The corals looked a little listless throughout breakfast.

"What's wrong? Sango, you seem to have something on your mind? ”

My mother put down the chopsticks in her hand and asked with some concern.

Originally, when the royal family dined, she was not allowed to serve as an adjutant, but this rule was forcibly broken by her mother, who had always had an idea in her heart that she hoped that Coral could become her daughter-in-law.

Of course, it would be better if the fox-eared lady named Fox Ziyue was too.

“…… No, nothing ......."

Coral replied coyly, and then glared at the two Mu Yunsheng personal maids who were standing respectfully on the side with some envy.

Sasha and Pepeth.

Mu Yunshang couldn't help blushing when she saw Coral's reaction.

When I got up before, because I didn't pay attention, most of my pajamas fell off, and the subsequent result was that I was handed down by two girls when I was changing.

Of course, the approach is quite subtle, but this can't hide the vicious coral.

At that time, the adjutant lady was almost about to shout at the two maids, "Let go of that majesty, what will I do".

"Ahem...... I'm done, that coral, come with me and go outside. ”

In order to alleviate the embarrassment, Mu Yunshang quickly settled his breakfast and prepared to go outside with Sango.

Today is the first day of returning from the expedition, although there are still a lot of official duties to deal with, Mu Yunshang has also grown significantly now, and taking time to walk around will not delay work.

And when Coral heard this, his whole little face lit up on the spot.

On one side, my mother and father looked at each other and smiled meaningfully.

====Girl resting poi====

The capital of the empire is very prosperous, but this prosperity is always missing something in the previous Mu Yunsheng's opinion.

Commerce.

The empire had no merchant class and no commercial practices.

Because of the foul social productivity, every subject of the empire was able to easily obtain all the materials he needed within the legal scope by applying for it, coupled with the influence of the overall social trend and loyalty to the royal family, the empire gradually evolved into what it is today in this somewhat deformed way of development in the eyes of ordinary civilization.

This is not so much an empire as it is a complete war machine, and fortunately, this war machine is in the hands of someone worthy of convincing - this is the assessment of the leaders of the alliance after learning about the state of the empire.

Mu Yunshang also thought about changing this status quo at first, but then he found that he had no idea where to start.

The most primitive driving force for the existence of business behavior is the benefits brought by the exchange of what is not there.

But when the entire empire from top to bottom, where any single individual in any place can easily obtain whatever is allowed by his authority, and these loyal subjects, without exception, are not interested in what is outside their authority, there is no breeding ground for commercial behavior at all.

Subjects only need to be content to live, willing to work, and brave to fight to meet all their needs.

"It's just that this really has to change."

Mu Yunsheng, who was wandering around on the street with Coral in the name of inspection, said.

"Your Majesty?"

"Don't you understand, Sango?"

"Yes."

Coral nodded very cheerfully.

Mu Yunshang casually pointed to some passers-by passing by.

Of course, these people would not fail to know Mu Yunsheng, they bowed to him after seeing the emperor appear on the street in such a grand manner, and then continued to do their own things quietly.

It's just that the eyes that look at Mu Yunshang from time to time are full of fanaticism.

"You see, in the past, there were only our fantasy species on the territory of the empire, and there was no great need to change this situation, but now, after the five countries of the alliance joined the empire as co-servants, some things are different."

Now in the territory of the empire, there are also some people from the five countries of the alliance - whether it is the alliance or the empire, and the borders are open to each other.

“……？”

Coral tilted his head and couldn't understand.

For an adjutant who has lived in the environment of the empire since he was a child, as a single individual of the empire, he only needs to keep to himself, do his own work within his authority and dedicate his loyalty to His Majesty, and other things do not need to be considered at all.

This kind of thing, which seems to be taken for granted by the fantasy species, does not apply to the people of the five countries of the alliance.

While technologically advanced than civilizations that have not escaped the gravitational pull of the planet, they have not advanced enough to make entire societies run like empires – abandoning commerce entirely.

To put it simply, their social productivity is not enough.

"The five countries of the alliance are co-subordinate countries, but whether they are co-subordinate countries or vassal states, they are not the empire's own territory and are not directly governed by the empire, in this case, it is impossible for the empire to completely transform them from top to bottom, so many things will become quite troublesome."

"They need business practices, they need a lot of things that we don't think are necessary at all."

"Because they have become co-ministers of the Empire, they are changing, but the Empire must also change - the simplest point is that we need to establish at least a way to trade goods that can be accepted by both sides, and by more civilizations that are likely to emerge in the future."

"Commerce, and the monetary system that goes with it."

Mu Yunshang explained to the coral while starting to think about the solution in his mind.

Coral nodded thoughtfully, somewhat understanding what Mu Yunshang was worried about.

She looked at the back of Mu Yunsheng in front of her who exuded a soft halo in the morning light, and her eyes were confused.

Suddenly, Mu Yunshang remembered the previous transaction with the curator.

With a thought in his mind, he said: "Remember when we first traded with curators, maybe we can refer to their trading methods - curators have business dealings with countless civilizations in the universe, and they must have a set of transactions that can be accepted in the entire universe, at least most of the universe." ”

"But Your Majesty, my subordinates also know some things about the curators, and even the currency they recognize is a worthless thing in our eyes."

"Yes, whether it is the ores, resources, or other energy they need, they are of little or no value to us—but these things are just what we think they are, and other civilizations don't see them that way."

Coral still wrinkled her eyebrows, and she always felt that something was wrong.

“…… Your Majesty, I beg your pardon for being stupid, even though the Empire can trade with other civilizations what we see as worthless, but they don't have anything that we can look up to. The generational gap in civilization makes it impossible for both sides to even be interested in aggression and plunder. ”

Quite simply, an Atomic Age civilization could not have taken an interest in conquest of a Stone Age tribe.

Although this is a bit belittling for the five countries of the alliance, it is a true portrayal of the relationship between the two sides.

"No, Sango, they also have what the Empire needs - and that's people."

Looking at the imperial capital that had become more human-minded than before after joining the alliance, Mu Yunsheng's thoughts became clearer and clearer.

"The various technologies that have been eliminated by the empire are treasures in the eyes of the Alliance. We can establish a trading system that does not seem to have much benefit to the empire on the surface, allowing the alliance to purchase various obsolete technologies and even equipment from the empire, and correspondingly, can't the empire completely tie the five alliance countries to the empire through this system? The more they get from the Empire, the more there is no way to get out of it. ”

"But...... Your Majesty, haven't they already become the co-ordinators of the Empire? We can force them to do anything. ”

Coral continued to ask.

"It's really not good, it's okay to annex it directly? When the former capital star was not yet unified by the Empire, we did so by absolute power. ”

"That's different."

Mu Yunshang shook her head.

At that time, the empire that had not unified the home planet was able to forcibly conquer the world, and a large reason was that all the intelligent life on the entire capital planet was a fantasy species - although it seemed to be a little different in form, but the essence was the same race.

But now it's different, the galaxy is vast and there are countless races, and if you want to forcibly integrate everything by force, there will be no problem in a short period of time, but it is definitely not the way to long-term peace and stability.

The best way is to use force as a guarantee, both economic and political, and to use multiple means at the same time. This would also minimize the resistance of other civilizations to the Empire, making the process seem more gentle.

Of course, cultural bondage is also a road, but the empire can almost be called a desert in the cultural field.

Thinking of this, Mu Yunshang became more and more determined in the idea in her heart.