Chapter 1649 Joint Meeting (Part 2)
In addition to the Navy representatives, another important "stranger" at the meeting was Legal Marshal Rory Figueiredo. He was wearing the black armor of the Legal Department and a heavy He wears a fur coat and has an expressionless face, and seems as rigid as the Grand Inquisition on his waist. He is in charge of several “bureaus” of the Ministry of Justice in the Sagan galaxy and surrounding galaxies. He also holds a fleet of three Punishers in his hand. The Ministry of Justice fleet consists of a class strike cruiser and a number of small ships.
Then there is Mrs. Thanatos Lloyd of the Astropathic Hall, who is in charge of the Astropathic Choir of Sagan Prime. She is a cold and thin woman, wearing a light blue robe, with white hair. The rope was tied into a braid and hung down on his back, and his eyes were covered with black strips of cloth.
There is also the chubby Patriarch of Sagan, St. Dolton. His body wrapped in white robes is surrounded by a group of priests. They all have a thick confession stone tied around their necks. They look pale. Pale and exhausted.
What remains are three representatives of the Forge World. They wear red robes, the mechanical supports of their limbs hiss as they move, and various clustered crystal prosthetic eyes and optical equipment burn like fire under their hoods. Emitting faint light like lumps of coal, these strange mechanical priests are also an indispensable part, but they almost never speak, or speak in a state that ordinary people can understand.
In addition, the others are officials from the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Military Affairs, who try hard to look like a family.
At a glance, there were hundreds of names and faces in total. With Soshyan's memory and attention to detail, he was sure to remember these, and he knew that this information would be useful at some point.
With everyone watching, he stopped in front of the holographic table and placed his hands on it.
"My gentlemen and ladies, commanders and venerable priests, it is a pleasure to see you serving the Emperor with such enthusiasm and energy."
Said , Soshyan paused, letting applause and table slams echo from the crowd.
"I also want to pay tribute to the fearless Astra Militarum and Navy. It is those brave warriors who have protected the Emperor's territory for so many years and paid their lives for it."
Another round of applause, this time Louder this time, Soshyan received nods of thanks from the Astra Militarum commanders and naval commanders, and returned the favor in kind.
As the applause died down and the leader of the Ministry of Internal Affairs delegation raised his official cane, Soshyan interrupted his prepared speech and made a polite gesture to the chief executive, indicating that he should continue.
The tall, thin man in a long robe cleared his throat and bowed deeply.
"Before you continue your speech, Your Excellency the Supreme Lord Commander, on behalf of all the people of the Sagan system, we will be forever grateful to you for leading this expedition. We have suffered from heretical pirates over the years. , for our salvation, we thank the Emperor, and we thank you.”
It was so disgusting that Soshyan wanted to frown at these words, but he didn't show it.
"Chief Administrative Officer Junot Rigo, is that right?"
The Administrative Officer nodded, obviously pleased to be recognized by such an esteemed Chapter Master.
"I and the other soldiers thank you for your gratitude."
Soshyan smiled warmly,
"I am very happy to see that this galaxy is still in good order, and I hope that you can give me more help in raising war supplies and establishing logistics warehouses."
As soon as I heard it. This, the official of the Ministry of Interior hesitated for a moment, and then said:
"About this. Sir, there are some things I must report."
"Please tell me." "The Sagan galaxy is a maelstrom. The important tithe collection and distribution center, more ships arrive from the extreme star field every day, bringing tithe and trade materials to be inspected - they need to be disposed of in the system faster and all transferred to the planet On the edge, some tithe fleets have been anchored for weeks, with nothing to do but wait for release, which creates a lot of pressure on us if the tithe cannot be paid regularly."
Soshyan frowned and looked at Major General Santos Vaughn, who was in charge of system security. He was also the commander of the Sagan patrol fleet, commanding a small fleet consisting of three light cruisers and three frigates. He was only forty years old. Handsome and charismatic, despite the scars covering the left side of his face.
He is also the nephew of Lord Stern Vaughn.
"Major General Santos Vaughn, can you explain?"
The other party coughed twice, and then said:
"Supreme Lord Commander, we are completely following your instructions. The highest martial law order required is implemented and all ships are strictly inspected. As for the tithe fleet, you may not know it. In order to save costs, the Ministry of Interior often entrusts the merchant fleet to carry out this business, and many of those merchant ships They are all suspected of smuggling trade and may even be involved with heretics, so we cannot allow them to pass quickly.”
Soshyan turned back to look at Junot Rigo, who coughed awkwardly, and then defended:
"Sir, I guarantee that the fleet that enforces the tithe must be loyal. Maybe they will go there I have done some other business, but I feel that there is a double standard in what Major General Santos Vaughan said. When honest and loyal businessmen are doubted because of their past transactions, with all due respect, hundreds of people in the Sagan system Every noble family has served the traitors.”
If we continue, this topic will be very dangerous, and it is very likely to lead to the meeting turning into a mutual attack between different factions. Soshiyang immediately stopped him:
“We are only discussing the tithe fleet now, don’t bring up old matters again.”
Junot Rigo bowed quickly.
"That's not what I meant."
"But the chief administrative officer is reasonable."
The regional minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs suddenly said that although he was wearing an Astra Militarum uniform, he was not A soldier, but a civil servant.
“The tithe is the most sacred and important thing in the empire. Nothing has a higher priority than it. We must remove any obstacles. One of the main crimes of the traitor Huron was to interfere with the empire’s tithe. Tax collection."
"Minister Royce."
Soshiyang said the other party's name slowly, then turned to look at him and said in a calm tone:
"Do you want to use Huron's example to threaten me?"
"Don't dare!"
The man quickly lowered his head.
Soshiyang didn't bother to waste any words and looked at Santos Vaughn.
"Then let the eleven tax fleet be released directly. In the future, all eleven tax fleets can pass without inspection."
"Sir, there is one thing I must explain. How many eleven taxes has been issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs over the years? They probably can't figure out the tax pass. Most of the ships outside the galaxy now say that they are the tax fleet. However, as far as I know, there will never be that many. If so, then it is basically equivalent to discharging you soon. Previously promulgated jurisdictional prohibitions and combat readiness regulations”
(End of this chapter)