Chapter 861 Spice Star: Arrakis!

On the unreachable planet Arrakis, it is designated as a forbidden area by the Empire. Any starship that goes there without permission will suffer a devastating blow, because this is the only place in the known universe where spices are produced.

In the past few decades, the mining of spices has been assigned by the emperor to the Harkonnen family for control.

With a firm control over this rare resource, the Harkonnen family has been able to quickly accumulate a huge amount of wealth.

As wealth continues to expand like a snowball, its influence and strength have also been rapidly improved in all aspects.

In the human empire, money has almost omnipotent magic, and it can easily buy everything people desire in their hearts:

Whether it is a large number of people working, or advanced and sophisticated weapons and equipment; or sufficient and abundant food reserves, or stable and reliable logistical support...

As long as there is enough money, you can get everything you want and realize all your dreams.

Because of this, the Harkonnen family has expanded rapidly at an astonishing speed beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Although they only have the relatively low title of baron, their real strength is actually comparable to those respected dukes, and even not inferior.

Today, the Harkonnen family has been hailed as the three giants in the Lansrad Committee together with the prestigious Corino family and the highly respected Atreides family.

As the leader of the Harkonnen family, Vladimir Harkonnen is no ordinary person. He has huge ambitions.

While he has always been determined to continuously strengthen his own military strength, he has also frequently launched tests against the other two equally powerful families, trying to find out the bottom line of the other party.

Unfortunately, the sky did not fulfill people's wishes. After sensing his ambition, the emperor sent the Sisterhood, causing Vladimir to fail to give birth to a legitimate heir to continue the family's glory.

If the Harkonnen family had a legitimate heir, they would definitely not be in a situation of being almost isolated and helpless in the Lansrad Committee.

Even with the precious resource of spices, the Haknan family is very likely to have surpassed the Corino family and ascended the throne.

But then again, if Vladimir had not been childless and the Haknan family had no heir, His Majesty the Emperor would have sent him to mine spices with confidence.

Only when a noble like Vladimir, who has no successor, controls the spice industry can the emperor rest assured. Even if the other party controls a lot of wealth, once he dies, the emperor can kill this money bag with a little trick.

But it is precisely because he knows his situation that Vladimir still covets the golden lion throne that symbolizes supreme power for a long time, and he always wants to replace it.

After all, although he himself has no biological son, fortunately he still has two nephews, so the glory of the family can still be continued through these two nephews.

As long as the Haknan family can successfully ascend the throne, the Haknan family can avoid becoming the emperor's money bag and being liquidated by the emperor afterwards.

However, just when everything was planned, things did not go as planned.

Just yesterday, an imperial decree from the emperor was like a bolt from the blue, completely shattering Vladimir's dream.

The emperor suddenly issued an order to expel the Harkonnen family from Arrakis and handed over the precious spice mining rights to the Atreides family.

Faced with this sudden change, even if Vladimir was unwilling in his heart, he could only choose to accept the imperial decree helplessly.

Because the emperor's most powerful weapon is the righteousness he controls.

As a member of the Corino family, who was born as an elector, the emperor himself represents the core interests of the entire aristocracy.

Although everyone pretends to obey the emperor in secret, everyone must abide by the rules of the game in public.

Any behavior that confronts the emperor is tantamount to hitting a rock with an egg and destroying oneself.

Going against his will means standing against the entire huge and noble aristocracy. Even the Harkonnen family, which has always been known for its arrogance, would never dare to easily commit such a serious crime of defying the will of heaven and treason in the face of such a situation.

At this moment, there seems to be only one way left, that is, obeying orders, there is no other choice.

Fortunately, Vladimir knows the real intention behind the emperor's move.

Isn't it just trying to use the powerful power of the Harkonnen family to eradicate the Atreides family?

Humph! How could this little calculation escape his eyes?

But it doesn't matter. Since the emperor has handed this "arduous" task to them, he will gladly accept it.

Not only that, he also wants to handle this matter perfectly and complete this mission beautifully, so that everyone in the world will know the ability of the Harkonnen family.

The Harkonnen family could have evacuated the area as planned, but if the Atreides family couldn't even protect themselves, it would have nothing to do with him.

Once the Atreides family was destroyed, no one on Arrakis would be able to continue mining spices, which would eventually lead to a break and shortage of the spice supply chain. The nobles would inevitably pull Shaddam IV off the throne because of his wrong decision.

At that time, don't blame him for not showing the emperor any mercy. Of course, he wanted the arrogant emperor to ask him to return to Arrakis to resume the spice collection operation.

This is a crisis, but it is also an opportunity. He wants to show a fact to Saldam IV to Saldam IV through actual actions:

Throughout the known universe, only his Haknan family has the ability to quickly and large -scale spice resources. Anyone or forces are overwhelmed.

Of course, the reason why Vladimir decided to take over this matter is not just just wanting to take this opportunity to show his strength and prove self -worth;

It is also because he is very clear in his heart. In the face of the elaborate conspiracy set by the emperor, he has no room for rejection. The only feasible way is to obediently accept the arrangement. In addition, there is no way to choose from.

Once the Erdi family firmly controls the mining of spices, then those nobles in the Lanced Commission will rush to the Haknan family like a hungry wolf group that smell the bloody smell, and will bring it fiercely. Even the belt bones are swallowed!

Because for these greedy and hard -to -fill guys, the huge interests brought by the spices are simply the temptation that cannot be resisted.

Therefore, only to hold this precious spice field tightly, and before the Erdi family controls the spice mining, remove the Er Cuidi family and firmly control the right to distribute the spices.

In this way, the Haknan family can have a sufficiently strong deterrence, making the aristocrats of the Lanced Commission jealous and dare not easily do it.