Chapter 406: I'm Worried About Having No Excuse to Take Action
In the prosperous Sanzhu Galaxy, a huge group of space ports are running day and night. A large amount of goods are gathered here from all directions of the secondary spiral arms, creating the prosperity here.
At the entrance and exit of the space-time ocean current, Li appeared in the Sanzhu Galaxy with the remaining more than ten spaceships. Each spaceship was more or less scarred. It was obvious that it was after a life-and-death struggle that it finally escaped.
"Finally arrived at the Sanzhu Galaxy. I must tell the Yanhuang Empire about this. These civilizations pretended to be interstellar pirates to rob passing merchant ships. This is definitely a serious damage to the interests of the Yanhuang Empire. The Yanhuang Empire will definitely not sit idly by."
Li still seemed very angry. There were only more than ten spaceships left from thousands of spaceships. It can be said that the loss was heavy. This time, he came to the Yanhuang Empire and didn't even think about buying much of the weapons and ammunition that his Abwehr civilization urgently needed.
According to the requirements of the Empire Space-Time Administration, the spaceship was moored in the AG-2343 spaceport. Li did not stop at all and directly found Ye Tianjing, the person in charge of purchasing goods in the Yanhuang Empire in the spaceport.
Because Li often brings a large amount of He3 resources, and this kind of resource is the most needed resource for the empire, so everyone is very familiar with each other.
"Old friend, how much He3 did you bring this time?"
Ye Tianjing rarely receives Li cordially. When he sees Li, he knows that he must bring a large amount of He3 this time, because it has been the case every time in the past.
"Mr. Ye, I originally brought thousands of spaceships with He3 this time, but when we passed through the civilized desert area, we were robbed by interstellar pirates, and only more than ten spaceships were left."
Li applied with a wry smile and was very helpless.
"You were also robbed by interstellar pirates?"
Ye Tianjing frowned immediately when he heard it. More than one civilization has reported to the empire that they were robbed by interstellar pirates on the way to the Sanzhu Galaxy.
"There were never any interstellar pirates before, but now they all appear all of a sudden. Based on my personal experience, these interstellar pirates are obviously well-trained troops."
Li Yi was also slightly surprised when he heard this. The Abwell civilization came to the Three Pearls Star System of the Empire through the prescribed routes, so he had no idea about the other routes.
"Humph! It seems that someone is jealous of our empire's business and wants to get a piece of the pie in this way."
Ye Tianjing quickly figured out the key in his mind and smiled coldly.
"Mr. Ye, these interstellar pirates seriously undermine the interests of your civilization. The empire cannot sit idly by."
Li Yi's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this, and he continued to add fuel to the fire.
"Li, don't worry. If you come to our empire to do business, our empire will naturally guarantee everyone's safety. Our empire will give you a reply soon."
Ye Tianjing nodded slightly. Now these civilizations disguised as interstellar pirates are equivalent to touching the cheese of the empire. If the empire keeps sitting back and doing nothing, then the business here in the Three Pearls Galaxy will not be able to continue. This is a serious damage to the interests of the empire. The empire has made a lot of money from the interstellar trade of the Three Pearls Galaxy.
Over the years, the empire has carried out large-scale immigration, military expansion, etc., which has cost a lot of money, but the empire's finances are still very abundant, and the empire's tax revenue has been reduced again and again. All this money is supported by the trade of the Three Pearls Galaxy.
The news soon spread back to the Centaurus Galaxy, the empire's base camp.
In the back garden of the imperial palace, Li Fu was discussing this matter with the empire's elders and the empire's cabinet ministers.
"So far, interstellar pirates have appeared on the three main routes leading to our empire. The caravans of various civilizations that came to our empire in the past have suffered heavy losses, and there are only a few that are lucky enough to come to our empire."
"In the past six months, the number of alien civilization caravans received by the Sanzhu Galaxy has dropped by 30%, and the trade volume has dropped by 50%. If this continues, no civilization will dare to come to our empire to trade in the future, especially those weak Level 2 cosmic civilizations."
Cabinet Prime Minister Tu Xueli made a detailed report to Li Fu and the empire elders and senior officials present with a detailed analysis data report in his hand, and the solemn look on his face could not be shaken off.
"It seems that our trade in the Sanzhu Galaxy has made people jealous, and some civilizations have come to share a piece of the pie in this way."
Li Fu smiled coldly. Touching these passing merchant ships is touching the cheese of the empire. Li Fu does not intend to let these civilizations go.
"I was just worried about not having an excuse to send troops. Now they are courting death, so no one else can be blamed."
The Empire gained 100 star systems from the Ox Civilization, and its territory expanded rapidly. After all these years of digestion, it has been basically consolidated. So the Empire itself was planning to expand outward again. Now that it has this excuse, it can kill the chicken to scare the monkey, and at the same time expand the Empire's territory, killing two birds with one stone.
"That's right. Maybe because our empire has not taken action over the years, some civilizations think that our empire is easy to bully. They know that these merchant ships are the cheese of our empire, but they still dare to take action. This has seriously damaged the interests of our empire. There is no doubt that these civilizations must be wiped out. We must let the civilizations on the entire sub-spiral arm know how powerful our empire is."
The high-level officials of the empire present also nodded.
"It just so happens that our empire's army has not been out for some time, especially these legions that have expanded later. They are all new recruits. It's also good to train them by the way."
Tu Xueli also smiled slightly. Because of the huge profits from the trade of the Three Pearl Galaxy and the increasing expansion of the empire's territory, the empire's army has been expanding wildly over the years.
When fighting with the Oaks civilization, the empire only had 50 fleets. Now, after these years of crazy expansion, the empire has 500 fleets, and its strength has increased tenfold.
The most important thing is the rapid development of the Empire's military industry. Because the Empire's arms are very popular in the entire sub-spiral arm, the supply is simply in short supply, so the Empire's military industry is the fastest growing of all industries. In the Empire's stock market, the stocks of the military industry have doubled by tens of thousands of times, which shows how rapidly the Empire's military industry has developed.
With a strong military industry, huge trade profits, and the expansion of the Empire's territory, as well as laying the foundation and preparing for the future annexation of the entire sub-spiral arm, the Empire has never been stingy in military construction, so the Empire's army has grown from 50 fleets to the current 500 fleets.
Of course, the Empire's army is constantly expanding, but it has not experienced any war in these years. It was really the battle with the Oaks civilization that frightened the civilizations on the entire sub-spiral arm. Two fleets beat the 50 fleets of the Oaks civilization.
In addition, over the years, the rise of civilizations that purchased the Empire's weapons and weapons has made the weapons and weapons from the Yanhuang Empire shine in war after war. The army of the Level 2 cosmic civilization Abville Civilization armed with the Empire's weapons and weapons can defeat the Raymond civilization, which shows how powerful the Empire's weapons and weapons are.
All civilizations believe that the weapons and weapons used by the Empire itself must be many levels better than the weapons and weapons sold to the outside world, and no one dares to provoke the Empire.
Even the Ox civilization, known as the "sub-spiral arm gangster", had a great hatred of being forced to sign a contract to cede 100 star systems, but over the years, the Ox civilization has not dared to provoke any disputes with the Yanhuang Empire. Instead, it has been constantly trying to repair and deepen its relationship with the Empire. As for other civilizations, it is even more so. They dare not provoke the Empire at all.
The Empire needs to consolidate its existing territory, so although the Empire's army has been expanding over the years, they are all new recruits who have not been beaten by war.
The imperial army composed entirely of newcomers may not be a big deal in the short term, but once it lasts for a long time, it is very likely to seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the imperial army.
If there is peace for too long, the combat effectiveness of the army will definitely decrease, and many problems will gradually arise. Therefore, it is necessary to go through the baptism of war to train the army and expose the problems hidden deep inside. Only in this way can a strong army be truly built.
Why did the United States in the past Earth era have to find some countries to train soldiers every now and then? On the one hand, it was to experiment with new weapons and new tactics, and on the other hand, it was to maintain the strong combat effectiveness of its own army. In the foreign wars, it trained its army to perfection and became the most powerful army on Earth at that time.
In the interstellar universe, the combat effectiveness of a civilization's army is a matter of life and death for its own civilization. On the one hand, Li Fu and the top leaders of the empire have always attached great importance to it and have never relaxed the construction of the army, because they dare not be careless. If the army fails, the entire civilization will be bullied and decline.
War is a major issue for a country, a matter of life and death, a matter of survival and destruction, and it must be carefully considered!
The words left by our ancestors are about this truth.
"Notify Luo Xiaoyao and Liu Xuling, and ask them to come up with a detailed plan to first find out the civilization behind these interstellar pirates, and then uproot all these civilizations."
"In addition, within the 200 light-year range around our Centaurus Galaxy, except for the Chinese side of the Earth, all other civilizations will be cleared out."
Li Fu pondered for a while and slowly issued an order.