"This should be a rich and beautiful world, but it's a pity that there is war."
Gallador looked a bit emotional.
But this seems a bit fake in Lois's eyes.
This war apostle has witnessed hundreds of wars and hundreds of planets destroyed by wars.
He would be touched by this
Triggered a hammer
Sure enough, even Gallador himself did not continue to pretend. What, he was just sighing, "If this Raging Star is still at its peak, I am sure that I can get more than 2 billion tax coins from this donation."
When he said this, he became really melancholy. "Now, we can only get two million."
Lois listened, but did not respond, as if it had nothing to do with him.
It really has little to do with her.
She is a tax officer, so just pay the tax. Other things, what donations to the imperial cause and the solar expedition have to do with her?
In fact, she was even a little tired of it.
Four months ago, Gallardo came to the Dragon Eagle Star Territory. After visiting the head of the Star Territory, he came to her tax fleet and began to follow her around the entire Dragon Eagle Star Territory. .
While she collected taxes, Gallardo went to local dignitaries to raise donations.
The people he was looking for included administrative officials such as sector leaders and planetary governors, as well as powerful factions such as the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, the Ecclesiastical Church, and the Adeptus Mechanicus. When he is hungry and has no choice but to eat, he will go to even the local dignitaries on various planets.
Generally speaking, he can always get more or less money on various planets. This amount is sometimes half or even one-tenth of the imperial tax, and sometimes it even exceeds the imperial tax, depending on the situation on that planet.
And Gallardo’s method is not just as simple as lobbying.
The real gold and silver he wants can easily amount to hundreds of millions or billions of tax coins. The Sun Lord and War Apostle will have great respect, but they cannot be sold by selling face and words alone. money.
Essentially, it is still power and trickery.
He has received official authorization from the empire. He can directly collect imperial taxes from the space and star governments to support the solar expedition.
Directly calling the imperial tax is a great power. You must know that there are 58 star regions under the Eastern Universe to which the Dragon Eagle Star Region belongs; and there are 37 star regions under the Dragon Eagle Star Region. As a star region, Tianma's average annual imperial tax amount is about 12 billion tax coins.
One tax coin is equivalent to the entire output value of an adult in one standard Terra year under imperial standards.
From this perspective, you can imagine how huge the human and material resources that Gallardo can mobilize are.
However, this power is limited and not supreme. It is true that he represents the will of the Sun Lord, but the head of the universeTheir power is also very high. They even have the power of one person, one vote, and can elect an unknown number of representatives to the 13-person supreme parliament of the empire. They are the centralized representatives of local power in the empire. They have the right to veto the War Apostles' requests, and when the needs of the two sides conflict, they will bicker with each other, and the issues that cannot be resolved may even be raised to the Supreme Council of the Empire.
Although there is the biggest support of the Sun Lord above, it would be ugly if everything is made in the face of the Sun Lord
There is room for political transactions and compromises here. .
Gallardo is not stupid, he has power but he will not abuse it.
For example, in the Eastern Space Territory, the result of the negotiation is that only 15% of the imperial tax will support the solar expedition.
But this amount is not enough, so what should we do?
Go to the following star regions and planets to collect donations.
These methods are not necessarily very civilized.
The space government and the star government turning a blind eye to this may even help to some extent to prevent Gallardo from having to think about imperial taxes again. Imperial taxes belong to the space and star governments. If Gallardo takes away too much, he will use less. But the money he got from various star regions and planets was lost to the respective planets, which was relatively acceptable to the cosmic and star governments.
And Gallardo relied on this support to do some less than honorable things.
For example, on a certain planet, the planetary governor refuses his fundraising and does not provide additional income. He may support the governor's opponents, or even rebels, to replace him; he will Promise to certain dignitaries in the imperial world to activate his relationships with the Adeptus Mechanicus and give them priority in life-extending surgeries; he will obtain some interstellar trade licenses from the Imperial Chamber of Commerce and sell them to planetary merchants who are not qualified to obtain them but want to participate in the trade. ; He will threaten some sector leaders who are not tenured for life, and will pay money if they want to be re-elected
There are many ways.
If it is just some means, some conspiracies, some political deals, then forget it. But the key is that many of his actions will leave serious sequelae.
The worst kind is that it will leave unrest in the local area. Some planets were not very peaceful to begin with, or were relatively peaceful, but he provoked them and caused trouble there. He got the so-called donation and walked away. Generally speaking, the current imperial tax will not be a big problem.
But what happens after that?
The planet is still there, still under the management of the upward star regions, star regions, and space regions at all levels. A mess is left behind, and the follow-up will either be wiped out by governments at all levels. If they can't control it, the next imperial tax will be affected.
A lot of things have happened to Gallardo in the past few months of his activities in the Dragon Eagle Star Territory.
If you make money, you will make money. After you make money, you will leave a mess. Naturally, the Dragon Eagle Star Territory government will have a lot of opinions about this.Big dissatisfaction.
Among them, Nel Lois himself is the most prominent.
After all, Gallardo was traveling with her tax fleet. She saw what this war apostle did in the Dragon Eagle Star Territory. She often has to wipe Gallardo's butt, and is even dragged into the water, and of course she won't be happy.
It’s just that because of his identity as a war apostle, he didn’t dare to reveal it.
But today, she couldn't help but want to say a few words
"I probably know a little bit about the situation of the Apostle, the Angry Owl Star. It was destroyed in the war. , after the reconstruction, the population has been small, the situation has been chaotic and dangerous, and the imperial tax to be paid has always been at the lowest level. Even so, this planet has not paid enough taxes for eight consecutive years, and I have executed four people. Governor."
"Their biennial imperial tax amount is only 10 million tax coins. This time, their sector government gave them 7.5 million to help them recuperate. Time. Now, there is a new one there. According to the news obtained by Feiyi Star, the new governor named Gu Hang is doing a good job. The entire planet is recovering. They should be able to do it in the next issue. You pay the tax based on your own ability."
At this point, Lois couldn't help but give a few words of advice
"There is nothing on this planet, so why are you here. They are trying to squeeze out only a few million tax dollars, let them develop on their own."
Gallardo turned around and faced Lois, as if he was the first God looked her up and down as if he knew her.
The war apostle’s gaze made Lois look a little uncomfortable.
Gallardo suddenly laughed, "I didn't expect that a tax collector who was so decisive and could execute a planetary governor without blinking an eye would actually have a kind heart."
His words contained a hint of ridicule.
Laois remained silent and did not reply.
Gallardo continued, "What you say makes sense, but so what? A planet that has been destroyed once, its development is nothing compared to the great cause of the Solar Expedition. . Why after arriving in the Pegasus region, I didn’t immediately go to the richest Flying Wing star, the most populous Koroga 3, or the Faches star system with three worlds, but to the Raging Owl star. This remote and poor place should be the first stop."
"Because, as for Gu Hang's identity, I know that he is the patriarch of an Imperial Chamber of Commerce family. What I can fish out of him is not just a How much money is there on the Raging Owl Star? The Gu family behind him is quite rich."
"In addition to money, it is also a good place to make a breakthrough in the Tianma Star District. I know that he is still doing some things on the Black Arrow star in this sector. I also know that he wants to establish an Astral Army. While being responsible for the local defense of the Raging Owl star, he can also deduct taxes. You see, This young man has a lot of ideas. The more ideas he has, the more leverage he can have."
"According to my past experience, if you want to live well in a star sector, you must first come up with an example. Whether it is positive, use incentives to establish a guy who gets the benefits, and attract other people to be willing. Fundraising; still negative, subverting one thing, using fear to make others consider the consequences, and have to submit. In short, this precedent must be set."
"Isn't this Gu Hang very poor? It’s a broken, eccentric planet, and the governor happens to represent a wealthy Imperial Chamber of Commerce. There are also some good things to do. If I don’t make this the first stop, I’d be really sorry for my keen sense of smell.”
Faced with Gallardo's tirade, Lois also fell silent.
Of course she still disagrees with the behavior of this war apostle.
But so what?
As he said, this is just an insignificant small planet. There is almost no conflict with the interests of the Star Territory and the tax collector. When Lois opened his mouth to offer some words of advice, it was already a rare episode of conscience.
It is impossible for her to have a conflict with the war apostle because of this matter.
She could only sigh in the end, feeling that the boy named Gu Hang was a little unlucky.
It’s best to be wise, shed some blood, and send this war apostle away. If you really disobey and disobey, then according to his many methods, not only the blood will be shed, but also a lot of extra trouble will occur.
Gu Hang organized a grand welcome for the arrival of the tax collector and war apostle.
Of course, this so-called grandness only refers to the Raging Owl Star.
The Raging Owl Star is very poor, but under the alliance's system, especially under the leadership of the governor Gu Hang, they have never paid attention to things like pomp and circumstance, and everything is closer to pragmatism. This unnecessary ritual should be simplified if possible.
When welcoming the War Apostle and the Star Territory Tax Chief, they had tried their best to create as much pomp and circumstance as possible. They knew that this might still be quite shabby for the two well-informed people. At best, it only made them feel the enthusiasm of the Raging Star. But it's enough to be able to do this, as long as it doesn't make people feel ignored, that's fine.
Originally, Gu Hang had no intention of offending these two people.
One is a war apostle who has a reputation in the political arena of the entire empire, and the other is the tax chief who is in charge of taxation in the star field and has the power to execute the planetary governor.
They are all people who cannot afford to offend.
Moreover, Gu Hang also smelled something special.
It is unusual for these two people to come in person.
According to general experience, a big shot at the level of the Director of Taxation is very tight on time and schedule. After they arrive in a stable star sector, they often move directly to the capital of the star sector and sit in the center. Sometimes I personally go to some big tax planets to supervise the situation. And some remote areas, the amount of imperial tax is not highIt is enough to have a squadron to take over the place.
If you can't collect it, just issue an execution order and let the agents of the Ministry of Justice go to work.
Gu Hang originally thought that what he had to face was just a squadron.
But he never expected that the tax chief would come in person and bring a war apostle.
Gu Hang felt something was wrong.
He was secretly vigilant. During the dinner, he personally received the two of them and had a conversation with them.
He once had the idea of trying to use his mind-tampering psychic power to find out what these two people were thinking.
However, when he just had this idea, he suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart.
This is his spirituality, warning him.
He immediately woke up.
At the level of these two people, mental protection will not fall behind. It is extremely difficult to succeed quietly, without being noticed and leaving no traces afterwards.
The Chief of Taxation may have some special treasure on his body; and the war apostle made Gu Hang feel a strong divine light.
He immediately stopped thinking, and only used words to test his energy.
Nellaois, the tax collector, was always serious and spoke very little. Gu Hang did not produce any results from his tests.
On the other hand, the War Apostle, who had a higher status, was very approachable, always smiling, and praised Gu Hang's work on the Raging Owl Star during the conversation.
In a few words, Gu Hang was surprised to find that this person knew everything about his deeds in the past two years, at least roughly.
After being praised, he not only did not feel arrogant, but became more vigilant.
Such an important status, knowing so much about the little governor of this remote planet
What do you want to do?
During the banquet, Gu Hang kept thinking This question.
After the end, on the occasion of parting, Tax Collector Laois avoided Gallardo in a meaningful way and said something in his ear
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