Chapter 214: Chapter 157, The Eve of the Star War
With three thousand grace points in hand, Gu Hang felt the troubles of sudden wealth.
However, after calming down, he thought that although the number of grace points was not small, there were equally many places that were eagerly waiting for money to be spent.
If he really followed his plan, he feared that even if he threw all three thousand grace points in, it would only make a few splashes.
For example, the exchange of genetic seeds for Interstellar Warriors; if he threw all three thousand grace points into it, it would yield only thirty seeds.
Building them was something that could not be sustained.
He still needed to plan carefully.
While making money is important, how to spend it is also a matter of knowledge.
But this was something that didn’t need to be rushed for now; the grace points were already in his hands and they weren’t going anywhere. He had plenty of time to arrange things properly.
He shifted his gaze to the “Important Intelligence” that could already be activated on the [Event] panel.
What could it be?
With a thought, he opened the intelligence.
When he truly saw the message, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Now, he had only one thought: it was a good thing he handled this [Event], and he solved it rather quickly. Otherwise, if he missed this intelligence, a disaster would have occurred.
[An elder of this Green-skin Orc Tribe, the master craftsman Gorgon, created a cosmic communicator during the tribe’s prosperous times and reached out to his mother clan—the Space Green-skin Orcs of the Iron-Tooth Clan—with a communication request. In the communication, he mentioned the location and the cosmic coordinates of Rage Owl Star, inviting the main forces of the Iron-Tooth Clan to come.]
[After sending out the message, there was no reply and Gorgon had forgotten about it. But in fact, his message was successfully transmitted; he had simply forgotten to build a receiver in the communicator. A pirate plundering fleet of the Iron-Tooth Clan received the message and is now heading towards Rage Owl Star.]
[In the near future, the Tenth Plundering Fleet of the Iron-Tooth Clan will pass through the Star Realm Tunnel and reach the jump point of the Rage Owl Star System.]
[Coincidentally, an Imperial Merchant Fleet is also about to pass through the Star Realm Tunnel and reach the jump point around the same time.]
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If he hadn’t received this intelligence, Gu Hang dared not think about what would have happened!
The merchant fleet was one he had invited.
The Empire Commerce Guild, belonging to one of the official organizations of the empire, is necessary to get approval and be registered as a merchant in order to form a merchant fleet capable of navigating the endless boundaries of the empire. Otherwise, one might very likely be treated as a pirate.
Fortunately, registering as an Imperial Merchant wasn’t too complicated, nor was the threshold too high. As long as one’s identity and the goods being transported were clear, and they were willing to accept missions issued by the Empire Commerce Guild when necessary, that would suffice.
Of course, a spaceship capable of traveling through the Star Realm Tunnel was indispensable.
When registering as an Imperial Merchant, the first and third items are generally more rigorously checked. As for the second item—the goods…in principle, the requirements are also very strict. But sometimes, it’s all down to one’s own abilities.
And the people who can do business with the Imperial Merchant also need to have permission. Generally speaking, these permissions are granted to planetary governors.
In reality, as the governor of Rage Owl Star, one of Gu Hang’s major powers was the ability to trade with the Empire Commerce Guild.
The output of Rage Owl Star was very limited, but it still needed important goods from other empires’ worlds, and there was a huge profit margin in between. The trade quotas in between were controlled by the planetary governor, and that was precisely the basis for past governors to acquire power without the support of cruisers and with a scarcity of manpower.
Of course, Gu Hang didn’t need to acquire power that way now. However, it had been different when he first arrived.
A month ago, he took the initiative through Yelisia to contact the Empire Commerce Guild, hoping that a merchant would adjust the route to pass by Rage Owl Star System and engage in some trade.
This was actually a bit difficult; Rage Owl Star was too small, and the past trade records were… rather modest.
But what if Gu Hang was a member of the Gu Family? In this aspect, his family’s status still played a certain role.
The merchant who came, named Wang Jiarong, was Gu Hang’s cousin.
Besides the regular trade goods, her ship was also carrying two items that Gu Hang had specially ordered and cared about a lot, both related to Interstellar Warriors.
Interstellar Warrior Powered Armor and the biological equipment needed for the implantation of genetic seeds.
Whether it was for the hard-won trade opportunity, for the goods specifically ordered on the ship, or for his smiling cousin who had a pretty good relationship with his predecessor, he had to find a way to save that merchant fleet.
Moreover, the “Tenth Pirate Plundering Fleet of the Iron-Tooth Clan” mentioned in the intelligence was already targeting Rage Owl Star. Was it not best to deal with them decisively when they might clash with the Imperial Merchant Fleet, rather than waiting for them to complete their plunder before taking action?
Given the Green Skin’s technological capabilities, even if the empire’s ships were turned into scrap, that space debris could still be collected by them and used as materials. Not to mention the various goods stored within the merchant fleet.
As for how to deal with the Green-skin pirates mentioned in the intelligence… Rage Owl Star definitely did not have the capacity. It was estimated that the entire planet didn’t even have orbital defense means, a single starship couldn’t be found, let alone launching an offensive.