Because they are indeed older.

They cannot compare with genetically evolved people.

For ordinary people, forty years old is a watershed in terms of physical strength.

For those who do mental work, forty is still quite young.

However, for those who do physical work, they will start to feel disadvantaged at the age of 40.

When they have to use this physical strength to fight the Zerg on the battlefield, this disadvantage becomes even more obvious.

They cannot let themselves hold back their comrades.

And the only reason they didn't retire before was money.

Now that the money is in place, everyone is leaving smoothly.

Xia Chujian even secured four times the retirement pay for the 500 over-age Star Marines under his command!

Because they have military merits.

However, since they have retired, their military merits cannot be counted and are directly converted into money.

Everyone was so happy that they almost went crazy. They wanted to put Xia Chujian's photo at home and burn incense three times a day, morning, noon and night!

After Xia Chujian found out, he smiled and said, "Stop it! Can't you expect me to order something good?"

"What kind of person deserves to be burned three sticks of incense in the morning, noon and evening?!"

Of course, those who went...

Everyone laughed along and was in a very happy mood.

Because everyone was retiring and not going to die, there was no sense of parting in the squadron.

As long as we are alive, we will always be in touch.

Xia Chujian specially asked his subordinates to hold a farewell party and sent these people off happily.

Her military achievements were also reported to the military headquarters by the Fifth Interstellar Fleet.

After verification, the military agreed to the following proposal and reported it to Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan.

The Beichen Empire is now a constitutional monarchy. The emperor has separated the executive and legislative powers, but the military power is still in his hands.

The final procedure for the promotion and appointment of all military officers is the emperor.

At this time, the emperor was not a rubber stamp.

He has the final veto and decision-making power.

It all depends on whether he exercises this power.

Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan was also quite sensible. Most of the time he listened to the advice of senior military officials and rarely made his own decisions.

After so many years on the throne, it seems that he has only targeted Xia Chujian.

But most people were not surprised, after all, Xia Chujian killed someone's daughter...

Even if she is not a legitimate child, to Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan, an illegitimate daughter is still my daughter!

Who can really remain indifferent?

So even though legally he can't do anything, he'll try to trip people up wherever he can in other places, and everyone has gotten used to it.

Only Xia Chujian couldn't get used to it, but he had no way to resist and could only think of making up for it elsewhere.

For example, this time, she used her military merits, which would definitely be erased by the emperor, to exchange for better retirement and pension benefits for those Star Marines who served beyond the age limit.

She understood this kind of exchange and compromise.

People who have lived at the bottom of society since childhood really don’t have the mentality of “rather die with honor than live in disgrace”.

For her, being alive, and living with her aunt, is the most important thing.

After ensuring that you and your family are alive, you can think about how to make your life better.

…

Seeing that everything here had been settled and there were no other plans for the time being, Xia Chu gave his subordinates two days off.

Those who stayed on duty, as well as the deputy squadron leaders, were asked to discuss how to select the Space Marines who requested to be transferred from other squadrons.

Yes, among the previous one thousand people on Xia Chujian's side, after all the over-age Star Marines retired, there was a vacancy of five hundred people, which means half of the team was empty.

She can't just eat without working...

The people above her were watching her closely, ready to catch her by the hair at any time.

Xia Chujian didn't want to make such a fortune by sucking the blood of the soldiers, and she would never collect salaries without working, so she asked for immediate replenishment of manpower and equipment.

These matters are handled by her deputy squadron leaders.

Xia Chujian went to the secret base located in District 150 west of Shaofu Star alone.

She flew over in her Xuannv Qingyao titanium mecha.

Because her small bat fighter that can perform space jumps is parked here, not at the garrison base in West Area 120.

She had only been away for two weeks, and the place hadn't changed much.

There are only areas for raising livestock, where some sheds have been built and automatic feeding equipment is in place.

Xia Chujian took a look and asked Xia Zhuang, who stayed behind, "How many livestock can we raise here? Do you have a plan?"

Xia Zhuang said quickly, "Yes, this barn can hold a hundred pigs, and that barn can hold two thousand chickens."

"There's a pond across the street that can hold 10,000 ducks, as well as fish. You don't need to buy fish fry; the wild fish there are excellent. You can just catch wild fish fry and raise them in the pond."

Xia Chujian asked, "Then will you breed the piglets?"

Xia Zhuang: “…”