Chapter 1458 Brady Star

This economic recession is reflected in the level of people's livelihood, which means that all industries will be destroyed, the population will decline, the society will be poor, and life will be exhausted. Under such circumstances, those nobles and officials not only do not understand people's livelihood, but try to change this situation. They are like pests on a dying tree, and instead intensify their efforts. , As long as there are matters within the scope of functions, it will really leave traces and pluck hairs.

No one is willing to stay in such a poor and difficult place for a long time, let alone benefiting one party and fighting for the interests of the people. Whether it is an upper-level official or a low-level official, what they want in their minds is to make as much money as possible within the scope of their duties in exchange for a good life, and then leave this shitty place at the right time.

In a sense, it can be regarded as a kind of behavior of "relying on mountains to eat mountains, and relying on water to eat water" --- the people in the territory are the mountains and water they use to make profits, and they are the cattle and water they use to keep pulling hair. Sheep, even if there are some bald skins that have been plucked. However, the skin is gone and there is still flesh and blood, right? Even if there are only bones left, at least they can be used to feed dogs.

The Cartel star system is a representative one of the habitable star systems that are rapidly declining due to the siphon effect of the Hector trade corridor. Because its owner, the Duke of Fromm Bessoni, has two star systems. In addition to the Cartel star system, the other star system is located inside the Hector trade corridor, and the powerful and wealthy people basically emigrate. In the past, the cartel star system has become synonymous with backwardness and poverty, and only those fools who have no power, no power, no money, only know how to work hard survive and reproduce here, and they have been slaves with no way out for generations.

The above is the background information about the Cartel star system that Tang Fang obtained through Miss Emma.

There are many livable star systems like this in the Monya Empire and the Sulu Empire. The poverty of the region, the oppression of officials, and the indulgence of the people... These situations are not characteristic at all. It can also be said that he is used to it, that he has turned a blind eye to it, or maybe it has passed, at least he will not be as angry as before, wishing to kill those brutal nobles and their lackeys.

Again, he could save their bodies, but not their spirits. There are always people in this world who are willing to be eunuchs, and there are always people who like to lick their bones and bark. These people are really hateful. But what about those who, being deceived by lies without knowing themselves, help the evildoers and use extremely vicious means to hurt those who speak out for their rights? Is it more hateful? Also very poor? Very regrettable?

Tang Fang's constant indecision is actually his incompatibility with the complex collection of relationships in society. Speaking of him, he is very young, with a sense of justice and public morality common to ordinary people, knowing what is good and what is evil, what is right and what is wrong, but when he walks out of his small circle and faces the vast world, He deeply understands that society is not a pure pool of black and white, cats and mice, but a big dye vat filled with various colors and filth. Want to face all kinds of problems?

For a character like the Queen of Blades, everything in the world can be solved through destruction. If the nobles exercise power, they will kill all the nobles, if the merchants take advantage of their profits, they will kill all the merchants, and if the people strive for power, they will all be slaughtered. Any question? No more.

It's cool, it's really cool, it's clean, it's straightforward. But... can he do this? He can't because he's a human being.

The biggest difference between humans and animals is the ability to use emotion and reason to regulate emotions and suppress impulses.

"what's on your mind?"

Aliena's voice reached his ears, interrupting his wild thoughts, and the sorrow on his face disappeared, and turned into a smile: "I'm thinking that Kudelia is really not a frank person."

When he said this, his eyes shifted from the large central screen to the electronic sand table area on the side. Tang Lin was studying the internal environment of the Cartel star system with Kudelia.

You must know that their main purpose of this operation is not to start a war,

There is no need to be too familiar with the internal environment of the star system and the deployment of troops of the garrison navy. Those two people clearly knew what he was thinking, but why did they stubbornly waste their energy on the various data displayed on the electronic sand table? It's worth thinking about.

Aliena followed his gaze, a trace of imperceptible complex emotions flashed across her pupils, and she suddenly covered her mouth and smiled: "Kudelia... on this point, she is completely out of step with His Royal Highness Melor."

After she finished speaking, she squinted at Tang Fang's face and said, "Don't think I don't know that you are changing the subject. What you just thought has nothing to do with Kudelia."

Tang Fang's eyelids twitched, his mouth half opened, and he looked at her with somewhat surprised eyes.

"Your expression just now is a close-up of confusion and melancholy, not a presentation of fun and emotion." Aliena said with a smile on her face: "As Yuffie said, you are indeed a sentimental person."

Tang Fang gave her a hard gouged look. Sentimental is the description of a woman, but it should be described as worrying about the country and the people when it comes to him. But on the surface, he didn't say much, because the clever Miss Alena could always find evidence to support her argument.

He has a deep understanding of the experience of never tearing up with a woman. The old saying goes well, good men don't fight with women, men can't afford to provoke them but can hide them.

Of course, he didn't have the time to discuss the subtle differences between sentimentality and concern for the country and the people with Miss Alena, because the Minotaur battlecruiser has entered the interior of the Cartel star system and is switching navigation modes. Sailing silently in deep space.

Looking at the pale green planet on the big central screen, he got up from the captain's seat, looked at Alena and said, "Where are Churchill and Howson?" This kind of thing is fairly easy.

"They... seem to be still soundly asleep." Aliena replied by sliding the PDA in her hand.

She is Kudelia's adjutant, and now she is aboard the Minotaur-class battlecruiser. Considering that Yuffie is not here, she naturally took over the duties of the ship officer. It is because she is close that she is more noticeable than others The slight expression on Captain Tang's face changed.

"Still sleeping?" Tang Fang's complexion was a little ugly, and he knew without thinking that he must have drunk too much before the two clubs, and that's why he was still nestling in the room after the Minotaur-class battlecruiser arrived at its destination. sleep.

I don't know if I heard the conversation between Tang Fang and Aliena, or remembered what to do next, the two people who were originally focused on the electronic sand table came over.

Tang Lin said, "Let them sleep. It's enough for me to accompany Big Brother to Brady Star."

He used to be a powerful "half-blood" warrior, but now his combat power has skyrocketed after he transformed into a white knight. Not to mention facing the army of a sovereign country, he is no less inferior even against the elite forces of secret organizations. Of course he is qualified to say that.

Tang Fang nodded, ready to leave the bridge and go to the hangar. Not wanting to catch up with them at this time, Kudelia said, "I want to go with you too."

Tang Fang looked back at Tang Lin and then at her, but didn't speak. In fact, he had long expected such a development, and was not surprised by Kudelia's request to go with him.

Tang Lin froze for a moment, then glanced back, not wanting to be stared back by Kudelia's fierce eyes.

Aliena hesitated for a while, looked at the three people in front, then looked at the bridge behind, finally sighed, and chose to stay.

When Tang Fang walked to the door, he said a word: "Melor's sword was not taken for nothing. It protected our lives in the church. Now...you must ensure the safety of Kudelia."

The words are for Tang Lin to hear, and the Tao is for Kudelia to hear. As for whether the two can understand his subtext, that is their business.

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Fifteen minutes later, the hangar door on the left side of the Minotaur-class battlecruiser opened, and accompanied by a flash of light, the Flying Eagle entered the dark void and flew towards Brady Star.

Emma sent the second information in real time, which was some background information about Brady Star.

In fact, the decline of the Cartel star system is not only due to the siphon effect of the Hector trade corridor. Similar to the situation of the Krotan star in the Aslam star system, the Brady star is also an old-fashioned resource star. Due to long-term mining activities, the mineral resources in the stratum are getting less and less, and there is no much development value. Mining institutions and smelting companies that have grabbed huge profits here moved their main facilities away, and Brady Star went from bad to worse, and finally fell to where it is today.

Tang Fang looked at the ever-growing clouds of the planet through the porthole, and felt that the situation on Brady Star was like that of his hometown before he crossed the county. Because of the proximity to the big cities, all kinds of resources and talents were sucked away and dried up at night. There are only old people walking on the streets, and there are very few young people with a strong youthful atmosphere.

This is a kind of sadness, but also a helplessness.

There are two satellites orbiting the Brady star, which originally contained rich mineral resources, but as time went by, they were also hollowed out during the long-term mining. All kinds of rubbish in the corridors are exchanged for some profits, subsidizing the planet's finances, and distributing pensions and various allowances to those big officials who retire but do not live here.

Some people once criticized the behavior of the local government as a great potential safety hazard and pollution problem, but an expert certification issued by the Governor's Office of the Institute of Geography explained the harmlessness of the behavior in scientific terms that are difficult for ordinary people to understand, not... Not only is it harmless, but it has great benefits. For example, the mine pits of the two satellites are filled with garbage, so there is no need to worry about their mass reduction due to long-term mining, and slight corrections in the trajectory, which may threaten the safety of Brady Star in the near future. In short... anyway, it sounds reasonable.

Even if someone has concerns about this matter, the most common reaction to those confusing technical terms or self-defined new words is to look confused, not knowing where to start.

When the Flying Eagle fighter jets passed the first satellite of Brady Star "Rogrey", they could see with the naked eye the barges parked above the planet for transporting garbage, delivering the compressed and sealed packages to the Large and small deep pits in the land.

Kudelia looked at the remaining mining facilities in the distance and said coldly: "Those people really think that they can act recklessly? Nature will eventually be unbearable and vent their anger and hatred one day."

Tang Fang said: "Even if that day does come, the flames of anger and the torrent of hatred will not be poured on those people."

She lowered her head when she heard the words, looked at the light green planet under her feet, and thought to herself, even if a disaster strikes one day, those who caused the destruction have already left here, and those who suffer the revenge of nature will only be the ones below civilians of the day.

She thinks there is a saying that is true, "You work hard so that some people don't have to work hard." This is certainly not chicken soup for the soul about family affection...it is not a bowl of chicken soup at all.

Tang Lin didn't speak, but concentrated on playing with the crystal particles that looked like fine sand in his palm. Sometimes they gathered into a dagger, sometimes they turned into a shield, and sometimes they looked like spinning sand flying into the air.

The Flying Eagles let a group of Thunderwing-class aerospace fighters on patrol missions descend into the atmosphere of Brady Star. The friction between the hull and the airflow caused large and small eddies, which brought obvious tremors to the cabin. .

The automatic navigation system started to activate the reverse injector to slow down, and after a period of time, it entered the Brady star's stratosphere. When the thick cloud that obscured the sight ahead disappeared, the blue sky unfolded beyond the porthole.

The stealth system of the battleship returned to normal, the optical camouflage that had been twisting rapidly became smooth, and the value displayed on the instrument panel dropped back.

Tang Fang shifted his attention from the smog covering the sky in the distance to the system space, and told Emma, ​​"Let's get started."

According to the plan before the operation, after arriving at Brady star, Emma will connect the orbiting satellite and inland wireless communication equipment through the star orbit command center, and search for the whereabouts or transfer records of the hostages in detail.

Screening suspicious intelligence from massive information streams is a difficult task, even if Emma has the assistance of the Star Trail Command Center, it is impossible to complete it in a short period of time. So while the Flying Eagle fighter plane was traveling to the nearest continent, he used this time to continue browsing those unimportant background materials.

The above information presents the situation of the Cartel star system from an overall level. The latter part of the report contains some relevant details, such as the various power organizations established by Duke Frome Besoni in the star system, the identity information of the family members installed, important military unit...

However, Tang Fang was most interested in a relatively well-known historical event that happened on Brady Star. When he was about 17 years old, because Fromm Bessoni was in the fields of economy, politics, people's livelihood and other fields. The unequal treatment of this star system, Brady star has had a protest movement that has spread to the whole world.

Thanks to Glass Smashing, Spider Crab, wswandzsr, Eternal Heart, Deep, Smile e, Warrior 1938 for their rewards.