Building a fleet and developing planets requires huge amounts of money, and Liu Yi is so troubled by this that he sometimes even wants to hack directly into the banking system and transfer the money to the Yaqiu government's account.

Technically, Liu Yi can do it, and with the doppelganger system, this thing is not too difficult. However, Liu Yi still didn't dare to do this, once this matter was discovered by the bank, his and Yaqiu's credit would be bankrupt, and he would not want to have any business dealings with the bank in the future, the consequences would not be something Liu Yi could bear.

Liu Yi also asked the people on the government committee about this matter, these people are people who run and manage enterprises, and have rich experience in raising funds.

The method given by most people is to find a bank for financing, but with such a huge amount, even the bank cannot finance it at once, and there must be collateral for bank financing, even if Liu Yi stakes out the Bingfeng base, it will not be of much use.

Shangguanqi and the others saw that Liu Yi was frowning all day, so they also asked Liu Yi, how much money is needed to build a fleet?

Liu Yi replied: "General Feng and I have preliminarily estimated that at least more than 200 billion will be needed. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they exclaimed, "My God! It takes so much money! Yaqiu's annual tax revenue is only more than 20 billion, which is worth Yaqiu's tax revenue for ten years! ”

Liu Yi said: "I also discussed with the bank, can we use Yaqiu's tax as collateral and ask the bank to finance us." ”

"What does the bank say?" Kamikanzaki asked.

"The bank said that financing is not impossible, but the interest is really not something we can afford, I'm afraid that Yaqiu's tax revenue for a year is only enough to pay the interest, this debt will take decades to pay off, the burden for Yaqiu is too heavy, if you drag Yaqiu's economy into the quagmire for the fleet, it is really worth the loss." Liu Yi sighed.

"I really didn't expect that it would take such a lot of money to build a fleet, and the empire has nearly twenty fleets, which is really rich enough!" The crowd also sighed.

Liu Yi explained: "This is just the beginning, a fleet is not just a matter of buying warships, but also the corresponding weapon configuration, fleet personnel expenses, daily maintenance, and the construction and maintenance of fleet bases...... Add all of this together, I'm afraid it will take four or five hundred billion to feed a fully formed fleet. ”

"It's horrible!" Ke Rin's scalp tingled when he heard this, and he simply covered his ears.

"So, those systems that have fleets have the urge to fight, and only war can earn back such a huge amount of money, otherwise they must have a strong economic capacity to feed the fleet." Liu Yi said.

"I see! It is no wonder that after two consecutive failed crusades against the rebels, the imperial capital has no strength to carry out the next crusade. Shangguan Qi said suddenly.

"In fact, it can also be said the other way around, the rebels can't sneak attack the emperor, and they won't be able to do it again." Kirin said.

"You're right, I couldn't figure it out before, why the empire has been letting the rebels go for the past few years, why don't you continue to attack the rebels? It wasn't until recently that I realized that a starfleet was a huge expense, and that if a battle was lost, it would probably not be possible to recover that loss for more than a decade. Liu Yi sighed.

"It's terrible to build a fleet!" Ke Rin said: "Otherwise, we should not do it, in case the economy collapses, we really can't afford it!" ”

Liu Yi shook his head and said: "No, the fleet has to be done, without the fleet, we will fall behind others everywhere, and we may become the prey of others at any time." Now the times are different, the imperial capital closes the door, and no one can enter. These colonies outside have taken action, and they all want to take advantage of this vacuum period to develop and strengthen themselves, and the era of mutual annexation will soon come! ”

"Isn't there any other way? In addition to financing from banks, can we also borrow some from other galaxies, such as the Hewolf Galaxy, whose economic base is better than ours, and may be able to help us. Shangguanzaki proposed.

"I'm afraid it's also difficult, now that the Seawolf Galaxy has just annexed the Mammoth Galaxy, there is no less place to spend money than us, and they are afraid that they are also short of money." Liu Yi smiled bitterly.

"Why don't you ask Old Man Tang?" Kirin reminded.

"You think I didn't ask?" Liu Yi said helplessly: "But the old man said that these are the affairs of the Yaqiu government, and it is inconvenient for him to intervene, so let me figure out my own way." ”

Shangguan Qi smiled: "I don't think the old man has no choice, but he deliberately tested you." ”

Everyone discussed for a long time, but they didn't come up with a feasible plan, and finally they could only disperse.

At midnight, Liu Yi finished his work and finally had time to rest. Liu Yi habitually turned on the news on the Internet, wanting to see what major events had happened in the empire recently.

After just watching it for a few minutes, a piece of news immediately caught Liu Yi's attention, it turned out that this news was about a bank in a certain galaxy that could not recover the loan it lent, and finally had to choose bankruptcy.

In fact, the root cause of the bank's bankruptcy was not mismanagement, but because the government of the galaxy borrowed a large amount of money from local banks in order to cope with the war, and in the end, the war was not won, and the loan owed was naturally unable to be repaid.

This incident gave Liu Yi a great warning, for the sake of war and armament, in the end, the government went bankrupt and the bank failed, in addition to leaving a butt of debts that could not be repaid, it would also directly drag down the economy of a region, and we must be very cautious when formulating major policies in the future.

Liu Yixin said: "If you really want to borrow hundreds of billions of debts from banks, it is better to borrow from the public, so that the risk is less." ”

Thinking of this, Liu Yi suddenly had an inspiration, slapped the table and shouted: "That's right! I didn't think of that before! ”

So Liu Yi couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately called his secretary, only to hear the office door knock, and a young girl walked in.

Now Liu Yi has his own exclusive office space, and he also has a group of office staff who serve him, and there are people on duty in the office around the clock.

"Your Excellency the Governor, what are your orders?" The female secretary asked.

"Tell the kitchen to prepare something to eat for me, and I'm going to invite someone to drink. Then help me contact Manager Duan of the Mining Bank, and Mr. Tang from Starlink, and I will invite the two of them to have a drink together. Liu Yi said.

"But it's getting late, will they already rest?" The female secretary asked in some surprise.

"It's okay, call them to me even if they're already asleep!" Liu Yi said with some excitement.

"Yes." The female secretary said yes and exited the office.

After a while, the female secretary came to the office and told Manager Liu Yiduan and Mr. Tang that they would be there soon and that the kitchen was ready.

Liu Yi nodded and said, "I'll invite them in the small reception room and let the kitchen send the food and drink there." ”

Then, Liu Yi cleaned up and walked towards the small reception room.

Liu Yi had just sat down in the small reception room, and as soon as the door rang, Manager Duan of the Mining Bank had arrived, and Liu Yi hurriedly beckoned the other party to take a seat.

It can be seen that Manager Duan came in a hurry, and he already has sweat on his forehead, and his clothes look a little messy.

Liu Yi smiled and said, "Old Duan, I'm sorry, I still found you in the middle of the night, please don't be surprised." ”

Where does Manager Duan dare to blame Liu Yi, now Liu Yi is the soil emperor of Yaqiu, who eats the leopard dares to blame Liu Yi. What's more, everyone knows that Liu Yi is not the kind of character who will find someone to drink if he has nothing to do, he must have something important to find someone in the middle of the night.

The two were greeting, and at this time Tang Lun also arrived, only to see Tang Lun's tired face, and he was still yawning when he entered the door. Compared with Manager Duan's nervousness, Tang Lun seemed very relaxed, and there was no sense of restraint at all when ordinary people saw officials.

"Liu Yi, what's the matter? Big...... ...... in the middle of the night Still calling me over? Tang Lun said as he yawned.

Liu Yi hurriedly invited Tang Lun to take a seat, and then picked up the wine glass and filled it for the two, Manager Duan panicked and said kind words again and again, and Tang Lun leaned back on the sofa with a big grin, not planning to be polite to Liu Yi at all.

After pouring the wine, Liu Yi took the lead in holding the wine glass and said to the two: "The two of you came late at night, it's hard work, I'll give you a glass first." ”

Manager Duan hurriedly said: "Your Excellency the Governor is too polite, if you have anything to say, how can we dare to say that it is hard......"

Tang Lun said: "Liu Yi, what is the matter? It's okay, you're not going to invite me to drink. ”

Liu Yi smiled: "Let's do it first." ”

After speaking, Liu Yi drank all the wine in the cup. Duan and Tang saw that Liu Yi had dried up, and they also drank all the wine in the cup.

Liu Yi put down the wine glass, and then said: "I invited you here for financing. ”

Hearing this, Manager Duan immediately showed a look of embarrassment on his face, because he had talked to Liu Yi more than once about this matter, but he had never been able to come up with a satisfactory result.

Tang Lun asked, "Do you have a new plan?" ”

Tang Lun already knew Liu Yi's temper better, and since he had called himself and the people from the bank in the middle of the night, he must have a new financing plan.

Sure enough, Liu Yi nodded and replied, "That's right, I did think of a new way, and I invited you here just to ask your opinion." ”

When Manager Duan heard this, he quickly sat up straight, and his expression immediately became serious.

"My idea is this, I plan to issue bonds to the society, in the name of developing gray and juvenile signs, what do you think?" Liu Yi asked.

"This ...... How much bond does the Governor intend to discover? Manager Duan asked nervously.

"The first phase is 200 billion, and the second phase is still 200 billion." Liu Yi replied calmly.

"This amount ......" Manager Duan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It seems to be a bit big......"

After speaking, Manager Duan looked at Tang Lun worriedly, hoping that he could help him say a few words and persuade Liu Yi together.

Tang Lun's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had seen some treasure, and he gave a thumbs up and said, "Okay!" It's a great idea! I couldn't agree more! ”