Him and their stars

The dignified leader of the pirate palace Aogong, who is number one on the bounty list, is indeed not an easy person! Obviously, as a protagonist, he should not be hit by the same tricks, but it was indeed the second time that Yu Lian was hit by the opponent's words.

After a full three seconds, he stretched out his fingers and scratched his ears, and said seriously: "You said...your tribe? Want to come to the community as refugees?"

"Yes, of course it's just the New China star area. Of course, the status of the refugees doesn't matter. I just hope that they will become citizens after a while. They are indeed a little unruly, but they all have special skills and will be a good population. . According to what the master from the alliance said? By the way, an absolutely high-quality population!"

"Are you ready to let your people leave the Helix Cross Nebula and leave your sanctuary?"

"No, from today on, they should be your people." Gong Ao showed a face that was as bright as a rotten peach blossom. The ugly bulldog face was full of joy, even the rust-colored folds were filled with joy. With joy.

But Yu Lian quickly put on a poker face that showed no emotion: "The King Gong is really good at joking. I'm just a mere soldier. To put it bluntly, I'm an ordinary social instrument that undertakes violent tasks, carrying politicians with conscience and wisdom. The fruit of careful consideration. I have a duty to protect the people, but the people are not mine."

He paused again and said angrily: "Only the king is qualified to talk about his own people."

"Yes, that's what I mean." Gong Ao patted his thigh hard, feeling like "you finally understand."

"King Gong is really a gentleman with a great sense of humor, but the next warrior really lacks the wisdom to appreciate humor. It seems that we don't get along very well." Yu Lian smiled and reached out to pick up the communication.

"No, no, no, cousin, my people sincerely rely on you, you can't really refuse to save them!"

Seeing Yu Lian's unabashed "disgusting" expression, Gong Ao hurriedly said: "They really appreciate you and the Pioneer Party's governing philosophy, and want to find a new home in the New China governed by the Pioneer Party. , you should accept this, right?"

"I heard a lot about this." Yu Lian nodded: "Okay, I can guess that you really wanted to run an utopia in the Spiral Nebula before. But now, the Empire and Alliance armies are pressing down on us. , the balance of the Spiral Cross Nebula has also been broken."

"Yes! The best result is to become the source of war in the entire galaxy like the Fermo Star Territory." The Pirate King said with a sad face: "The world says that our Spiral Cross Nebula is a paradise for pirates, a restricted area of ​​civilization, and a place outside the law. Earth, I can say that the public security here is much better than that of Fei Mo. If we really become as virtuous as Fei Mo, everyone's life will not be easy."

Yu Lian smiled and waved his hand: "It's not that, it's not that. Feimo's 'area' is smaller than yours, but it has more habitable planets and more people, and the waterways are denser and extend in all directions. And after all, it used to belong to the Ero people. In the core country, you can make a fortune just by picking up trash. So, don’t worry, no matter how chaotic your place is, it won’t lead to such a mess.”

The big pirate king couldn't tell for a moment whether the other party was praising him or hurting him, but no matter what time, he always smiled, so he grinned and nodded: "But in this situation, the galaxy I want to occupy The plan to run it as a business is no longer feasible! Even if I finally found the habitable planet, I will probably have to sell it at a low price."

Yu Lian smiled and said: "Then, can't your people go to the Alliance and the Empire? As long as they are law-abiding and really have skills like you said, they should be able to receive basic welfare as a national treatment in the Empire or the Alliance. Not big."

Gong Ao shook his head and said: "But, General! It's just that they don't want to be slaves to the empire's masters, so they would go to the Spiral Cross Nebula and associate with a villain like me."

"...Well, the Alliance is a republic."

"What's the difference between paying rent to the master of the Alliance and being a slave to the master of the Empire?"

Yu Lian had to admit that in a sense this guy was quite right. This was also progress in another sense.

But then again, a mere pirate of yours actually dares to mock the government of a serious country. To put it bluntly, no matter how reactionary the government is, it should be more advanced than the underworld order of the outlaws, right?

"So, your tribe doesn't need to pay rent to you?" Yu Lian asked curiously.

"It's really not necessary." Gong Ao showed a complacent look for the first time: "The treasury of our Shibao Ship Group is public."

He then explained that the Shibao Ship Group had actually built its own rare mines and hydroponic farms deep in the Spiral Nebula, and had good trade relations with various smuggling groups, and the profits had always been good. Coupled with the income from various "hunting", the savings were still quite large, and a considerable amount of savings was accumulated.

Gong Ao is indeed a pirate king with a clear mind and restrained actions. He almost never attacks ordinary passenger ships and civilian ships, but he likes to rob armed merchant ships of large companies and even tribute ships of the empire. He even likes to kidnap the children of great nobles in exchange for ransom.

In the piracy industry, he summed up the business formula of meat goods \u003e gold goods \u003e light goods \u003e dumping goods.

In fact, this kind of thing is easy to say but difficult to do. We all know that the bigger the ship is owned by a large company or noble, the more tightly guarded it is and the higher the risk of robbery. As for kidnapping the children of powerful people, it is easier for the radical bigwigs to share the same hatred, and it is easy to lose their living space.

However, Gong Ao has survived for more than 20 years after debuting, and his main business and side business are also flourishing. The savings of the ship group are also increasing, and they even have the proper name of "Ten Treasures Treasury".

Of course Yu Lian has heard of this name. In the future on another timeline, this huge pirate vault has been turned into a mountain of gold and silver by various rumors. Because of this, the great pirate king Gong Ao was inexplicably ranked among the top ten in the Galaxy Monopoly list by some tabloids.

But even Gong Ao himself must admit that the reason why he is the number one pirate king in the Spiral Nebula and even the entire galaxy is because he is the richest.

If you have money, you will have people, you will have experts to invest, and you will have good ships.

"Actually, it's not that exaggerated. However, having money does bring strength. With strength, you can actually raise your bottom line a little bit." The big pirate king's smile was still very proud. Obviously, he is very satisfied with his reputation as a good thief.

"My first hunting trip was when I took 108 brothers with me and robbed an armed merchant ship that the Angmang people paid tribute to the emperor. There were more than 2 million tons of silver ingots, 100,000 tons of gold bars, and 10,000 tons of gold bars on board. Tons of various zero-element crude ores. Oh, and there is also a young master from the Marquis Manns family. From this order alone, my brothers and I made nearly one billion gold dragons. General, tell me. , if you are robbing ordinary civilian ships, can you make this kind of money by robbing a hundred ships?"

"It's difficult to grab a thousand ships." Yu Lian said with a smile.

"That's it. But, if it weren't for my more than a hundred brothers, all of whom have new mechas, several leaders have heraldic machines, and a Shadow Blade assault ship, it would be impossible to grab one A tribute ship?"

Yu Lian thought to himself, you still said that you have no relationship with the alliance? You must know that the Shadow Blade Assault Ship is a product of the Kagar Design Bureau. Although it is a failed product, it is not because of substandard performance, but because it is too powerful. The reason why she has not been equipped to the Alliance Space Fleet is that this kind of ship has enhanced stealth, covert navigation and maneuverability, but sacrificed protection to a certain extent. If you want to survive in the fierce frontal battlefield, you need to install new lightweight memory fluid armor.

As a result, its cost will skyrocket and its cost-effectiveness will plummet, which is naturally not acceptable to the regular army.

But if such a ship becomes a pirate ship and launches a sneak attack, it will be a different situation.

It is said that the Kajal Design Bureau built six test ships, three of which were destroyed during the test and transfer process, and three of which were mothballed. So the question becomes, is what is sealed really sealed? Is what is destroyed really destroyed?

Yu Lian glanced meaningfully at the Pirate King across from him, but the other person's eyes were wide open, his face was calm and innocent, and he could even see a bit of innocence that had not been contaminated by knowledge.

Yu Lian smiled: "This equipment is almost comparable to that of the Knights... Some people say that you dug out the dragon's treasure from the Spiral Cross Nebula. Is that really true?"

"At least part of it is true. I am actually a lucky person blessed by the spirit of the universe." He smiled brightly, and then said: "Because the starting direction is not bad, the initial starting point of our Shibao Ship Group I accumulated funds very quickly, and my reputation was also good. So, my brothers on the road also recognized me, and I was able to do more things."

The big pirate king probably really regarded Yu Lian as a relative. Next, he introduced the current situation of the Shibao Ship Group without reservation. Now, this group controls eighty-seven armed ships of various sizes, twelve of which are warships obtained from various channels.

In addition, the group also has a dedicated people's livelihood management department, which manages three surface settlements, a medium-sized space orbital station, two mobile docks, an arsenal, 100 deep space automatic mining plants, and orbital orbits with a million-ton production capacity. Hydroponic farm.

Of course, there is a naturally habitable planet yet to be developed.

In addition to continuing to engage in the promising main business of robbing the rich and helping the poor, the Shibao Ship Group is also engaged in smuggling, intelligence trading, mercenary and other businesses. It will also provide ammunition, equipment, and other services to its friends in the Spiral Nebula. food and ship repair business. They even opened secret accounts in Libra Galaxy through allies in the gray area to conduct legal financial investments.

"I'd like to teach you, General, we have invested in the stocks of Red Maple Factory and Falcon Company. Hey, thanks to you, we really made a lot of money." The pirate king said.

"I think it's a waste of your talents to be a pirate king." Yu Lian praised sincerely.

"Hehehe, I think so too." Gong Ao looked like he was doing his part. He seems to prefer his achievements in management to his achievements as a pirate king.

In short, this prestigious "illegal group" certainly has semi-slavery laborers who do hard work, but it does not occupy the mainstream, with less than 50,000 people. The remaining 30,000 professional armed personnel and 420,000 non-(professional) armed personnel are all formal members of the "Ten Treasures Ship Group" and of course one of the owners of the "Ten Treasures Treasury".

"So, everyone is everyone?" Yu Lianqi asked.

"Yes! The Shibao Ship Group belongs to everyone. We will pay everyone's wages through the treasury, and provide pension subsidies to children and the elderly. Oh, and if there is a big harvest, there will be temporary dividends."

Yu Lian suddenly took a breath of Bing Kuo Luo, and this time he was really a little surprised.

Of course he knew that generally speaking, gangs of thieves like this that gathered in the mountains and forests would always form a stage of "tribal communism" in the early stages of starting a business. But this situation often does not last long. Once the people reach a certain stage, they will degenerate faster than the most reactionary regime.

However, due to differences in the skills and determination of leaders, some groups will always survive this step and become organizations with certain political ideals, commonly known as "rebels." If you can go further, then...

Thinking of this, Yu Lian simply took a breath of entropy and found it unbelievable. He looked at the face facing the bulldog carefully and felt that it didn't look like this type!

In another timeline, although Mr. Gong Xiao also did well, in his later years, he only evolved into a warlord stage that jumped left and right. I don’t feel like I’ve reached the next step in my evolution!

"My feeling is that you have turned your Shibao Ship Group into a promising... um, large-scale collective enterprise?" Yu Liandao.

"Well, that's a very appropriate statement. Speaking of which, I also learned this from you. Basically, I imitated your Hongfeng Factory model, and made some minor modifications to adapt to the current situation of the industry." Gong Xiao scratched his head sheepishly Scratching your head.

He said it very briefly, but Yu Lian could guess that if this guy wanted to change the pirate group to such a style, he must have gone through a bloody storm internally.

However, Yu Lian didn't feel too surprised. The leader of the palace can be regarded as a thief and a good man, but he has never been a soft-hearted master.

Yu Lian felt that this positive butterfly effect was good, but for a while he still didn't know what expression to show. He pondered for a few seconds and then said: "I really didn't expect that you are quite well informed. Hong Maple Factory has expanded its business quite well in the past two years, but it has not crossed the Far Coast Nebula, let alone communicate with you. Got dealt with.”

"You know about this...Engineers Guild Hall, right?"

I know. The vest of the Omnic Brotherhood. Yu Lian thought.

"I know, it's a technology promotion organization full of internationalist spirit. They are very capable, they speak well, and their outlook is correct. I like them very much." Yu Liandao.

"Well, I like them very much too. The current fourth master of our Shibao Ship Group is an old master from the Engineer Guild. Everyone respects him very much!"

Come on, those prosthetics always have special contact information. Yu Lian even felt that they had even opened a branch of the Engineer Guild in the Spiral Cross Nebula, maybe earlier than the branches in New China and New Yumen.

The Pirate King's expression slowly became serious: "General, my old brothers, once you have been this... well, the owner of a collective enterprise, you really can't go to the empire and the alliance to pay rent to them. . You should be the only one in the entire universe who understands this kind of thing, right? Now, after reviewing the entire universe, only Lumina and New China are in line with everyone’s appetite.”

In comparison, New China actually lacks manpower, especially skilled immigrants with technical capabilities. As for the members of the "Ten Treasures Ship Group", apart from the elderly and children who lack the ability to work, who can go to the Spiral Cross Nebula to seek refuge with Gong Xiao, who is not one who has special skills?

I don't know why, when the other party said these words, Yu Lian, who originally only believed three or four points, suddenly believed seven or eight points.

"You don't want all the bottles and jars in the Spiral Cross Nebula?"

"Haha, my other subordinates are also communicating with the masters of the Imperial Alliance. Those can be redeemed. If you are still not willing, I won't force it."

"So, how are you planning to leave?"

"Hahaha, five years ago, I led my brothers to snatch a large work ship from the plunderers, so I also got the mercenary bounty and medal from the Covenant Coordinating Nation opposite. The ship I It has been renovated and is enough to take away everyone who wants to leave. However, I have to ask for your help in coordinating the route."

"You can rest assured about this. I will do my best to smoothen the traffic along the coast." Yu Lian pondered for a moment and then said: "It's just that an unarmed refugee ship is one thing. A heavily armed group is another. It’s over.”