As far as Zhang Xin knows, as early as the Dark Ages, the Shenwei Zhang clan was already a family that dominated one side, and many clansmen were deeply involved in the unification war of the Federation and made great achievements.

Therefore, in the Zhang clan, there are only two hereditary honorary dukes, and there are as many as four marquises. The rest of the marquis and below, there are more than 20 people.

However, Zhang Changzhi's honorary viscount was not earned because his ancestors served in the army, but by donating charity.

According to federal regulations, citizens of the Federation only need to contribute a certain amount of money to charity in order to receive an honorary title. Although it is not hereditary, the privileges it can have are equal to those of other honorary viscounts.

As early as when Zhang Changzhi was ten years old, his parents donated more than 30 million federal coins to various charities with his reputation, so as to obtain the title of first-class honorary viscount.

This kind of thing is very common among the big families of the Federation. Donating to charity, in addition to getting a knighthood, can also reduce a lot of taxes, and can get a good name in the society, why not?

In the current statute, citizens of the Confederation rely on donations, although they can receive titles up to the first rank and all titles below the first class. can go up from the viscount, but they are all jumping thresholds, the first-class viscount is 30 million, the third-class earl is 300 million, the first-class earl is 900 million, and the third-class marquis is 3 billion. And after receiving the knighthood, it is necessary to maintain a charitable donation equivalent to one-tenth of the amount of the knighthood every year.

- This is a heavy burden even for a wealthy family like Shenwei Zhang. It should be known that a large group like Weiyan Shipbuilding, which can be ranked among the top ten in the federal shipbuilding industry, only has a net profit of 5 billion yuan per year, and it has to be divided by countless large and small shareholders.

So even if Zhang Xin thought about it with his own heels, he knew that in this federation, there must be a flood of viscounts and barons like the sea.

For a non-hereditary honorary viscount, and a guy whose family has recently suffered a catastrophe, is it necessary to be so respectful?

"A non-hereditary honorary viscount, naturally, is nothing unusual. But if this person is still the legal heir of Weiyan Holdings, then the status is different. ”

Ye Ruo explained in Zhang Xin's ear: "Master, don't underestimate the influence of the Shenwei Zhang family, especially this new Kunming Star, which is only 37,000 light years away from the Guangcheng Star Domain. On this side, Weiyan Group has at least ten or more subsidiaries, as well as hundreds of branches of affiliated enterprises. The annual tax payment alone accounts for one-tenth of all the fiscal revenue of the new Kunming Star government. ”

When Zhang Xin heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Ye Ruo. I thought to myself, why don't you hide this guy, aren't you afraid of being discovered?

The latter also noticed his eyes, and after sticking out his tongue delicately, he turned into smoke and disappeared with a sound.

At this time, what Zhang Xin didn't know was that in the bridge of the second-class cruiser, the major commander named Zhou Ning was rubbing his eyebrows in distress. And beside him, another chief of staff of the fleet, wearing the captain's epaulettes, was also bloodless, and his eyes were full of remorse.

"Why is it so coincidental? Why did we meet the Ninth Patrol Fleet? If we had known this, we should not have agreed to change the patrol area a few days ago. ”

"At this time, it's useful to complain about these?"

Zhou Ning sighed: "It's not just us who have a headache now. ”

Regarding the news of Zhang Changzhi's appearance, he has already reported it. I believe that at this time, the commander of the S3 space base, as well as the commander of the new Kunming patrol fleet, will be even more troubled.

"But after all, we are the ones who have direct contact with the prince of the Zhang family, once something happens to the Zhang family-"

The chief of staff of the fleet paused, and said thoughtfully: "If there is any accident with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, everyone will be fine." ”

"I think you're crazy!"

Zhou Ning glared at his assistant coldly: "Those enemies of the Zhang family have not yet reached the point of covering the sky with one hand. You don't know the power of the Weiyan Group in the new Kunming Star. No matter where something happens to this Changzhi, he can't be the new Kunming star, otherwise you and I, along with our families and children, will not end well. ”

The chief of staff of the fleet suddenly turned pale: "I think it's wrong, captain you're right." ”

He had already figured it out, even if the Shenwei Zhang family fell, the remnants of their party could still easily step them into the eighteenth layer of hell.

What's more, the enemies of the Shenwei Zhang clan may not appreciate it.

"It's good if you know the severity, I don't think I've heard of that sentence before. ”

Zhou Ning's face was solemn and indifferent: "Anyway, let's see what the results of the identity test are! In fact, don't worry too much, if it is really the return of the prince of the Shenwei Zhang family, it will not only be a matter of our patrol fleet." Even the government, on its part, must intervene. ”

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When Zhang Xin came to the second-class cruiser on the traffic boat, the commander here, Zhou Ning and others, also respected him abnormally.

This seems to be nothing wrong, but Zhang Xin found that these officers are respectful, but they are not very enthusiastic, and everyone maintains a certain distance from him.

Zhang Xin couldn't help frowning slightly, thinking that the situation faced by the Shenwei Zhang clan looked quite bad.

The return of the heir of the Weiyan Group is certainly a good crisis for these people in front of them, but it is also an opportunity to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix.

In his mind, someone would come up at this time and show him closeness.

But the result was beyond Zhang Xin's expectations, and no one wanted to get ahead.

This can only happen under two circumstances, one is that all the officers of this detachment are indifferent to fame and fortune, and the other is extremely optimistic about the Shenwei Zhang clan, and does not think that this family that has been inherited for tens of thousands of years can get out of this crisis safely, and is afraid of the consequences of defeat.

At this time, in the corner that everyone couldn't notice, the nanobot controlled by Ye Ruo was already trying to steal the information stored in the cruiser's main computer.

This was originally a very difficult thing, the Earth Federation's technology is quite advanced, and this second-class cruiser has a monitoring system including more than a dozen detection instruments. Any change in the ship is difficult to hide from the mastermind.

In addition, the protective wall and anti-intrusion mechanism of the cruiser's main computer itself are also top-notch.

But this was without Zhang Xin intervening, with the help of the cover of this third-order telekinesis master, Ye Ruo still completed the invasion very easily.

The purpose of the latter is not the core data such as the ship's control system and fire control system, but the various electronic newspapers and magazines that exist inside. Through this, we try to understand the situation within the federation today.

And after a while, Ye Ruo had already displayed some information in front of Zhang Xin's eyes.

"There's a lot of bad news!"

Ye Ruo's voice was not so depressed: "Master, your parents are really detained by the Federal Security Service. Moreover, the core members of the entire Shenwei Zhang family did not escape, a total of one hundred and twenty-three people, all of whom were detained. All minor children are also taken care of and resided, and although they have contact with the outside world, they are not able to move freely. ”

"And why?"

Zhang Xin said as he flipped through these previous issues of newspapers and periodicals. After that, before he could wait for Ye Ruo's reply, his eyes were already fixed.