Stellaris from the Automata Era

"How can a fight between two slimes be called a fight? This is called class conflict. The rebellious slimes are fighting for a better life and, in the process, saving their compatriots from danger."

"That seems to make sense, but sir, it seems the Ooze doesn't have its own army, right? Is it really okay for a nation of Ooze to use the navy and army of other civilizations to liberate its compatriots?"

"What do you mean by other civilizations? We're about to sign a diplomatic federation agreement with the Ooze Republic. As the rotating presidency of the federation, is it reasonable for us to use the federation fleet?"

So reasonable..

The slime foreign legion, right?

You can encounter this new slime republic, and none of the most powerful units are of this race.

Even...whether they can have combat units is another matter.

After all, in order to prevent the slime from counterattacking in the future, Yan Luo had increased the tax rate of the vassal, excluding food, to more than 75, before releasing it, and depending on the situation, he might have to continue collecting taxes for a hundred years.

If they can still claim independence and succeed, Yan Luo can only sigh that the ability of soft mud to embezzle is really amazing. They can raise their own army even with heavy taxes.

As for now, the brutal financial battle between the slimes has just begun.

Chapter 282: Eating everything will only harm yourself

"Hey, what's that, the Slime Republic?"

The mud, which was hammered by the earth, took several months to recover.

Of course this is not due to external reasons.

In fact, for the first war between himself and the earth, the process may not be very wonderful, but the result is still good.

It seems that more than a dozen galaxies have been divided, and billions of compatriots have become "slaves", but they themselves are in a difficult period of space development.

There has always been an abundance of barren land and manpower with nowhere to use them. The population consumes resources, but there has been no way to increase domestic demand and output.

Faced with an increasingly severe situation, either they have to forcibly develop planets that are not suitable for living, or they have to wait for the untouchables below to behave themselves.

To be honest, the output of the rotten land may not be as high as the maintenance cost. After the early development of the slime, I even want to push them away myself.

Therefore, even though they were separated by the Earth, they might have to kneel down and thank the Earth for becoming their new enemy.

But...how did those peasants who were separated before establish a country?

The slime really didn't pay much attention to the situation around its own geography.

After the main battle with the earth, the power situation of the slime itself must undergo a reshuffle.

Even if the abscesses in the body are removed and the domestic situation improves unprecedentedly, the problem is that the battle is lost.

The former businessman chairman had to pay a heavy price for his rash actions.

Of course, as a capitalist country, the former chairman would not be forced to the gallows.

But bowing, apologizing and stepping down are definitely inevitable.

Then all the slimes began a fierce political battle for the highest position of power.

And two to three months is enough time for a change to occur in the Slime's cabinet.

As for the latest person to win the chairmanship, it is a young man affiliated with a military company. However, why he was able to take the position is a question worth discussing.

Anyway, its most shocking speech was probably about the need for more warships to prevent mushrooms from attacking the trade routes between slimes and mushrooms.

Therefore, it is worth pondering how it became the chairman.

In any case, this is the slime's own internal affairs game. After calming down its internal chaos, they will begin to face the geopolitical situation.

And the Slime Republic...

"What can we sell to them?" This is truly a businessman's thinking.

The Slime does not seem to regard itself as a real country. In their perception, the Slime Republic is just a new company that has left its own market and is no longer in its own gaming circle.

Moreover, it is supported by the Earth's military force and backed by the Earth's market, so there should be huge and broad business opportunities.

Thinking about the humanoids who had recently beaten him up badly, in fact, many companies within the slime were eager to get in too.

The gap and hatred between races don’t really matter; what matters is making money!

However, after learning about the internal structure of the Slime Republic, he immediately gave up all his plans.

What cooperative mechanism, union composition, and big pot meal, these are all blind spots in the understanding of mud.

It doesn't matter if they don't know each other. Their keen intuition and some kind of cosmic will warn them that they can't make money by joining the other side.

The welfare protection and minimum wage standards for the lower-class people alone have made the capitalists back off, resulting in greater losses and less profits!

Of course, rebellion is no longer possible, but trade between the two sides seems to be able to proceed normally.

Shortly after the establishment of the Slime Republic, at the instruction of Yan Luo, a delegation was quickly established, heading directly to their former employer in the name of trade cooperation.

...

"Let's just state our purpose directly. We're currently in urgent need of equipment production lines, various alloys, and warships."

The information exchange between slimes is quite efficient. As soon as the Republican slimes saw their compatriots, they immediately started communicating about their interests after a brief greeting.

Of course, faced with these requirements, the capital slime began to scratch its head after a brief period of confusion.

According to their understanding, with the Earth as their backer, which can beat them down, the Republic Slime should not be short of these things.

In fact, there was not much such income from trade between the Earth and the Capital Slime before, and they all instinctively believed that the Earth should have no shortage of it.

"The Earth is indeed not lacking, the problem is that we are not the Earth Federation..."

It is well known that the Slime Republic was founded on a planet that is not suitable for their habitation, and the Capital Slime has a lot to say about this.

To talk about how terrible the debuff of forcibly colonizing unsuitable land is, let’s not talk about the interstellar era for now, but to make a more intuitive comparison with France’s colonization of Africa in the early days of the old Earth.

Even if the population of deceived immigrants is taken into account, the colonies can still achieve negative population growth, and even those who escape back to their homeland can become popular figures who are the talk of the town.

In terms of finance, it is even more of a bloodsucking situation. What you imagine is that the colonies exploit cheap raw materials and dump high-value handicrafts. The reality is that not to mention handicrafts, the raw materials are all sucked from your own country, and even given to you for free!

Faced with a land that appears to be rich on the surface, it is the best evidence that eating everything will only harm yourself.

After the Earth conquered another piece of territory, it finally understood this truth after "struggling" for several months, and it was eager to release it to avoid affecting its own homeland.

"That makes sense, absolutely." Capital Slime nodded, indicating that he had initially thought so, but then thought about it and felt something was amiss. "Wait? You can still do business in this situation?"

"The main company (Earth) still has some ideas about these undeveloped lands, mainly because they are rich in minerals. Therefore, they gave us some start-up capital to let us run it ourselves."

It's the same as when you see a beautiful recipe with pictures and a bunch of ingredients in front of you, and they ask you whether you want to cook or not.

"The main company (Earth) said that if we achieve some success, they will add a larger investment, so we have an initial budget of 1000 energy coins."

Can a vassal really suck life from their lord? 1000 Energy Coins may not sound like much, but many civilizations might only produce less than 100 per month. These 1000 are almost as much as someone else's annual income.

"Of course the money hasn't arrived yet, we..."

"Stop talking, you can owe me the money first and pay me back later when the money is available!"

Faced with the huge amount of energy coins, Capital Slime said that if he didn't eat anything, he would only starve to death.

ps: If Stellaris really wants all the land, it will only hurt itself. As a warrior, I ate up a lot of land. I thought the AI ​​dared to colonize because it was suitable, but I found something wrong when the finances exploded.

Chapter 283: Pro-foreign militarism, reverse heaven and

"So we really have to invest 1000 energy coins upfront?"

Divara tidied up the paper documents in front of Yan Luo, most of which were internal reports of the humanoids.

Of course, after a brief period of working with the humanoids in government affairs, Yan Luo had already seen through the true nature of these human-sucking machines, and he could now review and approve many insignificant matters perfectly and efficiently.

After all, who can't read?

After finishing all the official business, Yan Luo finally had time to face Diwara's questions.

"How is that possible? Who would really invest precious energy coins like that?"

Admittedly, thanks to the humanoid's strange energy black technology, 1k energy coins are not impossible to get, but at the beginning of the earth's construction, every bit of energy and resources are very precious.

Hundreds of resources are invested in the planning of any area.

Considering the areas where humanoid figures are everywhere on the planets, even the richest people would still be short of money during this period.

As a vassal slime, what qualifications does it have to suck blood from the earth of the sovereign country?

"Then you instructed the slime to go to your hometown to borrow...isn't that a plan to deceive them?"

"How can you say it's a scam? They'll give you a little, probably around two hundred, and you'll need to use some tricks."

Business matters are inherently risky. 200 is just a deposit, and whether you can get the balance later is another matter.

Of course, it is necessary to do some tricks. The slimes born from merchants still have some intelligence. Getting them for free without paying anything is no less than "Qin Shi Huang" calling you.

If it were the slime next door, it would be, "Hey, I'm Yan Luo, the Emperor of Earth. The situation in my country has changed drastically, and I'm in urgent need of funds to recruit troops. If you send me money now, I'll wait for me to quell the civil unrest, and I'll reward you handsomely later."

It's impossible that anyone would really believe it, right?

Therefore, more sophisticated fraudulent tactics are used, and these sophisticated tactics will more or less give people a taste of the sweetness in the early stages.

As for the final settlement, how much you can get depends on when the slime realizes that it is a scam.

Moreover... Yan Luo carefully studied the social structure of the slime and found that he was still a bit conservative before.

A credit-based monetary system alone cannot satisfy the Earth's appetite; it wants the entire ooze!

"A huge population base, a complete industrial chain, and a weak military force... It's perfect!"

This is a completely different track and type from the humanoids who started to take the elite route. Although this setting may conflict with the mechanical lifeforms...

But some people don't take the elite route simply because they don't want to, and some people don't take the quantitative route simply because they can't.

Therefore, the political system of the two-headed eagle must be balanced in some way, and the humanoids must be strengthened.

Besides, the development of civilization is the result of the accumulation of time. Even the initial establishment of an empire among the stars takes hundreds of years.

In the real universe, this would probably be even longer.

So what are the ways to quickly improve national strength and complete the initial accumulation?

grab!

Of course, this doesn't mean sending the fleet out directly and just firing a barrage of punches.

Not to mention that such a war between civilizations would turn each planet into a ruin, and the subsequent recovery would cost a lot of resources and time.

According to the intelligence standards of races that can rush into the universe, I'm afraid that a lot of resistance forces will emerge everywhere, and more manpower will be deployed to suppress them. After all, even the slime almost rioted at the beginning.

So this requires a slightly more gentle approach.

It just so happened that the slime itself had its own internal problems and was in a mess. Yan Luo only needed to make the other slimes feel that they were being treated better.

As for whether it will succeed or not, there is no harm in giving it a try. With military force in hand, the Earth will always have only the options of making little profit or making a lot of profit.

However, from an objective point of view, Yan Luo's success rate is quite high.

Thanks to the excellent matching mechanism of the universe, what kind of bizarre civilizations are there in this region of the Earth?

One is a pro-foreign militarist state, the other is a reverse paradise.

Then let's see which one is more suitable for the composition and template of the slime.

Anyway, no matter what, Yan Luo is determined to get the slime next door, and he won’t be able to stop it even if it falls.

Of course, all of this was decided by Yan Luo on the spur of the moment, and many details and plans need to be improved.

"I understand. I'll call the senior management to finalize the details." Divara nodded solemnly.

I have to say that humanoids and humans are a match made in heaven, one dares to think and the other dares to do.

Both hands-on and brain-based activities complement each other perfectly.

"Wait...don't gather the top brass yet. You and Popola can just help me with some early advice...Wait a little longer? Where's Popola?"

The style of the world suddenly began to deviate slightly towards the daily direction.

After receiving Yan Luo's question, Divara rarely showed a conflicted expression on her face.

She didn't know what words she was thinking of, but in the end she decided to polish everything she knew.

"There's a saying from the old days: governing a large country is like cooking a small fish. I've always felt that this saying is true, and the commander next to me also thinks it's true, so she cooked and invited us to come and appreciate it."