The last sentence left by Lo Yisi almost made Gu Hang understand what problem he was about to encounter.

It's a bit of a hassle.

But in fact, even if Gu Hang had already made a judgment about Garrardo's intentions in advance, in the end, he found that he still underestimated the appetite of this war apostle.

……

Early the next morning, the Tax Collector, Ms. Loys, was going to check the Imperial Tax that the Raging Star was going to pay this time—the 43.25.09.03 Legion.

The proper process is actually like this:

Pegasi has submitted an application for a new legion of the Astral Army, citing the growing threat of Imperial traitors and greenskins on Raging Owl. In the middle, the traces of the green-skinned orc vanguard on the Raging Owl Star were listed, and the naval battle against the green-skinned battleship that took place in the Raging Owl Star system was listed.

The application was approved. From this moment on, the 43.25.09.03 Legion, also known as the Raging Bear Legion, already existed.

Of course, this corps has no soldiers, no generals, no equipment. The Eastern Theater of the Astral Army issued a request document to the Dragon Eagle Star Domain, and the cost of establishing the Angry Bear Legion was borne by the Astral Army, and the money spent by the Astral Army was paid from the Imperial Tax collected by the Dragon Eagle Star Domain and originally expected to be delivered to the Astral Army.

Isn't that a coincidence? The Imperial Tax required to build the Raging Bear Legion is exactly 25% of the amount of the Imperial Tax that Raging Owl has to pay - the other 75%, the star district government has already paid to Raging Owl.

According to the document "Guiding Opinions on the Proximity Principle of Imperial Tax Appropriation" jointly issued by the Ministry of Administration and the Ministry of Taxation, the Raging Owl provided soldiers, equipment, and generals for the Raging Bear Legion on the spot.

With such a complete set of operations, everything is compliant and legal, and all the procedures are complete, and no one can say anything.

However, just because the process is okay doesn't mean it's over.

The rules of the imperial tax are very strict, and as the imperial tax collector, you need to inspect the army and assess whether the entire Raging Bear Legion is worth 2.5 million tax coins.

The assessment is also very simple: for one person, it is 5 tax coins; A well-trained soldier with all individual equipment is worth 10 tax dollars. These soldiers have a price. Add to that the total price of all the equipment, and that's the price of the entire Legion of the Furious Bears.

It seems to be a very reasonable and simple calculation, but in fact, there are too many things that can be in the middle.

The price difference between soldiers and ordinary people is doubled, who has the final say here, whether a soldier is a 'qualified astral army'?

Here, a representative of the Astral Army, along with the tax officer and the representative of the Ministry of Military Affairs, needs to assess whether the soldier's training level is up to standard.

It is of course natural to strictly follow the rules, but ......

Why is the empire decaying? Since there are people here to do the work of evaluation and judgment, there are naturally people who can do things.

Can a soldier be unqualified? The standard of the Astral Army, that is very high, quite a lot of worlds, the quality of the local 'planetary defense force' is not up to the level of the Astral Army at all, only a few elites in the defense force can reach the standard.

But it's all good to use planetary defense forces to counter the astral army. In some places, when it comes to replenishing the Astral Army, civilians simply put on military uniforms, conduct simple training, and pick up weapons.

Of course, these are not good in terms of rules, but not necessarily in practice.

It's up to the planetary governor to do something.

Even, in some places, it has become a semi-open secret.

It's already good to give enough soldiers, and I haven't eaten your empty salary yet.

It doesn't matter what kind of ancient feudal society or modern society it is, or it is a cosmic empire that crisscrosses the sea of stars like an empire, as long as it is a human being, a society composed of human beings, some of the broken things are not new at all.

And in addition to the soldiers, the weapons and equipment are the same. As small as a rifle, a piece of plastic armor, or as large as a Lion tank, there is a standard price in the Imperial War Department.

There's no room for here.

However, the equipment is new? Old? Crippled? What is the pass rate? Is the production process compliant? Is there plenty of ammunition?

The answers to these questions will affect the price of weapons and equipment.

Generally speaking, the joint tax collection team composed of representatives of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Taxation, and the Astral Army will not be in these places, and the card people are particularly strict.

The reason is also very simple, the imperial tax is tens of millions and hundreds of millions at every turn, there are too many people, and there are too many things, it is impossible to look at every one of them and check every one. Random inspections have become inevitable. Moreover, there are some mistakes and omissions, not that the planetary governor has intentions or bad things, nor that there is anything wrong with the governor's ability, but that the objective facts are here, and nothing can be perfect.

If you have a look, you will have it.

This is not only in the special case of the establishment of the Astral Army by the Raging Owl, but the normal taxes are the same.

If you want to be a healthy adult, are some vision problems considered healthy? Is it healthy to have a tooth problem? Does stuttering count? Does having a chronic illness count?

In terms of material taxes, the new and old food, weapons and equipment ......

It's the same thing.

Dead cut rules, a round of taxes down, how many planetary governors did Loysid execute?

It is necessary to turn a blind eye, and this is not even corruption, but a compromise with reality. Your planetary governor prepares a little more on the original tax amount, as a redundancy; If the tax collector doesn't kill you, everyone can get by.

In addition, there are some personal benefits charged in the middle, which determines the degree of turning a blind eye.

Of course, in practice, it is not without the occurrence of rigid rules.

This kind of situation is generally out of the time when you want to engage people.

Many of the staff members led by Lois and Gallardo rejected the Alliance's Wind Falcon, and their starship had their own spaceship - coincidentally, it was the Traveler.

And Gu Hang, as well as a number of executives of the alliance, were also asked to - not invite - to board the Traveler of the Tax Fleet and go west.

The entire journey is estimated to take no more than three hours.

It's more than twice as fast as the Wind Falcon.

On the spaceship, the War Apostle said two words to Gu Hang.

The content of the first paragraph is to praise Gu Hang's outstanding work on the Angry Owl Star and develop it well, and also praise Gu Hang's outstanding performance on the Black Arrow Star to calm down the civil strife of the Gu family, the most important imperial chamber of commerce force in the Tianma Star Zone. Although the Gu family has some losses, it is also more united and more powerful, and it will definitely develop well in the future. And such a Gu family, united with the Angry Owl Star and the Black Arrow Star, has such good development prospects, then it should have more support for the cause of the empire.

This supported figure can be 300 million tax coins.

If the Raging Star, the Black Arrow Star, and the Gu Family can come up with this fund to additionally fund the Empire's great cause, the Sun Expedition, then Galardo will be very happy, and he will regard Gu Hang as a friend.

The second paragraph is related to a specific event at the moment.

He was disgusted with the many rotten status quo that was currently in the Empire, especially the Astral Army. He cited a few of the things that happened during the rectification of the Tai Actors, and there were some Astral Army troops, which simply could not reach the level of strength that the Astral Army should have. However, he believed that a rising star like Gu Hang would definitely be able to meet the level requirements of the newly built Star Boundary Army Legion.

Put these two paragraphs together, Gu Hang could of course clearly hear what they meant.

You pay 300 million to Lao Tzu, what you want to do on the Black Arrow Star, I will not only ignore you, but also provide you with some help.

You planetary governors, I know exactly how much of a mess you have about the Astral Army's tax deductions. If you don't give this 300 million, then don't say that I'm going to find you a hundred troubles later, right now, your 'Angry Bear Army', don't expect me to pass the review for you.

After hearing these two paragraphs, Gu Hang almost laughed angrily.

With the arrival of the War Apostle, coupled with the reminder of the tax officer, Gu Hang had already expected that as the governor of the most dilapidated planet in the Pegasus Star Region, he had already been regarded as the target of the knife.

He was even ready to break the bank.

The premise is that the price is not too outrageous.

But, open your mouth, three hundred million??

Grab money is not so fast!

Obviously, this can't be the price that Rag can afford. The current annual output value of the entire alliance is only more than 30 million tax coins, and it is not enough to make up this money even if the entire Raging Owl Star is sold.

He was staring at the Gu family behind Gu Hang's buttocks.

But the problem is that as far as Gu Hang's understanding of the Gu family's situation is concerned, the Gu family can't afford this money.

The Gu family's total revenue last year was about 10 billion tax coins, but most of this was paid as a cost. Acquisition of goods, transportation costs, labor costs...... These take up the lion's share.

The Imperial Chamber of Commerce of course also had to pay the Imperial Tax, and never considered the cost, and directly charged 10% of the turnover. In addition, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce is subject to many restrictions by various laws, and many means to obtain high profits cannot be used casually.

Not to mention the high risk - during interstellar voyages, dropping a ship full of cargo will cost both buyers and sellers, and the ship itself is expensive and has huge losses.

If these are thrown away, Gu's firm will make a profit of about 3% a year, making a profit of 300 million yuan - this is taking into account the risk cost.

According to this income, Gu's firm is purely working for the empire. It seems that the income is a lot, and the majority of the money has to pay taxes, and those who have paid and are still in their hands are less than one-third of the taxes paid.

Gallardo wants 300 million, which is equal to the income of Gu's firm for a whole year.

The key is that this income is not from the Gu family, it is from the entire Chamber of Commerce. Gu's caravan is a franchise caravan, do you Gu want to use the income that those franchised caravans should get to donate to the Sun Expedition?

People rebel every minute to show you.

Originally, due to the internal strife in the family, the Gu family's vitality was now greatly damaged, and the fourteen merchant fleets lost two, and the remaining twelve lost eighteen merchant ships of various types, and another 300 million ......

Can't afford it.

Unless the ship is sold.

Gu Hang would definitely not open this mouth to his mother.

Let the caravan sell the ship? Isn't that a joke!

Gu Hang didn't intend to satisfy Garraldo's greed, which was much bigger than he had imagined.

Of course, he did not choose to refuse head-on.

Drag it first.

You're a busy man, how long can you stay in the Pegasus Sector?

Drag it first.

The longer it drags on, even if he turns his face in the end, even if he makes trouble, the less time will be left for him to make trouble.

It's really not good, about the matter of Gu's firm, let him go to Wang Qi to talk.

As for the moment, Gallardo threatens whether the Raging Bears can be established......

I'm sorry, Gu Hang is not afraid at all.

Perhaps, other planetary governors engaged in the Astral Army's tax deduction, and there are 10,000 cats hidden in it.

But here in Gu Hang, it's all real.

You can check it.

It's best to have the kung fu to check one by one, and if you can find out an unqualified soldier or an unqualified weapon, you are amazing.

Gu Hang said haha in front of Gallardo, Gu talked about him left and right, and did not respond positively.

……

Garraldo understood what Gu Hang meant.

But he wasn't so angry, instead he had a smile on his face all the time.

The young man is still young and does not know the sinister ways of the world.

Come on.

He has encountered this situation a lot, and some people always don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin. If you don't give a little shock to the high-ranking officials of the empire, you won't wake up.

After understanding what Gu Hang meant, he didn't say anything more, just half-lay on the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.

And they soon arrived at their destination.

The Angry Bear Legion has been assembled.

The Beast Slayer Brigade, the 11th-14th Infantry Division, the 26th-33rd Infantry Division, and the 35th Composite Brigade were all assembled in place.

It is also thanks to the fact that there was no war in the Western Theater before this, and the combat strength of Blackbird Heavy Industry was temporarily pushed further west, otherwise it would be really difficult to pull this total of 13 divisions and brigade-level units out of the defense line and conduct a review.

In the previous battles, these 13 divisional and brigade-level units planned to be within the Raging Bear Legion all had a certain loss of personnel and equipment. Gu Hang also had an order a long time ago, asking the logistics department to give priority to replenishing their soldiers and equipment.

Up to now, these 13 divisions and brigades are fully staffed.

During the Voyager's descent from mid-air, the smile on Gallardo's face slowly disappeared.

A War Apostle, a high-ranking official who rose through the vast battles of the Sun Expedition, one of the Sun Lord's henchmen, how could he be a straw bale?

Just from mid-air, looking down at the military formation, this shocking glance, he knew that this army had something.

Although it has not yet been officially reviewed, he was deeply impressed by the military appearance of the Angry Bear Legion.

But at this time, he was just thinking that this army was a spectacle.

The reason is very simple, where is the standard level of Astral Army warrior so easy to train? Not only do we have to select excellent soldiers, but we also need a long period of technical and tactical training. And this angry star, what kind of tattered did it look like before? This Governor Gu Hang has only been in charge for two years, and if he can make the planet look good, it is already powerful, how can he train a real strong army?

After falling, he pulled over the representative of the Astral Army who had come with the team and whispered.

The other party nodded in understanding.

Then, the review began.

(End of chapter)