Chapter 400, Muddy Waters (A Cup of Water for Coffee, 10,000 Rewards and More)
Centaurus Galaxy, the central galaxy of the empire, has been particularly busy recently, because there are too many things in diplomacy that make Li Fu dizzy.
Since the empire fought with the Ox civilization in the Gardner galaxy, it easily killed 50 elite fleets of the Ox civilization with two fleets, forcing the Ox civilization to sign the "Gardner Treaty" and cede 100 galaxies to the empire. The well-informed civilizations on the entire sub-spiral arm soon knew that a powerful civilization was rising.
Naturally, there have been many civilization delegations coming to the empire in recent years. The Ox civilization is very powerful in the sub-spiral arm. The Yanhuang Empire, which can easily defeat the Ox civilization, has naturally become the object of flattery of countless civilizations.
In the imperial palace, Li Fu is cordially receiving the ambassador from the Kalan Empire, Alman. This Alman is the second most powerful person in the Kalan Empire. He is the right prime minister of the Kalan Empire with the same status as the prime minister of the empire. This time he is also the plenipotentiary representative of the emperor of the Kalan Empire to come and build relations with the empire.
The battle between the Empire and the Ox Civilization in the Gardner Galaxy shocked the Kalan Empire. The Kalan Empire and the Empire had established formal diplomatic relations a long time ago, but the Empire has always been low-key, and the relationship between the Kalan Empire and the Kalan Empire is also the kind of non-interference.
As long as the Kalan Empire does not take the initiative to provoke trouble, the Empire will not take the initiative to trouble the Kalan Empire. Therefore, in the past few decades, although the two sides have established formal diplomatic relations, the friendship between them is not that deep.
The Kalan Empire even thought that the Empire was easy to bully and took the initiative to trouble the Empire, and then became very honest after being beaten by the Empire's army.
Now, the battle between the Empire and the Ox Civilization has really scared the Kalan Empire. The Kalan Empire is of course very clear about the strength of the Ox Civilization. Every time the Kalan Empire fights against the Ox Civilization, it will suffer losses and cannot gain any advantage. Unexpectedly, this neighbor next to it, who does not show off his strength, can actually cultivate the Ox Civilization so miserably.
The cession of hundreds of galaxies at a time has never happened in the history of the spiral arm. The Ox civilization has set a precedent in history. It can be seen how badly it was beaten by the Empire. The strength is not on the same level.
Therefore, the Kalan Empire sent an ambassador group represented by the right prime minister Yarman to the Empire in the first time to build relations and increase friendship. Of course, it also wanted to try to buy some arms and weapons from the Empire. The powerful combat effectiveness of the Empire's warships is obvious to all.
"Your Majesty, the Ox civilization is the common enemy of our two civilizations. We, the Kalan Empire, hope to buy some arms and weapons from the powerful Yanhuang Empire to fight against our common enemy, the Ox civilization."
The atmosphere on the scene was still very harmonious. This time, the right prime minister of the Kalan Empire Yarman also made sufficient preparations and came with countless gifts to Li Fu. He was also very respectful to Li Fu. Li Fu naturally could not say that he would reach out to hit a smiling person, so the two sides had been chatting very well. Yarman also put forward the request to purchase arms and weapons at the right time.
"Regarding your civilization's purchase of arms and weapons, Mr. Alman can discuss it carefully with our Imperial Cabinet Prime Minister. In principle, our Empire is willing to sell arms and weapons."
After a moment of hesitation, Li Fu nodded slowly. Arms and weapons, interstellar slave trade, and space trade are the three most profitable trades in the universe. Among them, the arms and weapons trade related to a powerful civilization is the hottest and most profitable trade among the three trades. The Empire has now officially appeared on the stage of the Milky Way, and naturally cannot give up such a profitable trade.
"Great, with your Empire's powerful arms and weapons, we will definitely be able to fight the Ox people better."
Alman, the right prime minister of the Kalan Empire, has always been very nervous, fearing that Li Fu would refuse to sell arms and weapons to them. However, when he got Li Fu's affirmative answer, Alman almost jumped up with joy. The arms and weapons of the Yanhuang Empire are absolutely awesome. The Ox civilization was punished to bow its head and sign the "Gardner Treaty" to cede hundreds of star systems.
After meeting the ambassador of the Kalan Empire, the ambassadors of the Raymond Empire, Brad Civilization, Achis Civilization, and other civilizations soon lined up to wait for Li Fu to meet them.
The Raymond Empire, Brad Civilization, Achis Civilization, and other civilizations that are in the front are all powerful civilizations. The strength of the Kalan Empire and the Raymond Empire is not much different from that of the Oaks Civilization. They can all be regarded as Level 3 cosmic civilizations, but of course they can only be regarded as the primary stage.
However, this Orion spiral arm is so huge that even the number of civilizations on the secondary spiral arm is tens of thousands. The most of them are Level 2 cosmic civilizations with strength similar to that of the original Earth Federation. These Level 2 cosmic civilizations that received the news have traveled billions of miles across the void to send a large delegation to the Yanhuang Empire, hoping to buy powerful arms and weapons from the empire to strengthen their own strength.
Li Fu will be busy meeting the ambassadors of these civilizations tomorrow. The gifts he received can already fill up a square. There are all kinds of strange things, rare and exotic animals, jewelry, jade, etc., which can open an interstellar museum.
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In the back garden of the Imperial Palace, the empire's elders and high-level officials gathered together, talking and laughing with each other, and it was obvious that they were in a very good mood.
"Tsk tsk, this interstellar arms trade is indeed the most profitable business. How much did you sell me for an energy cannon with a range of only 10 million kilometers in our empire?"
Tu Xueli, the prime minister of the empire, seemed a little proud at this time. During this period of time, every civilization would come to the empire to negotiate the purchase of arms and weapons. Tu Xueli, who was fully responsible for this matter, took up the butcher knife and slaughtered these fat sheep who came to the door.
"I remember that the energy cannon on the empire's battleship, even if the attack range reached 30 million kilometers, its cost was only about 100 million yuan. I estimate that you should buy about 10 billion."
Bai Cai, the master of the empire's energy weapons field, estimated with a smile.
"Only 100 times? You underestimate our Prime Minister. I estimate that it will be sold for at least 100 billion."
Yu Liang grinned. He knew that Tu Xueli looked honest and simple, but he was never vague when it came to cheating people. This time, the Japanese, the Pan-European Union, etc. were invaded by the Oaks civilization. In fact, it can be said that Tu Xueli dug a big pit.
"Hehe, Uncle Yu, you still understand me."
Tu Xueli grinned and said, he and Li Fu's son and others are of the same generation, so in front of the imperial elders, they are all juniors.
"100 billion? My goodness, 1000 times the profit. If you take into account the discount they get for the materials, it can be multiplied several times. This deal is worth it."
Others couldn't help but shout out when they heard it. The profit is 1000 times just by calculating the price. However, the Empire will definitely not accept the currency of other civilizations. So if they want to buy the Empire's weapons and ammunition, they must first transport the materials needed by the Empire to the Empire and sell them in exchange for the Empire's currency, and then buy them. In the meantime, the Empire can make a lot of money. Calculated, the profit is quite terrible.
"Hehe, although we sell it at a high price, these civilizations are still flocking to it. The energy cannon with a range of 10 million kilometers is a very powerful weapon in the entire sub-spiral arm. Only the space battleships purchased from the Starlight Beyond and the weapons on our empire's battleships have a stronger attack range than this."
"Those level 2 cosmic civilizations are eager to sell their pots and irons to buy more, while strengthening their own strength. In the universe, there is no guarantee for level 2 cosmic civilizations. Maybe one day they will be destroyed."
Tu Xueli's face was full of smiles. The arms sold by the empire were all obsolete or restricted. As for energy weapons, they only sold energy cannons with a range of 10 million kilometers. This kind of cannon does not pose a threat to the empire's battleships, but it is quite deterrent to those level 3 and level 2 cosmic civilizations.
You should know that the energy cannon produced by the Kalan Empire can only attack 7 million kilometers, and the energy cannon of the Oaks civilization is only 8 million kilometers, and its power is far less than that of the Empire's energy cannon. Naturally, the civilizations on the secondary spiral arm are also madly competing for the Empire's various arms.
Although the price is really expensive, it is also worth the money. As long as you buy some weapons, the level 2 cosmic civilization will instantly have the power to deter the level 3 cosmic civilization. Once the fish die, the net is broken, even if the level 3 cosmic civilization can destroy the level 2 cosmic civilization, it will suffer heavy losses, especially if it still relies on the space-time ocean current to defend, it will be even more difficult.
The reason why Li Fu and the top leaders of the empire agreed to sell arms and weapons is naturally because the arms and weapons trade in the interstellar is very profitable and the profits are very considerable. If the empire wants to develop rapidly, it must definitely make good use of this point and rely on the huge scissors gap to continuously obtain a steady stream of materials from various civilizations.
Another aspect is naturally to further stir up the water on the entire secondary spiral arm. The third-level cosmic civilizations such as Oaks Civilization, Kalan Empire, Raymond Empire, Brad Civilization, and Archis Civilization are powerful, and the pattern between them has long been formed, which will definitely be difficult to shake in a short period of time.
Therefore, the empire must add fuel to the fire and provide powerful weapons to the weak second-level cosmic civilizations or third-level cosmic civilizations, so that they can complain and take revenge, and completely muddy the water of the entire secondary spiral arm. In this way, the consumption of each other will help the empire to slowly erode the entire secondary spiral arm, and thus look forward to the main spiral arm of Orion.
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