Chapter 67 Volistad
Volistad is an inconspicuous habitable planet in the Draco star region.
As an agricultural world, its main color is whole patches of blue and large disconnected green onions. The agricultural products it produces supply several large hive cities in the star region, and it is also a The resettlement planet for retired officers and soldiers of the Astra Militarum.
Officers and soldiers from this sector, after being very lucky to end their service career safely, will get a piece of land or a manor on the vast and fertile land of Volistad.
This property can be tax-free for ten years, and then you only need to pay enough tithe tax to cultivate it for generations.
For many officers and soldiers from the bottom of the hive city, this temptation is undoubtedly huge, but considering the extremely low survival rate of the Astra Militarum, not many lucky people actually get this gift.
On the other hand, even if the probability is small, under a huge base, the absolute number can reach an unprecedented height.
The main body of production in Volistad has always been large private farms. Farmers with their own privileges drive millions of farmers (slaves) to farm for them and earn considerable income. Profit, and no intention to carry out any investment and construction, the overall level of the planet is still only maintained at the basic industrialization stage.
The serfs received only half of the ration in most cases, but compared to the one-third ration of ordinary workers in the hive city, at least they would not be too hungry.
So this planet has always been peaceful.
The most recent war can be traced back to three hundred years ago, when a small force of orcs invaded the planet. However, in the end, the sector defense forces responded in time and nipped the danger in the bud.
As for other threats, most of them have little interest in such a worthless planet.
But recently, this planet has not been peaceful at all.
Five months ago, due to the continuous stacking of tithes, some serfs, led by a retired soldier named Herni, who could not bear the oppression, rose up in rebellion, killed the farmer and burned down the farm. Lord's estate.
Their demand is very simple, that is, they want to become yeoman farmers and they will still pay taxes to the empire - a reasonable tithe.
A large part of these people used to be homesteaders, but due to bankruptcy and many other reasons, they had to become serfs.
Such a request was naturally impossible to obtain the consent of the Planetary Agriculture Federation. The big landowners, as the main members of the parliament, immediately passed a resolution to mobilize the planetary defense forces and the private guards of their respective families, clamoring for hanging. Death to all rebels.
During this process, the Astra Militarum garrisoned in the sector rarely remained silent and did not make any move.
In a sense, this rebellion is what the Astra Militarum is happy to see.
Although the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Sector Governor signed a clear agreement that the resettlement place cannot be changed at will, but as time goes by, those greedy landowners have been trying every means to encroach on the veterans' resettlement designated by the Ministry of Military Affairs. The district governor, including the Ministry of Justice, turned a blind eye or found various excuses to dodge.
The local Astra Militarum were already very annoyed by this.
This rebellion happens to be an opportunity. Once they can intervene, the Ministry of Military Affairs, while suppressing the rebellion, can also severely crack down on the landowners who have occupied the resettlement sites and take back the occupied land.
However, sending troops to quell the rebellion requires the approval of the District Governor, because the Agricultural Federation of Volistad only called the rebellion a "riot" in its report.
If it was just a commotion, then the Astra Militarum would have no reason to attack.
As a result, a very strange situation has arisen on this agricultural world. On the one hand, the rebellion is getting more and more intense. On the other hand, the local Astra Militarum has never summoned the Astra Militarum to counter the rebellion, and the Astra Militarum acts as if it has done nothing. occur.
Against this background, subspace disturbances suddenly appeared in the high orbit of the planet Volistad.
"Get ready to jump out of subspace, five, four, three, two...one! Shut down the subspace engine!"
With the strange vibrations in the high orbital space, one large and one small The two battleships slid out of the gorgeous subspace rift with ripples like fish jumping out of the water.
"The engine runs at low power, long-distance communication is enabled, and the auspicious array is activated."
Under Loken's busy schedule, various instruments and equipment that were shut down in the subspace began to shut down. Awakening, at the same time, massive amounts of data rolled into the Thinker's computer array from various sensors, and appeared in the storage and computing units of different technical priests in the form of more concise and clear codes.
"Captain Soshyan, all equipment is normal."
Loken simply collected the data, then turned around and said to the tall figure in front of the command throne, while glancing at him intentionally or unintentionally. Another one next to the other person.
The rumor that there was suddenly a Space Marine on board was indeed true.
"Okay, let's stop here first."
Soshiyang nodded and stared at the very clear planet outside the porthole.
He still doesn't understand the significance of this trip.
"This is the Tianlong Star District..."
Beside him, Thor had put on a silver-gray power armor, cut his hair to his shoulders, and cleaned up his face. He is also watching this planet, but his focus is different from Soshyan's. He was thinking about the memories of this sector and quickly found the key point.
“Is this it?”
"What?"
Soshyan turned his head.
"Dianlong Star District...well, a big event happened once."
"What was it."
"If my memory is correct, it was in In this sector, the Empire fired the first shot at the Ork Empire of Ullanor."
Soshyan was stunned for a while. He had never seen this record in the historical files of the archives. Saul looked at him as if he knew what he was confused about, and then said:
"That battle The leader is Horus. "
At this moment, the door of the bridge suddenly opened, and with the sound of piston pumping and heavy footsteps, the Holy Fearless entered the bridge.
For a time, except for Soshyan and Thor, other mortals on the bridge, including Loken, bowed to him.
“Have you arrived at Volistad?”
Brother Seid's deep voice came from the loudspeaker.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Soshiyang tapped his right hand a few times on the console of the command throne, and a huge three-dimensional image of a planet appeared above the bridge.
"We have arrived at Volistad's high orbit and can land at any time."
As he said that, he paused.
"But I still want to ask why we are here. This seems to be an ordinary planet."
"And there are still riots happening."
Loken suddenly interjected.
“I just received a sector broadcast. Due to the escalation of the riots in Vollistad, the nearby area has been designated as a military control area, and any ships entering or leaving need to be registered and inspected.”
< br>“Ignore them.”
Brother Said said forcefully:
"Soshyan, you lead a team to parachute to the ground. I have a locator here. You can find it in the direction indicated above."
said Then, a silver disc-shaped object appeared in Brother Seid's palm. Loken stretched his head to take a look, and then exclaimed:
"This is a high-precision remote positioning transmission coordinate instrument!"
“Do you still understand this?”
Brother Seid turned to the Tech-Priest below the bridge.
"I...I heard my mentor mention that this is a very rare crystallization of ancient technology. Generally speaking, it is used as a medium in two large transmission arrays, which can avoid complex rituals and data flow. As long as the correct coordinates are entered, the two large teleportation arrays can be used freely in a very short time.”
After listening to Loken’s science, Soshiyang seemed to have some understanding and said:
"Sir, the treasure you are looking for...is in a large teleportation array?"
"Of course, the battle is quick, you deploy the airborne landing as soon as possible."
"Understood."
Then Brother Said turned to Thor.
"Captain Saul, could you please accompany them?"
"No problem."
(End of this chapter)