Chapter Thirty-Six: The Beginning of the Journey Home
When autumn comes, September 8, I will kill a hundred flowers after the flowers bloom;
The heavenly incense array penetrates Chang'an, and the city is full of golden armor.
This Atfi slave is really not a thing in the pool, no wonder the shopkeeper has nothing to do with him, Zhao Deming didn't have any slave temperament when he first saw him, the pair of spiritual eyes and wide and majestic wings left an extremely deep impression on him, and what the slave said afterwards was even more unexpected to him.
He hoped that Zhao Deming would give him five hundred star coins to complete the mission he had not achieved, and then he would go to find Zhao Deming, and life and death would be at his disposal.
In fact, this was a very small matter for Zhao De, and in the end Zhao Deming still chose to believe it, not only gave him a thousand star coins but also granted him the status of an envoy of the Terran race, but he politely refused the identity of the envoy of the Terran race, on the grounds that the status of a slave could allow him to better complete his mission.
"I want to thank you for your help with the highest etiquette of the Hagmai clan," this was the last sentence he said, and then he made a gesture similar to an aerial performance in front of Zhao Deming, and then disappeared from Zhao Deming's sight.
"Hegmeier? There doesn't seem to be this tribe among the eight major tribes of the Atfi people" Looking at him in the distance, Zhao Deming had some more questions about this slave in his heart.
Early the next morning, Zhao Deming and Xiaodong boarded the mothership of a fleet, a battleship of the Archians, and looked at the fleet composed of a battleship, three cruisers, and ten frigates promised by the chief patriarch in front of him. ”
"The order is wrong, please reissue the order," replied the intelligent adjutant.
"Uh...... I forgot that this is in the command room" Zhao Deming, who was a little embarrassed, had no choice but to reissue the order, "Adjutant, destination Atlantean Temple, go"
"Sorry, you don't have the right of way, you need to sign the right of way"
"I'll go, forget about this matter" Zhao Deming was also annoyed by his carelessness, "The adjutant will pick up the high priest for me"
"Yes"
Not long after, the figure of the high priest appeared on the holographic projection of Zhao Deming's headquarters.
"I have something to talk to you about, I don't know if it's convenient for you?" Zhao Deming asked with some concern.
"No problem, I'll send you the right of way, then meet and talk" Then the high priest in the holographic projection disappeared.
"The right of way has been granted, do you want to go to the temple destination," the smart lieutenant reminded.
Let's go.
Eight days later, the Atlantean Temple.
The main reason why Zhao Deming did not go back to Earth directly, but chose to come to the temple first, was the power of the sun god.
Although Zhao Deming's power of the sun god has completed the awakening, he has not felt anything until now, so he has to find the high priest to solve this problem, and the great commander promised to teach more people to complete the awakening.
After teleporting from the fleet to the temple, Zhao Deming saw the high priest and a group of people who were already waiting outside the teleportation cabin, and remembered that when he first arrived, he was only received by Konishi, and he was also embarrassed in his heart.
"Welcome to the Venerable Human Commissioner," the golden-robed High Priest said with the characteristic Atlantean welcome ceremony, "I wonder what is important for the Human Commissioners to come here?" ”
"The high priest should not be polite to me, let's just find a suitable place, I have something to ask you, I don't know if the high priest is convenient?" Zhao Deming replied respectfully.
"Come this way, then," said the high priest, leading the way in front.
A moment later, Zhao Deming and the High Priest came to the place where they had first talked.
"Okay, it's very convenient to talk here, can you tell me what you are doing this time?" The High Priest said calmly.
"This time I came mainly for the power of the sun god, I want you to help me train more of these humans, I don't know what the high priest thinks"
"That's no problem, we prepared it before you came, and this time you can take the Atlanteans who are in charge of the awakening with you"
"That's great, I'll thank the high priest first, there is one more thing that needs the high priest's favor," Zhao Deming said with some embarrassment.
"You have a lot of things to do, but I heard that you hugged a big thick leg in the Star Alliance, not only to send money to the fleet, but also to help you establish a basic industrial system, why do they still need our help?" The High Priestess's playful expression looked like she didn't really care about it.
Zhao Deming originally thought that his next plan might be affected after hearing this, but after seeing the high priest's playful expression, he knew it, and now he only needs to explain a little, "The high priest is really joking, the Arqia people are only helping me like this, they just need me from their standpoint, you are different, high priest, we are allies!" ”
"You're getting better at talking now, tell me, there's anything else you need my ally to help with," the High Priest smiled.
"I want to find something to do for my fleet, you know I have some people in the prophet who are being trained, but the training is still not enough, I want them to really get in touch with these things, learn it, use it" Zhao Deming's tone was heavy, the Covenant's trip made him realize that the human living environment was far harsher and more complex than he knew before, and now only a fast and powerful self is the right way.
"You're quite prescient, I'll think about it"
The high priest in contemplation looked particularly solemn, and Zhao Deming was much more impatient, hoping to get good news.
After a while, the high priest said, "There is a way, it is a little dangerous, I don't know if you want to"
Hearing that there was some danger, Zhao Deming obviously hesitated, after all, he had lost his old innocence and who to cry with, and his uncertain face showed how entangled Zhao Deming was now.
"Look at what scares you, isn't it just that I want you to fight pirates, how can those broken ships of pirates compare with you, not to mention that you still have a fleet with me?"
"Will you give me the fleet?" Zhao Deming's eagerness was beyond words.
"That's meant for you, aren't you planning to go back to Earth this time, just bring it back together,"
"Great, why don't you tell me what that pirate is all about?"
"I also thought about the pirate matter carefully, if you do this, we can say that it is a win-win situation, you gain combat experience and personnel training, and we are freed from this matter and concentrate on the most important things, for which we can also give you the necessary supplies and intelligence"
When Zhao Deming heard the high priest talk about supplies, he knew that he had made an extremely serious mistake, as the saying goes, the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, he now has a fleet, but there is nothing about the logistics of the fleet, people have to eat and salary, the battleship has to replenish energy, ammunition and maintenance, and the most important thing is that his battleship is still a patchwork of two races, which is simply a death before the division is made.
"What's wrong with you, your face is so ugly?" The high priest saw that Zhao Deming, who was still a little excited just now, suddenly wilted, and his face was frustrated, not to mention, and he trembled slightly.
"I ...... My fleet doesn't have any supplies now," Zhao Deming's voice was low, and he could only hear it himself.
"Hehehe...... I thought it was something, don't worry, we are responsible for the supply of your fleet, and as for the Archians, they should also be in this mode, right? ”
"What you said is true?" Zhao Deming's surprise was beyond words.
"Of course, you don't have the logistics at all, we already arranged it for you when we gave you the fleet"
"That's great, I don't know much about the fleet of the Archians, we haven't mentioned this before, there should be no problem", Zhao Deming was also relieved to hear that the high priest helped solve some of the logistics problems, but this is not a long-term solution after all, he needs to find a way to solve this problem, it seems that he has to rely on the high priest to help, "That high priest, it seems that you have to help with this logistics, I am really poor now"
"You're really going to cry poor, I really can't be the master of this, these are the commanders in charge"
"Then I'll contact him now to see if he can help"
"It's okay, I haven't seen him in a long time, you can just pick up the signal and bring it in," the high priest chimed in.
After a while, the three of them exchanged opinions on the logistics of the human fleet, and the result was that Zhao Deming was more satisfied, with the help of the opportunity of the human war against piracy, the human race sent a logistics team of two hundred people to learn the logistics management of the fleet, and then it was the big head of this matter, and it was also the most painful for him, for which he lost five million star coins, although the installment was still interestless, but it was also one-third of all his star coins.
The Atlanteans agreed to give Zhao Deming a logistics support fleet in installments, as well as enough materials for his current fleet to last a year.
Seeing that the big thing had been accomplished, Zhao Deming planned to return to the earth as soon as possible, but he asked the high priest to keep it, for two reasons, one is that the solar system star gate can be used in ten days, so that the time to come to the temple in the past is shortened to one-tenth of the original, so it is the most economical to wait here, and the second is that Zhao Deming can use these ten days to practice his power of the sun god, which can be said to be the best of both worlds.
Maybe it's the opposite, and then Zhao Deming asked the question of being responsible for the logistics of the commander of the fleet of the Arqia people, and the other party replied very simply "no", not only that, Zhao Deming also had to pay the other party a monthly military salary of 15,000 star coins, Zhao Deming, who heard this, did not say anything superfluous, and directly gave the other party two months' military salary first, he wanted the other party to know that he was not a stingy person, and at the same time he also raised his vigilance against the Arqians, and what they did always revealed the slightest weirdness.