Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 886: Chapter 481, Only a Madman Would Pay You Taxes!_3

Chapter 886: Chapter 481, Only a Madman Would Pay You Taxes!_3

“I understand what you’re saying, I’ll arrange the corresponding transport fleet and escort work right away. The route we now have to choose, leading to the Wuji Star at the Cosmic Domain Capital, might be a bit roundabout. We’ll have to go from the East Adjoining Starfield on the eastern side to the Wuji Starfield. The journey in-between is quite convoluted, and it’s not necessarily safe. We will need to dedicate a significant portion of our forces to ensure the safety of the Tax Fleet’s arrival at the target. A round trip will take at least six months to complete this tax payment.”

“What I want to say is, paying the Imperial Tax imposes a significant pressure on us. This task, it not only occupies a part of our naval vessels but, more importantly, it also takes up one-third of our interstellar transport capacity. A large number of transport ships will be engaged to handle the transportation of the huge amount of materials represented by the Imperial Tax. These are all costs of levying and transporting taxes, which used to be borne by the Star Domain Government. Now, we have to bear them ourselves…”

Osenia’s voice sounded somewhat discontented.

Which was understandable.

As the Prime Minister of the Alliance Government, they hadn’t paid Imperial Taxes in recent years—no, that’s not right, the Imperial Taxes had been used locally, the accounts were still clear—now that they suddenly had to pay taxes formally, it really hurt.

The area occupied by the Alliance wasn’t small. In the recent two years, in the struggle with the Fury Flame Battle Group, the Alliance had basically stabilized outside Seven Horse Territory and controlled an additional 12 Star Sectors. Excluding the four Star Sectors without any output, which were strongholds of the Green Skins with no other population but new immigrants, naturally, there wouldn’t be a matter of Imperial Taxes. But for the remaining eight Star Sectors now in the hands of the Alliance, the Alliance naturally had the responsibility to pay taxes.

It wasn’t the Alliance paying directly, but these planets were. However, since these planets were either under the common defense framework or under the Economic Community Act, in Osenia’s eyes, their money was as good as the Alliance’s money!

When they were paying taxes, it was as if the Alliance was paying taxes!

These newly acquired territories, with a total population of over 150 billion, naturally meant the Imperial Taxes reached over 15 billion Tax Currency. But these planets had only just come into the hands of the Alliance, hadn’t had time to develop, and, furthermore, substantial initial investments were needed for later development.

The money levied from these planets, after being used to pay Imperial Taxes, left the Alliance with a remaining fiscal balance of just over five billion. And this was based on the residents of these planets having very low living standards, with an average annual consumption per capita of only about 0.6-0.7.

Life was so miserable and heavily exploited that they could only squeeze out this little bit.

Should the Alliance then go on to pour money into developing these places, that fiscal surplus of fifty-odd billion was definitely not going to be enough, and the Alliance would still need to put more money in!

To toil so hard, only to work for the Imperial Tax? And to lose money?

Osenia certainly wasn’t satisfied.

Moreover, it wasn’t just about the Imperial Tax; that was inevitable, a sum that couldn’t be avoided no matter what.

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But what made Osenia even more frustrated was that it seemed the cost of paying the tax would still be borne by the Alliance in the future. One-third of the Alliance’s transport ships being occupied for more than half a year, what a tremendous capital loss? This would impact the development of the Alliance.

Osenia’s thoughts were roughly understood by Gu Hang. He could only offer consolation, “I know it’s not easy, but we must do it. In the future, we will have to reach this point one day, better to take this step now using the Fury Flame Battle Group, a circumstance everyone can understand, as an opportunity. Tell the United Fleet to allocate four cruisers to form a battle group for this escort fleet.”

With that, Gu Hang added, “Moreover, we don’t actually need to transport all the materials to Wuji Star.”

“Hisss!”

Osenia sucked in a breath of cold air; just now, the Governor was criticizing Furyflame for intercepting the Imperial Tax, and now you’re suggesting…?