Lei Luo changed the subject, and although the empress was a little unhappy in her heart, she no longer pursued it. After all, it would not be good for the two to ask too much about this topic before they confirmed their relationship, so she could only nod and say, "I will pay attention." ”

Lei Luo then said no more, turned off the communications, and the battleship began to travel through the starry sky.

Near the Giant Whale Galaxy is an unmanaged turbulent star field, and the reason why no one cares about it is because there are not many large planets in this star field, and the entire star field is composed of inhabited asteroid flows. There are also many events of comet motion collisions in its interior.

But this turbulent star field is one of the shortcuts to other interstellar federations, so there are still many interstellar merchants who want to pan for gold from here. In fact, these asteroids are also rich in mineral deposits, and even some planets are whole bare ores, so many interstellar merchants want to directly pull one or two from them to get a good return.

However, there are many dangers inside this turbulent star field, in addition to comets and meteorites that appear out of order, there are also interstellar turbulence and black holes hidden in it, because the Titan Empire is not willing to station troops in it at all to declare occupation. The interior of the turbulent star field is not suitable for large warships, and only some adventurers, stowaways, and even gold diggers are willing to drive in private spaceships.

But after all, gold panning depends on luck, and adventurers are mostly single, so a new group of illegal professionals has been brewed, that is, interstellar pirates. The interstellar pirates are the rulers of the turbulent star domain, and each of them regards himself as the king of the turbulent star domain, dividing the territory and astrology as the king. And the little pirates each said that they were "the little brother of King So-and-so" to distinguish their factions.

The early interstellar pirates are the quintessential killers, plundering merchants and gold diggers who don't have much money, and often even going so far as to kill them all.

Later, however, the pirates found themselves destitute because no one returned, so some powerful pirates began to restrain their men in setting rules. That is, the "Nagong" system!

All you have to do is make a pact with the pirates and pay a hefty commission, and the Pirate King will keep you safe and accompanied in the territory you occupy. This is the protection fee, as long as you buy a pirate king who is strong enough, he will keep you safe in a certain area of the turbulent star field. And in the Turbulent Star Domain, if you find a gem deposit and a living rare metal deposit, you only need to share 30% with the Pirate King, and he will protect you back to the Titan territory.

The professionalization of pirates made the pirates of the turbulent star field achieve the climate, and their later changes are also related to the Hemingway family to a certain extent. When they carried out a brutal massacre, Duke Hemingway asked the emperor of the empire to bring an army to suppress the pirates.

But it is better to block than to be sparse, and after more than ten years of purging, pirates began to hide in cold corners like cockroaches, jumping out from time to time to do a big deal. Hemingway's army fought against pirates for decades, and the emperor at the time happened to change the old and the new, giving Duke Hemingway the opportunity to gradually privatize the government army.

Most of the princes within the empire have no real power, only care about comparison and infighting, and the Archduke Hemingway at that time has long been disgusted with this kind of idleness and everywhere constraints.

Therefore, taking advantage of the weakness of the new emperor, the Hemingway family completely occupied the giant whale galaxy, and then changed the strategy against pirates, from suppressing to supporting some pirates.

After supporting some new pirate leaders to work with the government forces to suppress the old pirate leaders, and then exterminating them, he began to formulate rules for the new pirate leaders, that is, the later rules of tribute. These pirates, with the support of the government army, divided the area around the turbulent star field for rule and management, and forty percent of the wealth obtained will go into the pockets of the Hemingway family.

This relationship lasted for hundreds of years, so the Hemingway family did not kill the pirates anymore, but became the biggest gang boss hidden behind it. Archduke Hemingway even gave some of the most obedient pirate leaders the status of serious businessmen, and even met and sold arms to them, and these pirates acquiesced to Archduke Hemingway's dominance in the turbulent star domain.

In fact, one of the biggest reasons why the Hemingway family wants to declare independence is that they already feel strong enough! On the outside, the Hemingway family only owns the thirteen-planet Whale Galaxy, but behind the scenes, they dominate the entire pirate group, and even the territory occupied by the pirates has been privatized by them.

Some of these interstellar pirates were even disguised by the Hemingway family, and those who seemed to be in a smug would even receive formal military training.

The water here is very deep, which is what Relo knows, and Her Majesty the Empress knows, but what they don't know is that these interstellar pirates have actually become a subsidiary army of the Hemingway family. Once the coup d'état of the Three Princes was successful and the Hemingway family became independent and became a country of its own, Archduke Hemingway would have the absolute power to canonize anyone within his territory of titles and official positions. He even marched into the Turbulent Star Domain in the name of the country, and then recruited the pirates, so that his territory would be ten times larger in an instant, and he would become a medium-sized kingdom that the Splendid Country couldn't compare to at all!

And at that time, the army owned by the Hemingway family will also grow geometrically, and the naïve three princes still want to pacify them in the future, I'm afraid it's a dream! The reason why the Hemingway family did not dare to declare independence directly, but needed the emperor's edict to approve it, was to put it bluntly, for fear of becoming the target of public criticism, so that the empire would be alive and other forces would have an excuse to attack. Although the Hemingway family is already strong, they are not yet confident enough to deal with the strong military appearance of the regular army of the Empire. Moreover, even if they can defeat the empire, the other family forces of the empire will inevitably take advantage of the chaos to rise and become the final winners.

Although the emperor of the empire has weak, he is not yet deaf, and the ten marshals of the empire, although not very loyal to the imperial family, are also the most sensitive to border riots. So this Archduke Hemingway became a reassuring emperor, to put it bluntly, in addition to not being able to call himself the king and the emperor, in fact, the life of the emperor is the emperor's life. That is, the name is just a few notches off, but at least it won't become a thorn in the side of the empire, right?

It's just that although he is self-aware and knows how to give, his sons are all ambitious. You know, Lao Tzu is a bully, can his son be willing to be a grade worse? On the contrary, they cherish this independence and hegemony!

It's like Cao Cao didn't claim the title of emperor in his life, but within a few days of his burping, his son couldn't help but be called the emperor. What you don't care about is often what these people care about the most!

So they actively agreed with the plan of the third prince to succeed to the throne and kill Princess Claire, and the old duke only accepted it as an investment, but he didn't take it very seriously if he still made money at a loss. It's just that the emperors of this generation are too shrewd and have obviously sensed their family's ambitions and power, so they sent Lei Luo over to test one or two.

This kind of situation change is not known to Lei Luo at the moment, he was just a little stunned during the inspection, because he was arranged on the Blue Whale Star when he first arrived in the Giant Whale System, and what he saw at that time was a desert-like castle and city, but after ascending into space, he found that the Blue Whale Star was just not well developed, in fact, the Giant Whale Star and several surrounding satellites were extremely grandiose.

The Whale Star has three mooned planets, the largest of which is the size of two moons and the smallest being the size of a battleship. But all three of these satellites have been opened up in satellite cities, and there are planetary transmission channels around satellite cities.

In fact, in science fiction movies, there are many space transmission technologies for fixed-point teleportation, and although this technology exists, it is an extremely luxurious entry industry. The popularity of space jumping has brought the Titans into the glorious age of interstellar civilizations, and technologies such as fixed-point portals have not been able to break through its instability.

After several years of experimentation, there has always been a failure rate of up to three percent, making some items fail to teleport. Isn't it more dangerous if it's human? It's hard to imagine a person who is completing a teleportation and suddenly half of his body appears on the moon, while the other half of his body has been split in half and lies on Earth forever.

Therefore, the Titan civilization did not popularize such technology, and was only in a state of long-term research in the scientific community. But what Lei Luo didn't know was that when the armored warrior became a level 6 warrior, this technology would become a must-have combat equipment for these people who were close to the gods! That's for later.

The three satellite cities are mainly military installations, like three fortresses that protect the surroundings of the giant whale star, and there are huge particle beam cannons standing in them, which are enough to destroy any planet. It is also a magic weapon to deter surrounding interstellar pirates.

In fact, this kind of weapon should not have appeared on the edge of the Whale Galaxy at all, but the Hemingway family is rich enough, and it is no longer a dream to illegally buy and manufacture a particle beam cannon after hundreds of years of wealth. As with Earth, as long as you have enough money and you want to buy something, there are always some people who are not afraid of death to help you get something, including the manufacturing blueprints of this particle beam cannon, and some well-known scientists.

If you don't come, you will be kidnapped, which is normal for the Hemingway family, which is deeply influenced by pirate culture.

Lei Luo saw that the huge cannon muzzle was enough for him to take a breath of cold air, and the strength of this giant whale galaxy was obviously underestimated by the empress. But instead of hiding this weapon, they let themselves see why, were they warning the Empress or demonstrating?

As Lei Luo pondered, the destroyer had slowly flown over the giant whale star and flew towards the outermost planet called "Xue Lan".