Warhammer: Beginning with Planetary Governors

Chapter 555: High-ranking nobles: Collective pressure, nothing can be done without our savior!
In Ron's opinion, those imperial nobles must be properly dealt with in order to resolve the last part of the hidden dangers in the imperial system.

We can also obtain a large amount of resources and wealth from them, making the recovery and reconstruction work smoother.

More importantly, those guys have hoarded too much wealth, which is harmful rather than beneficial to the empire. Wealth must flow and be reasonably distributed to have value.

Otherwise the empire would be stagnant.

From a macroeconomic perspective, the faster the money flows in a regime, the greater the overall increase in output value.

The system will also be more prosperous.

What Ron, the savior, wants to do is to take Dawn City and the high-speed route as the core and dig out all the hidden wealth of the empire.

Make it flow.

Thereby stimulating the entire empire to engage in large-scale production and development, and improving the overall industrial output value and level.

That is the key to the empire's strength.

If the relevant economic and industrial levels are not sufficient, no matter how much military force is developed, it will be powerless.

It's easy to reach the limit.

Just like his hometown, it was once so difficult that people could not even make a few of the simplest guns. It was miserable.

But after nearly a hundred years of economic development and with industrial output ranking among the highest in the world, it is able to unleash a torrent of steel at any time.

Those large industrial enterprises are capable of transforming into military industries at any time, and even the steel pipes and gas tanks produced by private enterprises can become high-end weapons in some backward areas.

Not to mention high-tech gadgets like drones.

Once the relevant industrial production capacity is unleashed, it will be a comprehensive dimensionality reduction attack on backward regions.

By then, the production of large tanks, ships, and fighter jets will be like making dumplings.

The same is true for the Savior Territory.

Today, the Savior's territory has many industrial foundry worlds that specialize in manufacturing various engineering and transportation vehicles, or civilian machinery and industrial products.

But with their technology and industrial capabilities, they can mass-produce super-heavy tanks and even small battleships at any time. If they grit their teeth, they can also make some engineering Titans. Once they are equipped with weapons, they will be enough to crush many forces in the galaxy.

This is the powerful advantage of industry.

Now Ron hopes that this strong industrial advantage can be expanded to the entire territory of the empire.

Forming a steel torrent across the galaxy.

While improving the lives of the people of the empire, it can also make the empire more prosperous and powerful.

After communicating with Guilliman and Khan, he also went to guide the construction of the high-end residential area.

Then return to the Sanctuary of the Savior.

For a long time afterwards, Ron stayed in the office of the sanctuary to learn about the situation of the imperial nobles.

He needed relevant knowledge and intelligence to think about how to "entertain" the high-ranking nobles of the empire.

The savior made the decision to "move the capital" and formulated many new policies.

Prepare to publish at the appropriate time.
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A few years later.

Dawn City, II No. 13 Redemption Airport.

The void is filled with red, yellow, and green warning light strips, dividing the entire airspace into different lanes, with ships coming and going in an endless stream.

It seemed very crowded.

Most of the ships in the waterway are dazzlingly golden and extremely luxurious, like large mobile palaces, attracting a lot of attention.

Those were high-ranking imperial figures who had hurried from all over to meet the savior, such as senior imperial nobles, governor officials, guild alliance leaders, wandering merchants, and so on.

They are the blood vessels and meridians of the empire's huge body, most of them are hidden behind the scenes and unknown to the public.

Inside the magnificent ship's bedroom.

A scarlet silk curtain falls from a dome inlaid with adamantium and obsidian, and every inch of its folds is permeated with the fragrance of spices and rare oils.

"Look, the stars of Lakas are shining in the void, but they are just the golden cups scattered in the courtyard of Olvera. Those creepers always like to sing praises of "redemption" and "new day", but they don't know that the glory of Terra has never left..."

The blind poet sang and chanted to his heart's content to the elegant Terran classical string music.

The center of the bedroom.

The owner here, Drew Ovila, was leaning naked on a floating recliner covered with animal skins, the cigar twisted between his fingertips was emitting dark red sparks - it was an exotic fern from the depths of the Catachan jungle and was very valuable.

The harvesting of exotic ferns often requires the cost of some lives, but of course that is only the most insignificant cost, and more expensive processes are required afterwards to make them.

As he breathed in and out, a trail of lavender smoke was drawn in the air.

In the smoke, an alluring figure with cat ears was also swallowing and spitting out something.

This sub-human cat-man maid was working hard to serve her distinguished master, Drew Olvera, a descendant of the Terran nobility, the heir candidate of the Olvera family, and the son of the star governor.

But before it was over, Drew roughly pushed away the cat-eared maid, stood up and put on a silk robe.

Then we came to the observation deck of the palace.

"Is this the trade port built by the Savior? What a magnificent creation and amazing wealth..."

He looked at the airport that occupied his entire field of vision and felt inexplicably shocked.

The airport before him was much larger than any other airport in the Lacas Sector, the trade hub of the Hazy Star Domain, and far exceeded the imagination of this descendant of Terran nobility and the son of the Sector Governor.

Drew Olvera knew what this meant - the future of the Empire and even the galactic trade, and the Saviors needed people like them to make it work, and the skyport was built for them.

This leaves room for negotiation and discussion.

After all, the savior, the new sun of the empire, cannot rely on them, the descendants of Terra who control many of the empire's shipping routes and industrial zones, and the blood vessels and veins of the empire's territory.

Who else can I rely on? !

"Some things in this world can be learned, and some things can be bought with money, but the only thing that really matters is the nobility of your bloodline."

This is the motto left by Sin Olvera, the founder of the Olvera family, former high-ranking official of the Terra court, and Lord of Lakas.

More than a thousand years ago, the descendant of the ancient Terra family, a leadership bloodline cultivated in Holy Terra, the heart of the Empire, was appointed as the Governor of the Racas Sector by the Terra Government.

Since then, the Olvera family has maintained unwavering control over the empire's important star regions, while radiating its influence to the surrounding areas.

It has formed a huge political, military and commercial influence that is unbreakable.

He is simply the uncrowned king of the star zone and its surrounding areas. Even the political storm from Terra cannot shake him in the slightest.

These high-ranking nobles who control vast tracts of planetary land can even arrogantly say that it is the empire that needs them, not they who need the empire.

Drew Olvera is well aware of the power contained in the Olvera family and his own bloodline.

These high-ranking nobles are undoubtedly the richest and most powerful class in the Empire, and many of their families have extensive roots in numerous star regions of the Empire.

High-ranking nobles used marriages, blood ties, and bloodlines to maintain huge political alliances and their own power. Even if some imperial civilizations were destroyed, the family's towering tree tree would only have a branch cut off.

Even the Savior's great purge on Holy Terra decades ago had no effect on them.

The high-ranking nobles had experienced too many things like this, and they were also accustomed to the fact that Holy Terra had changed its master. It was nothing more than a change of name that required loyalty.

Over the past ten thousand years, the empire's actual rulers have changed dozens of times, and in the past hundred years, they have been rotated several times in succession, from Udia, the Ultimate Primarch to the Savior.

For the high-ranking nobles of the empire, nothing has changed, and the star zone is still firmly under their control.

Bloodline is enduring and unchanging.

The history that flows in the blood of the nobility is the history of the empire.

"That savior may want to use the Internet to do something to consolidate his power."

Drew took a long drag on his cigar.

He looked at his own face reflected in the glass through the smoke and smiled.

Like many heirs of high-ranking nobles, he could judge the savior's mind, or in other words, every ruler who came up would use his own advantages to make trouble.

They must stick together and deal with it carefully.

Drew knew well the ruthlessness and cruelty of the empire.

Noble status cannot be a guarantee of peace of mind for a person. The tragic end of countless willful, dissolute or foolish and ignorant noble men and women proves this point.

From the moment they were born, their roles as candidate heirs to high-ranking noble families were determined, and this also applies to their studies.

They need to learn a lot of knowledge, including history, business, politics, taste and various red tape.

In order to face a variety of scenarios.

In addition, they also have to learn how to disguise themselves, how to secretly taunt their opponents, as well as how to judge the situation and protect their own dignity and honor.

Of course, Drew also learned a lot more in secret, such as how to properly use poisons, train or hire assassins, and bribe.

He needs to cooperate with some departments of the empire and even the Inquisition at critical moments in order to seize the position he wants.

After all, there are too many candidates for the position in the family, and we must guard against them no matter how harmless they are. It is best to deal with them in advance and reduce competition.

The Olvera family has investments in many fields, and its bloodline runs through all departments and industries of the empire.

Bloodline descendants can choose different paths of experience, such as serving in the military, serving as an official, developing border areas, running business, or engaging in religion or art.

Give back to the family in different areas.

As one of the candidates for succession, Drew chose the trade field that the family attached great importance to, and operated the huge transportation routes in the Lacas star region.

He could understand the importance of the Webway, or rather, all the nobles in the empire could understand its value.

So everyone rushed to participate in this feast without stopping. No one wanted to miss the Internet Road, which would be equivalent to missing the future of the family.

The only question now is how much benefit everyone can gain from the savior.

This requires striving and even fighting, and the savior must be made aware of their energy in order to avoid their own interests being taken over by that being.

According to the intelligence Drew received, many high-ranking nobles and large alliances have united to put pressure on the Savior.

To test the bottom line of that existence.

If the savior retreats, they will tacitly rush in and take a big bite of the benefits from the Internet.

Not long after, the Olvera family's luxury ship docked at the airport's dock at a very fast speed.

In fact, in order to welcome these high-ranking nobles from all over the world, the Savior cleared out a Redemption Airport specifically for reception.

It can be said that it is very important.

After Drew received the notice, he put on a gorgeous robe embroidered with the family emblem with the help of his maid, and then followed the guidance of the servo machine to the core area of ​​the airport.

It is not yet time to meet the savior, and that being sent a notice ten years in advance so that more high-ranking nobles can come and participate in this feast.

The nobles who arrived one after another had enough time to tour and learn about the City of Dawn, and to understand the relevant areas and policies of the Internet Trade.

They can also get to know each other better and conduct some transactions, after all, it is not easy to meet each other.

Especially in areas connected by networks, it is even more important to understand each other, as they may be future trading partners or competitors.

Airport leisure and entertainment area.

"This place is completely different from other places in the empire. It has a completely new aesthetic and culture..."

Drew strolled along the modern commercial square, and many nobles, like him, had eyes full of surprise.

He was keenly aware that the service personnel in this area all had great enthusiasm for their work and were not too afraid of the nobles.

If it were servants or civilians from other parts of the empire, they would have saluted them timidly long ago.

Judging from the appearance of these service providers, many of them were refugees not long ago, with traces of war and hunger still remaining on their bodies.

But in a very short period of time they were able to live a relatively upper-middle-class life and reshape their spiritual outlook.

That means the savior is sufficiently generous, merciful, reasonable, and extremely wealthy.

"He is not a tyrant at heart."

Drew looked at everything in front of him, came to a conclusion, and smiled.

Their high-ranking nobles prefer rulers with a more benevolent character, as that means they can make more attempts.

Moreover, the other party will be too afraid of the loss of the empire's life and will not want to start an internal war, so it will adopt a gentle approach.

This allows them to gain more benefits from the other party through some means.

“Sometimes, kindness is not a good quality.”

Drew shook his head.

If it were him, he would never waste so many resources on the lower class. It would be a blessing to let them survive.

The heir of the Olvera family put all this behind him and strolled around the so-called shopping mall with great interest, where there were all kinds of shops.

It was a large shopping mall built by the Savior based on the structural system of large shopping malls in previous lives, which conformed to the aesthetics of the empire.

"Why are these things so expensive?!"

Drew was soon a little surprised because the prices of various clothes, daily necessities and collectibles in the store were shockingly high.

Even he, the successor candidate, felt it was a little expensive.

The luxury goods salesperson in the store smiled coldly but politely:

“We are a royal authorized brand announced by His Majesty the Savior. Every product is handmade and blessed by the divine energy of the Emperor. It is unique.

Only high-ranking nobles are eligible to purchase it."

After she finished speaking, she didn't show much enthusiasm and looked like she didn't care whether to buy it or not.

These luxury goods stores were basically created by the saviors to reap the wealth of the nobility. They surpassed the existing luxury goods in the empire in terms of business philosophy, design, and materials.

Some expensive luxury goods are even worth the price of a small ship. They are imprinted with the real blood fingerprints of His Majesty the Divine Emperor, which can be said to be extremely noble.

If it is a luxury item that has been integrated with the Emperor's genetic molecules, it is even more rare and is a sacred relic.

Need to be auctioned off.

After Drew had walked around for a while, he couldn't help but buy a batch of clothes, which were much rarer and more noble than the robe he was wearing.

There are even scales and bones of alien lords as ornaments, and a special shield force field is integrated, emitting a faint light.

Very imposing.

Afterwards, he also bought several boxes of cigars, which cost a hundred times more than his previous cigars. The tobacco used was special plants collected from the ruins of the Warp, using the Dark Eldar's extraction process and baked in the Sacred Tower.

Then it was rolled on the thighs of the nun girl in the Reda Garden world.

It is said that the Khan's Primarch loved him the most.

After shopping around, the candidate for heir to the Olvera family couldn't help but take a look at the payment method. The prices were very memorable.

The amount paid was enough to organize and arm several regiments of the planetary defense force.

He hadn't felt this kind of extravagant spending for a long time, and he actually felt quite refreshed.

After Drew took a tour, he did not continue walking, but took the high-speed elevator to the business exchange area.

He also had to meet his allies.

Business exchange area, closed conversation room.

"We should talk..."

Drew activated the shielding device on his body and looked at the other high-ranking noble allies at the conference table.

Such as:

Heir to the Koda family, an ancient and well-organized family that owns the interstellar "Sith Bank". Its huge wealth comes from the banking and loan business it provides to other noble families.

They are also responsible for printing "new currency" in some areas. Many families rely on the Koda family to manage their wealth;

The head of the Ventel Alliance, which mainly operates in agriculture-related fields, and they control many agricultural worlds in some star regions.

They control the food lifeline of certain star regions, and are able to cut off the food supply of some hive planets and create a food crisis.

No one wants to offend them unless they have to;

Senior management of the Seyakana Corporation, which has built its wealth and influence on a huge group of workers, employs tens of billions of people, and owns many mines and refineries.

At the same time, they also signed contracts with alien mercenaries and bounty hunters to handle some gray businesses.

In the conversation room, there were several heirs to families or companies that had some influence across star regions or even in the star field.

They formed a large political alliance with the Olvera family as the core, controlling almost every aspect of multiple star regions and reaching deep into the grassroots.

This political alliance rules the relevant territories on behalf of the empire and can even cause great unrest in an instant.

There are many political alliances like this within the empire, and they are a force that no ruler can ignore.

"Everyone, let's get straight to the point!"

Drew knocked on the table to get everyone's attention.

Then he pointed to the emblem of the Savior in the conversation room without much respect:

“That Empire New Sun wants to negotiate with the high-ranking nobles. Perhaps we should take a tougher stance and force them to back down.

It's not just us, other political alliances mean this as well.

Of course, all this will remain within a friendly range, and we will also pay benefits within the tolerance range to appease the appetite of that being.

If he doesn't want the empire to fall into turmoil, he should make the right choice."

(End of this chapter)