By any reasonable standard, no royal house with any sense would allow a monopolist like the Li Family Chamber of Commerce to operate under its rule.
This had nothing to do with morality or the law.
It was simply an instinct of the ruling class.
"The reason is simple.
Because the Li Family Chamber of Commerce owns a Death Starship."
Xu Zhenzhi said mildly.
He hadn't raised his voice at all.
Yet his words rang in everyone's ears like a thunderclap!
"A Death Starship?
Sorry, excuse me. I shouldn't have questioned the Li Family Chamber of Commerce's right to its monopoly."
Shi Zunhou cried out.
"Then why is it the Mahan Kingdom and not the Li Kingdom?
No, what I mean is, why hasn't the Li Family Chamber of Commerce, with a Death Starship, replaced the Mahan Kingdom?"
Wu Baiyi was rarely so flustered.
"What does a Death Starship even look like?
Is it bigger than most Star Destroyers?"
Liu Zhi asked with disarming sincerity.
The others couldn't hold back their curiosity either, and crowded around, firing questions one after another about the key point: the "Death Starship."
Xu Zhenzhi had no idea where to begin answering.
In the end, Wang Dong spoke up in time and restored order.
Suddenly, he was curious too.
After all, there were no Death Starships in the Changpan River System, a class of Kindling Warship that ranked above Star Destroyers.
"I've never seen a Death Starship with my own eyes either.
Not just in the Zhongli 370 River System—even within the Tiangtang Empire, a Death Starship is something an ordinary citizen could go their whole life without ever encountering.
Every Death Starship is an important asset of the entire Kindling Human Civilization.
At the same time, every Death Starship usually bears a burden that