The male protagonist tricked me

In the solemn conference hall, Zhou Zhuo sat at the top.

It's just that his military cap was slanted on his head, and the buttons of his military uniform were not fastened properly, and he showed some carefree emotions in his carelessness.

If it weren't for the fact that the expressions of all the participants were getting more serious than one another, and their faces were all as dark as the bottom of a pot. If they only looked at the marshal, no one would have thought that this was actually the highest military meeting of the empire.

"Nonsense! It's just nonsense! This is outrageous!" The old man who had just slapped the table suddenly stood up from his seat, and the chair was pushed back by his violent movements, making a tooth-piercing sound against the floor.

"Your Majesty is going to the front line, this is nonsense! Why don't you stop him?!" Speaking of excitement, the old man pointed at Zhou Zhuo directly, as if he had no fear of him.

This old man with white beard and hair but full of strength is the current Patriarch of the Bai family, Bai Yu's grandfather.

Just by looking at his words, you can tell that this is an old man with a fiery temper. When he was young, he was nicknamed Bai Dynamite. He often joked that this guy’s temper might blow up his own starship manufacturing factory. .

And this nickname is also very appropriate. For Mr. Bai, let alone Zhou Zhuo, even if Jiang Shuo is here today, he will definitely scold him the same way.

Zhou Zhuo had long been used to his style, so he was not very annoyed. Instead, he turned his gaze to the other side, playing with a pen in his hand, and asked casually, "What do you think, Mr. Song?"

The person who was asked was a middle-aged man, about the same age as Zhou Zhuo, but he seemed very calm and steady, quite old-fashioned.

This is the current Patriarch of the Song Family, Song Ao and Song Ling's father, Song Chenghong.

The topic was thrown on himself, but Song Chenghong didn't rush to answer. Instead, he took a sip of tea with a smile, and said: "My Song family has always been in charge of weapon manufacturing, and I don't say much about His Majesty's decision. Still listen to the arrangements of the Marshal and His Majesty."

He has the appearance of being a loyal minister, but he deliberately puts the Marshal before His Majesty in his words...

Zhou Zhuo raised his eyebrows, pointed at Song Chenghong with a smile, and then turned to the Kuang and Wu families among the four families.

The Patriarch of the Kuang family waved his hand, "You are all real powers, I am just a false post, so this opinion is irrelevant, but if I have to make an opinion, I have to make one, if the battle with the Angk Alliance can be Avoid it or avoid it as much as possible... Once a large-scale war really breaks out, the treasury will not be able to afford it, but the economy will be too affected! Don't you know that this money is expensive... I will give it to you. Tell me..."

As soon as he talked about his old business, the head of the Kuang family became a little excited. The head of the Wu family next to him couldn't stand it anymore, and kicked him secretly under the table, "Old Kuang, old Kuang... save it, save it."

The corners of Zhou Zhuo's mouth were also curved, as if he was smiling, but when he looked up, the Patriarch of the Kuang family who was about to have another fight with the Patriarch of the Wu family just now fell silent and didn't say a word. .

Zhou Zhuo turned his attention to the head of the Wu family again, and saw him straighten his collar very solemnly, "Forgive me, Marshal, but my father is inconvenient today and cannot attend. It's just that if His Majesty makes a decision on such related matters, I will Waiting is really hard to stop. If the marshal needs our cooperation, my father and I will do our best to cooperate. As for this battle, it is not an area that the Wu family is familiar with. But judging from previous years' expenses, food supply should not be a problem. It should be no problem for people to increase production, increase production and increase income at the same time.”

After he finished speaking, he sat upright again without looking sideways, like a student who listened carefully.

Zhou Zhuo turned his deep eyes around, and smiled slightly, "Okay, the four schools are all perfunctory, and all of them are talented people. You can catch a basket of meaningless nonsense. What about the eight clans? Besides the Bai family, there are others. Does anyone have anything to say?"

Everyone immediately lowered their heads, narrowing their presence cautiously, not wanting to meet the Marshal's gaze.

If nothing else, it's because their Majesty is too capricious—a clear-cut opposition like Mr. Bai?In case His Majesty blames him, who should be held accountable? Wouldn't it be asking for trouble?

But there are also waves in each family's heart.

Your Majesty is going to the front line all of a sudden. If His Majesty really accidentally falls on the front line, he still has no heirs, and the royal family has withered heirs. I am afraid that the next emperor will be chosen...

Someone secretly raised his eyes to glance at Zhou Zhuo, then lowered his eyes quickly, thinking about it in his heart.

In recent years, the imperial power has shrunk repeatedly, but the marshal's power has gradually grown.

Among the three armies, the troops of the Zhou family and the Wu family are in the Yuehua army, the troops of the Song family and the Kuang family are in the Xingyao army together with the royal army, and the Red Lotus army has no four gates.

Going down to the Eight Factions, there are three each in the Yuehua and Xingyao Army, and two in the Red Lotus Army.

On the contrary, among the 32 families, Yuehua and Xingyao Army accounted for eight each, and the remaining sixteen families belonged to the Red Lotus Army.

From this point of view, the Xingyao Army should be the most powerful. However, in actual combat, the Kuang family, as the head of the Kuang family said, is considered a void.

Although the Song family who is in charge of weapon manufacturing is in the Xingyao Army, the Wu family who is in charge of food and grass, and the Bai family who manufacture starships are both in the Yuehua Army. In such a comparison, the Yuehua Army has the upper hand.

And the Marshal seems to be getting more and more at odds with His Majesty... Could it be that the Marshal...? !

Tasting Yipin Zhou Zhuo's strange attitude, some people couldn't help having some daring thoughts in their hearts.

The sound of needles dropping could be heard in the meeting room for a moment.

However, the suffocating silence was interrupted by Zhou Zhuo's chuckle, "Okay, since everyone is willing to pamper His Majesty and obey his wishes, then let him go... the next topic."

Zhou Zhuo pointed casually, and the huge screen behind him lit up, and what appeared on it was a route map of a starship sailing in the star field.

"I believe everyone has heard that, or even your children are on this starship." He used the power of the star sea to form a beam of light like a laser pointer, circled the position of the starship, and then Slowly, word by word, spit out the serial number of this starship - "Starship, HL8273."

Unexpectedly, he actually mentioned this matter, and the expressions of many people changed.

Especially the barrel of explosives of the old man of the Bai family, who immediately slapped his hand heavily on the table - "Don't be a fool! The old man's granddaughter is on this broken ship, have you found where they are?!"

Zhou Zhuo slid his finger, and the picture on the screen shrank rapidly, until the pattern representing the starship HL8273 had shrunk to a small dot, revealing the whole picture of the navigation map of the entire star field. , a dot is marked on the star field beyond the empire's borders.

"They're here now."

"How do you know they're there?!" In the conference room, someone dared to ask loudly.Thinking about it, it is estimated that the child of this family is also on this starship.

Zhou Zhuo glanced at the man with a half-smile, "Of course I have my channel, you can choose to believe me or not."

Then Zhou Zhuo turned back to the screen and made a line between the landing point mark and the Imperial Star, "This distance, even with the best military starship in the entire empire, sailing at full speed, it will take 25 days."

The distance between the two places is quickly marked on the screen.

Even if everyone here has a false job, they are all old men in the military department, so the calculation of distance and time is still clear.

But when I heard the answer "25 days", I still felt a chill in my heart.

As we all know, the total amount of food rations on short-distance starships will not exceed three days.

Even judging by the strength of the military cadets who ignited the sea of ​​stars, 25 days will not starve to death—but I am afraid it is quite enough.

In addition, that place is outside the territory of the empire, and danger may occur every minute, and the hearts of the parents are even more tugged.

Soon, some people couldn't help but discuss how to shorten the voyage time and rescue their children faster.

Seeing everyone's different expressions, Zhou Zhuo sneered in his heart.

After all, they are concerned about their own children, all of them are very positive, unlike just discussing that His Majesty is going to the front line, all of them have nothing to do with themselves.

However, all the people present were human beings, and they couldn't help but discuss in a low voice for a while before reacting.

Since the marshal specially summoned them for a meeting, and gave the starship landing point and sailing time...then presumably the marshal must have a better solution!

It's just... what conditions does the marshal want to negotiate with them?Or, what price do they need to pay?

The meeting room quickly quieted down, and pairs of expectant eyes looked at Zhou Zhuo.

Zhou Zhuo bent his mouth expressionlessly, "Can you listen to me now?"

No one answered, Zhou Zhuo took off the crumbling military cap on his head, and threw it casually on the table.

"I have a way, within a day, they can be rescued."

Everyone took a deep breath.

25-day voyage shortened to one day?What is he going to do?

The power of the star sea was kneaded in Zhou Zhuo's hands like a plaything, he simply squeezed it out like a tunnel, and said with a smile: "Punch a hole and go straight there, it will be soon, you say, right? "

Now, there was no sound in the entire conference room.

Jinglei exploded in everyone's minds—a hole was made?Could the marshal have been able to reverse the space and open up wormholes with manpower? !This is something that even the ninth floor of the Star Sea cannot do...

Could it be that he has completely broken through and reached the tenth floor of the Star Sea? !

This terrifying thought circled in everyone's mind, causing people's hairs to stand on end, sweating, and speechlessness.

When did this unfathomable man complete the Dzogchen breakthrough?

And today, he made all of this public, is he showing off, or——threat?

or……

Everyone was still digesting the shocking news they heard suddenly, but Zhou Zhuo stretched out his right hand, rubbed his thumb and index finger together, and made a gesture of asking for money.

"Opening an artificial wormhole is time-consuming and labor-intensive... You don't know, you want me to spend my efforts for nothing?"

Everyone was silent.

Is this—blackmail?

Unlike the military conference room where needles could be heard falling quietly, at this time on the barren star, everyone was already working in full swing under Song Ling's command.

Song Ao looked at the detection signal displayed on the incomplete screen and frowned.

"That's strange, why is it...?"

The author has something to say: Do you still remember Kuang Yin who always spoke inappropriately in the training camp at the beginning? Well, this is his father, father and son have a problem~

Marshal: I was hurt, and I wanted to get back the place, so I had a meeting with everyone, come and hurt each other... Oh no, I hurt you unilaterally