Chapter 124: The Colonial Economy

The starting point of the contradiction lies in the development model of PZK26, although PZK26 is already a medium-sized habiting star with a population of three billion. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info but the federal central government's approach to the development of this place is still the same as that of a hundred years ago.

The strong and weak branches are the policy of the federal government for remote planets, and the remote areas that are inconvenient to manage are only the raw material mining sites of the Federation, and it is not allowed to have too large-scale processing sites, all the economic lifelines are in the hands of the Federation, and the economy of the planet will face collapse if it is separated from the Federation.

After all, the distance is too far, and the Spanish colonists on the earth were powerless to colonize South America across the Atlantic, let alone colonize the planet in light years. In order to rule effectively and prevent the emergence of separatist forces (the federal government does not want to have any independent forces that will cause the Federation to fall apart), a colonial policy is pursued on all remote planets.

This policy was feasible at the beginning of development, and the pioneers accepted it whether they wanted it or not. However, when PZK26 has been built to be similar to that of ordinary planets, some people have raised objections to this, arguing that the current PZK26 can no longer live a colonial life like in the past, and they demand the same economic status as the central galaxy.

After so many years of construction, the federal government's strong and weak branch policy has long been like waste paper, PZK26 should not have been established, after all, in the face of people's needs, the government's orders are not so important. The same product, compared to the earth from the earth, local production is definitely more popular, good quality and low price do not need to make an appointment to wait, compared to once a year, limited supply, need to make an appointment for the central product, the residents of PZK26 obviously prefer local products. However, local products have been labeled illegally, and only those shipped by the federal government are legal, because the federal government has shut down many local manufacturers because they cannot compete with local companies.

They are all Federans, so why should they be distinguished by the distance they live in? The people of PZK26 petitioned the central government to abolish the colonial policy, strengthen local production and construction, and restore normal commercial order.

It's just such a simple demand that can't be passed, how can the business giants, who have long been accustomed to the amazing profits of the colonial economy, allow such a thing to happen, once there is a precedent, then what will the people of the other planets in the Frontier think?

The colonial economic model of buying raw materials and dumping finished products into the raw material production was certainly profitable, and the merchants who benefited from it certainly hoped that this policy would continue. In their opinion, PZK26's move to demand economic equality is tantamount to smashing their jobs, which is a serious provocation!

Capital can influence politics, and under the influence of business magnates, PZK26's request was rejected by the federal government without the slightest room for negotiation, although they increased the supply of goods to PZK26, which is not what PZK26 residents want.

Demonstrations and protests took place, and large numbers of people protested in front of the government offices of PZK26 against the decision of the Federation, demanding the abolition of the Governor's Palace, the return to the direct rule of the Central Government of the Federation, and economic equality.

Huge protests, marches, and rallies quickly escalated the situation, and the protests went from shouting slogans to occasional physical clashes, to bloodshed when government agencies dispersed the protesters, and finally to reports of deaths.

The verbal confrontation eventually turned into physical violence, and there was no doubt that the unarmed protesters were the vulnerable, and their protests were suppressed by the federal garrison. The lesson of blood makes them realize that it is useless to protest merely, they will only laugh at your weakness and go their own way.

The inevitable emergence of an armed confrontation, the people of PZK26 considered them right, demanded economic equality, no longer being exploited by the capitalists, and an increase in the standard of living, why was such a demand not accepted by the federal government? They are also members of the Federation, and they made huge sacrifices when they built PZK26, so why are they being unjustifiably exploited now? Could it be that because of their geographical location, the people in these remote areas deserve to be oppressed, and the people of the central galaxy are inherently superior?

Everything is for the sake of interests, and the fact that the Federation is driven by interests to make such a decision to disappoint everyone is forcing them to go to the opposite side!

"Things have come to this point, the demonstrations and rallies have been relentlessly suppressed, and we know the attitude of the federal government. There are only two options before us, either to keep enduring until they drain the last shred of your flesh; Either rise up and rebel and let them know our determination! The scars on Renault's face loomed under the campfire.

How is this a bit similar to the plot of Yankee independence at the beginning? Wen Hui took a sip of coffee: "So you guys took up arms to fight?" ”

"It's not that simple, the Federation's control over this kind of colony is very strict, and our channels for obtaining weapons are very difficult, but fortunately, the colonial government is also very corrupt, so we have the opportunity to obtain weapons of resistance." Speaking of this, Renault smiled with relief, their actions were tantamount to treason in the Federation, but they gained local support, and a large part of the people of PZK26 reciprocated with sympathy and support for them, which gave the rebels a soil to survive, and the federal garrison failed to completely eradicate the rebels after many sweeps.

"Then how did they buy weapons?" Wen Hui is also puzzled here, it is also a border guard, how can there be such a big weapon gap, if it weren't for the idiot's predecessor who took a bite of them, maybe now Renault and they would have taken a place as a base.

"Although they are border guards, their greater role is to suppress their own people. You must know that so far human beings have not discovered intelligent life other than themselves, who can they soldiers guard? There is no external threat, they have no other goals except internally, PZK26 sounds like the frontier of exploration, but before there is greater progress in technology, this is just a remote area, a colony in the eyes of the federal government. Renault couldn't help but sigh as he said this.

Their luck is really bad, in fact, other discovered planets have also had this colonial economic model, but new planets are constantly being discovered further away, and their status has also been changed by the identity of the frontier exploration base, but here in PZK26, it is just in the bottleneck period of science and technology, and people are unable to launch explorations to farther places, so the border cannot become the hinterland, and there will be a series of confrontations later.

"But that's not a reason for them to resell military supplies, is it? Without threats, there is no need for force? Wen Hui still didn't understand this strange logic.

"In the final analysis, it is still interests, the people above think that it does not take too much effort to suppress unarmed people like us, and the small-scale reselling of arms here has always been the unspoken rule of the garrison, and the generals think that it is harmless to resell a certain amount of arms, and selling a part of the weapons can just empty the inventory, and then report the loss to the superiors, and then apply for new weapons and equipment, killing multiple birds with one stone, not only the soldiers stationed in remote areas have a share of additional income, but those arms manufacturers can also receive more production orders." Renault said it very vaguely.

"Then why don't you accumulate enough strength to fight by force?" Looking at the weapons in Renault's hands, you can see where the weapons that have been resold by the government army over the years have gone, and Wen Hui absolutely believes that they have contributed to the chain of interests in this reselling weapons.

"Naturally, something happened, some time ago the brothers in other regions were a little fierce, and it happened that the federal government came with an executive order to eradicate us as soon as possible. In the past, there was a shortage of armaments and empty warehouses would make these people perfunctory, but out of nowhere, an arms dealer appeared and provided enough army equipment to the government army, and they thought that they would gain more profit by exterminating us than by reselling arms, so they did it.

We are no match for the government army under the conflict, and just when we were desperate, Mariana came to the news that the arms dealer had disappeared, and that only a small part of the weapons ordered by the government army had arrived, and that the heavy equipment and aviation weapons on the ground had not arrived. "Both sides are well aware of the resale of weapons, and the government army is not stupid, only selling light weapons and a small part of the armored forces, as for aviation equipment, it is sold to others, not to people here.

...... "Well, that's a big deal."

"Since we learned that the arms dealer had reappeared, and learned of the conflict between him and Collins, we felt the need to enlist his support, so we did not hesitate to expose Marianna and they took you over, no, it should have been rescued." Renault smiled and said to Wen Hui that he knew that the arms dealer had been replaced, and he also had opinions about the government.