Stellaris: Earth Alliance

Chapter 272

Portman's negative economic growth?
The members of the House of Representatives are all people who know Portman's economic situation very well. They know that Portman's economic bubble has been inflated for many, many years.

Once this bubble bursts, the consequences will not be devastating, but they will be devastating.

This is a time of internal and external troubles. If coupled with a financial crisis that only occurs once in tens of thousands of years, this will be an unprecedented major challenge that Portman has encountered.

This piracy problem must be solved. Even if it cannot be solved, the people must believe that they can solve it.

"I propose to increase the price by 50% to ask the Marauder Empire to stop looting."

Some congressmen said immediately after communicating with the financial backers behind it.

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

……

When the congressmen agreed one after another, one person sneered and said,
"It's easy to say, it's the country's money, not your money. Do you know how much that mysterious man gave the other party? He just increased the price by 50%."

After being ridiculed by the other party, other congressmen also said to some extent: "Was it spending your money? Are you so anxious? Now many companies are facing the crisis of bankruptcy..."

Speaking of this matter, the congressman also continued to sneer.

"I'm more familiar with this matter than you are. Most of the merchant ships that have been robbed now have purchased insurance. I don't know whether the company will go bankrupt, but I feel like Lockfield Bank is going to go bankrupt, right?"

The senator who was attacked represented the interests of Rockefeller.

The Rockeffield Group is involved in a wide range of businesses, including military technology and banking and insurance.

The biggest impact of this large-scale robbery by pirates was actually not individual companies, but the insurance companies owned by Rockefey.

Pirates are within their insurance business.

At that time, the relationship between Portman and the Predator Empire was very good. Although there were pirates plundering from time to time, they were all kept within a certain range.

Lockfield Bank exaggerated the news of pirate plunder, making the whole Portman panic.

A large number of insurance orders flew to Rockeffield, and Rockeffield made a lot of money.

The reviled congressman was speechless for a moment.

He did know some inside information about Rockefy, who relied on his connections to obtain the specific transactions between the government and the predator empire.

After careful calculation, the optimal premium amount was determined.

As a result, it has monopolized more than 90% of the entire insurance market in the insurance business of pirates and plunder.

Therefore, when pirates were rampant on a large scale, the Rockfield Group almost lost its own life.

It can be said that almost all the money earned before will be lost now.

"Okay, this is Rockfield's business. I don't think you want to see the entire Portman financial crisis caused by the bankruptcy of Rockfield Bank."

Returning to this issue, everyone fell silent again.

Compared with the collapse of financial confidence caused by pirates, which in turn triggered a financial crisis.

It's better to pay a large sum of money to solve the problem of pirates once and for all.

Considering the possible financial crisis, Congress still chose to pass this plan unanimously.

Add 50% to the price of the mysterious man and ask the Reaver Empire to stop looting.

The mysterious man's bid was not low, and Portman paid them so much money in one go.

Of course, the Predator Empire also kept its "honesty" and immediately withdrew all its pirate troops.

You must know that the money given by the mysterious person is paid in batches. Only one batch of money will be given after killing a batch of merchant ships.

Portman didn't have to do anything. As long as he evacuated the pirate ship according to their orders, a large amount of money would be transferred to their account every once in a while.

Although the U.S. dollar is not as good as the energy currency, the influence of the U.S. dollar in the Eastern Milky Way is still huge.You can buy a large amount of supplies in any country, which is the most valuable money.

Portman's side is actually very simple, just start the money printing machine like crazy and that's it.

Want to be richer than Portman?You are still a little young.

Portman's money is something even Field can't ask for. As much as he prints, the entire market will be eaten up.

All countries need US dollars for interstellar trade, anchoring energy coins.

Portman is the country that produces the most energy coins in the entire Eastern Galaxy.

In this case, the money he printed was energy coins.

Just as the pirates were slowly withdrawing, the domestic economy was on the rise again, and the number of merchant ships gradually became endless again.

A large number of pirates suddenly attacked from all directions.

Portman stunned the entire Congress.

Are the Predator Empire crazy?
Robbery is also risky, and they pay them a large amount of money every once in a while without risk, and the total value is 150% of the mysterious person's bid.

Is the other person mentally retarded?

But obviously not.

The Council urgently contacted the Predator Empire.

The reply given by the other party was also very straightforward.

"I'm sorry. The other side has increased the price by 300%, and it's 50% after you increased the price by 300%. We thought about it and it's more cost-effective to grab yours."

"300%? Or 300% after we have already increased the price?!"

After hearing the news, the entire Congress was once again shocked beyond measure.

No, what kind of hatred do you have?What is the purpose of paying so much money?
Is the huge Portman really afraid of these pirates?

However, as soon as this thought came to mind, the members of the House of Representatives fell silent again.

In fact, they seemed to be really scared.

The danger caused by piracy itself is limited. What is important is the crisis of confidence caused by piracy.

This financial bubble has been blown by Portman for tens of thousands of years. Once it is suddenly burst in this way, the consequences will be catastrophic.

The people cannot lose confidence in the future economic situation. The piracy problem must be solved. Portman cannot afford the price of economic collapse!

"I propose to dispatch all the troops to escort important shipping routes, and at the same time strengthen patrols at the galaxy borders. Once pirate ships are discovered, they will be destroyed immediately!"

Predators only care about profits.

Either give them enough benefits to satisfy them.

Either the cost of plundering will rise, they will be unable to make ends meet, and then they will voluntarily give up plundering.

Portman, who had already made up his mind, decided to use a two-pronged approach to put pressure on the Predator Empire from two aspects.

When the military escort bill was passed, some members raised another issue.

"There are only a handful of countries that can afford such a large amount of spare money. Should we investigate who is leading all this?"

This solution was also very constructive. Congress urgently established an investigation team to begin investigating the mysterious man behind the predator empire.

It is important to find out which country is dominating all this.

If I can’t deal with the Predator Empire, why can’t I deal with you?
As long as Portman's army presses forward and kills the financial backer, there will naturally be nothing else to do.

(End of this chapter)