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Chapter 1466 Negotiation (I’m exhausted from going out to buy tofu early in the morning)

Everything in this world ultimately depends on strength.

And strength depends on violence.

As a Rogue Trader, Dardaniel is very aware of this.

On the surface, the trade alliance he formed spanned five galaxies and owned dozens of colonies. It was considered a powerful force. But Dardaniel himself knows that this is all empty airs, and it is okay to fool those interstellar civilizations that have not yet left the atmosphere or are fledgling.

But if he really wants to negotiate business with those business alliances that are more powerful than him, then he will have no choice but to sway them.

So... Grandpa of the Tribunal, help me! !

"...Okay, I almost understand the specific situation."

Duanmuhuai picked up the tea cup, drank tea, and looked at Dardaniel opposite.

"So? What kind of result do you plan to get?"

"To be honest, I'm not sure."

Dardanelle looked sad.

"As for the situation of the Trade Alliance, Your Majesty the Inquisitor, you also know that we have just developed, and just integrating the economic systems of these planets is a big problem. We have only achieved initial results so far. I..."

"Tell the important point."

Duanmu Huai is not interested in the economy. He is the same as the Empire. As long as you pay your tithe on time, there will be no problems. But if you don't pay taxes, that's a problem.

"Frankly speaking, I can't beat him."

Dardaniel decisively told the truth.

"Although I don't know much about it, I can tell that the huge power behind this trade mission is far beyond what the trade alliance formed by a small Rogue Trader like me can contend with. Their strength and financial resources are greater than ours. A hundred times stronger, the best way to face such an opponent is to shut them out."

"But you couldn't do it, so you came here to ask for help, right?"

"That's right."

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai understood, free trade, if you don't want to trade, they will use strong ships and cannons to open the country to force you to trade. It's not like Duanmu Huai has never been in history. Such a simple and easy-to-understand truth, He still understands. If Dardaniel didn't call the Inquisition and tell the other side that he was not someone to be trifled with, then who knew whether that company would call directly.

Although it is called the Interstellar Peace Company, peace and commercial trade are incompatible.

"What do other people think?"

"They...remain neutral because the Interstellar Peace Company has also promised them that it can help them rebuild, but because they don't know each other well yet, they are still in the discussion and wait-and-see stage."

Dardaniel understood why these people remained neutral. It was because of his relationship with the Tribunal. After all, their world was saved by the Inquisition, so they will also appreciate this friendship. Therefore, unless the price of Interstellar Peace Company exceeds this friendship, they will not change partners casually.

"This is really a surprise."

Duanmuhuai stretched out his hand and touched his chin. He has always left things alone. Because the Inquisition is not the Empire, nor does it intend to rebuild the Empire. Of course, if Dardaniel plans to trade with other forces, then Duanmuhuai wouldn't mind introducing them to them, but he doesn't care much about other things.

But if an outsider invades that he doesn't know about, that's another matter.

"Is there a human on the other side?"

"If not, I wouldn't have to worry so much."

"That's true."

If the opponent was not a human being, Dardaniel would have cried for his father and asked the Tribunal to completely destroy him. To the human-supremacist Inquisition, xenophobia itself is original sin.

pity……

"Um……"

Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked to the other side.

"What a clever guy, do you think Star Alliance can help?"

"Karen doesn't think it's okay."

The world's cutest horse girl shook her head.

"The impact of the unexpected enemy the Star Alliance encountered has not faded yet. Currently, the entire Star Alliance's vitality is severely damaged. Kallen feels that they should be wary of foreign forces interfering in the trade network."

"Um………"

If the Star Alliance is still strong, then Duanmuhuai can let Dardaniel and the Star Alliance cooperate to deal with the Interstellar Peace Company. Unfortunately, the Star Alliance is also unlucky during this period, first the Reapers, then the Dark Elves, and then another accident The enemy, a series of blows have made the Star Alliance breathless. Like a patient who has suffered a serious illness and has not yet fully recovered. In this case, Star Alliance is naturally unwilling to cause trouble for no reason.

"Then it seems that the support of the Tribunal is very limited." Duanmuhuai spread his hands and shook his head at Dardaniel.

"Strictly speaking, of course the Tribunal supports you, but you also know that the Tribunal does not intervene in disputes between humans, let alone this is a matter involving economic aspects, so what we can do is It just ensures that you will not be coerced by force, but if it is a financial problem, then the Inquisition will not be able to do anything. "

"I understand what you mean, Your Majesty the Inquisitor."

Facing Duanmuhuai's answer, Dardaniel's expression was a little helpless, but it was understandable. After all, this is not the first time he has done business with the Inquisition.

"However, no matter what the background of the other party is, since it wants to work on the territory of the Tribunal, it must pay taxes to the Tribunal."

Duanmu Huai snorted, the Tribunal's tithe is indispensable. Although the Tribunal's tax rate is not as strict as that of the Empire, and sometimes it is even mean, the problem is not the amount, but the attitude. It is one thing if you are willing to pay, but it is another thing if you are not willing to pay.

"Then... Gentleman, go talk to that Interstellar Peace Company and see what's going on on the other side."

"Understood! Big brother, just leave it to Kallen!"

Let’s let Zhen Ji Ling, the cutest horse girl in the world, do this.

Duanmuhuai didn't pay special attention to the Interstellar Peace Company. If the other party was a human being, then there would be no need to care about most of the issues. The Tribunal's policy is not to interfere in the battles between humans. He actually understands that Dardaniel hopes that the Tribunal can intervene more deeply, which is also understandable.

For example, Dardaniel's business alliance is like a leading domestic company, while Interstellar Peace Company is a foreign company, and it is very likely to be a multinational foreign company. Facing this kind of business giant, local companies can only rely on protectionism to survive. Unfortunately, the Inquisition is not the government that rules this area, so even Duanmu Huai cannot say that Interstellar Peace Company is not allowed to be here. Operation - after all, people can bypass the tribunal and go directly to those political entities to discuss it.

So strictly speaking, there isn't much that the Inquisition can do. Dardaniel still has to rely on himself... Of course, if the opponent wants to use any off-board moves, that's another matter.

Why do you say that Dardaniel's Trade Alliance also owns part of the Inquisition's shares? Are you afraid that you don't want to live and dare to cause trouble to the Inquisition?

Then there is only a dead end.

Commercial trade was not Duanmu Huai's concern. After leaving it to Zhen Ji Ling, he began to pay attention to the construction of the planetary fortress again. Of course, Duanmuhuai did not forget to ask Aikote to send a reconnaissance fleet to investigate the direction of the business group - after all, it was an extraterrestrial galaxy, and there might be treasures that could increase his natural disaster progress.

Well, I hope so.

Zhen Jiling acted very quickly. Only two days later, Duanmu Huai received the information from Zhen Jiling after the first meeting and negotiation.

"Most of the species that make up the Interstellar Peace Company are humans and demi-humans, but there are also a small number of existences that hate intelligence...well..."

Looking at Zhenji Ling's report, Duanmu Huai nodded. Zhenjiling's investigation is very accurate and he knows what the Inquisition wants.

But at the end, he frowned slightly.

“An investigation of its internal company culture revealed signs of religious affiliation?”

After reading the report, Duanmu Huai raised his head and looked at Zhen Ji Ling on the other side of the screen.

"What do you mean? What the **** is religious belief?"

"As you can see, big brother, this Interstellar Peace Company believes in a star **** named Creeper..."

"Star God?!"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai almost jumped up and issued an extermination order.

After all, in the Inquisition, this is not a good word.

Fortunately, after listening to Zhen Jiling's explanation, Duanmu Huai finally breathed a sigh of relief. According to her, this Star God should not be a fragment of the Star God, but a **** across galaxies - well, as I said before, there are indigenous gods and gods across galaxies. Faerûn is full of indigenous gods, and the gods these people believe in should be higher-level cosmic gods that exist across galaxies.

And each star **** has his own destiny - Duanmuhuai is not surprised by this. Just like the **** of justice, the **** of love, the **** of war, the **** of tyranny, etc., this destiny is simply the priesthood.

As for the destiny walkers walking on it, as well as the messengers who received a glance from the Star God, gained his attention, and possessed powerful power... Well, let's put it in Faerun's place to understand, they are actually believers and gods.

"In other words, this Interstellar Peace Company is Clipper's church, which believes in preservation. The employees inside are all Clipper's believers, and the top management are the descendants of God?"

"Yeah, that's pretty much it."

"Oh, that's okay, that's understandable."

Duanmu Huai nodded. There are many forms of religion in the interstellar world, but to be honest, Duanmu Huai felt a little weird about a capitalist company's belief preservation.

After all, no matter how you look at it, you should believe in gods such as business or money. What the **** is a protector? Could it be that your Interstellar Peace Company is mainly engaged in protective facilities?

However, Star God...

Duanmuhuai narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment.

Maybe you should go to that extraterrestrial galaxy and see if you can upgrade your natural disasters?

After all, there are so many star gods, so there must be dependent families.

If we find someone who poses a threat to humanity and then eliminate it, wouldn't that make progress faster?

Why not... give it a try?