After learning that Toby Bex had been executed on the spot for daring to disobey the laws of the empire, most of the hundreds of thousands of Bex gang members on the entire Tot planet suddenly lost their will to resist and obediently accepted the various slave-catching groups. After being recruited into the Thousand-Man Team, they handed over the money they received from selling themselves to their families, and then they boarded the thousand-meter-long slave ship with the slave catching team under the escort of slave guards.
Since there is no need to consider issues such as protection and speed that only battleships need to consider, although the slave ship looks huge and is not inferior to the battlecruisers of the Human Federation, its combat effectiveness is basically zero. Not only is it not equipped with self-defense weapons at all, it even Not even a thin shield.
Therefore, when the fleet passed through the asteroid belt and cosmic dust clouds, the Qian crew and more than 100,000 slaves on the slave ship, who were always ready to board the lifeboats, began to pray to the gods of their respective beliefs. The layer on the bow of the ship was relatively solid. Armor can break through all obstacles.
So after a long journey that was as boring as it came, the fleet arrived at their destination, the Blazing Star Colony, without any danger.
The slaves were not given much time to adapt. Soon, the heavily armed slave-catching crews drove every single one of the Toth slaves on ten slave ships, totaling more than 1.2 million, off the spacecraft and sent them to specialized slaves. Processing facility implants neural implants.
Naturally, Captain Chilik and Jatu, who had made the greatest contributions in this successful slave-catching operation, were summoned again by Speaker Zorchi. However, in addition to commending the two people for their contributions, the speaker seemed to have something else to say.
"Kilik, Sigris, please sit down."
In the living room that was extremely dry by the dehumidifier, Chilik and Jatu, who were invited to the Speaker's Mansion, heard this and sat upright on the soft animal skin sofa, staring intently together with Gandar who was already sitting here. He looked at Speaker Zorchi who was hesitant to speak, waiting for his next words.
"The person who just processed the facility reported to me that the overall quality of this batch of Thoth slaves is quite good. In addition to leaving some for our own use in the Blazing Star, there are about 700,000 to 800,000 slaves that can be sold to the Imperial Legion. Act as slave soldiers."
"Excluding the shipbuilding fees for ordering slave ships, the fees for slave hunting certificates, taxes paid to the Slave Traders' Guild and the cost of purchasing arms for the slave catching group, the profits brought by this slave hunting operation to our colony are still considerable. , the guarantee will not be less than one billion imperial coins."
The three people who heard what the Speaker said looked at each other. Except for Jia Tu's face, which was hidden behind a mask and could not be seen clearly, the other two people all grinned, obviously very satisfied with this number.
After all, the Congress armed the 100,000-strong Fiery Star slave-catching group, and spent only one billion imperial coins on arms and weapons. In other words, the profits from their slave-catching operation alone can arm another one. A slave-catching group of 100,000 people. Moreover, Zorchi also said that one billion is just a guarantee. When it comes time to collect the money, it is estimated that an extra two or three hundred million will be trivial.
Thinking of the frighteningly high tax rate of the Slave Traders Guild, Jia Tu calculated it in his mind and came to a result that was not surprising to him - the profit of the interstellar slave trade definitely exceeded 100%, or even 200%. possible.
You must know that this is still a profit from direct sales. If you can drag these slaves to other civilized empires to sell them at high prices like the slave trade guild, and then use the newly obtained slave purchase money to import a large number of luxury goods and special features from these countries The goods are brought back to the empire for sale, and it is hard to imagine how terrifying the profits generated from this back and forth can be.
In fact, when Jia Tu explained the operations of the Imperial Slave Trading Guild to Yang Tianyi, the other person in the holographic projection had already froze in place and started talking to himself, saying something like "The Stars Triangle Trade is really wonderful." Words like "800% profit without a needle pricking".
And when talking to himself, Yang Tianyi's body trembled slightly due to the huge profits and his eyes seemed to have red light, which made Jia Tu feel cold, feeling as if he had let the master know something terrible.
However, behind the huge profits, there are naturally huge risks hidden by ordinary people.
So Speaker Zorchi, who had just encouraged the three of them, suddenly sighed, looked at the smiling Chilik and the masked Jatu, and said seriously: "But unfortunately, we have to make an imperial coin." Preparations that can’t even be obtained.”
"It's the guys from Kahash who are causing trouble, right, Speaker Zorchi?"
Turning his head and glancing at Jiatu who remained silent, Captain Kilik took the initiative and said: "Because Captain Sigris and I destroyed their secret agent on the Thoth planet, Beck regarded them as their trump card. The gang was uprooted."
"That's roughly true."
Thinking of the arrogant attitude of the Kahash Star Council, Speaker Zolchi showed a rare trace of cruelty in his eyes. I saw him gently hitting the armrest of the sofa beside him, and there was a bit of disdain in his tone when he spoke.
"The old bastards from Kahash have already come to see me. They don't dare to find other congressmen or imperial agencies besides me to resolve the matter, because the consequence of making the matter bigger is that they will not only take a penny, but If not, you might have to bear the emperor’s wrath!”
"But the matter hasn't gotten serious yet, and judging from the intentions of the Kahash Council, it seems they want us to lose money and avoid disaster?"
"That's right, Sir Advisor, they want all the profits that the Blazing Star makes from the Thoth people, so that we can get no actual benefits except the good name of providing soldiers to the Imperial Legion."
Zorchi looked at Gandar, the colonial military adviser who was deeply trusted by him, and explained slightly worriedly: "If we don't do it, the Kahash Star will use their influence in the Inner Ring Council to attack us. Star proposed trade sanctions, which would be an unbearable pressure on any colony in the empire."
"Although the industrial and agricultural foundation of the Blazing Star is pretty good, I can't guarantee that if the Parliament cannot continue to bring inner-circle luxury goods and high-tech products to the imperial citizens in the colonies, that is, those with vested interests, to maintain their Quality of life, will they introduce a resolution to impeach us in the Central Council.”
"Gentlemen, I know that you are all worthy of the trust of me and the people of the Blazing Star, so I share this inside information with you. So Advisor Gandal, Captain Kilik, and Captain Sigris Thousand, what countermeasures do you have? Can you provide it to me?”
As Zorchi posed the problem to them, the three of them looked at each other in confusion and then looked at the Speaker again, each with their own suggestions and solutions. Chilik, who was sitting in the middle, looked around at the other two guests in the living room. Seeing that they didn't seem to want to be the first to speak, he reluctantly spoke his mind first.
"It is extremely unwise to confront the inner ring head-on, so we might as well give the proceeds from this time to the Kahash Council as a gift, and then conduct a fair negotiation with them based on the force of the Fire Star Slave Catchers. If we can’t reach an agreement, we’ll consider what to do next.”
The proposal of the leader of the slave-catching group obviously did not satisfy Speaker Zorchi - Huo Chixing's financial loopholes were getting bigger and bigger, and the one billion empire coins were, to put it worse, the water used by Huo Chixing to put out the fire. Now Chilik is basically asking him to give the fire-fighting water to others, and then watch his house burn to ashes.
This is impossible.
"Then we won't give money and negotiate directly with them. Use a tough attitude to tell the old guys in the inner circle that if they don't give the Fiery Stars in crisis a chance, then they will have to do their best in Chiennia. Prepare to go to court with us in the Imperial Court!”
Although Gandar, who was born as a soldier, does not understand politics, he also knows that he should be cowardly when he should be cowardly, and he should never be cowardly when he cannot be cowardly. If the Fire Star does not dare to challenge the Inner Ring Planet when the Empire's legal principles are on its side, then is the Qien Empire the emperor's empire or the Inner Ring Council's empire?
Captain Sigris Ten Thousand, played by Jatu, naturally stood by his side, expressing his support for Gandar's statement, and maybe Fiery Star could take this opportunity to bite back and seize some content from the hands of the Kahash Council. A privilege that can only be found on the planet.
After closing his eyes and thinking carefully, the Speaker looked very plain when he opened his eyes again, making it impossible to tell what he was really thinking.
However, all three of them can probably guess his final decision.
If Zolchi is the kind of person who would easily compromise with the Inner Ring Council, then he is not qualified to continue to be the Speaker of the Council of the Fire Star Colony.
"After all the Toth slaves have completed the implantation of neural implants, ship them all to the Krohoka front line. It doesn't matter even if the Outer Rim Council lowers some prices, as long as we can make 100% profit. Just sell it!”
"The inner ring may not be afraid of my mere blazing star, but if the outcome of the outer ring council and this war is tied to our chariot, then even the old guys in the inner ring must look at the blazing star with a straight eye. !”
At this moment, the three people, including Jia Tu, felt that Speaker Zolchi's fat face had become extraordinarily handsome and domineering.
