Universe dominance

In the outer space of Yanhuang Star in the Centaur Galaxy, in a huge space port, spaceships are parked quietly. The smallest of these spaceships are at the same level as the Dumbo spacecraft. As for the Dumbo, Spaceships and somersault cloud spaceships are also very common.

Among them, there is an oval flying saucer-shaped spacecraft that is very eye-catching. This oval flying saucer-shaped spacecraft is tens of thousands of meters long, more than 4,000 meters wide, nearly 500 meters high, and has a mass of 1 billion tons. , is a huge spacecraft of the same weight class as the "Huashan".

On this huge spaceship, the two huge characters "Kunlun" tell the world its name. The "Kunlun" spacecraft is not a space battleship. There are no powerful attack weapons installed on it, because from the design In the beginning, its role was to conduct interstellar trade.

The "Kunlun" spacecraft belongs to the Imperial Fuyun Group. In the early stage, only the Fuyun Group had the ability and capital to build such a huge spaceship specifically for interstellar trade.

You must know that although the empire now has the larger "Huangdi" space battleship, there are currently only a few space battleships of the same level as the "Kunlun".

Divided according to tonnage, spacecraft and space battleships below 100 million tons can be regarded as small spacecrafts, those between 1 and 1 billion tons can be regarded as medium-sized spacecrafts, and those between 1 billion and 10 billion tons can be regarded as large spacecrafts. As for those like private spaceships and space fighter planes, these can be called micro spacecraft.

Although the spaceships of the Big Flying Elephant, Dumbo, and Somersault systems have different masses, they are all small spacecrafts. The masses of "Huashan", "Alps", and "Kunlun" have reached 10 The one with a mass of 100 million tons can be called a medium-sized spacecraft. The "Huangdi" space battleship has a mass of more than 10 billion tons and can be called a large spacecraft.

The empire has the "Huangdi" space battleship stationed there, so there is no need to worry too much about the security of the empire. Therefore, the empire builds very few medium-sized space battleships. In addition, because the empire's national strength is not too strong now, there is no need to waste too much resources on the military. above.

On the contrary, in the area of ​​interstellar trade, with the formal establishment of diplomatic relations with the Earth Federation, the Earth side continues to attract immigrants to the empire, and normal trade and economic exchanges between the two sides have become even more urgent.

The "Kunlun" spacecraft was born. Such a huge spaceship was not for war from the beginning, but for interstellar trade, interstellar immigration, etc., so many changes were naturally made in the design.

At this time, the huge "Kunlun" spacecraft is here. On top of its huge body, the doors of huge warehouses are wide open at this time. The robotic arms in the space port are busy, and standard interstellar cargo containers are constantly being transported to the spacecraft. In the warehouse above.

In the interstellar era, spaceships are getting bigger and bigger, and the specifications of this interstellar cargo container are also much larger. A standard interstellar cargo container is fifty meters long, twenty meters wide, and ten meters high, like a huge building. , capable of carrying a lot of freight.

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The robotic arms of the space port are busy. Containers are easily transported to each warehouse and neatly stacked. Each time a warehouse is installed, there are corresponding equipment in the warehouse to secure these containers. , to prevent the scattering of inertia caused by the acceleration and deceleration of the spacecraft.

This is the first formal economic and trade exchange between the Empire and the Earth Federation. The huge warehouses are filled with ultra-large plasma engines, small plasma engines, small spaceships, and private anti-gravity universes produced by the Empire. Spaceships, virtual machines, biotechnology drugs, etc. are all things that people on earth dream of.

At the same time, there are naturally indispensable local products from Yanhuang Star, such as giant pearls, sea clams, etc. from the ocean of Yanhuang Star. Even a flower, a tree, etc. that is very common on Yanhuang Star, As long as it is made into a potted plant, there will be people on this side of the earth waving their banknotes to buy it.

Of course, the most popular fruits are those from Jiuzhou Star, but they obviously have to be docked at Jiuzhou Star before being loaded. It is impossible to say that they are transported to Yanhuang Star for loading.

High-tech products and local specialties make up the product list for the first interstellar trade. You can imagine how huge the trade surplus with the Earth Federation will be by then.

Inside the "Kunlun" spaceship, Fang Zheng was accompanying Li Fu to inspect the spaceship. After all, it was the first time to officially conduct interstellar trade with the Earth Federation. It was also a major event for the entire empire. Li Fu Fuhe Founder also attaches great importance to this.

The development of interstellar trade can greatly promote the development of the empire's economy. Compared with the poor population of the empire, the billions of people on this side of the earth are a huge market. If this huge market is used to promote the development of the empire's economy , this is an issue currently being discussed by both the imperial government and the imperial emperor.

"Lao Fang, judging from the current situation, the trade surplus between us and the Earth Federation will definitely be very huge by then, and we currently do not accept the Earth Federation's use of their Earth currency for settlement. We have to deal with this issue. Think carefully about entering.”

"We should think about what we want to get from the Earth Federation in advance. We must exchange it with things of equal value."

Li Fu looked at the huge warehouses and the mountains of materials, and thought of a problem. The Earth Federation has a huge demand for the Empire's products, but the Empire does not have much demand for the Earth Federation's products.

In terms of technological products, the Empire does not need any products from the Earth at all. As for food and other products, the Empire has plenty. There are large areas of land on the two planets for the Empire to grow food. What's more, the Empire now uses space farmland and does not grow food on the stars at all.

So it can be said that the Earth Federation can export very few products to the Empire. It is estimated that only special products such as ceramics, wine, silk, etc. have a market.

It can't be said that cars and ships are exported to the Empire. The Empire is already slowly popularizing private anti-gravity spacecraft. These cars and ships are definitely obsolete products. They can only be used as collections when they are transported here, because there are strict regulations on the roads of the Empire. Such gasoline-burning things cannot be on the road.

"We have discussed this issue for a long time, but we have not come up with a good solution."

Hearing Li Fu's words, Fang Zheng frowned in pain. He and other cabinet ministers have long been aware of this problem, but have not been able to come up with a good solution.

"We definitely won't accept the currency from the Earth Federation. Their currency is depreciating every year. If we can't spend it, our wealth will continue to evaporate, which is equivalent to giving blood transfusions to the Earth Federation in vain."

"But this economic trade cannot be stopped. The huge market of the Earth Federation can greatly promote the development of our empire's economy. It is impossible to stop eating because of choking."

"Zhong Yun and I have discussed for a long time. In the end, we feel that if there is no other way for the time being, we can only accept the Earth Federation to pay with gold and other precious metals. Otherwise, the Earth Federation has too few means to balance the trade balance."

"It can only be like this. Who said that our own market is still too small."

After listening, Li Fu nodded slightly. Although with the rapid development of the interstellar mining industry, the output of gold has greatly increased, and the price of gold is also constantly falling, it is still a precious metal with extremely high value. In addition, gold is also a very important raw material in industry. It is widely used in the industrial field and has a wide range of uses and great effects.

Moreover, before the establishment of the Earth Federation, the countries of the world on Earth had economic and trade exchanges. In addition to using international currencies such as the US dollar for settlement, they sometimes also used gold for trade settlement.

Especially in wars, the currencies issued by countries around the world cannot be exported. If they want to trade internationally, they must use gold for settlement.

Uncle Sam's world's largest gold reserves were obtained by selling arms and weapons to both sides of the war during World War I and World War II. At that time, the Western European countries, which were in dire straits, had to transfer the gold they had plundered from all over the world for hundreds of years to Uncle Sam's hands.

Especially Britain and France, the two old colonial empires, were beaten to a pulp by Germany at that time. They were under great pressure and could only use gold to buy arms continuously, which allowed Uncle Sam to rise rapidly during World War II.

The amount of gold reserves represents a country's ability to settle international currencies and balance trade deficits. On this side of the earth, whether it is at the national level or ordinary people, they all have the habit of collecting gold.

Various gold and silver jewelry made of gold are selling very well. Small yellow croakers made of pure gold are also bought by countless people, and they are regarded as an important means of asset preservation and appreciation.

So whether it is from the national level, industrial use level, or folk level, gold is still acceptable. It is also one of the few things that can be used to balance the trade deficit in the Earth Federation.

There are many things that need to be paid attention to in trade between countries, and this is even more true for interstellar trade. Li Fu, Fang Zheng and others have to consider it a lot.