After a moment of silence, the warden said hesitantly:
“Report to Chapter Leader Nathan No. 6 that the environment is harsh, with low temperatures all year round, and the underground rock formations are very solid. In fact, the prisoners can mine The minerals are very limited, and it is more for them to repent in labor and consume their energy to avoid committing more violent acts."
"You just need to answer my question."
Seeing that his last struggle was interrupted, the warden pursed his lips. He knew that lying at this time was courting death. The other party would definitely have a way to find out, and I am afraid that he would not get any benefits from the legal marshal if he took the risk.
Anyway, he is about to retire, and he has saved a lot of money in his small treasury. There is no need to take risks for the sake of the department.
"Last year, the total output of all types of raw ore was 571 million tons."
In fact, this number is indeed consistent with the "limited" description described by the warden, and is less than a fraction of the output of Neisen No. 5 raw ore.
But similarly, this is an income that cannot be underestimated, especially for a department.
Soshiyang didn't ask about the final destination of these raw ores. There was no point in asking. He only wanted to know one thing now.
“How long will it take to relocate all the prisoners on the planet?”
"This"
The warden thought for a while and then cautiously replied:
"If it's all, it will take at least 3 years, Chapter Commander, many prisoners are now Living in underground mines, we can only ensure that they cannot leave the planet, but we cannot guarantee that we can pull them out of the rat's nest. This is a very complicated and huge task."
"Can't wait for that. Jiu, Warden, 2 months, I only give you 2 months. I can add more ships. You inform all the prisoners. In 2 months, the Mechanicus will pour poison gas into all the underground mines on the planet. Come on. A big purge, what is the situation of the female prisoners on the planet? "
"Reporting to the Chapter Leader, the number of female prisoners is 811,902, and the average age is 26 years old."
"Except for the special-class serious criminals, the rest of the female prisoners will be placed alone in the space station first. Those with children or pregnant women will be given clean clothes, enough food and medicine." Soshyan plans to recolonize Naisen No. 6 Yes, the temperature here is a bit lower, but not to the point where it is impossible to survive. If the city's heating can be guaranteed, it will be no problem. Those original prisons can be transformed into cities. He plans to slowly transfer the mining industry of Naisen No. 5 Going to Naisen 6, on the one hand, is to reduce the population pressure on Naisen 5, and on the other hand, it is to alleviate the pollution of the planet.
For colonization, there must be a population. Although a group of people can be "caught" here by relying on coercive administrative power, if the planet is to develop for a long time, it must be truly attractive. force to allow people to flow here spontaneously.
The large number of unmarried women of school age is an attraction in itself. It’s not that Soshyan wants to engage in forced marriage. These female prisoners themselves have to work first in exchange for freedom. It’s just that generally speaking, women’s crimes are usually The lighter ones are generally murder, and the most serious ones rarely involve serial killings, riots and heretical crimes. A considerable number of women are even involved by the entire family under the conjoined system of imperial law. (Lao Mo didn’t do boxing. The proportion of vicious crimes committed by women is indeed relatively small. This is a fact)
Rather than continue to be tortured in hell on earth, it is better for these female prisoners to use some residual heat and let them become part of the colonial plan. , for single men at the bottom of the hive city, a world with many women and no pressure from labor and taxes, and where housing and jobs can be arranged, should be quite attractive.
"Then let's decide, 2 months, Warden, within 2 months you have to clear this world. Whether it's killing or transferring, you decide for yourself. This is an internal matter of the Ministry of Justice, so I won't have to interfere with it. , the new prison is being built very quickly. The barracks there are much smarter than here, and the facilities are also very complete. I think you and the prison guards will like it.”
In fact, it’s not that Soshiyang has never thought of using these. Male prisoners, but on the one hand, there are indeed quite a few scum here, such as perverted murderers, serial rapists, etc. It takes a considerable amount of time to screen them out, but the colonization work of Nathan No. 6 does not have time to wait here. Therefore, we can only let the Ministry of Justice transfer the prisoners first, and then slowly select those who can be used as needed. Whether they are serving as a punishment corps or for other purposes, they are all human resources.
The key point is that Soshyan does not intend to interfere too much with the law enforcement of the Ministry of Justice. In any case, high-pressure law enforcement is still an important means to maintain planetary stability. Soshyan can see the tenacious and struggling side of the people, and also He can also see the blind obedience and easy incitement of the people. To maintain stability in the current cultural atmosphere of the empire, strict laws are ultimately necessary. All decisions he makes currently are ultimately based on long-term goals and practical interests.
After Soshyan made the decision, the warden knew that there was no chance of improvement, so he could only quickly return to his command post and start the busy work of transferring prisoners.
However, as soon as the Warden left, the Mechanical Priest Nasu Mastenbroek found Soshiyan. The Mechanical Priest brought back from the Maelstrom showed great potential during his service in the Chapter. Amazing talent, especially during the research on the Extinction Legacy Machine and the Soul-losing Messenger, it was discovered that the core circuits of these two mysterious machines are a structure similar to a thinking logic tree, which means that this machine has " "Consciousness", but this consciousness was cut off by something - it actually manifested itself as an extremely fine nanometer-level liquid metal flow, and this liquid metal flow and the red talisman on Fentian can produce a A unique quantum signal reaction, which is why Fentian can control them.
Nasu Mastenbrook's research gave Soshyan very important information, which proved that gray marrow can not only act on the human body, but those nano-level liquid metal flows are likely to be a variant of gray marrow, or even It is the original form of gray marrow. If we follow this inference and change our thinking, then Xerxes' plan was probably not initially applied to the human body!
In addition, although Soshyan did not let Nasu Mastenbrooke study those mysterious sacred eagles, he guessed that there might be gray marrow inside these things. He also remembered what Elena said , these things can fight against the original body, and are even specially prepared to fight the original body. He once doubted this. However, Nasu Mastenbrook's discovery gave him a guess that Xerxes might have originally been just He wants to use gray marrow to create a very powerful war weapon, and the targets of these war weapons are his brothers!
Would Xerxes be so malicious to his brother? At least from the memories Soshyan saw, it shouldn't be the case. Then there is a high probability that someone arranged it, or asked him to do this -
Who can arrange the original body?
It’s just one or two.
But suddenly, Xerxes gave up this plan and instead began to study the plan of transplanting gray marrow into the Astartes.
Inferring from the timeline, this probably has a lot to do with Xerxes’ sudden change of attitude after going to Terra!