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Volume 5 Destiny Chapter 32 Coming Again

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    The first half of the return trip of the "Honeysuckle" went smoothly, but something went wrong after it arrived in the federal territory and was intercepted by space pirates. Fortunately, the federal space force did not waste the tax dollars contributed by taxpayers and arrived in time to defeat the elusive pirates.  Compared with twenty years ago, the strength of the Federal Space Force has increased by one level, with a large number of new destroyers and cruisers added.  On its way from Gliese to the solar system, the "Honeysuckle" often saw battleships that looked different from the previous ones. They were obviously newly designed.

    The moon is the Federation¡¯s most important military base and spacecraft manufacturing base in the solar system. Most of the spacecraft returning to Earth rest on the moon and undergo inspection and quarantine. The same is true for the "Honeysuckle".  It takes a lot of courage for a mere small spacecraft to dare to run to Tabos, which is thousands of light years away.  The commander of the Earth-Moon Guards personally went out to greet the heroes who had passed the quarantine, and held a grand welcome ceremony for the crew in the beautiful lunar administrative center.

    Under the strong request of the cheering crowd, Captain Kelly displayed the rare items obtained from Tabers on behalf of the crew, winning exclamations and applause from the scene.  The "Honeysuckle" achieved much higher results than other caravans, and carried more high-value cargo than other caravan fleets.  After seeing the cargo list, the welcome party turned into an auction. Countless wealthy people came to hear the news, and the auditorium of the Lunar Administrative Center, which covers an area of ??nearly two square kilometers, was filled with people.  The investors of the "Honeysuckle" were all smiling from ear to ear, knowing that huge returns were inevitable.

    More than 3,000 tons of gold were divided up on the spot by the five major lunar spacecraft manufacturers, and the prices given were very reasonable.  Other rare items need to be appraised. While waiting, the investors met with the crew to discuss a share plan.  When other spaceships returned, they mostly got bulk goods that were easy to distribute. The "Honeysuckle" brought back many high-value rare items, which might be higher than the value of the goods themselves, so they needed to be negotiated.  Investors disputed the gifts the crew received.  Some people feel that without the ship, the crew would not have been able to receive the gifts, and therefore should be distributed as agreed.  Others suggested that it be handled in accordance with federal business practices.  Before the beginning of the great space era, the wages of earth's ocean-going crew were very high, and the wages of aircraft workers were also not low. The crew of long-distance cargo spacecraft, which combines the difficulty of the two major types of work with higher requirements and greater dangers, is a high-paying profession in the Federation and has a long-term  Twenty years of traveling in the void is not comparable to a short-distance voyage within the Federation.

    There was a lot of noise outside and a fierce fight inside. Yu Zhe¡¯s extra precautions failed to work. His testimony was considered by investors to be ineligible as evidence. It was simply a fantasy that an alien boy could write Chinese.  The crew members looked at each other speechlessly, and they were all embarrassed. Knowing that this matter was difficult to explain, they immediately argued with each other to gain leverage.  Qu Long originally considered that this situation might happen, and kept some videos of Yu Zhe getting along with the crew, saying that he was the general's son and the queen's nephew, so the crew could get so many rare gifts.  The video that could be made public was verified by the technical department to be authentic. Kelly's team was lucky enough to keep half of the gifts, and the rest were auctioned off. According to the agreement between the two parties, the crew members received half of the proceeds, and the rest went to the investors.

    The auction was a great success, with a net income of up to 1.9 billion federal dollars. Just as Yu Zhe had originally thought, all the crew members became rich.  The bigger surprise is that the medicines and prescriptions Yu Zhe gave to Ran Zaimin were evaluated by experts from the Federal Academy of Medical Sciences and were valued at 2.2 billion federal dollars. They also said that on this basis, a drug suitable for federal citizens could be developed.  The highly effective medicine partially solves the problem of low fertility among federal reformers.  Congress held a special meeting for this purpose, and the federal Treasury allocated 2.1 billion federal dollars to buy drugs and prescriptions.

    Investors were filled with regret after hearing the news, but the technology obviously did not fall within the scope of the agreement. Without the friendship between the crew and the "Lunt Noble Boy", it would have been impossible to obtain Lunt's advanced technology. The appraisal certificate from the Federal Academy of Medical Sciences was written in black and white.  Write clearly.  According to federal law, high-end prescriptions and medicines that are not within the scope of trade are personal property, so the crew members made a fortune and praised Ran Zaimin for being such a good friend.

    What the crew didn¡¯t know was that these drugs and prescriptions had caused a huge shock to the upper echelons of the federation.  The rare items brought back by the "Honeysuckle" have increased the greed of many people. The attitudes of the previously opposed parliamentarians have become subtle. Tabos is a huge treasure house, and the Iever people cannot let it go.  After the highly developed industrial civilization, the people of the Federation also like natural items. The rare items brought back from Tabos are all natural, which shows that Tabos is very primitive. The powerful military power of the Federation is enough to conquer this primitive planet. As long as it conquers the rich  With Tebos, the Federation won't have to worry about population problems for thousands of years.

    The appraisal results of the Federal Academy of Medical Sciences poured cold water on the upper management who were ready to make a move.  Compared with the original daily necessities, the prescriptions have accurate measurements, reasonable combinations, extremely high purity, complex ingredients, and few side effects. It is obviously the product of an advanced technical system.  The Tabers project team of the Federal Academy of Sciences judged based on the information fed back by multiple batches of caravans that Tabers?It may be a highly developed post-interstellar civilization that has returned to nature, rather than a primitive planet.

    When questioned by Congress, an intelligence agent from the Federal Extraterrestrial Intelligence Agency stated that the relationship between the powerful Totos and the not-weak Adesians and the two major races of Tabos is unknown. The Totos¡¯ super space fortress is still in Tabos.  Near Si, some Adese people moved to Tabos, indicating that the Adese people of the same origin and the indigenous Amo people of Tabos may have begun to merge.  The only ones available were the Luntes, who had no foreign aid.

    The Federal Military Intelligence Agency has received news that Lunt¡¯s military strength is rapidly increasing and is expected to be no less than 100 million people. The current individual equipment is no less powerful than the elite federal army.  The Lunt people have strong bodies and strong resistance to radiation. Low-pollution tactical and strategic nuclear weapons cannot destroy the Lunt army.  This race is extremely martial and its folk customs are strong, so it is difficult to intimidate them with powerful weapons.  If super weapons are used, it is very likely to destroy the environment of Tabos. There will be no point in occupying this planet. It is better to do business as usual.

    A mysterious planet, a delicious fruit full of thorns that is difficult to pull out, the thoughtful upper class of the Federation don't know how to deal with it for a while.  Some groups accused large companies of transporting arms to Tabers wantonly and affecting federal strategic decisions. However, Baker Hall Company stated during the investigation that their express company strictly followed business principles and delivered weapons and armor with technical levels that belonged to the federal government.  The scope of the permit, the destination is clear, and the procedures are complete.  Besides, without these arms, the Federation would not have been able to open up the situation in Tabos so quickly.

    After Kelly's team returned to Earth, they found that Baker Hall Express Company had become a well-known enterprise in the Federation. It had tripled in size and was often featured in the media. It can be said that it rose rapidly due to the Tabers Civil War.  This company strictly kept secrets, and couldn't find much useful information, so we stopped taking care of it.

    Seeing that the situation is tense and it is expected that a war will break out within fifty years, the Federal Space Force is gathering. The destination is unknown, but it is most likely Tabers.  Kelly planned to go there again and discuss it with the crew. Many people were unwilling to take risks. After spending twenty years making money that they may not be able to make in their lifetime, there was no need to gamble their lives.

    There are many supporters. Kelly was very pleased after counting. There are 29 people from the old team who are willing to go. The main players are all there. The choice of spacecraft is a difficult problem.  The "Honeysuckle" was not advanced enough or large enough, and some design problems were discovered after long journeys.  Kelly led a team to inspect the five major spacecraft manufacturers on the moon, and fell in love with an 80,000-ton long-range and fast armed merchant ship. It was under construction. The ship owner had just gone bankrupt, and the spacecraft manufacturer was willing to sell it at a cost price of 1.1 billion federal dollars.

    For the sake of safety, the crew gritted their teeth and spent another 400 million to enhance its armament, speed and protection, turning it into a quasi-fast destroyer. As for the load capacity, it was sacrificed because it was not necessary to be too big.  This spaceship is still named "Honeysuckle". The brain brain Jinyin of the original spacecraft has been moved to a new home. In addition, there is a new partner Xiao Jinyin. The auxiliary computing server has been greatly enhanced so that the two brains can calculate the route faster.  Avoid danger.  The crew members all think that Jin Yin is a mascot. After getting along with him for twenty years, he is relatively friendly and does not want to change it again.  For Tujili who is doing business, his name is very important. After Kelly made the suggestion, the crew members who were deeply influenced by Chinese culture agreed without hesitation.

    Although the new spacecraft is far more advanced than the old spacecraft, it is too big and twenty-nine crew members are not enough. The spacecraft is a systematic project that involves all aspects. There are many unforeseen accidents in ultra-long-distance navigation in the universe. It requires maintenance in shifts and cannot be used.  It all depends on the brain.  The shipowner and crew searched for suitable ones everywhere, and finally gathered 50 people, and purchased a large number of special maintenance robots to reduce manpower consumption and salary expenses.

    The spacecraft will take several years to complete, and the crew also need to connect with relatives and friends.  In his free time, the finance team was busy buying various goods that the Lunt people liked. In addition to watching the progress of the spacecraft, Kelly was looking for the "fat cats" Yu Zhe needed.  Although the Li family does not have much influence now, they still have many connections in the scientific community and have many friends.  The Simpson family is the majority shareholder of the Clonmel Group, the largest biochemical animal enterprise in the Federation. Kelly asked his friend Philip Saint Simpson, a branch of the Simpson family, to help him buy a good biochemical tiger from the laboratory.  The dragon is similar to the one in the picture, I believe the Tabers natives will be satisfied.

    The other gift crew members had some headaches.  When I met Yu Zhe, he was only eighteen years old. When the new spaceship arrives in Tabos, he will probably be in his early forties. His mentality and preferences will definitely be different from before. If the wrong gift is given, the effect will be much worse. Will he continue to work hard?  It's hard to say how to help people like me find high-end products.  They didn't get along for long, and it was Qu Long's idea. Although the information left behind was slightly illegal, it could still be remembered by the natives.

    A happy family life will wear away the courage to sail, but there are also people who change their minds, such as Dr. Bogart, who suddenly received a message one month before the spacecraft set off.Zhi Kelly said he was ready to join again.  Bao Jia is a doctor of medicine and has rich experience in aerospace medicine. The doctors Zhang Wenya found are not as good as him. One more person is not too much. Anyway, the spacecraft is big enough and the journey is lonely.

    The new "Honeysuckle" embarking on the journey often successfully arrived in the distant Tabers after an eight-year voyage.  Just as Cha Jiancheng was about to contact Kingsley Spaceport, a beautiful spaceship suddenly came forward. The equipment on it showed that it was a battleship. It looked similar in tonnage to a Federal Space Force destroyer, with Tabers on both sides.  Planet pattern.

    The crew members were all surprised. Tabers was unified?  Surprised, another larger warship passed by nearby, targeting an adjacent planet.  An inquiry came from the communication equipment, and Zha Jiancheng answered quickly. The other party was silent for a moment, and then gave the orbit parameters, allowing the main body of the spacecraft to run according to the designated orbit.

    The first time was that the main body of the spacecraft was damaged and had to land for maintenance. This time, we only need to land and land the spacecraft.  Kelly arranged for the landing and staying personnel to be rotated after the ground stabilized. This time it was no different than before.

    "You must fly according to the designated route to enter Tabos. Large spaceships can land smoothly, and small spaceships that are easy to control are naturally not a problem. The experienced crew followed the captain back to the Kingsley Spaceport after a long absence.  Nothing has changed about Kingsley, even the guards are familiar faces.  The only difference is that the nearby military base seems to have been expanded and a large number of anti-aircraft weapons have been added.

    After Kelly took Zhang Wenya through the formalities, he asked an old crew member who could speak Lunte to lead the team to gather information, contact old customers, and inspect the spacecraft.  Kingsley Spaceport, which covers an area of ??nearly 800 square kilometers, has many more spacecraft than before. Many atmospheric vehicles such as airplanes have landed here. It is different from the past year when there were only a few spacecraft landings.  In just one hour, the crew from Earth saw a dozen alien spacecraft of different styles arriving at the landing zone. The nearest one was only fifty meters away from their own landing spacecraft.

    ¡°We have to hurry up, there are a lot of civilizations coming to Lunt now.¡± Zhang Wenya said.

    Everyone else nodded. Even if she didn't say anything, as long as you saw the many spaceships, you would know that there are many civilizations eyeing Tabos. Iaver's civilian technology is very advanced, but it does not mean that other civilizations are inferior, such as the defeat of his generals.  There is something about the Medello people that is stronger than the Ief people.

    Among ordinary products, gold and platinum group metals are important targets for purchase. There is no need to worry about sales when buying these two precious metals. The spacecraft manufacturing industry can easily digest them.  You have to think about other things. The Lunt people have a strong sense of confidentiality, and so far they haven't been able to get much useful information.

    A lot of thought was put into the goods brought by the spaceship this time. Kaimana Technology encountered a failure last time when promoting game consoles in Lunt, and it was even listed on several major federal portals. The crew members all found it funny and took it as a warning.  Zhang Wenya led the team members to spend five years purchasing goods. Of the four items of food, clothing, housing and transportation that the Lunte people could accept and get used to, the crew members could not afford much.  Daily gadgets and specialty products of the major ethnic groups in the Federation have become the main products, and every piece is a high-quality product, regardless of material, design or processing technology.

    In terms of clothing, Lunte people value nature, and use high-end colored cotton, silk, and linen. Iife-style shoes and hats customized according to the Lunte people's figures occupy about forty containers, with exquisite packaging, complete descriptions, and ironing equipment.  Ironing equipment.

    In terms of food, the taste system and digestive system of the Lunte people are different from those of the Ifu people, which is very difficult to deal with.  When Yu Zhe was there, the chef of the spaceship felt very tired.  The caravan brought some seeds and plants this time, hoping that the Lunt people would like them. As for the issue of species invasion, the crew felt that Lunt scholars could handle it properly and it was none of their business.

    The living area is not small. The crew bought some high-end decorative materials for experiments. There are only ten containers.

    In terms of performance, Qu Long worked hard.  Lunt people like to walk. This is a strange habit, which may be related to the peak of martial arts.  The crew all felt that selling bicycles in Lunte had no future, but Qu Long refused to listen and took Chun Dan to work.  The federal bicycle industry has a long history, and there are hundreds of large factories with exquisite craftsmanship. Qu Long directly found the most famous bicycle manufacturer on earth and placed a customized order for 10,000 bicycles, specifying the use of carbon nano alloy materials.  The strength of the Lunte people was too great for the bicycles commonly used by the Yiifu people. The factory greatly enhanced the brakes, tires and transmission system according to Qu Long's requirements.  Qu Long brought not only finished products but also parts, and the finished products were just put on display in the trading area.

    It doesn¡¯t make sense not to contact friends when you go to Tabos, let alone contact the natives. At least ¡°Fat Cat¡± has to get his balance back.  When Tabers left last time, he didn't have a mobile phone. Yu Zhe left his home communication number, and Kelly asked the guard for help with a note from more than 20 years ago.  The guard knew Gilala and also knew that Yu Zhe, a "celebrity" in the royal capital, had a good relationship with these Yiif people, so he called Toruze directly to transfer Yu Zhe.  The call was quickly connected because Yu Zhe was nearby.

    &nbsp"It's the captain. Hello, hello. When did you arrive? Did the journey go well?" The voice on the phone was pleasantly surprised.

    Hearing the strange and deformed voice, Kelly had mixed emotions, "I just arrived. Thanks to you, everything went well on the way. I brought the biochemical tiger you wanted for you. When will you come to pick it up?"

    "Really? I've been waiting for more than 20 years, and it's finally here. But I can't leave these two days. The day after tomorrow, Toruze will hold a military parade at Hoskin Square. If you are interested, you can go and have a look.  , visit the Royal Garden by the way. Don¡¯t be busy doing business, the people of Lunte are busy with the military parade these two days, your business will not be good. "

    Aboriginal military parade?  This is a rare opportunity to appreciate it.  Kelly hung up the phone and talked to the crew, and everyone became interested.

    "Military parade? Impossible. Last time Yu Zhe told me that Lunte never has military parades. He also said that military parades are funny and useless. Lunte people have always disdain military parades and think that treating soldiers as actors is an insult to them. I am very  I agree, those soldiers who have no murderous intent are just embroidered pillows, props used by the powerful to show their power. Apart from winning applause from the laymen who are watching the excitement, it is a complete waste of money and the soldiers' time." Ran Zaimin said with a frown.

    Wen Wan disagreed, "Zai Min, you are too extreme. The military parade can at least show the progress of the military industry and arouse national pride."

    Ran Zaimin sneered, "If you have been a soldier, you will feel the same as me. Every time I see the video of the grand military parade in history, I get goosebumps all over my body. A soldier is a soldier, and no matter how neat the soldiers are, they are useless. There is no battle.  I can easily kill a hundred experienced rookies. I think back then"

    Zhang Wenya impatiently interrupted the guard leader's reminiscences, "Okay, you have retired. Now you are a guard, not a murderous special forces soldier. Why do you keep telling those old stories?"

    The smooth-talking finance team leader was not something that the clumsy-tongued security team leader could defeat verbally. Ran Zaimin muttered a few words and then did not dare to speak again, lest he be scolded by her again.

    "I'm so happy. I just sold three cars. The guards bought them. They have a top-quality ruby. I'm going to make a fortune!" Qu Long barged in from outside like he was crazy.

    Everyone raised their middle fingers to him and said in unison: "You won the bet, but you can only make it once. Someone will definitely follow suit next time."

    Qu Long chuckled, feeling proud that he had won the gamble, and then became curious, "What are you talking about?"

    Ran Zaimin said in a deep voice: "The Lunt people will have a military parade in Hoskin Square the day after tomorrow. I think something big is going to happen."

    The crew suddenly became commotion, and Qu Long shouted, "Why do we always encounter wars every time we come here? What a ghost!"

    "We are very lucky. Without the spaceship repair last time, how could we all get rich? We can't avoid what comes. I hope everything is safe."

    After Kelly finished speaking, the crew members all began to pray, even Ran Zaimin was no exception, comforting himself in his heart, "I am a businessman now, and I must fear gods and Buddhas!" Then he thought of the military parade the day after tomorrow, and was looking forward to it.

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