“Isn’t that ‘Star Thief’s Nemesis’?”
Li Yao was very interested in this maverick General Lei Chenghu.
He couldn't help but think about what interesting sparks would happen if Lei Chenghu's fleet encountered Bai Xinghe's fleet?
Li Linghai continued: "Under the strong suppression of General Lei Chenghu, the star thieves in dozens of worlds in the fourth quadrant of the empire have almost disappeared.
Even the world lords and warlords of the major worlds have been frightened by his iron fist.
Trembling, not daring to act rashly.”
"etc."
Li Yao frowned and said, "Isn't General Lei going to fight the star thieves?
What does it have to do with the world lords and warlords of these worlds?"
"You've just arrived, and you still don't know what's going on with the star thieves wandering among the vast sea of stars in the empire."
Li Linghai explained, "Think about it carefully.
The empire unified the center of the star sea thousands of years ago and has extremely powerful force.
Where is the space for star thieves and bandits to move?"
Li Yao thought the same thing.
The last time he encountered a world where star thieves were particularly rampant, it was the Flying Star World where there was almost no unified government and the major sects were loosely united.
Later, the star thieves in the Flying Star Realm were choked by the "Taixu Warrior Plan" thrown out by the six major sects.
Their space for movement became smaller and smaller, and they were in a dying state.
If the Taixu warrior plan itself was not a conspiracy with evil intentions, the star thieves in the flying star world would definitely be exterminated.
Here comes the problem.
The so-called "Taixu Soldiers" use the remote control battle puppet technology of the True Human Empire.
Since even the Feixing Realm can use this technology to eliminate star thieves, and the True Human Empire has such a powerful force, Taixu warriors should be more developed and advanced, so how can they be helpless against small star thieves?
"In the Empire, these guys who are superficially called 'Star Thieves' are more accurately called 'Private Fleets'."
Li Linghai snorted coldly and said, "The empire is too vast.
There are all kinds of conflicts between nobles and emperors, nobles and plutocrats, and plutocrats and sects.
It is impossible to establish a strong and big government to directly control the local area." , had to adopt a method similar to the enfeoffment of ancient princes to allow local autonomy.
"Needless to say, the territories directly under the four Electoral Prince families are independent kingdoms with their own powers to tax, mint coins, expand the army, open palaces and buildings, and even in turn erode the imperial capital.
"Even the many world lords and warlords in the outer world are lawless overlords.
They only care about their own one-third of an acre.
They often have conflicts with their neighbors for the interests of trade routes, resource planets, fragmented worlds, etc.
"In order to check and balance the small and medium-sized nobles and warlords in the outer world, the four Electoral families deliberately allowed them to bite dogs, and also secretly supported them to expand friction.
"Of course, on the surface, we are all citizens of the empire and cultivators.
The starships and crystal armors are all painted with the three-star lightning war emblem.
It is impossible to drag out their own fleets to fight with great fanfare.
There are usually two forms. resolve each other's disputes.
"On the surface, what is protected by the laws of the empire is the form of the 'chariot competition'.
“When encountering trade frictions or competition for mining resources, each team will send out as many skilled players as possible to compete fairly in the arena.
There will be no regrets in life or death, and no regrets in victory or defeat.
"The empire extremely advocates force.
This method of resolving disputes has been supported by the vast majority of people.
It has even evolved into a very popular form of entertainment.
Whenever two larger worlds, each sends out a very famous master.
When it comes to 'resolving friction', it is really possible to attract hundreds of millions of eyes, making it more popular than any killing live streaming platform.
"In the early years, the order and ethos of the empire had not yet been eroded.
Most cultivators still remembered the glory of the past and respected and recognized the system of 'victory in the arena'.
If they lost in the arena, they would implement it honestly.
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Make a ruling and transfer some of the benefits.
"However, the thousand-year empire has been decaying day by day.
Until today, in this era where rituals and music have collapsed, honors and laws have disappeared, more and more people don't take the 'win in the arena' system seriously.
"Since it is impossible to use the emperor's army under his command to seize shady interests in an open and honest manner, the 'private fleet' came into being.
"They are star thieves in name, but in fact they are supported by warlords and nobles from all walks of life, including the four electoral families.
Many of the 'star thieves' are even made up of regular army members with disguises.
"Many cultivators in their own world are well-dressed and dignified upper-class figures, even barons and earls of the empire, but they quietly sneak into other worlds and transform into murderous people. , a bloodthirsty gangster!"
"hiss" Li Yao took a deep breath.
The meaning of "private fleet" was naturally familiar to him.
It turned out that they were star pirates with official licenses.
They were supported by the government in terms of logistical supplies and channels for selling stolen goods.
They were ten times more difficult to deal with than ordinary star pirates. !
Li Linghai continued: "The dozens of worlds in the fourth quadrant of the empire are almost all the territories of small and medium-sized nobles and warlords.
Their spheres of influence are intertwined and entangled, and frictions with each other are extremely frequent.
"With too much friction, there will be only so many star pirate privateer fleets.
Today you rob me, and tomorrow I will kill you.
Although the intensity of the battle is not great, the war has lasted for hundreds of years.
Not only the people are miserable, but also the local warlords and world leaders.
We are trapped in a meaningless war of attrition, with no day of complete peace in sight.
"On the surface, General Lei Chenghu wants to wipe out the star thieves, but actually he wants to completely resolve the chaos in the fourth quadrant and establish a stable order."
Li Yao said "Ah" and felt more and more that this "God of War" Lei Chenghu was no ordinary immortal cultivator.
"At the beginning, no one believed that Lei Chenghu could solve the tangled, messy, and long-standing grievances in the fourth quadrant.
No one even knew about his ambition.
General Lei was originally a person who only acted but did not talk, and immersed himself in work. " Li Linghai said in a reverent tone, "General Lei first visited world after world and found the local rulers.
He hoped that everyone could jointly form a small organization to combat the increasingly rampant star pirates.
In order to avoid irritation As for the imperial capital, just call it the relatively low-key name of 'Waterway Guards'.
"At that time, no one knew how terrifying the fledgling General Lei Chenghu was.
Everyone regarded him as a fool.
Even considering that he was the head of the 'Guangyuan Lei Family', they listened patiently to what he had to say.
After he was sent out of the door politely, he couldn't help laughing.
"Let's not mention that the so-called star thieves are actually privateer fleets, or even regular armies disguised by various companies.
Let's just say that dozens of companies have joined forces to form a 'channel guard force'.
People are not unified and they are all in disarray.
How is it possible?
success?"
"No one takes General Lei seriously, and no one takes the young family head's words seriously.
Many people are shaking their heads and sighing.
The Lei family in Guangyuan can be regarded as a family that has been passed down for nearly a thousand years.
There is such a fool as the head of the family.
Look.
It will soon be defeated.
“However, within half a year, after General Lei destroyed three privateer fleets in one go with a thunderous force, these world lords and warlords discovered that they were wrong, how wrong they were.
"General Lei is serious, and he is really willing to use all the resources accumulated by the Guangyuan Lei family in the past thousand years, plus his own life and even soul, to end the chaos in the fourth quadrant.
"In the beginning, General Lei Chenghu was not a famous general with extraordinary talents and a godlike military skills, nor was he a politician who made perfect plans and strategized.
He was just a selfless person who only tried to be 'serious' Just two words.
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"All the realm lords and warlords have selfish motives.
They want to avoid his edge and preserve their strength.
They don't dare to confront General Lei's fleet head-on.
Instead, they want to drive away tigers and devour wolves and lead General Lei's troops to other places.
They even get angry because of this.
He gave General Lei a lot of supplies and intelligence, just to divert trouble to the east.
"But General Lei treats every Star Thief extermination battle as the last battle in which both enemies are destroyed.
He does not consider the interests of his own fleet, so he is naturally invincible.
"The art of command, which was a little green and immature at first, has been gradually honed in decades of battles, forming a way of using troops that is mainly thick and dense, supplemented by strangeness and agility.
"And with a selfless and sincere heart, he has been constantly running among various warlords and local gangsters for decades, doing his best to eliminate mutual conflicts, letting everyone see the benefits of putting aside friction and trading with each other, and gradually eliminated selfishness.
The basis for the existence of the raiding fleet.
"In this way, decades later, this organization called the 'Waterway Guard' was actually established!
"Although the name is the 'Waterway Guard', which is harmless to humans and animals, it sounds like a police cooperation organization of the major worlds.
In fact, it is a package agreement that includes military cooperation, trade agreements, tax coordination among various worlds, and even a development bank. huge organization.
"It can even be said that it is a quasi-alliance spanning the three major fields of military, politics and economy among the outer worlds of the fourth quadrant of the empire!
"After completely defeating all the privateer fleets in the two worlds that refused to obey the orders of the 'Wayway Guard', and after the coalition forces directed their forces directly at their capitals, no one dared to doubt General Lei's authority on the periphery of the fourth quadrant."
Hearing this, Li Yao's eyes sparkled and he couldn't help but said: "This General Lei Chenghu, if he is not a true selfless military model, he must be a deeply hidden careerist!"
Li Linghai smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Yes, at that time everyone thought that General Lei Chenghu must be a deeply concealed careerist.
He used decades of seemingly selfless disguises to finally become the leader of the worlds outside the fourth quadrant.
'Leader'.
"Even the four Electoral Prince families were shocked by General Lei Chenghu's performance.
They regarded him as a serious enemy and deliberately planned to deal with him.
"This happened more than a hundred years ago.
At that time, the 'Black Wind War' that shocked the empire happened.
The empire suffered a disastrous defeat that had not been seen in hundreds of years in the five major worlds including the Black Wind Realm on the border!"
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