Super God: Rise of Civilization

Seeing his frightened expression, Yang Yu smiled inwardly. "I plan to build a civilian berthing port. What do you all think?"

"I believe it is feasible."

Prime Minister Long Zhi pondered for a moment and said, "Military berthing ports are for the research and development of warships and for the berthing of warships, not for the berthing of civilian spacecraft."

"Now my Star Empire has established diplomatic relations with more than twenty civilizations, and their spaceships will also come to our Star Empire's territory."

"Furthermore, they will dock at our Star Empire's military port, which will easily expose our Star Empire's military strength. Moreover, they can easily find out what warships or motherships we are building with just a little attention."

"This is very inappropriate."

"They know the configuration of our fleet, while we know nothing about them and gain nothing. In the future, we may have disputes over interests, even to the point of having to resolve them through war."

"In that case, our Star Empire will be in a passive position."

After listening to Prime Minister Long Zhi's account, all the ministers knew the seriousness of the situation.

The Finance Minister, no longer concerned about the cost, agreed with Prime Minister Long Zhi's idea: "Your Majesty, I propose that we build civilian berthing ports as soon as possible."

"The sooner civilian berthing ports are established, the more beneficial it will be to the development of our empire."

"Now that the Empire has entered the interstellar age, the Empire's development alone is far from enough. It needs the participation of all its citizens to further enhance the Empire's development."

"After all, the development of the empire in all aspects is inseparable from resources, and the empire's capabilities are also limited. Only by getting those commercial companies to join this era of revelry can we accelerate the progress of our empire."

"How should the tax revenue from star resources be handled?"

Listening to the finance minister's words, Yang Yu nodded in agreement, and then thought about the tax issue.

Interstellar space is an era of great opportunity and survival of the fittest.

This concerns the development of the empire.

"A 60% tax will be levied."

In response, the Minister of Public Safety stated.

"Sixty percent? Wouldn't that be too much profit for the merchants? I suggest a seventy percent tax."

Finance Minister Ouyang completely disagreed with the idea of ​​60%. What a joke! Only taking 60% would give too much to the businessmen.

If you're going to collect, collect 70%.

They take 30% and still make a huge profit.

Taking 40% would be no different from robbing the Imperial Bank.

"Seventy percent, isn't that too high?"

The Minister of Education asked tentatively.

If you do it this way, who would be willing to develop resources in outer space?

“Seventy-five percent.” Just then, Bai Qi, who had been silent beside him, suddenly spoke up.

"Mr. Bai, you're not joking?"

Prime Minister Long Zhi looked at Bai Qi in shock, "Are you crazy?"

With the empire collecting 75% in taxes, what merchant would still bother exploring space?

"A joke? This commander never jokes."

Bai Qi's expression was cold, and his tone revealed almost no emotion as he said, "Merchants must pay 75% tax on all resources mined within the empire's territory. They have no right to bargain."

Why do the soldiers of the empire fight so desperately on the front lines?

This was so that the empire would not be oppressed by other civilizations, and that they could live peacefully within the empire.

The empire's territory belongs to the empire; allowing them to mine resources and make money is already an immense favor.

Still hoping to take 30% of the profits?

Are you kidding me?

Taking 30% is acceptable. If you encounter space pirates robbing you, the Imperial military will only guarantee your life safety, but will absolutely not guarantee your assets.

"What about the resources mined outside the empire's borders?"

Everyone clicked their tongues in amazement, and then the Prime Minister asked a question.

"Resources outside the empire's borders? If they're not afraid of being harassed by forces like space pirates, taking 70% of the profits is no problem."

Bai Qi said coldly.

If you want the protection of the Imperial Fleet, then you'd better pay 75% of the taxes.

If you don't want the protection of the Imperial Fleet, you can pay any amount of tax you want.

That's his principle.

"Seventy-five percent? I think that's fine. If they pay seventy-five percent of the taxes, the Empire will be their strongest backing. If they pay seventy percent of the taxes, the Empire will still be their strongest backing. But the Empire will only guarantee their safety, not the safety of their property."

Yang Yu pondered for a moment before speaking.

Merchants are profit-driven, so we shouldn't give them too much profit; just let them eat their fill, or they'll eat too much.

It's easy for trouble to arise.

This will lead to a resurgence of capital.

He did not want to see capital running rampant in the Star Empire.

The Holy Dob Empire is the most typical example.

The nobility practically controlled the economic lifeline of the entire Holy Dob Empire, forcing William III to bring in the Star Empire to help him manage the nobility's capital.

As a result, he overreacted and underestimated the strength of the Star Empire.

Then the entire empire was destroyed.

"Since His Majesty and President Bai both said to take 75%, then take 75%."

Hearing the emperor and Bai Qi's words, the problem that the ministers had been arguing about for more than half a month was finally resolved.

The emperor's words basically determine the direction of the Star Empire.

Bai Qi and his Bai family were all die-hard loyalists to the emperor, representing the sharpest sword in the emperor's hand.

"Now that everything has been agreed upon, let's get to it! The development of the empire is inextricably linked to you all, so don't let me down."

"promise."

……

After the cabinet ministers left, Yang Yu said, "Xingchen, find out for me the areas of expertise of the academicians of the Imperial Academy of Engineering."

"Your Majesty, it has been prepared."

Looking at the information projected onto him by the AI ​​Star Projector, Yang Yu carefully examined it.

The only person who could access the information of all the academicians of the Imperial Academy of Engineering was probably Emperor Yang Yu of the Star Empire.

Yang Xin, Dean of the Imperial Academy of Engineering, Imperial Second-Star Academician, Achievements: Biological cryopreservation, biological cloning, biological memory extraction, gene optimization agents, super soldier serum, gravity bomb, Areas of expertise: Biological genes, physics, quantum mechanics, space.

Qin Ming, Vice President of the Imperial Academy of Engineering, Imperial One-Star Academician, Achievements: Artificial Intelligence, Electromagnetic Railgun, Warship Propulsion Engine, Ion Propulsion Device, Gravity Bomb, Expertise: Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Dynamics

Wen Jiang, Academician of the Imperial Academy of Engineering...

Xu Wen, Academician of the Imperial Academy of Engineering...

Chapter 56 [Nebula War]

Looking at the information on these academicians of the Imperial Academy of Engineering, Yang Yu habitually tapped the table, causing a crisp sound to echo in the Imperial Study.

The artificial intelligence Star remained silent on the sidelines.

Awaiting His Majesty the Emperor's orders.

"Go down!"

Yang Yu waved his hand and spoke to the artificial intelligence Star.

"promise."

After the artificial intelligence disappeared, Yang Yu made arrangements for the system in his mind.

The technology distributed by the system was then given to those top academicians of the empire.

Yang Yu left the imperial study and headed to the palace where he would have his meal.

People are iron, and rice is steel, so you panic if you don't eat a meal.

The Star Empire is not an advanced civilization; it is a civilization that has just emerged from the interstellar age and is not yet able to reach the point where angels do not need to eat or drink.

July, 698th year of the Imperial Era.

After months of deliberation, the cabinet decided to send the people of the empire into space to mine its resources.

It has also formulated a series of resource extraction restrictions and preferential policies.

For example, when it comes to resource extraction, anyone who extracts resources within the empire's territory must pay 75% tax, with no room for negotiation. When extracting resources outside the empire's territory, the empire may accept 70% of the tax, but the empire will not be responsible for protecting your property; it will only guarantee your safety.

The preferential policy is quite simple: the Imperial Bank will assess your assets and then provide you with an interest-free loan.

The Empire will sell you mining ships and transport ships, or lease them to you.

The prerequisite is that you must be an Imperial citizen, and your ancestors for three generations and your descendants for three generations must have no criminal records or bad credit history with the Imperial Security Bureau before you can apply for Imperial Bank loans, or apply to rent or purchase Imperial spaceships.

On the same day, the Imperial Treasury and the Imperial Military Industry announced that they had begun preparations to establish civilian docking ports on inhabited planets such as Origin Star, Bright Moon Star, and Tianhai Star.

The people of the Star Empire knew that the true interstellar era belonging to the Star Empire had arrived.

Many wealthy and resourceful companies, believing themselves to be very powerful and financially strong, attempted to apply for interest-free loans from the Imperial Bank of America, but all of them failed.

If there's no other reason, and your own hands are not clean, how can you expect to get a loan from the Imperial Bank?

No way.

In the year 701 of the Imperial Era, the first company in the Star Empire to dare to take the plunge was born, named Starry Sky Technology.

Using the entire Starry Sky Technology as collateral, they borrowed 1.5 trillion from the Imperial Bank to purchase a mining spaceship and a transport ship, thus beginning their journey into space.

Many companies were convinced that Starry Sky Technology would lose everything and were watching it suffer a crushing defeat in the cosmos.

But in 705, Starry Sky Technology's transport ships returned, bringing back a vast amount of resources.