Chapter 457 Crowning
Graf Houtman Solar Salt Water Converter.
Essentially, it uses solar energy to decompose water into hydrogen. The device itself only acts as a catalyst. If the vehicle is in a permanent night world without any sunlight, then the device will not work.
But on the other hand, we must also consider that if a planet does not even have sunlight, then the strategic value of this planet is usually not very high, and the human empire is unlikely to invest too many ground troops on this planet.
So it seems that the potential is indeed huge.
The Phaeton Foundry World has a new flagship product!
"Tentatively named: MK1 Phaeton Adaptive Solar Liquid Hydrogen Injection Salt Water Converter Reactor Engine. It can also be referred to as: MK1 Phaeton Power Engine."
Fu Qinghai made the decision.
Provide different engine standards according to different tank models, light tanks, main battle tanks, heavy tanks, super heavy tanks, corresponding to MK1, MK2, MK3...
"As you wish."
Master Buck said.
Just confirmed a new product.
A bunch of things came up again.
…
Fu Qinghai just walked out of the laboratory.
Butler...attendant Lin Yu came forward to greet him.
"Khan, the joint bidding for the Chapter Gunship has ended. The Tigrus Forge World and the Anvilus IX Forge World finally won the bid with a lower price. The trade representatives of the two Forge Worlds are waiting for you outside."
"Just go and receive them for me."
Fu Qinghai waved his hand and said casually.
There is no need to show up in person for such matters.
Including the captured gene seeds and the new recruits who are being trained, the Iron Pagoda Regiment currently has thirteen companies, but the entire regiment has only six Thunderhawk gunboats, and the delivery force is seriously insufficient. Now that the Phaeton Foundry World is very wealthy, Fu Qinghai decided to buy ready-made ones directly.
Gunboats are different from tanks. Under the current combat mode of the Astartes, tanks are not used much, but gunboats are used very frequently. Tanks can come slowly, but gunboats cannot wait, which is directly related to the comprehensive combat capability of the company. Moreover, the regiment currently has a mixed armored brigade and two types of tanks are waiting to be put into production.
Fu Qinghai obtained the STC of the Space Marine landing craft, but unfortunately it was a gunboat specially used to transport armored vehicles. It could not carry Space Marines directly, and its firepower was not enough, so it could only be given to the 4th Company Advance Squadron for use.
There are many gunboats in the Astartes vehicle series: Storm Bird, Storm Eagle, Storm Crow, Storm Falcon, Storm Claw... But Fu Qinghai only chose the Thunder Eagle gunboat and the Flame Raptor gunboat. One is mainly used for transportation and delivery, and the other is mainly used for ground support, responsible for firepower licking the ground. The Flame Raptor is a special gunboat that sacrifices the carrying space to strengthen the ground firepower. As for why these two gunboats were chosen, the reason is also very simple:
the former Thunder Eagle gunboat is the most versatile, and many forge worlds can produce it, so there are more people participating in the bidding, which is conducive to lowering the price. As for the latter, the Flame Raptor gunboat has a record of "almost killing two fallen primarchs" in the novel. Although other ground attack gunboats are not bad, the Flame Raptor gunboat is more famous, so it was finally chosen.
Fu Qinghai ordered the Iron Pagoda Corps to carry out centralized procurement according to the plan of equipping one company with three Thunder Eagle gunboats and one Flame Raptor gunboat. The future thirteen companies, minus three cavalry companies, one tank company and one flying company, will require a total of eighteen Thunder Eagles and eight Flame Raptors. The price of one gunboat is already very expensive, let alone twenty-six of them! This is definitely a sky-high military procurement order.
After the Star Voice message was sent out, many forging worlds with the ability to produce gunboats heard the news, including Mars of course, but Mars asked for too high a price and therefore did not win the bid. Finally, two forging worlds from the Storm Star Field lowered the unit price and successfully won the bid, winning this large military procurement order.
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Fu Qinghai had just sent his attendants to deal with these social interactions when a technical priest came over:
"Khan, the Draconis family wants to see you."
"What are these widows and orphans going to do?"
Fu Qinghai said to himself.
This knight family has few male members, only a group of female family members, and most of the male members are minors. The so-called knight family has long been in name only. The Phaeton Forge World is willing to accept them, firstly because of Zofia, and secondly because they covet the knight manufacturing technology - the Draconis family is one of the few knight families that has mastered the complete knight manufacturing technology, and it is also the reason why they dare to break away from the Mechanicus.
There are two main sources of population in the Phaeton Forge World. One is the forced migration from the Schwerin Hive World, and the other is the synthetic humans in the mechanical test tubes of Master Quinto's cloning factory. The two have now merged into one, and their appearance has begun to adapt to the special geographical environment of Phaeton - pale skin and large pupils. This is a manifestation of a long period of lack of ultraviolet radiation. All this shows that this is not a comfortable place to live.
Compared to the Orestes Knight World, the former territory of the Draconis Family, where the sun is shining and the climate is comfortable, the Phaeton Casting World is indeed not suitable for living. Taking this into consideration, Fu Qinghai specially settled the Knight Family in a special urban area, where the earth's crust is thinner and several giant light wells can be built on the surface, allowing the natural sunlight on the surface to enter the underground world through a series of refractions and reflections to provide lighting.
Qingshan Khan is really heartwarming.
Follow the technical priest to this urban area.
Enter a magnificent Gothic palace.
After entering the hall, Fu Qinghai found that everyone was there. Zofia, Janiko, and a group of women from the knight family. The elderly women were holding sleeping babies in their arms, and the younger women were holding ignorant children in their hands. They were all standing together at this moment, waiting for the arrival of the chapter leader.
Fu Qinghai gave Zofia an inquiring look.
Zofia responded with a sweet smile.
It shouldn't be a bad thing...
Fu Qinghai thought to himself.
"Khan."
The old woman in the lead bowed and saluted.
"Hello, ma'am."
Fu Qinghai nodded slightly and said lightly.
The chief relic keeper of the Draconis family stood next to the old woman, holding a small metal box in his claws that were a blend of muscle and metal. Several silver mechanical appendages on both sides of his body slid open the box and took out a ring made of emerald, agate and gold.
Lady Janiko stood aside with a smile on her face, took the crown from the mechanical tentacle, walked lightly to the chapter master, knelt on one knee and raised the metal ring reverently.
"This is?"
Fu Qinghai looked confused.
"salute!"
Mrs. Janiko cried,
Her resounding voice echoed throughout the hall.
"Kneel down and salute the great Qingshan Khan, the son of the storm, the tiger of the iron belt, the commander of the Iron Pagoda, the controller of the Phaeton Forge World, the protector of the Marcus King Star Zone, and the savior of the Orestes Knight World!"
"Clatter…"
The entire hall suddenly knelt down.
All the female members of the knight family, whether they were holding babies or holding children's hands, including the group of holy relic guards behind them, all bowed their heads and knelt on one knee.
"Long live Qingshan Khan!"
Mrs. Janiko shouted.
Then he stuffed the ring into Fu Qinghai's hand.
"I…"
Fu Qinghai looked down at the crown in his hand.
For a moment I didn't know what to say.
"Khan."
At this time, the old woman in the lead said loudly:
"Khan, please allow us to swear allegiance to you. From now on, the Draconis family will always be a vassal knight family of the Iron Pagoda Regiment. Our family will be loyal to you and your successors from generation to generation."
A family of knights.
Declare allegiance to an Astartes Chapter?
It sounds incredible, but it seems to be no problem if you think about it carefully - the Knight family either pledges allegiance to a Forge World or directly to Holy Terra, and the Draconis family can choose to be loyal to the Phaeton Forge World and the Havoc Titan Legion. But after coming to Phaeton for so long, they have long understood that this Forge World belongs entirely to Qingshan Khan.
Why bother?
Why not just bypass the Titans and pledge your allegiance to the Khan?
Fu Qinghai held up the crown in his palm.
He looked down at this exquisite ring.
I thought to myself, you nobles are the best at playing, or you guys understand the sense of ceremony and atmosphere better. I think Qingshan Khan is well-informed and has experienced many ups and downs, but suddenly I am a little excited by this?
The whole hall is so quiet that you can hear a pin drop.
Even the breathing was deliberately suppressed.
After thinking about it, Fu Qinghai had already made a decision in his heart - he did not wear the crown on his head, because it was a mortal-sized crown, and it would look a bit funny on his head. He just gently held the edge with his hand.
Fu Qinghai raised his head and said seriously:
"I accept your allegiance."
"Hoo...Long live the Khan!"
The nervous crowd suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Then they stood up, hugged and cheered loudly.
Fu Qinghai smiled calmly and said:
"I solemnly promise you that you don't have to wait too long before the Draconis family can once again step onto the mechanical throne and drive the knight mechas again, galloping across the battlefield of the empire. However... it will be in a different form."
"What form, Khan?"
The old woman in the lead asked.
Fu Qinghai's lips curled up into a smile:
"In the form of a space warrior."
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Fu Qinghai walked on the road leading to the spaceport, accompanied and escorted by four Iron Pagoda Terminators.
He kept playing with the exquisite crown in his hand. It was neither a psychic equipment nor a relic technology. It was simply a valuable item with symbolic significance, symbolizing the supreme authority and loyalty of a loyal knight family.
Originally, the crown should belong to Janiko Tan Draconis, the new head of the family. However, the chief knight knew that according to the current situation: the knight mechas were completely annihilated, all adult males died in the battle, and the women of the family were dependent on others. He was no longer able to lead the family to revival, so he came up with a plan - simply declare allegiance to Qingshan Khan and let him lead the knight family to revival.
It's actually a good idea.
But what she didn't know was.
Qingshan Khan is a Grand Astarte.
In his plan, even the Titan Legion was driven by Space Marines, not to mention the Knights? As a reward for loyalty, the noble status and superior treatment of the Draconis family could still be retained in the future Forge World, just like the noble status and superior treatment of the Sommerfeld family were also retained in the Hive World.
However! In the future, there will be no more knight families in the Phaeton Forge World. The knight families provide a group of males every year, and the offspring will participate in the selection of space warriors in the future. First, they must become space warriors, and then they can become knight pilots.
So, has there ever been a precedent in the history of the Human Empire of Space Marines driving knight mechas?
You know what, it really does exist.
Sky Punishment Dread Knight Mech.
In the process of killing Warp demons, the Grey Knights often face an ultimate demon - Chaos Daemons. Whether it is the Bloodthirster of Khorne, the Lord of Change of Tzeentch, the Great Unclean One of Nurgle or the Great Keeper of Slaanesh, their size is between a Knight Mech and a Warhound Titan, far exceeding the Dreadnought Mech. Therefore, the Grey Knights need a special equipment with height, weight, strength and psychic amplification that can rival the Chaos Daemons.
The Heavenly Punishment Fear Knight came into being.
Whether the Heavenly Punishment Dread Knight Mech is a relic technology left over from the Dark Technology Age or an alien technology from some unknown alien race, the outside world does not know, but this case at least shows that Space Marines can drive Knight Mechs. Your Grey Knights have Knight Mechs, so why can't my Iron Pagoda have Knight Mechs?
Knight mecha is one aspect.
The question of the nobility is another matter.
The Sommerfeld family of the Hive World and the Draconis family of the Forge World are all loyal to Qingshan Khan, but they are all landlords.
Based on the historical views and values formed since childhood, Fu Qinghai personally does not like their class stance. In his ideal society, there is no such thing as "aristocracy".
The reason why Fu Qinghai decided to retain the traditional noble status of these Knight Worlds and Hive Worlds was not entirely to reward their loyalty. For example, the first captain of the Ultramarines, Severus Agerman, the second captain, Cato Sicarius, and the third captain, Michael Fabian, were all from Ultramar noble families.
The Five Hundred Worlds have been ruled by the Ultramarines for a long time, and a traditional concept has been formed: many nobles are proud that their children can join the Ultramarines. They will start to cultivate their children's physique, knowledge and martial arts when they are very young, making it easier for them to pass the Ultramarines selection assessment than civilian children.
For Fu Qinghai, this kind of behavior is naturally welcome. The formation of a ruling class is always inevitable. What kind of regime does not have a ruling class? How to prevent the ruling class from quickly corrupting and degenerating is the key. Similar to the 500 worlds of Ultramar, the noble families generally maintain a positive and upward martial spirit, which is much better than the noble families in many hive worlds who lie on hereditary power and quickly corrupt and degenerate.
Even the major families in the Necromunda Hive World know that they need to train their children through "hunting for lords" to prevent them from becoming a bunch of useless people who just eat and wait to die. Instead of doing such boring activities as hunting for lords, wouldn't it be better to join the Astartes? The Necromunda Hive World is one of the two recruiting worlds of the Imperial Fists. Unfortunately, Rogal Dorn's children are not as good as Robert Guilliman's children in political management.
Think along the way, walk along the way.
Fu Qinghai strolled to the spaceport.
He tossed the exquisite crown up and down in his hands.
What I was thinking was: Tonight, I want Zofia to wear this crown and kneel down with her butt sticking out...
"Khan, the first company commander wants to see you."
The Space Marine's words interrupted his thoughts.
Fu Qinghai turned his head: "What's the matter?"
"About the new combat training content."
The Space Marine explained:
"According to your request, the daily training of Space Marines must include the KWOON training system, but the First Captain believes that he does not fully understand this mecha combat technology, so he would like to invite you to teach it in person."
Qiao Shida is not only the first company commander, but also the chief drill instructor of the Iron Pagoda Regiment. Although the five Titans are still under construction, Fu Qinghai has already started the training system of the Air Martial Arts Hall to reserve Titan pilots in advance. However, there is a problem at the moment: only Fu Qinghai and Zofia have experience in driving Titans in the entire regiment.
So Old Joe didn't know how to teach.
The Khan-class Titan focuses on agile close combat.
Titan fighting is not quite the same as human fighting.
What fighting moves humans can perform depends on their body structure. Similarly, what fighting moves Titans can perform also depends on their body structure.
"Okay, I understand."
Fu Qinghai took a deep breath and nodded:
"Let Xiao Fei organize a screening first. Arrange all the soldiers in the regiment to enter the simulated Pons bridge device and the simulated mental pulse unit. First, screen out those soldiers with too intense rejection reactions. Then I will personally teach them."
"Yes, Khan."
......
End of a day of training and teaching.
Fu Qinghai stretched and returned to the captain's room.
As soon as the hatch slid open, a burst of laughter was heard coming from inside. Fu Qinghai walked into the captain's room and saw: the Astropath, the Navigator, and the Rogue Merchant, three women were all in his captain's room, sitting on the sofa area, eating fruit and chatting, and chuckling from time to time.
See Fu Qinghai come in.
Yolanda Atela quickly smoothed her skirt and stood up:
"Khan."
He looked obviously a little nervous.
The Astropath and the Navigator stood up and saluted.
He looked relaxed and not as restrained as a traveling trader.
"Uh, what can I do for you?"
Fu Qinghai asked curiously.
"Ah, that's right, Khan. You previously instructed us to gather the warship crews needed for the six cruisers, and we have been recruiting extensively in the Five Hundred Worlds and the Solar Star Region. As of now, all 190,000 contracted ship workers have arrived at the Phaeton Forge World and are available for immediate enlistment."
Yolanda first reported the work results.
"Oh, very good, very good."
Fu Qinghai nodded repeatedly.
The Rogue Traders were very efficient, and they gathered 190,000 qualified crew members in a short period of time, which was no small matter. Although the number of crew members required by the Astartes Fleet was not as exaggerated as that of the Imperial Navy, it was still difficult to recruit such a large number of crew members. The Rogue Traders usually poached people directly from the Navy Fleet and hired those experienced seafarers at high salaries, because the Rogue Traders Fleet often offered higher salaries, and Navy crew members were usually happy to join the Rogue Traders Fleet.
The famous "Weekly Article" has an issue that describes how the Imperial Navy warned grassroots sailors, telling them that the so-called high salaries and security of Rogue Traders are fake, and that they should not be deceived by them, and that the right thing to do is to stay in the navy honestly.
But in fact.
The safety is fake but the high salary is real.
"Then what is the reward I need to pay?"
Fu Qinghai asked immediately.
"No, you don't need to pay anything. The four escort warships you sold to us have more than offset the price of the 190,000 contracted ship workers. On the contrary, I need to pay you an additional 90 million throne coins."
The wandering merchant said sternly.
"Oh, okay."
Fu Qinghai suddenly understood.
Occasionally, he would subconsciously bring up the price of human resources on Earth. In his previous life, the labor costs of all countries on Earth were constantly rising, especially for technical talents such as seafarers, whose salaries were even higher. But this was the Warhammer 40K universe, where human life was notoriously worthless. A full 190,000 experienced and qualified crew members were not enough to offset four small warships.
"Please sit down and talk."
Fu Qinghai invited Yolanda to take a seat.
The traveling merchants are indeed capable of doing their work.
As expected, he is the military contractor of Iron Pagoda.
The three of them sat down again.
Fu Qinghai was about to open the wine cabinet:
"Try the wine from Quartis..."
"We've all drunk it."
Star Language Supervisor Xia Long spoke.
Although Xia Long was blindfolded, he raised his chin with a rather unbridled look on his face, as if to say:
I just want to drink your wine, what's wrong with that?
Fu Qinghai smiled:
"Okay, drink if you want."
Yolanda, who was standing nearby, saw this scene.
There was some surprise in his eyes that couldn't be hidden.
She had never thought that Xia Long had used Qingshan Khan's wine collection to entertain her without his permission or even his knowledge. But judging from their expressions and tones, Khan seemed to be totally unconcerned - this was far beyond the female captain's expectations. This was not like the relationship between the Chapter Master and the Astropath, and the two did not even seem like superiors and subordinates.
What's going on?
What she didn't know was.
Xia Long Frospin's feelings towards Qingshan Khan had long since developed into a complex combination of worship, admiration, attachment, etc. When she first graduated from the Psychic Academy, she served on the Fiery Horse cruiser, during which time she was possessed by a Slaanesh demon. At that time, Khan ordered two female illegal psychics to forcibly exorcise the demons and successfully rescued her. The chief pharmacist then removed her mutated parts.
Xia Long was not an ignorant girl. When she was studying at the Psychic Academy, she had seen poor classmates who were possessed by evil spirits because they could not control their own psychic powers. The Empire's method of dealing with these people was very simple - direct execution, which was safe and easy. Xia Long knew very well that it was the Khan who insisted on saving her and gave her a new life at great risk.
As for Xia Long, she also knew a lot of little secrets about the chapter leader, such as the fact that the Khan often privately summoned a female illegal psychic named "Zhang Yuning", and that there were women's bras, panties and stockings in the Khan's bedroom!
So the relationship between the two is not ordinary.
I saw the surprise in Yolanda's eyes.
Tracy smiled and said nothing.
Fu Qinghai sat down and poured himself a glass of wine.
It was not wartime, and Space Marines had to train hard in preparation for combat even in non-wartime, but Navigators and Astropaths did not need to do that, so he had no objection to their socializing and entertainment as normal and did not intend to interfere.
"What were you talking about just now? Why are you laughing so happily?"
Fu Qinghai asked casually.
"We were talking about what we saw in the world of the throne. Xia Long and I both grew up in Terra, and Yolanda went to Terra when she was a child. We have different impressions of the world of the throne."
Tracy said with a smile.
Khan was usually very busy, so busy that he hardly ever touched the ground. It was rare to see him leisurely chatting with me. So the navigator was very happy today, thinking that it was a rare opportunity to have a drink with Khan and talk about love instead of military analysis.
Fu Qinghai thought this was a good topic.
I was just about to say something.
Suddenly, a cold voice sounded in the depths of his mind:
[In the Warhammer 40K universe of the reincarnation main world, the Slave War, a major plot line event, has ended, and the Black Legion faction plot line has won the final victory! ]
[Begin calculating assimilation points...]
[Deduct assimilation points... 3012 points! ]
It's over, the slave war is over!
Fu Qinghai remained calm on the surface.
He just raised his glass and took a sip.
Because this result was not beyond his expectations.
The reincarnationist couldn't change anything.
Abaddon ultimately won.
But... damn, Qingshan Khan suffered his first defeat in his career.
This is a little bit bad.
Then the cold voice continued:
[About to enter the next reincarnation world, countdown, 10, 9, 8, 7...]
Fu Qinghai's expression suddenly changed.
He immediately stood up, picked up his helmet and said:
"Sorry, everyone. I have something urgent to do. I have to excuse myself for a moment."
After saying that, he strode quickly towards his personal arsenal.
The three women were all stunned.
Xia Long pursed his lips slightly, not looking very happy.
Tracy wondered what else was important at this time?
Yolanda couldn't help but sigh that Khan was really busy.
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The Rectification, the Chapter Master's personal armory.
Fu Qinghai had just closed the white suitcase.
The countdown is over.
Suddenly, everything went dark in front of my eyes and I lost consciousness instantly.
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Everything was dark before my eyes and my consciousness was drifting.
In a daze and hazily.
All I could hear was the low, leisurely sound of a cello.
A magnificent piece of music full of epic feeling plays.
Fu Qinghai suddenly felt that it sounded familiar.
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