On the other side, in the direction of the Prince's Palace, the Duke of Dejin sat with a dazed face, his face full of exhaustion and sleepiness.

"Uh-huh。。。。。。" He felt a migraine and rubbed his temples while moaning in pain.

Standing beside him was his chief advisor, Maharaja Karn, a man who prides himself on being a close confidant of the Prince.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Deggin's appearance, Maharaja hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a concerned face.

This man's affection for the prince is probably more than the affection he has invested in his family combined, and he is such a loyal man.

"Nothing, Maharaja." Deggin waved his hand and motioned for Maharaja not to come closer.

"It's just a bit of a headache."

"Need to call a doctor?"

"No need," Deggin moved his back slightly, allowing his breathing to flow a little smoother, "just a little tired." ”

"Please take care of your health, the Principality still needs your leadership."

"Hehe, now you're the only one in the whole Zeon who thinks so," Deggin said with a wry smile, "Everyone else thinks I've lost power, and Kilian is the real leader." ”

“。。。。。。” Maharaja did not dare to reply.

"There's no point in saying this, after all, I'm also at an age where I can't preside over state affairs, and it's inevitable that my authority will fall, but you, Maharaja," Deggin feigned displeasure, "Didn't I tell you that you don't need to talk to me so carefully?" ”

"This。。。。。。 Don't dare, Your Majesty, I am your courtier, and it is a matter of course to abide by the dignity and humility of the upper and lower levels. ”

"Courtier?" Deggin thought for a while: "But your daughter is married to Dozru, before saying that you are my courtier, you are also my in-laws, such an attitude is not the attitude towards family members." ”

As he spoke, Deggin was a little sad.

"The little girl Senna is just a willow, and it is really an honor for her to be able to serve by the side of Young Master Dozru." Maharaja had an expression on his face that he was honored to be in-laws with the sovereign.

"Well, Senna is a good girl, a good match for Dozru." Deggin nodded and said.

After saying that, Deggin didn't know what he was thinking, and Maharaga didn't dare to interject, so he could only stand by carefully.

After a long time, Deggin suddenly said, "Maharaja, I have something for you to do. ”

"Yes, please command, Your Majesty." Maharraga respectfully got down on one knee.

Like a medieval knight.

"I want you to go to Axis," Deggin said, "to make it a self-sufficient city." ”

Axis is an asteroid base in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, founded in 0072, originally only an asteroid developed by the Principality of Jean Army to make up for the lack of resources, but because of Jupiter's resource mining and Mars development, it has become an important transportation hub, not only the base of the Jupiter resource group, but also the first stop to Mars.

Because of this, Axis has developed very rapidly, because of the support for the development of Mars and Jupiter, Axis has concentrated a large number of people, and the level of industry has also developed rapidly, but in a few years, it now has millions of residents. (Note 1)

However, because Axis does not have any agriculture, the population of one million is already the limit of this base that does not have a residential function in the first place, and Axis has become the worst place in SIDE3, where the original standard of living is at the bottom of the geosphere.

But the potential is endless.

"Your Majesty?" Maharaga was taken aback, what does this mean.

"Just in case." Deggin closed his eyes tiredly.

"I'm worried that Kilian will hinder the negotiations for his own ambitions, and in case of war, Zeon has almost no chance of winning," Deggin said to Maharaga, "In case of emergency, the Zabi family can still have a place to live, Maharaja, can this task be entrusted to you?" ”

Maharaja was moved to tears when he heard that the sovereign had entrusted him with the important land that would affect the future of his family, and he bowed his head so deeply that he almost touched the ground.

"Yes, you will live up to your expectations!"

"Well, please, Maharaja." Deggin's eyes didn't open, as if he was about to fall asleep.

Seeing this, although Maharaga wanted to exit the room quietly, so as not to disturb the rest of the sovereign, but the loyalty in his heart made it impossible for him to leave without admonishing the sovereign, and he raised his voice slightly: "Your Majesty, Maharaga has a suggestion. ”

"Huh!?" Deggin seemed to be awakened, and his expression was slightly pained, and the shame in Maharaja's heart began to spread at the sight of the lord with such an expression.

"What advice?"

"That's right, since you're worried that Commander-in-Chief Kilian will sabotage your peace talks with the Federation, why don't you mobilize your connections to ensure that the peace talks go smoothly?" Maharaja's eyes were blazing: "Commander-in-Chief Kilian is far from reaching the point of covering the sky with one hand, not only is Maharaga, but there are many of your followers in the government, as long as you give an order, Maharaga is willing to contact in the middle, and will definitely ensure the smooth progress of the peace talks." ”

"My followers, indeed, there are many of my followers in the government, but now is not the time to mobilize them," Deggin said, "If they are used now, Kilian, who perceives their presence, will definitely take action to eliminate them, and my own son has no one who knows him better than I do, and he is not one who will tolerate the existence of threats." ”

Unless the threat was nothing to mention to Kilian and he wasn't prepared to put the effort into getting rid of it.

"Their energy should be saved for a more opportune time."

"Your Majesty, I beg your pardon for being stupid, when is it the right time?" Maharaga asked suspiciously, he really couldn't figure out if there was a better time to use this power than this situation.

"The right time is," Deggin said after a pause, "the right time is when Karma can be on his own." ”

I see! Maharaja finally understood what Lord Deggin was thinking.

"Maharaja, I, I didn't expect much from this peace talk," Deggin shook his head and said: "Although I don't like Kilian's radical attitude, there is one thing he said that does make sense, the Earth Federation may not have the sincerity of peace talks, and I actually understand this." ”

"So why。。。。。。 No, nothing. Maharaga asked, but stopped talking about what he realized halfway through.

"You want to ask why I insist on peace talks when I know there is little hope?" Deggin seems to have seen through Maharaja's thoughts.

"This 。。。。。。。 yes, let me trespass. ”

"Because I am unwilling," Deggin said in a voice like a wail, "even if there is little hope, we are not willing to accept this country, this country that Dyken and we co-founded has become history!" ”

"The people of the universe will not win, and no wise leader will win!"

"I can't fight the Federation and win, I knew I couldn't do it when I fought for autonomy, because I proposed to back down for the time being, but in the end it was Daken who forced the Federation to back down by force!"

"It turns out that he did the right thing, he was the one who could lead us, so I willingly assisted him, and even if we disagreed, I tried my best to convince those who were dissatisfied with Daken."

"Because he knows when and to what extent, and I can't, so after Dyken's death, for so many years, I have been reluctant to confront the Federation head-on."

"Kilian thinks I'm a weak old man, but I know that I can't do it against the Federation, and I can't do it either, I don't know when to do something, and he doesn't know how much he needs to do it!"

"Daken, who was able to lead us, is dead! We've lost Daken! We lost this war at the very beginning! (Note 2)

"So I've been patient, waiting for someone who can take up the mantle of Daken and lead the people of the universe down," Deggin said, as if out of breath, "But Kilian! Kilian: He can't do it! ”

"Although Kilian can't do it, but someone in my Zabi family can, it's Karma!" Deggin said excitedly: "Karma, although at first I wanted him to be an artist or a scholar, not to be involved in politics and military affairs, but then I found the shining point in Karma, he is a kind and intelligent child, and he is a person who can really inherit the mantle of Takken!" ”

Legend has it that when the old man looked at his youngest son, he always felt that everything in him was good, and he didn't know if it was true.

At least if Lear was there, he would have said that the young master didn't have that ability at all.

He's just a hard-working man who longs for the sun so much that he can't see the ants beneath his feet.

"So, you are the force for Karma, he is still too young, when he can be on his own, Maharaja, promise me, promise me that I will definitely support him!" Deggin grabbed Maharaja's hand, and the Lord's excited expression frightened the loyal Du.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I promise you that as long as Young Master Karma gives an order, we will obey his orders."

"That's good, that's good," it seemed that the fierce speech just now consumed too much physical strength, Deggin's eyelids slowly drooped, and he muttered to himself: "When people get old, they will expect their children to be promising, to inherit the dreams that they can't do, and they will do everything to help him。。。。。。 ”

"Even if the child doesn't think like this when he is born, it will slowly change 。。。。。。"

"It's all the hearts of parents。。。。。。。"

As he spoke, Duke Dekin's voice grew deeper, his eyelids closed completely, and his expression of pain disappeared in favor of a smile.

He fell asleep.

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Note 1: In the setting of the original book, Axis only has a population of about 30,000, but I think it's very unscientific, not to mention a population of 30,000 to support the new Zeon army that is comparable to Titans, and even the basic necessities of life can't be guaranteed, right?

30,000 people? Not as crowded as the community I live in?

This person wants to support a scientific research and industrial system that is not weaker than the federal army, and can also develop new MS and build large space warships?

And there are enough non-productive professional soldiers to fly these MSs and warships, as well as logistical forces to support these soldiers (usually at least ten times as many as combatants)?

The production of weapons has never been a military industry alone, and can people still produce the necessities of life while maintaining the basic industry that can support the military industry?

And at the same time to maintain the luxurious life of the powerful officers?

Not only that, but Axis was able to give blood transfusions to the Zeon remnants of the Earth all the time, for example, 0083 gave Cardo an AMX-002 'Luvi Jerro' that was no worse than the Federation Army's latest cutting-edge mech GP-03D 'Dendrobium'.

This is not 30,000 people at all, but 30,000 people in the cosmic era.

There are countless people in the Ming Dynasty who bow down and obey their words.

So I'm going to count the population of Axis here on a million-person basis, otherwise I really can't convince myself.

In reality, a country with a population of one million can be so strong, Israel still has more than 8 million people, and the total number of Jews in the world is 15 million.

However, it should be regarded as a young man with an unbalanced age level of technical talents and workers who are all working intensively for the development of the universe.

Note 2: Although it is generally believed that Zeon Dyken died in the assassination of the Zabites, it has been officially confirmed that Zeon Dyken did not die in the assassination, but indeed died of a sudden illness.

At least that's what Deggin thinks.