Chapter 2877 Selling Umbrellas on a Sunny Day
However, although the ancient sages thought so in their hearts, they lacked sufficient theoretical level to express their opinions and interests clearly—after all, they jumped directly from the "feudal era" to the information society with extremely developed productivity. Just a few years ago They were still fighting for the feudal kingship on a continent, and now it is too difficult for them to decide the treacherous and unpredictable star sea hegemony.
They, including the "New Four Realms" powerhouses who agreed to send troops like them, all set their sights on the same person - the former deputy commander of the Black Wind Fleet, and the current "Skeleton Dragon - Chairman of the Far Star Development Committee", Di Feiwen.
If there is only one person who is sincere and wants to help the empire at all costs among so many strong people here, it is undoubtedly Di Feiwen, the former immortal cultivator of the empire.
No, the addition of the word "original" is a bit redundant. Until now, Di Feiwen has not given up his identity as an imperial man and a cultivator of immortals, and still retains a very ambiguous "dual nationality".
Di Feiwen's experience and his status today deeply reflect the ups and downs and unpredictability of fate.
More than a hundred years ago, he was just an ordinary deacon of the Myriad Worlds Business Alliance——the Myriad Worlds Business Alliance at that time was just an ordinary business alliance in the border world of the empire. Shivering under the claws of the devil, it's just a loose association huddling together to keep warm.
He just relied on his blood from the Black Wind Realm, first became the liaison between the Black Wind Realm and the Myriad Realms Business Alliance, and then gradually controlled the manager of the Myriad Realms Merchant Alliance's delivery of resources to the Black Wind Fleet. Become the deputy commander of the Black Wind Fleet.
But the time for him to be the deputy commander-in-chief was really not the right time—it was the time when the Black Wind defense line was battered with holes by the Holy League, and a large number of starships from the Black Wind Five Realms fled in a hurry, and the situation deteriorated to the point of despair.
If not, it would not be his turn, a guy who was born as a small businessman and logistics officer, and knew nothing about fleet command and Star Sea Wars, to become the deputy commander of the stragglers.
When the Black Wind Fleet rushed toward—or "fleeed" to the edge of the Star Sea with a large amount of resources, no one was optimistic about the future of this fleet, and of course no one was optimistic about Di Feiwen himself's future.
The rebellious "King of the Black Wind" Hei Yeming would never be willing to be manipulated by anyone. Even His Majesty Emperor Shenwu at that time could not even think of ordering him, let alone the Wanjie Business League and Di Feiwen.
At most, Di Feiwen is holding Hei Yeming and the Hei Ye family in the palm of his hand, and a loyal God of Wealth—including Di Feiwen himself, thinks so.
He only needs to coordinate and manage the resources of the entire fleet. As for the specific strategy and tactics, it is not up to him to intervene. Of course, he does not have too many private soldiers, so he can grab more power.
And when the Black Wind Fleet crashed in front of the Xingyao Federation and was almost wiped out, Di Feiwen's fate fell to the bottom, and he was about to die among the dark stars without a place to die.
At this moment, fate played a huge, almost absurd joke with him.
Hei Yeming—including all the most fanatical militarists and militants in the Black Wind Fleet are dead, and the remaining remnants of defeated soldiers will be scattered among the stars, losing all will to fight, and they are all in a state of confusion. In a situation where they are determined to let go, even Di Feiwen, the God of Wealth who has never had much prestige, can easily gather and order them.
The Star Federation didn't even have such a big appetite. It ate up the remnants of the Black Wind Fleet in one fell swoop, and had to give him the right to "battlefield uprising". The Skeleton Dragon Star, now the Farthest Star, became the base for them to recuperate and recover.
This is the beginning of Di Feiwen's good fortune, but it is far from the end of his success in one step.
According to the general logic, Di Feiwen's actions can be regarded as a complete betrayal of the empire. Even though he, the "defeated general", can command the remnants of the Black Wind Fleet to live in the federation, gradually integrate into the federation, and become a senior general in the federation, but in As far as the Real Human Empire is concerned, he is an unforgivable traitor. He will be nailed to the pillar of shame, skinned and cramped, and cut to pieces.
But that was the logic under the control of the old empire—the four major elector families.
The "new empire" ruled by the reformers obviously has a different point of view.
In order to consolidate their power, the reformers had no choice but to find powerful allies in the four directions of Xinghai. Even authentic practitioners could cooperate. They could even ignore the identity and Taoism of "Vulture Li Yao", and officially awarded him the title of "Black Wind King". How can you care about the past of Di Feiwen and the remnants of the Black Wind Fleet?
In fact, as the only middleman between the Empire and the Federation, the role of Di Feiwen and the remnants of the Black Wind Fleet is becoming more and more important day by day, and their status is also rising day by day.
Officials of the New Empire and the New Federation intentionally or unintentionally ignored the embarrassing identities of Di Feiwen and the remnants of the Black Wind Fleet. He won the title of "Second Marquis" of the Di Feiwen Empire, and praised the "loyalty" and "bravery" of this former small businessman.
The second-class marquis, the dignified second-class marquis of the human empire!
A hundred years ago, countless strong men from the four major elector families would have spent their entire lives in vain, intrigue and life-and-death struggle countless times, and they would never have been able to obtain the title of second-class marquis.
Even in the special period of the Empire Strikes Back, when titles are issued in batches like hats, if you want to wear the Order of the Sun and Moon Sword on your chest representing the second-class marquis, you need genuine military exploits and tons of iron and blood to forge it!
If all the second-class princes of the empire in the past three to five hundred years knew that Di Feiwen was only leading the remnants of the Black Wind Fleet to enjoy himself on the Skeleton Dragon Star, and he would drop a top hat of "Second-class Marquis of the Empire" from the sky. He would crawl out of the coffin in anger, even if it was burnt to ashes, the ashes would recondense, and he would be furious.
However, just because he knew that his identity was very subtle and his position was quite embarrassing, Di Feiwen became more low-key after receiving the title of second-class marquis of the empire, and he also showed more "loyalty" to the Federation. In the empire's remote negotiations, he stood firmly on the side of the federation, slashed the negotiators of the empire several times, and helped the federation extract a lot of precious technology from the empire.
Di Feiwen knew very well that the lives and wealth of himself and the remnants of Heifeng belonged to the Federation, not the Empire.
The stronger the federation, the more important they are to the empire and the more valuable they are.
If they help the empire deal with the federation, or even wipe out the federation completely, then it will be a dead end. When the empire pursues their "shameless rebellion" crimes, the second-class and first-class will all end up with heads.
Di Feiwen put his stance quite rightly. The sensitive topic of "Expedition to the Central Star Sea" is not something that a general with dual identities like him can easily interfere with.
Therefore, at the beginning of the meeting, Di Feiwen sat upright, looking at his nose and mouth, looking like an old monk in meditation, his mouth seemed to be zipped, and he made up his mind to remain silent until the end.
He even turned a blind eye to the undisguised gaze of the ancient sage Han Baling.
Speaking of which, Di Feiwen has a pretty good relationship with the ancient sages, especially the king "Han Baling" from the Ghost Qin Grassland.
Most of the ancient sages are not pure cultivators, especially Han Baling, an ambitious "classical militarist", who has a strong interest in the empire's way of cultivating immortals, which is far better than the seemingly warm and affectionate cultivation system of the Federation.
In order to cure the chronic diseases such as famine and plague caused by the population explosion in the ancient holy world, and to develop the bone dragon star on a large scale, the Federation sent a large number of immigrants from the ancient holy world to live on the bone dragon star, which made Di Feiwen and Han Baling had a very close working contact opportunity.
Han Baling is different from Yan Liren and Master Kuchan. He is extremely politically ambitious, and he has a keen insight into the current relationship between the Federation and the Empire. He also knows the reason why Di Feiwen is so successful. They are like-minded, and in just a few years, they have become close friends, some kind of political alliance.
Now, the ancient sage is eager for a brilliant war to further improve his position in the federation, but he has no clear reason to refute the many questions raised by Bai Kaixin, so he naturally pins his hopes on Di Feiwen .
In his daily life, Di Feiwen may not have had the desire to make friends with the ancient saints and other new world powers to check and balance the "old federal system" and to obtain stronger independence and a brighter future for the remnants of the black wind.
But at this moment, under the watchful eyes of everyone, it is even more inconvenient to directly reveal these thoughts.
It wasn't until Ding Lingdang, the chairman of the federal parliament, shot his blade-like eyes on him, that a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, until he couldn't escape anyway.
"General Di, the Empire is your hometown. If the Federation really sends troops to the Central Star Sea, you will have to play an important role, including the coordination and cooperation between the Federation Army and the Empire Army, the safety of the Federation Army, and... the conclusion of the alliance after victory, The discussion of many conditions requires your great efforts."
Ding Lingdang said bluntly, "What do you think about the many concerns raised by Chief of Staff Bai just now?"
This is forcing him to break through the hesitant and ambiguous disguise.
Di Feiwen sighed softly in his heart, for some reason, he recalled his life in the hometown of the Empire more than a hundred years ago.
That may not be such a warm, such a beautiful memory.
But no matter how dark and cold it is, my hometown is my hometown after all!
"I haven't commanded a fleet for a long time. No, it should be said that I have never commanded a fleet. I am probably the most incompetent 'fleet commander' in the galaxy, right? Military decisions are naturally based on the opinions of Chief of Staff Bai." allow."
Di Feiwen smiled and said, "From the bottom of my heart, I have always been a businessman, just a small businessman who buys low and sells high.
"From the standpoint of a businessman, I would like to ask you a question. If a businessman wants to sell umbrellas at a high price, should he choose a time when the sky is clear or when it is raining heavily?"