Chapter 42 Homecoming

So Williamson had to explain carefully.

In short, Li's family has always had a relatively correct understanding of finance, and they also educate their children and grandchildren in this way. Therefore, Li's last governor naturally inherited the correct, advanced, and even philosophical concept of money from the Li family, that is, money only shows its value in its flow.

If the throne coin is not spent, it is meaningless. Money can neither be eaten nor worn, let alone used for fighting. The function of money is to spend. If not, what's the use of money? The practice of storing throne coins and many precious items in secret rooms by rich people in the countryside is really too terrible for the previous governor with advanced financial concepts, so the last governor of the Li family always seems to have a grudge against the throne coins, and he always tries to spend every penny. Of course, most of them are carried out in the name of investment.

Li took a few deep breaths and must admit that his concept of money still stays at the level of rural rich people. In Li's opinion, [Jing] Ji Xue is really a nonsense knowledge, so that money can turn out more money in the flow? Forget it, it's far less interesting than piling up throne coins in your own home and counting them when you have nothing to do. Fortunately, Li had a very tenacious spirit, and soon he accepted the reality. Li sighed and said, "Well, where did my last one spend this money?"

"Most of them are used for the transformation of Zhiyuan Star. Due to the limited strength of the family, it can only be completed with the efforts of generations. It is said that 9,000 years ago, Zhiyuan Star was still a wild planet. There is not even an atmosphere on the planet. People must wear space suits when walking on the surface of the planet, otherwise they will suffocate to death. However, after generations of efforts, today's Zhiyuan Star has become a garden planet.

It is not said, but the fact that the reason why Li had the position of heir of an aristocratic family in those years, he had to run out and follow the raven. On the one hand, it was because young people wanted to get out of the control of their elders and start a career alone, and on the other hand, it was because the conditions of Zhiyuan Star were really bad.

That was still nine thousand years ago. At that time, Zhiyuan Star was desolate and even single-celled creatures. There were only cold rocks and gravel on the planet. Surrounding the whole planet, the area with the best environment is three times harsher than the center of the Sahara Desert. The temperature can be as high as 80 degrees Celsius in the daytime. When the eggs are taken out of the refrigerator and dried for a while, they will become boiled eggs. At night, the temperature is like a roller coaster, and it quickly drops to minus 40 degrees. If someone spits out a mouthful of phlegm, the thick phlegm falling to the ground must make a crisp sound, and the phlegm has been frozen in the air.

At that time, Li would not pay attention to the star map, nor would he think about how much territory his family had, nor would he care about the position of the desolate planet under his feet in the Milky Way. What he has to do every day is to check whether the planting robots are working properly and ensure the normal operation of important machinery throughout the colony.

At that time, it was a troublesome thing to go out for a walk. There was no suitable atmosphere, and human beings could not get out of the eggshell colony without oxygen equipment.

In a word, this is a harsh planet. Most of the people who established colonies on this planet are crazy, and this madman is Li's elder.

As a result, things were really done by them.

What is Garden Planet? The whole planet is as beautiful as a garden. The living environment here is comfortable and the climate is suitable. People live in it as if they live in a garden. It is a beautiful place like a picture scroll, with beautiful towns, beautiful communities, green lawns, soft sunshine, clear lakes, and blue The sky and the sea. It's like heaven.

The hardships of building a dead planet into a garden planet can be imagined. Not to mention the energy and money invested, the royal coins spent can buy ten garden planets of the same level.

This is like a man named Yu Gong who decided to dig a mountain because there was a big mountain in front of the door, which was inconvenient to travel. Can't he move?

"I can really spend money indiscriminately. I didn't expect that they really did it." In his heart, he was half amazed and half helpless. "Forget it, it doesn't matter. How about the defense power of the Zhiyuan Galaxy?"

"There is a Governor's Guard on the ground, and in the air, we have a space fleet, which consists of twelve battleships and various small ships. Of course, although it is called a battleship, it is just a galactic civil war ship.

The so-called galactic civil warship refers, of course, to warships that are only suitable for sailing in the galaxy.

For a ship sailing in the Star Sea, if you want to sail across the galaxy, you must use the alien space jump navigation method. Such a "jump" is not enough without a different space engine, and the "jump" itself is also very demanding for ships. The Empire has strict control over such technology, and all ships that can sail across galaxies will be registered. And a ship with a different space engine that can enter a different space is not so easy to get, even for the interstellar consul. Therefore, most interstellar consuls will choose warships that can only sail in the galaxy as space guards.

"Twelve battleships!" It's quite a lot, at least a little more than expected. Tell me about my fleet. Do they belong to me?"

"Yes, my lord. The Zhiyuan Star Fleet will sail according to your will..."

Li's understanding of his territory is carried out in such conversation and study. In addition to studying, Li will also go to the silver wing to have a look. Occasionally, he will look at Luo Lang, who is in pain through the glass, but more time is to do simple physical exercise on the training ground, play the boxing skills he knows over and over again, silently feel the changes in his body, and wait to go again. The moment you go to the battlefield.

***

A month passed in a flash. At this time, the fleet had jumped three times and had already arrived in the Far East. It was at this time that Elizabeth walked out of her room for the first time, and she found the reading Lee directly in the study of the Black Rose.

"Hello, Elizabeth, what can I do for you?"

"Naturally, now it has reached the Far East, and the fleet will be disbanded soon."

"Disbanded?"

"In order to fight against the infiltration of the spirit clan, in this operation, the nuns will establish three strongholds in the Far East and a hidden sentry station. It's time for the fleet to embark on their own path here. Their destination is different from ours. The establishment of the stronghold and the counterattack launched on the planet Eden 5 will attract the attention of the spirit clan to the greatest extent. At this time, the sentry station will have enough time to obtain information.

"This kind of thing should be confidential information, right? Why did you tell me?"

"Did I say that I was telling the truth?"

"Okay," Li raised his hands and made a surrender. "So what can I do?"

"Help me set up a sentry station, and I need to 'rent' a planet from you. Any planet is fine without being noticed."

Li was slamed and asked doubtfully, "Is any planet OK with only the requirement of 'not being noticed'?"

"Yes," Elizabeth nodded and said, "Among the three galaxies you have, I think the Winter Solstice Galaxy is very good. If so, I hope to get the Winter Solstice Planet 3."

"Do you know that the nine planets in the winter solstice galaxy are all dead worlds?" Li's surprise was almost written on his face. Although he was very willing to throw Elizabeth and her people into the Winter Solstice Galaxy, so that the distance between the two had to be calculated according to light years, but Elizabeth took the initiative to put forward this, which made him somewhat uneasy. Li asked, "And it is not suitable for the winter solstice planet 3. Although human beings have a good atmosphere, it is full of rainforests, and huge trees cover the sky and the sun. It is a paradise for predatory monsters. There is no human habitation there, and it is not suitable for establishing settlements.

If the information is correct, then the Winter Solstice Planet 3 is a jungle world full of green vegetation. All kinds of predators haunt the shadow of trees. For example, it is completely a ten-fold cruel Jurassic park. Immigrants in such places pay far more than what they get, so except for explorers, no one has visited the planet, let alone build a house on it to settle down.

"The nuns don't come to such a place for pleasure. We are soldiers, and the difficult environment will only exercise our will. And you won't set up the base of the battle group in the civilized world, will you?

Li thought for a moment and then nodded and agreed. Although I don't understand what can make the nuns want to do, it is really a great choice to let Elizabeth and her people out of their sight and throw them into the winter solstice galaxy far away.

So things got a good start, and then the conversation became a little easier.

And it is very efficient.

There are two kinds of people in the world who can never reason. One is a woman, and there is no reason with women. Their brain circuits are very different from common sense. The other is the people in the court. The court does not need the truth of ordinary people, because they themselves represent the divine emperor, which is the greatest truth. . In front of Li was a combination of the two, a woman from the court, so Li had no intention of eloquence in front of Elizabeth.

Without polite greetings and meaningless conversation skills, the two quickly reached a consensus on some issues.

First of all, the vast majority of interstellar consuls must obey some obligations. Li has not gone crazy yet, so he has never thought of violating these common senses.

First of all, Li must establish an effective system to re-count and manage the psionics on his planet. If a black ship comes, you need to send them to the black ship. If not, those psionics need to be cleaned up regularly.

You must draw a clear line with the enemies of the empire. The planet ruled by Lee will unconditionally fight against any enemy of the empire and will never surrender.

Allow the trial court to establish three monasteries on Zhiyuan Star. Of course, the trial court will not station armed forces on Zhiyuan Star. These monasteries are not military facilities. These monasteries are used to accommodate orphan girls as the reserve force of the nuns. Of course, once these girls reach the age of 16, they will be Further and more demanding learning was carried out on the Winter Solstice 3 planet where Elizabeth is located.

This is also the tradition of the nuns, and it is also their way to supplement their soldiers. The orphan girls will be taken care of by the nuns, they will get food and clothing, and also receive a comprehensive religious education. It is hard to say that this is lucky or unfortunate for these orphan girls, but Li has no reason to refuse it.

Elizabeth's request is not too much. Considering that the trial court will become Lee's only source of intelligence for a long time in the future, and in this far east far away from the empire, there are still many places to rely on the trial court. Regardless of that kind of consideration, Li would not object. He completely accepted Elizabeth's proposal.

The matter was settled in this way. After sailing all the way, the huge fleet gradually dispersed. Finally, it was composed of the "Black Rose" belonging to Li, which belonged to Li himself. Now there is only one empty shelf, the "Silver Wing" of the Knights Templar and the "Justice Flame" of the Sisters. The fleet came to the imperial border post.

The fleet rested a little on the orbit of the border planet Aion. After the final supply was completed, the fleet of three ships continued to move forward. Due to the guidance of no "star moment light", the navigator could only lead the whole fleet to make a short-distance jump, compared with each previous jump. At a speed of thousands of light-years, this short-distance jump is as slow as a turtle crawling. Each short jump can only travel a distance of 4 to 5 light years. You can't exceed this limit. Longer jumps are difficult to predict, so they are very dangerous. The way of tidal flow in different spaces is complex and unstable, and ships that jump longer distances without the guidance of star moment light tend to yose.

The ship that left the starlight was like a car getting off the highway and coming to the muddy country road. After four jumps again, Li finally arrived at his destination.

The soft light emitted from the porthole of the ship and the stars that can see the far-reaching galaxy.

In the autumn of the 40th millennium of the Milky Way, after a long time of 9,000 years, Li finally returned to his hometown.

***

The space fleet composed of twelve battleships was greeted outside the Zhiyuan Galaxy. According to the ancient custom, the space fleet sounded a salute, and all kinds of gorgeous colors exploded silently in the dark space, like fireworks blooming in the night sky. After the short welcome ceremony, the fleet joined Lee's formation.

Soon, the mechanical servants connected the communication on the bridge. An old man with a delicate mustache on his lips appeared on the screen of the bridge. He gently twisted his beard with one hand and said, "Admiral Tlov of the Zhiyuan Galaxy. Yang greeted you and expressed his most sincere welcome on behalf of Zhiyuan Galaxy. Welcome home, Lord Governor.

Things went more smoothly than Li imagined. In fact, at first, Li was not very optimistic about his trip. After all, this was a huge power handover, which was so huge, dazzling and amazing. This is the throne of the rulers of the whole three galaxies. This is the position of the gods of many worlds, and almost no one will not covet this huge power. On earth, the position of a small section chief in a small company will cause a fierce and secret struggle in the office, and the throne of the country is enough to make the whole sea of blood war. Now, Li's power is much more powerful than these. No, seriously speaking, the two can't even be compared. The land Li owns is far greater than all the emperors on the earth, and the rights he has are much more than them. In the face of such huge power, who will not be crazy about it?

What's more, Li's power is still very weak. He is just an old man who wakes up from his sleep. He is loyal to him, his friends, his enemies, and his power have all been buried in the ancient time. Even the eternal battle group in the legend behind him has been hidden in the cloud of time. There is no trace in the smoke.

In the Zhiyuan galaxy, he has no power. He was just a person who woke up from history, and then fell from the sky and became the owner of this place because of his blood and surname.

Maybe you only need to kill a few people, or just kill a person like Li, you can complete a simple rebellion.

"This is impossible," Jacob, the curator of Lee's think tank, asserted on the way. "Maybe they can complete the assassination of you, but their rebellion will never succeed. Because behind you is the emperor and the empire. If they really do this, they may win a temporary victory, but they will soon be annihilated and crushed. The emperor will never tolerate traitors.

"The empire has thousands of worlds, and the emperor's army cannot be fought against by the forces of one or two galaxies. Reasonable people will not do such stupid things as betrayal, but in the face of such a huge power, it is easy for ordinary people to lose their minds.

"It's true. It's possible," Jacob nodded and said, "But I still stick to my idea. Your worry is really superfluous. Your rights are not contested. The former governor of Zhiyuanxing took the initiative to contact the House of Lords and proposed the handover of rights. According to the time when you woke up, it was obviously the first time after you got the news that you woke up, the governor of Zhiyuanxing couldn't wait to respond.

This is a little strange, but thinking that he will see the mysterious former governor soon, Li doesn't want to think too much.