The third piece of news was that the Noble Stud Group had caught up with Li Qinwu aboard a warship and sworn loyalty to him.
Earlier, when Li Qinwu purged the noble faction on Agricultural Planet 496b, some nobles had eaten themselves to death, while others sold their land to Li Qinwu and fled to settle down on other planets.
Still others believed that Li Qinwu's position as an Inquisitor had promising prospects and wanted to invest in him.
At their own expense, they bought a secondhand Armed Merchant Ship, less than a kilometer long, and followed in Li Qinwu's wake in hopes of joining him.
They took their warship through the Stargate near Purple Diamond Star and reached the vicinity of Terra, but Li Qinwu had already left Terra and begun his adventure.
So the Noble Stud Group sowed seeds, did business, and pursued Li Qinwu at the same time.
At last, Li Qinwu's warships emerged from the Warp and were undergoing reorganization. A few days later, the noble group's warship also emerged from the Warp and rendezvoused with Li Qinwu.
All along the way, the noble group had dropped people off. Whenever they passed a planet, they left people behind to sow their seeds and establish families. There were now around fifteen thousand people aboard the ship.
These people had all received higher education and could use advanced weaponry. Sent into the military, even the worst of them could serve as company commanders, while the others would have no trouble serving as regiment commanders.
Now that the two sides' warships had met, the noble group's representatives came aboard the Fortune and swore fealty to Li Qinwu.
Just like that, Li Qinwu's fleet gained another warship and fifteen thousand senior officers.
With these nobles joining him, Li Qinwu developed