Interstellar: Start as a cleaner.

Chapter 1251 The Shipbuilding Team (5000 words)
After having this idea, Yang Bo transformed into Bart and returned to the laboratory on Devon Star, and then went back to the manor!
"Butler, could you write me a letter to the Governor of Devon Star, saying that I, Grand Duke Bart, want to oversee the Devon Star customs, but I don't want outsiders to know, and asking him what to do?" Yang Bo directly instructed Butler Jerry to send an email to the Governor of Devon Star!
"Yes, young master!" The butler immediately sent an email to Governor Devonstar.

Governor Devon, who was also a hereditary earl, was also feeling overwhelmed after receiving the email from Jerry's butler.

However, Barth's influence is too great now, and he is also a Grand Duke.

The Grand Duke's influence within the Council of Elders had a significant impact on these high-ranking nobles!
Because many of the proposals of the Noble Council must be approved by the Council of Elders!
The governor naturally knew what it meant for Bart's butler to send him an email!
That means they want to obtain this data privately!

The governor's family had no conflict with Bart and Bart's family, but their relationship wasn't very good either.

This is actually a necessary condition for the appointment of governors-general in various regions.

Generally, the relationship between the governors of various states and these local powerful families can only be described as neutral.

Because the powerful families of these states would not allow someone from their enemy's family to become governor.

Of course, in order to maintain balance, the imperial leadership would not allow someone from a powerful local family to become governor.

The governor thought it over carefully and then replied with an email.

That's Devonstar's customs office; they're short a system maintenance staff member.

If His Excellency the Grand Duke of Bart has a recommended candidate, he can make the arrangements himself.

Yang Bo knew this after seeing the governor's reply.

System maintenance personnel can view various information within the customs system.

Of course, this could happen if the system maintainers leak customs information.

That has nothing to do with his governor!
Then Jerry's butler quickly recommended someone.

This person's identity information is all true; he is a servant at Bart Manor.

Of course, being a servant of a hereditary nobleman doesn't mean simply working hard; this person is also a university graduate and proficient in software maintenance.

Yang Bo planned to use his servant's identity to go to work, and when he was not available, he would let the servant go to work by himself!
The servant's name is Wood, he is thirty-five years old, a Class C superhuman, and has obtained a junior software engineer certification.

"Let Wood start his onboarding first!"

"I'll impersonate him and go to work in a few days. You should explain these things to him first!" Yang Bo said to the housekeeper.

"Yes, young master!" the butler nodded.

"Bart!!" Ning Xue and Bai Lu had just finished their mecha training when they discovered that Bart had left the laboratory and returned to the manor!
"Don't overwork yourself, rest when you need to." Yang Bo noticed that Ning Xue and Bai Lu both seemed quite tired.

"We're fine!" Bai Lu nodded!

“Our family wants to move to Devonstar!” Ning Xue said after sitting down.

"Our relationship with the royal family is rather awkward right now, and the royal family is currently embroiled in internal strife!"

"It has already affected many of the new nobles!"

“Our family might also be involved.”

"The main reason is that we new nobles are quite close to certain members of the royal family!"

“Now that some members of the royal family are in trouble, it’s dragging us new noble families down with them!” Ning Xue put it rather tactfully.

It's actually a power struggle within the royal family; everyone has to clip the other's wings first!
These new nobles are dependent on the royal family. For example, Ning Xue's family is to be married into a prince's family, so these new nobles naturally become members of that prince's camp.

If there is no internal strife within the royal family, then these new nobles will not have any problems.

This is similar to the power struggles among the princes of ancient emperors. If a prince was to fall from grace, the civil and military officials who were close to him would also suffer.

"No problem, I'll grant your grandfather an earldom when he arrives!"

"I'll find another opportunity to get you a territory." Bart is now a Grand Duke and has the right to grant fiefdoms to nobles.

In fact, hereditary nobles all have the right to bestow titles upon nobles, as each noble has a certain number of noble positions under their name.

"Thank you!" Ning Xue was also happy for her family when she heard this.

Hongxiu arrived with tea at that moment.

"Master!"

"Madam." Hongxiu had originally learned the art of serving others, and her tea skills were quite good. She first served tea to Yang Bo, and then served tea to Ning Xue and Bai Lu.

"Sister, please sit down too. From now on, don't call me Madam, call me Sister!" Ning Xue is a very kind person!

Relatively speaking, the descendants of the new aristocracy are not as pragmatic as the descendants of the old aristocracy.

Because of family tradition and upbringing, the children of old noble families are very pragmatic and value profit highly.

"Yes, sister!" Hongxiu sat down.

“I’ve bought several islands. Besides the two we’re using, we have several more. Ning Xue, you can choose one for your family to settle down on.”

"Dewen Star has been quite turbulent lately!"

"Living in the city might be quite dangerous!" Yang Bo instructed Ning Xue again.

"Mmm!" Ning Xue nodded!

Jerry's butler then sent Wood's information to the governor, who then used his authority to recommend Wood for a job at customs!

Yang Bo stayed on Devon Star for another night. The next day, he went to the private laboratory, first took a stroll around Prince Holden's territory in the Second World, and then went to John Lee's fleet!
John Lee's fleet has entered the star system of Calaya.

Yang Bo then carefully examined the engineers' information on the two warships.

These engineers came from the Imperial Capital Starfield, a space manufacturing plant called Feld!
This is the empire's largest warship manufacturing plant.

The Empire has a total of three warship manufacturing plants!
The Feld factory is the largest of them!

This warship manufacturing plant has thirty dry docks, capable of manufacturing thirty warships simultaneously.

The other two warship manufacturing plants are smaller in scale.

The reason for having three warship manufacturing plants was primarily for security and to prepare for potential wars.

If there is only one warship manufacturing plant, the consequences would be unimaginable if it were destroyed.

There were more than 130 engineers involved in the entire process of warship manufacturing.

The number of employees in the interstellar society warship project is very small, mainly engineers, and those who participated in the later sea trials and tests were all senior engineers.

These engineers are to conduct tests on all systems of the entire warship during sea trials.

Yang Bo looked at these engineers and pondered how to arrange things.

These precious people are definitely not going to be sent back. The Empire hasn't contacted them yet, and it seems they're planning to bring them back through other means.

"The only thing we need to deal with now is the chips on these people."

"These people all have slave chips in their brains."

"If we get rid of the chip, the Empire will probably see us as a thorn in their side!" This is the problem Yang Bo is considering now.

"However, it seems I've become a thorn in the side of the empire!"

"And it's not necessarily true!" But Yang Bo quickly came to a realization. Now that he was in this situation, what was there to be afraid of?

Of course, Yang Bo also thought of another point: that doing so would exacerbate the internal conflicts within the empire.

Because who caused this mess?

Of course, it's the royal family!
The basket is big enough now, if I add a little more...

What would the other noble families within the empire think?

They will definitely use this opportunity to suppress the royal family!

"That's it!"

"However, I can make some changes!"

"Why don't we just find a way to cut off their biochips?" However, Yang Bo decided to create some illusions instead.

I could have simply destroyed these biochips.

But I need to create a smokescreen so that others think I can't destroy the biochip!
Yang Bo quickly came up with a solution: using a biotechnology.

This biotechnology was discovered by Yang Bo on Green Demon Star.

In other words, it's the bio-mech technology developed by others on Green Demon Star.

I can certainly apply bio-mechanical materials technology to this area.

"It's just like a pearl!"

"The pearl-wrapped items are all foreign objects!"

"And this package contains a biochip!"

"There are other ways!"

"For example, we can energize the brain nerves and brain cells connected to the biochip, and increase the metal content at the same time!"

"Put the biochip itself in a short-circuit state."

Biochips have been integrated with the brain.

In a sense, this biochip has been absorbed by the brain!

Therefore, it is very difficult to crack biochips.

Of course, all biochips are maintained by the body's own bioelectric currents. Yang Bo could destroy a biochip directly using bioelectric currents of a specific frequency, but this would likely cause some damage to the engineer's brain!

Another option is to directly crack the permissions of the biochip.

If this is cracked, then John Lee will become the public enemy of the empire!

Because of the ability chips made from biochips, the nobility throughout the empire are using them!
Yang Bo clearly could not afford to offend the entire empire's nobility.

That's why I thought of using a trick.

In other words, on the surface, it appears that John Lee used a special biotechnology to destroy the biochip.

In fact, Yang Bo first cracked the permissions of the biochip and then destroyed it, so as not to damage the engineer's brain!

This way, what others see is the destruction of the biochip, not the cracking of the biochip!
These two are fundamentally different!

Then Yangbo looked at the news in the federal government and found that the media in Madhya Pradesh accused Karaya of undermining the peace of the federal government!
Accusing John Lee of possessing such a large fleet of illegality.

They also strongly demanded that the federal central government and the federal parliament punish John Lee for his actions.

We demand that the Supreme Court rule that John Lee's actions constitute subversion of state power!
They also accused the Empire of attempting to split the Federation.

In contrast to the strong reaction from Madhya Pradesh, the other states in the Union seemed somewhat indifferent.

Yang Bo also saw that some media outlets in the Alliance were accusing the Empire of attempting to split the Federation.

He also stated that John Lee had powerful backers, otherwise it would have been impossible for him to acquire two B-class warships so easily.

Some media outlets within the Empire have also indicated that there are problems with John Lee's deal and have demanded that the Imperial Diet re-examine the transaction.

A spokesperson for the imperial family stated that this was the personal act of King Chujiang.

Yang Bo chuckled upon seeing this; King Chujiang was already dead.

King Chujiang had to die, whether from the perspective of the royal family or the empire.

Although the empire was riddled with internal conflicts, it was a unified entity in the face of external threats.

As for how much King Chujiang revealed and how much influence it had on the royal family, that's hard to say.

Moreover, the royal family is currently in complete disarray.

Given the current situation, it is impossible for peace to be restored within the royal family.

Unless the emperor decides to appoint a crown prince immediately!
Even establishing a crown prince isn't that easy; first, the royal family must agree!

Another requirement is the recognition of those high-ranking nobles.

It also needs to gain the approval of the people.

The emperor may have had a backup candidate for crown prince, but he certainly didn't expect things to happen so suddenly!
"The emperor might decide to appoint a crown prince temporarily!" Yang Bo thought for a moment and realized that the emperor might do that.

This can divert internal and external conflicts.

"I wonder which unlucky guy the emperor will push out," Yang Bo muttered to himself.
At this very moment, the engineers aboard the two B-class warships had already sensed something amiss.

These engineers' permissions have been restricted!
The engineers' first thought was that something serious had happened, and that their personal freedom had been restricted.

These engineers never imagined that the warship would be sold.

Because this is the empire's new generation of warships.

These engineers never imagined, no matter how hard they racked their brains, that two new warships would be sold!
Since the warship won't be sold, and they're restricting the personal freedom of these people, then there must be a serious problem with the warship.

So these engineers, whose personal freedom was restricted, actually started researching the projects they were responsible for.

As time went on, these engineers grew increasingly anxious.

Because if someone commits a crime in the empire, they will be punished collectively.

These engineers were afraid of implicating their families!

These engineers were detained for half a month.

The warship's internal systems then activated, and a virtual projection appeared on everyone's wristwatches.

"Good evening, engineers!"

"I'm sure some of the engineers recognize this general!"

"However, let me introduce myself again. My name is John Lee!"

"Governor-General of the Federal State of Karaya!"

"Federal General!"

“These two warships are now my, John Lee’s, private property.”

"You were given to me by the Empire as a gift."

"This is the details of my deal with the Empire." A man in military uniform appeared in the virtual projection.

This is Yang Bo disguised as John Lee. The fleet has now arrived in Karaya!
Yang Bo then showed the engineers some details of the transaction.

It also showed news from some of the Empire's media criticizing King Chujiang and the royal family!
"For everyone's safety, we will now need to process the slave chips in your brains."

“You are now my personal property, John Lee!”

"So I hope you will not resist!"

"As for your families, I will find a way to bring them to the Federation."

"I don't need your opinions!"

"This is the notice I'm issuing to you!" Yang Bo didn't engage in any democratic process or solicit anyone's opinions.

Because these engineers were essentially high-ranking slaves in the Empire.

In the empire, unless one is a hereditary noble, no one else can be considered a citizen.

Even if others are killed by hereditary nobles for no reason, the nobles only have to pay compensation!

Even if some of these engineers are nouveau riche, it's still the same!

This is why the Alliance estimates the interstellar world's population to be only over 20 billion.

Because when the alliance made its statistics, it only included the empire's hereditary nobles.

The vast majority of the population on the Federation side was not included in the Alliance's statistics.

Because the Alliance's statistical agencies consider these people not to be citizens under the human rights conditions of the Empire and the Federation.

They have no civil rights whatsoever.

"..." The engineers fell silent.

Yang Bo discovered that not a single one of these engineers stood up to ask why, nor did a single one stand up to object.

They knew they had done the right thing, because they were in the empire.

These people are used to obeying orders!

In addition, this happened so suddenly.

So these people don't know where to start asking questions right now.

Of course, Yang Bo also knew that Lee John's identity played a role, because in the minds of the Empire and the Alliance, the Federation was a country of warlord conflicts.

John Lee, as a general, was a standard, unadulterated warlord.

If one were to defy such a powerful warlord, the consequences would be unpredictable.

"Now line up and go to the medical room!"

"Accept the biochip shielding surgery!" Yang Bo then gave the order to these people.

Yang Bo was also very happy. With this group of engineers, he would be able to build warships in Karaya!

With these people as the core technical staff, plus my own design using the mechanic model.

Karaya is fully capable of manufacturing its own warships.

Yang Bo had considered building warships privately, but it was too difficult and required too many materials.

Karaya must be involved, and other states in the federation can be brought in if necessary.

Alternatively, we could have other states exchange materials for warships; I believe the other states would be very willing!

These engineers lined up at the medical room. Yang Bo, pretending to be one of them, injected the drug into them, but he actually used his metal superpower to encapsulate the biochip in their brains!
"This technology is a very effective technology."

"The gene energy drug you are injected with can encase the biochip in your brain with a special material similar to bio-armor."

"Effectively isolate the biochip in your brain from the internet connection!"

"This will ensure your safety!"

"The Empire had already agreed to grant you access to biochips, but something happened to King Chujiang."

"Now that King Chujiang has committed suicide, the empire has not reacted at all!"

"This technology is extremely secure!" the engineers exclaimed as they listened to John Lee's presentation.

No one asked any questions, and no one had any doubts.

These engineers could only passively accept it all, because the warship's authority had been taken over by someone else, and there was no point in objecting!
(End of this chapter)