Chapter 394, Red Arrow Star joins

Chapter 394, Red Arrow Star joins

As for the reform of Faches Samsung, even if it is implemented smoothly according to the plan made by Oceana, the alliance will still have to endure continuous losses, and it will not be able to break even the cost until five years later.

During this period, the alliance estimates that it will put in a total of about 10 billion to 15 billion.

However, this is different from maintaining the old system with a net loss of 200 million per year. The additional money spent by the alliance can be regarded as an investment in the construction and reform of Faqis Samsung, and the benefits will be seen in the future. Gu Hang is relatively willing to make such an investment.

As for whether the alliance can withstand a loss of 1.5 billion in five years... If you have this question, you are underestimating the alliance.

While Koroja's reform has not yet been fully completed, and the Raging Owl and Black Arrow planets still need to provide large-scale support materials to Faches, these two alliance basic planets still have enough power to make up for Faches. Samsung's hole.

This is without counting the revenue from the Alliance Shipyard.

What's more, since the Alliance pays taxes as a whole, the Alliance's investment in the Astra Militarum is of course tax deductible. The Dragon Eagle Legion came to fight this counter-insurgency war, and of course the Ministry of Military Affairs paid for it.

Maintaining the Dragon Eagle Legion, normal personnel retirement and replacement, ammunition consumption and equipment loss, stationing and training costs... After all, the Alliance's annual investment in this is equivalent to 100 million tax coins, right?

The Ministry of Military Affairs just pays for tax deductions.

However, the cost of raising troops for the alliance is still very high. The Raging Bear Legion is very expensive, but at least the quantity is not large; the Koroga Salvation Army is cheap, and with the quantity of 300 million placed here, it cannot be cheap at all.

Koruga can still handle the 300 million Salvation Army.

In the future, as Koroga's reforms continue to advance and productivity catches up, the financial pressure on the alliance will be greatly reduced.

At present, Koruga's annual output value can reach almost 20 billion - compared to Fachus Samsung, it obviously has 30 billion more people, but the output value is not as good. The Alliance is still losing money on Koroja.

However, currently one-third of the hives in Koroga have advanced the reform strategy. In the past year, the alliance collected 11 billion in tax revenue from areas that had not been reformed; profits from centralized production reforms in reformed areas also amounted to 8 million.

This was achieved despite Koroga losing more than 4 billion people and continuing to transfer the population to the Raging Owl and Black Arrow stars.

This has reached the amount of 2 billion in tax revenue that Koroga could generate every year before the war.

Koruga's tax amount is 4 billion, and the remaining 2 billion tax gap in previous years was made up by the paying population.

Gu Hang's request for Koluojia is that by the end of the remaining four years of the tax holiday, the population of this planet will be reduced to less than 4 billion through transfer, and the profit of various output values ​​will reach billion.

If this can be achieved, then Koroga can be regarded as self-sufficient. It no longer needs subsidies and does not need to pay taxes based on population to complete the imperial tax.

And in the next five years, nearly 70 billion people will continue to be transferred out, and they will settle on the Raging Owl Star and the Black Arrow Star. The output value of these two planets plus the shipyard, Gu Hang hopes to reach more than 7 billion in five years, from which the alliance can reap more than 60 billion in profits. At that time, the imperial tax in these two places will be calculated as a total of billion, but the million alliance will still have a balance of more than billion.

At this point, the Alliance can be regarded as an extremely powerful political entity in the Star Territory.

Self-sufficient, it can make excess profits every year, can produce most of the weapons and equipment required by the conventional Astra Militarum, maintain a Space Marine Chapter and a Battle Sisters, and can produce its own warships.

Although, under the organizational structure of the Planetary Defense Force and the Astra Militarum, they are not allowed to have naval fleets, and they are not allowed to conduct large-scale interstellar trade. If you want to engage in interstellar trade, you need to obtain a business license from the Imperial Chamber of Commerce.

However, this rule is never dead. Many planets will have some ships of their own. I am not engaged in the navy or interstellar trade, but I have some needs for material transportation, some escort needs, deployment of elastic defense in planetary orbits, and anti-piracy needs within the star system. This is also normal. There are some Wouldn’t a ship make sense?

Most planets don't have their own starships. In fact, the biggest obstacle is far from the empire's regulations, but the fact that they can't afford one; even if they can afford it, they can't afford it.

But Gu Hang didn't have this worry. He can form a convoy, because the alliance's jurisdiction has spanned multiple galaxies. If there is a practical need, what if there are interstellar pirates wandering over? As for the price, you can produce it yourself, plus you have your own shipyard. The cost of self-assembly is controllable and low.

Even if you take a step back, Gu Hang can anchor the alliance's fleet under Gu's Trading Company. On the surface, it is the merchant fleet under Gu's Trading Company, but in fact it is the alliance's naval fleet.

With an army and navy in place, by that time, the alliance could already be called 'rich and strong' - both rich and powerful.

Not to mention, in the past five years, Gu Hang was able to get the Flying Wing Star by relying on his position as the leader of the star sector. In the previous conversation between Gu Hang and Xu Dechen, it was also mentioned that little Pedes had been given up by the council. Without his brother and backstage support, this guy couldn't control Fei Yixing at all.

Although the Flying Wing Planet only has a population of 8 billion, the shipyard that the planet belongs to can build cruisers, which is really drool-worthy.

That's huge wealth. It was quite a waste to put it in the hands of little Peddes. Gu Hang didn't think that guy would be able to hold it securely in the future.

For that idiot's level, there are plenty of ways to get him down.

Moreover, this matter needs to be done quickly, Gu Hang doesn’t want to wait too long.

The sooner you get it, the sooner you get the benefits.

As for how to get it, Gu Hang had some ideas.

Moreover, these ideas have already begun preliminary implementation.

Gu Hang was not worried about how little Pedes would react to this. No matter what the guy thinks or does, it doesn't change the outcome.

……

While Gu Hang was planning the Flying Wing Star, another world in the Tianma Star District started to make some noise.

That is the Red Arrow Star, which is the only planet in the Pegasus Star Region that has not yet joined the alliance.

Red Arrow Star is an empire world mainly based on agriculture, with a total population of about 2 billion people. Many large or small farmers, or agricultural conglomerates, control the land on the planet. These farmers and agricultural groups have formed an industry association, which is the highest power structure on the planet.

A leader will be elected within the association, who will also become the acting planetary governor and authorize the establishment of a planetary government. The government of Red Arrow is a very loose organization that handles public security issues and provides some necessary public services. They will not form an army or collect taxes. The necessary resources for government operations are also provided through agricultural associations.

At the same time, the level of military construction of the Red Arrow Star is also very low. There are only a few million troops for two billion people, and the heavy equipment is even more sparse, mainly light infantry.

The imperial tax of the Red Arrow Star is negotiated by many people from the Agricultural Association. These large agricultural enterprises seize every trade opportunity. On the one hand, they use grain to pay the annual imperial tax of 200 million; they also use grain trade. , in exchange for various industrial products needed by the planet, especially agricultural production machines. The development level of Red Arrow Star is not high, and there is almost no industrial level. But generally speaking, the inhabitants of the planet are doing pretty well. They have a high share of grain. Although most of it has been taken away by agricultural companies and farmers, the remaining portion can also provide food and drink for many agricultural workers.

Gu Hang had really thought about how to capture the Red Arrow Star before, but found it very difficult.

The people in these agricultural companies are all rich and have no special ambitions at all. They just farm on their own one-third of an acre of land. Nothing special has ever happened on the planet that would allow anyone to intervene.

Although their military strength is very weak, Gu Hang can defeat them with just a wave of his hand. But this is an imperial world, and there is no way to fight without enough reasons.

What's more, on the Red Arrow Star, the main output is food, and the output is very simple. Gu Hang didn't seem to have to get it, as long as the trade continued and the Red Arrow Star bought the agricultural output other than the imperial tax, and dumped industrial products at the same time.

Although Gu Hang has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder about "map coloring", it has reached this level. He really wants to plant the alliance flag on all the planets in the entire sector.

Considering practical factors, Red Arrow Star is really the type that can be inserted or not.

Gu Hang was right to think so, but he did not expect that after he became famous in the sector, the alliance system expanded rapidly, and he took the position of the leader of the sector, he would bring a lot of influence to these rich people on the Red Arrow Star. What a shock.

Gu Hang didn't want to trouble them, he just wanted to do business, but he didn't tell them this, and the wealthy locals didn't know what Gu Hang was thinking.

Even if they say it, they may not feel at ease.

The envoys from the Red Arrow Star Agricultural Association came to Feiying Star with an uneasy mentality, met with Governor Gu, and put forward their demands:

We want to join the alliance!

This time, Gu Hang was amused.

I haven’t done anything yet, so you just want to join me, is that okay?

However, these wealthy locals did not join unconditionally.

Before sending the envoys, they conducted some research on the alliance system.

They have one of the biggest psychological obstacles to joining the alliance - the alliance will 'confiscate' almost all means of production and monopolize all output. Whether it is the boss or the workers and farmers below, they will all be assigned a rank and receive benefits according to the corresponding rank.

They definitely couldn't accept this, it would be more uncomfortable for them than killing them.

However, they are really afraid of death.

Although, in their assessment, it was basically certain that Gu Hang was unlikely to take military action directly against the Red Arrow Star, but with Gu Hang's current capabilities, it would not require military action at all to defeat the Red Arrow Star.

As long as trade is cut off, or even just harsh price negotiations are carried out, the blow will be fatal to a planet like theirs whose output is very single.

So, with gloomy faces, these rich people from the Red Arrow Star came up with a plan.

They saw that there are also some private enterprises in the alliance system. That is more likely to happen on Raging Owl. In order to avoid the rigidity of the system, the alliance government has opened up opportunities for people to start their own businesses.

When people see an entrepreneurial opportunity, they can retain their rank, retain their benefits, and then start a business, and they can even get some support from the coalition government. But on this basis, they have to sign a contract with the government and make performance commitments. Then, they can recruit troops. The workers and employees they recruit also enjoy rank benefits and allowances, which are equivalent to wages paid by the government.

This is equivalent to opening a new state-owned enterprise.

If the results of starting a business are not good, the rank will drop, or even fall sharply, and you may not have the same position when you come back; if you do well, the rank will rise rapidly, and part of the profits from starting the business will be rewarded to the corresponding entrepreneur - in fact, It is equivalent to income beyond tax. Moreover, the government will also provide strong support for successful companies who want to expand their business.

However, under the alliance system, successful cases of such entrepreneurship are basically concentrated in small-scale, non-key industries.

The smallest one is a husband and wife team opening a breakfast shop; the higher one thinks there is a business opportunity somewhere, so they open a store or supermarket and hire three or five people; the bigger one is a transportation company, or they feel that the current market of clothing design is overwhelming. A clothing factory...

It was from this policy that the wealthy locals of Red Arrow saw opportunities.

They wanted to join the alliance to avoid being squeezed to death and targeted, and they didn't want to lose their current property, so they came up with this wild idea.

They all also obtain ranks according to the rules of the alliance and according to the scale of the industry they manage; the farmers and workers under their command will also all have ranks and receive welfare subsidies according to the alliance standards. At the same time, they all gained the status of entrepreneurs and could enjoy the excess profits from their agricultural companies or farms.

They also promised to accept the jurisdiction of the alliance system. If they do well, their ranks will rise, and with the support of the alliance, the scale can be expanded and their profits will be higher; Those who fail to cope with natural disasters and reduce production as a result of natural disasters must bear the risk at their own risk. They may be downgraded in rank or reduced in scale when necessary. In the worst cases, they may even be shut down and handed over to others to manage.

To put it bluntly, in the past, market competition naturally led to these results, but now there is an additional layer of alliance jurisdiction and acceptance of alliance regulation.

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I said I would be on a business trip for a week, but I didn’t say I would stop updating for a week... It’s just that the updates may be unstable, but I still want to get perfect attendance, and it’s all money!

And then there’s the situation on this business trip… I had a bit of a sore throat the night before, but I thought it was nothing at first. Yesterday I was tired from flying and traveling, and was exposed to wind and rain. The temperature difference between the two places was huge. I wore very thick clothes. After landing, I was sweating at 20 degrees Celsius. I quickly took off my clothes. The wind blew and cooled me, but I couldn't bear it at night. , dizziness, vomiting, and sore throat worsened. I originally wanted to update it last night but didn’t finish it.

Get up today, good guy, and just have a low-grade fever.

The good news is that I don’t have to do any more work, and I’m lying in bed in the hotel. The bad news is that I took medicine and slept all day long, and I feel weak all over. The antipyretic medicine took effect for a while, but the fever continued after a while...

I barely managed to finish this chapter.

Later, I will try my best to write as much as I can and strive to maintain perfect attendance. If you owe more, you will not be able to repay it for the time being...

Go back to sleep...

(End of this chapter)