"Yuri, do you remember the days in Adeptus Arbites's prison?"
Fu Haoran asked a question that stopped Yuri in his tracks, and the expression on his face instantly became unnatural.
"Remember."
"Then you know that most of the people inside were forced in?" Fu Haoran raised his eyes and looked at him.
"Lower Hive people work more than twelve hours a day and will not live to be forty years old. Do you think they are human beings?"
Yuri's Adam's apple moved, and his voice was stiff. "I know, but this is the rule of this world."
"From the day Hive City was built, the people of Lower Hive have been treated as consumables."
"You and I climbed out from there too. I know it better than anyone else."
"If we want to change this rule, we are making an enemy of the ruling class of the entire galaxy."
The office suddenly became quiet.
This is the logic of this fucked up world. The lives of civilians never matter.
"Fu, you are too young. Rogue Trader represents capital. Their rules themselves are superior to those of the nobility."
"If you want to be the savior, they can make you the public enemy of the entire galaxy and leave you dead without any body parts!"
Of course Fu Haoran knows this. He admits that every Rogue Trader Dynasty is a great being, but those ordinary Rogue Trader are the interstellar version of the East India Company, vampires that clearly put human lives, planets, and power on all.
The hereditary nobles represented by Victor just want to hold on to their one-third of an acre of land and continue to suck blood.
And the capital represented by Reck, for the sake of profit, can turn the entire galaxy upside down and drain everyone to the last drop of blood.
The latter was more ruthless, more shameless, and even more disgusting to him.
Fu Haoran has no intention of giving in. "After all, people are not commodities, let alone consumables."
"Since you've offended them all, let's do it more thoroughly."
Fu Haoran's ferocity came to a head and he ordered:
"First, order the shipyard to come up with a complete construction plan for the system's trade fleet within three months, giving priority to building armed cargo ships."
"We do our own trade, we don't need to look at Rogue Trader's face."
"Second, speed up the progress of cooperation with Machine Cult and prioritize the self-production and research of precision equipment."
"We must have our own complete industrial chain and cannot rely on others for anything."
Yuri was completely stunned.
This is the rhythm of fighting people to the end.
Crazy?!
"Anyway, it won't be over for a while... If it gets to that point, it won't be too late for me to run away."
Yuri muttered and left, feeling inexplicably more at ease.
Although following such a governor is always on tenterhooks, at least... he is a lunatic who treats people as human beings.
At the same time, Governor's Office is at the end of the corridor.
Reck met an old acquaintance when he was "invited" out by the guards.
"You were kicked out too?"
Reck saw Victor leaning against the wall, his face not much prettier than his, and his eyes full of gloom.
The two looked at each other and instantly read the exact same dissatisfaction in each other's eyes.
Victor raised his chin and pointed to the empty room next to him.
"Let's talk?"
The two of them turned into the empty room at the end of the corridor, and the heavy alloy door clanged shut behind them.
"That madman... he wants to seize my fleet! He wants me to die here!" Reck was indignant.
"He also wants to turn my ancestral home into a school and let a group of Lower Hive untouchables go there to study." Victor sneered.
The two were silent.
After a long time, Reck suddenly raised his head, his eyes full of sternness. "We can't let him continue to behave like this. He is a lunatic and doesn't understand the rules at all!"
Victor is waiting for this sentence.
The reason why he didn't leave was because he was waiting for Reck's attitude.
"I know that many family members and branches of the rebel nobles have fled to the second largest Hive City Sigar."
"We can organize all these people and take revenge on Fu Haoran."
Reck's eyes lit up instantly. Sijiaer Hive City was formerly the fortress Hive City. Void Shield is complete, with many heavy turrets and extremely thick walls, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
More importantly, it holds the empire's early autonomy permit and has an embassy of nobles from outer systems inside.
Once attacked, other Planetary Governor can exit directly.
The assets of those fleeing nobles in Alpha Hive City are gone, but it does not mean that they have no wealth in other planets or other Hive City.
As long as these people are united, he can not only get back his ship and goods, but also gain the exclusive trading rights of the entire galaxy, and there will be more customers than less.
"Can you mobilize these people?"
Victor nodded and added, "As long as we make a little effort to shape Fu Haoran into a rebel who overthrows the imperial order and massacres the nobles, the entire Little Manting Star System nobles will be willing to send troops to support us."
Reck immediately felt that this matter was a sure thing. After all, Sijiaer Hive City had strong troops and advanced weapons. Apart from low production capacity and lack of resources, it was almost invulnerable.
"Yes. But after the matter is completed, I want corresponding benefits." Reck once again returned to the shrewdness of a businessman.
"After this is done, I want the exclusive trading rights of Si-Sai IV Planet."
"All minerals will be mined first, and all imports and exports will be taken care of by me."
Victor frowned slightly. The exclusive trade right means that the import and export of the entire planet must be controlled by others. Even if Hive City is taken back in the future, it will depend on Reck's face.
But he thought of Fu Haoran's face and gritted his teeth, "Okay. As long as you can help me get Alpha back, I'll give you all this."
In Victor's view, what was ceded was nothing more than the planet's land, and what was exploited was nothing more than the untouchables of Lower Hive. As long as Alpha Hive City could get back its ruling power and keep its aristocratic privileges, the price paid was simply not worth mentioning.
Reck stretched out his hand with satisfaction.
"But before that, you need to do something for me." Victor said.
"I know that many nobles are still trapped in this Hive City. We need to get them out."
Reck thought for a while and said, "I just have a way to keep Fu Haoran busy for a while."
"What are you going to do? Be careful not to be discovered by him." Victor reminded.
"Haha, don't worry. A sect hiding in Underhive is being targeted by Adeptus Arbites recently. Just let them kill Arbitrator, killing two birds with one stone. Fu Haoran is busy investigating the case, and there is no time to control you out of the city."
Victor didn't ask any more questions, "Okay, send the people out first, and we'll talk about the rest later."
As an ally in the conspiracy, Victor is indifferent to the specific operations. After all, how much trouble can a sect cause?
On the other side, Fu Haoran looked at Hive City who was on the right track and felt that he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, the office door was slammed open.
Wade said in a panic, "Sir, something big has happened!"
"Adeptus Arbites Arbitrator Horn Kronos died at home"
"... There are rumors that you ordered the assassination, saying that you wanted to control Adeptus Arbites."
The smile on Fu Haoran's face disappeared instantly. What do you want Adeptus Arbites to do?
Giving yourself more chores?
But Fu Haoran knows all too well the weight of Arbitrator.
They are imperial envoys sent directly to local areas by the empire. They are the walking imperial laws, equivalent to the imperial guards + the supreme court High Judge.
Killing him would be like slapping the empire directly in the face.
What's more important is that someone actually poured dirty water on him!
If it is not handled properly, Astra Militarum's counter-insurgency fleet, and even Inquisitor, will come directly over, and the entire planet will be destroyed.
Of course, there is another thing that worries Fu Haoran the most.
That is, according to the usual practice, if a planet is in chaos, we will see if Adeptus Arbites is finished.
As the first insurance for a planet, once Adeptus Arbites is destroyed, it basically indicates that big trouble is coming.
Fu Haoran was about to get up when the system prompt appeared:
[Trigger series of tasks: Haze]
[Task Difficulty: S]
[Task introduction: Whether the judge was killed accidentally or deliberately, we must find out, otherwise we will be in big trouble]
[Task requirement: Find out the truth behind the murder of Arbitrator within 96 hours]
[Task reward: Free attribute points +3, obtain Adeptus Arbites command authority, Machine Cult precision equipment technical support ×1]
When he saw the "series of tasks", Fu Haoran understood that this time it was another big trouble.
"Hey, Warhammer World really won't let people stop."
Fu Haoran sighed, stood up, and took off Bolter and Plasma Pistol from the wall.
"Wade, take your people and follow me to Adeptus Arbites."
"I want to see who wants me to take the blame."