Chapter 340: News from the Angel
The four major pitfalls of biochemical and environmental materials, but when the economy is in recession, the civil engineering industry is the most sluggish.
Thanks to the Empire's massive construction, the formerly miserable Civil Engineering Corps has ushered in a good time, among which the Imperial Fists and Iron Warriors are the most sought-after.
The two legions did not determine the winner in the construction site war on Terra, so taking advantage of this favorable situation, they started a second plastering competition. These civil engineering guys could be seen throughout the empire.
Moreover, both sides also used the traditional skills of the Empire to criticize each other on the Kara network. One accused the other side of being shady and relying on connections to get so many orders; the other accused the other side of being conservative and monopolizing unique technologies, which led to the Empire's current state.
In order to compete for more orders, the two legions gathered at the main battlefield ten thousand years ago - Alicia, hoping to gain the reputation of the greatest architect.
Originally, Hogg wanted to hire the Iron Warriors. After all, Blackwatch and they were so close that they were almost like one family. They were real family members and could do the job more easily.
But the Fist of the Empire was brought by Lorgar, who also guaranteed that these lemons would work hard without complaint and would not charge any wages, which could greatly speed up the progress of the project.
Since he could get the labor for free, Hogg would certainly not be merciful. He directly assigned the project to them in front of Dantioch and Lysander, and promised that they would not work for free and would perform free Primaris surgery on them.
Although the two legions did not require any wages, materials were still needed for construction. The previous lord's mansion was built by Hogg with his own savings.
Looking at the land that had been completely reduced to ruins, the two civil engineers reached a consensus for the first time. They felt that this uncle was playing a trick on them. The base that had just been built less than a month ago was gone. The outspoken Lysander pointed at Roland, who was sitting next to him and towering into the sky, and asked:
"Sir, is this alien a pet? You won't let it tear down your house, will you? Do you want us to build you a cat bed? We built Master Guilliman's dog bed before. I guarantee you will be satisfied!"
Roland was filled with grievance when he heard that he was called an alien. If it weren't for his huge size, he would have wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into and come out after he recovered.
"That's not an alien. He's the legitimate Primarch of the Second Legion. I guess you can fight together with the Second Legion in the future. It would be rude to say that again."
In line with the architectural concept that bigger is better and more is beautiful, the two civil engineers who had no father to love them immediately changed their attitude and said that they had failed to recognize a great man. Lord Roland was indeed outstanding in appearance and worthy of being the offspring of the Lord of Mankind. Look at this person with a nose and eyes, he and the emperor were obviously father and son.
Such an attitude of being arrogant at first and respectful later made Hogg feel that the empire might have become corrupt. Even the two most stubborn legions had learned to speak nice words.
But Lorgar, who had survived until now, explained to Hogg the reason. It turned out that since the end of the Primarch era, Space Marines had become a neglected existence, and everyone had to find a way to survive.
Unlike the Iron Warriors who were looked after by Shaforim, the Sons of Dorn were more stubborn. Since they had been guarding Terra, they were always the backbone of the Legion when facing the invasion of the Alien Chaos, and the Legion was on the verge of extinction several times.
In addition, the Imperial Fists disobeyed the orders of the High Lords Council, and the Zerg actually assigned the Assassin's Court to kill these sons of Dorne. If Lorgar hadn't discovered it early, they would have been killed long ago. This is why Lorgar was able to mobilize the Imperial Fists. After listening to Lorgar's description, Hogg felt that he had killed them too quickly at the beginning, and he shouldn't have let those Zerg die so quickly. Azmodai's technology must continue to be improved.
Lysander, the current captain of the First Company of the Imperial Fists, did not come here just to fight. Feeling that they had no backing, they decided to establish contact with Blackwatch and rely on Hogg like their mortal enemy, the Iron Warriors.
It is said that people are forced to do things. The sons of Dorne, who were once as hard as stone, have also learned to improve themselves. Fearing that they would be shamelessly betrayed by their allies again, they have turned their attention to their good uncle.
Hogg, who was in need of a leg pendant, would certainly not refuse such a goodwill gesture, but he still didn't understand why the Imperial Fists would go to the faraway place instead of looking for Guilliman, who had a strong army and horses?
When Hogg asked this, everyone at the scene looked at him with strange eyes. Lysander did not hide anything and directly revealed the truth:
"Sir, we Imperial Fists are relatively rigid, but we are not stupid. Who would trust an ambitious man who has 25 soldiers and occupies worlds to become the king? Not to mention that the Ultramarines will always be one step behind and reap the fruits of their labor.
If he tries to seize power and usurp the throne, wouldn't we be considered traitors? But you are different. Even if the Black Watch has a large number of people, the entire empire knows that you will never rebel."
Hogg felt a little embarrassed to be praised in public. Thinking that this little can was quite good at talking and could actually see through his loyal nature, he quickly signaled him to praise him a few more times.
Lysander was very happy to be encouraged. He knew that his choice was right. His father had once said that Hogg was the most "innocent" one among their brothers and he could definitely seek his help.
Thinking of this, Lysander no longer concealed this secret known to everyone and said with certainty:
"My Lord, the entire Empire knows that you have no ambitions here, and Blackwatch is even less capable of this. Back then, you couldn't even form the Fourth Empire. Everyone knows that you are all a bunch of assholes..."
"Oh!"
Without letting this annoying sourpuss continue speaking, Hogg took back his previous words. This little thing is not cute at all. He has completely inherited Dorn's boring mouth. Pepe's Iron Warrior is the least troublesome.
Turning his head to look at Dantioch beside him, he found that the fat guy actually nodded in agreement, and kept muttering to himself that I wanted to say this a long time ago. He was so angry that he kicked him backhandedly, and the guy was embedded in the wall together with the lemon spirit as good brothers.
But now that he knew the current situation of the Imperial Fists, Hogg could not remain silent as if nothing had happened. He directly ordered more pharmacists to be dispatched to perform surgery on them in batches, and asked the Mechanicus to increase production and focus on producing military supplies.
Lysander, who received a subsidy of 10 billion yuan, showed a smug smile to Dantioch beside him even though he was kicked hard. The fat boy was so angry that he raised his fist and hit him. Then the two started a passionate fight in the ruins.
Seeing that there was no one around, Luo Jia dragged Hogg to Roland's feet and revealed a little secret he had been guarding:
"Brother, I have good news to tell you. Our brother Sanguinius will wake up soon!"
(End of this chapter)