Warhawk battleship.

Zhang Yuan was pondering, and in front of him, the image sent by Xia Xiyan was playing over and over again.

"Crossing the interstellar high-speed channel, assembling the rhodium magnetic engine, the fleet arrived at the scene in less than 5 hours and found it, only to be beaten and not fight back, there are coincidences everywhere, how does it feel so weird?"

The more he thought about all this, the more he felt that it was incredible.

'Ye Liuyan, the governor of Heyue...... Interesting, really interesting. ’

'Smack~' Zhang Yuan turned off the video and ordered in a loud voice: "Luo Hua, erase the video record just now, make up a new one, and let me see it after it is completed." ”

"Yes, Captain." Luo Hua answered.

Zhang Yuan asked again: "Oh, by the way, you and the main control brain of the Giant Bear Fortress are the same branch, is there any detailed difference between the logical mechanism of the main control brain of the fortress and you?" ”

"There is no difference. The difference between us is only in the strength of the hardware. ”

"Good." Zhang Yuan smiled.

The battleship continued to fly forward, and about 1 hour later, the Giant Bear Fortress appeared in the image of the command module, and the distance between the two sides was shown as 15 light minutes, and it took about 35 minutes to reach the fortress spaceport.

"Di~" The communication suddenly sounded, and after it was connected, a holographic image of Ye Liuyan appeared in the command cabin, and the image looked at Zhang Yuan with a smile: "Zhang Yuan, the task has been completed well." ”

"Thank you, Governor." Zhang Yuan stood up and gave a standard imperial military salute to the hologram.

Ye Liuyan waved his hand, and his smile became gentler: "Don't be so restrained, relax, young man." ”

Zhang Yuan relaxed slightly, but still showed great caution: "Governor, what orders do you have?" ”

"Nothing commanded, just wanted to chat with you, of course, not through holograms on the Internet, but face-to-face, honest communication." Ye Liuyan smiled gently.

Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment, he didn't know what Ye Liuyan meant, to be honest, in the interstellar era, he didn't think there was any big difference between the two.

"Hahaha~" Ye Liuyan lightly covered her red lips and let out a string of silver bell-like chuckles: "When you get to the fortress, there will be a spaceship to pick you up and go to Bi Mercury, and when you get there, you will know everything." ”

With that, the hologram flashed and disappeared.

Zhang Yuan touched his head and asked the battleship's main controller: "Luohua, what do you mean by the governor?" ”

"I guess the Doge is supposed to have a private conversation with you, and usually, the Doge will talk to her hot spring lodge and relax while bathing together. This is known as the 'Hot Spring Talk', a long-standing tradition of the Ye family, and it is the highest glory in Ha Viet Province. ”

"Hot spring talk? Bathing together? Governor Ye is a woman, and he is still very young, isn't there something wrong with that? Zhang Yuan was really dumbfounded.

Luo Hua explained: "There are considerations to this. If it is a man, the Doge will wear a light veil and keep an appropriate distance. ”

"Oh, I see."

Ye Liuyan received him with such a high-standard etiquette, I am afraid that she is going to have a showdown with him, her thoughts, her plans, should be clear to him one by one.

"Well, I'd like to see what you want to do?"

Thinking about it like this, Zhang Yuan began to prepare, since it was a private conversation, and he was still in the hot spring, he definitely couldn't carry a weapon.

This was too risky for Zhang Yuan, but fortunately, he had been prepared for it.

The Assassin of Dark Paradise, Jade Linglong, explained to him a variety of ways to conceal weapons, the most common of which was to disguise spatial folding equipment as body tissue. Yu Linglong swallowed the mecha in his stomach, Zhang Yuan felt that although this method was secretive, it was too troublesome to use, and the space folding equipment he created was a denture.

He put the white angel in a denture with a texture that was no different from his real teeth, plus various disguises, and put it on his real teeth, so that even if he opened his mouth for inspection, he could not see anything abnormal.

After getting it done, Zhang Yuanxin settled down.

The Trailblazer went all the way, and after more than ten minutes, the battleship slowly docked into the space port, and after coming out of the space port, a large spaceship printed with the red leaf logo was already waiting in front, and in front of the spacecraft stood a middle-aged woman wearing a dark green dress and a dignified temperament.

When she saw Zhang Yuan, she curtsitted and made a very complicated etiquette, and said, "My lord, I am Ye Mei, the governor's family butler, please come with me." ”

"Okay." Zhang Yuan looked a little 'nervous', and his movements were even more clumsy, and when he walked on the escalator of the spaceship, he stumbled and almost fell.

There were two guards standing at the door of the spaceship, and after seeing Zhang Yuan's performance, his body was motionless, but his eyes were squinting, which clearly revealed his contempt for the hillbilly.

The housekeeper Ye Mei didn't take Zhang Yuan lightly in the slightest, when Zhang Yuan's footsteps 'staggered', her feet suddenly stepped into the air, and she hurriedly held the handguard railing with one hand, attracting everyone's attention to her.

She smiled apologetically, "I'm so sorry I didn't walk steadily." Master Zhang, you should also be careful, this escalator is a little slippery. ”

"Thank you." Zhang Yuan looked 'grateful'.

After entering the spaceship, Zhang Yuan felt that his eyes lit up, as if he had entered a spacious palace, only to see that the ground was covered with soft red velvet carpets, the walls were decorated with just the right amount of white ivory carvings, the antique furniture was made of fresh and fragrant logs and ivory white, and the hanging baskets contained many beautiful flowers, Zhang Yuan couldn't even name them, and he couldn't help but wonder if he was really a hillbilly.

At every corner of the ship, there is a dignified and elegant maid, whose appearance and figure are all the best choice, and the posture and style are different, some are delicate, some are cold, and some are gentle, so that people are reluctant to take their eyes off after taking a look.

With this spaceship, the Nightingale that Zhang Yuan once rode on was simply a copper-smelling nouveau riche.

This time, Zhang Yuan didn't need to deliberately disguise, as long as he naturally showed his amazement, it was enough to make people sure that he was the young man who had never seen the big world since he was a child.

Butler Ye Mei always had a decent smile on her face, and whenever Zhang Yuan's eyes were fixed on something for more than 3 seconds, she would use gentle and beautiful words to explain the origin and usefulness of this thing to Zhang Yuan.

Before you know it, the ship takes off, barely feeling any vibration in its hull, and then when the ship accelerates, you don't feel any inertia.

Accompanied by the housekeeper Ye Mei, Zhang Yuan unconsciously unloaded all the equipment on his body, and under the service of two beautiful women, he carefully washed his body, shaved his stubble, cleaned up his hair that was a little messy, and put on a comfortable and fitting dress.

When the spaceship landed in the spaceport dedicated to the Governor of Bi Mercury, Zhang Yuan completely changed his person, from a slightly raunchy young man to a noble son.

This spaceport is inside the Yejia Hot Spring Villa, and after landing, the housekeeper Ye Mei led Zhang Yuan to the hot spring pool.

After walking about 100 meters, the road became narrower and narrower, and the water vapor in the air became thicker and thicker, and at the end, the road completely disappeared, turning into a warm and humid white fine sand, and the fog was so thick that you could only see people one meter away.

The housekeeper Ye Mei stopped: "The hot spring pool is ahead, please." ”

Zhang Yuan took a few steps forward, and a natural hot spring pool made of smooth pebbles appeared in front of him, the pool water was warm and steamy, and a maid came up and took off the loose robe on his body for Zhang Yuan.

The maid whispered, "Lord Zhang, the governor will be here soon, please bathe first." ”

This environment is very mysterious, Zhang Yuan actually felt a little nervous, he took a deep breath, walked into the hot spring pool, found a flat pebble and sat down, and then looked at his nose and nose, and waited motionlessly.

In the eyes of outsiders, he looks cautious and cautious.

About 5 minutes later, Zhang Yuan heard the sound of water in his ears, and at the same time, there were fine ripples in the hot spring pool, he looked up slightly, and saw a figure more than 2 meters away walked into the hot spring pool, judging from the outline, it was a tall and slender woman with long hair.

"Hee-hee~" A familiar laugh came from the direction of the figure, it was Governor Ye Liuyan.

Immediately after, Zhang Yuan found that Ye Liuyan took a few steps towards him, and did not stop until 1 meter away, she was wrapped in a layer of white gauze that was as light as mist, as long as she looked carefully, she could see the details of her body.

Of course, Zhang Yuan didn't dare to look more, he glanced up and lowered his head.

Ye Liuyan sat slowly in the pool, there was a gentle sound of water, and after a while, she suddenly said: "Zhang Yuan, what is your biggest feeling when you go to New Blue Castle this time?" ”

"It's a poor place." Zhang Yuan told the truth.

"Yes, it's very poor, the poor jingle ring, and the lives of the poor are like grass." Ye Liuyan sighed and asked again, "Why do you think you are poor?" ”

"Taxes are too high, aren't they?" Zhang Yuan said 'cautiously'.

Ye Liuyan sighed again: "Yes, the tax is too high." New Blue Fort hands over 1 billion Star Shields every year, plus 30 million tons of various ores, with a total value of about 10 billion Star Shields. If I pay 10% less tax, the new Blue Castle will immediately become very rich. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded, wanting to say something, but was stopped by Ye Liuyan reaching out.

"You're sure to ask me why I'm charging a lot, right?"

Zhang Yuan nodded.

"Because I can't." Ye Liuyan snapped his fingers and counted the accounts for Zhang Yuan: "Of the 10 billion star shields, 8 billion belong to the empire, and 2 billion are at my disposal." Of the 2 billion, 1 billion will be returned to New Blue Castle to maintain the loss of various mines and public facilities in New Blue Castle. There are 1 billion left, of which 900 million are used for military spending, to maintain the normal operation of various fleets and war bastions. It's a necessary expense, and space is full of dangerous starry beasts, if you don't keep your fleet running. Then this time the new Blue Fort asked for help, and I couldn't send a battleship to support. So now, I have 100 million left. ”

Zhang Yuan looked at Ye Liuyan and waited for her to continue.

Ye Liuyan laughed at himself: "100 million star shields, it seems to be a lot, but if this money is spread evenly on Bi Mercury, then on the 2 billion people on Bi Mercury, everyone can't even share a star shield, and this money suddenly seems insignificant." Did you know that the annual maintenance cost of the Blue Mercury high-speed star network is 570 million star shields? ”

Zhang Yuan was 'surprised': "So many?" ”

"yes, a lot. But Starnet is only one part, and all kinds of public welfare, public transportation, energy consumption, and even forest maintenance, everything costs money. In fact, it will cost 21.3 billion star shields to operate normally for one year. This money is shared by the major space cities, and the new blue castle only shares 100 million, which is not much, right? ”

"No, not much at all." Zhang Yuan shook his head again and again.

Speaking of this, she looked at Zhang Yuan and asked, "You say, why is New Blue Castle so poor?" ”

At this point, Zhang Yuan already knew what Ye Liuyan wanted to say, and he followed her words and said: "Because of the 8 billion star shield given to the empire, if there is no such expenditure, everyone can live very well!" ”

"Yes!" Ye Liuyan slapped the water hard, and the water splashed: "That's it!" It's 1800, and the New Blue Castle alone pays 8 billion star shields to the imperial family every year! The entire Ha Yue Province pays more than 260 billion star shields every year! But what do we get? Nothing! ”

Ye Liuyan looked excited: "The Red Moon Province pays more Star Shield to the Empire every year, a full 370 billion, but what did they get?" Where was the Empire's fleet when the shapeshifters arrived? ”

Zhang Yuan's face became 'excited': "They are a group of vampires!" ”

"Well said!" Ye Liuyan praised loudly, her eyes were shining, and she looked at Zhang Yuan without blinking: "Zhang Yuan, if we have a chance to get rid of the rule of the empire, will you do your best to help me?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yuan's heart moved, and he said secretly: "It's finally here, this Governor Ye, is going to make an independent scene!" ”