Warhammer 40: The Wandering Merchant

Chapter 81 Cooperative Factory Construction

Later, Tie Hui tried it out using his psionic powers.

After discovering that the produced Emperor Cookies really did have the original effect, the Black Lions Legion's think tank members, state priests, and star speakers were all brought in for experiments and meetings.

After tireless efforts, the final production method was finally developed.

Prayers were offered by the state priests, and the Star Speakers connected with the Emperor's power through the warp.

Of course, the position of Star Speaker can also be filled by any specially trained psionicist.

The state priests were easy to deal with; the archbishops generously approved a large number of them to come over.

But the Star Speakers...

They are the main navigators of each warship; without them, how could the warships even fly?

Therefore, they had no choice but to turn their attention to psionicists, especially those trained by the Empire.

However, such psychics usually only appear among the nobles of the empire. Only when a noble in the empire has a descendant who is a psychic will the nobles use their connections and resources to send him into the empire.

Of course, even nobles, if they didn't meet the standards, would still be burned as firewood.

Therefore, this location directly caused a headache for Tie Hui and the other people who were cooperating in setting up the factory.

As for the requirement that the psionicist for this position must be very strong, that's not necessary. As long as they can draw power from the warp, that's enough.

After all, there are state priests behind them who are responsible for reviewing and guiding the power.

As for whether there are other ways?

It's not that it doesn't exist, it's just that it's more difficult.

Even without the state priests and psionicists, the Empire's chapter think tanks are still capable of holding their own.

A living saint or he himself could take the place.

But wouldn't that make the cost ridiculously high?

Tie Hui took out his tablet and recorded another matter: "Psionic Academy".

The cardinal and the sage of the Mechanic Church behind him both had a headache after seeing the new items marked by Tie Hui.

The Mechanical Sage was the first to ask, "If we were to put a psionic academy into production, it would need to be reported to Terra and the Inquisition. They would come to evaluate it, and construction would only be permitted after the evaluation was passed. Furthermore, all qualified navigators produced by the academy would have to be submitted to the Inquisition for unified distribution."

Tie Hui replied nonchalantly, "I know! It just so happens that the Hazy Starfield is in quite a mess right now..."

He put away the tablet and looked at the Cardinal, the Mechanical Sage, and Cage, saying, "Gentlemen, we can take advantage of this time to search for wild psionicists in the Misty Starfield. I've already given you two the standards for the psionicists the factory needs. Just bring over anyone who meets the requirements. After my personal training, they'll be ready to work in no time."

To ensure the factory's smooth operation, Tie Hui later had to distribute some of the factory's shares to the National Religion and the Mechanical Religion in the area.

It's estimated that once production expands in the future, or even when the court comes knocking, they might have to share some of the shares.

For Tie Hui, even giving away a single yuan felt like cutting off a piece of his flesh.

This is really a headache.

The mechanical sage nodded; he had already reported the matter to the mechanical grand sage of this sector.

After the Great Sage personally signed the contract, he forwarded it to him in the form of an electronic document, putting him in charge of all construction and production matters here.

Meanwhile, the Great Sage's fleet will fully cooperate with their production efforts, after all, sending back an Imperial Cookie caused chaos at the Great Sage's place.

At the same time, all the servants who had come into contact with the cookie were killed; only in this way could we ensure that news of this thing would not leak out.

If this gets back to the surrounding forging worlds, things will get really serious.

There's no guarantee that the casting world's casting leaders won't come and try to seize it.

I heard that the Great Sage has finished his work and is now rushing here without stopping.

I don't know if I can get there in time.

If it's late, the other three families will probably have already divided up all the food.

The cardinal, with a kind expression, fiddled with his rosary beads. After the two had finished speaking, he slowly said, "In that case, our state church should also do its part. For those psionicists among our students, the Emperor's Word is the best education and ideological reform for them."

Tie Hui nodded; he had the same idea.

Once those wild psychics who meet the requirements for the position are found and placed in the academy, the state religion must provide some support so that these wild psychics can experience the power of the weasel.

To be honest, if I weren't afraid that my business would be coveted and snatched away by the nobles of that empire, I would have done it much better.

I will definitely move this factory to Terra, especially to the foot of the palace.

If Imperial Cookies were produced on the Emperor's territory, it's estimated that psionicists wouldn't even be needed.

They placed a state priest on each production line, who worked in two shifts, constantly reciting the Emperor's sacred words.

I'm guessing the effect will be... tsk tsk tsk.

It's a pity, though; if they could have gotten close to Guilliman, it wouldn't have been impossible.

Thinking this, he drifted off again, his attention flying directly to Guilliman's mother, Mrs. Euton.

I heard that this grandmother has been placed in a static environment and should still be alive.

I want to travel to another world someday and find something or some technology that can prolong life.

Haha!

At that time, he will truly have the Primarch personally authorizing him with a license to run a merchant ronin family, and then he can find a stargate or faster-than-light engine technology.

Then I can roam freely in the dark space outside the Milky Way.

"Lord Tiehui? Lord Tiehui?" the cardinal called out several times, his voice growing louder each time.

It wasn't until the very last sound that Tie Hui finally snapped out of his daydreaming.

Somewhat embarrassed, the kind old man looked at the cardinal and said, "Uh, sorry. I was just thinking about something at the factory."

The bishop shook his head, indicating that there was nothing seriously wrong. After all, the purpose of establishing the Psionic Academy was to produce Emperor Cookies, and a state religion was required to provide ideological and practical guidance to the Psionic students within the academy.

By converting them to the imperial state religion, the power of their state religion was strengthened.

It could also be said that it strengthened his own power, allowing him to have a stronger voice in this region.

He could even become an archbishop, and once that was done, he could do so in the High Lords Council of Terra.

Then their state religion will gain more political influence.

So why wouldn't he approve of this?

"That's a great suggestion, I agree." Tie Hui didn't think much of it and immediately nodded in agreement.

As for the possibility that the power of the state religion will be increased, giving it more autonomy and armed forces, thus making it no longer willing to cooperate with Tie Huiping and others.

That would truly be like an old man hanging himself.

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