Chapter 788, Wish Come True

The content of the negotiations between the Alliance and the Empire covers a very wide range, with many complex details.

But the most important ones have been decided.

First, the escrow agreement has been passed.

The Empire finally couldn't stand the temptation of the 640 billion annual income.

After being helpless, the dispute between them and the Alliance was about the specific amount.

The statement brought out was that the Eastern Universe had more than 1.7 trillion in taxes, and required the governments of each star region to re-check the tax data of each planet.

This point is quite difficult to refuse. The Eastern Universe has not joined the Alliance, and it is not a fixed tax. Tax inspection is also the power of the Empire.

But in the same way, the Alliance can also find some parts that are beneficial to itself from political conventions. The inventory of the imperial tax development of each planet is in the hands of the star region government and is part of the power of the local government. You, the central government of the Empire, certainly have the right to order an inspection, but the execution power is with me, and the numbers will be the same after the inspection.

This is the point of contention. The final agreement reached is that the Empire will send tax officials to various star regions to supervise the tax inspection process. But in fact, with dozens of people entering each star region, nothing can be found in the territory of the Eastern Universe. The Eastern Universe should also give more face. The final number will be more than 1.6 trillion, reaching 1.8 trillion, which means that the taxes collected by the Alliance will reach 720 billion per year.

The Cui Ru government was recognized, but Yin Basim's reputation was also saved. The joint investigation team determined that his death was an unexpected tragedy. His body will be sent back to Holy Terra, and a grand funeral is waiting for him.

As for the Sword of Li Guang, the Empire originally wanted to retain their reputation, but this was strongly opposed by the Alliance. In the end, this regiment, which lacked backstage support, became a regiment that was wiped out in the name of rebellion.

This certainly created some bad reputation for the Alliance in the public opinion field of the major battle regiments of the Space Marines, especially within the many sub-groups of the Infinite Regiment. The Alliance was too overbearing and cruel. Li Guangzhijian did some things wrong, but his crime was not punishable by death. You could expel them, but it was too cruel to destroy their entire family and completely destroy their reputation.

But at the same time, this also further established the reputation of the Alliance - a reputation of cruelty can be considered a kind of reputation.

Now, no matter who it is, within the influence of the Alliance, if they want to challenge the Alliance, they must think about the fate of Li Guangzhijian.

This incident not only proves that the Alliance is strong. This point does not need to be destroyed. Everyone knows it, at best, it is not so intuitive.

But after this incident, the strength of the Alliance is not only intuitive, but also has a direct threat: the Alliance really dares to take action, is not afraid of bad influence, and really wants to kill them.

This is completely different from the appearance of having power but always being afraid to use it.

So far, the matter of the Eastern Universe has been resolved.

The Alliance finally got the long-cherished Eastern Universe.

And in the most desired way.

To really say that the entire Eastern Universe is incorporated into the Alliance, it might be a bit unsatisfactory.

The Alliance is now very large. A total of 14 star regions, almost as large as the two universes combined - some small universes have only six or seven star regions under their jurisdiction, and even less than 3,000 worlds in total.

At this point, the Alliance will certainly feel the pressure after the huge size of the regime.

With Gu Hang's cheating, it can ensure that a considerable number of key and core positions have ideals, integrity, and efficiency; in addition, the information revealed in the system panel cannot be ignored. Those data that do not need to be verified, are directly available, and do not need to worry about being cheated are themselves a super cheat that does not require the consumption of gift points.

But despite this, after the size is too large, the government levels of the Alliance will inevitably increase, and the control from the central to the local will still be greatly reduced.

If the remaining star regions in the Eastern Universe are included, the pressure of domination brought by the scale will be even greater, which may not be a good thing.

Moreover, the size of the alliance is actually enough now. With fourteen star regions as the core area, it is enough to develop well. It took the alliance fifteen years to finally get the Spider Web Universe on the right track. It can only be said that they have been put on the fast track of development. If they want to fully enjoy the fruits of development, they still have to give them time to grow. Now it is at most the first taste of the fruit, and they have to continue to increase various construction investments in the future.

If the Eastern Universe is swallowed up again, even if their foundation is definitely better than when the Alliance took over the Spider Web Universe, it will still cost a lot to give them the same treatment as the locals, which is a huge burden.

When the Alliance still has to bear the development and construction of the Spider Web Universe, it actually does not have enough power to focus on the development of the Eastern Universe according to the local model.

Like the current "colony"-like trusteeship method, it may be better.

The Alliance certainly does not make money from the taxes of the Eastern Universe, and it has to help the Empire collect taxes. However, the tax revenue that falls on governments at all levels can total 60%.

This part is also collected by the Alliance.

Although it is to be handed over to the Universe and Star Region governments, the money is given to them, so how to spend it, should they listen to some opinions? Should they do it in the direction indicated by the Alliance?

Not to mention, the Alliance's investment and the trade between the two sides will make a lot of money.

And there is no need to bear similar burdens as the locals.

From the perspective of making money now, this model is definitely better.

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After the Eastern Space Domain was settled, the "Alliance Plan Supplementary Agreement" was finally signed.

The tax rate was set. From next year, the imperial tax paid by the Alliance will increase to 2.5 trillion, and will increase by 50 billion every year in the next ten years.

In terms of money, the Alliance made more concessions, directly to the bottom line.

However, what it got in return was enough.

Three quotas for the Space Marines were approved.

All of them are ship-based battle groups, not for the mother planet.

The Empire does not want to exempt the Alliance from tax again.

Although it is a ship-based fleet, there is not a single ship, and only one hundred Space Marine seeds are allocated to each group - only seeds, no people.

If you want a name, give it, and don't pull out a single hair.

The diplomats of the Alliance cursed in Holy Terra, but Gu Hang smiled.

It's okay, it's more than expected.

But then, he couldn't laugh anymore.

Two of these three regiments are sub-regiments of the Infinite Regiment, and one is a sub-regiment of the Golden Knights.

But the problem is that when Gu Hang saw his [Regiment] interface, although there were three more regiments to exchange, they were all "inferior" seeds.

Gu Hang could only accept it with a curse.

Although the inferior seeds could not produce a high proportion of company champions and model warriors like the Phoenix and the Blood Shark, and even the proportion of non-commissioned officers was low, at least all the members could be pulled to the level of veterans, and they were also serious 6,000 Space Marines.

So far, if Gu Hang's maximum force is used, the Space Marines can be expanded to a scale of 14,000.

This is already a very scary Space Marine force.

In the current situation where the Space Marines are split into thousands of regiments and used in various places, this force is enough to sweep across half of the empire!