The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2135 The Trade Alliance’s Calculations

  2136: The Trade Alliance’s Calculations

However, upon hearing this time, Ling Liang just shook his head and said coldly: "My hope is that you can hold on for eight months. In other words, at least until next year. And this is only our requirement for relatively peripheral planets such as Deco-Neimoidia and Cru-Neimoidia..."

She looked at Newt Gunray with an extremely sharp gaze, and then said slowly: "For Balmora, Cato Neimoidia, and your home planet Neimoidia, my hope is at least two years."

"This is impossible!" Newt Gunray raised his head and said, "We simply don't have the power to hold out for so long! Moreover, both Balmora and Neimoidia have large incubation pools for our species, and the populations on those planets are huge. If the war drags on, the casualties will be extremely heavy!"

Seeing his look, Ling Liang just sneered.

As expected, although Newt Gunray is making a lot of noise here, he is actually making noise for everyone to see. Especially for the Principality of Dawn and Grand Duke Tang Xiao.

Army Chief Xian Hui just now made such an accurate assessment of this matter. It really shows that experience brings wisdom.

Although Newt Gunray said this, he was actually calculating his own plans. He probably wanted the Trade Federation to surrender so as to avoid sacrifices to the greatest extent possible.

That's why he knew clearly that it was impossible for the Principality of Dawn to send troops to influence the trade alliance far away in the core circle of the Milky Way, but he still came here to make a big fuss, crying and begging for help.

He hopes that after being rejected by the Principality of Dawn, he will have an excuse and can say that it was you, the Principality of Dawn, who refused to send troops, so don't blame me, and then surrender. In this way, the Principality of Dawn will have no way to say anything wrong?

Besides, the trade alliance has actually been split into two, and a lot of industries and wealth have been transferred to the north, so no matter what, at least there will be no problem in maintaining a lower limit.

Now that he had a way out, the first thing he was thinking about was how to avoid sacrifice. If he could negotiate terms with the Galactic Empire on the premise of surrender, even if it meant heavy bleeding, at least he could still save something.

"So what is your plan? Newt Gunray." Ling Liang already had the answer, but she still asked in a pretentious manner.

"We in the Trade Union have given everything for your Principality of Dawn. You can't expect us to hold on for two years without doing anything! If you do this, our planet will be flooded with blood!" Newt Gunray shouted, "If Dawn turns a blind eye to the invasion we are suffering, then we can only find a way out on our own."

"For example?" Ling Liang asked with a sneer.

"We will reach a certain degree of compromise with the Galactic Empire to preserve our planet." Newt Gunray said this, and he secretly glanced at Tang Xiao again, hoping that Tang Xiao would not immediately become furious.

As expected, Tang Xiao changed his sitting position and stared at him with a terrifying gaze, which made him feel creepy and tremble all over. Newt Gunray quickly explained: "Grand Duke, please rest assured that my loyalty to the Principality of Dawn will never change! Even if we lose those industries in the core circle, we will still support the Principality of Dawn wholeheartedly!" This is the plan of their trade alliance - after a wave of resistance, surrender directly, and then split into two. One part surrenders to the Galactic Empire and continues to retain its status, and the other part is divided and stays in the Principality of Dawn, continuing to enjoy the benefits given by the Principality of Dawn.

Then they can hedge their bets.

As for why they have to resist the Galactic Empire, it is mainly to let the Galactic Empire see their strength, so that they will have the conditions to bargain with them.

In fact, the Trade Federation does have the ability to make the Galactic Empire uncomfortable. They still control a large amount of navigation data in the Outer Rim Star Region, still have countless connections and resources within the Empire, and at the same time, they also have very solid defenses on their core planets.

On the planets of Balmora and Cato-Neimoidia, there is one Infinity-class supercarrier each, although it is a castrated version without the Forerunner engine installed.

As for why they were not deployed on the home planet Neimoidia, it was because in the Neimoidian culture, they did not have a strong attachment to their home planet. The Neimoidians' reproductive method was similar to that of a beehive, and they grew up in concentrated beehives, where the strong preyed on the weak. Therefore, the grown-up Neimoidians would never have any fond memories of their childhood.

For the Neimoidians, the planet Neimoidia is just a place to raise their offspring (I won’t go into details, but the way this race reproduces and survives is pretty disgusting).

But Ling Liang said coldly: "This is our proposal to the Trade Federation. You must hold on long enough and deal a heavy enough blow to the Galactic Empire. We will also provide you with as much help as possible, and will also open the border of Rendili Planet so that refugees from the Trade Federation can be resettled on Rendili Planet."

In fact, even this is a risky move. Although there is a stargate on the planet Rendili, it is also located in the core circle and is now surrounded by the Galactic Empire. What prevents the Galactic Empire from attacking Rendili is the huge fleet of more than 1500 battleships, mainly Victory II-class star destroyers, around the planet.

However, if the planet Rendili opens its borders, it will be difficult to stop the Galactic Empire from infiltrating the planet, which may lead to the leakage of the stargate secrets and may also give the imperial agents some opportunities to destroy the stable environment on the planet.

However, this alone could not impress Newt Gunray at all. He shouted, "Of course we will do our best to resist, but the Galactic Empire has mobilized at least two thousand battleships for this offensive! You can't expect us to hold out for two years with such a force! The only result of doing so is that our planet will be plowed into the ground!"

He looked at Tang Xiao again and pleaded, "Grand Duke! You won't sit back and watch this happen, will you? Only if we preserve our strength can we continue to serve the Principality of Dawn during the counterattack in the future, Grand Duke!"

Newt Gunray is still here pretending to be crazy and miserable, crying and making a fuss, and he is almost hanging himself.

However, Tang Xiao said coldly: "This is what I mean."

Ling Liang snorted coldly and said, "Then how about we make a bet?"