The Plunderer Empire?
Zheng Gan was also stunned when he heard the news about the Human Alliance. If he remembered correctly, the Plunderer Empire seemed to be a mid-term event in the game.
There has always been a group of plundering forces in the starry sea. These forces are somewhat similar to the nomadic peoples in human history, except that these forces did not have a unified regime before, and each acted independently, a bit like a large space pirate group.
Then, in the middle stage of the Stellar Game, a Great Khan of Destiny will appear among the plunderer forces to unify all the plunderer tribes to form a plunderer empire, and notify all the star forces.
Either you choose to pay tribute or be declared at war, which is a bit similar to the feeling of Mongolia.
In the game, the Plunderer Empire is not too strong, but it is not something that ordinary civilizations can deal with. As far as the star forces known to Zheng Gan are concerned, no independent interstellar force can compete head-on with the Great Khan. Even the human alliance with strong martial virtues cannot do it at this stage.
Although the current situation is still unclear, Zheng Gan always feels that the recent series of events have the shadow of a giant enterprise, and Aguero Dodge's appearance in New Lilius is definitely not as ordinary as it seems.
Regarding the fact that after the withdrawal of the Megacorp in the late stage of the Suramo Rebellion, small civilizations across the starry sea began to experience internal rebellions one after another, Zheng Gan even suspected that there must have been communication between the Megacorp and the Great Khan.
However, these are Zheng Gan’s personal guesses and cannot be confirmed.
The trouble now is that given Suramo's current situation, it will be impossible to resist if it is really attacked by the Plunderer Empire.
The Kingdom of Suramo now serves as a barrier for Zheng Gan's Gouchen Star System. If the Suramo territory is breached by the Plunderer Empire, the Gouchen Star System will be completely exposed to the Plunderer Empire's military force. In this way, Zheng Gan will definitely not be able to defend his own foundation.
Not only Zheng Gan understood the principle of "lips and teeth are interdependent", but Lilius also knew it.
After exchanging glances, the two immediately understood what the other meant.
"All the star systems within fifty light years of the Gouchen galaxy towards the Sulamo tribe will be your territory, Old Zheng!"
Lilius was quite generous in his move. Although the distance of fifty light years was only fifty light years in one direction towards the Suramo tribe, it was also a considerable fan-shaped area in terms of the border line of the Suramo tribe.
As long as Zheng Gan obtains these territories, he can use them to establish a fourth human force independent of the existing three human forces. This temptation is indeed huge.
However, this cannot be regarded as Lilius selling out the inherent territory of the Suramo people. In the interstellar era, there are also high seas and sea control rights in the starry sea.
At present, the closest star to the Suramo tribe's frontier planet is about thirty light-years away, and the farthest is a full four hundred light-years away. Therefore, according to the Suramo tribe's territorial map, the territory allocated to Zheng Gan only needs to give up a small amount of remote star fields. More importantly, the Suramo tribe allows Zheng Gan the right to explore, mine and colonize outside the Suramo tribe's territory.
Don't think that this kind of right is unimportant. Take the Human Union for example. The actual area controlled by the Human Union is only about one hundred light years in three-dimensional space, but the actual territory of the starry sea claimed by the Human Union is more than six hundred light years, and this number is still expanding.
The People's Union will not fortify these claimed territories and has no colonies. Therefore, if it is a simple voyage or even a passage for war, the People's Union will theoretically not intervene.
But if you colonize or exploit privately, it would be like declaring war on the Human Alliance!
In other words, Lilius gave Zheng Gan the unowned area that the Suramo tribe was currently unable to govern, which included a well-developed remote planet.
You know, with Zheng Gan's current military force of less than 20,000 warships, it was already a great bargain for him to be able to obtain a star field 50 light years away from the Suramo tribe. Therefore, Zheng Gan just nodded slightly and agreed.
"What are you going to say to the Xilan tribe?"
Without worrying too much, Zheng Gan directly asked the next key question. As a neighbor of the Earth Alliance, the Xilan tribe's territory is at a safe distance in the starry sea. Logically speaking, as long as other civilizations on the front line do not collapse, this Great Khan incident will not affect him.
Therefore, the 30,000 warships of the Xilan tribe are extremely critical to Lilius and Zheng Gan. As long as the negotiations with the Xilan tribe can proceed smoothly, the probability of the Suramo tribe surviving this crisis will be much greater.
"Since our territories are not related, it is definitely unrealistic to rely on trading with you by selling a certain area in exchange for support. The current plan is probably to sign a series of agreements.
The Xilan tribe is a peaceful race. Aside from a number of economic and scientific research agreements, they have not involved the sovereignty and military issues of the Sulamo tribe."
Lilius said it easily, but Zheng Gan knew that although the Xilan tribe was easy to talk to and the two families were allies, they would not work for nothing. This time, the Suramo tribe had probably invested a huge amount of money.
Patting Lilius on the shoulder, Zheng Gan said with a smile:
"By the way, I haven't congratulated you yet, His Majesty Lilius, the Emperor of the Suramo Clan."
He stood up and lightly punched Zheng Gan in the chest.
"Don't be ridiculous. Once this matter is over, with this fifty-light-year area, won't you also be able to become the master of a starry sea?
Should I call you Chairman, Marshal, or Your Majesty?"
Well...
After hearing what Lilius said, Zheng Gan realized that he seemed to have not yet decided on the political system and name of his power.
After thinking for a while, Zheng Gan shrugged helplessly.
"We'll talk about it later. I'll go back and lie down. I'll arrange the defense then. We have to fight again this time."
Looking at Zheng Gan's receding figure, Lilius was filled with mixed emotions. It was Zheng Gan who saved him from the turbulence of time and space. Now he had used a surprise attack to disrupt the arrangements of the giant enterprise, which was equivalent to saving the entire Suramo tribe in disguise.
It has to be said that Zheng Gan is really a destined benefactor for Lilius.
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After leaving Lilius, Zheng Gan returned to the fleet and met Luo Ji and others.
The first thing to do now is to determine the star field of the teleportation portals to the next few worlds. This star field will become the most core area of Zheng Gan, and the plane star gates for transmission will also be fixed as a transit station for all worlds.
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