166: Harvesting wealth

A five-person Star Empire enforcement team entered the Governor's Office.

The leader wore a three-star imperial emblem on his chest, signifying that his strength had reached Stellar Level Three.

His apparent strength far exceeded Wang Chao's Stellar Level One.

"Fernan!"

When the Deputy saw Fernan, he stood up excitedly and said urgently, "Fernan, Wang Chao killed our Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce's President without trial. This is treason! Quickly apprehend him!"

The other eight people stood up from the ground and began to denounce the Governors Mansion's killings.

He Ming smiled, stood up, and walked over with two documents in his hand.

"Captain Fernan, these are the evidences of the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce bribing officials over the years."

Fernan took the documents and glanced at them. The chain of evidence was very detailed, including communication records and audio recordings.

He Ming handed the second document to Fernan, chuckling, "This one is the evidence of them hiring grassroots citizens to gather and cause trouble."

Fernan took the document and flipped through the first few pages; human and material evidence was complete.

"Fernan, they are slandering us!"

"All these evidences are fabricated by them; we never did these things!"

Fernan handed the two documents to his Deputy, and sneered, "Take them away."

The senior executives of the Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce stood frozen, momentarily unable to react, wondering why the Star Empire's enforcement team would side with the Governors Mansion!

After everyone had left, He Ming smiled and said, "Captain Fernan, thank you for your hard work."

Fernan nodded slightly and replied with a smile, "It's just part of my job."

He then changed the subject and whispered, "The higher-ups' intention is to let this matter stop here."

"Understood."

After sending Fernan off, He Ming walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, his eyes gradually turning cold.

Steward tentatively asked, "Governor, should we continue killing?"

He Ming: "Seal all their assets in the Luol Star System."

"One hundred tons of star marrow crystal for one life. Ten days. Those who can't pay will all be killed."

"Understood."

The next day.

The killing continued.

Not only on the main planet, but also on the other six life planets, the troublemakers were even more numerous, and naturally, more people were killed.

Of course, a small number of people paid the ransom and survived this great purge.

Ten days later.

Governors Mansion, Governor's Office.

"Sir, the total amount confiscated in this cleanup operation is 32.14 trillion star coins."

"The total value of various related assets is: 57.89 trillion star coins."

"A total of 1.9791 billion vacant positions and 327.5 million temporary positions have been eliminated."

"The estimated monthly fiscal savings are: 37.987 trillion star coins."

"A total of 19,800 tons of star marrow crystal have been obtained."

"Twenty large Starry Sky Chamber of Commerce battleship manufacturing plants have been taken over."

"Seventy-nine large smelting plants."

"Two hundred and one large transport ships."

...He Ming was in a great mood listening to jarvis's report.

"The fastest way to make money is indeed to rob it."

"The Radiant Empire really helped me a lot. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have had such a good excuse to lash out."

"Let's increase the enforcement team's salary by tenfold on top of their original pay."

"Yes, sir."

He Ming had a thought, and the omniscient notebook appeared in his hand.

An hour later.

"jarvis, first build ten space shuttle ships."

"Yes, sir."

He Ming pointed at the three cosmic coordinates on a blank page of the omniscient notebook and slowly said, "Establish mining bases on these three uninhabited planets as soon as possible."

One of the coordinates, 312 light-years from the Milky Way Galaxy, on an uninhabited planet, concealed a star marrow ore with extremely large reserves, enough for large-scale mining for over a century.

The second coordinate was 462 light-years from the Milky Way Galaxy, still an ownerless planet, with several large carbon crystal mines on it.

The third cosmic coordinate was 781 light-years from the Milky Way Galaxy, with a large amount of rare elements on an uninhabited planet.

The reason He Ming was building so many space shuttle ships was, of course, to extend his reach beyond the Milky Way Galaxy, to those uninhabited planets hidden with vast resources that no one knew about.

With a space shuttle ship, as long as the cosmic coordinates are entered, one space jump covers a distance of 100 light-years.

The furthest cosmic coordinate, 781 light-years from the Milky Way Galaxy, would only require eight jumps.

Star City.

97th floor, enforcement team Branch.

"Director, this is the Luol Star System investigation report."

Director Li Zhuoyan took the report and read it patiently.

"This kid, he really is ruthless."

"Director, how should we handle this matter?"

Director Li Zhuoyan glanced at his Deputy and snorted softly.

"The higher-ups' intention is to give this matter a cold treatment."

The Deputy raised an eyebrow slightly, wondering, "Does headquarters intend to use this incident for internal rectification?"

Director Li Zhuoyan: "This matter has caused a big stir. Governors of various star systems are probably waiting for our headquarters' decision on how to handle it."

"As long as Wang Chao is fine, they will naturally know how to act."

"The Radiant Empire is a tough nut to crack. Casualties are inevitable in war, even for governors. To survive and gain military merits, one must improve their strength as much as possible within less than a year..."

Deputy: "I understand, Director. Once the governors of other star systems begin internal rectification, some conflicts will shift towards Wang Chao, and the pressure will be greatly reduced."

"But isn't Wang Chao digging his own grave by doing this?"

"The people who want him dead are not just Chris and Governor Deco anymore."

Director Li Zhuoyan tapped on his desk, his expression gradually becoming serious.

"Don't forget, an elite assassin from Shadow fell into that kid's hands. Although I don't know what methods he's hiding, since he dared to do this, he must have made full preparations."

Deputy: "This is also what I can't understand. Wang Chao's strength is only Stellar Level One, how could he be a match for Stellar Level Seven?"

Director Li Zhuoyan glanced at his Deputy and said calmly, "Don't be so curious. Don't overthink things that don't concern you."

At this moment, the Deputy's terminal received a message.

He opened it and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

"Director, news just came from the Luol Star System: the Luol Star System's Governors Mansion has... again increased the basic salary of the enforcement team stationed in the Yuanyang Star System by tenfold."

Director Li Zhuoyan shook his head and chuckled, "This kid... wants to seek the protection of the enforcement team."

Deputy: "Working for one day earns ten years' worth of salary. I guess many people will want to transfer to the Yuanyang Star System now."

Director Li Zhuoyan: "Then send two more teams to be stationed in the Luol Star System."

"Oh, by the way, don't you have a nephew who just reached Stellar Level? Transfer him over."

The Deputy's face lit up with joy.

"Yes, Director."

A month later.

A space shuttle ship landed above Ming Star, over the Governors Mansion.

Wan Xingying leaped from the ship and landed on the outer window balcony of the Governor's Office.

He Ming stood up and went to meet her: "Why did you come in person?"

Wan Xingying walked into the office, pulled out He Ming's chair, and sat down.

"I'm here to do business with you."