The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Standard Terran Calendar, 41

Maelstrom, Sagan Galaxy, Sagan Prime

Qingpeng Manor is the most prestigious family garden on the upper floor of Vaughn's Hive Capital. It belongs to the most private territory of the Vaughan family. However, after the arrival of the expeditionary army, Earl Vaughn generously dedicated it to the expeditionary army as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force. Official Soshyan's temporary residence and residence in this key world.

This manor covers an area of ​​tens of hectares, with well-trimmed trees or beautiful flower beds. A decorative river runs through the manor, and the water flowing in it is collected from the pollution-free underground river thousands of miles away with private pipes and natural river water. The river is still full of glistening fish. There are more than a dozen artistic bridges of different styles built on the river. It is said that each of them is made by a master. Standing on the bridge is picturesque.

Walking in the manor, statues and memorial stones can be seen everywhere, from ancient pillars with plain inscriptions to richly decorated modern sculpture portraits, which depict figures in uniform, riding horses or brandishing swords, as if ordering a charge .

With an artificial, exaggerated natural beauty that breaks the oppressiveness of the gleaming decorations that soar around the spires of the hive and the industrial chimneys of the hive, it is a place full of life, a place where there is nowhere to hide in a hive. The echo of nature is also a dreamland that countless people in the hive city can hardly see in their lifetime.

At this time, in the rising sun, a giant in a silver-gray robe and a one-armed old man in a political commissar's coat were walking on a forest path. The road passed between tree trunks and stone monuments, and the treetops From time to time, the chirping sounds of various alien birds can be heard.

"You are wronged, Commissar Arak."

"Nothing happened, and those people didn't dare to do anything to me. They just sat in a room for two hours."

When passing by an artificial lake, Soshyan stopped for a moment, looked at the few white waterfowls playing in the clear lake, and suddenly sighed softly.

"It's been a really hard time for you during this time, and you have to worry about so many things at your age. If the people of Armageddon know that I treat their heroes like this, I don't know if they will call me an exploiter behind their backs."

"Haha, the commander-in-chief was joking."

There was a smile on Yarek's wrinkled face, and he took a deep breath of fresh air without any pollutants. After the Hive City could even be sold as a commodity, he said:

"I don't even think I'm old. Once a person is old, it means that he is not too far from death. If you agree, I would like to directly command the troops to fight the enemy on the front line."

Suo Shiyan also grinned when he heard this.

"Yes, no matter when, you are still the unyielding warrior standing in Hades."

"Well, if it really comes to the end of my life, I only hope that I can die on the battlefield instead of a hospital bed."

After a moment of silence, Soshyan said slowly:

"There are some things that I didn't want to annoy you, but recently there have been various levels of energy shortages, famines, and riots in various theaters of the Maelstrom. Yarek, you are in charge of recruit training and troop dispatching. I want to hear Your opinion."

"Well......"

After pondering for a moment, Yarik said softly:

"I have also seen some reports about those things. Many recruits are not even recruited, but voluntarily join the army, because at least one ration stick can be eaten when joining the army... Let me tell you a joke. The more expensive the supplies, the lower the quality of the soldiers. However, the materials and equipment required for training are often delayed and in short supply. For this reason, the training time has to be shortened from three months to two months, which corresponds to the death rate of recruits in the first month From the initial 31.56% to 42.11%, and it continues to rise, and as the battle line moves forward, the transport fleet is attacked more frequently by scattered gangs of red pirates, and the loss of transport ships becomes more and more difficult Accepted ... this further led to difficulties in the movement of personnel and supplies, and many recruits were lost before they even entered the field."

As he spoke, the old political commissar paused.

"As for the situation of famine and riots... when Hades fought the Greenskins, everyone was pushed to the limit, the physical pain, the spiritual grief, the fear of facing death, and the maddening hunger, It was eating us all the time, but in the end we stuck with it."

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"Why?"

Alec held up a finger.

"It's very simple, if people eat a ration bar, then I eat half of it, if people sleep for four hours, then I sleep for two hours, if people get hurt and only take painkillers, then I don't even take medicine. Use bandages... At that time, the people of Hades were not without anger, but everyone knows what war is all about. The people of the empire are the most tenacious, tenacious, most righteous, and full of sacrifice and dedication. Suffering doesn't mean you have to be inferior? When they have nothing, others have more. How can they not be angry and complain? But when those who lead them are willing to lead by example and enjoy less, everyone can share joys and sorrows, no matter how difficult it is Moment can pass.”

After listening, Soshyan was speechless for a long time, and the two just quietly looked at the lake—

A few minutes later, the thousand words were just a sigh.

"If the administrators of every hive city could do this, the Empire would have invaded the Eye of Terror and dragged Abaddon out to parade in the streets... Forget it, these things can only be resolved slowly , how is Sagan's situation during this time?"

"The special envoy has been communicating with officials from various departments of the empire and the nobles of the hive capital, and even nobles from other planets and galaxies came here to meet him. The chaos during this period has nothing to do with him. As far as I know, he not only lifted the jurisdictional ban, but also implemented precise tithes, restored the regular tithes of the empire, transferred the fleet of the Ministry of Justice originally used to investigate smuggling to perform other unknown tasks, and even in the expeditionary force A large number of non-expeditionary army recruits are mixed in the logistics depot directorate, which makes smuggling more rampant, a large amount of military supplies are imported into the black market, and many worlds need to bear the regular tithe of the empire when they bear the war tax, that is, the precision tithe .”

Soshyan nodded thoughtfully.

"I see, I called you so early, haven't I had breakfast yet?"

"Uh, ah, don't bother, don't bother, I can just eat some military rations."

"Ha~www.readwn.com~ What else do we need to be polite, come on."

Soon, the two came to a building called Shouyan Pavilion. This building covers an area of ​​3,000 square meters. The main part is made of concrete, baked tiles and stone masonry. And stained glass mosaic window vaults, red tiles interspersed with white banded granite walls, based on the pop art style of the 36th millennium of the human empire, adding baroque elements, which are particularly eye-catching in the huge lawn and flower beds .

After entering the main entrance, there is a red carpet in the center of the hall directly. Spiral columns extend all the way to the ceiling. On both sides are glowing noble statues in uniform and brocade. At the end is a dark brown wooden staircase. Window frames, door frames, and sand-colored walls Most of the decorations, such as chandelier and crystal chandeliers, maintain the classical style at the time of construction. Oil paintings, carvings and glass mosaic windows reveal a mysterious and solemn atmosphere with a sense of age, especially the large stained glass mosaic window in the center of the dome. When the bright sunlight shines in through the colorful patterns, the house is as mysterious and solemn as a church.

The two came to a huge dining table with a white tabletop. They were wearing a light blue one-piece dress and a white knit blouse. Veronica, who had her hair tied high behind her head, had already been waiting for her. There, the maids were putting breakfast on the table one by one.