Faced with Soshiyan’s question, Sorge patiently answered:
"Maybe, but it's not important."
"Why?"
"It's very simple. It's the conditions you set out before. Everything is free during the immigration process, from food and accommodation to medical care. After landing, you will be tax-free for twenty years. You will be exempted from military service for life. Each person and each household will also have a settling-in allowance. Chapter leader, you You may not know that immigration from the Ministry of Internal Affairs may be free, but there are fees for food and accommodation during the immigration process. Many people were forced to immigrate. As a result, they floated in space for two years, directly bankrupted their entire family and owed a sum to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Debts must be repaid in the end with more than ten or even decades of work. In many cases, the needs of the citizens of the empire are really simple. It is enough to be able to meet basic food and clothing, and to raise children. If they can not be involved in the whole life, If you join any war, you will be happy."
"With such a large-scale population transfer, will there be anyone from the Ministry of Justice or the Tribunal investigating it?"
Sorge shook his head.
"The inquisitors will not care about this kind of thing. Their eyes are fixed on the terrible threats, heretics, demons and the like. The law enforcement officers of the Ministry of Justice are happily beating the 'bottom scum' in their mouths with shock sticks. ', More than a billion people have disappeared in such a huge whirlpool, and no one will care. Chapter leader, do you know the number of people who die unnaturally every day from the bottom nest to the upper nest in the hive city under your feet? About 150,000 , every day, and it can be counted. In addition, the maelstrom itself is a place with very frequent population movements, and more than one billion immigrants are like clouds and no one cares."
Soshi raised his eyebrows and said nothing more, just letting Sorge continue.
"The number of immigrants in the second batch is 1.5 billion, and the population ratio is basically the same as that in the first batch. The third batch is 1.8 billion, and the proportion of the population engaged in agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry is relatively higher, reaching 30%."
"These three groups of immigrants are all scheduled to land on Dar es Salaam. The mechanical sages of Ulanhuda have been building there for some time, but just having a place to live is not enough."
"Don't worry about this. Since 1963, I have successively transferred more than 20.9 billion tons of various foods and 22.7 billion tons of various daily necessities there."
"Well, the construction of a new colony is a task with huge initial investment but little reward, but the future development of the Chapter must be like this. The descendants of these high-quality people will become the Chapter's excellent reserve force and source of mortal troops. How are the preparations for the last batch of immigrants being prepared?”
"It is being transferred and transported in batches, and it will probably take another 5-7 months."
"very good."
"Chapter Commander, there is one more thing."
"What's up?"
"It's also thanks to you that since I established the Gray Fox Group, all aspects of business have been going smoothly. Especially after taking over the logistics of part of the expeditionary force and the position of trade director general of the Hoyland family, the business has expanded by dozens of times, I have also saved some wealth. In addition to using it to maintain various businesses, I am willing to dedicate most of it to the war group."
Money, to be honest, as an Astartes Chapter Leader, Soshyan has basically no idea about it. After all, the most ordinary Chimera troop carrier may be worth the decades of work of thousands of families. In terms of value, military equipment itself is one of the most expensive asset types in the empire.
However, Sorge's heart was still very satisfying to him.
So Soshyan smiled and refused:
"If you have this heart, I will accept it, but you don't need the money and treasures. As long as you maintain the trade routes to Ulan Huda and Naisen IV, you have contributed enough to the war group, especially It is Ulan Huda. After the expansion of the shipyard, there are now 13 ships under construction and 4 more to be built. The demand for resources is huge, and semi-finished materials must be provided for the Naisen 4 shipyard. There are also six ships there. Build ships.”
"Don't worry about this. Last year alone, there were 101 transport ships sent to Ulan Huda. The rare minerals alone exceeded about 31.4 billion tons, and the conventional minerals exceeded 500 billion tons. Of course, they can also be exchanged. We have obtained tens of billions of tons of weapons, ammunition and chemical reagent raw materials, and they are still profitable through trading and distribution.”
"Chemical reagents."
Soshiyang wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say it. This kind of thing has a wide range of uses. If it's good, it can be made into various cheap medicines to provide the most basic medical care for the residents of the bottom and bottom nests. If it's bad, then that is
But what could he say?
After all, even the Ministry of Military Affairs provides "combat stimulants" to soldiers.
"Leader of the Chapter, what I want to dedicate to the Chapter is not gold and silver jewelry, but palladium."
"Palladium?"
This Soshyan does know that it is a relatively common "currency" in the Maelstrom. The lady of the Claremont family once introduced that they often use this metal in large-scale transactions.
Its main features are high purity, high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and good ductility. It is also a necessary material for mechanical engineering to manufacture precision resistors and catalytic converters. It also plays a great role in the biological field and is an ideal material for making high-end wetted materials. Necessities for parts, and the Maelstrom is one of the main sources of palladium in the Empire. There are several asteroids rich in palladium in the Bloody Skeleton System, and there are also several enrichments in the Badab Sector and the Kliman Drift Belt. The main demand for palladium in the Maelstrom in foundry worlds such as Reza and Ulan Huda, including the Wotan Alliance, is also palladium.
In other words, this metal can be traded in basically any forging world.
"How many?"
"Nine billion tons."
"Well"
This number really surprised Soshyan. Although he didn't care much about the economy and business, from previous communication with the short man, he knew that the entire Great Sorian Alliance obtained palladium from the Maelstrom in one standard galactic center year. The amount of gold is only 100 million tons, and the amount of palladium handled by the Clermont family in an entire standard Terra year is only 600 million tons.
On the other hand, it can be seen that Sorge's business is by no means "good".
With 900 million tons of palladium, I wonder if I can buy a War Titan or a cruiser?
All kinds of fantastic thoughts flashed through Soshyan's mind, but he blurted them out in the end.
"How did you earn it?"
Sorge coughed slightly and then replied:
"Returning to the war, the leader mainly annexed the businesses of the Red Pirates. Although many of their properties and storage were confiscated by the Ministry of Justice, there were also many things that slipped through the net, plus some cooperation projects with the imperial department. In addition, they cooperated with the Kremlin Department The Lemont family cooperated and conducted some business on military tickets."
Soshiyang didn't bother to ask anymore. In the end, it was better to keep things out of sight. Although this was a bit hypocritical and an ostrich mentality, what could he do if he asked why? Sorge did a good job, and he followed the empire's simplest and most straightforward rules, which had been in operation for ten thousand years.
(End of chapter)
