I'm in Warhammer, I just want to grow mushrooms

Chapter 65 Integration into the Upper Nest
Outside the Governor's office.

Li Nuo wiped the sweat from his forehead. Only then did he realize that he had just met the ruler of this world.

He is a real big shot who can decide his life or death with just a thought.

Fortunately, I was smart and calm enough and didn't throw out the clichés in the short video to get myself into trouble, otherwise I would be in big trouble now.

After waiting for a while, Delton came out from the door, rubbing his eyebrows lightly while leading Li Nuo to another elevator.

"Congratulations, Kang Wen. Lord Fuges is very satisfied with your performance. You can become a regular employee, and the extra reward for this mission will be doubled."

Delton used the data pad to open the elevator and pressed the button marked "12th Floor":

"I will now take you to the headquarters of the Governor's Guard and register you as a Nester. You will officially join the Governor's Guard."

"The identity of Shangchao people." Li Nuo looked at the night view outside the viewing glass, feeling a little dazed.

Once upon a time, he was still risking his life trying drugs in order to escape from the lower nest, and competing with Robnos in wits and courage.

But now, he only needs to go with Delton to obtain the new identity that the people of the Lower Nest dream of.

When he retires from the Governor's Guard, he might be able to buy a house in the Upper Nest, start a company, build up a business, or even get married and have children, leading a much more stable life than in the Lower Nest.

The premise is that he can avoid the conscription of the Imperial Army, the assassination of the rebels, the harassment of the cultists, the spying of the demons in the warp, the Horus Heresy and the Great Purge caused by the rebellion...

Well, thinking about it carefully, it seems that after becoming a Shangchao person, the difficulties I have to face have not changed much. It is still war and plague, killing and death.

This is the main theme of the Warhammer world.

Chatting along the way and following Delton through the onboarding process, Li Nuo gained a new identity and a safe house.

Considering that the Shangchao identity is permanent, Delton suggested that Li Nuo use his real name to register the identity.

The original name of Li Nuo's body is Reno, which is homophonic with the two words "Li Nuo".

Don't worry about the name Reno attracting the attention of your enemies.

On the one hand, here in Shangchao, there are at least three million people whose full names contain the word "Reno", and no one goes into the life experience of each Reno.

On the other hand, Li Nuo's current appearance is very different from the past, and it is impossible for him to be associated with the Xiachao boy with the same name.

After comprehensive consideration, Li Nuo decided to adopt Delton's suggestion and signed the name "Reno" in the identity information column.

When communicating and cooperating with the agents, he still used "Kangwen" as his code name.

When he was expanding his network in Shangchao, he called himself Li Nuo.

Shangchao's life experience is relatively simple. After completing basic subjects in the academy, he inherited his parents' inheritance, including several throne coins, a property and matching furniture.

This identity is clean and tidy, and has nothing to do with any forces, so there is no inherent hostility towards any force.

Two identities, two lives.

Separating work from life has only benefits and no disadvantages for agents.

After a series of operations, Li Nuo received the data tablet bound to his real identity.

Under Delton's guidance, he arrived at his safe house in the first district of the Upper Nest.

This is a single-family cottage standing in the corner of a large artificial garden. It has two floors above ground and a basement underground, with two gardens in front and back.

Gothic pointed arch doors and windows, turquoise stained glass, simple yet beautiful carvings, and towering spires.

The first time Li Nuo saw the house, he was impressed by its beauty and couldn't help but praise Lord Fugais.

Delton patted Li Nuo on the shoulder:

"I won't go in. There are housekeeping servitors and a communicator in the safe house. The housekeeping servitors will clean the house and prepare food for you. The communicator is connected to the public database of the Upper Nest, where you can find common sense about living in the Upper Nest and the laws of the Upper Nest. The maintenance fees of the servitors and the communicator will be automatically deducted from your account."

"Okay, sir." Li Nuo asked:
"Excuse me, do other agents have such a gorgeous safe house?"

Delton waved his hand:

"No, they don't. Their safe house is a duplex apartment. Currently, only you and I live in a single-family house. This means that the Governor is very optimistic about you. Do your best. I'm leaving now. If there is anything, we can contact each other through the data pad."

"Slow down, sir."

Li Nuo watched Delton leave, then opened the door and walked in.

A robot servant stood in front of the house's main entrance and greeted us in an androgynous electronic voice:
"Good day, sir. House Slave-121 reports to you. Please sign the Master-Slave Agreement with me using the datapad."

What room?
House slave?

Who came up with this code name? What a bad taste.

Li Nuo was slightly startled, and glanced up and down at the modified mechanical servant, and unexpectedly found that the other party's image was quite good.

The servitors that perform production and research tasks are primarily practical and rarely consider aesthetics.

The domestic servant in front of me was very different.

His artificial eyes were modified into round-frame glasses, and the skin not covered by metal seemed to be artificial, bright and new, without dirt and oil stains, and the servant's clothes on his body just covered the limbs replaced by machines.

Overall, he looks like a highly mechanized butler.

"Hello, House Slave No. 121." Li Nuo stopped, took out the data board, and connected the pipe to the interface on the other party's wrist:

"Can I give you a different name? For example, Footman-1."

"With pleasure, sir. The master-servant agreement has been signed. Servant-1 will serve you wholeheartedly."

The robot servant bent down and extended his hand, inviting Li Nuo in:
"I will show you around the house, please follow me."

Li Nuo retracted the pipe, looked through the details of the master-servant agreement, and asked casually:
"Do you remember what you did before you were transformed into a servitor?"

"Yes, sir. Before I was transformed into a servitor, I had just finished my studies and was looking for a job."

"Then why did you become a servitor?"

"Because my mother was ill, sir, and I couldn't afford the medical expenses. I sold myself to the Eldo Housekeeping Company and became a domestic servant."

"What?" Li Nuo stopped and looked over in surprise.

The artificial eye of Butler No. 1 flickered slightly:

"Yes, that's what happened. You don't have to worry about my mother. She has recovered now and moved into a nursing home to enjoy her old age. I think, although the process was a bit tortuous, I finally kept her by my side and didn't let her be taken away by death."

Li Nuo was silent for a while.

The first rule of the master-servant agreement is loyalty.

Household robot servants cannot lie to their masters. This is the underlying logic written into the intracranial circuits and cannot be changed, so what the robot servant said just now was the truth.

Butler No. 1 seemed to have misunderstood Li Nuo's silence and said quickly: "I promise that my mother's presence will not interfere with my service to you. Please do not apply to the Eldo Housekeeping Company to replace the robot servant. I really need this job..."

"No, I have no plans to replace the servitor." Li Nuo looked at the gorgeous night garden outside the window and asked in a deep voice:

"What's your name? I mean, your name before you became a servitor."

Butler No. 1 pursed his lips and said with difficulty:

"My name was…my name was Brandi before I was transformed."

"Brandy? It sounds like a girl's name." Li Nuo's eyes widened, and he immediately realized that he had made a mistake:

"Oh, sorry. I mistook you for a male servitor."

"It's alright, sir. Servants have no gender. We don't need to reproduce, so that part of the physiological system has been removed. You can call me whatever you want."

Li Nuo laughed awkwardly:
"Okay, I'll call you Brandi from now on, okay?"

Domestic servants need to understand their masters' emotional needs, so a small portion of their brain tissue is reserved for emotional analysis.

Brandi's prosthetic eye flashed excitedly, and the electronic synthesized sound became more cheerful.

"Of course you can call me Brandi. Please follow me and I will take you to verify the Thinker's authority."

The two turned into the basement.

This place is used as a warehouse and communications room. There is no furniture here yet, so it looks rather empty.

There is a communication machine in the communication room.

According to Brandi, this is a home communication machine.

The communicator only has data exchange and firewall functions and cannot process data like the thinker.

Just like operating a computer before traveling through time, Li Nuo only needs to use the joystick keyboard for a few operations to access Shangchao's public network.

After sharing the communication device's permissions with the data board, you can use the data board to access Shangchao's network anytime and anywhere.

Compared to the colorful Internet before the time travel, the network in the hive world is much simpler.

There are only five icons on the interface, corresponding to the communication module, city news, account list, commodity purchase and financial transaction.

The communication module can make calls, send and receive text messages and transfer files.

The city news module will present the daily news directly on the interface, and you can view the details by clicking.

Today's headlines concern the fleet formed by the Black Ship Alliance and the Imperial Law Enforcement Department.

The fleet arrived three days ago.

Its purpose is not to collect tithes in advance, but to come and pay attention to the research and development progress of the ghost potion.

Once the illegal forces in the Bottom Nest have been wiped out, the Imperial Ministry of Justice will urge the Governor to lift the blockade of the ghost potion, thereby harvesting a large number of psychics and handing them over to the Black Ship Alliance for transportation.

This group of psychics will be used for psychic experiments.

If it is proven that artificial psykers can also be used as fuel for the Astronomican, the future direction of the hive city Epimet will change dramatically.

"As expected, the ghost mushrooms have attracted the Black Ship Alliance. Fortunately, I have the Governor's protection now, so I won't be dragged away. Psychics can offset a lot of other taxes. As long as Lord Fuges is willing to take the risk, it is not impossible to use artificial psychics to pay the tithes in the future."

Li Nuo muttered to himself and clicked on the last icon directly.

This icon has the words "Financial Transaction" written on it.

Li Nuo was very puzzled by this.

Are there financial markets in the Warhammer world?

I’m afraid the insurance company will suffer huge losses.

The risks of stocks and bonds are also extremely high. The stocks you buy today may become worthless tomorrow due to war.

Li Nuo opened the financial transaction interface with curiosity and couldn't help but marvel at it.

The variety of financial products traded and circulated is dazzling.

There are all kinds of family business shares sold by local families, as well as many commodity futures from the agricultural and industrial worlds to choose from.

The most exaggerated thing was that Lino saw the war bonds and stocks issued by the Space Marine Legion.

Guilliman has no moral principles. Fully one-third of the bonds and stocks on the list that can be purchased come from his five hundred worlds.

As expected of the future regent, he did not forget to take care of the finances of the Five Hundred Worlds during his conquest of the galaxy.

Li Nuo was staring at The Thinker in fascination, while Brandi went to the kitchen to prepare some snacks.

Half an hour later, Li Nuo had a clear understanding of his 10 Throne Coins.

The Throne Coin is issued by Holy Terra and circulated outward via the warp. Its users are mainly interstellar merchants, wandering traders, nobles, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Military Affairs, etc. of the Human Empire.

The auction price for a Moon-class cruiser retired from the Imperial Army is generally 500 million Throne Coins.

The cost of maintaining such a ship is about 10 Throne Coins per month. If a major overhaul is required, the repair cost starts at 100 million Throne Coins.

By filling up the Moon-class cruiser and trading between the two worlds, one could earn 20 Throne Coins on a round trip - this was a figure calculated based on the average net profit margin.

In other words, the 10 throne coins in his hand are only equivalent to the net profit of an interstellar merchant's transaction.

What Li Nuo can do with these 10 throne coins depends entirely on his own ability.

"Well, it's getting late. Let's go to bed first. I'll contact Isabel tomorrow and transfer 10 throne coins to my account."

Li Nuo stood up and went to the bedroom to rest under the guidance of Brandi.

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Note 1:

In the game and official novel of Rogue Trader, the Tarsus hive in the Calixis sector is famous for its financial industry and transactions.

In the official novel Rivals, War in the Shadows, the Radiant's ships are loaded with a large number of Cogitos for analyzing financial data.

The ship collects transaction information along the Eurotas trade route, and then uses business analysis models to predict changes in demand for a specific planet, thereby determining the goods that the planet will need in the next few months or decades.

In summary, Warhammer 40k does have a financial market, and it is very developed. It is just that because mainstream works focus on characters such as Space Marines and Inquisitors, the details of finance are not shown.

(End of this chapter)