The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2137. The beginning and end of the trade alliance (4)

"Bet? I don't want to bet!" Newt Gunray flatly refused.

He is a businessman and can make money. Betting on this kind of uncontrollable behavior is very unpopular in Neimoidian society.

Ling Liang shook his head and said, "Whether you want to gamble or not, it doesn't depend on you, Trade Alliance." Using Trade Alliance as the subject directly, this statement is already extremely serious.

"You..." Newt Gunray was choked for a moment, "Our Trade Federation has always been loyal, and now we are in crisis and asking you for help. Do you still want to take advantage of others' danger?"

Ling Liang smiled slightly and said: "Yes, we just want to take advantage of others' danger. You can only participate in this bet, otherwise... the consequences, I can only tell you, are very serious."

Newt Gunray's expression darkened, "I'm here to ask for help, not to listen to your threats."

Ling Liang was still smiling, "You can choose not to listen, and you can leave now."

"You are extorting money!" Newt Gunray shouted angrily, pointing at Ling Liang's nose and yelling, "It is in vain that our Trade Federation has given you so much support! Don't forget that you were just a mere When we were a Dawn Planet, we gave you so many things and so much investment! And now is this your answer?”

However, before he finished speaking, his neck was immediately grabbed by the invisible force and he was lifted directly from the table!

Newt Gunray struggled violently, but to no avail. Then, the force threw him out and hit the wall with a bang. He groaned and panted on the ground for a long time but couldn't get up.

The priestess waved her hands without any trace, and only heard 'Tang Xiao' say coldly: "You only need to do one thing now - listen."

Newt Gunray didn't dare to say a word. He was so angry just now that he never thought that Tang Xiao was here too.

Ling Liang's cold voice came, "If the Trade Federation fails to meet our requirements, then we will directly confiscate all the Trade Federation's properties in the Principality of Dawn. If you think maybe we will be merciful, it doesn't matter. We can leave it to Geth."

As soon as he heard the word Geth, Newt Gunray trembled all over, and his voice was trembling as he spoke, "No...it can't be the Geth. If it's the Geth...we...we might even be exterminated." …”

He could even imagine the tragedy of the geth impaling all the Neimoidians on the dragon's teeth! Moreover, because of Nut Gunray's status, he knew that the Geth had conducted experiments on the corpses of the Neimoidians. With the unique physique of the Neimoidians, after being made into corpse puppets, they would become a very special kind of corpse puppet. Dangerous, terrifying alien species spreading viruses everywhere!

In other words, the geth must be very happy to add such alien zombies to their army.

When the Trade Federation began to relocate its industries to the planet Mequito, it also took the geth into consideration. But what they thought at the time was that the Geth, a cold-blooded and ruthless mechanical life, was on the contrary the most reliable ally. With their protection, their industry should be very safe.

At the same time, Newt Gunray was unwilling to go to the Dawn Planet. Because he believes that once he goes to the Dawn Planet, he will lose his independence. On the contrary, it is very good in the north. On the one hand, it is protected by the geth. On the other hand, the sky is high here and the emperor is far away, and the Dawn Planet does not have direct jurisdiction here.

In the north, there is the Interstellar Banking Association (M) and the business empire of the Fourth Group. Now that the Trade Alliance has joined them, the independence here will be strengthened due to the increase in strength.

Maybe in the future, this place will really become another country, China - just like it was when the Trade Federation was in the outer ring of the Milky Way during the Galactic Republic.

But now, Ling Liang's cold words let Geth handle it, shattering all Newt Gunray's illusions!

Yes, the Principality of Dawn has indeed given these super enterprises in the North enough independence and freedom, but at the same time, it has also retained an existence in the North that will not reason with you at all - Geth!

What do businessmen fear most? What you fear most is that others won’t reason with you. And Geis is the most unreasonable one!

Tang Xiao's arrangement was premeditated! Whether he is going to the North or to the Dawn Planet, he has enough means to handle them.

"We...really don't have the ability to resist the empire's attack..." Newt Gunray was still making his last effort. He lay on the ground and howled.

"Then, why don't you listen to our plan?" Ling Liang said slowly.

…

12 BBY, June 35, the fifth day after the Galactic Empire decided to take action against the Trade Federation.

The public opinion propaganda of the Galactic Empire has reached a climax, triggering a wave of opposition to the Trade Federation almost across the country. Not only that, the empire's propaganda machine is also very vicious in blaming the Trade Federation for the massive poverty and exploitation within the empire.

According to reports from major media outlets in the Galactic Empire, it is precisely because the Trade Alliance is in the middle that the central policy of the Galactic Empire is separated from the outer star sector. It is precisely because of the existence of the Trade Federation that they have absorbed a large amount of financial assistance provided by the Galactic Empire to the Outer Rim Sector.

Those unscrupulous media also took the example of the planet Rafa, which had been in a lot of trouble before. They claimed that it was not that the Imperial Ministry of Agriculture was unwilling to provide fertilizer to Rafa. The Ministry of Agriculture was very aware of the damage that planting high-energy crops would cause to the planet's arable land, so it had already allocated 3 billion imperial credit points to provide funds for Rafa to purchase fertilizer. But now after verification, it was found that the Trade Union had embezzled all these 3 billion credit points!

Not only that, the major media also blamed the Trade Union for the huge losses caused by the corruption and extortion of officials at all levels of the Galactic Empire. Basically, as long as there is a problem, it must be the Trade Union!

Why are there so many injustices on those planets where uprisings broke out, and why are the officials forcing the people to rebel? It was also the Trade Union!

What makes the Trade Union feel most uncomfortable is that their size at the peak period is really worthy of this unreasonable slander.

At the peak period, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Trade Union completely controlled the Outer Rim Star Region. Even if the Galactic Republic wants to collect taxes in the Outer Rim Star Region, it has to go through the Trade Union, isn't it?

And the Trade Union has indeed bribed a large number of senior officials and bought a large number of congressmen to do things for them. Even now, there are still many people who defend the Trade Union in the Imperial Parliament and departments at all levels.

Not only that, has the Trade Union's exploitation and oppression on those planets in the Outer Rim been reduced? Let's not talk about anything else. In the early days of the Clone Wars, there was a famine on the planet Rodia, and hundreds of millions of people starved to death. Wasn't it the Trade Union who did it? This has a criminal record!

So can you say that the Trade Union is completely clean? Well, since you can't, all these things are pushed to the Trade Union. There must be a few things that the Trade Union did, right?

Therefore, for a time, everyone in the Galactic Empire was shouting and beating the Trade Union. Under the leadership of the Imperial Youth League, many people took to the streets to launch demonstrations to protest against the various actions of the Trade Union and demanded that the Empire severely punish the Trade Union!

The shadow of war has begun to loom. The Supreme Court of the Galactic Empire has issued subpoenas to all senior Trade Union officials, including Lot-Dodd, Newt-Gunray, and Rune-Hakor, requiring them to return to the Empire Center to stand trial within a certain period of time.

But it is impossible for them to come on their own initiative. After the 24-hour deadline, the Galactic Empire simultaneously issued a wanted order for more than 90 Trade Union executives headed by Newt-Gunray!

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