Starting from the Planetary Governor Chapter 672: 382, He Really Believed It!2

Chapter 672: Chapter 382, He Really Believed It!_2

Minnick had never contemplated seeking independence, but displaying a firm stance with a tough attitude was a necessary asure.

By doing so, Minnick had two main objectives, one of which had already been achieved.

After expelling the tax officers and blockading the star system, the bubbling internal opposition within the family was suppressed almost instantly.

Of course, those opposing voices hadn’t been extinguished; however, after Minnick took such a dramatic action, they had to shut their mouths for the ti being.

With a great enemy at the gates, even the most foolish knew it was not the ti for internal strife. Minnick was working hard to shift this disaster from his own mistake to persecution from external foes.

He successfully shifted the nearly uncontrollable internal strife to the outside.

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Now was the ti for common resentnt against the enemy.

The second objective was to erase the unacceptable figure of 130 billion, or at the very least, reduce it to an acceptable level.

The ideal situation, of course, would be to avoid war and for the Star Sector and Star Domain Governnts to compromise.

As long as they consider the difficulty and cost of annihilating Fatches to be greater than the benefit.

How much power would have to be spent to wipe out Fatches? It might seem like there’s a gain of one hundred billion, but once Fatches has been annihilated, to whom will the Empire turn for this one hundred billion in fines?

To gather it themselves? The amount that could be scavenged from the devastated Fatches Tri-Star after the war is uncertain.

Moreover, doesn’t “scavenging” entail costs? How many military forces must the Empire station to scrape together over one hundred billion in a place that had a total GDP of only two hundred billion over ten years, even before the war?

It’s impossible to conjure.

Considering this, solving the problem without going to war is possible.

For this reason, Fatches’ people and their personal connections active outside had been mobilized, constantly lobbying.

If war truly beca unavoidable, then Fatches must hold firm during the upcoming battles, continuously signalling a willingness to negotiate and to submit, until finally being granted amnesty.

In this process, everything could be discussed.

The Imperial Tax being raised to three billion a year? Negotiable.

As for the fines, they could also be paid; a hundred billion was out of the question, but a figure of two to three hundred billion was acceptable.

The specifics would depend on how much strength Fatches displayed in battle and what that strength was worth.

These contemplations churned through Minnick’s mind.

His secretaries had already gone down; they were to take the statent Minnick had just made to the diplomatic departnt as quickly as possible. They would polish it and add so evidence and data to corroborate the authenticity of the content in the statent.

Then they would send the statent to every possible destination as quickly as they could.

After the secretaries had left, the next person Minnick was to et with was a crucial figure.

His na was Salihoovich, a diplomat from the Alliance. A year ago, he had been stationed at the Alliance Embassy in Fatches One, responsible for communication between the two sides.

This chanism had in fact been established several years prior, and Salihoovich took over a year ago, seemingly as a routine rotation.

Minnick composed himself and spoke sternly to Salihoovich, “The Alliance has broken the agreent with us! You represented your governor by promising that no matter what happened, the Alliance would not beco an enemy of Fatches!”

Salihoovich spoke very respectfully, “You’re right, but we haven’t broken our promise.”

“Then what does it an when you follow the Star Sector Governnt in declaring the revolt of Fatches? Who provided the information on the rebellion of Blackbird Heavy Industries and Smart chanisms? Does the data on the losses suffered by Korolya have nothing to do with the Alliance Governnt? How can you shalessly say to my face that you’ve kept your promises!”

“I need to correct you,” Salihoovich said. “Our promise of ‘not being enemies’ referred to declaring war on Fatches. As for what you’ve ntioned, under the demands of the Star Sector Governnt, we really had no way to refuse.”

“Smooth talker! Your actions disappoint . Go tell Gu Hang he must provide clearer support! If we fall, letting Martin Nelli and Pei Desi’s group take control of the Fatches Star System, the next unlucky ones will be the Alliance!”

“Our governor fully understands this, which is exactly why we support your tough stance against the Star Sector Governnt. However, what exactly do you an by ‘clear support’?”

Minnick demanded with boldness, “Troops, weapons, materials! Return the Dragonhawk 3rd Corps to !”

Salihoovich’s deanor was very earnest, “I understand your request, and of course, the Alliance can return the Third Group Army of the Dragon Hawk Legion to its station in Fatches, but… if I may speak frankly, are you certain what they will do after returning to the Fatches Tri-Star? Will they be your aid or beco a noose around your neck? They are Star Realm Army.”

Minnick was montarily at a loss for words.

He truly couldn’t be certain.

Although the personnel of the Dragonhawk 3rd Corps were mostly from Fatches, after all, they were the Star Realm Army. What would they do once the order to suppress the rebellion was given?

If that Legion had always been stationed in the Fatches Tri-Star, he felt sowhat assured. By purging a portion of the officers and intensifying propaganda within the Legion, emphasizing that they were not traitors but the Star Sector Governnt was, perhaps it might have an effect.