Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 14707 Major Events

Just when Zuoqiu Wen was dealing with the aftermath of Zuoqiu Zhi's rebellion and had no time to take care of the Twelve Companies, and Zhao Hai was preparing to slowly infiltrate the Twelve Companies, a major event suddenly occurred. Just one month after Zuoqiu Zhi's rebellion, the headquarters of the Twelve Companies on different planets were attacked at the same time. The top executives of the Twelve Companies were all killed, and this time the attack was not carried out directly by that master, but by the headquarters building of the Twelve Companies. There was a sudden explosion at the twelve headquarters buildings of the Twelve Companies, which turned into ashes in an instant, and even affected the houses next to them. Several adjacent houses were all razed to the ground in an instant. The total death toll in this attack reached an astonishing hundreds of thousands. It can be said that this was the conflict with the highest death toll in all the conflicts in the Star Empire in recent years, and there were also countless civilians among them.

As soon as the news came out that the headquarters of the Twelve Companies were suddenly destroyed and all the company's masters had died, the stock price of the Twelve Companies fell and hit the limit down directly. In addition, the branches of the Twelve Companies were also plunged into chaos, which caused a chain reaction. All the branches and subsidiaries of the Twelve Companies were in chaos, and this matter was heard by Zuo Qiuwen at the first time. When Zuo Qiuwen heard the news, his face changed, and he immediately said to Decai: "Call all ministers to the Council Hall to discuss matters." Decai responded and immediately went to make arrangements. Soon all the ministers arrived at the Council Hall. The Council Hall is not the main hall, but a side hall. It is the place where Zuo Qiuwen usually discusses matters with many ministers at the same time. It is not a place for large court meetings, but the area is not small. However, there are many chairs here, and when the ministers come, they can sit down and hug each other. After everyone arrived, Zuo Qiuwen also came to the Council Hall.

As soon as everyone saw Zuo Qiuwen coming, they immediately stood up and saluted to him. Zuo Qiuwen waved his hand and said, "Forget it, no need to be polite. I think you all already know why I called everyone here today. The headquarters of the twelve companies were attacked at the same time. The twelve companies suddenly became chaotic. This incident has a great impact on the empire. Let's talk about how to solve this matter. What is our most important thing now? What should we do? Let's talk about it."

Everyone was stunned when they heard Zuo Qiuwen say this, and then a minister said, "Your Majesty, the headquarters of the Twelve Companies were suddenly attacked, and the stock prices of the Twelve Companies plummeted. The branches and subsidiaries of the Twelve Companies were all in chaos. The Twelve Companies also do more business related to people's livelihood. Their companies are spread all over the empire. This sudden change will definitely cause panic among people on various planets. I think we should release the news immediately to stabilize the situation on various planets and tell people on various planets that even if something really happened to the Twelve Companies, the empire will take over all their industries to ensure that everyone has work and food problems. Let the people in those companies stabilize first, and then slowly investigate who attacked the Twelve Companies, why their attack was so fierce, and if it was accurate."

The other ministers all nodded, and Zuo Qiuwen also nodded, then asked, "Anything else?"

At this time, another minister spoke up: "Your Majesty, I think we must strengthen the defense of the capital planet. The Twelve Companies are powerful companies. They were suddenly attacked, and the attack was so thorough. It can be seen that the attackers are very powerful. If they suddenly attack the capital planet, it will be very dangerous. So I think we must immediately strengthen the defense of the capital planet."

The others all nodded. Zuo Qiuwen didn't say anything. He thought for a moment and then said, "How about this? Send a letter to each planet right away and tell the people on each planet to stabilize the situation on the planet as soon as possible. Tell the people in those companies that no matter what time it is, the Empire will not ignore them. Please rest assured and stabilize the situation on each planet first."

Everyone nodded, and Zuoqiu Wen continued, "There has been one thing that I have not told you all, and that is about the Twelve Companies. In fact, the attacks on the Beast Garden these few times, including Zuoqiu Zhi's rebellion this time, all have the shadow of the Twelve Companies behind them. I have been preparing to deal with the Twelve Companies, but this time, it happened too suddenly, and this time it was not done by my orders. After all, the Twelve Companies are too involved, and an action like this will only cause a lot of trouble. So I want to deal with the Twelve Companies, but I won't do it this way. Doing so will cause too much turmoil, which is very unfavorable to the empire. If I want to deal with the Twelve Companies, I will only do it slowly and not in a hurry."

Hearing what Zuoqiu Wen said, all the ministers were stunned, and then their faces changed. They had not expected that the affairs of the Twelve Companies would involve such a large matter and be related to the attack on the Beast Garden and Zuoqiu Zhi's rebellion. This shocked them all. If Zuoqiu Wen had not told them directly that this attack was not instigated by him, these people would definitely think that Zuoqiu Wen did it. But it makes sense. Zuoqiu Wen is the emperor of the empire. Of course, he hopes that the empire can be stable, but this attack will cause turmoil in the empire, which is definitely not what Zuoqiu Wen wants to see. So what Zuoqiu Wen said should be true. This matter may really have nothing to do with Zuoqiu Wen. This made all the ministers silent for a while.

Zuo Qiuwen looked at their expressions and continued, "This time I broke Prince Rui's conspiracy to rebel. They must have guessed that I already knew that they were involved in these things, so this time, maybe they were the ones who made it up. In other words, the top executives of the Twelve Companies are dead on the surface, but in fact they may not be dead, but hiding. They can't commit suicide, right? They let the top executives of the Twelve Companies die on the surface, which will definitely cause unrest in the stars. By then, we will have no time to track them down, and can only deal with the unrest in the stars. At this time, they can find a way to change their appearance and hide themselves deeper, so that we can't find them. They will lurk like poisonous snakes and think of ways to deal with us in secret."

When the people from the major families heard what Zuo Qiuwen said, they were all stunned. Then they thought about what Zuo Qiuwen said and felt that it made sense. Thinking of this, Zuo Qiuwen spoke up and said, “And the actions of the Twelve Companies in these few times actually have only one goal, which is the method of activating spiritual roots. The first time they attacked the Beast Garden, it was to stop us from studying the method of activating spiritual roots. The second time was the same. This time, when Prince Rui was plotting a rebellion, the Beast Garden was also attacked again, and there were more than 20,000 people attacking. If I hadn’t made arrangements in advance, I’m afraid Mr. Zhao Hai would be in danger. So the Twelve Companies had only one goal from beginning to end, which was the method of activating spiritual roots. This is their goal. And you know, when they attacked the Beast Garden, someone revealed his skills. He was actually a member of the Black Dragon Society. In other words, the Twelve Companies are likely to be related to the Black Dragon Society. Now everyone understands why they must stop us from studying the method of activating spiritual roots, right?”

When they heard the word "Black Dragon Society", all the people from the big families were shocked. They knew the Black Dragon Society too well. It was an organization with some religious nature, and its purpose was to overthrow the Star Empire. If they really succeeded, then the Zuoqiu family and other big families would be finished. You have to know that the reason why these big families were able to develop was because they followed the Zuoqiu family in rebelling against the previous dynasty, which led to their current situation. If someone succeeded in the rebellion, then they would be finished. The emerging forces would never allow big families like theirs to exist, and would definitely kill all the people in their family. So when dealing with the Black Dragon Society, the Zuoqiu family and the big families worked together to destroy the Black Dragon Society. If the Twelve Companies were really related to the Black Dragon Society, then it would be too dangerous.

And if the Twelve Companies are really related to the Black Dragon Society, then it can really explain clearly why they want to prevent the emergence of the method to activate spiritual roots, because if the method to activate spiritual roots really appears, then the first to benefit must be the royal family and the major families. If the strength of the royal family and the major families is really strong enough, they will have no chance to rebel, so of course they have to stop it, but they didn't expect that this would directly expose the Twelve Companies. As soon as those guys in the Black Dragon Society found that the Twelve Companies might be exposed, they destroyed the Twelve Companies at the first time, making it impossible to investigate. This is indeed very similar to the Black Dragon Society's approach. The Black Dragon Society did this at the beginning. Under the attack of the Zuoqiu family and the major families, they directly abandoned most of their believers and businesses. So although the Black Dragon Society was destroyed at the beginning, it is really hard to say how many real core members were killed. In short, it will not be too many, so it is normal for the Black Dragon Society to abandon the Twelve Companies this time.

Not to mention that the Twelve Companies have made countless money over the years. The people of the Black Dragon Society relinquished the Twelve Companies, but they would not necessarily abandon all of the money of the Twelve Companies. They might have already found a way to transfer the money, and it is not that they did not have time to prepare. If they had been prepared to relinquish the Twelve Companies, they would probably have transferred some other resources of the Twelve Companies as well. So although they suffered a huge loss on the surface, it is hard to say how big the real loss is.

  When they thought of this, the people from all the major families looked at each other. They saw shocked expressions in each other's eyes. They realized that the Black Dragon Society was too strong. They had created a behemoth like the Twelve Companies silently, and now they had directly abandoned this behemoth. These guys were really powerful. Now those guys had turned from light to dark, and it would be even more difficult to deal with them. They all had a headache for a while. They really didn't know how to deal with this situation.