Chapter 58 Duchess
Etheras Capital Star.
At the time of the former Zhao and Song Empire, the Capital Star was the most central new Kaifeng Star in the whole Zhao and Song Empire. After the efforts of countless generations of the Zhao and Song Empire, it was finally built into a relatively economically developed green planet in the whole southwest but extremely suitable for human habitation. After Zagu came to power, he disliked that the new Kaifeng Star had too many shadows of the Zhao and Song Empire, so he abandoned it and re-established an extremely ordinary planet as the capital in the northern part of the Yuan Zhao and Song Empire, and changed its name to the same as the country, called Iselas Star.
After spending countless money, manpower and material resources, the planet finally became the capital star. Not only the wanton construction on the surface of the planet, but also the magnificent buildings rising from the ground, and elegant and gorgeous palaces. Even the spaceport of the Capital Star has been continuously expanded for several years. By now, it has exceeded the size of the new Kaifeng Star, but it is still under construction. However, the daily cargo throughput of this spaceport is not even half of that of the former Zhao and Song capital spaceport.
It costs hundreds of millions of people, but only for good looks good.
In the past few days, the throughput of goods has decreased by at least 40%. The reason is that it is said that a group of murderous felones escaped from prison, and the whole empire was searching for them, and the inspection was very strict. If the goods are still in and out as before, the time required will increase by at least three times, fuel consumption will increase by 1.5 times, and many materials that are already weak in profit will cause huge losses. Only those lucrative luxury goods, or government necessities, which do not have to bear trade risks, will be shipped as before.
It is not only the merchants on the capital star who have suffered a lot, but also the soldiers responsible for the inspection are also complaining about this matter.
"Fuck, I don't understand. It's enough to set up cards in other places to check. Why does Capital Star also set up checkpoints?"
A soldier looked impatient and scolded at a group of people who had just come from the rail elevator and seemed to be about to board the boat. The number of people in that group is about 100, all of whom are old men and women with chicken skin and crane hair, but their faces are ruddy. Some old people look extremely rich. They eat big and round waists and wear brand-name clothes. At first glance, they come from rich families.
"Hey, all of you old guys come over and line up for me to be examined."
The young soldiers shouted loudly and did not treat this group of people as people at all, and their words were full of insulting words. The inspection day and night for several days has made these soldiers extremely irritable, and rarely beat and scolded. The soldiers of the Ithra Empire have a high social status, and their wages and benefits are very good. Ordinary people dare not offend them. They are obediently under inspection. Even if they are beaten and scolded, they can only swallow their anger.
However, at present, the soldiers as usual immediately aroused the dissatisfaction and anger of the old men and women.
Surrounded by a group of old people, the soldiers still looked arrogant and pointed to them and shouted harshly, "What do you old people want to do? Do you dare to openly besiege imperial warriors to rebel? Brothers, come to me and arrest these old men. I want them to let them know the consequences of offending me. Humph, a group of immortal guys have lived for a long time in vain and don't even have this in their eyes.
"Who is immortal? Whose old man are you?"
There is a fat woman with a big mouth full of blood, staring at him viciously with small mung bean-sized eyes. The corners of the fat woman's eyes drooped, with a slender pale eyebrow on it. The fat on her face was pouting and covered with thick powder. As soon as she spoke, she brushed down.
The soldier glanced at her and was so scared by her appearance that he almost spit out the overnight meal.
"Damn it, are you a ghost? Damn, it's not your fault for being ugly. It's your fault to run out and scare people. Get out of here, damn it, I really don't want to beat you. I'm tired of seeing you fat and beat you? I'm afraid of getting my hands dirty.
"You, you..." The fat woman was so angry that her eyes were widened, and her fat body trembled. She pointed her fat fingers at the soldier and was so angry that she couldn't even speak.
"What am I? Why, do you still want to bite me?" The soldier gave her a blank look and was not afraid of her.
The fat woman took a deep breath and finally became less excited. She said fiercely, "Kid, you're dead. Which fleet are you from? Who is your commander? Let him apologize to me immediately!"
"You fat woman still want to see our commander. Dream about it. Our second fleet is one of the only two royal fleets. The commander is a real marquis. Can a fat woman like you see it?
"Second Fleet? OK, OK..."
The fat woman didn't talk to him. She opened her wrist-style light brain and pressed it a few times, and said quickly with two thick and fat lips: "Dicario? I'm your Aunt Sekadrin... Yes, my husband is Berkanster... How did you teach your men a lesson? We finally had time to go out, and we were stopped by your checkpoint and insulted us... Humph, they also slandered us for rebelling and locked us all up... ...Okay, I'll wait for you to give me an explanation."
Turning off the communicator, the fat woman stared at the soldier, ignored him, and stood aside with her arms in her arms.
The soldier was stunned and suddenly remembered, as if the name of the commander of his fleet was called Diario... Where did he hear the name of Berkanster? After thinking about it carefully, he finally remembered where he had heard the name. A few days ago, the Ministry of Military Affairs asked every soldier to recite it skillfully. The spirit of the document seems to be issued by Berkunst...
Then, his cold sweat flowed down and looked at the old men and women around him. He didn't leave, nor did he leave. He looked at the fat woman begly, but in exchange for the other party's white eyes.
Just as he was considering whether to kneel down and apologize to the disgusting fat woman, a rapid footsteps came from the side. As soon as he looked up, he saw a middle-aged man in a high-quality military uniform, wearing a general's cloak, and a row of shining stars on his shoulders came over with a pale face.
"Aunt..." The general lowered his head and walked to the fat woman and greeted him respectfully. The fat woman didn't look at him. She hummed and turned to one side.
The general smiled helplessly on his face, and then he saw a group of old men and women next to him. When he recognized him a little, a cold sweat suddenly flowed down. What are these people? The old man is the uncle of a certain count, and the old woman who looks old is the mother of a certain marquis. The lady with a bad face and high cheekbones over there seems to be the cousin of a certain Duke...
When did these people gather together as if they were going to travel? Why didn't they receive the notice?
But at the time, he dares not ask more. Although he is a marquis and a powerful marquis with military power, not even half of these people can offend.
Next, his eyes fell on the soldier who had collapsed to the ground. It was this guy who was scolded by the Duchess in front of so many noble relatives. Damn it. At this moment, Dicario couldn't wait to take out his gun and kill him on the spot, but his aristocratic status still restrained him, although his aristocratic status was only promoted in recent years.
"Come on, tie him up and take him away. I'm going to interrogate him in person."
Dicario said coldly, and immediately several wolf-like soldiers came forward and tied him up a solid one.
"Auntie, look..."
The fat woman held her head high, looked at him disdainfully, hummed, and said to the old man and woman next to him, "Let's go."
Dicario smiled bitterly and saw the man board the spaceship before shaking his head and returning to his office. Along the way, he wondered why so many nobles went out without being notified. Suddenly, he thought of a question.
Those people didn't even bring bodyguards!
Is it...
Diario's face suddenly changed greatly. He immediately turned on the communicator, found a name and dialed it.
"Duke Burkster."
A pale and thin man appeared on the screen. As soon as he saw him, a smile appeared on his face and said kindly, "It's Dicario. Didn't you say that? Just call me uncle. What, what can I do for you?"
"Your Excellency, I want to ask, is your aunt out today?"
The thin man frowned slightly and seemed to be reluctant to mention the man. After thinking about it for a long time, he said doubtfully, "I'm not very clear. You know, I'm busy with my business and rarely go back to the Duke's Palace..."
I'm afraid he doesn't want to face that disgusting wife... Dicario only dares to think about this sentence in his heart, but he dares not say it. He immediately laughed and said, "The Duke is really dedicated to the country and works hard. Well, just now, when I was at the airport port, I saw my aunt and a group of nobles. They boarded a spaceship as if they were going to travel somewhere. In addition to my aunt, I saw the mother of the Marquis Sally and the cousin of the Duke of Oraya..."
Before he finished his words, he was interrupted by the other party.
"This is impossible. I was still eating at the Marquis Sally's house at noon. I heard that the mother of the Marquis Sally fell when she got up in the morning and broke her leg. Now she is still lying in the nutrition cabin and has not come out. However, when I met the Duke today, I heard him say that he was going to travel somewhere.
Dicario is a little confused. Are those people real or not?
The Duke continued in the communicator: "... Besides, you may not know the one in my family, but I know very well when she is interested in traveling, and you often see her. Do you think she looks like a person who likes to go out..."
Dicario couldn't hear what the Duke said later. There is only one thought in his mind now, that is... a group of guys disguised as nobles slipped away from under their own eyes...
He stood up, regardless of what the Duke was still saying, and then he ended the name of his subordinate. When he was about to dial the order to intercept the spacecraft, the communicator suddenly rang. It was his subordinate.
"Your Excellency, it's not good." His subordinate looked pale and angry.
A bad foreboding made Dicario ask urgently, "What happened?"
"Your Excellency, a group of rebels have kidnapped dozens of nobles. They have boarded the spaceship to reassure them within three minutes, otherwise they will kill one in less than a minute. I just communicated with them, and what they said is true. I saw the cousin of Duke Elanya and her DNA verification sequence, which is definitely herself..."
Diario shook his body twice, held the table hard, and said feebly, "Notify the Military Secretary of the Military Department immediately and find a way to stabilize them. I will rush to the cosmic port immediately..."
He was weak and tidying up his military uniform and touching the shoulder. He knew that it would be difficult for him to sit down in this position after this incident.