The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

Chapter 2136 The Beginning and End of the Trade Alliance (Part )

2137. The Beginning and End of the Trade Alliance (IV)

"Bet? I don't want to bet!" Newt Gunray flatly refused.

He is a businessman, and making money is fine, but gambling, which is difficult to control, is very unpopular in Neimoidian society.

Ling Liang shook his head and said, "Whether to gamble or not is not up to you, the Trade Alliance." Using the Trade Alliance as the subject directly was an extremely serious statement.

"You..." Newt Gunray was choked for a moment, "Our Trade Alliance has always been loyal to us. Now we are in crisis and ask you for help. Are you going to take advantage of us?"

Ling Liang smiled slightly and said, "That's right, we just want to take advantage of others' misfortune. You have no choice but to participate in this gambling game, otherwise... the consequences, I can only tell you, are very serious."

Newt Gunray's expression darkened. "I came here to ask for help, not to listen to your threats."

Ling Liang was still smiling, "You can choose not to listen, and you can leave now."

"You are extorting us!" Newt Gunray shouted angrily, pointing at Ling Liang's nose and cursing, "It's a waste of our Trade Federation's support for you! Don't forget how much we gave you and how much investment we made in you when you were just a Dawn Planet! And now is this your answer?"

However, before he could finish his words, his neck was immediately grabbed by the invisible force and he was lifted up from the table!

Newt Gunray struggled violently, but it was of no use, and then the force threw him out, hitting the wall with a bang. He groaned and panted on the ground for a long time but couldn't get up.

The priestess waved her hand imperceptibly, and Tang Xiao said coldly: "You only need to do one thing now - listen."

Newt Gunray didn't dare to say a word. He was too angry just now and didn't think that Tang Xiao was also here.

Ling Liang's cold voice came, "If the Trade Union does not meet our requirements, then we will directly confiscate all of the Trade Union's industries in the Principality of Dawn. If you think that we might show mercy, it's okay, we can let Geth do this."

When he heard the word "geth", Nute Gunray began to tremble all over, and his voice was shaking, "No... Don't let it be geth. If it's geth... We... We might even be wiped out..."

  He could even imagine the tragic scene of the Geth piercing all of the Neimoidians on the dragon's teeth! And with Newt Gunray's status, he knew that the Geth had experimented on the corpses of the Neimoidians. With the unique physique of the Neimoidians, after being made into corpse puppets, they would become a very dangerous and terrifying alien species that spread viruses everywhere!

In other words, the Geth would definitely be very happy to add such alien corpse puppets to their legion.

When the Trade Federation began to relocate its industries to the planet Mygeeto, it also took the Geth into consideration. But at that time, they thought that the Geth, a cold-blooded and ruthless mechanical life form, was also the most reliable ally. With their protection, their industries should be very safe.

At the same time, Newt Gunray was unwilling to go to Dawn because he thought that once he went to Dawn, he would lose his independence. On the contrary, it was good in the North. On the one hand, there was the protection of the Geth, and on the other hand, the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and Dawn did not directly govern here.

In the north, there are the Interstellar Banking Association (M) and the business empire of the Fourth Group. Now that the Trade Union has joined them, it will strengthen its independence as its strength increases. Maybe in the future, this place will really become another country within a country - just like the Trade Union in the outer ring of the Milky Way during the Galactic Republic.

But now, Ling Liang's cold words to let Geth handle it shattered all of Newt Gunray's fantasies!

  That’s right, the Principality of Dawn did give these super companies in the North enough independence and freedom, but at the same time it also retained an existence in the North that would never reason with you - the Geth!

What do businessmen fear the most? What they fear the most is that others will not be reasonable with them. And Geth is exactly the most unreasonable one!

Tang Xiao's arrangement was premeditated! Whether going to the North or to the Dawn Planet, he had enough means to control them.

"We... really have no ability to resist the Empire's attack..." Newt Gunray was still making his last effort, he lay on the ground and howled.

"Then why don't you listen to our plan?" Ling Liang said slowly.

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June 12, 6 BBY, five days after the Galactic Empire decided to take action against the Trade Federation.

The Galactic Empire's propaganda has reached a climax, triggering a wave of opposition to the Trade Union almost across the country. Not only that, the Empire's propaganda machine has also maliciously blamed the Trade Union for the massive poverty and exploitation in the Empire.

In the reports of the major media of the Galactic Empire, it is precisely because of the Trade Union in the middle that the central policy of the Galactic Empire is separated from the Outer Rim Star Region. It is because of the existence of the Trade Union that they embezzled a large amount of economic aid provided by the Galactic Empire to the Outer Rim Star Region.

  Those unscrupulous media also used the example of the planet Rafa, which had caused a lot of trouble before. They claimed that it was not that the Imperial Ministry of Agriculture was unwilling to provide fertilizer to Rafa, but that the Ministry of Agriculture was very aware of the damage that growing high-energy crops would cause to the planet's arable land, so it had already allocated 30 billion Imperial credit points to provide funds for Rafa to purchase fertilizer. But now after verification, it was found that the Trade Union had embezzled all of these 30 billion credit points!

Not only that, the major media also put the blame on the Trade Federation for the huge losses caused by the corruption and plunder of officials at all levels of the Galactic Empire. Basically, if there is a problem, it must be the Trade Federation!

Why are there so many injustices on those planets where uprisings broke out? Why do the officials force the people to rebel? It is also the Trade Union's fault!

What makes the Trade Alliance most uncomfortable is that their size at their peak really deserves this groundless accusation.

  At its peak, the Trade Federation had complete control over the Outer Rim, and it was no exaggeration. Even if the Galactic Republic wanted to collect taxes in the Outer Rim, it had to go through the Trade Federation, didn't it?

Moreover, the Trade Union did bribe a large number of senior officials and bought a large number of parliamentarians to work for them. Even now, there are still many people in the Imperial Parliament and at all levels of departments who defend the Trade Union.

Not only that, has the Trade Federation reduced its exploitation and oppression on those planets in the Outer Rim? For example, the famine on Rodia in the early days of the Clone Wars killed hundreds of millions of people. Wasn't it the Trade Federation who did it? They have a history of this!

So can you say that the Trade Federation is completely clean? Well, if not, all these things are attributed to the Trade Federation, and there must be some things that the Trade Federation did, right?

Therefore, for a time, everyone in the Galactic Empire was outraged over the Trade Union. Led by the Empire Youth League, many people took to the streets to launch demonstrations to protest against the Trade Union's actions and demanded that the Empire severely punish the Trade Union!

The shadow of war has begun to loom. The Supreme Court of the Galactic Empire has subpoenaed senior Trade Union officials including Lot-Dodd, Nute-Gunray, and Rune-Harkor, requiring them to return to the Imperial Center to stand trial within a certain period of time.

  But it was impossible to get them to come on their own initiative. After the 24-hour deadline, the Galactic Empire simultaneously issued a wanted order for more than 90 Trade Union executives headed by Newt Gunray!

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