Chapter 761, Finance and Development
Chapter 761, Finance and Development
The Spider Web Universe has truly suffered greatly from the war, and almost every star region in its entirety has suffered the disaster of war.
And if there was any disaster more devastating than war, it was the subsequent insect swarm.
The Alliance fought well on the southern front, and nothing serious happened in the Proud Claw Star Region, so it recovered quickly.
There were fewer wars in the Jingjie star field that was subsequently taken over by the Alliance, but the subsequent insect pest problem was not small. However, it was controlled in the early stages. Although it is still losing money now, the population remains relatively large and the loss amount is relatively small, so it will soon be able to turn losses into profits.
As for the other star regions, the problem was even bigger. The three star regions on the western front were repeatedly fought between the Empire and the Iron Armor Army; the four star regions on the northern front were not as fiercely fought as on the western front, but the swarm disaster was even more serious than on the western front due to the wrong strategy on the northern front.
The worst, of course, is the Princess Star Region.
It can be seen from the population.
The Dragon Eagle Star Region has a population of 1.2 trillion, and the Menghe Star Region has a population of 1 trillion, which are both normal population sizes for an ordinary star region. The twelve star regions in the Spider Web Universe should be of similar size.
Even more.
For example, before the war, the population of the Princess Star Region should have been more than three trillion, and the population of the Alfonzo Space Region should have been two trillion. The populations of the others should all be more than one trillion.
But in fact, except for the Alfonzo star field, which has a large population, the population of all other star fields is less than one trillion. Even the Alfonzo universe field has only 1.4 trillion.
The worst-off Princess Star Domain was supposed to be the cream of the Spider Web Universe, but now it has only 2570 billion people.
In addition to the sharp decline in population, industries across the country were also devastated.
These are the effects of war.
However, once they are destroyed, they are destroyed. If the population has plummeted, it has plummeted. If the alliance wants, they can intensify the exploitation of the remaining people and use the remaining industries to drain the resources.
After all, the war is over, there is always money to be made. If it really doesn't work, if you can't feed them, just give them food to eat, don't let them freeze to death or starve to death, and then pull them all onto the ship and pay them to the empire as blood tax, isn't that the end of it?
But the alliance did not do so. Instead, it squeezed out a lot of financial expenditure and poured it into these worlds.
The purpose is to quickly restore the vitality of the Spider Web Universe.
If they force their way into it, the Alliance will have to take control of the Spider Web Universe. What for?
The purpose of taking down those star regions was to paint well on the almost empty white paper after the war.
Of course, doing so is destined to be bitter before sweet.
The so-called hardship is not just financial pressure, but also pressure on the entire political governance.
The post-war reconstruction work of the planets that were destroyed into pieces certainly did not need to face the counterattack of the original forces on the planets. Even if they still existed, their power was greatly reduced, and in the process of retaking and rebuilding the planets, they were supported and controlled by the alliance and could not cause any trouble.
But at the same time, without those local forces, it means that the alliance can no longer make use of the wealth of various forces that should have existed on the planet. Not only does it have to rebuild its own government system from scratch, but many places really have to be rebuilt from scratch.
Fortunately, many planets still have the "Insect Control Office" that dealt with the insect swarm infection. With the Insect Control Office as the foundation, building a new management system will reduce the difficulty a little. When fighting against the parasitic infestation, in order to be able to use the manpower and material resources of the planet locally, some emergency reconstruction work was also carried out. Although the main part, in terms of basic necessities such as food, medicine, and munitions, there is no time to develop more advanced productivity, but it is more or less a foundation.
But it is precisely because of this blank that after the "bitter" period, there is sweetness. This is also what Ossena wants to focus on after describing the overall situation of the alliance, which is the alliance's development plan for the next two years.
It is divided into two parts, one part is the Dragon Eagle star field.
This is the core area of the alliance. Although it accounts for less than one-tenth of the population, it accounts for more than 30% of the total output value.
There are four star regions that make money in the alliance's finances, but to put it bluntly, the three star regions of Proud Claw, Menghe, and Alfonzo only make a little money. It's true that there are some fiscal surpluses, but they can't affect the overall situation. Only the Dragon Eagle star region, with a fiscal surplus of 1.3 trillion, can almost be said to support the entire alliance on its own.
Not only does it bear the heavy responsibility of paying taxes for the empire, but it also relies almost entirely on the Dragon Eagle Star Domain's huge production capacity and financial surplus to sustain the alliance's massive military expenditures and the financial support for the nine loss-making star regions.
The further development of the Dragon Eagle Star Region is inevitable.
In fact, many of the Alliance’s major capacity upgrades, especially the large-scale production and application of various new advanced technologies produced by the Alliance Central Research Institute (the black box factory led by Wu Jiarong), were pioneered by the Dragon Eagle Star Region.
From scientific research, to shipbuilding, to the production of cutting-edge war weapons, to the manufacture of advanced engineering machinery, to the development and manufacture of advanced energy... who else but us can do this in the Dragon Eagle Star Region?
At the same time, some low-end industries were moved outward as much as possible while ensuring the overall employment rate in the Dragon Eagle Star Region.
To be honest, Dragon Eagle Star Region is the most efficient and profitable company in these so-called low-end industries. The scale is large, but the key is that the industry categories are complete, and the upstream and downstream supply chains are very complete, which gives it a strong cost and scale advantage.
But industrial upgrading is inevitable. On the one hand, the brothers who are crying out for food outside need to get a share of the profits. On the other hand, even the so-called low-end industries that remain in the Dragon Eagle Star Region need to be further upgraded.
Take the simplest raw material processing industries as an example. With higher-level engineering machinery and production lines, whether it is metal smelting or primary processing of chemical products, the manpower input will be reduced and efficiency will be improved.
The surplus manpower can be invested in the tertiary industry if it is no longer sufficient.
More output from the cultural industry, service industry, and luxury goods industry can make money on the one hand, and on the other hand, allow residents of the heavy industry and pillar industries in the Dragon Eagle Star Region to have a better quality of life.
Even in agriculture, it is necessary to take the path of large-scale farms and efficient production. Various latest agricultural gene technologies and agricultural machinery can make the production efficiency of breeding and planting industries higher. Even in several key agricultural worlds in the Jiangmeiyu Star Region, the Alliance has extravagantly brought out climate reconstruction technology.
Using climate reconstruction to revive a dead planet is costly and not very meaningful; however, using this technology to further adjust the climate of a planet that already has good natural conditions to make it more suitable for agricultural development would be much cheaper.
And if there are wealthy engineers in the Dragon Eagle star field, whether they are in bioengineering, mechanical engineering or any other field, they can be sent to other star fields to provide technical poverty alleviation, which can also be quite effective.
The increasingly crowded ascending channel in the Dragon Eagle Star Domain can also relieve some of the pressure in this way.
In short, the Dragon Eagle Star Region is basically following the past path and continuing to move forward in the direction of higher precision and higher efficiency.
As for the other thirteen star regions, the emphasis is on turning losses into profits as quickly as possible, and the goal must be to "develop productivity" and no crooked means should be used.
Alliance officials sent to various star fields, star regions, and even planets all carry clear indicators and strict orders.
They will receive full support from the Dragon Eagle Star Region and the Alliance, and their output value will be increased!
(End of this chapter)
