Chapter 458: Will you sign or not?

Chapter 458: Will you sign or not?
The situation in the war has definitely improved, and there seems to be no sign of defeat for the time being. However, the expansion of the scope of the war has also put greater economic pressure on the alliance.

As for the navy, it's actually okay. Anyway, it has to maintain a fleet of that size, and the manufacturing project of new ships has never stopped.

However, the expenditure on the army is huge.

The ground war on the two planets in the Temir system has not stopped at all. Although the intensity has dropped a bit, the overall scale is there, and money cannot be spent any less.

After the ground battlefield also started in the Tongguan Sector, the Alliance Army began to further increase troops to multiple planets in the sector; after the Wuma Sector was attacked, the Alliance Army must also increase troops to ensure safety.

These all increase costs.

Another surge in consumption was military assistance to many planets in a state of war, which cost the alliance a lot of money.

These military assistance include direct support of weapons, equipment and ammunition. Each planet receiving assistance can directly establish an army with a fairly good level of equipment to fight side by side with the Alliance Army, or under the management of officers dispatched by the Alliance. Combat.

In addition to direct weapons and equipment support, the alliance will also provide a large amount of industrial production assistance. The core is to help those planets establish and restore their own industrial production capabilities, especially heavy industry and military industry.

This is intended to strengthen the war potential of each planet and strive to make them self-sufficient in military weapons.

Only by spending money first can we coordinate plans later, provide suitable jobs, and 'stuff' them into the alliance's war factories to bring out their due value...

It would definitely be best if these planets could form a sufficiently reliable resistance force on their own territory with the assistance of the Alliance.

Providing housing, food, and interstellar population transportation... these things all cost money.

Of course, the alliance is still developing at a high speed. However, Gu Hang is still a little dissatisfied with this development speed.

But you have to spend money.

Gu Hang certainly did not want to use this strategy that would seriously affect the efficiency of the alliance's development.

Alliance Prime Minister Oceana even specifically told Gu Hang once about the government-led plan to launch a second-level mobilization order.

That does still exist.

Today, the alliance is still in a standard level three mobilization state, which is the degree of partial mobilization.

He was always thinking about whether there was any other way.

Up to now, even though all the imperial taxes that should be paid by the entire Qima Land have been gathered into the hands of the Alliance, it is gradually becoming unable to withstand it.

For now, it seems to be barely enough. But in the future, if we continue to expand the scale of the war or even launch a large-scale counterattack, the entire economy will definitely be severely dragged down.

He is not dissatisfied with the work of the coalition government. He understands that this is due to practical factors, and we must insist on development without considering objective conditions. This will force the government officials below to exaggerate and falsify data, which will be a worse situation.

Moreover, during this period of time, the cumulative number of people transferred from the Jinguan Star District and the Tongguan Star District was calculated in the hundreds of millions.

Currently, two-thirds of the alliance's total financial revenue of over 38 billion is provided by the Tianma Sector. Ten billion is the imperial tax that should be paid, and more than 13 billion is serious fiscal revenue.

Manpower mobilization will not reach the second level, but the economic bill may have to reach the second level, which is equivalent to a wartime economic model.

Human resources are of course also valuable resources. However, in the early stages, the alliance still needs to spend money to resettle these people.

Of course, it is actually very difficult to achieve this level, but one thing is that it can at least reduce dependence on external assistance from the alliance as much as possible. In this case, it can also reduce the transportation pressure on the alliance.

All in all, the league is becoming more and more aggressive in spending money.

In fact, this is certainly a more cost-effective approach. If we have to rely entirely on the alliance's direct forces to fight these wars, the cost will obviously be greater, and sending alliance army units to various planets will also take up precious ship resources.

To put it bluntly, this is the impact brought about by the increase in the scale of the war and the lengthening of the battle lines.

What he was dissatisfied with was the direction.

Among the nine worlds in the Tianma Star District, with a population of more than 3 billion, a considerable part of them have actually entered a relatively wealthy situation. Not to mention Feiyi Planet, which is already a developed planet, the Furious Owl Planet where Gu Hang first made his fortune now has a per capita output value of over 3. Even on the poorest and poorest Koroga 1, the current per capita output value is less than %. Passed .

Don't look at this number, it's just the standard level of the empire, but in fact, it depends on what Koruga 3 was like before it was ruled by the alliance - it was only a measly 0.6!

Koruga has really been the engine of the alliance's economic development in recent years. It has a large population and fast economic growth.

The reason is also very simple, too poor.

It is definitely relatively easy to develop from poverty to a relatively normal level, especially with external support.

Looking at Feiyingxing again, the per capita output value has already exceeded 4. In the hands of the alliance over the years, growth has definitely increased, especially the shipbuilding industry, which has been greatly stimulated by the alliance and joined by technology. In , there was further expansion and production increase.

However, Feiyi Star, including the relatively developed Fache Star Three, is definitely not comparable to places like Koroga in terms of economic growth rate.

These developed planets are of course the economic cornerstone of the alliance; however, for further economic growth in the future, if you want to achieve greater scale faster, you cannot rely on them.

A pearl is a pearl, but there must be more bricks and stones to form the base.

The Alliance has tried its best to tap the potential within the Pegasus Sector. However, at this extraordinary moment, there is no need to limit its focus to the Pegasus Sector.

Was the Seven Horse Agreement signed in vain?
The Alliance is not just about sucking blood!

I will definitely repay you in return!

But to give feedback, you have to be obedient. After personally communicating with Oceana, the alliance formulated a series of new policies specifically for those peripheral Seven Horse Agreement worlds.

……

Hippogriff III, an agricultural and mining world with a population of 800 million.

This is a typical raw material production world, relatively poor, but still abundant in materials.

In the past, the main reason for poverty was because of underdeveloped productivity. Although there is a large area of ​​land that can be planted, and there are certain mineral deposits, both planting technology and mining technology are relatively backward.

Not to mention, they were invaded by greenskins.

However, in the past six months, their lives have been relatively prosperous.

The greenskin invasion has been resolved. Although I dare not say that green skins are no longer seen on the entire planet, at least in the main areas of human activity, they are no longer visible. All the green-skin garbage cities on the entire planet have been cleaned up, and all the green-skin ecosystems that were not established for a long time have also suffered a devastating blow. The flames have purified every green-skin contaminated city. An inch of land.

Perhaps, in the future, new green skins will still be found in the wild on this planet from time to time. But as long as we don't relax our vigilance, strengthen our defense, regularly disinfect the area, and use flames to burn any place where green skin has appeared, then the problem will not become more serious.

The entire planet seems to have returned to normal life.

The Alliance has stationed a division here for a long time to provide protection; in addition to the framework of the Seven Horses Agreement, the Alliance has sent military and economic supervisors to control the development of the entire planet... But other than these, their lives seem to be Really restored to before the war.

Although he was still quite poor, he still had to pay imperial taxes, it was just a matter of changing the person to whom he paid them. But at least, the threat of war seems to have gone away, and there is no need to worry about the green-skinned army suddenly coming one day, destroying the farm and massacring the residents.

But the planetary governor of Hippogriff III, Larin Urich, has been a little troubled recently.

Alliance diplomats made a 'proposal' to him.

And until now, he has not decided whether he wants to accept it or not.

But time is running out.

Alliance diplomats came up again.

"Governor Ulrich, you have to give me an answer now." Wu Yang, an alliance diplomat, stood in front of him.

This female diplomat, who graduated from Wing Star Grammar School, looks particularly young. She wears glasses, is elegant, and has the charm of an intellectual woman that Ulrich rarely saw in Hippogriff III.

Her smile was gentle and not too aggressive, but Ulrich was still particularly afraid of seeing this girl.

He really didn't know how to deal with Wu Yang's problem.

But there is no escape.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Wu Yang asked again: "You told me last time that you would give me a reply today. I have waited until this time, and I specially fought with my superiors for this, otherwise the deadline should be two That’s right.”

After a pause, Wu Yang continued: "Besides, I don't understand why you are hesitant or entangled. The alliance wants to provide direct financial assistance to Hippogriff III and help Hippogriff III establish more efficient agricultural production and Mining production, and being able to build a range of industrial capabilities based on those two industries... What's the harm in that?"

Ulrich sighed and said: "If that's all, then of course it's a great thing. But... what's the price?"

Before Wu Yang could speak, Urich quickly added a few words: "Of course, I don't mean to blame the Alliance... But let's be honest. The Alliance helped us eliminate the invading greenskins. Orcs, of course we are very grateful. Moreover, we Hippogriffs also know that the war is far from over. Although there is no more fighting on Hippogriff III, countless alliance warriors are still in the sector. The peace of Hippogriff III cannot be sustained without the alliance."

"However, we have not paid nothing. We have also made our own contribution to this war. We handed over more than ten percent of our annual output, which is more than the imperial tax; we will All of their own armies have been transformed into the Allied Forces in accordance with the provisions of the Seven-Horse Agreement and are subject to the deployment of the alliance. "

"We have no complaints about this. This is the price of our peace. The hippogriffs understand that the two are equal."

"The Alliance wants to increase its efforts to provide financial assistance to Hippogriff III. Of course, we are too late to be happy. But I know that there is never a free lunch in this world. So I ask, what is the price? What is the price? Higher taxes? Or other political rights? Let’s negotiate a price, a clear price, which is good for everyone.”

Wu Yang chuckled lightly and said: "The price? The price is that the people on the entire planet will live a better life from now on; the price is that the entire planet can produce more output and can support the frontline war. That's it. ”

Ulrich retorted ruthlessly: "It's not that simple, right? Aren't you going to implement your rank system in Hippogriff III?"

"Yes, is there any problem with this?" Wu Yang asked, spreading his hands. "The alliance's assistance and investment will establish many modern farms and modern mines. Eagle Horse III uses resources, land, and manpower as input, and the alliance uses Technology, products, and equipment are inputs, and management methods, personnel benefits, and salaries are distributed according to the alliance. Is it reasonable? "

Ulrich was silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "I have been very candid, but Ambassador Wu Yang, you are not candid enough. How about I make my words more straightforward. When we get to the Hippogriff III, there will be alliance aid everywhere. In other words, after the farms, mines, factories and even cities jointly invested and built by both parties, most of the output comes from those cooperative places. People there obtain ranks and accept the management of the alliance in accordance with the alliance's system... and that also requires planets What does the government do?”

Wu Yang smiled and said: "Isn't this good? You don't know what the alliance's rank means. People will get better living security, they will have more output, and the planetary government will also save a lot of management pressure , accomplish multiple things with one stone!”

Ulrich had almost lost the will to continue to pester, and he asked directly: "What about me? What can I get?"

Wu Yang seemed to have heard a joke: "You? You are the one who has gained the most! You are the governor of Hippogriff III. This cannot be changed. The entire planet has developed, and you have gained an entire more developed world! Isn't this enough?"

"That wouldn't be my world!"

"It seems we need to confirm a question: Do you regard the entire world as your private property? This world belongs to the empire, and you are only its lifelong manager. From the empire's perspective, it will always be the empire's world. ; From your point of view, you will always be its manager. Has anything changed?

Ulrich was suddenly speechless.

Wu Yang restrained his smile and said solemnly: "I have also introduced to you a series of treatment and arrangements for the planetary governor by the Alliance. If you are unsure about anything, I can explain it to you again. Speaking from my personal perspective Look, that is already a very generous treatment. Your current living standard is not comparable to the treatment provided by the alliance. However, we are really running out of time. Today, today, you must give me an answer. "

"Do you want to sign the Seven-Malaysia Economic Complex Bill or not?"

(End of this chapter)