STARTING FROM THE PLANETARY GOVERNOR

Chapter 811: Chapter 444, The Alliance is Frantically Drawing Blood_2

“You’re going to collect the Imperial Tax now?”

“The Alliance also has a say in this.”

“During the war period, it’s quite reasonable for the tax collection to change from once every two years to once a year, right?”

“I haven’t adjusted the amount of your tax! The amount due remains the same; it’s just that in extraordinary times, I collect it once a year.”

Beneath the might of the Alliance, these planets eventually had no choice but to hold their noses and accept it.

In the six Star Sectors, with a total population of over 110 billion, they indeed managed to collect nearly 12 billion Tax Currency in resources through taxation. Yelisia’s fleet, which mostly comprised ships from the Gu Commercial Firm, as well as some small Empire Commerce Guild ships conscripted from these Star Sectors, worked hard to help the Alliance transport these resources.

These resources each had their uses; some were directly sent to the front lines in packages; the majority were transported back to the various worlds in the Tianma Star Sector to serve as raw materials and subsequent processed goods, used to produce more war supplies, or simply used to issue resources to the workers of the Tianma Star Sector instead of the originally planned welfare, allowances, and salaries, saving money for the Alliance to be further used in development.

In addition to the 12 billion Imperial Tax, there was an extra 1 billion Tax Currency in war taxes, and a large number of Planetary Defense Forces, which, apart from being taken as a form of human tax, were also conscripted in great numbers to serve as ‘Pact Troops.’ Some were directly used as a source of troops to replenish the Alliance Army.

The combined revenue of 13 billion Tax Currency was nearly equivalent to the Alliance’s annual income in the past.

With a population of over 60 billion in the Tianma Star Sector, after paying the Imperial Tax each year, the remaining financial income left for the Alliance was only about 13.8 billion.

And now, there were three main parts: the 11.3 billion Imperial Tax that the Alliance originally should have paid was now kept for its own use; the original financial income of 13.8 billion; the revenue of 13 billion brought by the Seven Horse Pact.

A total of 38.1 billion; that was the wealth the Alliance could use each year since the start of the war.

This was a tremendous amount of money!

If measured in the price of ships, that would equate to 22 ‘Ravenous Shark’ Destroyers; 5 ‘Musician’ Cruisers with some to spare; and even if buying a Battleship was expensive, within two years, one could still be acquired.

Of course, there was nowhere to buy them right now. And besides, this money was not without places to be spent.

In fact, the Alliance now had many places to spend money.

The fierce frontline war alone required the Alliance to pour in five hundred million a month on Temir No.5, and that’s with the local planets bearing a significant part of the war consumption.

Not to mention, a large number of Alliance Troops were continuously clearing out the Green Skin invasions in Mist Horse, Eagle Horse Star Sector; although the intensity cannot be compared to main battlefields like Temir No.5, the numbers were substantial!

Moreover, the ‘Pact Army,’ which far outnumbered the Alliance Land Forces, although in theory, the war expenses were to be borne by the planets providing the troops, not all of these planets could afford the cost, nor necessarily provide it promptly—this was indeed a matter of capability—the Alliance could not really ignore it.

Everything required money.

The navy was also a huge money pit.

Not to mention, the Alliance was continuously constructing new ships and expanding new legions.

Over 17 billion was spent on military costs in a year.

If not for the fact that they no longer had to pay the Imperial Tax, the Alliance’s own finances would absolutely be unable to withstand such expenses.

And now, not only could the Alliance manage its expenses, it was even able to spare 20 billion. And this money, used for military expansion, production reinvestment, infrastructure on the nine major planets of Tianma…everything was launched full scale, even more thriving than before the war began.

Economic production growth indices, which were already not demanded of Osenia, were actually met under the investment of this tremendous additional wealth.

Even far beyond expectations.

10%? Easily exceeded!

The Alliance’s financial settlement for the next year was estimated to be over 16 billion, compared to 13.8 billion before the war, indicating a clear growth!

Of course, Gu Hang did not deny that the development of the Alliance was built upon exploiting the surrounding Seven Horse Territory.

But, they were going to be exploited anyway, even the Tianma Star Sector itself was to be extracted from. Previously it was the Empire doing the exploiting, and now, during special times when the Empire couldn’t do so, shouldn’t the Alliance have a few years to indulge?

The exploitation felt truly exhilarating.

Apart from ‘Vassal’ benefits, the Alliance also gained direct ‘spoils of war.’

Fighting the Green Skins was not initially profitable, as the weapons, equipment, and ships of the Green Skins, even if captured, could not be used or handled by humans.

Nor would there be captives among the Green Skins, for even if they were forcibly taken, one should not expect them to be put to work as laborers.

However, in the Temir Star System in the Golden Pass Star Sector, the Alliance still had gains.

That was the population.

During this period, the Alliance has already transferred over three hundred million people from Temir No.4 and No.5, isn’t that also 1.5 billion?

Moreover, Gu Hang never saw the value of a person as merely five dollars.

The value that a person can create over a lifetime is far greater than this number.

These people are currently on Steel Wing Star, contributing their labor to the military construction and repair work on Steel Wing Star, including the building of the Orbital Cannon Fortress.

Latter on, once the transport capacity is increased or a portion of the transport can be freed up from the pressures at the front, these people, and those who will be transferred subsequently, will only leave behind a small part of their population as a supplement for this planet, with the majority being relocated to within the Tianma Star Sector, to be integrated into various worlds.

Three hundred million people, is just a start.

Temir No.4 and No.5, as well as other worlds that may be further invaded within the Golden Pass Star Sector in the future, are not suitable for too many civilians to live on anymore.

As many of these people as possible will be transferred to the Tianma Star Sector.

Korolya’s population capacity has reached its limit and even far exceeded it; however, the population capacity of Rage Owl Star, Hongjian Star, and the Fatchess Tri-Star still have spare capacity.

At least until the population expands to eighty billion, the Tianma Star Sector will not be overcrowded.

If it really can’t be managed, they can also be settled in other star sectors of the Seven Horse Territory.

Aside from finance, the main growth in economic production is reflected in the military industry. New shipyards have been completed one after another in the Starport on Flying Wing Star and Rage Owl Star; the production lines for Titans, Knight Mechas, Feedback-Type Power Armors, LR and HS series rifles, Lions, and Lion Kings are also all being rapidly expanded.

In the future, there will be more ships and better Land Forces equipment produced.

Not to mention, this is only the account of the economic finance, and the Grace Points haven’t been calculated yet.

Rapid economic development brings an increase in Grace Points each month.

Now, the income provided by the Alliance homeland has reached 36,000/month, a 12.5% increase compared to before the war.

The growth of monthly Grace income is not linear; it is not just giving one point per person, ten points for ten people. After so long, Gu Hang roughly figured out that it should follow a certain milestone growth pattern—a mode that increases a few points after reaching a growth indicator, and will not inflate indefinitely.

This left Gu Hang a bit regretful; otherwise, according to his calculations when he first arrived years ago, a few thousand people could bring him tens of Grace Points; now with the 60 billion people under his direct control, wouldn’t that give him several billion Grace Points per month?

But even without dreaming that big, there was something else Gu Hang had not anticipated.

After the signing of the Seven Horse Pact, the other sixty-nine worlds of the Six Horse Territory were all accounted for by the system.

He originally thought the stingy system would not count it for him!

Of course, it was impossible to count all these seventy-nine worlds and over one hundred ten billion people as homeland.

That was not the homeland to begin with.

However, that [Vassal] panel that the system activated when Gu Hang brutally beat up Heijian Star was once again put to use.

The seventy-nine worlds were counted as vassals, and most of the vassal levels were around LV2.

This grade means there is a high tendency for separation and certain societal instability.

A few could reach LV3, which is the stable vassal level. There are also a few that have reached LV1, meaning extraordinarily intransigent separatism.

Gu Hang didn’t find this surprising.

It’s quite normal, since these vassals were not acquired through normal means, it is not surprising there is instability within, and that the governors or local powers on the planets want to separate.

LV2 he could accept, as long as it’s not a large number of LV1s, which would lead to higher suppression costs.

As for the Grace Points provided by these vassals, they were not much, mainly because the Grace Points provided by vassals inherently come at a huge discount.

But all combined, they were quite substantial, amounting to four thousand points per month.

This is a supplementary income of Grace Points for Gu Hang, to some extent.

And the major portion of Grace Points comes from war victories.

However, since the battle of Steel Wing Star ended, the minor skirmishes on various planets like Eagle Horse and Mist Horse did not contribute much.

As for the current campaign in Temir, although it was fought on a large scale, it has not yet reached a conclusion, and the system has not settled the account yet.

But it can be imagined that as long as they win, the reward will not be small.

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