Chapter 781: I'm going to buy half a spiral arm

(Chapter 1 arrives!) ）

The Doras Imperial Bureau, symbolizing the highest authority of the Empire's official government, is responsible for administering all the territories of the ** river system, hundreds of large star clusters, and thousands of xiǎo star fields.

Every year, the taxes paid by hundreds of millions of races in the form of crystal coins are finally distributed by the government office to the various realms of the vast empire spanning 18 million light years.

Among them, fully forty percent of the tax revenue is used to maintain huge military expenditures, and the huge and powerful troops calculated in hundreds of millions of dollars are the basis for maintaining the existence of the empire, so such huge military expenditures have always been an unavoidable fact for hundreds of millions of years in the Doras Empire.

Under such circumstances, maintaining the basic tax and raising the tax revenue has become the top priority of the government office every year.

During the lifetime of the previous emperor Angutte, the taxes of the Doras Empire were fairly balanced, and the entire empire was in good order, and there were no big luàn sons.

However, since the failure of Angut's promotion to the galaxy level, and the Seventh Prince's ancestry An Ciumda Bī took the crown prince An Kun and usurped the throne as the emperor, the imperial government has been in great trouble.

The reason is simple, only six of the river systems are still under the direct management of the Imperial Government and the military, but two of them are blocked by other self-governing general autonomous river systems, and the military forces of those two river systems are also in a war of attrition.

The four river systems that are still in control are closely linked, but they are also in the midst of intermittent battles with the forces of the generals who have declared autonomy.

For more than 600 million years, the Doras Empire had never been in such a state of division, with military spending soaring, and the generals who had declared autonomy still refusing to recognize Ancedar as emperor under the banner of former crown prince An Kun. Even the Elder Corps, the highest authority in the empire, did not manage this kind of power struggle, so naturally all the pressure was placed on the official office.

The generals who declared autonomy did not declare independence from the empire, nominally paying a small amount of taxes, but the amount was naturally far from what the empire originally needed.

Therefore, for several years, the Imperial Government could only collect as much tax as possible from the six major river systems and surrounding star clusters. However, military spending has risen again and again, because the expenditure of the new emperor Bixia's internal security forces is nearly five times higher than that of the previous emperor, accounting for one-fifth of the military expenditure of the imperial capital.

In this case, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure has become a must for the top officials in charge of tax collection.

Raising the Jiāo and excise taxes, and increasing the tariffs on the rivers under the Emperor's control, all added to the deficit in time. Of course, increasing the population and business scale of all galaxies in the area controlled by the government has become a project of great concern to the officials.

The original Star Domain Territory Trading, after improvement, has become another major source of income for the official office.

Even though the six generals controlled the ten river systems and the surrounding star clusters and xiǎo star fields, the right to sell the star domain territory was still vested in the Imperial Bureau, so the slave planets and lower race systems in the entire empire that could be freely traded became cash cows in the hands of the officials of the official office in exchange for a large amount of income.

Nobles or lords who are unable to repay their debts and are not good at running will usually sell off some stellar fields or star systems in order to get rid of their baggage. Doing so would pay the Imperial Government 20% of the jiāo tax, but it would be exchanged for enough crystals.

Whether it is in the Imperial Government Office or in the river systems and star clusters under the control of the generals, those nobles or lords who own territories will be severely punished if they cannot guarantee the full amount of taxes on the Shangjiāo, and in that case, selling part of the galaxy or star field will become a helpless choice.

The price of such a star field or star system is relatively low, and it is the first choice of many nobles who buy star fields and star systems, and it occupies about 30% of the land Jiāo.

Of course, there are also some lords and nobles who want to change their territories because of the promotion of their titles, so they sell some territories that are not necessary to keep, and this kind of jiāo also accounts for about 30% of the official office.

As for the other forty percent, about half of them are slave systems managed by various nobles or races, and the one part is a remote star field that few people care about.

In most of the star fields in the Milky Way and the hundreds of star clusters in the empire, as well as the thousands of xiǎo star fields, remote regions like this abound, most of which are dominated by slave buying galaxies, while many remote star fields are not of interest to anyone at all, so the prices are relatively low. ,

"Emperor Bixia issued a decree urging the official office to raise enough military funds as soon as possible, and within two years at most, we will recover the two major river systems near the imperial capital river system, but the political chief has high hopes for my territorial management office, at least 150 million crystal coins in two years."

A middle-aged man with a slightly chubby figure and a fiery red official robe frowned at the three-dimensional image above the copper sè table, checked the recent sales records, and paid attention to the information of the nobles who came to buy the territory that the officials were receiving today.

"It's hard! In the nearly three years since Bixia ascended the throne, the total sales of Jiāo tax revenue was only 200 million crystal coins. Even if you can maintain such a small amount of Jiāo in the next two years, if you want to get 150 million crystals in two years, there will be a shortfall of at least tens of millions of crystals. ”

While flipping through the records in the stereoscopic video, the middle-aged man's brows were tightly knit, and his eyes were fixed on the image of an official's office that appeared in the stereoscopic video.

"Huh? It's a new viscount, and nearly 10,000 new nobles like this have recently been born, but there aren't many people who have the status of a viscount like this to buy a territory, look at which galaxies he is buying. ”

The middle-aged man inadvertently began to use his authority to listen to the jiāo conversation that his subordinate officials were having with the viscount.

"My lord, these galaxies are too xiǎo, are there any star fields that are a little larger in scope and are conducive to management?"

Flipping through the three-dimensional menu, Leng Feng asked silently.

The authority of this official in front of him is no longer xiǎo, but the star field shown to him is no more than a hundred star systems at most, and they are all the kind of formed galaxies that are deep in the various river systems, although they can be used in their hands, they are not of much use.

In order to conceal his true purpose, Leng Feng had to buy two or three star fields at the same time, and the area had to be large enough and not exceed his knighthood level.

With Leng Feng's knighthood level, you can buy up to 500 star domain territories in the Imperial Capital River System, but if you are in other river systems, you can buy 5,000 star system Daxiǎo Territories.

According to Leng Feng's idea, he was to purchase a slightly xiǎo star field as a territory in the other three major river systems under the control of the Imperial Bureau, buy some adjacent slave systems in the star field near the Lejin clan in the Thorn Nage River system, and Zuihou purchased a territory with a diameter of 6,000 light years from the second spiral arm including the Human Federation.

Only then will one not doubt his motives. The galaxy is a remote river system, and neither the Doras Empire nor the official office of the Thorny Pigeon River system, which is responsible for supervising the galaxy, have sent any legions to be stationed in it, which is almost equivalent to the wilderness, where only a small number of slave merchant fleets will occasionally enter, so if Leng Feng wants to buy the location of the Human Federation, he must make a move to cover up.

Hearing Leng Feng's words, the official immediately smiled and said:

"Lord Viscount, the largest sale of star fields in the prosperous area of the imperial capital is only to this extent, if you appoint appropriate officials to manage and operate these systems, you can not only ensure that you can pay taxes, but also get enough income, this is a status symbol, and it is also convenient to manage nearby."

"Unless you buy territory in other remote river systems, but that would be much bigger, but much less profitable. The price of those remote star fields is not high, but it will take a lot of effort to operate, and you will have to organize a large number of territorial escort troops to ensure the safety of the territory, so it will cost ......."

Just as the official was saying this, he was interrupted by Leng Feng smiling and waving his hand.

"My lord, although I have enough funds on hand, I don't want to buy a territory within the Imperial Capital River system, it is too expensive. In addition, I want to make a long-term investment, so I would like to make more choices if you can show me the star field data of the Thorn Pigeon River system and the surrounding star clusters, as well as the star map of the remote river system. When Leng Feng said this, the smile on his face also looked like an ordinary nobleman who had never seen the world.

There are not many new nobles like him who have come to buy their territories among the newly canonized nobles, and thousands of them have made the move to buy their territories in recent years. Leng Feng is just one of them, so his request is not excessive, but he also has to pretend to have an outburst expression.

"My lord, if you just said that?" The smile on the face of the Territory Agency official was instantly retracted.

For Leng Feng, the viscount, he received it very respectfully, in order to be able to sell one of the territories in the Imperial River System, the price of each Imperial River system is nearly ten times higher than that of the star systems in the outer river system, it can be said that selling a territory containing a hundred star systems is definitely not worse than the profit of selling a thousand star systems in the outer river system. ,

In this case, this official is naturally trying to promote the territory within the imperial capital river system.

Like the strong man in front of him who won the viscount because of the noble selection competition, in his eyes, he could at least afford to buy a territory within the imperial capital river system, but Leng Feng's refusal immediately made him feel that làng had wasted time.

In his opinion, Leng Feng must be buying galaxies in remote areas because of lack of funds in his hands, so although the gold content is not high, the number of star systems will be very large, and the price will be extremely low.

Despite this, the territorial official quickly pulled up images of more than a dozen star maps, several star clusters, and several major river systems, the least noticeable of which was the Milky Way, a vortex galaxy that looked more xiǎo.

When he saw the star map of the Milky Way, Leng Feng couldn't help but sigh in his heart. After spending so many twists and turns, entering the Imperial Capital River System to obtain the title, just to buy the seat of the Human Federation in an official capacity, Leng Feng naturally had a very complicated mood when he saw that the Milky Way was so unappreciated in the Doras Empire.

"Lord Viscount, if you don't care about the prosperity and geographical restrictions, the territories with the majority of slave stars and uncivilized areas are your first choice. However, these starfields are extremely far away from the Imperial Capital River system, and if you are sure to buy them, you need to organize a strong enough escort force. The following inter-ethnic disputes will not be easily interfered with by the Imperial Authority, and it is up to you and other races or nobles to resolve them by yourself. ”

This official of the Territory Administration was not afraid of being troublesome when he spoke, and when he saw Leng Feng nodded, he continued to say with some annoyance: "Lord Viscount, this is the Linda noble lord of the Xuandeke Star Cluster, which has 1,300 star systems. This is the Biz Noble Territory of the Rundico Star Cluster, with 6,700 star systems. It's ......"

It was only after telling the dozens of territories sold in their entirety that the official reached out and pointed to Zuihou with a freshly enlarged image of the Milky Way.

“…… Lord Viscount, this is the cheapest river system territory, only hundreds of slave territories in the entire river system have been bought by imperial slave merchants and nobles, and most of the rest are barbarian galaxies, those low-level civilizations are still below the B level, and it will be difficult for you to sell them if you want to buy them. ”

"A low-level savage star field like this can buy millions of star systems with your permissions, or convert it into a territory space with a diameter of eight thousand light years, but I don't recommend you buy the star field there. Except for some low-level races, there are not enough energy source stars and rich mineral deposit stars, which is not suitable for a nobleman with status like you to buy! Of course, it's up to you to decide how to choose. Speaking of Zuihou, the official of the Territorial Administration had an indispensable expression.

When he introduced these star fields, when he saw the expression of interest in Leng Feng's eyes, he had already determined that Leng Feng was just a poor nobleman who had an empty viscount title but did not have the funds to purchase a territory in the Imperial Capital River System.

"My lord, so. This Biz noble collar looks good, I'll just buy it. In addition, the galaxy seems a little too remote, so can the second spiral arm be sold to me for half, but that seems to be a little more powerful than mine, if I can buy such a large piece of territory, I will be able to return to the clan. Hehe! Leng Feng first looked at the Biz Noble Leader of the Rendico Star Cluster with bright eyes, and then looked at the Milky Way as if he was very casual and said.

"What? Lord Viscount, after you buy the Biz Noble Domain, you also have to buy half of the star field of the second spiral arm of the Milky Way? It's true? That's 50 million star systems, are you sure? After hearing Leng Feng's words, the officials of the Territory Administration immediately stood up in shock.

If it was enough to surprise this official by buying the Biz Noble Lord, which had a large number of star systems, Leng Feng's request to buy half of the star field of the spiral arm of the next river system was enough to shock this official.

"Crazy! This new Viscount must be a madman! He actually wanted to buy that kind of Savage Star Field! The official stared at Leng Feng and shouted in his heart.

"Hehe, of course it's true. If I buy it, although I can't sell it, I'm afraid that my territory will be in the top 100 in the entire empire. Leng Feng said with a smile.

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