Him and their stars.

Chapter 769 I Was Waiting For Me Here

"This cup is for our god-chosen champion!" Mr. Jiang Yudong, the Governor of the Blue Star Community's New World Colonial Region, raised his wine glass high: "Here, I will represent the New World Governor's Mansion and pay respect to our God." The selection of the champion is the pride of the people on earth, and Colonel Yu Lian would like to extend his belated congratulations! Please raise your glasses together!"

"cheers!"

In the banquet hall of New Lushun Xinggang, well-dressed dignitaries raised their wine glasses one after another, and Yu Lian could only reluctantly turn his attention away from the delicious food on the table, dawdling He also raised his wine glass and drank down the holy red wine that exudes jewel-colored light.Then, he smiled and nodded to himself, a group of masters and ladies whom he didn't know at all responded with the same sanctimonious smile.

It wasn't until this time that he felt that it was a forward-looking move for Feifei to remind himself to learn expression management!If there is no such assiduous cultivation, in such an environment, the possibility of losing one's composure is very high.

He smiled slightly, let the waiter come over to fill his wine glass, and then turned his attention to a charcoal-grilled new Yumen marmot next to him.The grilled meat cooked by top chefs is amazingly golden, which is something Yu Lian has never seen in roadside restaurants in Port Tulong.

... Although the taste of the dishes at the banquets of the upper class may not really be comparable to that of the characteristic roadside shops, there must still be some merits.Yu Lian was thinking about how to have a meal, but he heard the Governor over there knock on the wine glass again, and said loudly: "And this second glass is to respect Colonel Yulian for crossing the dangerous Abyss Nebula and Glory Star Gate. Millions of light-years of help! His fearless actions represent the attitude of the native galaxy! We are definitely not abandoned, and the glorious and great community navy will definitely come to rescue us!"

The audience started cheering and applauding.Although I don't know how many of these upper-class people present believe what the governor said, at least they did show a lot of steadfastness, and the applause suddenly became a little more enthusiastic.

"We are indeed facing a critical moment unheard of since the establishment of the colony, but think about it carefully, how much worse is it than when the sand people rioted and the Kaitai people took advantage of the fire to loot? The predators broke through the star gate for so long, but they also I haven't seen the main force show up, maybe I hid like a mouse. Under the leadership of Commander Yang and General Mark Love, I have never worried that our homeland will be lost! Now, there is another God's Chosen Champion..."

Speaking of this, Mr. Governor took a deep breath, as if he was charging tactically, and then said in a louder, passionate and confident voice: "Now, the God's Chosen Champion is here, Optimus Pillar There it is! God's Chosen Champion is here, and the New World will be peaceful!"

Such words once again aroused the cheers of the audience.Yu Lian was terrified when he heard that.If it wasn't for the audience, he must have smashed the porthole next to him and threw this guy directly into space.

However, as a dignified governor of the New World, Jiang Yudong can be said to have made his low profile to the extreme.If Yu Lian showed the slightest impatience, it would be him who spread the disrespect, and his public image would probably become an arrogant and arrogant villain.

Ever since, Yu Lian could only raise his glass for the second time in three minutes, and continued to squeeze out a well-proven business smile on his face.

Feifei, who was also standing aside in a military uniform, glanced at Yu Lian out of the corner of her eye, and nodded with satisfaction.

Yu Lian looked at the generals who were also in the crowd.

Major General Yang Xiyi was also applauding, with a sincere face, as if he was not offended at all.Of course, Yu Lian also believed that with Teacher Yang's IQ, it was impossible to be truly offended.

Mr. Mark Love is completely like I am a veteran, an old rough, and the mascot of the whole fleet. We don’t understand anything, with a simple and honest smile on his face.If he wasn't wearing a general's uniform that didn't fit well, maybe someone would have taken him as a simple old craftsman.

On the contrary, Eleanor thought a little more, pinched the wine glass with two fingers but did not raise it to answer, with a mocking sneer on the corner of her mouth, the Mr. Governor in the stands seemed to be sizing up a mentally handicapped person.

Don't look like this.You have led the Thirteenth Fleet to suppress bandits this year. Although Mr. Governor cannot be said to fully support you, at least you have not added to the chaos.By the standards of the community, isn't it considered a happy cooperation?
Yu Lian used a little psychic energy to compress the sound transmission, and then said in a voice that only he and Feifei could hear: "... Feifei, why do I feel that this guy is trying to provoke the relationship between Teacher Yang and me?" ? He is also an old politician, so he doesn’t even know about my teacher-student relationship with Mr. Yang?”

Feifei pursed her lips and smiled: "No, and even if he really wants to provoke, it's not his turn to do such a thing. For a senior politician like Governor Jiang, he knows his sense of position best. Maybe, yes Come to beg for mercy or complain?"

"Begging for mercy? Complaining?" Yu Lian was taken aback.

"Governor Jiang has always regarded Yu'er as his friend. In the past two years, during the holidays, he has sent a lot of souvenirs to your home. He will also send some e-cards and so on. Remember?" Feifei smiled.

Yu Lian thought about it carefully, and finally dug out this little bit of information from a certain groove in the cerebral cortex.

It's not that he's demented.In fact, with the improvement of his status and power, the people around him are all good people, and the gifts and congratulations he receives every year are never missing.Many people even just casually exchanged a few words at a reception.Yu Lian pushed all these "official friends" to Liuli to deal with.

...Governor Jiang should be such a "friend".

"Liuli still divides your official friends into several grades. Governor Jiang is relatively high. The gifts in return are all carefully selected by her subordinates, and they are given during the holidays and the governor's birthday. At that time, she also used your avatar to synthesize some videos of thanks and blessings and sent them back. Well, it is not the instant messaging of the source wave, but the transmission through the beacon tower of the gravitational seeker, and the quality of the video screen will be distorted. Yes. Mr. Zong Du should not be able to tell that it is synthetic."

"So the governor really thinks I'm his friend?"

"At least he thinks you can listen."

Although Feifei is a bit suspicious of the Riddler now, but with the relationship between the two of them, Yu Lian certainly understood the other party's meaning to some extent.

"So... what did Hachiman and Simon do in Xinyumen?"

"What does what Hachiman did have anything to do with me?" Feifei blinked her watery peach eyes, her face full of innocence.

Yu Lian thought that you were fooling ghosts.Didn't he pretend to be the head of the organization of the youth club?Just as he was about to complain, a gentleman emerged from the crowd and appeared beside him.

"Colonel, can you take a step to speak?"

This gentleman is about fifty years old, with a medium build, wearing a dress that is decent but not too gorgeous, with a plain appearance but a gentle and elegant demeanor. It looks like a person.

Of course Yu Lian knew each other.In other words, his impression of this old gentleman surpassed that of the new governors of Yumen in the past.

"As you please, Mr. Wood."

So, Yu Lian and Feifei greeted each other, followed the Permanent Secretary of the Governor's Mansion who had served in Xinyumen for ten years, and Mr. Bernard Wood left the banquet hall and went up the steps of the back door On the third floor, there is a dome ecological garden.

At this time, the garden was empty, only a small drone used to monitor the status of flowers and plants was hiding behind the bushes, as if preparing to disguise itself as a hummingbird.

Mr. Bernard Wood took Yu Lian to the side, took out an elegant cigar box from the inner pocket of the elegant dress, and took out two ebony scepters.

After Yu connected, he didn't light it right away, but watched the other party light his cigar and took a big puff.

"My lord, I'm actually not good at this kind of occasion." Mr. Bernard Wood said with a wry smile.

This is understandable.The political system of the community is actually a suture monster.Politicians are elected by imitating the alliance, and each of them is naturally very good at managing their public image.

The so-called civil service system, which is the department Mr. Wood belongs to, was established by the empire in the colonial era. It is good at colluding with insiders and outsiders, and of course it can also handle daily work.It's just that they have almost no chance to show off in front of people, and naturally they have little experience in handling media relations.

Perhaps, as Mr. Wood said, he is really not good at such occasions.

Anyway, Yu Lian decided to believe it for the time being, so he continued to maintain a decent smile, waiting for the other party to speak first.

Mr. Bernard Wood is not a hypocritical person. He took a deep puff of his cigar to calm himself down, and then said in a gentle tone: "I am just making a mouth and ears for Your Excellency the Governor... Colonel, can you be sincere? Tell me, what is the probability that the colony will be attacked by marauders?"

It has been more than two months since the predator's fleet entered the Gate of Glory, but they have never launched a large-scale attack on the colony as the pessimists had expected.During this period, everyone has gone from being panic-stricken at the beginning, to trembling and frightened, and then to the current careful observation.

If the predators don't come again, I'm afraid they will get used to it soon.Maybe everyone will continue to play music and dance.

This is like the boot that never falls off. If it never falls off, the people downstairs will definitely fall asleep in most cases.

Yu Lian smiled and said, "You should have seen the battle report some time ago, right? Oh yes, you are not the governor, you must have seen this battle report."

Mr. Secretary-General smiled and didn't answer, but he didn't know if this meant acquiescing.

"As soon as you arrived in the New World, you immediately went into battle and achieved such a great victory. I am really impressed. This is why Your Excellency the Governor must personally come to New Lushun to welcome you."

"Your Excellency, Governor, you are being polite. However, the point here is that the enemies we eliminated did include the Predator's outpost fleet. This is not a friendly signal."

Mr. Secretary-General nodded silently.

"It's not surprising. No matter what the purpose of the plunderers is, they want to prevent our local army from encircling and suppressing them. Send a partial army to destroy the facilities in the colony as much as possible, and turn Xinyumen and Xinlushun into a piece of red land. , unable to undertake the outpost logistics tasks for the army to advance, it can also block our advance."

Mr. Secretary-General suddenly showed a crying face, and said in a voice almost lamenting: "...The hard days of the colonial people must be coming soon!"

Yu Lian glanced at the other party, and casually comforted him: "Of course, in the final analysis, this is just my immature speculation. You can also think that I am worrying for nothing."

"...Then, Colonel, if it's just partiality, can we resist it?"

"The initiative is in the hands of the opponent, Mr. Wood. I have seen the size of the predator army in the empire and in the abyss nebula along the way. If this army attacks our country's mainland in the galaxy with all its strength, it must at least gather Only the Solar System Fleet and the Outer Ring Fleet are barely equal in combat power. Therefore, whether we can resist or not depends not on us, but on how many people the opponent has sent."

Mr. Bernard Wood frowned and nodded. Even after hearing such bad news, he still looked as usual, and he indeed had the determination of a few important people.Of course, it is impossible to hide the fear deep in his heart from Yu Lian's perception.

"Anyway, please tell Your Excellency the Governor, no matter what, if the looters' artillery fire really fell on the people of Xin Yumen and Xin Lushun, then I must have died before then."

"Why did you make such an ominous statement?" Mr. Wood shook his head, and said earnestly: "We have worked together and fulfilled our responsibilities. Your official still has a bright future. Even if it really comes to the last moment, you must preserve what is useful. Body!"

He pondered for a while, and then said: "Then, what else is needed to fight against the enemy on the front line? Is there still a shortage of materials, armaments and manpower?"

"Actually, the most lacking thing is the fleet. Others can still be solved..." Yu Lian said casually: "If I really want to talk about it, I might still be short of money."

"Lack of money?" Mr. Wood's eyes lit up, as if he had heard good news.

Yu Lian didn't know why the other party's eyes were bright, so he continued with great interest: "Commander Yang's defense construction plan for the front line, you have also seen it. The commander's headquarters has agreed to his plan in principle, but, because the Congress is still Noisy... During the discussion, we were unable to mobilize additional military expenditure, so we were allowed to raise it ourselves. This is also the traditional art of the Congressmen."

"This is natural. The annual government financial report must be beautiful, as if it was made by a certified public accountant, so that the votes of the gentlemen will not be lost." Mr. Bernard Wood laughed.

This old bureaucrat is not a frivolous person, so he must be trying to deal with me.Yu Lian thought.

"Moreover, this is not without precedent. Our military expansion and fortress construction in the New World were all raised by the Colonial Governor's Mansion, and the earth did not pay a penny." Mr. Wood pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "I Understood. After returning to Xinyumen this time, Mr. Governor and I will leave and return to the mainland to help you raise funds. However, I still need your help to issue a statement. You are the fourth person in the New Continental Defense Command, and only you Only when the written documents are sound can we prove that we are not deserters, and only then can we pass through the Nantianmen!"

Hey, it turned out that they were waiting for me here!
(End of this chapter)