The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 267 266. The Redemption Army

The essence of money is general equivalent, the measure of value of commodities, and the means of circulation of capital.

In the interstellar era ruled by the Earth Federal Government, nothing is more suitable as currency than energy.

Energy currency is also the hard currency used in transactions between the federal government and various colonial galaxies, major monopoly groups, and companies.

Energy production can be carried out in all colonized galaxies.

In a sense, all forces, big and small, within the federal government have their own "coinage" capabilities.

In order to better control finance and concentrate power, the federal government has gradually transformed the issuance of energy currency into a commodity trading model similar to futures through hundreds of years of policy implementation.

The standards for energy currency are set by the federal government.

Transactions between major chaebol companies and colonial galaxy forces must be witnessed by the federal government's professional energy exchange in order to be protected by law.

The federal government collects a 1/1000th energy transaction tax from every energy transaction.

Although one thousandth may not sound like a lot, considering the hundreds of colonized star systems under the rule of the federal government, and the hundreds of thousands of large-scale chaebols and corporate organizations across star systems, there is a staggering amount of energy trading taking place every moment.

The commission alone is enough to maintain the federal government's budget expenditures.

In addition, the core ruling circle of the federal government: the solar system and surrounding galaxies have the most advanced energy technology companies and chaebol organizations under the federation.

And a large federal military to provide deterrent support.

"Energy finance" and military hegemony jointly guarantee the dominance of the Earth Federation.

Over the past few hundred years, each colonized galaxy has had its mission planned by the federal government.

Some are raw material galaxies that provide cheap industrial resources to the federal government.

Some are factories that do large-scale, highly polluting outsourcing for the federal government.

For example, the main business of Slade Galaxy is mining, and its products are the mining of core raw materials that provide storage methods for energy.

The federal government has planned the value ranges for these colonial galaxies respectively, and only by continuously sucking blood from these colonial galaxies can the prosperity of the Earth Federation be maintained.

When talking about the Earth Federation, people always praise its fairness and strength.

But in other colonial galaxies outside the spotlight, the indigenous people of the colonial galaxies, whose population is hundreds of times that of the core areas of the federation, cannot enjoy the enviable welfare benefits of the federal government at all.

They are uncounted tools of the colonizing stars, viewed as an unnecessary burden by the federal government and "slaves of the interstellar age" in the eyes of the chaebol corporations.

And after the new interstellar marshal announced the lifting of the arming ban on all colonial galaxies.

The indigenous inhabitants of the colonized planets, who were armed by the ruling forces of the various colonized galaxies, indirectly improved their status to a certain extent.

It also made more and more indigenous people living outside the core federal ruling areas realize that they have their own rights and freedoms and that they can fight for them with weapons in their hands.

The "awakening of the indigenous people" in various colonized galaxies is still in its infancy.

The Slade galaxy ruled by the United Government has earned its "first pot of gold" through energy technology.

The energy produced by heavy nuclear fusion technology is almost cost-free.

The only thing that restricts the United Government from mass-producing "energy currency" is the standard energy storage containers stipulated by the Earth Federal Government.

The raw materials for producing this kind of container are the main business of Slide Mining Group.

Thus, a closed loop of production and transaction began to take shape.

The energy produced in the Slade galaxy through the United Government's advanced energy technology is stored in storage devices produced by the Collins family business and sent to the core area of ​​the Earth Federation.

After passing the inspection of the energy trading center, it becomes a tradable energy currency. The Slade Galaxy then uses this energy currency to purchase large quantities of Earth Federation technology, core technology production equipment, etc. that the United Government is interested in.

The United Government acquired many of the Earth Federation technologies and equipment it needed at almost no cost.

This method is even faster and more convenient than military warfare.

Energy? Energy is the least valuable resource in the Coalition government system.

It would probably cost some money for the United Government to produce the advanced compressed energy used in space battleships, various large-scale strategic weapons, and vehicles.

But those ordinary energy currency energies that are "large and sufficient" have multiple dimensions, and the coalition government supported by massive energy factories can have as much as it wants.

The Collins family has begun drastic reforms since the new head of the family came to power.

First, all discordant and dissenting voices within the family were quickly eliminated.

It then announced its entry into the energy, security, and arms manufacturing sectors, which have extremely high entry barriers.

Before other corporate powers in the Federation could laugh at Sam Collins's arrogance.

The Collins family spent money lavishly, starting an astonishing "buy, buy, buy" mode.

It was not until they purchased a large number of various technologies and equipment that people began to believe that the Collins family was serious about their previous rhetoric of comprehensive transformation.

At the same time, many people secretly cursed Sam Collins as a complete loser.

After the Collins family announced its transformation, the total amount of energy currency consumed in the open market was almost the entire assets of a medium-sized chaebol in the Earth Federation.

The federal government is naturally happy to see the Collins family's large-scale purchasing behavior.

There was also the huge military expenditure caused by the great expedition.

There is huge domestic and economic pressure brought about by high welfare policies.

The federal government wishes that all chaebol families and colonial galaxy forces could be as crazy about spending as the Collins family, who are "stupid and rich".

After the federal government lifted the arming ban on the colonized galaxies, core technologies such as arms manufacturing, warship design, and space force personnel training were still completely blocked from the outside world.

However, in order to induce more colonized galaxies to spend "real money" to support the federal government like the Collins family.

The federal government even took the initiative to open some "contraband technology" to the Collins family.

This includes the starship design and manufacturing technology that the federal government is most proud of, as well as the crew training mechanism.

The federal government has thought very clearly about this.

Opening up technology is one thing, and whether the other party has the ability to manufacture it is another.

Under the rule of the federal government, all cutting-edge military spacecraft and starships, from design to manufacturing, all industrial systems are firmly controlled within the core area of ​​the federal government.

Even if the technology is opened to the Collins family, they will never be able to have a supporting industrial system to support them in turning the starships on the blueprint into reality.

Starship manufacturing is not just some low-end light weapons and munitions factory.

The federal government would rather demonstrate cutting-edge technology to these remote colonial galaxy forces that have never seen the world than open up lower-tech weapons and energy technologies to them.

Because the Collins family would only be impressed by the federal government's strong scientific research capabilities when they saw the former, but if the latter had too low a technological content, it might be possible for the country bumpkins in these remote areas to successfully copy it.

Thereby becoming a competitor to the federal government in the relevant market.

In addition to promoting and guiding the various chaebol families and colonial galaxy forces to engage in "advanced consumption".

The federal government also issued a decree under the order of the new interstellar marshal.

A new armed conscription order is issued to all citizens of the Earth Federation. Each colonial galaxy is obliged to send troops to support the Great Crusade. The scale of armed personnel, military equipment, and their performance on the battlefield can offset the federal government's tax revenue.

Combined with the previous decree lifting the ban on arming the colonial galaxies, all colonial galaxy forces clearly understood that the federal government was recruiting cannon fodder troops for the Great Crusade.

It has to be said that the new interstellar marshal and the think tank behind her have a very accurate grasp of the various forces within the Earth Federation.

After the "Clandaff Rout", the Federation was greatly shocked.

People protested and the colonized galaxies were also in unrest.

The prestige of the Earth Federation fell to the bottom in an instant.

As soon as the new interstellar marshal came to power, he quickly announced a further and more powerful military action plan against the Arach Zerg.

Restored people's confidence in the government.

At the same time, the substantial increase in military spending has satisfied the appetite of the monopoly chaebols in the arms industry.

This makes these most important financial forces stand firmly with the federal government.

Large orders for military equipment also provide a large number of jobs, benefiting the grassroots people.

After lifting the arming ban on the colonial galaxies, the restless colonial galaxies were also pacified.

After all these operations, the opposition forces that had been growing stronger and stronger were all silenced.

The only criticism is the massive increase in military spending and the possibility that the various colonial galaxies may get out of control in the future.

The new decree of the new federal government has solved these two problems well.

The troops recruited from various colonial galaxies were used as cannon fodder and suicide squads and were sent to Zerg planets to consume the Zerg.

After the battlefield situation stabilizes, the federal army will be sent to reap the fruits of victory.

This will not only greatly reduce casualties among the Federation's troops and cut down on high pension expenses, but will also greatly weaken the armed forces of the various colonial galaxies.

As one side gained strength while the other lost, they had no chance of confronting the federal army.

As for the reduction in tax revenue after the dispatch of armed forces to the various colonial galaxies, it is insignificant compared to the high federal military expenditures and pensions for the injured and dead citizen soldiers.

As long as the war lasts one day, the armed forces of the colonized galaxies will be depleted by one day, and the Earth Federation will be able to continue to maintain its strong military hegemony.

The glory of the human army in the Great Crusade will also belong to the brave federal government army.

All of this is inseparable from the leadership of the wise and powerful new interstellar marshal.

Even the United Government had to sigh that this was almost the most perfect response strategy for the Earth Federation under its current state.

When the ban on arming the colonial galaxies was lifted, all the colonial galaxy forces praised the new interstellar marshal for his wisdom.

The decree to call upon the armed forces of the colonized systems now has the support of federal law.

If you don't cooperate, you will face a heavy blow from the federal government's military.

What's more, there are tax reduction policies.

It is reasonable for all colonial galaxy forces to cooperate with the new federal government.

For the federal government, this is also an excellent opportunity to consume "low-quality population".

The huge population and high welfare policies have placed a huge financial burden on the federal government.

In order to change this situation as quickly as possible, the new interstellar marshal plans to take two approaches.

On the one hand, it mobilized the armed forces of the colonial galaxies on a large scale to reduce military spending.

On the other hand, on the battlefield, a large number of "low-quality citizens" can be rationally eliminated, reducing the government's high welfare expenditures.

It has to be said that the plan of the new interstellar marshal is being realized step by step.

After the new colonial galaxy armed conscription order was issued, within a month, almost all colonial galaxies announced that they would cooperate with the federal government's orders.

Within 6 months from the issuance of the armed conscription order, each colonized galaxy must arrive at the assembly point designated by the federal government within the deadline.

After joining forces with the main expeditionary force, they jointly launched a comprehensive cleanup operation against all the galaxies where the Arachi Zerg were located.

The Thraide galaxy under the control of the United Government was naturally also among the recruits.

If we were to say which colonized galaxy is most looking forward to this war, it would definitely be the Thraide galaxy.

The United Government hopes to expand the influence of the Thraide Galaxy within the Earth Federation system through this war.

For the vast majority of the people in the Thraide galaxy, or the indigenous forces under the rule of the United Government, this is also the opportunity they have been waiting for to prove themselves.

The first batch of "conscripted forces" dispatched was led by some members of the Iron Knights Interstellar Legion. The main body consisted of a force of 120,000, including 40,000 main forces of the United Government Army and 80,000 elite indigenous troops.

For the first public appearance of the United Government Army, the United Government, out of caution, did not choose to send a high-standard armed force composed entirely of Interstellar Legion soldiers.

Avoid drawing unnecessary attention.

The Iron Knights were given a chance to "atone their sins".

The coalition government stressed that if there was another failure similar to the previous one, it would be unacceptable for the coalition government.

The United Government will consider abolishing the title of "Iron Knights Star Legion" and depriving the US branch of its Star Legion organization.

As the news came out, the US branch of the United Government was instantly in an uproar.

Today, a certain branch within the united government does not only represent the people and forces of that part of the original source plane.

After many plane wars and decades of integration, these branches have become large-scale collective forces spanning multiple planes, covering billions of people, and having a deep sense of identity.

Although they are all forces united under the rule of a coalition government, competition between them is inevitable.

The US branch takes this very seriously, and no one can accept such a terrible consequence as "cancellation of the Interstellar Legion organization."

A large number of elite troops belonging to the US branch and elite indigenous troops entered the conscripted armed forces.

After this force, known as the "Atonement Army," was assembled, it underwent a month-long "Earth Federation Cultural Knowledge Popularization" and then boarded the Collins family transport spacecraft to the assembly point designated by the federal government to wait.

(End of this chapter)