Chapter 27 third chapter

When Lima Pennyez came in through the heavy cell door, Isik Grove, who was lying on the bed, was startled, and he immediately opened one eye.Then the cell door closed again with a loud bang, at this time Gorov had already stood up. "Peng Yaci! They sent you here?" "It's purely accidental," said Pence bitterly, "or maybe it's my own demons at work. One, you got into trouble in Ascon; two, the Bureau of Trade knows my trade routes—something happened to you I was in a galaxy fifty parsecs away from here when I was here; thirdly, the Bureau of Trade also knew that we had worked together before, and that alone, I couldn’t shirk responsibility, right? From these points, the answer It’s about to come out.”

"Be careful—" Gorov said nervously, "The walls have ears, have you brought an electromagnetic field twister?" Peng Yaci pointed to the bracelet on his wrist, and Gorov felt relieved.Then Peng Yaci looked around and found that although the single cell had no furniture, it was very spacious, with sufficient lighting and no unpleasant smell.So he said, "Pretty well, they treated you well." Korov ignored him and just asked, "How did you get in? I haven't seen anyone for two weeks." "That's since I came here, huh? It's nothing, I just touched the weakness of the old dude, that is, he can listen to pious words. I tried to start from this aspect, and it succeeded. So, my current identity is your soul guardian. The so-called pious people like him have one characteristic in common—he can cut other people’s throats without blinking for his own purposes, but he doesn’t Dare to harm unrealistic and illusory souls. This is just the common sense of empirical psychology. As a businessman, no matter what knowledge you have to understand."

Korov smiled wryly and said, "Besides, you have also been in the Spiritual Institute. You are really nice, Pang Yates, and I am glad they sent you. But that Grand Duke will never only care about my soul, he Did you mention the ransom issue?" Peng Yaci narrowed his eyes and said: "He hinted—but it was very cryptic. He also threatened to kill you with poison gas. I carefully avoided this question because it was probably a trap. So you think It's blackmail, isn't it? What the hell does he want?" "gold." "Gold!" Peng Yaci frowned: "He wants this metal? Why?"

"That's their medium of exchange." "Really? Where am I going to find gold?" "Go wherever you can. Listen to me, this is the most important thing, just let the Grand Duke smell a little gold, and I will be safe. No matter how much he wants, please promise him anyway, if necessary If not, please go back to the base and apply. After I am released, they will escort us out of this galaxy, and then we will part ways." Peng Yaci stared at the other party disapprovingly and said, "Then you want to come back and try again?" "My job is to sell nuclear power to the people of Ascon."

"After you come back one parsec, you will be arrested again. I think you should know it well." "No, I didn't count," Gorov said. "But even if I knew, I would still make the same decision." "The second time you're dead." Gorov simply shrugged. Peng Yeci said softly again: "If I have to negotiate with the Grand Duke again, I need to understand the ins and outs of the whole matter. So far, I have been like a blind man figuring out an elephant. I only said a few gentle and euphemistic words, and the Grand Duke For the blaze." "It's very simple—" Gorov said: "The only way we can do it to keep our bases safe on the outer rim of the galaxy is to build a religiously controlled business empire. We still have no power to enforce political control, Now we control the Four Kingdoms, and we only rely on this method."

Peng Yaci nodded: "I understand this, and I also know that galaxies that refuse to accept nuclear energy devices will never be under the control of our religion." "Yes, and it will become a meeting point of independence and hostility." "Okay, then I know." Pang Yaci said: "That's the end of the theoretical discussion. Now please tell me, what is blocking our business? Is it religion? The Grand Duke has also mentioned some." "It's a kind of ancestor worship. According to their legend, there was an evil generation in the past, and they were saved by good and virtuous heroic ancestors. This legend is a distortion of the anarchy of the last century. That's when the armies were driven out and independent governments were established. So they saw advanced technology, especially nuclear power, as one and the same with the terrible empire."

"Is that so? But they have small, well-equipped spacecraft. I was easily spotted by them when I was two parsecs away. I think those spacecraft have nuclear power." Korov shrugged: "The spaceship you mentioned is obviously a relic of the Empire era. It may indeed have a nuclear engine. Their policy is to accept the original things, but the problem is that they don't want to innovate. The internal economic system is Totally non-nuclear, and that's what we need to change." "What are you going to do?" "Breakthroughs on important key points. Just to give a simple example, if I can sell a force field pencil sharpener to a nobleman, he will try to amend the law so that he can use it legally. To put it more bluntly, Maybe you think it's stupid, but psychologically it's very reasonable, that is, as long as you implement strategic sales in strategic locations, you can build nuclear factions in the court."

"That's why they sent you here for this purpose. I came here specially to redeem you, and I'm leaving soon. Do you want to stay and try again? Is it reasonable for you to do this?" "How should I say it?" Gorov asked cautiously. "Let me tell you," Peng Yaci suddenly became angry: "You are a diplomatic palace, not a merchant. Although you pretend to be a merchant, you don't understand this trade at all. This task should be carried out by a real merchant—" —my ship is still full of rusting cargo, and it looks like my quota won’t be able to sell.”

"You mean, you're willing to stand up and risk your life for something that doesn't concern you?" Korov said with a smile. Peng Yaci replied: "And you mean that the merchants don't have any patriotism and would not do such a patriotic behavior?" "Concerning this point, the merchants are notorious. All the pioneers have never been patriotic." "Okay, I admit it. I'm not running around in space to save the base. I'm running the dock just to make money. Now this opportunity is very rare. If I can help the base at the same time, Wouldn't that kill two birds with one stone? I'm willing to gamble my life on this opportunity." After speaking, Peng Yacy stood up.

Korov also stood up and asked, "What are you going to do?" Peng Yacy smiled slightly: "Goroff, to tell you the truth, I don't know what to do—at least not yet. But since the key to the problem is business, I think I'm the best candidate. I I don’t always like to boast, but there is one thing that I can definitely boast about, that is, I can sell out all the quota every time.” After he finished speaking, he knocked on the door, and the heavy cell door opened immediately, and two guards walked to his side.