Resurrection Empire

Gruen Augustus realized that he had made a mistake and quickly contacted his father again.

This time, Southgate, who was originally confident, felt that there was nothing he could do and fell into confusion. Then he gave up the struggle and only let the ineffective second son do things easily. He stayed there for as long as he could and got as many people as he could, and then he accepted it calmly. fail.

After hanging up the call, Southgate rubbed his temples. There were so many thoughts in his mind that he couldn't sort them out clearly.

He came across a precedent that was difficult to find even if he searched through the history books of the empire.

I don’t know what kind of ecstasy soup Ren Zhong poured into those people to make these untouchables like frogs in the well devoted to him.

But there is another possibility. In the long history of the Mechanical Empire, it was rare for a Count to serve as the head of a Seeker colony.

It's not completely absent, but it's really rare. Usually it's just some high-ranking nobles who are originally earls who go on a ticket-type trip to enrich their life experience.

As for a colonist like Ren Zhong, who was originally a lowly colonist, but suddenly emerged in a very short period of time before returning home, rose to prominence, and was promoted three levels in a row to become an earl, it was even rarer and rare to find in a thousand years.

"Perhaps becoming a subject of an earl is indeed very attractive to these low-level commoners who have never seen the world. What's more, the earl is still a fellow countryman, so even though Gruen has revealed the truth, these people still retain their reservations. Do you have expectations that you shouldn’t have?”

Southgate said to himself.

At this moment, he couldn't help but regret.

If he had known this, when Uncle Nanxiang's cronies contacted him, he should not have agreed so simply and stood so clearly. Now it's a bit difficult to ride a tiger. The Yuan Xingbo's methods, which are still shallow, seem to be far stronger than imagined.

With some tangled thoughts, Southgate tried to contact the steward of Nanxiang Earl's Mansion, intending to use this person to test Liu An's tone.

Unfortunately, the other party told him that Uncle Nan Xiang had entered cryo-sleep as planned and had no intention of wasting his precious and limited life on such a trivial matter.

The follow-up actions against Yuan Xingbo will be fully responsible for the Secret Service under the jurisdiction of Nanxiang Earl's Mansion, led by him.

They will fully implement Nanxiang Bo's will without any wavering.

In Liu An's long life, he actually encountered a similar situation more than once.

But the loyal dogs of Earl's Mansion can always solve Uncle Nanxiang's problems.

Same this time.

The other party's attitude was so resolute that Southgate did not dare to test him with words. Instead, he had to ensure that everything was under control and reassure the other party.

After hanging up the call, Southgate sighed.

He knew very well that there was no turning back when the bow was fired.

Time passed little by little, and the shuttle ship finally arrived outside the atmosphere of Nanjiu b.

There are a large number of large and small aircraft orbiting the surface of this blue planet.

There are even some giant man-made aircraft with a diameter of more than a thousand kilometers operating along long-distance orbits.

The staggered orbits and mutual distances of these man-made aircraft are controlled to a very delicate level, enough to maintain the balance of gravity.

Ren Zhong originally thought that he would be challenged on the landing, but after receiving his request for landing, a fast spacecraft immediately detached from the nearby large space station, quickly approached him, and interacted with him. He establishes data links.

The people on this multi-functional spacecraft were very respectful and said: "Welcome to the Earl. I am Dee Bowlen, the first-level officer of the Foreign Affairs Section of the Military and Political Department of the South Nine System. Please set the spacecraft to automatic follow mode. I will lead You go to the Viscount’s Palace.”

Obviously, this Di Paulan served in the Nanjiu Military and Political Office, but he was not a direct descendant of the Augustus family.

Perhaps this person didn't even know that the Augustus family had chosen to take sides and planned to become enemies with Ren Zhong, so he showed the respect he deserved when facing the earl.

Ren Zhong was polite and replied: "Thank you, thank you for your hard work. Please."

Dee Paulan, who was sitting in the multi-functional spacecraft, was stunned for a moment when he heard his polite greeting.

In his not-so-short life, this was the first time he communicated directly with the Imperial Earl.

Forget about the count, he never even talked to the viscount.

He never thought that a count would show no pretense at all and say "Thank you for your hard work" to him who only did a small job of leading the way.

This feeling lingered in his heart, and it was difficult to describe it in words.

Ren Zhong didn't know what his basic human sophistication left in other people's hearts. He was only a little surprised as to why the multi-functional spaceship delayed for five seconds before it started to cross the complicated three-dimensional traffic line and fall down.

Ren Zhong speculates that it may be due to the existence of space pirates that landing on the surface of the planet requires more security checks.

Twenty minutes later, his shuttle slowly landed on the edge of a huge lawn.

Before landing, he looked down from a high altitude.

This is a very large garden city covering an area of ​​more than one hundred square kilometers.

But according to Di Bowron's description, this was actually just the Viscount's Mansion of the Ninth Viscount Nan.

On several other solid planets and liquid planets in the Nanjiu Galaxy, Viscount Nanjiu also holds several smaller palaces.

He felt quite shocked.

The entourage team headed by Ou Youning in the shuttle ship was even more shocked.

Looking back on those days, tens of thousands of people were crowded into a small space in Xinghuo Town. A group of people who were just members of a semi-professional scavenging team were crowded into a small courtyard. They had to go to the centralized sleeping cabin to crowd into dormitories every night. They were exhausted. He couldn't even imagine that a family could occupy an area comparable to the capital of Source Star and use it as a residence.

This person compares to others and compares to dead people.

After stepping off the airship, Ren Zhong still did not see Southgate Augustus. There was only a servant who looked like a servant waiting here. He led everyone to the conveyor belt and pointed at the conveyor belt boredly.

"Take this passage and go directly to the Viscount's living room, please."

Di Baolun, who was observing from the side, saw this and his expression changed slightly.

Ren Zhong didn't say anything, he just led the team to step on it himself.

Fortunately, there is a gravity locking device on the conveyor belt, which prevents everyone from being thrown off due to rapid movement.

Ten minutes later, Ren Zhong and others appeared in the living room.

At this moment, Southgate Augustus was finally willing to move his precious butt off the chair, walked slowly to Ren Zhong, cupped his hands, and said, "Welcome to you, Your Majesty the Earl, I am sorry to say that I have missed you so much." .”

Ren Zhong rolled his eyes and looked around, but didn't find a chair. He said with amusement, "I don't think you look too ashamed."

With that said, he walked over to Southgate as if he was doing his job, walked quickly to the only chair in the high seat with the word "Nanjiu" written on it, sat down, and crossed his legs.

Southgate obviously didn't expect this sneak attack, and secretly cursed him for being careless.

He was not as crazy as his son, who dared to ask an earl to stand up and give up his seat to him. In desperation, he had no choice but to walk to Ren Zhong's side, slightly cupped his hands, and said straight to the point: "This time I invite the Earl to come here mainly for three things."

"Say." Ren Zhong leaned back, and Ou Youning, who was very discerning, took a step forward and took out a delicate enamel tea cup from his hand like a magic trick, and put it into Ren Zhong's hand, which was quite dog-legged.

Moreover, Ou Youning's positioning is also very particular. He happens to be on Ren Zhong's right hand side, with Southgate on the other side, one on the left and one on the right, as if he is a guardian on the left and right.

Southgate's expression changed slightly and he cursed in his heart.

I thought that Ren Zhong was just a country bumpkin who didn't understand etiquette, but I didn't expect that he had quite a lot of tricks. Didn't this imply that I was the same as his untouchable servant?

Holding back his displeasure, Southgate secretly gritted his teeth and said: "The first is the transfer of ownership of Yuanxing Commercial Transportation Company. I have sent the electronic files about the ownership of the company to your personal system, Lord Earl. This bag It’s a paper document.”

Ren Zhong raised his eyelids, Ou Youning stepped forward, took the paper document from the other party's hand, and threw it back. A professional business assistant from the Yersun family opened the document bag and began to verify it one by one. .

But on the other side, Southgate added: "Due to many changes in Yuanxing, our nine companies have managed Yuanxing's commercial operations for many years. In order to maintain the business operations of the company, we have invested..."

Ren Zhong raised his eyelids, "Where's the profit? You make up the profit for me, and I'll give you management fees, otherwise don't mess around. Southgate Augustus, did you make any mistakes? Cognition? Do you think I can really be bullied by you? Just because I took the initiative to come to your Nanjiu B does not mean that I really don’t understand the rules of the empire. I just thought that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. You are the military and political director of the Nanjiu system. Nanjiu C is indeed under your control in terms of administrative divisions, so I give you this face. But I hope you won't be shameless so that you can take care of yourself."

The second half of Southgate's words suddenly got stuck in his throat, and his face turned red.

He didn't expect that Ren Zhong's attack would be so sudden.

"What the Earl said is absolutely true. The first thing has been revealed. Next, there is the second thing. The source star super network node was originally leased to the empire by our nine viscount families, and now since the trace seekers The colony has completed its return journey. According to the Imperial Lease Management Act, the lease term is automatically terminated and we have to repay..."

Ren Zhong raised his hand again, "First of all, what you are renting is only the core program of the supernet node, but it does not include the large-scale grid computing center that the Source Star civilization improved and built based on Source Mercury. Secondly, after leaving Before the Lookout Space Station, I had entrusted the Royal Viscount Wen Yuanbo to pass on my behalf and initiated an application to the Imperial Ministry of Commerce to privatize the Source Star Supernet node at the price of my combat merit points. The relevant documents have just been sent to me, you You can take a look. Therefore, from now on, the supernet node of our Source Star Fleet has nothing to do with you."

Looking at the electronic document signed and sealed by the Imperial Ministry of Commerce, Southgate was dumbfounded on the spot, "This..."

He didn't expect that his second move would also be ambushed by Ren Zhong.

After pausing for a moment, Southgate said cruelly again, "The ownership of Tracer No. 154332..."

He didn't finish his sentence.

Ren Zhong interrupted him again.

"The ownership of Tracer No. 154332 is indeed in your hands. I think even if I want to buy it from you, you won't agree. After all, you are Liu An's dogs, and Liu An regards me as his enemy. There is nothing I can do about it. ." Ren Zhong shrugged, "However, I have to explain the objective situation clearly to you. Many core departments of my fleet are now on the seeker spacecraft, and they will not be able to be moved away in a while. There are also many residents living on the spacecraft. , so I will offer you a lease at the market price until I complete the landing. The lease contract is here. You have to agree whether you agree or not. If you want to take it by force, you can only resort to force. You You can come and give it a try. See which one of your people will die first, or which one of my people will be unable to bear it first."

In front of his own people, Ren Zhong seemed very timid and overestimated the combat power of the Augustus family. But when he arrived at Nanjiu B, Ren Zhong did the opposite and deliberately appeared confident.

What he was betting on was that the other party was afraid of his record of defeating the fourth-class Imperial Ship, and was unsure of the true armed strength of the Source Star Fleet.

As expected, Southgate was severely stunned by his blow to the head. He gritted his teeth and was speechless for a long time.

Ren Zhong smiled again, "I won't embarrass you. According to the Empire's supplementary regulations for the secret service management of the trace-finding colony, situations like the Source Star Fleet have not never happened. I can indeed legally extend the lease period by twenty Years. As long as you can waive the rent for me, I can make a clear promise to you to return the Tracker spacecraft on time twenty years later. How about that?"

Southgate rolled his eyes when he heard this.

Since meeting Ren Zhong, he has never had the upper hand, and now he can be considered an advantage.

Considering the environment of Nanjiu C and the impact of the ant colonies previously launched there, it is absolutely impossible for the Source Star Fleet to complete all landings in just twenty years.

When the time comes, if he and others take away the Tracer spacecraft, they will inevitably cause heavy damage to Ren Zhong.

Southgate secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he would be exhausted throughout today.

Fortunately, you swelled.

"Okay! It's settled!"

Southgate was decisive.

After Ren Zhong and his party left with satisfaction, Southgate immediately communicated with the head of the Secret Service of Nanxiang Earl's Mansion.

He played a little trick and said: "In compliance with the request of the Earl, I have successfully forced Ren Zhong to actively use his precious military achievements to exchange for the ownership of the super network node. In addition, I have established a letter of agreement with him, requiring him to use it no later than the second The seeker spacecraft must be exchanged in ten years. By then, based on the natural environment of Nanjiu C and my previous arrangements, the Source Star fleet will definitely still be wandering in space. Without the seeker spacecraft, it will be extremely painful to keep it. In addition, I have begun to make arrangements to have many companies and nobles in the Nanjiu system impose a strict resource, trade, and economic blockade on Nanjiu C. I guarantee that he will never be able to easily buy any materials, nor will he have any A way to generate revenue.”

The head of the Secret Service of Nanxiang Earl's Mansion was really happy when he heard this, and immediately set up a matchmaking process to finalize a trade route to the outside of the star cluster for the Augustus family, which was considered a return favor.