Chapter 3439 Looking for resentment
The other party told the clan of the family that it was obviously ridiculing. Pat was not angry and walked to the seat he chose with his cup. "Hastyness means not reaching. Running too fast, it is easy to get into trouble."
He said Benito narrowed his eyes. The Lillard family suffered a small loss not long ago. One of their fleets chose a strange route because they were in a hurry. Because the ship was loaded with a batch of goods that were very popular after the war in the Olps. However, due to the huge fluctuations in the establishment of the Expeditionary Force Command, the things needed to be transported before time, otherwise there might be losses. However, unexpectedly, the fleet was attacked in the middle. Although nothing happened, it was delayed. In the end, the transaction did not obtain the expected profit, and many people were punished by the Council.
I also know that using my butt, it must be the only one who makes trouble.
Benito immediately wanted to fight back, but another voice blocked his words.
"Silent!"
Everyone immediately stood up, because the door on the other side of the hall was opening, and a warm white light could be seen in the crack of the door, which seemed to lead to a brighter and warmer world.
Everyone was silent, all eyes were looking around.
"Company Commander Talos is here!"
A moment later, amid the sound of light footsteps, a giant wearing silver-gray, gloomy blue lightning-patterned power armor walked in from the open door, came to the round table, then took off his helmet, exposed his hairless and pale face, and glanced at everyone with his dark eyes. "It's all here, and it turns out that businessmen have the good habit of arriving early."
As he said, he put his helmet on the table.
"Then I will go straight to the topic. This time I will talk to you about cooperation on behalf of our leader of the battle. Since the bloody hundred days, the Orps Star Zone has been devastated and on the verge of collapse. Although we won the battle in Amara in the end, the losses caused have been irreversible. Now our leader of the battle is planning to illuminate the Fosun Zone, so he organized an expeditionary force. However, the expeditionary force needs a rear that can provide stable supply of troops, equipment and supplies. It is imperative to rebuild the Orps. According to the leader of the battle, everything must first be stable. Starting from the beginning of life and economy, only stable society and circulating trade can produce stable output. However, due to war and turmoil, many merchants and guilds fled the star zone. Now Olps' business activities are very in decline. The galaxy trade volume within the star zone has decreased by 76% compared with before the war, and the trade volume outside the star zone has decreased by 85% compared with before the war. "
In fact, everyone present knows this number, even these five companies have business in Olps, but they have basically evacuated after a bloody 100 days. After all, it seemed that the Olps star zone had almost no power to resist.
"Although the Expeditionary Force Command has relevant reconstruction and development plans, as our leader said, the civilian business power is irreplaceable, and if Olps wants to recover quickly, it must be supplemented by external resources. An important reason for choosing the five of you is that you all have the qualifications and abilities to immigrate commercially."
The so-called commercially immigrant is a relatively concealed title, usually referring to those governors who are short of money, "reasonable" and "compliant" The law uses the excess population under its command to sign immigration agreements with certain merchants to transfer part of the population to where they need it. Similarly, these merchants will also sign contracts with certain organizations or planets that require population, and even the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send a certain number of immigrants to designated planets. Especially in some areas with weak administrative power, the Ministry of Internal Affairs' colonial activities rely heavily on merchants because the imperial merchant fleet has no ability to send colonial fleets here at all, and only profit-seeking merchants will come.
Then, Taros raised his hand slightly, and several servants came over and put down a data board in front of each of them.
"This is the first phase of cooperation plan and order. You can take a look and consider it."
Entering the topic, everyone acted quickly, and Pat also opened the data board as soon as possible and carefully browsed the text on it. There are many entries, but to summarize it, there are only a few points.
The Shang Dynasty wanted to rebuild its trade routes and networks in Orps, especially foreign trade routes, and the Governor (Expeditionary Force Command) would provide them with all conveniences to establish business stations and offices.
Whether outside or within the star area, all trades are settled using proge coins.
A considerable merchant fleet must be maintained on the planet, at least the number of large transport ships or armed merchant ships must be more than 120, and these merchant ships need to provide assistance to the expeditionary forces if necessary.
The markets of each galaxy in the star region will be basically open, but a certain proportion of tax will be charged according to the type of trade.
It can undertake part of the logistics transfer tasks of the Expeditionary Force, and the price is determined according to the type and scale of the task.
When looking at this series of things, Pat's expression was a bit solemn, because no matter how he looked at it, it seemed that he regarded merchants as a great injustice.
Although there is something to ensure the safety of the route, provide cheap warehousing equipment and port berths, it is like making money from nothing.
Until he saw the following few.
Can take over some subsequent reconstruction orders for the Light of Fosun
In-depth collaborators are eligible to purchase unowned lands of Fosun, and even part of the planet as a whole.
This made Pat's brow slightly relax. In the empire, real estate is not valuable, but real estate that can be developed is valuable. Since the Expeditionary Force is going to carry out the liberation movement, many planets recaptured will be quickly filled with immigrants, and the real estate of those planets will appreciate rapidly. The profits are incalculable, not to mention the purchase of the entire planet, and it seems that it can be paid with propellant coins. This is a bit interesting.
The Shangshang Rangers are not just merchants, they are also plunderers and pioneers. In fact, the founder of the Orps Star Zone is a Shangshang Ranger. The name of the Star Zone is named after his dynasty. When necessary, the Shangshang Rangers will also be transformed into feudal lords, rule one or many worlds, and form some small colonial sites on the edge of the empire.
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"Sir."
The first thing to speak was Goal, who surprised Pat, who also frowned and said a question that everyone was considering.
"No organization or individual in the empire has ever collected any taxes from merchants. We gallop across the starry sea in the name of the emperor. The merchant license gives us the privilege of free navigation and trade without any restrictions."
Tax is almost absurd for merchants. The merchant ronin with licenses has huge privileges. In the power structure of the empire, they have the same status as the admirals, judges and the commanders of the space war. Even once they reach the territory of the empire, all the power structures are decided by the merchant ronin alone.
Therefore, the official act of taxation cannot be imposed on them. They are institutionally outlawed people, and the only thing that can restrain them is death.
If someone asks people for taxes or other fees to pay, it will be considered an insult. Although people in the business world do not have actual political authority, they can respond with violence, which is also the lowest logic of the Imperial Game of Thrones - when armed merchant ships blow away the ungrateful space station of the planetary governor, unless there are people like the judge who can stand up, the governor can only swallow this anger.