Chapter 41 A Matter of Thought

For the past fifteen years, transport ships of all sizes and formats have been constantly bringing in organic waste and taking away the wide variety of yeast foods produced in the factories, which have been shipped to nine neighboring galaxies, large and small, to provide protein for the hundreds of billions of people there." Joe woke up at this point, he was also startled to see Freddy's twisted bloody face and shivered as he tried to brace his upper body. Seeing this, Edward got up and came forward to calm Joe down, saying, 'Don't be afraid, it's a misunderstanding, you've just experienced a severe oxygen deprivation, rest for a while." After helping Joe's upper body up against the wall, he sat down next to Freddy again and made a gesture to indicate that Freddy should continue. Freddy shrugged his shoulders and said, 'That's all there is to this planet." 'Have you been watching us since we docked?" Edward asked. Freddy stretched his legs out and sat on the ground like Joe, nodded and said, 'There are our people in the dispatch center at the starport, and it's the same on the Toronto side, there are a few Federation agents guarding the perimeter of the ship right now, unfortunately the ones in Toronto ran into a riot and all of them are missing." Edward's mind suddenly flashed back to the men who were desperately trying to pry open the hatch of the Silver Dragon back at the Toronto starport, and he was struck with realization, yet remorse! It turned out that they could have retreated, they just wanted to hold their positions until the last moment, but they stumbled upon the starport energy being cut off. The figure of the agent with the crowbar occupied Edward's entire mind, and the agent's final cry of 'Let us in" echoed in Edward's mind. Three men, sitting side by side on the floor of the basement level of the Starport. Edward looked remorseful, Freddy grimaced, and Joe had a blank expression. At the same time, in the military starport of the Toronto Galaxy's Mining Star No. 3, the Empire's C37 fleet was quietly moored in the harbor, the huge starships with the Empire's unique black metallic luster were lying in their comfortable berths as if they were sleeping behemoths. In the flagship Melbin's lavishly furnished Fleet Admiral's stateroom, Alphonse was looking over the reports that had been sent back by the intelligence officers in Toronto. 'Finally, we've caught the tail of the fox." Alphonse said slowly to Jan, who was deducing the battle situation on the star map. Jan put down what he was doing, sat down beside Alphonse, and said, 'The governor of Toronto has been found?" 'Well, Rebecca, this old fox is actually hiding on the fifth mining star." Alphonse handed the report to Jan and continued, 'This is another piece of circumstantial evidence of a premeditated plan." 'Arrest her and show the confession to the public, and the anger of the people of Toronto will slowly subside." Jan said as he looked over the report. Alphonse inserted his hands together and said, 'It's not that simple, think about it, the reason for the people's riot is Toronto's economic collapse, Rebecca is just pushing them behind the scenes, even if there's no Rebecca, there will be someone else who will do the job. Therefore, this matter is divided into two steps, the first step, report to the Imperial Army Headquarters, and submit all the evidence that has been collected, and the second part, to find a way to present a proper handling plan to the Emperor himself. In this way, it will be in line with the program and also avoid being robbed of the battle results by others." Jan watch looked at this former senior, his heart had mixed feelings, Alphonse had always been the object of his admiration, the existence that he desperately chased after. But every time he tried, he would be filled with jealousy when he looked at the heavenly difference. In dealing with the incident of the Toronto Star riots, Alphonse's old-fashioned politician's demeanor had first made him notice the awesomeness of talent. 'Jan, your old injury has flared up, I'll allow you to return to Leviathan to recuperate for a few days." Alphonse's words pulled Jan back from his thoughts, and what pulled him over immediately afterward was the other party's strong arm. Jan looked down, only to see Alphonse dipping his finger in coffee and writing on a napkin, 'You go back first, your room is not monitored by a repeater." He instantly realized what the other man meant. Getting up, he saluted Alphonse and said, 'Thanks to Your Excellency's compassion, my humble servant will leave for now." After saying that, he walked out of the fleet commander's special cabin without looking back. Jan, who was waiting in his own cabin, had a mixture of excitement and apprehension in his heart, he paced around thinking wildly, sometimes stopping to look under the bed, sometimes looking up at the wiring in the cabin, searching for something. In a short time there was a knock at the hatch, and he did not rush forward to open it, but stopped to listen, and after ascertaining that the knock was a code word agreed upon with Alphonse, he hurried forward, drew the hatch open, and when the other man had come in, closed it tightly again. 'Jan, here's your chance." Alphonse joyfully hugged this fellow student's shoulder and said, 'Do you still remember Commander Danny and his chief of staff Halbo whom we bumped into that day when we came out of the palace?" 'I remember, they were on their way to an audience with His Majesty." Jan was infected by the other man's elation, and trembled with excitement, but did not know why he was excited. Alphonse said excitedly, 'After we left, Danny and Halbo had a long talk with His Majesty in his chambers for the whole night, and finally convinced His Majesty to change his policy and start implementing reforms. Their strategic policy is to strengthen the peripheral defense, control the internal military force, weaken the privileges of the nobles, and revitalize the empire's economy by shifting the center of economic gravity and redistributing the benefits. This policy can be understood in this way, using the fleet to form a strategic barrier to protect the core area of the empire, we only retain a minimum of law and order within the core area. Then return the industries in the hands of those noble lords to the people, and in conjunction with various economic revitalization policies, revitalize the empire's economy." 'So? There will be fleet reinforcements at those strategic locations on the Empire's borders?" Jan said, reaching into his pocket to fumble with the star map. Alphonse took the star chart and opened it, letting it spread out across the room as the brilliant galaxy presented itself to the pair. He pointed to a red dot that had long been repeatedly marked on the star map and said, 'This end of the West Star Bridge, there is bound to be a battle, the Empire must drive the Free Federation back beyond the Star Bridge, other than increasing the deployment of troops elsewhere, there is no need to fight in the short term." Jan said, 'I feel the same way, this gap must be plugged before it has a greater impact." 'So here's our chance!" Alphonse said, swinging his palm from top to bottom in a slashing gesture. Jan muttered, 'Finally." Alphonse pulled out a chair and sat down, saying, 'Get a pen and paper, and this time when I go back, I also ask you to help me deliver two letters to my father." 'I'll get two envelopes." Jan nimbly took the paper and pen out, wisely wanting to walk away to avoid embarrassment. 'No need, I have the envelopes with me." Alphonse finished, pulling out two beautifully body-warmed envelopes in his close pocket, each with a golden hibiscus pattern in the four corners. Jan sat down on the bed, took a slight step back, and said, 'I see you expected this!" 'That way no, I just hoped so." Alphonse said, the pen in his hand not pausing. Jan was secretly surprised in his heart, thinking, Alphonse, you can't help but be amazingly talented, your fortune is surprisingly so smooth as well. After a long time, Alphonse finally finished writing the two letters and put them in two envelopes respectively. He nodded his head in satisfaction and said, ''Because all personal belongings are inspected before going on a journey, so I didn't bring the family seal with me, I won't seal these two letters, so you can read them as you please. However, please make sure to hand them over to my father, he will trust you as long as he sees the family crest on this envelope, and the lives of our family are all in your hands! Please be sure not to let the contents of the letter get out." Jan took the envelope and said, 'Don't worry senior, I will definitely complete the mission!" Alphonse patted Jan's shoulder and turned around to walk out of the cabin. Jan looked at the departing Alphonse and stood frozen in place for a long time, he looked at the envelopes in his hand, rubbed the hibiscus flowers on those envelopes, and firmly put them into his personal pocket. He began to pack his bags, ready to return to Leviathan as soon as possible. As a soldier, he didn't have much luggage, and after a brief packing session, his eyes rested on the picture frame sitting on his desk. It was a photo of him with his two sisters. On the day he had just gotten into the officer's school, the three siblings went to a rare luxury cafeteria that they usually didn't dare to go to, to celebrate. Thinking about the satisfied smiles of his two sisters at that time, the young Jan made the first promise in his life: 'I will give you two the whole Milky Way." The bright smile of his two sisters at that time was unforgettable in his life, and this moment of smile became the motivation for his future endeavors. 'I'm going to give you two the entire Milky Way." Jan muttered. said, he no longer hesitated and snapped the photo frame on the table, his mind filled with those two bright smiling faces.