I walk in the past, continue the future

Chapter 51 The "Nobles" of the New Federation

Based on the map scanned by the wide-area radar, Mercury led Xia Lian inside the pirate ship. They took the elevator to the bottom of the ship.

This place should have been the cargo hold of this spaceship in the past, but at this moment, a part of the place has been transformed into an underground cage, with iron railings on both sides to enclose cells, and the aisle in the middle.

The environment here is dim and there is no light, but vaguely, you can see some people imprisoned in this cage. They are wearing various luxury goods, but they are stained with a lot of dust and dirt.

These dignitaries, who were glamorous in the past, are now extremely embarrassed.

They also sensed the arrival of Xia Lian and others. They stood up and looked at Wang Zhen eagerly by leaning against the iron fence.

"Mr. Wang Chen, please believe us, we are really legal citizens of the new federation! It has nothing to do with those pirates."

"We have stars, scientists and rich people here. You rescued us, and we will definitely pay you handsomely."

"Will there be a party?"

These people were stunned for a moment, but then looked at the loud young man behind Wang Zhen, dressed in a black formal suit, with short black hair, with a handsome face, looking very young.

"Yes, if you save us, we will definitely throw a big party for you!" people responded.

Xia Lian looked at Wang Zhen.

"Although the lines are similar, they shouldn't be." Wang Zhen raised his eyebrows.

Xia Lian walked to the front of the group of people.

Across the fence, Xia Lian pointed to the neutron-like star cannon in Mercury's hand.

"Any of you know this weapon? It's loaded with a neutron-like shell as a cannonball."

They glanced at each other, then slowly pushed away to the sides, revealing a group of people sitting in the corner.

They were also looking at Xia Lian. After a while, a woman in the crowd slowly got up from the ground, and then tried her best to identify the gun in Mercury's hand in the dark.

Then, she nodded.

"It's mine. This is a weapon that is still being tested."

Xia Lian looked up and down at the woman in front of her. She was very beautiful, but she was a little ordinary compared to Mercury.

The most unique thing is her eyes, the pupils are very high, and it looks like there are many white eyes on three sides. These are the three white eyes, and McGrady in the NBA is this kind of eyes.

The upper eyelids are a little weak, and they cover the pupils, which seems to have a sense of alienation and world-weariness.

"You are."

"My name is Mo Li, I work at the New Federal Academy of Sciences." Mo Li said.

"The neutron-like stars here are made by you?" Xia Mian said with interest.

Li Mo was silent for a moment, "Sorry, this is a federal secret"

"You don't seem to understand the current situation." Xia Lian stared at Mo Li and glanced at the people present, "This is an unknown star system that no one knows about, outside the star map, if you all died in Here, no one will find you.

Now, your destiny is in my hands.

Of course, I am not one of those pirates. Compared with them, I will be more gentle, as long as you can cooperate with me.

But if you don't cooperate, it's different."

Xia Lian gave Mo Li a friendly smile.

"Then. Can you answer me?"

Seeing Xia Lian's smile, people were enveloped in an inexplicable chill, and subconsciously swallowed, and then they focused their attention on Li Mo.

Li Mo was silent for a moment, "Can you let me know who you are first?"

"Of course." Xia Lian smiled, "I am the second son of Lord Bahram, Hayne Bahram."

"The second prince who is said to have autism?" One of the people in the crowd seemed to know more about this. "It is said that no one has seen him."

"I really don't like meeting people, but I'm not autistic." Xia Lian glanced at the man and said.

The man smirked, and then hid in the crowd.

"Second son of Duke Bahram!?"

In the crowd, a person's voice was slightly excited.

He tried his best to squeeze out the crowd and leaned against the guardrail of the cell to look at Xia Lian.

"I am the son of Governor Thangka, Jackman! I order you to let me go!"

Xia Lian raised her eyebrows and looked at the person who made the sound in surprise.

He was wearing a luxurious double-breasted dress in pure white, but it was now covered with dust and didn't look very decent.

He has blond wavy semi-long hair, a high nose bridge, is white, his eyes are slightly upward, his chin is slightly raised, and he looks arrogant.

The governors of the new federation are not hereditary, so their sons are not like Xia Lian, who are worthy of reformers as personal guards.

The cooperation between Governor Thangka and Lord Bahram should be a secret that not many people know about.

Obviously it is not a small person who can tell the pirate captain that information, so it is reasonable that his son is on this ship.

Xia Lian had heard of the name Thangka, but he had at least 20 children excluding illegitimate children, so he was not familiar with the name Jackman.

At first glance, it doesn’t seem surprising that a dignified star governor has more than 20 children, but the new federation is not a dictatorship like the empire, but a democratic system of voting, which is democracy without saying anything, and it claims to be zero corruption.

In fact, from the surface data, the official corruption rate of their new federation in the first two years has indeed reached zero.

But this is not possible.

Human greed can never be satisfied. Once you have a small goal, you will think about the next small goal.

Corrupt officials have existed since ancient times, no matter how high the salary, no matter how strict the picket mechanism, as long as human nature still exists, it cannot be completely banned.

The corruption rate of officials is zero, which seems to be a good thing, but for people like Xia Lian, this can only mean that the new federation has lost its ability to picket itself.

Although the rotten flesh will always grow, after digging out the rotten flesh, there will eventually be the possibility of new flesh growing.

Xia Lian's impression of the thangka governor came from his autobiography titled "Mein Kampf" published two years ago.

Once it was released, it didn't take long to sell out of stock. It is said that it achieved a sales volume of 80 billion before it was discontinued.

Of course, no one would want to read an autobiography written by such a politician.

If you carefully investigate the people who buy these books, you will find that these books are actually bought by an institution.

Obviously, this is a power and money transaction, but in the new federal political system, this kind of business is legal.

The clothes Jackman is wearing in front of him are custom-made, and the price is about 60, which is almost the living expenses of a family of three for more than ten years.

These are all people's fat and people's cream.

Thanks to the interstellar era, productivity has risen, and these worms can be raised. If it was in the past, they would all have to be the masters of street lamps.

(End of this chapter)