The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

960. Intensification of Contradictions

The administrative capital of the Confederation of independent galaxies, the sub-planet of Lasax, and the Confederation Parliament Building.

Standing on the podium, Mina Bontry, the representative of the Onderon planet, said loudly: "...As I said before, this war has brought disaster to too many planets in the outer ring and the middle ring, and Not the freedom you promised! For our planet Onderon, the Fourth Group and the Interstellar Banking Association have plundered our planet, let us build expensive space docks, and produce Behemoth-class battlecruisers! You know the giants How much does a beast-class ship cost?"

Mina Bontry raised a finger, "110 million credits! 110 million! In other words, the cost of a behemoth-class battlecruiser is equivalent to the industrial output value of a large city on our planet! And Where is the industrial system promised by the Fourth Group and the Interstellar Banking Association? Where is the economic freedom? We just broke away from the exploitation of the Galactic Republic and continue to be exploited by the Confederacy of Independent Systems!"

Sang Hill, the co-chairman of the Interstellar Banking Association, said coldly: "You should see how much unemployment and per capita income the planet Onderon had before we invested? During our investment in the past few years, Ni Our unemployment rate has basically disappeared, and the per capita income has basically doubled. Regarding the production of the Behemoth-class battlecruiser, we have also fully released the patents and blueprints of some parts and components to the industrial companies on your planet. The Republic will do the same, right?"

Mina Bontry said loudly: "Absurd! Although the income of the people on our planet has increased, more of the income has been spent on this war, and the actual disposable income is less than before! And you said let Our industrial companies make parts for battleships? Are you sure they want to make these cold war machines instead of industrial products that make people's lives happier?"

The representative of the fourth group, Gross Shelbya, also had a rather uneasy face. She said: "The war taxes we give to each planet are issued in the form of bonds. After we win the war, these bonds will be cashed. Moreover, interest will be calculated based on the inflation rate. Don’t you know that once we stop producing war machines, the fleet of the Galactic Republic will immediately appear in front of our homeland?!”

"Is this war what we want?!" Mina Bontry raised her voice, "Can't the matter between us and the Galactic Republic be resolved through negotiation? It is enough to make a statement, but there is no need to do everything right, as long as the road of negotiation is restarted, I believe the problem can be solved! In the Galactic Republic, there are also many insightful people who are against war!"

Her speech made many representatives of the member planets of the Federation of Independent Star Systems in the parliament clamor. They shouted the slogan of reducing war taxes and seeking peace.

But at the same time, representatives of many other planets and major corporate giants made louder voices and began to boo.

Even the few bodyguards behind Gross Shelbya began to gear up, apparently fighting incidents in the Confederation of Independent Galaxies has long been commonplace.

Tang Xiao sat in his seat, folded his arms and said nothing.

As one of the twelve core political entities of the Confederation of Independent Galaxy, his seat is at the upper level of the parliament hall, and any fights will not affect him.

The development of things now can be said to be the same as he expected before, because whether it is the understanding in the original plot of "Star Wars", or after passing through, standing in the ears of the high-level, he understands that the confederation of independent galaxies. The political situation is more fragile and chaotic than many people imagined.

The Federation of Independent Galaxies is a distorted combination of interests.

Headed by the five giants of the Interstellar Banking Association, the Technology Alliance, the Trade Union, the Enterprise Alliance, and the Commercial Guild, the following are the Fourth Group, Interstellar Media Group, Damasco Holding Group, South Rob Company, and Freedak Volunteers Sub-level super enterprises such as engineering groups and retail trade associations.

Then, the major companies affiliated to these enterprises, like a cobweb that is intricate and completely unclear, but almost covers the entire galaxy, combined into such a huge and distorted existence.

Just like Dawn Star and the fourth group's Tailun Heavy Industry, Shenbao Standard Light Industry, Higra Aerospace Group, United Mining Group, Jushen Security and many other companies, every corporate giant and super enterprise also has its own interest groups.

These interest groups control the entire superstructure of the Confederation of Independent Galaxies, including industrial production, commodity sales, and even the national economy and people's livelihood, all under their control.

Since the outbreak of this civil war in the Milky Way, these interest groups have taken over everything in this war and held it all in their own hands.

Is it because of their kindness?

hehe……

Then I ask another question, why does the Confederation of Independent Galaxies have more than two-thirds of the population of the Milky Way, but this huge human resource is not utilized at all, but all use robot legions like the B-1 battle robot to fight?

Is it because they fear civilian casualties?

No.

This is their means of controlling the economic lifeline of every joined planet within the entire Confederation of Independent Galaxies!

For those joining planets, there is no way to get any benefits from this war! There is not even a chance to make military achievements, or to reduce the burden through military service. The only thing they can do is to keep searching their already depleted warehouses, and then take out the last bit of resources and money, hand them over to those capitalists, and then replace them with cold robots and battleships, throw them into the war, and then set off A little splash of water that may not be visible comes out.

This war is indeed meaningless to every independent planetary system confederation other than these interest groups.

They have neither freedom nor benefits.

Tang Xiao knew that Mina Bontry was once a very fanatical separatist, but the gradual change in her attitude is also very revealing.

Take the planet Onderon where she lives as an example. They exhausted almost every point of industrial production capacity on the planet to produce the behemoth-class battlecruisers. Among them, half of them were lost in one day!

And what did they get? It's just the material costs and labor costs incurred in manufacturing these warships. As for the results of these warships, it has nothing to do with their planet Onderon.

This is because the planet Onderon is a planet with relatively developed industries, and on top of them is the fourth group, a super enterprise with relatively mild means.

There are tens of thousands of planets in the Confederation of Independent Galaxies, and perhaps a year's worth of production can only produce a cruiser. These planets are also in the midst of endless exploitation and oppression, with no future in sight.

The war has erupted for a year, and it is time for these contradictions to come to the surface...

Tang Xiao's expression became serious, and his eyes turned to the majestic old man standing at the highest position—Earl Dooku.