Chapter 270: Rich as a Country
Some researchers were still hesitant, while others looked at the head of the department, wanting him to make a decision.
But there is nothing to hesitate about. If you don't do it, you will be considered killed now.
Even though no one knows what kind of monster will be created when the five injections of medicine are put in, this is the only way to do it.
On the other side, Portman's president and vice president were assassinated, and the entire country had no one to talk to.
In other words, everyone is a talker, and the result is chaos.
Large-scale pirate attacks were reported from all directions in the vast Portman territory.
These pirates, these ships of the Marauder Empire seemed to be here for team building.
The pirates who were originally scattered all over the universe all swarmed towards Portman, which temporarily stretched Portman's defense power.
However, they continued to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall. As the number of pirates increased, the situation finally became completely out of control.
After the initial chaos, Portman's Congress urgently established a diplomatic team to go to the Reaver Empire to understand the situation.
"We pay the protection fee every year. You must have changed your rules, right?"
Generally speaking, various countries have no good solutions to this kind of predator empire.
When they gather together, they can still be the whip of God that can sweep across the universe. The empire of the Great Khan sweeps across the world, scattering stars all over the sky, and no country is bothered by it.
They are like nomads, they do not live on a planet and do not produce.
Their homes are just spaceships. If they want something, they just grab it, and then they run away.
Other national organizations occupied their capitals, and the war was basically over.
When dealing with these predator empires, they run around with their capitals, and they fly to nowhere after a hyperspace jump.
There is no fixed location for the capital, which means there is nothing anyone can do against them.
Therefore, most countries will choose to accept their blackmail.
Because if you don't accept it, they will come to you for team building.
A large number of merchant ships were robbed, and the impact of the interruption of trade routes cannot be measured by money.
Many planets have chosen large-scale production. Each planet only produces one or two kinds of materials. Raw materials and other things need to be transported from other planets.
Pirates robbed the trade routes, and if there was no timely rescue, it was not unheard of for people on the entire planet to starve to death.
"You did pay the protection fee, and you paid twice as much."
The author's Imperial pirate who was responsible for receiving Portman's diplomatic envoy smiled.
After hearing what the other party said, the members of Congress in Portman were all angry.
"Then what do you mean? Do you really think that we, Portman, are easy to bully? If we are cornered, we will send out all the troops to surround you. Even if you keep running away, where can you go?"
However, the pirates from the Predator Empire just smiled at the other party's words.
"This sentence is wrong. You sent out all the troops to encircle and suppress us. What about your homeland defense? What will Field think?"
As soon as these words came out, Congressman Portman was dumbfounded.
However, the other party did not care too much about this issue.
He always maintained a kind face, but the words he said with this kind expression made everyone feel cold.
"Under normal circumstances, we will not plunder countries that pay protection fees on time. But just as you ask us to plunder the human complex, we will naturally listen to whoever can pay a higher price. ”
"You mean, someone offered you a higher price to rob us?"
The congressman said slightly surprised. To be honest, he wasn't surprised that someone was trying to mess with Portman with money.
He was even more surprised by who the other party was?
Paying such a large amount of money just to let them be robbed by pirates?
During the entire process, the other party did not gain the slightest benefit.
It can be said that he really killed a thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses.
Because Portman has a vast territory and high-value merchant ships everywhere, their protection fees are also terrifyingly high.
But there is no way.
If you don't pay this protection fee, whether you raise an army to encircle and suppress us, or let the other party rob you, the losses will only be greater.
But who would be willing to spend such a large amount of money just to make Portman feel sick?
The congressman's first thought was Field.
But then he remembered that Field didn't seem to have paid any protection fees to the Predator Empire.
Their armies have been at war with the Reaver Empire, and their lands have been plundered by the other side.
But Field can handle it.
One is because they have abundant martial virtue and almost all the people are soldiers, and the other is because they have very few merchant ships in the country.
Not only were there few merchant ships, which were troublesome to find, but their value was low, so even if they were low, there were also a bunch of military guards.
After robbing it several times, the Predator Empire was no longer interested.
A fat sheep like Portman is easy to slaughter.
"It's a mysterious man. In the past, they have not paid protection fees, but this time they made up all the money at once, and issued a large reward for all merchant ships in Portman's country."
"Once we rob your merchant ship and make money once, the mysterious man over there will give us another sum of money. When the profit is large enough, it will be the same whether it is a capitalist or a pirate."
The other person's words left him speechless.
Indeed, as long as enough money is paid and the profit is large enough, there are many people who can behead people.
The only question is, who paid so much money to buy Portman's "life".
You must know that Bo Miao's protection fee is terrifyingly high.
Field's funding?
But Field’s own economic size is much smaller than Portman’s.
Ding Dong Sheng, who is poor in his own country, belongs to an existence where even a mouse will leave with a sigh when it enters the door.
And they spent so much money just to disgust Portman?
What's wrong with having so much money? Why not do something that would hurt both sides and let the Predator Empire take all the benefits?
"How much will they pay? We, Portman, will pay double the price. Stop the looting, or we will go to war."
After reaching a consensus with the Congress, the diplomatic team said to the people of the Predator Empire.
"Double?"
Hearing this sentence, the pirate should have taken it for granted.
After all, Portman is one of the richest countries in the entire Eastern Galaxy.
In terms of military strength, Field may still be able to compete with him, but in terms of economic size, Field cannot catch up with him even if it is ten times, or even more exaggerated, 20 times or 30 times.
In this case, although Portman has a large amount of money that does not belong to the state but to individuals, tax evasion is also very common.
But with the huge economy here, even if only a small amount of tax is collected, it is still an unimaginable figure for other countries.
(End of chapter)