Of course, there were more than just this one noble family of heretics on the Rostov II. A total of sixteen noble families were excommunicated, and twenty-seven nobles turned into torches on the spot after drinking the consecration wine, while their families were dragged to the square of the state church and subjected to white phosphorus execution for thirteen hours.
Generally speaking, the Empire's white phosphorus executions did not burn for such a long time, usually taking only four or five hours.
But at Alex's suggestion, the time was extended to thirteen hours.
It should be noted that the death penalty with white phosphorus does not kill the executed heretic immediately, but the heretic will have to endure the pain for as long as it lasts.
So that day, in the square of the Anglican Cathedral, the heretics' wailing and cursing lasted for a full thirteen hours.
No one expressed sympathy, or rather no one dared to express sympathy.
Everyone was trying their best to get rid of the suspicion and connection between themselves and heretics. Even if they were close friends or close relatives before, they cut ties at the first opportunity and did everything possible to show that they were not heretics and had nothing to do with heretics.
After all, everyone knows that this governor, who caused a lot of trouble after taking office, is an inquisitor of the Tribunal.
If ordinary governors can still negotiate on such matters, then the governors who come from the Inquisition always have only one way to deal with heretics.
Being associated with heresy? They didn't want to be the next unlucky person to be hung in the square and burned for thirteen hours.
And the state religion that presides over all of this is quite… happy to see it happen.
As for the state religion, all they have to do is spread the faith of the Emperor and ensure that everyone believes in the Emperor devoutly.
If you look at it from the perspective of the 3K era, this is simply crazy. The state religion is full of religious lunatics and crazy people.
But from the perspective of the 40K era, if you don't believe in something in this cesspool… do you know about the Plague of the Unbelievers?
In this purgatory galaxy that is like swimming in a cesspool, you need to have some faith and be as pious as possible, because when necessary, the Emperor can really appear and help you.
So when a kind of wine that could identify whether a person was a heretic was brewed, several of the state church priests were so excited that they fainted.
The old bishop, who was so old that he had to rely on an anti-gravity platform to go out, almost fainted with joy if the medical nun had not rescued him in time.
After his vital signs stabilized, the old bishop, who was said to be three hundred years old, stood up directly from his anti-gravity platform, then knelt before the statue of the Emperor in the cathedral and prayed devoutly, thanking the Emperor for bestowing miracles and blessings upon his people.
The bishop wanted to name this wine that could identify heresy as Holy Wine, and to purchase a large amount of it on behalf of the State Church. He also reported the matter to the State Church headquarters in the star zone through astrocommunication.
Alex did not have much obsession with the naming of the wine. He simply told the bishop that he hoped the wine would be named "Loyalty". He then said that the current production capacity of the winery was very limited and that it needed certain support from the state religion in order to better build this planet and expand production capacity.
The old bishop didn't even bother to raise his eyelids to Alex's behavior that was almost like extortion, and ordered the deacon beside him to prepare 1.8 million throne coins for Alex. He said that he was only the planetary bishop and had little money on hand. He believed that the star district diocese headquarters would give Alex greater support.
In response, Alex simply knelt on one knee devoutly before the Emperor's statue, stating that he was a devout believer in the Emperor, using the Inquisitor's rose knot as proof.
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At this time in the capital of the Mariupol star zone, Mai Mai was in a villa calculating his gains this time.
During the year of trusteeship, the character he controlled completed the contact with the sector nobles and successfully obtained the development rights of the sub-sector where Rostov II was located through the sector governor.
For the star governor, although it is a bit exaggerated to hand over the development rights of an entire sub-star sector to a wandering trader, if one considers how much benefit the sub-star sector can bring in terms of tithes after the sub-star sector is developed, the star governor is still willing to take a small risk.
Especially since this Rogue Trader also works for an Inquisitor, the Star Governor has no more concerns.
Of course, it's not free.
There are thirteen star systems in the sub-sector where Rostov II is located. Although the specific development plan has not yet been determined, developing even one of the planets can bring in huge wealth.
Although the governor of a star zone no longer has any need for money, his family still hopes to gain more benefits in the star zone.
Therefore, Mai Mai obtained the development rights of the entire sub-star zone from the governor by promising to transfer 10% of the profits to the family of the star zone governor, and that the planetary governors of at least three planets would be appointed by people recommended by the star zone governor.
Such a price is undoubtedly expensive, after all, this is the income of an entire sub-star region.
But generally speaking, a 10% profit would give him the development rights for the entire sub-star region, which is still a good deal.
Of course, this does not mean that the remaining 90% can fall into the hands of Mai Mai and Alex and their group.
First of all, in the next few decades or even a hundred years, at least half of the profits obtained from developing the sub-star zone will have to be invested in the development of the star zone to continue to expand reproduction.
The actual profits that can be divided up are about 45%, and the other half is various possible losses and various expenses incurred in the process of developing the star zone that cannot be included in the general ledger.
Of the 45% profit, the governor of the district took 10%.
The discussion on state religion has almost been completed, and 10% will also be taken away.
As for the Mechanicus… Mai Mai was helpless. The Mechanicus was the party he spent the most time with and they were the party that promised him many benefits, but the Mechanicus had never made a decision.
Even though Mai Mai had promised to share 10% of the profits, that all purchases during the sub-sector development process would be made through the Mechanicus, and that at least one industrial world would be built to train talents for the Mechanicus, etc…
But the Mechanicus refused to give a positive response.
As soon as Maimai arrived at the capital of the star zone, he contacted the sage that Olivia mentioned. The other party agreed to help after seeing what Maimai brought.
In fact, it was this sage Tonya who helped to connect Mai Mai with the forging director of the star zone forging world.
The casting director himself had little interest in excavating alien tombs. Although he was indeed very interested in the alien technological creations brought by Mai Mai, unfortunately, what Mai Mai brought was not attractive enough.