Chapter 58: The Duchess
The capital star of Iseras.
In the former Zhao and Song Empires, the capital star was the new Kaifeng star in the center of the entire Zhao and Song Empires, and after countless generations of efforts of the Zhao and Song Empires, it was finally built into a green planet with a relatively developed economy in the entire southwest region, but extremely suitable for human habitation. After Zagu came to power, he disliked that the new Kaifeng Star had too many shadows from the Zhao and Song Empires, so he abandoned it and re-established an extremely ordinary planet as the capital in the northern region of the Far Zhao and Song Empires, and changed its name to be the same as the country, called Iseras.
After spending countless money, manpower and material resources, the planet finally has the appearance of being the capital star. Not only is the large-scale construction on the surface of the planet, but also the majestic high-rise buildings have risen from the ground, and the elegant and gorgeous palaces have been lined up one after another, and even the spaceport of the capital star has been continuously expanded in the past few years, and it has now exceeded the size of the new Kaifeng star, but it is still under construction. It's just that the daily cargo throughput of this spaceport is not even half of that of the original Zhao and Song capital spaceports.
It costs hundreds of millions of dollars, but it is only for the sake of good looks.
In the past few days, the throughput of goods has dropped by at least 40%. The reason is that a group of murderous felons are said to have escaped from prison, and the whole empire is going on a massive search and inspection. If the goods were to be imported and exported as before, the time required would increase by at least three times, the fuel consumption would increase by one and a half times, and many goods that were already very weak in profit would lose a lot of money. Only the likes of lucrative luxury goods, or government necessities, goods that do not have to bear the risk of trade, will be shipped as before.
Not only the merchants on the capital star were suffering from this, but the soldiers in charge of the inspection were also full of complaints about this matter.
"Damn, I don't understand, it's just a matter of setting up card checks in other places, why should the capital star also set up checkpoints."
A soldier with an impatient look on his face swore as he walked towards a group of people who had just come from the rail elevator and looked like they were about to board the ship for a long journey. The number of people in that group is about 100 people, all of them are old men and old ladies who are old, all of them have goosebumps, but they have ruddy faces, and some of the old people look extremely rich, they eat with big shoulders and round waists, and they are wearing brand-name clothes.
"Hey, you old guys are coming over one by one and lining up for Lao Tzu to be checked."
The young soldier shouted loudly, not taking the group seriously at all, and his words were filled with a lot of insulting words. The inspections that have been carried out day and night for several days have made these soldiers extremely irritable, and few of them have been beaten and scolded even if they are not pleasing to the eye. The soldiers of the Isselas Empire have a very high social status, plus the salary and benefits are very good, how dare ordinary people offend them, they are obediently inspected, even if they are beaten and scolded, they can only swallow their anger.
But now, the soldiers who were still the same as usual immediately aroused the dissatisfaction and anger of this group of old men and old ladies.
Surrounded by a group of old people, the soldiers still looked arrogant, raised their fingers and shouted at them: "What do you old things want to do? Dare to openly besiege the Imperial soldiers, is it an attempt to rebel? Brothers, come over to Lao Tzu and arrest these old immortals, Lao Tzu wants them to know the consequences of offending Uncle Ben. Hmph, a group of old immortal guys, who have lived a lot of age in vain, don't even have this in their eyes. ”
"Who is the old immortal? Whose Lao Tzu are you? ”
There was a round and fat fat woman with a bloody mouth open, staring at him viciously with small eyes the size of mung beans. The corners of the fat woman's eyes drooped, and there was a slender light eyebrow on it, and the fat on her face was purring and purring, and it was covered with thick powder, and she brushed it down as soon as she spoke.
The soldier looked at her, so frightened by her appearance that he almost threw up his overnight meal.
"Damn, are you a human or a ghost? Damn, it's not your fault that you're ugly, it's your fault to run out and be scary. Get out of the way, damn, I really don't want to beat you, I'm tired of seeing your fat body, I'm so tired of beating you? I'm afraid of getting my hands dirty. ”
"You, you, you, ......" The fat woman was so angry that her eyes were round, her fat body trembled uncontrollably, and her fat fingers pointed at the soldier, so angry that she couldn't even speak.
"What am I? Why, you still want to bite me? The soldier gave her a blank look, and was not afraid of her.
The fat woman took a deep breath, and finally stopped being so excited, and she said viciously: "Boy, you are dead." Which fleet are you from, who is your commander, immediately let him come and apologize to me! ”
"Just you, fat woman, you still want to see our commander, go in a dream. Our Second Fleet is one of only two royal fleets, and the commander is a real marquis, is it something you can see if a fat woman like you wants to see? ”
"Second Fleet? Good, good......"
The fat woman didn't talk to him, opened her wrist light brain and crackled a few times, and said quickly with two thick and fat lips: "Dicario? I'm your Aunt Sekadrin...... Yes, my husband is Bercanster...... How did you teach your subordinates, we finally had time to go out for a walk, but we were stopped at your checkpoint and insulted us...... Hmph, they also slandered us for rebellion and locked us all up...... Okay, I'll wait for you to give me an explanation. ”
Turning off the communicator, the fat woman glared at the soldier, ignored him, and stood aside angrily with her arms crossed.
The soldier was stunned, and suddenly remembered that the name of the commander of his fleet was DiCario...... The name of Bercanst seemed to have been heard somewhere, and after thinking about it carefully, he finally remembered where he had heard this name, and the spirit of the document issued by the Ministry of War the other day requiring every soldier to memorize it skillfully seemed to have been issued by Bercanster......
Then, his cold sweat flowed down, and he looked at the old men and old ladies around him, he didn't go, he didn't leave, he looked at the fat woman as if he was begging, but in exchange for a roll of the other party's eyes.
Just when he was thinking about whether to kneel down and apologize to the disgusting-looking fat woman, a rush of footsteps came from the side, and as soon as he looked up, he saw a middle-aged man wearing a high-quality military uniform, wearing a general's coat, and a row of shining stars on his shoulders with an iron face coming over.
"Auntie......" The general lowered his head and walked over to the fat woman, and greeted him respectfully. The fat woman didn't look at him, snorted, and turned to the side.
The general smiled helplessly on his face, and then he saw a group of old men and old ladies next to him, and when he recognized it a little, a cold sweat suddenly flowed down. Who are these people, that old man is the uncle of a certain earl, that old woman who looks old is the wife of a certain marquis, and the noble lady over there with a bad face and high protruding cheekbones seems to be the cousin of a certain duke......
When did these people actually gather together, as if they were going to go on a trip, why didn't they receive a notice?
But at the moment, he didn't dare to ask more. Although he is a marquis, and he is still a powerful marquis with military power, among these people, there are not even half of the people he can offend.
Next, his gaze fell on the soldier who had collapsed to the ground. It's this guy who was reprimanded by the Duchess in front of so many noble relatives, it's really damned. At this moment, Di Cario wanted to take out his gun and kill him on the spot, but his aristocratic status still made him work hard to restrain himself, although his aristocratic status was only promoted in the past few years.
"Someone, kidnap him for me and take him away, I will interrogate him personally."
DiCario said coldly, and immediately several wolf-like soldiers stepped forward and tied him up in a sturdy knot.
"Auntie, look ......"
The fat woman held her head high, glanced at him with disdain, snorted, and said to the old man and old lady next to her, "Let's go." ”
DiCario smiled wryly as he watched the man board the ship before shaking his head and returning to his office. Along the way, he wondered why so many nobles went out without being notified. Suddenly, a question occurred to him.
Those people didn't even bring bodyguards!
Don't......
Dicario's face changed dramatically, and he immediately turned on the communicator, found a name, and dialed it.
"Lord Duke of Bercanster."
A thin man with a pale face appeared on the screen, and when he saw that it was him, a smile appeared on the other party's face, and he said kindly: "It's DiCario, didn't you say it, just call me my uncle." What, is there anything to find me? ”
"My lord, I want to ask, did my aunt go out today?"
The thin man frowned slightly, as if he was very reluctant to mention that person, and after thinking for a long time, he said with some doubts: "I don't know very well, you know, I am busy with official business, and I rarely go back to the Duke's Palace......"
I'm afraid I don't want to face that disgusting wife...... Dicario only dared to think about this sentence in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it, he immediately laughed and said: "The Duke is really dedicated to the country and works hard." That's right, just now I was in the spaceport harbor and saw my aunt and a group of nobles, they boarded a spaceship as if they were going to travel somewhere. I saw that in addition to my aunt, there was also the mother of the Marquis of Sally, the cousin of the Duke of Oranya......"
Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the other party.
"This is impossible, I was still dining at the Marquis of Sully's house at noon, and I heard that the Marquis of Sully's mother fell when she got up in the morning, broke her leg, and is still lying in the nutrition cabin and has not come out. However, the cousin of the Duke of Oranya was the one I heard when I met the Duke today, and he seemed to be traveling somewhere. ”
DiCario was a little confused, were those people real?
The Duke continued in the communicator: "...... Besides, you may not know the one in my family, but I know very well, when she became interested in traveling, and you often see her, do you think she seems to be a person who likes to go out......"
What the Duke said later, DiCario couldn't hear at all. There was only one thought in his mind right now, and that was ...... A group of guys disguised as aristocrats slipped out from under their noses......
He stood up suddenly, and no matter what the Duke was still saying, he ended the communication with a "snap", and then found the name of his subordinate, and was about to dial the order to intercept the spacecraft, when the communicator rang suddenly, it was his subordinate.
"My lord, it's not good." His subordinate looked defeated and angry.
A bad premonition made Di Cario ask urgently, "What happened?" ”
"My lord, a rebel army has kidnapped dozens of nobles. They had already boarded the ship, giving them peace of mind within three minutes, or they would have killed one in less than a minute. I just corresponded with them, and what they said was true, I saw the cousin of the Duke of Oranya, and her DNA verification sequence, definitely herself......"
Dicario's body shook twice, leaned on the table, and said weakly: "Immediately notify the Minister of War of the Ministry of War, and find a way to stabilize them, I will rush to the spaceport immediately......"
Weakly tidied up the military uniform on his body, and touched the general on his shoulder, he knew that he was afraid that after this incident, it would be difficult for him to sit in this position again.