As the saying goes, the small ones attract the old ones. When confronting a very historical organization or even a country, you must always pay attention to whether the other party has a backhand.

But now the situation seems to be ...... It's not quite the same as the saying goes. How did you hit a small one, and a smaller one came out to help punch?

Dussand's and the rest of Aika's knowledge of the Star Sea Federation is infinitely close to zero. He hadn't even seen the star thieves and smugglers of the Star Sea Federation like Duchamp. And the Heraldic Administration has no interest in this power, which has no contact with the Empire.

Their attention and resources are focused on internal counterintelligence and transgressors, as well as external alliance infiltration. As a "country" that has no official dealings with the Empire at all, and even people-to-people contacts rely entirely on smugglers who don't know when they will be able to make a visit, the Empire is not very interested in it now.

Orin is the home planet of mankind, and every human being in the sea of stars is from Olin. A new human regime that has emerged in the universe is nothing more than a rebellious or rebellious descendant of the Empire.

Dussand's psychological evaluation of this information was upgraded from "not believing it at all" to "9 false and 1 true".

"Well, this information has the value of being verified." Dussander pointed to the final timetable of the intelligence and said, "According to the information on this intelligence, the allies will mobilize three main fleets to attack Bomir in a week. This is a great opportunity to verify that it's true or not - I'll hand it in. Dussander paused and continued, "However, I need to get the original information, not the translation. ”

Marquis Lafayette thought for a moment, then nodded, "It's safer this way, I'll have someone send the original tomorrow." He leaned forward and asked, "If the Empire needs to establish a direct connection with the Star Sea Federation, I will gladly give up my identity as an introducer." ”

After talking about intelligence, the Marquis de Lafayette began to talk about the work of government.

"Environmental protection measures for surface mineral mining must keep up." The Marquis de Lafayette looked much more relaxed, and his posture when he spoke to Androni was much more natural, "Tomorrow is the second reading of the bill, and if nothing else, the councillors who are funded by the mining consortium will do everything they can to oppose the passage of the bill." ”

"We have an overwhelming majority of the votes in favor, and from a procedural point of view, this bill must be passed." Androni's stance is more cautious, "What I am worried about now is that the other side may use the bug in the program to delay the agenda. ”

"This bill is very important and must be passed overwhelmingly." The Marquis de Lafayette said to the letter, "We cannot allow our land to continue to be destroyed!" ”

Hearing this, Dusand couldn't help it, he raised his hand and asked, "Dear Marquis, I have a question. ”

"Excuse me, Mr. Lord." Lafayette was unimpressed by Dussand's question, and said happily, "I would love to see young people like you willing to get involved in politics – you are willing to think positively, and this is the only way to secure the future of the empire." ”

"My question is simple." Dussander frowned and said, "Do you or the Imperial Forestry Department have specific means and strategies to completely eliminate or dismember the mining consortium in the near future?" ”

The atmosphere at the scene, which had just been quite mild, cooled down in an instant.

Lafayette asked, somewhat incredulous, "What did you just say?" ”

When the nobles are shocked or dissatisfied, they will deliberately change "you" to "you" to indicate that the two parties are not close. Lafayette's change of name was clearly a reaction to the former.

"I'm asking you questions." Dussand's expression also cooled, "Within a year, the House of Commons of Newsar passed bills restricting United Mining's ability to mine on satellites, bills requiring them to pay six times more than the original labor costs, and now they will pass the Environmental Protection Bill to further increase the cost of United Mines in Newsal." Dussand's tone of question was a bit aggressive, "Three bills against the mining complex in a year, all of them were first introduced by the House of Commons of Newsal, and the Houses of Commons of the other colonies followed suit. ”

The atmosphere in the flower hall was no longer as simple as "cold", Dusand could clearly feel that Monsieur Marquis was angry, and his mother's mood had slipped into anger.

But Dusand really can't care about that now, and he has to warn those present to be aware of the danger.

"Three bills in a row, each of which is digging meat from the mining complex. The wound is deep into the bone, and of course they will look for ways to prevent themselves from being hurt more and heal the wound. This is a natural move that every large organization has. Dussart accentuated the pronunciation of the word "nature," "As a centuries-old behemoth, the power of the mining complex is huge, which means that its counterattack will be very violent." ”

"Monsieur Marquis, we are constantly cutting a behemoth of great power, with more than a million employees, and its own ministers before His Majesty the Emperor. It has an armed mine protection fleet of more than 70 large warships, a total of more than 150,000 armed mine overseers, and all its proceeds are directly vested in the Emperor's inner treasury. ”

Speaking of this, Dusand was in a cold sweat all over his body, although these data and intelligence are all public data, but only after saying it himself, Dusand felt its weight more intuitively.

"The Mining Consortium is a behemoth, and I even suspect that it has a more powerful armed force than that Star Sea Federation." "The bill you and my mother have made is slashing deep wounds into this gigantic monster of power, force and capital," Dussaint said. I would now like to get an affirmative answer from you – you and the Imperial Forestry Department that supports you have developed a practical plan to completely dismember or destroy the mining complex in the near future. ”

"We are constantly persecuting and harming a monster, and it would be very unwise to do so if you didn't have the plan and means to kill it." Dussander leaned forward with his hands on the table and said, "You should not provoke such a powerful enemy until you have the means to kill the enemy with one blow." ”

Androni said something, but she fell silent.

Duchamp looked at his son with some dissatisfaction, he seemed to be too rude in front of the Marquis. But Androni did not speak, and Duchamp was therefore not busy teaching him a lesson.

At the same time, he was also a little worried about Androni's safety.

As Dussaint said, the mining complex is a terrible behemoth. It is very dangerous to repeatedly provoke such an enemy without killing it.

As a soldier, Duchamp would not hesitate to open fire on the capital ships of the Alliance. But if he was on an unarmed civilian ship, and there was no Guards to back him up...... Then he wouldn't have given the Confederate capital ship a "fuck you" light signal anyway.

It's not bravery, it's called looking for death.

The Marquis de Lafayette was silent for a moment, then let out a long breath and suddenly smiled, "I didn't expect that it would be you, Mr. Lord, who first asked me this question. ”

He turned to look at Androni and asked, "You arranged this?" ”

"It's not." Androni shook her head, "I have full confidence in you, Mr. Marquis, but I'm still curious about this - what exactly is your backhand?" ”

"After the bill is proposed, all the forces of the Forestry Bureau in the entire empire will be mobilized." "Yes, my lord, my lord, my lord, my ”

"The Mining Complex is a huge maggot attached to the Empire, and we have the definite evidence - the amount of money that the Mining Complex hands over to His Majesty the Emperor every year is far less than the profits they actually make!" "They make more than half of their total profits every year. His Majesty the Emperor, once he knew of this, would certainly be on the same side as us—or at least biased towards us. ”

"In order to further turn the bias into wariness and even anger against the mining complex, we must also make His Majesty the Emperor aware that the mining complex has become a great threat, and there is even the possibility of threatening His Majesty himself." "That's why we need to continue to press the mining complex." They had to be aggressive enough to make His Majesty the Emperor realize that the organization was too big to control. ”

Hearing this, Dussander was anxious.

"You have entrusted everything to His Majesty the Emperor, and we need to risk the retaliation of the mining complex." Dussaint said eagerly, "Mr. Marquis, what means can you and the Forestry Department do to prevent us from becoming the 'price' for awakening Your Majesty?" ”

"Nope." "But I can guarantee that if the Mining Consortium prepares to attack Madame Androni and you, then I will die before you." ”

Androni nodded, and then said very indifferently, "It is our duty to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Dussander looked at his mother with a calm expression, the marquis with a martyr's holy expression, and his father with a blank face, and suddenly felt a chill emerge from the depths of his soul.

For the first time, he was deeply aware that this place ...... It's really a different world from Earth.

A fanatical worship and reverence for His Majesty the Emperor, a part of the nobility can indeed sacrifice their own world for the benefit of His Majesty the Emperor.