"Um?"
Upon hearing the words about lifting the jurisdiction ban, Soshyan felt something was wrong and turned to look at the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"What's going on? Isn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs' merchant fleet not enough?"
The merchant fleet mentioned by Soshyan is one of the oldest organizations in the empire and is part of the imperial fleet. Its history is earlier than the human empire and can be traced back to the age of dark technology - when the original merchant fleet served as a human to the galaxy. Formed as part of the expansion. Unlike most Imperial organizations that are constantly trying to control human territory, the merchant fleet is only engaged in trade and is therefore extremely wealthy. Each fleet is stationed in one of the five major star fields, and its managers are on duty in the star field fortress. These fleet bases are large ports equipped with docks, shipyards, and repair facilities, and their primary function is to manage the fleet operating within their area.
Each merchant ship provides services to its fleet under a contract called a "merchant charter", and not all charter parties are the same: some give the captain more power and responsibility than others - but All types of charter parties were in the form of a feudal oath, sworn in the name of the Emperor to the Merchant Navy authorities.
The headquarters of the merchant fleet is located in the United Axiom Fortress of Holy Terra. Every hereditary charter of the Rogue Traders is issued from here, and every statistical data on transportation, taxation and trade in each system is also stored here, so the fortress Billions of documents are stored in categories by experts from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The fortress is also a huge wireless signal receiver, constantly collecting merchant ship data from various relay stations and broadcasts. Deep within the fortress, there is also a terrifying genetically modified creature called the Calculo Schedule Manager, living in a cultivation vat to coordinate imperial shipping.
Generally speaking, the tithe tax is transported by the merchant fleet. The tithe tax pass they have can avoid inspection by almost all agencies in the empire. However, in some special cases, such as local transportation capacity is really insufficient, the Ministry of Internal Affairs may also Temporary tithe orders are issued to certain independent merchant ships.
"Ahem...Sir, these are some issues left over from history, and we are already working hard to solve them."
"So you can't tell who's real and who's fake?"
Junot Rigoux froze for a moment, then whispered:
"This...issue left over from history...is quite complicated...and difficult to solve in a short time."
Santos Vaughn sneered and said:
"They only care about collecting all the tithe taxes. How can they care about the authenticity? If there are less, they will keep issuing passes. If there are too many, they don't know where they are. The routes and numbers of the tithe tax fleets from the extreme star field are originally fixed. Yes, but after thousands of years of messing with them, they probably can’t figure it out themselves.”
Soshiyang glanced at the crowd, and suddenly realized in his heart that this was not an issue of the tithe at all, but an issue they hoped to remove from jurisdiction. After all, there was no smuggling trade, how could so many nobles maintain a luxurious life, just squeezing There is not much that can be squeezed out of the hive.
Maybe the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the nobles are acting out a double act for themselves.
Soon, he had an idea.
"What is your tithe tax this year?"
Junot Rigo was stunned for a moment, and then took out a data pad. Before he could operate it, Soshyan said:
"Give this number to Major General Santos Vaughan, divide it into twelve months, and release the tithe fleet in a rationed manner each month in order of arrival. Anyway, as long as there are enough."
Soshyan had a warm smile on his face.
"Any excess will be smuggled into the expeditionary force's logistics warehouse."
At this time, both of them froze. After more than ten seconds, Junot Rigo said tremblingly:
"Sir...this...isn't this against the rules...those..."
“Isn’t the tithe enough?”
"But....."
"Or does the Ministry of Internal Affairs admit that you made huge mistakes in your work that led to the tithe pass being used for smuggling?"
"No! Absolutely not!"
For a bureaucrat, admitting a mistake is more terrifying than death. Junot Rigo quickly shook his head in denial.
Seeing that the Ministry of Internal Affairs took the bait, Soshyan nodded immediately and said with a serious face:
"That's right if you don't. Is there any problem with my decision?"
The sound from the Ministry of Internal Affairs suddenly fell silent, and Soshyan looked at Santos Vaughan who looked embarrassed.
"By the way, remember, only the goods will be detained, not the people and the ships, and they will be repatriated directly, otherwise it will scare those real tithe transport ships."
The other party nodded stiffly.
"Yes, sir."
Then Soshyan lightly tapped the table, and the star map of the maelstrom area appeared.
He looked at the head of the Military Affairs Department.
"Minister Royce, although it may make you a little aggrieved, I have to ask, where are the troops promised by the Ministry of Military Affairs now? It has been almost two years since I received the appointment, and one soldier, one ship, and one tank are all gone. I didn’t see it! I only have less than 500,000 Astra Militarum troops from the planet Sagan at hand. Do you think the Ministry of Military Affairs thinks that a force like the Red Pirates is enough to deal with it? Or can I let you lead these troops to fight against the heretics? "
Hearing Soshyan's stern tone and the sense of oppression brought by the huge Space Marines, the head of the Military Affairs Department sweated heavily on his forehead. He swallowed his throat, and then wiped it with the handkerchief in his pocket while trembling. Wipe it, and then whisper:
"Your Majesty, according to official documents..."
"I! Now! In! No! Want! Listen! Gong! Wen!"
Soshyan said these words very sternly and tapped the table with his fingers.
"I just want to know when my expeditionary force will be in place!"
"this......"
"I'm not deliberately trying to embarrass you, Minister Royce, but this is war time, and every minute and second that passes is extremely precious. If the expedition is delayed for one more day, Huron will have one more day to prepare. In the future, we will Victory will have to pay a heavier price, which is not only responsible to the emperor, but also to the soldiers who will step onto the battlefield."
"Sir, I...I will do my best to communicate with Terra and urge all troops to arrive quickly."
"I hope there is a timetable, 3 months. In 3 months I want to see the first Astra Militarum arrive."
"I understand...I will try my best."
"Then there's one more thing."
As he spoke, Soshyan tapped the table lightly, and then a string of numbers rose from the star map, marking the population profiles of all the imperial worlds from the Endymion Star Cluster to the Kliman Drift Zone.
"According to the authorization given to me by the High Lords Council, I will need to recruit 1.2 billion troops throughout the Maelstrom. This is a conservative estimate. The final number may be 1.5-2 billion. They will be selected completely according to the standards of the Astra Militarum. , training and arming, this is a huge project, I don’t know what plans Chief Administrative Officer Junot and Secretary Royce have.”
As if he already knew that Soshyan would mention this matter, Junout coughed lightly and took out the data pad and read.
"Based on the current population situation, the Ministry of Interior's population distribution plan for the recruitment of new recruits for the expeditionary force is as follows. The Sagan system provides 300 million, the Grief system provides 100 million, the Endymion system provides 100 million, and the Imblis system provides 100 million , the Holy Point Galaxy provides 200 million, the García Galaxy provides 100 million, the Kemara Galaxy provides 100 million, the Viani Galaxy provides 200 million...the specific amounts for each world and hive are all here .”
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