Ren Zhong waved his hand indifferently, "I don't care about your ambush. I don't want it, so there is no need to talk about it. Now I know the location of the storm base, and the fleet will arrive in seventeen months."
Wu Moyou: "This..."
With just a simple calculation, Wu Moyou knew that the Source Star Fleet actually had the ability to cruise at 0.21 times the speed of light. This speed was faster than the Storm Assault Fleet. The reason why Ren Zhong walked slowly at 0.15 times the speed of light before was clearly just to lure the snake out of its hole.
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Ren Zhong ignored Wu Moyou's shock and continued: "I just want to know what else you can give in exchange for your chance of survival, and my kindness in not holding the Wushi clan accountable. In business, it's about equivalence.
Exchange. Right?"
"I...I can find a way to find the hiding place of the Fang Pirates! I can only do this! I am the only one left among the three Storm Sons!"
As expected of Wu Moyou, he reacted very quickly and immediately grasped his most valuable advantage.
"Oh? The hiding place of the Fang Pirates?" Ren Zhong, who originally looked very lazy, sat up slightly and focused his eyes on Wu Moyou.
Wu Moyou was keenly aware of this change. He was ecstatic in his heart, but still maintained a timid look on his face. He said tremblingly: "Yes. The size of the Fang Pirates Group is comparable to that of the Storm Pirates Group. Over the years,
He has accumulated a lot of wealth. Eighty or nine years ago, I don’t know what happened to the Fang Pirates. They severely offended the earl, and Uncle Nan was liquidated. Everyone was killed, leaving only
They took down some old, weak, women and children, and then hid. There are many forces in the Broken Star Ring who are looking for their place to stay. The Fang Pirates Group has a very large reserve of metal resources, which happens to be the same as the Storm Pirates Group, which has a large amount of nuclear fusion raw materials.
Complementary to each other, if we can take advantage of this resource, Captain Cali can more than double its scale in fifty years. So we are particularly attentive."
Ren Zhong secretly laughed in his heart. In fact, Wu Mo said these things. Xiao Xingyue had already used hypnosis to ask them before. Now he just asked Wu Mo to repeat them in a sober state.
"I see." Ren Zhong shook his head, "I already know the matter. But as you said, so many forces in the Broken Star Ring have been searching for almost ten years but they still can't figure it out. Why do you think you can get it?
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Wu Mo gritted his teeth, as if to embolden himself, "The villain has a plan. In fact, in the entire Broken Star Ring, behind all pirate groups above a certain size is the Secret Service of the Earl's Mansion of Nanxiang. Others don't know about the fangs.
The secret service must know exactly where it is hidden. Just ask the villain to contact the secret service director of Nanxiang Earl's Mansion and tell him that I have completed the task. Then I will agree with him to split it 28%, and I will share 80% with him.
If the tooth is sold at a good price, there is no reason not to let go."
Ren Zhong finally believed it. He leaned over slightly, clenched his hands into fists, and stared at Wu Moyou, "It sounds feasible, but I have to take the risk. How do I know that you won't use Nanxiang's relationship with me?"
The opportunity for communication between Bo's agents exposed Storm's defeat? Besides, splitting it 28/20 is too stupid. I won't give up a penny."
Wu Moyou was stunned, thinking for a moment, and finally seemed to make a decision.
"My Lord Earl, if you are still not at ease, ask your people to supervise me and let me contact the Wushi family first and ask them to start immediately and bring all the family assets to move to Nanjiu C and become your
Vassal. This matter will take about four months to complete. After it is completed, I will contact the Nanxiang Earl's Mansion. By then, the lives of me and my family will be in your hands. You also said just now, it's business.
.I am just a conventional businessman at heart. No matter how greedy I am, I would not dare to risk my own life and the lives of the whole family, right? As for the so-called 80% off, that is just what I said to deceive the director of the Secret Service.
That's it. After you take it all and return to Nanjiu with the fleet safe and sound, he can only hold his nose and admit defeat. After all, you are also an earl, and you and Uncle Nanxiang are already hostile. You have no worries about your debts.
Bar?"
This Wu Moyou really has a lot of clever ideas.
Ren Zhong finally nodded and asked Ou Youning to take this person away. Ou Youning will be responsible for many subsequent matters.
Among the core subordinates, Ou Youning has the most experience dealing with these frivolous matters and has the most experience. He will handle it without hesitation.
After they were escorted away, Xiao Xingyue asked in confusion: "Why don't you just let him do it instead of going around in a circle like this?"
Ren Zhong smiled and said: "There is an essential difference between being forced to do something and taking the initiative to do something in order to survive. Okay, there will be no more surprises in the next voyage. The rotation mode will be implemented and the fleet will move forward at full speed.
Try to reach the storm base as soon as possible. We don’t have much time left.”
Two months later, the armed merchant transport fleet split into two groups.
There are 500 battleships along the way, led by Ren Zhong himself. Most of the elite combat forces are in these 500 battleships and continue to attack the storm base.
There were 1,500 warships on the other side, led by Zheng Tian, who turned towards the most likely hiding place of the Fang Pirates.
At this time, Wu Moyou realized that the Yuanxing commercial fleet did not bring any cargo at all, and was purely an empty ship. This means that Ren Zhongzhao’s plan from the beginning was to take advantage of others, and the storm pirates deserved it.
The regiment ran head-on into the muzzle of the gun.
Wu Moyou, who had transformed into Ou Youning's little follower, lamented his misfortune repeatedly.
But Ou Youning laughed loudly and said: "You are not unlucky. The boss has known for a long time that your Storm Pirates Group has problems with the design of this assault battleship. In order to reach 0.2 times the speed of light, it has to withstand higher energy consumption, so in
Of all the large pirate groups, they most like to stockpile nuclear fusion raw materials. What we are keeping an eye on is your inventory. Our entire route planning and dispatch timing have been targeted at you from the beginning."
"This... oh, it's okay." Wu Moyou scratched his head, "It's lucky that the humble minister took this opportunity to join the Earl. There is an old saying in the empire, a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise."
Ou Youning looked this man up and down, and inexplicably saw his own reflection in him, "You are quite reasonable."
"Of course, ever since my caravan was intercepted by Cali Crowdy, I have never been able to decide my own destiny. If I didn't have this kind of free thinking, I might not be alive today."
Ou Youning heard a hint of desolation in his tone and shook his head. Young Master Ou decided to give this person a heads up to prevent him from getting into trouble with his boss in the future. "When we do things, whether we compare with pirates or Nannan
Compared with the country uncles, they are all fundamentally different. If you really want to join us, I suggest you take a look at these things."
After saying that, Ou Youning sent some cases left by the Ethics Review Committee to Wu Moyou through his watch. In fact, Ou Youning had already obtained the review report on Wu Moyou provided by Xiao Xingyue. Xiao Xingyue was
The comments said that although Wu Moyou played the role of a dog-headed strategist who specialized in devious ideas in the Storm Pirates, he also occasionally did good deeds, not all bad things. In view of this, Ou Youning should give him a hand.
, it’s not like breaking the rules.
After a long time, Wu Moyou, who was reading the information alone in the cell, couldn't help but tremble all over.
He was so excited that he could not help himself. Although the forces he had surrendered to had been shattered into pieces, he suddenly felt that this might really be his opportunity. Even if it was just the tip of the iceberg that revealed Yuan Xingbo, it also brought huge consequences to Wu Moyou.
Touched. He felt that he had never seen such a count in his life. Even if he followed the history of the Nanxiang Star Cluster for tens of thousands of years, there had never been a high-ranking noble who had to pay the price for killing civilians.
Wu Moyou once wondered whether this was just a way to eliminate dissidents. But before the Storm Pirates were ready to take action, they also found someone to inquire about the specific situation of Yuan Xingbo's forces. Many people had rebelled against the Yuan Star Fleet before.
, who have taken refuge in the nine viscount families who are all in the same sect. Many of these people make a living by selling information about the Source Star Fleet. There is conclusive evidence that even if Ren Zhong ordered the massacre of members of the Augustus family,
, but they did not kill them all for no reason, they only judged each other with reasonable grounds. The members of the Augustus family who had never breached the bottom line of the rules were still alive and followed the Source Star Fleet back to the Nanxiang Star Cluster, and could even come and go freely.
"I thought that he was just a count who had some means but relied more on luck. Now I think that everyone was wrong. Even if he obtained the highest authority of a civilization, he still exercised strict self-discipline and insisted on acting within the rules he created.
He does not easily change the rules due to personal preferences, and then uses his own authority to defend the authority of the rules. Such a lord, if he does not die young, will definitely achieve great things. My family took refuge in him, although it seems to be acting as a hostage, but as long as
Like other people with heavy responsibilities, they can take the initiative to integrate and abide by these rules, and they will only live better. Perhaps in this process, there will be some unruly and ignorant children who try to challenge the rules because they are confused about the situation.
We are subject to sanctions, but this is an inevitable pain, and in the long run, this is a good thing."
Talking to himself, Wu Moyou had another thought in his heart. He thought, if the person in charge of the Nanxiang Star Cluster was not Nanxiang Uncle Liu An, but Yuan Xingbo, then Nanxiang Star Cluster would be destroyed.
Establish a prosperous and harmonious world with a strong military and a strong people. But as soon as the thought came to his mind, he was immediately thrown out of his head in panic. You must not think too much about this kind of thing. Once you think too much, it is easy to get confused.
There are clues in his behavior and language. Once he returns to Nanxiang Star Cluster and re-enters the sight of the Empire's super network node, he will be scrutinized all the time and will be exposed sooner or later. Uncle Nanxiang will definitely notice that he is not the source.
For a big shot like Uncle Xing who holds a high title, even if his whole family takes refuge with Uncle Yuan Xing, he will definitely be crushed easily by any means he can think of.
Amidst the constant fear and worries about gains and losses, Wu Moyou spent another two relatively peaceful months in the fleet.
During these two months, Wu Moyou was not fully imprisoned. Instead, he only stayed in the cell for three more days before Ou Youning took the initiative and released him, allowing him to conduct limited operations in this armed battleship.
activity.
Later, Wu Moyou was sent to another warship and became the leader of a prisoner-of-war regiment with a total number of more than 6,300 people. Together with other prisoners of war, he followed a standard eight-hour sleep schedule a day and received some humanistic and social classes.
Subject teaching. Then, according to the model of one group of twenty people, group discussions will be held during the night time of the fleet to exchange the learning experience of this day.
Yes, it is learning. There is no endless and meaningless torture, and there is no imaginary coolie squeeze that will squeeze out every drop of potential in the human body, and there are no victors in other forces' prisoner-of-war camps that make people change their colors.
humiliation and oppression.
The prisoners of war realized that although they had become prisoners, they had not been deprived of their personal rights. This was unimaginable before. In fact, in the Nanxiang Star Cluster, no matter whether you were born in a pirate group or were captured by
Forced to turn into pirates, as long as you become a pirate, you are no longer a human, but an animal, a slave, a tool, a resource, and grease that can be ignited for heating needs.
But now, when they became Yuan Xingbo's prisoners, they received an upgrade in treatment.
The content they study is not too demanding either.
Some courses take place in the history of the distant Source Star, as if this powerful fleet is still remembering its homeland.
Other courses are more metaphysical questions that Wu Moyou, the former second of the three sons of the Storm and the head of Zhongxing of the Wushi family, has never thought about. For example, "What is a human being" and "What is intelligent life?"
, "The stratification of society", "The resilience and ductility of civilization", "The necessity of a fair system surrounding the Earl", "How to maintain the creativity of civilization in the context of material excess" and other strange things.
Wu Mo often didn't understand and was even more surprised. He didn't understand that since Yuan Xingbo was the victor, why should he talk to the prisoners of war?
Yuan Xingbo actually tried to share his experience of ruling civilization with everyone and teach everyone! This is simply ridiculous.
Isn't he afraid of being monitored by the Imperial Supernet?
Oh, by the way, the earl has a certain right to self-determination as a civilization. As long as Yuan Xingbo is still loyal to the empire, will still respond to the call for war, and will not try to expand his rules beyond the limitations of the title to the entire star cluster, then he thinks
He can do anything. As long as he is not afraid of being overthrown from his rule, there will be no problem.
Of course, although he didn’t understand much and didn’t quite agree with many of the concepts of responsibility, Wu Moyou, as the leader of a prisoner-of-war regiment, still had to be patient to study, discuss, think, summarize, and even lead
Summarize others' opinions and comment on others' thoughts.
Unknowingly, when he did these things that were obviously against his will more often, he actually became a little intoxicated and grasped more feelings in a hazy way. The outline of the utopia that was originally unreal quietly became more and more clear.
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Wu Moyou noticed his change, and once again thought to himself, if Yuan Xingbo had not lied, and could really pass the count's assessment with the highest evaluation, he would have gained absolute control over hundreds of fertile planetary systems and hundreds of other planets in the initial stage.
If there is a planet, then the world that should not exist that I vaguely captured through these social science lectures can move from fantasy to reality.
"I have a chance to be a part of it. Phew, so, give it a try."
With this in mind, under the watchful eyes of Ou Youning and Xiao Xingyue, Wu Moyou finally connected to the communication of the Secret Service of Nanxiang Earl's Mansion.
What happened next was without any surprises.
Wu Moyou told the other party that the combat power of the Origin Star Armed Commercial Fleet was quite extraordinary, so that Kali Claudy and Hou Sheng were unfortunately killed in battle, and he was the only surviving member of the Three Storm Sons.
Although the process was difficult, he fulfilled his mission in the end and successfully annihilated Yuan Xingbo's entire army. Now he is in Yuan Xingbo's main ship.
The Secret Service Director seemed to be so ecstatic about achieving his goal that he temporarily forgot to verify further, and soon promised that when the fleet returned to Storm Base, he would immediately start arranging for the ship to carry the new positioning scanning device to set sail.
Wu Moyou then negotiated an exchange of 28% of the remaining assets of the Fang Pirates with the other party without spending much effort, and obtained the exact coordinates of the Fang's hiding place. Fortunately, Zheng Tian led the
The fleet that maneuvered in advance chose the right direction and did not take a long detour.
After that, 1,500 warships led by Zheng Tian turned slightly and headed straight for Tusk's hiding place.
Eighteen months passed in the blink of an eye, and the two fleets set sail again, heading towards the Nanxiang star cluster.
Ren Zhong stood on the bridge, staring into the distance.