Chapter 340 Arriving at Arrakis
Arrakis is a desert planet. When the spacecraft landed, it stirred up a lot of sand. Duffy came to this planet some time before Duke Leto and others, and prepared a grand party here for Duke Leto and others. Welcome ceremony.
Of course, Duffy's work went far beyond preparing the welcome ceremony. He also completely took over the spice mining business left by the Harkonnan family and conducted a search of the residence.
He found a dead soldier who had been cemented into the wall when the Harkonnan family left, and a hunting dart.
He alone was not enough to discover this dead soldier. His information came from the coalition government.
After discovering this dead soldier, he was very happy.
Because if he failed to discover this dead soldier before Duke Leto and others arrived in Arrakis, leading to the casualties of core members of the Atreides family, he would not be able to escape the blame even if he died ten thousand times.
The hatch slowly lowered, revealing Duke Leto in military uniform and his family members.
Paul wore a dark green formal suit, and Jessica wore a sandy gold dress that perfectly matched the desert.
Their arrival means that the Atreides family is determined to win the next shocking war.
Duke Leto stood on the spaceship and looked around the audience.
He saw the warriors of the Atreides family lined up in disciplined square formations on the huge school grounds, waiting for his review. Tens of thousands of Fremen were also surrounding the school grounds.
Woo——woo——woo——
The melodious and desolate sound of bagpipes resounded throughout the school grounds, announcing the arrival of Duke Leto and others.
"From today on, Arrakis is officially under our control." Duke Leto said with some emotion, "We have to mine a sufficient amount of spices before the coalition government takes away Arrakis. Reduce the chaos caused by the initial stage of regime change.”
The coalition government made an agreement with Duke Leto that before the coalition government officially takes away Arrakis, the Atreides family can freely mine spices as long as they do not damage the environment of Arrakis.
Although Duke Leto has accepted the proposal of the coalition government and is preparing to restart research in the computer field and use computers to replace spices, this will take time to incubate and will not be accomplished overnight.
Before computers officially replaced spices, he still needed some spices to maintain the interstellar shipping of the nascent Atreides Empire.
In addition, it would be even better if there were leftover spices that could be used to cultivate Atreides' own Mentat for thousands of years to come.
Damn the Harkonnens!
Duke Leto cursed in his mind.
House Harkonnen took all the advanced mining equipment with them when they left Arrakis, leaving them only with some heavy and inefficient crawler mining machines.
Even if the royal family and the Harkonnen family don't take action against Atreides, Atreides will be in trouble because the mining equipment is outdated and the spice production cannot meet the needs of the Galactic Empire.
Of course, this is without a coalition government.
Now that Atreides have declared war on the royal family, they own whatever spices they produce. No one can put pressure on them. Even the Aerospace Guild, which is most hungry for spices, is silent at this moment.
Duke Leto and others walked out of the spaceship.
"Duffy Hawat!" Paul ran two steps past Duke Leto and gave Duffy a big hug.
Du Fei smiled broadly: "Young Master!"
As the most outstanding Mentate tactician in the universe, the reason why Duffy loyally serves Atreides is because Atreides has a good atmosphere and the Duke and the Duke's heir are approachable.
From the Harkonnen family, he would not dare to expect a hug from the Baron or the Baron's heir.
"How is the situation?" Duke Leto patted Dufy on the shoulder and asked seriously, "Did anything special happen on our way here?"
"A large amount of money went out of the royal family's account, probably for the military expenses of the Sadoka Army." Du Fei replied in a relaxed tone, "Nothing else."
The legions of Sardoka are the most ferocious hounds at the feet of the royal family, and even Atreides' elite legions are unable to compete with the bloodthirsty legions of Sardoka.
However, times have changed.
Atreides violated the Astronautical Guild's ban and launched many satellites outside Arrakis.
Once the high battleships of the Astronautical Guild and the spaceships of the Sadokar Legion appear nearby, they can immediately turn them into bright space fireworks.
The Sadoka Legion wants to fight hand-to-hand combat?
Come on, times have changed!
The forty-kilometer-long warship is floating in space. Unless the royal family and the Harkonnen family can destroy this warship of the coalition government, there is no need to even think about entering the atmosphere of Arrakis.
There are thirty-six such battleships Atreides in total.
The remaining thirty-five ships are all in the nearby deep space and can reach Arrakis in less than ten seconds, bringing the truest despair to the enemy!
Duke Leto nodded slightly: "Be careful about the traitor. He is very important to us."
Du Fei raised the corners of his mouth and showed a cold smile.
Hearing the word traitor, someone behind Duke Leto lowered his head guiltily. The moment he lowered his head, he just missed Du Fei's playful gaze.
Duke Leto asked Dufy to treat the traitors, not to catch the traitors.
Because they all know who the traitor is, they just want to use the traitor to cause a war and get rid of the royal family and the Harkonnen family as soon as possible. After all, after the war is over, they still have to focus on production.
Duke Leto and others walked through the phalanx of Atreides soldiers, and Paul heard the Fremen calling a name repeatedly.
"Lisan al-Ghab!"
"Lisan al-Ghab!"
"Lisan al-Ghab!"
Paul was a little uncomfortable. He walked up to Jessica and asked in a low voice: "Is this the sisterhood's plan? Let the Fremen think I am their savior, and then I will board the Golden Gate with the help of the Fremen's power." Lion Throne?”
At this moment, there were not one or two people chanting "Li San Al Qab", but tens of thousands of people. He was stunned by the power of religion to control people's hearts.
He also realized that the sisterhood had no respect for the royal family and had long been planning to change the imperial power.
Although this is to serve him, when Atreides takes control of the Galactic Empire, he must persuade his father to eradicate the Sisters. They are a group of dangerous mad women!
Paul unknowingly scolded Jessica too.
"Shh-" Jessica noticed that Paul seemed a little dissatisfied. She lowered her voice and said, "Although you don't need the Fremen to help you become the emperor now, they are also a considerable force. If you can conquer them, They, your father and your future throne will be more secure."
That rainy night gave her a great shock.
She had completely betrayed the Sisterhood and told Paul everything about the breeding program. (End of chapter)