war to the point where everyone has to pay their own body hair as tax. Such an eye of fear The surrounding economy will collapse.”

After hearing what Guilliman said, Qin Mo suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter.

The Tyrone sector itself was not greatly affected, and the rationing system previously prepared for a long war was not implemented.

However, the chain effect caused by logistical supplies set off a "storm" around the Eye of Terror.

"Hmm..." Ryan scratched his scalp. He was not very interested in logistics matters, but as a Warmaster, he couldn't give Guilliman the feeling that he really didn't care, so he still thought about a question. , "By the way, I think fleet supply is becoming more and more efficient. It seems to have something to do with what you said."

"Of course." Guilliman nodded, "The most perfect void port is no longer exclusive to the Belis Corona sector. The Cadia galaxy built hundreds of giant void ports before I entered the webway with him. Airport, can it be less efficient?”

Qin Mo fell into deep thought.

The logistics supply plan was not formulated by him personally, but by the corresponding department in the sector.

Qin Mo could guess that in the later period, the expedition fleet was getting larger and larger, and the logistics requirements were getting higher and higher. As a result, in order to meet the logistics needs, the department contracted out a large amount of work that the engineering fleet could not complete.

"And there's something about honor and nobility."

Guilliman continued.

"This war is too huge, and there are too many people who need to get the glory and rewards they deserve. The Supreme Minister of Terra's decision is that those with higher military merits can directly ennoble and divide fiefs."

"These people were assigned to the originally extremely desolate planets around the Eye of Terror, and then they developed."

"On an entire planet, the entire population either produces weapons or serves in the military. There will be many military families on the planet who are registered based on the military ranks of their ancestors. These families hold weapons and lead the people on the planet to form a legion. , join the expedition.”

"There are many planets like this."

Guilliman only told two simple things that he needed to deal with in the future, two relatively simple things, and there were many more things that he didn't want to tell Qin Mo and Ryan out of sympathy. of.

There are also secret letters sent by the Supreme Minister of the High Lords Council of Terra to the Imperial Regent alone, in which Guilliman is persuaded to allow the High Lords Council to directly and violently suppress the areas around the Eye of Terror.

In order to prevent the economic impact of Talon on these sectors during the war from continuing after the war, causing the Baylis Corona sector, the Scarus sector, and that sector to become the same as the rebels organized to participate in the war during the Tyron defense war. The same little Cadia as the Cadia.

It was difficult for Guilliman to speak out in such an admonishment.

"By the way, should we have a decisive battle with the hoop?" Ryan directly changed the subject and said to Qin Mo.

"Uh-huh." Qin Mo nodded vigorously to cooperate with Ryan, "I have a plan, and that is to deploy the Star God directly after being ready."