Chapter 76 02.0076: "Connections"

"I happen to know the quality supervisor of the cargo area of ​​the giant PW-P-15 starport. He used to be my grandfather's subordinate. If you need it, I can help you, but forget about the money." Archie responded with an embarrassed smile.

Horatio originally wanted to contact Lord Peru to help him sort out the qualification charter issue, but unfortunately the top brass of the Gothic Fleet were holding a closed strategic meeting, so they could not be contacted for the time being.

Horatio suddenly remembered that Archie's major general grandfather had served as the tribune of the PW-P-15 giant starport cargo area.

"Your mother has been ill for many years, and this is a considerable expense." Horatio stepped forward and patted Archie on the shoulder, smiling and said, "You help me, and I will help you."

Archie looked very hesitant. After a while, he moved his lips slightly: "Okay, but the amount really doesn't matter. The main thing is that I think it's weird to charge money."

"There's nothing strange about this. All the procedures are legal and compliant. We are just giving the workers in the port an opportunity to prove their products. And you, this is the reward you deserve."

Archie nodded and let go of the last burden in his heart.

He was really in need of money, and Horatio vouched that everything was done to the letter.
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PW-P-15 giant star port cargo area, port office.

Relying on Archie's face recognition and his memory of running to his grandfather's major general's office since childhood, Horatio, dressed in a coat and casual clothes, followed Archie and quickly arrived at the supervisor's office deep inside without any obstruction.

Horatio used an alias and openly claimed that he and Archie were partners.

No one could guess his navy identity; with his starched white shirt, emerald silk collar buttons, suit waistcoat, and a respectable overcoat, he looked like a young factory owner.

"The sterilization rate is 99.96%. The quality is excellent and exceeds the average level of the warehouse." The quality inspector with many tubes on his head reported, and then he stepped down.

The rapid efficiency of the testing and queue-jumping process is naturally due to Archie’s contribution.

"Well, okay." This was a naval colonel who had been promoted under Major General Collingwood. He looked at the test data and found no problems. Then he generously gave the sample submitted by Horatio a qualified note.

"Thank you very much, Colonel Winston. How long will it take to get the charter qualification?" Archie asked with a smile.

When the two men first came in, they saw the colonel scolding the dealers of the guild alliance and driving them away, but when he saw Archie coming, his expression changed completely.

"It will take at least a year to get you special approval, and this is the fastest the Ministry of the Interior can do." The colonel said in a friendly tone and gave a very uncertain deadline.

"Thank you, Colonel," Horatio smiled politely.

He doesn't have time to wait 'a few years'.

From an administrative perspective, the Ministry of the Navy and the Ministry of Military Affairs are both branches of the Ministry of the Interior.

The inefficiency of the Ministry of the Interior is a well-known fact. Being able to help him get it done within a year is already considered "speedy". Unless an active admiral-level figure is invited to the Ministry of the Interior to promote it, it will not be faster than this.

But asking an admiral who is too busy to spare time to promote the qualification and franchise of a small factory is outrageous no matter how you think about it.

This is also the reason why Brigadier General Edward Peru authorized Horatio to resolve some matters privately through "channels".

"By the way, Colonel. Could you please tell me all the information about all the transport ships of all levels that are expected to arrive from the Lucius-Abyssal Port waterway in the next half month? I have a batch of raw materials that need to come from there, but the ship owner didn't give me a specific time, so I want to inquire about it so that I can arrange the workers in advance."

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, it would be best to avoid the involvement of the Military Intelligence Command, so Major General Hood approved a sum of operational funds for Horatio to be used specifically for building connections, so that Horatio could use the money to build all the connections in his private capacity.

Horatio smiled, took out three brand new throne gold coins wrapped in a handkerchief from his inner pocket, which were respectively emblazoned with the portraits of the Emperor, Sanguinius, and Rogal Dorn, and gently placed them on the table.

As the most versatile Holy Terra gold coin in the Empire, the Throne Gold Coin is not only valuable, but its exquisite embossed portrait is also of great collection value and face value, making it the perfect gift for the wealthy Imperial Navy colonels.

Not to mention that these were three brand new, different Throne Gold Coins, which were sponsored by Major General Hood for Horatio's private collection. The colonel's eyes were wide open, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. He raised his eyebrows and said in a casual tone, "Oh, it's just a small matter. Please wait a moment. It's not a secret anyway. Leave the subsequent qualification license to me. I will try my best to help you get through the Ministry of the Interior. The qualification license may take half a year."

The colonel smiled and spoke in a respectful tone. He took out a handkerchief from his breast pocket, wrapped the gold coins and put them into his pocket.

"Thank you so much," Horatio said with a smile.

Who says money can’t buy time? As long as he spends money, he can save a lot of time and effort, and leave these lengthy administrative processes to professionals.

Once all this is ready, the labor gang will have a complete industry and financial income, then there will be a material basis for rebuilding the underground network, and everything will proceed as planned.

However, during this period, Horatio had to find a transitional buyer for the products first, otherwise the labor gang's cash flow would not last for less than half a year, and he and the Fleet Military Intelligence Command could not wait half a year to start building an underground intelligence network.

"Thanks, Archie." Horatio handed him a check.

"But this is... funding." Archie declined with a wry smile.

"This is also part of spending money to build connections. If it weren't for your help, the money and time spent would be much more than this."

Horatio stuffed the check into Archie's hand and put on his cap again: "Cash it in the remaining time and buy some health supplements for Mom. I have something else to do. See you later." He lowered the brim of his hat and saluted Archie.

Archie looked down at the million-dollar check in his hand and stood there in a daze.

[+Corporal Horatio, please return to school immediately for emergency assembly. +] The voice of Captain Elphinstone came from the communication device in Horatio's ear.

[+Yes, what happened? Your Excellency. +]

[+Emergency attack order, report to the preparation room after returning to school+]

【+Yes! +】

Horatio looked at Archie, who didn't seem to be mobilized, and the fact that several leaders of the Fleet Military Intelligence Command suddenly had a meeting together, he had a vague feeling in his heart before.
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"Captain Sterling, Corporal Horatio reporting in."

"One of our cruisers was hit by a plague ship flying out of the Eye of Terror when it was leaving Mandeville Point and was infected with the zombie plague." Captain Sterling said seriously with a frown on his face.

This is not good. Imperial warships only turn on the Geller force field while sailing in the subspace, and will only turn on the void shield after returning to the real universe.

This meant that the plague ship had directly hit the unsuspecting cruiser.

[Indeed, Mortarion has coveted the Obscure Segmentum for a long time. Before the 13th Black Crusade, the Gothic Fleet had suffered from the threat of Plague Ships, which severely reduced the number of Gothic Fleet's attendance. As a result, when the Battle of Cadia took place, the Gothic Battle Group was weak and alone.]
"The captain took emergency measures and stopped the ship 6000 kilometers away from the starport. Currently, all decks 6 to 66 have collapsed, and the middle and upper decks are still fighting hard with the zombies.

According to detection, the plague has infiltrated the main life support cabin. The battle sister team sent by the Holy Rose Sisters to purify the life support room has lost contact. The plague has threatened the safety of the fleet. According to the requirements of the Fleet Security Committee, we must curb this ship plague at all costs. "

Captain Sterling patted Horatio on the shoulder and said:

"Be prepared to board the ship."

　Order gives birth to all things to nourish chaos, chaos has nothing to repay order!!!

　　Khorne stuff? Chop it! Nurgle stuff? Stomp it! Tzeentch stuff? Trick it! Slaanesh stuff? Fuck it! Plague ships, kill, kill, kill!!!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)