Chapter 382, damn rebellion!
"Iron Curtain Queen, long time no see."
Ispsisi waved her hand and said, "There is no queen anymore. Just call me Ispsisi."
"I dare not be so disrespectful. Even though we are now in a foreign land, you are still the queen in Promise City."
"I'm just working for the Governor." Ispsi said, "Thanks to the support of all parties, Promise City can be the first hive city to complete the initial reform after Mingyan City. You have also helped a lot in this process. Without you, King Eureka, and the Titans and Knights you personally led to deter those rebellious hearts, I would face more troubles."
The person in front of Ispsi was her fellow countryman, also from another royal family of Black Arrow Star, the current king of the Kingdom of Panpos, and also the leader of the Alliance National Knights.
In comparison, Ispsi, who was also once the ruler of a country on the Black Arrow Star, is in no less a position. She is now the manager of a hive city on Koroja.
The two of them were not familiar with each other before. After all, Eureka was just a prince at the time, and Espsi was already the queen of the Kingdom of Stefano. They had only heard of each other and had no special contact.
But now, when they are all in a foreign land, they all have similar identities and backgrounds: the kings of the past, and now those who serve the alliance, they have a sense of mutual appreciation.
It just so happened that Eureka's mission came to the Promise City managed by Ispsi. After the official mission was completed, he had an idea to come and see his "fellow countryman", so this meeting happened.
Eureka said, "Since you don't want me to call you 'Queen', then don't call me 'King' anymore. There are only two people fighting for the Alliance here. The difference between us is only the way we fight. I drive a knight mech, and you fight as a manager."
"Yes, you are right." After Ispsi agreed, she thought for a moment and said something persuasive: "But even though the Governor has given us complete freedom, we need to have some self-knowledge."
"No matter how upright we are in our hearts, our identities mean that we cannot act recklessly, so we need to be more cautious within the alliance system. We shouldn't have this meeting. Some people in the alliance will complain about it, and it might even cause some people on our home planet who can't see clearly the reality and the future to have some inappropriate thoughts in their hearts."
Eureka rubbed her face, feeling a little tired.
He said: "I know that in the past, I have encountered people who ridiculed me as a traitor who betrayed my motherland; I have also encountered people who said that I had evil intentions and missed my homeland... I fully understand that this is what our identity is destined to be. We are both the former rulers and the current leaders in the alliance... But is this our sin? I have never understood this, I..."
"Okay." Ispsi raised her hand to stop Eureka from continuing, "I don't want to continue this topic. Let's talk about something else."
Eureka let out a long sigh: "Okay, I've said too much. We really shouldn't talk too much about this topic. Let's talk about something else, something happy. I heard that a lot of people have migrated from Mingyan City and Nuoyan City to our hometown, to the Angry Owl Star?"
"Yes, this is indeed a task that all hive cities have been working on. Since we took control of the planet Koroja, in the two years since then, it is estimated that more than 1.5 billion people have migrated to the two planets. The number of people accepted by the Wrathful Owl is larger, about 1 billion; the number accepted by the Black Arrow is relatively small, only 500 million."
Eureka was dumbfounded. It took a long time for him to recover. "I've thought about a lot, but I didn't expect so many... Then, wouldn't all the people on Angry Owl be Korojia? Even on Black Arrow, at least half of the people are Korojia..."
"You are right."
"The Alliance... isn't worried? With such a huge change in the population structure... won't the people of the two planets object?"
"Of course there are, but not as big as imagined. There are too few people on Angry Owl Star. Too many new factories have been built, which require a large population. How much opinion can the natives have? Their quality of life will not change at all. On the contrary, the population growth will bring a larger market, more low-end labor, and a more vibrant society..."
"After the Wrathful Owl Star had a sufficient population, they even set their sights on the dead land of the past - the other two continents filled with waste energy storms. There may not be conditions to build factories, densely populated settlements, or agricultural production there, but the waste energy itself can be considered valuable. The waste energy storms covering the two abandoned continents of the Wrathful Owl Star have gradually subsided in the past few years, and after the waste energy storms stop, the spiritual gas fields will most likely reappear. Those two continents need more people to fill and develop them."
"It's similar on Black Arrow Star. The newly arrived Korojia people have entered the farms of the former lords, current farmers, and farm owners, adding manpower and arable land. The former nobles are very happy because they have cheaper and more abundant labor, even though they have changed from landlords to managers who distribute benefits based on rank. But the 'political achievements' they need to upgrade are measured by output, scale, and population management. More labor and the ability to cultivate more land that they were originally unable to cultivate are of course a happy thing for them."
"As for the common serfs... they are now agricultural workers. But no matter what they are called or when, their opinions are never the most important."
"What's more, most of the Korojia people who migrated to Black Arrow Star went to the factories in the four major industrial centers, or built many new farms and went to the borders of various kingdoms to open up land. Did you know that a freshwater factory center was built on the coastline of your Kingdom of Panbos? Around this new industrial center, many industrial cities were built. They desalinated seawater and built water resource pipelines to the star port that was just built a few years ago as a freshwater export to ease Korojia's water resource pressure. They built many vertical farms around the extra resources from desalination, using soilless planting technology to produce a large amount of food..."
When talking about these things, 'Iron Curtain Lady' became talkative.
Especially when it comes to the changes of Black Arrow Star later on, he knows them like the back of his hand.
Eureka listened very carefully, and finally said: "You still care about Black Arrow Star very much."
Ispsi was silent for a moment, but this time she did not evade the question: "Yes, of course, it is my homeland after all. Since I ascended the throne of queen, I have no family. Now the only ones I can be tied to are my two daughters, who are now studying at the Comprehensive Academy on the Wrathful Owl Star. The only thing left for me to be tied to is my homeland, my homeland."
"Do you think the changes to our home planet and homeland are good?"
"Of course, the homeland is becoming increasingly powerful under the rule of the alliance, there is no doubt about that." Ispsi's words were decisive.
Eureka let out a long sigh. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but the communicator he was wearing suddenly rang at this moment.
He put on his headphones, listened to a few sentences, and his expression quickly became serious.
He said to Espsi, "Iron Curtain Queen, thank you for taking the time to talk to me today. But I have to go now. There is a mission that requires an urgent assembly."
Espsi stood up: "You're welcome."
"Aren't you curious about what it is?"
"I'm curious, but I know that I shouldn't ask or say anything. If it's something I should know, I'll know it soon, right?"
"Yes." Eureka said, "You will indeed get the news about this matter soon, so it's okay for me to tell you earlier: the Fats family has rebelled."
This time, Ispsi was really shocked.
"Rebellion? Is that what I mean by rebellion?"
"Yes, they betrayed the Empire."
"This is really... bad news, for everyone."
"I have to go, bye ma'am."
"goodbye."
After bidding farewell to Eureka, Ispsi sat at her desk and digested the news of the Fats family rebellion. Then she picked up a pen and paper and began to write a report titled:
Report on the exchange with Commander Eureka of the Alliance National Knights.
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Gu Hang glanced at the report, but didn't take its contents seriously.
Such trivial matters were not worth his attention.
Be it Ispsi’s little thoughts or Eureka’s little emotions, they were nothing to him.
I feel a little disappointed, isn't that normal?
As long as he focuses on his work, Gu Hang doesn't bother with those thoughts.
Of course, his indifference does not mean that no one in the alliance takes it seriously. The Ministry of Internal Affairs under the legal department will pay attention to this matter. The instructions written by Gu Hang on the report document are also for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pay attention to.
Then he turned his attention to things that were truly valuable.
Fachers Rebellion.
This matter was initiated by him, but the current situation still caught him off guard.
Although the possibility of a Facheras rebellion was mentioned in the original contingency plan, it was considered unlikely.
Yet, this is what happened.
More than a year ago, a working group from the sector government made great concessions when conducting development measurements and alliance population statistics.
Blatant fraud is definitely not an option. The imperial tax revenue needs to be guaranteed, and officials from the Imperial Taxation Department will conduct reviews and even on-site inspections. Once they find that something is wrong, the sector government will be in big trouble.
But even if we follow the regulations, there are still too many loopholes in the regulations.
The development of Koroja, Wrathful Owl, and Black Arrow were all controlled at level 1. This was not quite reasonable, but it was in compliance.
The shipyard on the Angry Owl was a place with great potential that could be seen at a glance, but after all, when the star district government came to calculate, the shipyard was still under expansion. Although part of the expansion was about to be completed, and even cargo ships like the Flying Pig could be built, it was not yet completed.
The Angry Owl Star, which could have been set to level 2 or even level 3 of development, was controlled at level 1 due to a time difference.
The same is true for Black Arrow Star. It has been in Gu Hang's hands for five years. It was originally a simple agricultural planet. Now the agricultural output value has become more developed due to the intervention of industrialization. The establishment of several industrial centers has also made it have a strong industrial output value. It is also possible to be set to level 2.
But he still relaxed a bit and maintained the development level at 1.
In terms of population, taking advantage of the time difference before Koroja's great migration, the Angry Owl was determined to have only 200 million people - although it increased to 1 billion the following year; the Black Arrow was determined to have 600 million people, and it also expanded to 1 billion the following year.
As for Koroja, it is reasonable to maintain its development level at level 1, but in terms of population, the sector government almost completely recognizes the Alliance's statistics.
At present, the officially registered population of Koroja has dropped to 36.4 billion. The fall of the entire hive city of Fino, as well as the population loss caused by years of war, plague, and cult activities, is huge, and it is conservatively estimated that 2 billion people have been lost.
The additional 2 billion losses were due to the population reduction caused by large-scale population transactions and resource exchanges during the period when the Fats family controlled Koroja.
From this perspective, during the years when the Fats family was in power, they sold people worth 10 billion tax coins.
With 10 billion invested, Koroja will definitely get better, right?
But no.
First of all, Fachers did not sell for as much as 10 billion. There were many people who took advantage of the situation back then, and even Gu Hang was one of them. They did not buy the people at the price of 5 tax coins per person. At most, they bought them at 1 tax coin, or even lower.
In addition, the Fats family played a lot of dirty tricks in this matter. Whether it was the sale of people or the investment in Koroja, there were problems with the accounts.
And this has become the evidence of Fats's crime in the past year.
A year ago, the star district government made huge concessions to Gu Hang on the issues of rated taxes and the ownership of Koroja 1, in exchange for Gu Hang's help.
Gu Hang produced evidence from Blackbird Heavy Industries that core members of the Fats family were involved in the omnic rebellion, and there was evidence that the Fats family knew about it;
Gu Hang compiled the accounts of Koroja during the years when the Fachers controlled Koroja 3, and obtained the approval of the star district government. He believed that the Fachers family had made huge illegal profits and had serious corruption during their rule over Koroja 3, which directly led to the serious deterioration of Koroja's problems, and then Koroja almost suffered a world-destroying crisis. If not, there would be no need for the Alliance to take over and implement six years of war zoneization.
According to statistics, the Fats family caused the empire to lose more than 100 billion tax coins on Koroja - don't worry about how they calculated it, the district government has determined so, and it has also been confirmed by the Koroja planetary government.
No matter how the Fats family "quibbles", the report has already been submitted.
Gu Hang played his role in this. He made a special call to Lao Yisi. At the same time, Martinelli, who was parachuted into the Tianma star region, was once an official of the star region government, and even belonged to an important political faction in the star region, the "Parliamentary Faction", also mobilized his own connections.
The report of the 100 billion loss was thus recognized, and the star domain government issued a penalty order to the Fats family, requiring a fine of 100 billion tax coins to be paid within ten years.
There were also some small moves, such as the tax determination, where the star district government also took drastic measures against Fats. Originally, the three planets were all at level 2 development, but were all determined to be at level 3 development.
The three planets of Fachers have a total population of 10 billion. The annual tax amount was originally 2 billion, but now it has increased to 3 billion. In addition, they have to pay a fine of 100 billion in ten years. This means that Fachers has to pay 130 billion tax coins to the empire in ten years.
This is fatal.
According to estimates, if all the people on the three stars of Fachs do not eat or drink, they can save 200 billion in ten years.
But how is it possible not to eat or drink?
This was definitely a heavy blow, intended to drive the Fats family to death - that was what the district government meant.
But even so, launching a rebellion is the most unreasonable situation.
First, they still have room for political activities. There are ways to avoid paying the money, and the worst thing is to stick your neck out and rebel. They can delay the payment, mobilize their own political power, keep crying to the higher-ups, and make threats.
The governments of the star and universe domains are very likely to not want to get involved, nor are they so greedy, so they will lower the fines. If you really force them to rebel, a rebellion on three planets will be very difficult to deal with.
The sustainability of the empire is about to end. Gu Hang is not just talking nonsense. To some extent, it is the truth. Rebellions are coming one after another. There are threats from aliens, threats from demons, problems with the empire's own system... Although the empire is large and powerful, it has too many problems to face. If Fachers really rebels, then let alone fines, taxes will not be collected. And how much will it cost to quell the rebellion?
It is better to appease them, reduce the fines, and make as much money as possible.
Secondly, for Fats, even if the rate does not drop by a penny, 130 billion over ten years is painful, and may even be considered a fundamental injury, but it is not completely impossible to get the money out.
They have to tighten their belts. They have controlled Fats Samsung for so many years, it is impossible that they don't have savings. In the years to come, if they work harder and try harder, they can really get more than 100 billion.
However, they chose the most radical method: I rebelled!
But Gu Hang could also understand the reason behind it.
They do not really want independence. Instead, their intention is to use fighting to induce talks and wait for amnesty.
In addition, the alliance’s diplomatic and intelligence efforts this year also played a crucial role.
The star district government and star region government may not want to know that Fatesse has really rebelled, but...
Gu Hang thought.
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This chapter 5k
I originally wanted to pay back 1k, but I felt too embarrassed to add more words... Never mind, I still owe 13k!
(End of this chapter)
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