Chapter 95 The Tax Collection Ship Arrives at the Second Terra. It Is Terra No Matter Which Terra You Give It To.
The battle between Decalia and Icarus ended three days after Cabanha was thrown away.
Icarus broke one of the bloodthirsty's arms and one of his own legs.
Fortunately, the demons of Khorne seemed to have felt some kind of call, and the curses faded away like the tide. At least for the next period of time, Ikaros no longer had to come here every day to spawn monsters.
His legs quickly grew back and were as good as before, but the fatigue and age shown on his body, and even the decline that was gradually heading towards death, were already extremely obvious.
This ten-thousand-year-old forbidden soldier does not have much life left to live.
As powerful as the original body Lion, his beard and hair turned gray after 10,000 years and he became an old man. It is already a miracle that Icarus can survive to this day.
After the demons faded away, Ryan's work to build the starting point of the Webway was quickly put on the agenda.
At the same time, more than fifty potential psykers were screened from the planet Duria, divided into three classes, and enrolled in Olympus to learn how to use their psychic powers.
Astropath and Navigator instruction provided by the Rogue Trader fleet from Hatak was intended to cultivate Second Terra's own families of Navigators and Astropaths.
As the first mate of the caravan, Khattak expressed his intention to serve for Ryan Weir more than once.
"Order us to surrender immediately! Otherwise you will retreat from any communication until Ikaro is completely destroyed! Now send a signal to the nearest Inquisitor's Pavilion and request an extermination order! It must be a chaos distortion, how could no one do it? Such a sinful disaster!"
The other party didn't seem to mind announcing the name of the Seventh Terra, so he contacted the tax collection ship so openly, obviously without any confidence.
Yeli Zhong said that those signs must be forged, so the establishment of the seventh Terra and the identity of the lowest lord named the monarch would be a long story.
We are sure that the resources are sufficient, so we will use the population to offset them.
What's even more frightening is that perhaps by the time he arrives in this garden world, this world will inexplicably become the backline of Chaos invasion, orc war, and Tyranids roaring.
The emperor who was kind of a PUA in his consciousness was very serious and thoughtful, and the seventh Terra, who had newly occupied a planet, didn't even have time to celebrate the New Year.
As a result, we met the Emperor, the new Low Lord who didn't even have the ability to command the Warp. The waterways he built were quiet and peaceful, and more dangerous than some garden worlds.
We all wore administrative department uniforms that were similar to military uniforms, but without the rank insignia.
Jerran listened to Ryan's report and assessed what he had to do before arriving at Ikaro.
"Write a report and submit it to the Seventh Terra Administrative Council for us to review and approve. Basically, the original administrative agencies of Li Tengfu have not been retained, and we will judge their value."
Those information updates are surprisingly timely.
Terra, the planet with that name, has suffered the fate of destruction without exception, even Holy Terra.
Degat said helplessly: "You heard what he meant and you had no intention of paying taxes, so why are you still calculating the vague amounts?"
Jie Lang, the tax collector who had just been planting Ikaro just now, had encountered some serious setbacks. Now, just relying on the name Seventh Terra, he thought that there must be no terrible demons at work and that the entire planet has not been polluted. It has been lurking in the hinterland of the empire for a long time.
"Emperor, today is the same as in the past. Since the regent stepped down, the empire's policy has not been focused on integrating forces rather than provoking conflicts. Your status as a lowly lord has been refuted by some people, and there is no limit yet. Warriors, no one thinks that this is a meeting to provoke you? People will probably think that the Seventh Terra is the product of the cooperation between the little regent and the low lord council."
Captain Ryan said disdainfully: "Worry, little man, who dares to disobey the empire."
Gogart smiled apologetically and explained:
There is an imperial army of 10,000 people stationed in 4752, which is enough to deal with a small part of the world where trouble may occur.
Ryan noticed the suffix of Lowest Lord in the message and saw the name Emperor Will.
It is said that the fleets of the relatively weak Rogue Trader Dynasty will not have their own tax payment channels, and these more powerful ones will be difficult to be recognized as targets of double taxation by tax collection ships that have been encountered rarely.
Could it be that Chaos war gangs are jumping gangs!
Li Teng flipped through the documents and asked, "You have only met the captain of their caravan once. He is just a junior officer. Can he take charge of their caravan's affairs? Or does he want to usurp power? Need your support."
That also led to managers becoming more and more like aristocrats rather than administrators serving the empire.
The emperor smiled and said: "Be strict with others and be strict with yourself. No matter when the tax collection ship comes, you always have to take stock of Icaro's financial resources, and you should less trouble his new planetary governor. Take less care.”
Jie Lang's color turned hot. No matter what method we adopted, our tax officials had to collect enough taxes, and they would be stopped by any conditions.
As factories adjust production, few areas see natural sunlight for the first time.
People in the captain's room became relaxed and became very pessimistic.
"Li Zhongji Waiman knows what he is thinking. I will definitely kill you, but I will probably get sulky."
"He's too extreme. The punishment for innocent people is bad. For those with minor crimes, we are allowed to atone through our own actions. The Faced Ones will help them to prevent them from dominating the situation. Alas, the Seventh Terra will help them clean up the internal affairs. This should be their main purpose, right?"
"Report to the commander, that was the information sent by Ikaro's starport before the communication was restored!"
Li Teng stood aside and glanced at it. His face also showed horror, and he stuttered:
So we will be taxed less frequently. That's not the reason why Gaogat has been staying in Ikaro and is reluctant to leave.
Just when the two were thinking about whether the Seventh Terra was a conspiracy of Chaos or a small plan of the Regent, a heavy footsteps came. This was the sound of the Space Marine power armor.
The captain of 4752 is a soldier who served in the Imperial Navy, Li Teng.
Li Teng smiled and looked at the captain and the tax officer, and said sincerely:
So our tax collection ships in dangerous areas must ensure that they complete their tasks every time.
That is a common trick of the demons. After they have caused chaos, they can even pretend to be bad citizens, work hard for the empire for hundreds of years, and then stab him when he relaxes his vigilance.
Because there is no industrial smoke and fog to store cold energy, the surface temperature has become hotter and hotter. Only these oil men who are running around in various factories are concerned about various climate issues.
We only know that when we return to Holy Terra, we need to fill all the cabins.
Icarus is just a planet, and these tax collection ships are the real embodiment of the empire's power.
For the human empire, he can't do anything except pay taxes.
Anyway, he is serving the empire, and the less he can be extorted, the better.
The Emperor went on to say, "Since they have no intention of serving the Seventh Terra, you cannot give them citizenship of the Seventh Terra. However, there are a lot of people outside the merchant ships. You need to screen out the small evils among them and give us the rewards we deserve."
Before Gaoget left, the Emperor set out to find Lowget, preparing for the first contact with the human empire's government agencies.
When he saw the first line of this message, the tax officer Jielang exclaimed. For the first time, his cerebellum, which had been working for 170 years, was shocked. It must be that there were so many metal stents implanted in my arm, and the nerve connection was not so smooth, otherwise I would not have thrown the electronic screen out just now.
Li Tengfu is a dangerous fixed star port. For the use of that port, Gaoget's fleet has not yet had some major conflicts with the tax collection ship.
As for rest, Jielang calculated that he would have to work until he was 700 years old, and before all the organs that could be operated on in his body failed, he could rest in a garden world.
Gao Gat waved his hand and said:
It's just that as time goes by, even if it is the so-called real power control area, the Empire has no direct jurisdiction over Ikaro's affairs, but only collects taxes on time.
Li Tengfu achieved his goal and was about to leave. Suddenly he remembered something and slapped his forehead and said:
Many of those tax collection ships will not have their own names. Most of them only have cold digital codes to indicate their positions in the Empire.
However, even if we pay taxes, the rotation of tax collection ships in other star regions is only 70 years. These guys will only update who owes fees and who will pay before returning to Terra.
Gao Gat didn't mind when he heard that, and said gloomily:
The tax officer I serve is one of the tax officers of the Holy Terra Administration Department, named Jerlang Hartel.
The report of the sergeant came from the door. A communicator brought the electronic screen board that had just entered the information. There was still a lot of handwriting of the report that had just been demagnetized on the background of the screen. Has it been cleaned up?
Li Tengfu's voice became louder and louder, and even a little embarrassed.
"Oh, you think too much. You are loyal to the captain, but the captain has no problem with his personality. He is willing to have less contact with others and just lock himself outside the main control room, so the daily work is handled by you little mates. But if you want to summon the captain, I will definitely come to see you."
But these civilizations are at least fearful of those who know, and we are not in this kind of blasphemy against Holy Terra.
In these star regions where it takes a hundred years to collect taxes, few tax collection ships will even be attacked or involved in wars, and they will not bring back supplies at all.
Few government officials actually know the names of the Low Lords, but just call us by our positions. But to verify whether a person is a Low Lord is actually very complicated. As long as you connect to Hatak of the Government Council of Holy Terra, you can know.
As long as the other side does not rebel, even if Li Tengfu launched a civil war, no one can pay the taxes, we will recognize whoever is the planetary governor of Ikaro.
Li Teng laughed involuntarily when he heard that. People are not used to finding reasonable reasons for what they see. If so, they can't understand how such a thing can happen.
"Blasphemy! That must be blasphemy! How dare these guys use that name!"
Jielang Hartel is 171 years old this year, but he looks like a middle-aged man in his 70s. He had a life extension surgery in his early years. Because of the intention of the surgery process, he could not participate in low-intensity work, but he was still forced to retire as a tax officer to lead the tax work in that star area.
Well, Ender, you're not complaining about that job, you're just asking you to have mercy on your suffering soul and let you rest smoothly.
These young civilized people were destroyed, and many people could still repent before they knew the truth.
Only Jie Lang himself can use a heavy paper-pressed notebook to record his work log. In daily work, we do not use those electronic tools that are said to be pre-falling, but also definitely considered intelligent.
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Until a trace of intense heat seemed to blow through the endless jungle. A small space warrior wearing dark green power armor and bearing the logo of the White Angels founding group walked out of the jungle out of thin air. In front of him was another extreme warrior. The warrior, with the two behind them, was a young man who was talking about how to evaluate it, looking at the tax collection ship full of resources with satisfaction.
"But, but sir! The other party does not have the signature of a lowly lord!"
At present, the rumors of the Tyranids attacking in the river have not yet spread in the empire. Various battle groups are rushing to the rear line. The situation is even more serious than when Qu Yuanzheng just ended.
When 4752, who was comparable in size to the King of Glory but did not carry many protective weapons, arrived in the real world, he immediately stopped and drove towards Ikaro.
"About seven months later, the list of Lowest Lords did indeed increase by one. You only remember Li Teng's code name, which means Great Monarch. That is definitely a real name, but that name definitely represents the plan of the little regent. What about something?”
"Sir, within forty years, we will definitely be able to cultivate a stable and inherited navigator and the Hatak family. The Seventh Terra will not be able to form a fleet on its own, and then explore these lost worlds and have its own caravan. Of course, your caravan is also willing to contribute to the Seventh Terra——"
Very rarely, the Rogue Trader ships heading to Ikaro would see the same tax collection ship several times in seventy years. Even the captain of the next tax collection ship had not yet died at the edge of the galaxy. The tax collection ship Under the boat were the captain's recently handed tax records and fingerprints.
Gaugart had a smile on his face, as if "If the father abandons me, I would like to be my adoptive father."
The climate of Li Tengfu is very different from that of Holy Terra. It has eight seasons a year. Summer lasts for a long time, but there is no autumn. It will turn into winter in just a few days.
Under this electronic screen, the Empire's double-headed eagle logo came to life, but the name it used to call itself was-Seventh Terra!
The emperor smiled and said: "Forget it, when you traveled through the subspace channel, you haven't met their captain yet, so what's the problem? In fact, as rogue traders, they are free and restrained. They often only need to hand over something to local snakes, or use Comply with a small number of imperial regulations Isn't the Star Governor's law bad? Why does it have to be named Seventh Terra? You know, in other star regions, especially those areas where the empire's military power is entrenched, when you hear the name Seventh Terra, you will say. The first reaction is not to fight them."
"Being a planetary governor is really a complicated thing. The bad thing is that Seventh Terra's system is complicated enough. Otherwise, you will definitely be driven crazy by these complicated matters."
Degart stopped complaining as soon as he saw the emperor. I claimed that I even saw a life-support device fixed under the desk. It was a device retained by the earliest Ikaro colonists when they opened up the territory.
And Ikaro is a planet controlled by the empire, so it will definitely be accurate like that. Using the name Seventh Terra in this way is obviously a provocation to the political system of Holy Terra and wants to unite power from within the empire!
The next time he followed the signal from the old star warriors to rescue the Seventh Terra, it was also to sneak out for a while and avoid the time when Icaro would collect taxes.
"By the way, have you heard that Ikaro's identification code has changed? But the Governor's Palace has been out of contact for a long time, and no new person has stepped down? It must be that he knew that the time to collect taxes was coming, and deliberately performed that An internal rebellion, crying to you to pay taxes.”
Lowgart said: "But according to what you know about the power structure of the empire, when one layer after another of power is superimposed on the lowest lords, these low lords alone will not have huge power and belong to one body. Moreover, The Minotaur Chapter has said that the low lords did conspire against each other."
As a retired Imperial Navy officer, Ryan's temperament and temperament were sometimes cautious, which made Jie Lang, an Imperial official, want to retreat too recklessly.
That's why few Space Marines who need to participate in the Atonement Crusade have to die in battle to prove our so-called loyalty. And after we die in battle, will any Imperial officials have mercy on those who are not even the slightest bit tainted by Chaos? people.
"Ikaro's subspace frequency has not been that frequent recently. You think it is very unlikely that there has not been a demon invasion outside. It is after the Old Star Warriors and the Minotaur Chapter are also in the distance. Maybe the security has not been controlled yet. , but you still have to be careful.”
In the seventh month of winter, Ikaro's starport belatedly received word that Imperial tax collection ship No. 4752 would arrive eight sidereal days ago.
In the early days of planetary development, these people were the epitome of Imperial administrators.
In the past expeditions of the empire, almost every time, these civilizations that they thought were the remnants of the White Dark Age of Technology were found, claiming to be the civilization of Terra.
In that case, the empire would need fewer resources to meet the demands of the war.
Things that were stored in the first few years even started to rot, but no one had any time to organize and store them.
The Emperor replied: "The most basic data work is the foundation of the Seventh Terra system. If the data is definitely vague or even fake, then everything that has been done before is meaningless. In order to prevent rebellion, Holy Terra has divided administrative power too bloatedly, and few departments cross-handle one thing, not to prevent no department from being able to arbitrarily exercise a small part of power."
"You can check it, villain. When you go back, find out the list of people who are boarding in your caravan and kill us all!"
The Emperor looked at Gorgat and pointed it out.
Are there any monsters under these powerful merchant roaming fleets? They can only barely protect themselves. They must have joined some weak dynasties, or roamed in safer star areas, otherwise they will be pulled back step by step by the hungry appetite of the empire.
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After all, the low lord behind him commanded the Ultramarines of the Regent to take control of the planet within a day, and the Minotaur that came here just went through the motions and followed the Emperor's orders to go to the small crack.
The calf is still at the level that I have come into contact with at this time. It is better to establish a relationship earlier, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with it before.
I pointed to the bottom of the information. The first is the double-headed eagle (one side is silver) representing the Seventh Terra, and the next one is not the Ultramarines' sub-group, but the Old Star Warriors' logo. There is no White and Dark Angels' logo in front.
If the merchant fleet encountered any tax collection ship before, it would be considered as not paying taxes.
The Emperor smiled and said, "You have to be so pessimistic. He is the one being watched by Ander. There are so many things in that world that can crush him. While these tax collection ships are still here, let's calculate how much we need to pay for the tithes of the abnormal seventy years."
When he met Lowgate, the former was learning the so-called political terms, so as not to appear like a political rookie when he came into contact with the people of Icarus Village.
"By the way, little man, calculate the date. The tax collection ship is late. This, your fleet actually has some big tax problems. If you are caught by the bad guys--"
Obviously, the tax problem of Highgate's merchant fleet is not as big as I said.
Huh? Are there any space warriors stationed in 4752!
At the edge of the local star system, a subspace channel crack was opened, accompanied by the sparks ignited by terrible lightning in the real world. It is known whether a ship came out of that portal, or these lightnings drive the materials in it to gradually form a ship.
A small part of the ship's cabin was filled with collected materials, food, weapons and even population.
"Welcome to the Seventh Terra. You are blessed by Li Teng. You need resource support to build the network. Anyway, it will be handed over to Terra. The tax collected by the tax collection ship will be coordinated to your Seventh Terra."
Even though Icarus is located in the area under the actual control of the Empire, and no one travels back and forth to Holy Terra all year round, those white ships still need 70 years to complete the tax collection process and settle the Empire's planetary taxes in that star zone without the subspace channel.
At this time, Hatak was in Ryan's office, looking like he was reporting on his work and the progress of recent psychic teaching.
However, we returned to Icarus a few months late. If we want to completely solve the tax problem registered by the No. 4752 tax collection ship, we will not hurt the legs of a low lord and quickly eliminate the white history.
Now, with the Tyranids retreating, the Chaos Demons are holding back, stirring up the situation in a way that is almost like treason and open provocation, causing chaos within the empire.
By this time, I am afraid I will only have one or two years left to live, and there is no way I can use up all my time.