Chapter 334: Join the battle!
“Hahaha—”
The girl stretched lazily and sighed with a hint of satisfaction:
"It was a really comfortable sleep."
Two maid robots stepped forward and covered her exquisite figure with a bath towel.
Yang Ming smiled and agreed: "As long as you sleep comfortably."
Damn!
He actually had a subtle respect for it.
It’s like the respect that younger generations have for their elders!
The Valkyrie's genetic assimilation not only brought him great benefits, but also enhanced the connection between the two.
It doesn't seem too much for him to call himself a male warrior god now.
As for the increase in strength, Yang Ming felt it very clearly, and he had the same impulse as when he killed a low-level queen insect for the first time - he always wanted to find some solid alloys, crush them into powder in his hands, and show his strength.
"This body is really troublesome. It can grow bigger but not smaller," Posa muttered beside her. "It's better to have a small body and be free."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "How about we be reborn again?"
"You are so beautiful."
Posa snorted softly.
Compared to the cold-blooded and cruel Valkyrie before, she is now much more lively and peaceful.
Yang Ming still remembers the bloody massacre on the mining ship as soon as she appeared on the scene.
Now I don't feel like a human being at all.
Lu's projection appeared on the side, looking a little solemn.
"When I was sleeping, I seemed to hear you saying that there was a war going on. I heard it in my consciousness," Posa asked, "Do you want my help? I can effectively attack the enemy flagship."
"No need," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I'll do it. The war is under control now. If it's out of control... then we'll all have to run for our lives."
"If you have any questions, call me. I'm going to live back at your base number three."
Posa waved her hand gently, wrapped herself in a bath towel, put her hands behind her back, and walked away quickly with several mechanical maids.
Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
Having taken such a big advantage of her, he really felt a bit guilty.
Lu asked, "Boss, do you want to conduct a combat capability test?"
"Well, let's arrange it. Prepare some food for me first. I'm starving. Is the detailed report of the Nonar United Kingdom ready?"
"I'm ready."
Yang Ming nodded, and his facial expression gradually became gloomy.
Doesn’t the United Kingdom of Nonar like to be a pawn of the Sherman Empire?
He is sure to take this piece of fat meat.
…
Half a day later, Yang Ming left the underground laboratory.
His highly realistic stand-in robot did not stop moving and was inspecting a construction site under Lu's control.
After arriving on the surface, Yang Ming immediately boarded a stealth airship.
He did not rush to the Dongfeng spacecraft hovering in the synchronous orbit, but first inspected the planet Saka.
If Lu is given a year, with sufficient resources and funds, what can she develop a "disabled" planet into?
The answer is right in front of you.
The city, which was somewhat dilapidated a year ago, seemed to have changed its appearance. From a distance, the skyscrapers had been repainted, and the walls and windows painted with low-reflective materials looked clean and bright under the light of the stars.
The streets look brand new, and there are more than twenty automatic road maintenance vehicles moving as slowly as a snail on the edge of the city.
The construction of two new high-speed suspended lanes in the center of the city not only completed a project that had been unfinished for decades, but also integrated perfectly with urban traffic.
Yang Ming saw two large-scale commercial pedestrian streets, where flowers were in full bloom, people were walking inside and outside the shops, and the scene was thriving.
Three industrial parks have appeared on the edge of the city, with representative buildings such as schools and hospitals.
This is the new heart of the city and will be developed into a new urban area. Residential areas are being built around the industrial park as a base for attracting new talents.
The comprehensive supply ship that Yang Ming had previously requested has returned to the synchronous orbit and has become part of his private army.
In their place are more than a dozen food processing plants and organic material synthesis factories.
In addition, Lu successfully restarted two geothermal power plants, renovated an old robot production plant, and moved the assembly line to a new industrial park. It has begun to produce cheap but stable public service robots.
Yang Ming's private fleet was no longer just three empty, broken ships. The officers and soldiers of the escort formation were all regular troops of the empire, and they left after delivering the three ships.
He recruited a private army of 1,500 men and a reserve force of 3,000.
The scale is very small and can only be used to control the three small broken ships, but for Yang Ming, such progress in just one year is already very satisfying.
After dealing with some urgent matters, Lu appeared beside Yang Ming and began to report on the development of Saka over the past year.
Facts have proved that in this interstellar age, as long as those in power want to let the people have a hot meal, the people's lives will not be too bad.
Not to mention, Yang Ming severely extorted money from the imperial aristocracy.
If it weren't for the suppression of the law, Yang Ming could directly turn Saka into a high-welfare society.
Of course, that would do more harm than good for long-term planning.
"Boss, Governor Godoy works very hard," Lu said with a smile, "He only rests for six hours a day. He personally supervises many projects. Many members of the Saka family have returned. In addition, because of your reputation, our population has increased by 3.2 million in the past year."
Yang Ming was stunned for a moment: "Didn't you say that we won't carry out this kind of publicity for the time being?"
"We didn't advertise it," Lu pursed his lips slightly, "This is really tap water... You underestimated the influence of the White Ghost on the people of the empire. They said that this will be the safest area in the empire in the future. Many businessmen have tried to come here to engage in real estate, but I blocked them all."
Yang Ming: …
"It would be good to put some money in appropriately," Yang Ming said. "It would also be good to use land finance to deal with emergencies. Do we still have sufficient funds?"
"But boss, that will easily form an economic bubble, and when the population growth rate doesn't match, it will easily lead to all kinds of unfinished buildings."
Lu smiled and said:
"Governor Godoy has applied for a large amount of relief for Saka, and the donations from society here have reached hundreds of billions of imperial coins.
“This is not a donation initiated by us, but mostly due to your influence.
“Some of the reasons are a little bit peculiar.
"We can now fully use high-tech industries to attract talents. I have already started preparing for this type of group industry."
Yang Ming asked: "What is the small part of the reason?"
"Daphne, the Imperial Diva," Lu couldn't help but raise his hand to support his forehead, "Boss, you have been paying attention to the war in Luofeng, so I didn't have time to report this little thing to you. Her Highness Daphne is really good at it."
"What's going on?"
"She debuted," Ritsu said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "It only took half a year for her to become a national idol. The lethality of the sweet girl in the Empire State is amazing."
Yang Ming was stunned for a moment: "The royal family allows it? They don't care?"
“In the beginning, Daphne was interfered with by the royal family. I heard that she was even placed under house arrest for a period of time. Some people said that she was undermining the royal dignity.
"But Daphne somehow convinced her father, and the old emperor publicly praised Daphne, saying that she was...having fun with the people, and then the direction of public opinion changed rapidly."
Lu clicked his tongue:
“Her Royal Highness Daphne would mention you in all the talk shows she participated in, saying that you personally encouraged her to use her singing to convey love and peace.
“Just riding on the popularity of White Ghost.
"She called on the public to pay attention to the planets that were most seriously affected by the insect infestation, which also played a certain positive role. In addition, Her Highness Daphne also plans to hold several solo concerts on Sakaar in the next few months to support the construction here."
Yang Ming: …
“It’s a good thing,” he sighed, looking up at the blue sky and white clouds above.
Lu smiled and said, "Although we cannot improve the climate of the entire planet, we can ensure the local air quality and oxygen content. We have made new discoveries in the crust of this planet."
"What new discovery?"
“Two large-scale planetary transformation systems, products from two thousand years ago, presumably left over from the initial development of Sakaar, took hundreds of years to transform the gas molecule ratio in the atmosphere into an environment suitable for humans and adjust the microorganisms suspended in the air.
"In order to withstand various harsh environments, the composite materials of these machines are very excellent. I pieced together a set of modified systems and successfully restored their working functions.
“It saves a lot of money!”
Yang Ming laughed in silence, looking at Godoy's face with obviously more wrinkles on the solid-state display in front of him, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Boss, do you want to meet with Governor Godoy?"
"Not for now, let's go back to Luofeng first," Yang Ming pulled up the stealth boat and flew towards the outer orbit of the planet.
The dilapidated spaceport has partially restored its performance and can at least complete the transfer of passengers and cargo, and play the role of Sakaar's external transportation link.
It's pretty good.
"How's Catherine doing?"
"Her organization already has more than 3,000 people, and is secretly expanding in the edge areas of the empire."
Lu smiled and said:
“I helped her secretly a few times.
“However, she was indeed very careful this time. She established her own contact network and reached cooperation with the intelligence department of the Free United States.
"Don't worry, boss. She didn't show up. Everything was negotiated remotely offline. Now only a very small number of people know that Catherine is the leader of this uprising organization."
Yang Ming asked: "I mean, did she send me any messages or anything?"
"Ah, I replied to your daily messages for you. They were all sweet nothings and stuff."
Yang Ming turned his head and glared at the guy: "You have taken care of all my love affairs, so how can I feel involved?"
"Hey, hehe," Lu said innocently, "your intelligent reply is the reply from my mechanical thinking body. You set the rules."
Yang Ming pretended to hit him, and Lu quickly covered his head and squatted down, his whole set of movements flowing smoothly.
"Don't do this kind of thing for me in the future!"
"I know! Don't be angry, boss."
Yang Ming shook his head and asked some more questions about the situation within the empire.
That guy Revil became more and more active, and built up a good network of contacts. He also formed an 'Imperial Noble Ghost Support Association' and absorbed many minor noble members.
The empire's defense system that Lu feared the most, that is, her predecessor, has not made any moves.
The first batch of war reparations from the New Federation has been delivered to the Empire, and this has become the biggest political event in the Empire in the past year.
As for the fact that many interstellar organizations condemned the Empire for launching an expedition, it was not even news within the Empire.
There is much that the Empire needs to be blamed for.
The stealth boat returned to the stern cabin of the Dongfeng, and Yang Ming ate the hot meat pot brought by 026, and his mental state quickly returned to normal.
"Come on, let's study what we can get out of this United Kingdom."
026 asked quietly: "Boss, do you want to bring Hanyin and Hanxiang with you?"
"They both have Emperor Star backgrounds, so they are not suitable to join my core team. Let them continue to serve as officials and build the Saka Star."
026 nodded quickly.
She was just asking casually on behalf of the two little sisters.
…
Edwang looked at the military report in front of him and rubbed his eyebrows with his hand.
In front of him, several representatives of the military and several ministers of the Ministry of the Interior stood on his left and right, most of them with solemn expressions.
Several generals reported in a deep voice:
"This Nonar United Kingdom is still intent on stealing. It's obvious that there is a force behind them. We all suspect it's the New Federation."
"In the past three months, they have added 82 main battleships and 360 auxiliary battleships of various types, which greatly replenished their previously lost combat power. They have also actively learned from the lessons of previous defeats and conducted tactical drills."
"They are expanding their forces through contract soldiers. It is said that a large number of interstellar mercenary ships have also joined the battle sequence."
"What mercenaries? I think they are just those bastards from the New Federation!"
"Generals," Adewang whispered, "how are our preparations for war?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured. With General Lyon's state-of-the-art command, we are confident that we can defeat all invading enemies."
"But, Your Majesty... We must be determined this time. If we can win, we must seize their territory and force them to pay compensation immediately. The compensation they promised during the last peace talks is nowhere to be found now."
An interior minister whispered, "And your majesty, our several ship production lines are running at full capacity, but the production capacity is always limited. Even with the Empire's fully automatic ship production technology, it will take four months to build six 600-meter-class gunboats and cruisers... Our war potential is limited by our industrial base and is indeed seriously insufficient. We cannot cope with a long-term war."
"Your Majesty, can't we buy some warships from the Sherman Empire? We can even ask them to send troops. We still have ample budget."
Edwang smiled bitterly: "Do you think it is really the New Federation that is instructing Nonal?"
A general whispered, "Indeed, this is something strange for us. According to the data sent back by our spy probes, most of their newly added ships are... of the Sherman Empire's usual style."
"Our form of alliance building to expand our territory may have touched the red line of Sherman's empire."
Edwin sighed softly:
"However, this situation is also within our consideration. We have already fought this battle to this point, and there is no intention to retreat. As long as we can defeat their second offensive, we will be able to gain a foothold in the nearby star field."
"Wrong idea."
Suddenly there was laughter from the side.
Edwang was cheered up and turned to look where the sound came from.
There, a mechanical guard was holding up his palm, with a small three-dimensional projection on it. Yang Ming, the Earl of Luofeng Empire and the emperor's trusted general, was sitting on the chair with a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, we need to change our mindset and not always be on the defensive.
"We cannot fight this battle in a passive defense, as that would make us too passive."
Edwan suddenly felt much more relaxed. He smiled and asked, "How are you going to fight?"
"Strategically, passive defense, tactically, active attack," Yang Ming raised his eyebrows slightly, "I have sent a spy team to infiltrate their territory. I will discuss the specific plan when I come back. Anyway, don't worry too much."
Edwang shrugged slightly: "I always thought Luofeng would get through this crisis smoothly."
"Of course," Yang Ming said with a smile, "maybe I can make a fortune."
