Resurrection Empire

In the Far Frontier Star Territory, everyone knows that the Marquis of Zhenjiang is moody, yet powerful.

This master obviously has privileges, but he refuses to go to the empire center to enjoy life. He only stays in the static-level cryogenic warehouse and sleeps in the frontier star field for hundreds of thousands of years.

There is more than one marquis in the Far Frontier Star Region. Counting several nearby star regions, the number of marquises exceeds a hundred.

Normally, the Marquis of Zhenjiang does not hold any position in the star domain government, but once a large-scale war breaks out and someone needs to come out to take charge of the overall situation, the Marquis of Zhenjiang can not only command the fleet of the Far Frontier Star Domain, but also a group army composed of fleets from several nearby star domains. Marshal is his reasonable position.

His ability and status are evident from this.

During these hundreds of thousands of years, Zhenjiang Hou rarely moved outside, and few people had direct contact with him, making him extremely mysterious.

But every time the Marquis wakes up, it has to be something really big.

Now that the master was not only awake, but also personally involved in important matters, how could Liu An not be nervous.

"Your Majesty the Marquis...I...I..."

Liu An tried to calm himself down and opened his mouth several times to defend himself, but he was so nervous that his throat became knotted and he appeared to be stammering.

Or maybe he knows what the other person is capable of and understands that any quibbles at this moment are meaningless. Instead of making too many mistakes and making mistakes, he would rather be incoherent and show his fear.

That's why he acted like this, without any of the magnanimity he usually had when facing low-ranking people within the Nanxiang Star Cluster.

The figure opposite saw through his superb acting skills at a glance, and said again: "No need to be pretentious. I am fully aware of what you did in the Nanxiang Star Cluster. Many of your actions are enough to execute an ordinary Earl of the Empire, but You are Nanxiang Bo Liu An, so you have some privileges after all. Of course, you can avoid the death penalty, but you cannot escape the living crime."

"First, you will lose one-third of your combat merit. Second, from now on, you will no longer serve as the chief military officer of Nanxiang and will be demoted to the commander of the regular garrison fleet. Third, you and the Liu family will be fined ten A system of fiefdoms, food and towns, and the related assets were returned to the royal family."

"Liu An, do you have any objections? Are you convinced?"

When the penalty decision was announced, the electronically synthesized sound remained flat and without any ups and downs.

Liu An, however, trembled all over and stood frozen on the spot.

He had thought that the failure of this operation would cost him a lot, but he did not expect that the price would be so heavy.

Demotion and confiscation of ten food systems are painful, but they are not the point.

Cutting off one-third of the battle merit is really nerve-wracking.

Liu An completely inherited the military exploits accumulated by the Liu family's ancestors, and after thousands of years of hard work, the family's military exploits increased by nearly 30% after his succession.

Cutting off one-third from the current basis would mean that Liu An's hard work for most of his life would be completely wiped out. Instead, he would lose a lot of money, and the position of Marquis that was so close to him would suddenly become a lifetime problem. Out of reach.

Of course he couldn't accept it.

"Lord Earl, I...I don't accept it!" No longer caring about being reserved and showing weakness, Liu An suddenly raised his head and looked directly at the figure in front of him, gritted his teeth and said: "My Liu family has been in power since a commoner. We have sacrificed for the empire for generations, and we have worked hard to rule the country. It took 200,000 years to enjoy the honor of an earl, and it took tens of thousands of years to guard the Nanxiang star cluster on the frontier, before I finally reached the point where I was one step away from a marquis. Although you are a marquis of Zhenjiang, you cannot treat me like this. , it will only chill the hearts of other earls in the empire! Not only am I not convinced, but others will not be convinced either!"

Marquis Zhenjiang: "Haha. So you can deliberately murder another earl based on your own selfish interests? Do you think I can't hear your subtext? You just want to tell me that your uncle Nanxiang also has a backer in the center of the empire, right? ? But, don’t you think that this is just my decision, the Marquis of Zhenjiang?”

It was still an indifferent electronic voice, but the content of the words seemed to reveal a bit of impatience.

Hearing this, Liu An suddenly woke up, but in an instant he seemed to have been drained of all his strength. He sat limply on the ground and murmured in a low voice: "I understand."

"As long as you know."

After finishing speaking, Zhenjiang Hou's remote projection disappeared immediately.

Silence returned to Liu An's office.

After a long time, a livid Liu An walked out of the office with blood on his hands and went straight to the frozen sleep chamber.

After Liu An entered cryogenic slumber, people from Nanxiang Bo's Internal Affairs Office dared to enter the office, but they saw that almost nothing was intact here, only the floor was in a mess.

One family is happy and the other is sad. Liu An loses control due to anger and aggrievedness here, but Ren Zhong still sails leisurely while reading a book to recharge his batteries.

Seven months later, the heavy-duty large battleship briefly appeared at the administrative center in the core area of ​​the Nanxiang star cluster.

Then, he opened external communications.

After being delayed for seven months, letters of contact from various forces rushed in, numbering in the tens of thousands.

He did not hesitate to take on the task, and immediately asked Jin Simin to form a professional team in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the administrative hub of Chifeng, to assist him in handling these paperwork.

It took a total of two days, and Ren Zhong responded to these letters with polite and courteous replies, which was a preliminary greeting to many imperial forces he had never met before. The effect of such social interaction is roughly equivalent to two strangers meeting at a large cocktail party, exchanging business cards, and handing each other's business cards to the secretary, asking the secretary to record the relationship and save it for when needed one day in the future. , can mobilize them from the human network.

This kind of social interaction usually seems meaningless, but sometimes it can have unexpected and miraculous effects.

Afterwards, Ren Zhong did not register with the Nanxiang Military and Political Council, nor did he have any interest in visiting Nanxiang Bo Liu An, who was just around the corner. Instead, he first hovered the smart battleship next to the transit space station, and then took a single-person small spaceship directly to enter. The envoy of Zhenjiang Hou paid a visit to this important man from afar in person in his guide-class voyage ship.

The other party has shown him enough respect from the beginning, so of course he will reciprocate the favor and give him enough face.

The heavy-duty one-man spacecraft gradually moved forward at a slow speed in space, slowly approaching the disc-shaped spacecraft in front of it with a diameter of about three kilometers.

At the edge of the disc-shaped spacecraft, a docking entrance has been opened.

He could actually fly in faster, but he deliberately slowed down.

This is the first time so far that he has been close to the top-level ship produced by the Royal Academy of Sciences.

A layman sees the excitement, an expert sees the door. Now Renzhong only needs to observe with the naked eye. By analyzing the subtle bulges on the surface of the ship and the layout of the ravines, he can figure out a lot of information such as the design concept and the layout of the equipment and equipment.

This information can help the ship design department of Chifeng Academy of Science and provide some new ideas and directions.

The reason why he wanted to grab this little time was not because he was pretending, but because he knew that he had to go through the star gate to the center of the Far Frontier Star Territory next.

When crossing the star gate, it is also impossible to communicate with the outside world and takes nearly three months.

He planned to get some goods first, and then send the information back before entering the star gate, so that he could give the Chifeng tribe's ship technology a slight boost at least three months in advance. He's just so detailed.

The dock door is closed.

The sizzling sound caused by the rapid air filling is endless.

After the environmental monitoring of the spacecraft reported that the external air pressure and air composition ratio were suitable for the human body, Ren Zhong opened the top cover of the spacecraft, stood up, took one step forward, and jumped to the floor with an easy jump.

Unexpectedly, the envoy from Zhenjianghou who came from afar was already waiting here.

This is a middle-aged man with brown curly hair, not very tall, and slightly thin.

Ren Zhong immediately locked the other party's identity in his mind through his appearance, and was stunned on the spot.

Marvell Louis, the direct heir of Devon Louis who accompanied the Marquis of Zhenjiang in his conquering of the country, is a hereditary earl, and is titled Lord Zhanfeng.

Unlike the Marquis of Zhenjiang, who has been using cryo-slumber to transcend time for many years, as the marquis's most capable general, the Louis family has gone to the other extreme. Members of the family will only use cryo-slumber to save time in special circumstances such as long voyages. , usually never sleep. The Louis family has been servants for generations, and together with several other families, they manage Zhenjianghou's huge industry in an orderly manner.

As a hereditary earl family with absolute freedom, they ignored their own property and did not enjoy life. They only entrusted it to collect some basic tax profits, but they willingly spent all their energy on Zhenjiang Marquis. In terms of industry, it looks like a servant, and it can be regarded as a recognized wonder in the mechanical empire.

There are even rumors in the Far Frontier Star Territory that when the Marquis of Zhenjiang himself was asleep, the real Marquis of Zhenjiang was actually Count Louis.

This statement is an exaggeration, but the authority of the Louis family within the power of Zhenjiang Hou can also be seen from this.

Marvel Louis is the contemporary Zhan Feng Bo. Relying on the power of Zhenjiang Marquis, Marvel's status in the empire is even higher than that of Nanxiang Bo Liu An.

"Hello, Uncle Chifeng, I'm Marvel Louis, nice to meet you."

While Ren Zhong was still in a daze, Marvell had already taken the initiative to step forward and extended his hand with a smile on his face.

Only then did Ren Zhong come back to his senses and shook hands with the other party, "Hello, Uncle Zhanfeng. Please call me by my first name, Ren Zhong. I haven't passed the review yet, and I'm not used to others calling me Uncle Chifeng."

After letting go of his hand, Marvell first made a gesture to invite him in, and said with a smile: "That's okay, but please call me Marvell. I'm not used to people calling me Uncle Zhan Feng. After all, I'm serious. His identity is the butler of the Marquis."

Now the two of them looked at each other and smiled, feeling somewhat like heroes.

After walking two steps, Marvell asked again: "I thought you seemed a little surprised Ren Zhong earlier?"

Ren nodded, "Of course. Not only surprised, but even a little scared. The Marquis is well-known, and Marvell is also famous in the Far Frontier Star Territory and the Nanxiang Star Cluster. I am really ashamed to have come all the way for you." .”

After hearing this, Marvell looked up and down Ren Zhong with great interest, and then said: "Before I set out, I actually read some information about you. It is rumored that you have a weird and lonely personality, are extremely difficult to deal with, and are arrogant and very... He was a bit arrogant. But when I met him in person, I realized that the rumors were all bullshit."

Ren Zhong laughed loudly, "Most of the rumors related to me in the Nanxiang Star Cluster must be rumors compiled by Liu An's lackeys. The motive is to slander me, and also to make some people in the Nanxiang Star Cluster who don't know the inside story Alien me in advance. My so-called arrogance is nothing more than my refusal to kneel and lick Liu An to express my surrender after coming to Nanxiang Star Cluster. Then if I am also arrogant, what does Liu An mean to him? Some people, Zhan With the sky high and the emperor far away, he regards the Nanxiang Star Cluster as his private property, and treats his fellow nobles as his own captive dogs. Only a decent person comes here, and wanting to look at him levelly becomes a provocation in his eyes. But in the final analysis, the matter comes down to it. , isn’t it because I didn’t know him at all, but he wanted my life from the beginning, and he never gave me an explanation from the beginning to the end? How others treat me, I naturally treat others. This Isn’t it reasonable?”

Marvell nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "That's the truth. Ren Zhong, you are a person of temperament. My Lord Marquis is also a person of temperament. When you meet, you will definitely regret seeing each other. As for your doubts about why I came to pick you up. You, on the other hand, you are a bit underestimating yourself. Putting aside what you have done before, such as the invisible paint, but just saying that the ability you showed in the previous ambush battle is enough to be called brilliant. No amount of attention given to you is too much. Brother Ren Zhong, I can tell you responsibly that throughout the history of imperial wars, your appearance is definitely a milestone."

The other party boasted more and more loudly, and even secretly changed the title. Although Ren Zhong agreed with the term "milestone" in his heart, he was still a little humble on his face, "The Marvel brothers are too praised, don't dare to take it seriously. "

"Hey, what an exaggeration. I never tell lies. Every heir of the Louis family must learn the war history of the Marquis before coming of age. If you were under the command of the Marquis, how could we lose so many people in the war? Many brothers and sisters. Although my Louis family is now very powerful, the biggest regret in the life of my ancestor Devon Louis was to watch his brother die for him while he was defeated and escaping."

Ren Zhong asked: "Is it Viscount William?"

"Yes. My ancestor once said that in terms of talent, Mr. William is more than ten times better than him. If Mr. William had not died, perhaps as early as 100,000 years ago, the Marquis would have led us to counterattack and regain the territory occupied by the Ascended Ones. His home galaxy.”

Ren Zhong was stunned again.

He didn't know until now that the Marquis of Zhenjiang was not a native of the empire.

His hometown has actually been occupied by the Ascended Ones for a long time.

No wonder Marquis Zhenjiang cherishes his life so much and loves his talents so much that he doesn't hesitate to let Marvell come to win over him in person. It turns out that he actually has such an obsession hidden in his heart.

"It's really hard to let go of the hatred of your homeland. Your Majesty, the Marquis, has worked hard these years."

Ren Zhong said this, but inexplicably thought of his hometown in his heart.

Although your homeland has been taken away, at least it is still there, and you still have the opportunity to see and take it back.

And me?

The distance between the Sloan Great Wall and the Milky Way...

Out of reach, hopeless in this life.