In the void, angustom sailed rapidly near the side of the Galen Galaxy. They had just left the subspace, and the statues decorating the bow were surrounded by lilac energy. Those materials that should not exist in the physical universe churned on the Geller force field and then quickly annihilated into invisibility.
The Quick Leg is a Merchant cruiser. It was originally served as a Moon-class cruiser in the Gothic Star Zone, but it caused a heavy blow in the Gothic War. After repair, it was judged that it could not continue to serve as a military warship, so it became a Merchant cruiser and was purchased by the Hoyland family.
Captain House stared at the stars and looked at a gray planet gradually approaching, which was the periphery of Angustom. As long as they crossed that asteroid, they would be scanned by the large monitoring station deployed by the Foundry World and then identify their identities.
The Hoyland family is one of the few merchant families allowed to enter the Angustom galaxy directly. This includes thousands of years of interest entanglements, and also includes a secret trade chain - the Hoyland family - Angustom - Red Pirate - Hoyland family.
These almost heretical transactions have given the Hoyland family a nearly monopoly position in many markets in the Great Vortex. They can control the prices of many industrial products, raw materials and even food, which makes all trade extremely profitable.
How abundant is the trade in the Great Vortex?
Even without relying on the salary and allowances provided by the house, a captain of the Hoyland family can earn enough money from the meager cargo he carries in private to retire and live a princely life comfortably.
However, not all ship owners have the opportunity to obtain a lucrative route in the family. In fact, there is a strict system within the huge Hoyland family. The top layer is the blood relative ship owner, usually the direct family member, and secondly, they are called the white sailor owner. These are descendants of ancient servants who have served the Hoyland family for hundreds of generations. The history of these small families can even be traced back to the Great Expedition era. It can be said that they share weal and woe with the Hoyland family, and are also the backbone of the Hoyland family, controlling most of the high-profit routes. Further down are the black sailor owners. They are not only the majority of the family, but also the main "thugs". They mainly do things like plundering competitors' routes or competing for territory with other families. Their goal of their desperate efforts is to become retainers of the Hoyland family and be promoted to white sailor owners.
The last part is the gray sailing ship owner. This type of ship owner is usually just a name and pays a part of the fee regularly. You can use the name of the Hoyland family to run a business in the Great Vortex - but the premise is that you cannot have conflicts with the ship owners of the first three classes. Generally, small ship owners are in this category. The main goal of their joining the Hoyland family is to break away from the control of the empire and avoid frequent requisitions.
House is a black sailing owner. His father joined the Hoyland family decades ago. After his father died of a pirate looting, he inherited the contract between the ship and his father for the merchant family. In recent years, he has made many contributions to the Hoyland family. He is considered to be a person who has great hope of being promoted to the white sailing owner.
But even so, it shouldn't be him who takes Angustom's route, after all, this involves the most core secret of the family.
But now is the war period, and House heard that the family seemed to be targeted by the Inquisition, so this more "dangerous" route was handed over to a capable black sailing owner like him.
However, in the eyes of people like House who are used to licking blood from a knife, this is not a problem. The Hoyland family has experienced many storms and waves for thousands of years. It is not the first time that they have been targeted by the court. The family has a deep relationship in Terra and even the court, and this matter is just ordinary.
On the contrary, some recent events in the Claremont family made him quite concerned. House was puzzled when he heard that Lord Soshyan handed over the issuance of military tickets to those people.
Why?
Anyone with a discerning eye can see how much fuel there is. This expedition will take several years to fight. The profits of the military tickets are incalculable after they are well operated. It means that even the ships don’t have to run away, and you can make a profit by lying down.
But why did this matter be handed over to the Claremont family? They were all beaten to half their lives. The Hoyland family's strength must be better if they are handed over to their operation.
He also heard some rumors that the slut in the Claremont family seemed to have embraced the Space Marine's thigh, but he couldn't figure out how the other party did it?
Astart is famous for having no desires and no desires. Even if the little girl takes off her, it will be useless to send her up.
What exactly did that Lord Soshiyang think? Do you really want to attack the family?
It doesn't seem to be-
"well."
He sighed lightly, shook his head and drove out these distracting thoughts. House realized that this level of matter was not something he should consider, it was better for his own business now.
“Examine the status of each ship.”
With his command, each ship in the fleet was soon reported. The fleet owned two merchant cruisers, five armed merchant ships, and eleven large container ships, carrying rare minerals produced from the Bloody Skeleton Galaxy.
"The owner of the ship, all ships and containers are in good condition."
"Okay, the whole team maintains the current speed and turn on the transponder."
"yes!"
Those minerals will be replaced with precious arms in Angustom, and this is only part of the voyage. The real promise of wealth is actually in another black market for arms. House probably knows that the boss behind that black market is the Red Pirate, but he is just a businessman.
In addition, in the modified cargo ship of this merchant cruiser, there are his own "private goods", some technological relics and alien creations, which can be sold at a good price in Angustorm. He can exchange them for valuable advanced survival devices. They often contain some technologies that do not comply with the "standards", but they are very valuable. Then they are sold to those nobles who are afraid of death at a higher price. The profit in the middle is about 150 times, and he does not have to pay this part of the profit at all.
"Sir, a signal!"
Suddenly, the detector screamed.
"A γ-level aid signal, marked by the other party as KOLJ-987821, is shown as a medium-sized civilian passenger ship, belonging to the Kambala Passenger Transport Company."
"Um?"
House frowned. According to the navigation rules, all the passing ships in distress must lend a helping hand, but considering the tasks they are going to perform now, it seems inappropriate.
"Where is the other party?"
"Just about 500 kilometers ahead of our route! The other party's outline has been scanned."
Then, an image of a common passenger civilian ship appeared in front of House.
"this--"
If he refuses to save him, if others are rescued behind the ship, his reputation will be broken and may even affect the family's reputation.
"Can you connect the other party's bridge? Let's first understand the situation and see if it's an engine failure or something. If it doesn't work, send a team of maintenance engineers to it, or leave a ship, and the fleet will leave first, and delivery is important."
"I'll see...it can be connected, and the other party has opened the wide-area communication line."
Chapter completed!