Faced with Soshyan’s question, Sorge patiently answered:
"Maybe, but it's not important."
"Why?"
"It's very simple. It's the conditions you proposed before. Everything is free during the immigration process, from food and accommodation to medical care. After landing, you will be tax-free for twenty years. You will be exempted from military service for life. Each person and each household will also have a settling-in allowance. Chapter leader, you
You may not know that immigration from the Ministry of Internal Affairs may be free, but there are fees for food and accommodation during the immigration process. Many people were forced to immigrate, and ended up floating in space for two years. They lost all their money and owed money to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Debts must be repaid in the end with more than ten or even decades of work. In many cases, the needs of the citizens of the empire are really simple. It is enough to be able to meet basic food and clothing, and to raise children. If they can not be involved in
If you join any war, you will be very happy."
"With such a large-scale population transfer, will there be anyone from the Ministry of Justice or the Tribunal investigating it?"
Sorge shook his head.
"The inquisitors will not care about this kind of thing. Their eyes are fixed on the terrible threats, heretics, demons and the like. The law enforcement officers of the Ministry of Justice are happily beating the 'bottom scum' in their mouths with shock sticks.
', More than a billion people have disappeared in such a huge whirlpool, and no one will care. Chapter leader, do you know the number of people who die unnaturally every day from the bottom nest to the upper nest in the hive city under your feet? About 150,000
, every day, and it can be counted. In addition, the maelstrom itself is a place with very frequent population movements. More than one billion immigrants are like clouds and no one cares about them."
Soshi raised his eyebrows and said nothing more, just letting Sorge continue.
"The number of the second batch of immigrants is 1.5 billion, and the population ratio is basically the same as the first batch. The third batch is 1.8 billion, and the proportion of the population engaged in agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry is relatively higher, reaching 30%."
"These three groups of immigrants are all scheduled to land in Dar es Salaam. The mechanical sages of Ulan Huda have been building there for some time, but just having a place to live is not enough."
"Don't worry about this. Since 1963, I have successively transferred more than 20.9 billion tons of various foods and 22.7 billion tons of various daily necessities there."
"Well, the construction of a new colony is a task with huge initial investment but little reward, but the future development of the Chapter must be like this. The descendants of these high-quality people will become the Chapter's excellent reserve force and source of mortal troops.
How are the preparations for the last batch of immigrants being prepared?"
"It is being transferred and transported in batches, and it will probably take another 5-7 months."
"very good."
"Chapter Commander, there is one more thing."
"What's up?"
"It's also thanks to you that since I established the Gray Fox Group, all aspects of business have been going smoothly. Especially after taking over the logistics of part of the expeditionary force and the post of trade director general of the Hoyland family, the business has expanded by dozens of
times, I have also saved some wealth. In addition to using it to maintain various businesses, I am willing to dedicate most of it to the war group."
To be honest, as a Chapter Leader of the Astartes, Soshyan has basically no idea about money. After all, the most ordinary Chimera troop carrier may be worth the decades of work of thousands of families.
In terms of value, military equipment itself is one of the most expensive asset types in the empire.
However, Sorge's heart was still very satisfying to him.
So Soshyan smiled and refused:
"If you have this heart, I will accept it, but there is no need for the money and treasures. As long as you maintain the trade routes to Ulan Huda and Naisen No. 4, you have contributed enough to the war group, especially
It is Ulan Huda. After the expansion of the shipyard, there are now 13 ships under construction and 4 more to be built. The demand for resources is huge, and semi-finished materials must be provided for the Naisen 4 shipyard. There are also six ships there.
Build ships.”
"Don't worry about this. Last year alone, there were 101 transport ships sent to Ulan Huda. The rare minerals alone exceeded about 31.4 billion tons, and the conventional minerals exceeded 500 billion tons. Of course, they can also be exchanged for it.
We have purchased tens of billions of tons of weapons, ammunition and chemical reagent raw materials, and we can still make a profit through trading and distribution.”
"Chemical reagents."
Soshiyang wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say it. This kind of thing has a wide range of uses. If it's good, it can be made into various cheap medicines to provide the most basic medical care for the residents of the bottom and bottom nests. If it's bad, then
that is
But what could he say?
After all, even the Ministry of Military Affairs provides "combat stimulants" to soldiers.
"Leader of the Chapter, what I want to dedicate to the Chapter is not gold and silver jewelry, but palladium."
"Palladium?"
This Soshyan does know that it is a relatively common "currency" in the Maelstrom. The lady of the Claremont family once introduced that they often use this metal for large-scale transactions.
Its main features are high purity, high temperature resistance, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and good ductility. It is also a necessary material for mechanics to manufacture precision resistors and catalytic converters. It also plays a great role in the biological field and is an ideal material for making high-end wetted materials.
Necessities for pieces, and the Maelstrom is one of the main sources of palladium in the Empire. There are several asteroids rich in palladium in the Bloody Skeleton System, and there are also several enrichments in the Badab Sector and the Kliman Drift Belt.
The major demand for palladium in the Maelstrom in foundry worlds such as Reza and Ulan Huda, including the Wotan Alliance, is also palladium.
In other words, this metal can be traded in basically any forging world.
"How many?"
"Nine billion tons."
"Well"
This number really surprised Soshyan. Although he was not very concerned about the economy and business, from previous communication with the short man, he knew that the entire Great Sorian Alliance obtained palladium from the Maelstrom in a standard galactic center year.
The amount of gold is only 100 million tons, and the amount of palladium handled by the Clermont family for an entire standard Terra year is only 600 million tons.
On the other hand, it can be seen that Sorge's business is by no means "good".
With 900 million tons of palladium, I wonder if I can buy a War Titan or a cruiser?
All kinds of strange thoughts flashed through Soshyan's mind, but he blurted them out in the end.
"How did you earn it?"
Sorge coughed slightly and then replied:
"Returning to the war, the leader mainly annexed the businesses of the Red Pirates. Although many of their properties and reserves were confiscated by the Ministry of Justice, there were also many things that slipped through the net, plus some cooperation projects with the imperial department. In addition, they cooperated with the Kremlin Department
The Lemont family cooperated and conducted some business on military tickets."
Soshiyang didn't bother to ask anymore. In the end, it's better to keep things out of sight. Although this is a bit hypocritical and ostrich mentality, what can he do if he asks the reason? Sorge did a good job, and he
The empire follows the simplest and most straightforward rules that have been in operation for ten thousand years.