Chapter 1541 Compulsory Levy
In the past month, with the resource allocation power of the entire Heavenly Power Empire, why did he only build a mere 20 million giant ships from the strongest technology in another universe?
You must know that Qin Yan is in control of the Heavenly Power Empire, and the huge power to allocate human and material resources is not allowed, and the requirements of the Imperial Council are not allowed, using the existing strategic resources of the treasury, and not allowing the mobilization of the empire's elite troops, but there is no requirement for other aspects.
The gray crystal that drives the battleship is a strategic resource, but Qin Yan has to be the gray crystal, and the basic resource for building a battleship, the Imperial Council has not made any restrictive requirements.
It is conceivable that with a huge number of workers, production lines, and basic resources, it is impossible to build such a small number of warships in a month.
In fact, any empire of high civilization can build a large number of warships in a short period of time, but why is the number of warships fixed in each country?
Very simple.
Take the Heavenly Power Empire as an example, the number of warships standing in the military of the entire empire is about four trillion.
If the empire goes all out to build warships, it can build 40 trillion or even 400 trillion warships in a very short time.
The resources consumed by the battleship itself are not precious, except for the engine and light cannon barrel, the materials used are slightly more expensive, and most of them are the most basic titanium alloys, which is more than this kind of information in the universe.
But!
Can these battleships be used?
Battleships need energy to fly, and more energy is consumed in battle, the key is that for an empire of their level, it makes no sense to let a seven-star battleship use conventional energy and exert a combat power equivalent to a three- or four-star battleship - those relatively low-level civilizations are restricted from using gray crystals, but the nine empires are not restricted, and all warships are equipped with gray crystals.
If it weren't for this, the seven-star warship would not be able to exert its combat effectiveness at all with conventional energy sources.
To put it bluntly, the production of warships is very simple, the problem is that the conventional energy that drives the battleship, and the strategic-level resource Gray Crystal that allows the battleship to exert its combat effectiveness, is not endless. As strong as the Heavenly Power Empire, it can only maintain four trillion warships equipped with Gray Crystal, and without the support of enough Gray Crystal, it is useless to produce more warships.
A seven-star battleship powered by conventional energy can only exert the combat effectiveness of a three- or four-star battleship, what is this kind of battleship going to do?
That's right, in the past month, with the support of enough basic resources, it is impossible for Qin Yan to build only 20 million warships.
In fact, these 20 million giant ships, integrated with more powerful technology, were secretly built in the past few years when Peony did not have too much power to mobilize resources.
What has Qin Yan been doing this month?
He is also building a battleship, but he is not building that kind of super giant ship, but using more powerful technology to imitate the warship of the Hidden Yuan Empire!
The action against the Hidden Yuan Empire was not drawn up after the formation of the 'Shadow'.
Before passing the proposal of the Imperial Council and obtaining the right to allocate human and material resources, Qin Yan made a comprehensive plan, as for building the warships of the Hidden Yuan Empire, now is the time to use them......
The overlord has the privilege of having a subject state in that it can freely enter and leave the territory of the subject country as long as it is ascertained.
Of course, this privilege is rarely driven.
After all, the relationship between the suzerainty and the subject state is not forever immutable, so while the subject country shows enough respect, the suzerainty must always give a certain amount of respect.
It's like the betrayal of the Mardins Empire at the beginning, because the suzerainty made them lose face: the so-called no master here has its own place to stay, if the suzerainty is too much for the subject country, the subject country can completely switch to other countries, so under normal circumstances, the suzerainty will not intrude within the territory of the subject country.
Today is an exception!
It is only a step away from the imperial capital of the Qiyun Empire, and a certain star system has already entered the imperial capital defense circle of the Qiyun Empire.
Thousands of warships engraved with the logo of the Hidden Yuan Empire were quietly suspended next to the wormhole, and far and near were hundreds of warships of the Qiyun Empire.
Obviously, this is the army of the Qiyun Empire stationed in the wormhole.
In front of the fleet of the Hidden Yuan Empire, there was a man with a grim expression, who was accompanied by hundreds of people, and there was obviously some impatience on his face.
Sneer......
Suddenly!
A blue electric pattern appeared in the wormhole, and then a battleship jumped out, and from the style and logo of the battleship, it could be seen that this was a ship branch from the Qiyun Empire.
As the cabin opened, twenty or thirty mermaids walked out, led by Du Ze, the emperor of the Qiyun Empire.
Seeing thousands of Hidden Yuan Empire warships, Du Ze's eyes were obviously stunned.
This figure is really strange: usually, if something happens to the suzerain, it is impossible to have too many warships, as little as one and more than three or five, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings; On the other hand, if there is a conflict between the suzerainty and the subject country, or even a posture of wanting to make a move, tens or even hundreds of millions of warships will appear, and there will definitely not be only a few thousand.
"I've seen Honoré in chief." Du Ze hurriedly walked in front of the hundreds of people in the Hidden Yuan Empire, led by the man, and saluted.
That's right, the person who came to the Qiyun Empire this time was one of the four seven-star commanders of the Hidden Yuan Empire, so even Du Ze, who was the monarch of the Qiyun Empire, had to maintain enough respect in front of this man, and the number of warships sent by the key Hidden Yuan Empire really made Du Ze unable to figure out the reason, he had to be as careful as possible.
"It's all your own people, and Emperor Duze doesn't need to be polite."
Honoré's face was still cold, as long as anyone familiar with it knew that the commander-in-chief of the Hidden Yuan Empire had always been unsmiling.
He shifted his gaze to Du Ze, and said in a deep voice: "I won't say anything politely, my country was attacked by an unknown enemy, and the losses were very heavy, Emperor Du Ze should have heard of this, right?" ”
"Really?!" Du Ze was shocked.
This is not deliberately pretended, many people have seen the video and audio on the Internet, but Du Ze also thinks it is a prank.
It is simply unbelievable that someone would dare to attack the Hidden Yuan Empire, and also inflict heavy damage on this one of the nine empires, which can be called the strongest country in the universe.
Honoré nodded solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "Originally, our side was still blocking the news, but the enemy announced the next battle plan on the Internet, and it is likely that there will be multiple financial districts attacked at that time, and it is impossible to block the news." ”
"Dare to ask the commander-in-chief, who is so bold as to dare to attack the Hidden Yuan Empire?" Du Ze felt that this matter was too exaggerated.
"I don't know yet."
After taking a deep breath, Honoré said in a deep voice: "Although the empire is sure to destroy the enemy, the war that has taken place has caused extremely serious losses to the empire, and this kind of loss will occur in the future, so after the agreement of the imperial council, I hope that the subject countries can give the empire some support in terms of strategic resources." ”
The Hidden Yuan Empire asked the Crescent Moon Empire to collect strategic resources, which was completely unreasonable, after all, there was no direct relationship between the two sides.
However, in the face of huge war losses and attrition, it is reasonable to ask for something to be supported by a direct subject country.
Because of this, Du Ze's attitude is completely different from the attitude of the monarch of the Crescent Empire.
"It makes sense that our country should do the same."
Du Ze was not an unreasonable person, he immediately nodded and said, "I don't need to go through the council to discuss, I can make the decision and add three years of worship." ”
This is equivalent to the fact that the Qiyun Empire has given three more years of worship, which is obviously considered to have fulfilled the affection of the vassal country.
"Does the emperor know how much his country consumed in the previous war?" Honoré asked.
"This ......"
"Equivalent to 8,400 years of revenue in the country."
"So much!"
"It's just the losses that have already been incurred, and there will definitely be battle losses in the next encounters."
Honoré looked at Du Ze and said in a deep voice: "Since your country is a vassal state of my Hidden Yuan Empire, if your country is weakened due to war damage, it will not be good for the vassal country, isn't it?" There are a total of 359 direct vassal states under the jurisdiction of my Hidden Yuan Empire, and according to the number of offerings of each vassal country, it will take about three thousand years of worship to make up for the existing losses - therefore, the Imperial Council has decided to levy three thousand years of worship from your country. ”
Three thousand years!
Three thousand years of worship!
Are these bastards of the Hidden Yuan Empire crazy?
Their country has suffered heavy losses in the confrontation with the enemy, and it is also appropriate to give some resources as a direct subject country, which is like a relative's family has to pay a salute when someone dies, but after all, a relative is a relative and not a relative, is it possible that when an ordinary relative's family dies, you have to take out decades' salary as a gift?
Du Ze's face immediately turned unsightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Is the Commander-in-Chief's requirements too high?" You must know that the country also has various expenditures, and the number of offerings for these three thousand years is enough to empty half of the treasury at one time! ”
Even if there is no suzerainty on the top of the nine empires, there are resources to spend along with income, let alone the following vassal states?
A country like the Qiyun Empire, in addition to various expenditures within the empire, has to be offered to the suzerainty every year, and not many of them really fall into the treasury.
The other party actually asked them to give a one-time offering of 3,000 years, which is simply asking for their lives!
If it is said that it is an advance payment for the next three thousand years of worship, it can still be discussed, but according to the meaning of the other party, this is obviously an overpayment.
"The emperor should understand that you and I are subordinate, and there is a direct relationship of interests." Honoré stared at Du Ze coldly.
"The Commander-in-Chief has probably mistaken one thing."
Directly related to the interests of the empire, Du Ze will definitely not give in, he said in a deep voice: "The Hidden Yuan Empire has made up for the losses caused by your own reasons by doing this, so what should we do?" Do you have to pass on all the losses caused by your confrontation with your opponents to our vassals? That doesn't seem reasonable, does it? ”
Honoré frowned, and said in a deep voice: "I am not here today to discuss, but to issue the final decision of the Imperial Council. ”
"I'm sorry, but I'm sorry." Du Ze was resolute.
"The emperor should know very well that as a vassal state of my Hidden Yuan Empire, once there is any conflict, it will be very unfavorable to your country."
"Your Excellency, do you still want to take it by force?"
"Okay."
Honoré took a deep breath and said word by word, "Either do what I say, or - there is no need for the Qiyun Empire to exist." ”