1265, Shipwrights' Conference
The wedding with Adele-Ulan is just an episode.
It was the idea of Tang Xiao's wedding manager Yarno to hold the wedding at this time, because she said that if she waited until Rendili's affairs were settled before marrying Adele-Ulan, this will really make this wedding seem like a transaction, and in this transaction where it seems that one hand pays the money and the other hand delivers the goods, Tang Xiao seems to be the inferior party.
Because one thing that must be made clear is that this time it is Rendili, it is Urlan family who comes to ask for Tang Xiao, not the other way around.
So now, coming to such a wedding in the midst of war has become an action to make Urlan family bow his head and submit - yes, this is also an exchange of interests.
Bangjila-Ulan Although he was a little reluctant, things had reached this point and he had to bow his head.
He has publicly fallen out with Galactic Republic, and now his only support is Separatists, Confederacy of Independent Systems, Dawn Star Planet, and Tang Xiao.
He gave up his family's beloved youngest daughter, and bound the interests of his family and company to Tang Xiao, taking a step that meant a 180-degree turn in the 25,000-year history of his family's development.
Although there is still a lot of room for maneuver in confirming Adele-Ulan as the first heirs of the family and company, it does not mean that the family and company are really handed over to Tang Xiao, but after all, there is no turning back.
For Tang Xiao, he ended the wedding hastily and rushed to the space port immediately, preparing to take the shuttle to Planet Defense Fleet. He must also ensure that the fleet is under his control.
Bangjila-Ulan are also very busy. Tang Xiao told him to get control of the orbital defense platforms around Rendili Planet. To do this, he must get enough support on Shipwrights' Conference.
Shipwrights' Conference is actually a parliament-like organization within Rendili StarDrive.
Rendili StarDrive When Galactic Republic was first established, it was just a shipyard, and then it achieved its current scale through continuous development and mergers.
When they first started their business, the ancestors of Urlan family would hold meetings in the warehouse with the bosses of several of their factories, workshops and shipyards to discuss the next shipbuilding plan.
What kind of ship to build, how to build it. There are no advanced quantum auxiliary devices, no super artificial intelligence that performs countless calculations per second, there are just countless drawing tools, basic computer hosts and the rough hands of shipwrights that are full of the smell of engine oil.
That's how they were. Twenty-five thousand years ago, when mankind had just entered the starry sky, they hammered out the Galactic Republic first-generation battleship hammer by hammer.
Twenty-five thousand years have passed, and Shipwrights' Conference, which was once held in a warehouse, has now become a top summit where waving your hand means the flow of hundreds of billions of funds.
But tradition is still tradition.
Rendili StarDrive is such a traditional company.
Now Rendili StarDrive owns a total of more than 5,200 interstellar docks, of which more than 3,700 are near Rendili Planet. The ownership of these shipyards is scattered in the hands of more than 1,200 shipyard owners, and these shipyard owners also jointly constructed the main body of Rendili StarDrive through Shipwrights' Conference.
Urlan family, as the leader of Rendili StarDrive, has more than 1,000 interstellar shipyards directly under their control. To put it another way, Urlan family directly controls a quarter of Rendili StarDrive's industrial production capacity, not counting the shipyards they indirectly control.
This time, in the face of unprecedented changes in Rendili Planet and Rendili StarDrive twenty-five thousand years, Shipwrights' Conference was also convened again.
Bangjila-Ulan walked up to the rostrum seriously, facing the hundreds of shipyard owners present, and said his opening remarks solemnly, "As I said before, Galactic Republic has been plotting to seize our Rendili assets for a long time, and now their conspiracy has finally surfaced. And what I have to do is to resist! Resist Galactic Republic! And then find a path of our own!"
There was an uproar in the audience, and several shipyard owners immediately objected loudly. They stood up and said, "What you call resisting Galactic Republic and not letting Galactic Republic seize our assets will result in handing over our assets to Separatists? Apart from the fact that we will break out a war among our own Homeworld, what is the difference between the two!?"
"If you want to resist Galactic Republic, you Urlan family go on your own! Don't take us with you!"
Bangjila-Ulan seemed not to hear these objections. He just continued to talk to himself, "Not long ago, I just handed over the position of Rendili StarDrive Executive Director to the youngest daughter of our family. Adele-Ulan, and now she has married Governor of Dawn Star Planet Mr. Tang Xiao. Now Rendili StarDrive will officially become a member of Confederacy of Independent Systems."
The opposition in the audience was even louder. Some shipyard owners even jumped on the table and cursed Bangjila-Ulan.
Looking at the noisy crowd in the audience, a strange smile gradually appeared on Bangjila-Ulan's face. He whispered something into the microphone, not caring whether lowering his voice would be drowned out by the noise in the audience.
"Look... this is Shipwrights' Conference. This is where the ancestors of Urlan family stood twenty-five thousand years ago. But have our ancestors ever thought that when our company was facing annihilation, these shipwrights were not thinking about how to save the company, but how to survive alone..."
He looked up at the ceiling and sighed, "It's ironic... It's ironic... Only today do I really realize that Rendili is really old..."
The shouting and cursing in the audience has intensified, and some shipyard owners even turned around and wanted to leave.
However, those shipyard owners who wanted to leave were surprised to find...
The door to the venue is blocked!!
The smile on Bangjila-Ulan's face became brighter and brighter. He grabbed the microphone and shouted loudly, "Do you think I'm here to discuss with you guys? No no!! Hahahahaha!! Today, I'm here to play the ending movement for this Shipwrights' Conference event that has been going on for 25,000 years!!!"
As soon as he raised his hand, dozens of mechanical spheres rolled in from the passage around the venue.
As these mechanical spheres stopped and unfolded, beetle-style robots with simple structures and twin blaster machine guns installed on their hands surrounded the entire venue.
Destroyer droid!! -
What to do, what to do... The description of Adele-Ulan makes me have the urge to go under the knife...