Chapter 745: Chapter 416, Are You Still Going to Collect the Imperial Tax?_2 Chapter 745: Chapter 416, Are You Still Going to Collect the Imperial Tax?_2 As it stands, they have about six hundred or more warships, with the largest being Titus’ own flagship, which in terms of specifications, has already surpassed the flagship of the Yunluo Fleet, the “Dragonhawk” Battleship Cruiser.
Adding the over four hundred warships from the eastern part of the Star Domain, the Star Domain Government can’t figure out how these Green Skins managed to accumulate so many ships within the four Star Sectors they initially occupied.
If they were all junk ships, worthless ships, that would be one thing, but the key is that they have that extremely powerful flagship!
Could it be that the Iron-Tooth Clan had been lying low over these past decades, biding their time for a big move?
This doesn’t seem to fit the character of the Green Skin Orcs at all!
Previously, they didn’t even have a unified chief to lead them; in a state of constant warfare against each other, there wouldn’t have been enough warships to spare from the losses of their civil conflicts.
How did they save up so many?
The Star Domain Government still hasn’t figured out the reason up to now.
But this does not hinder their efforts to deal with the current crisis for the time being.
The greatest effort made by the Star Domain Government was reaching a consensus with the Founding General of Jindi Star, a high-level leader of the Mingyang Sect.
The two parties already had a fairly close cooperation; Jindi Star and Yunluo Sector were simply connected by a Star Realm Tunnel.
They also hit it off when it came to the common goal of opposing the Green Skin Orcs.
At the personal request of Tan Jiuyi, the Protection Army and Fleet of the Mingyang Sect set off.
They engaged in a brief battle with the vanguard of the Green Skin Fleet.
The Mingyang Sect really went all out, even sending out their lifeline of Jindi Star, a “Mechanical Ark,” directly into battle.
They defeated the vanguard of the Green Skin Fleet, lifting the embattled state of the Yunluo Fleet that was being pursued relentlessly.
At last, the Yunluo Fleet was finally able to turn their ships around and gather their forces.
Multiple scattered ship clusters were reassembled.
After accounting, the size of the Yunluo Fleet had been reduced to around 30% of its original strength.
Fortunately, the flagship “Dragonhawk” Battleship Cruiser was still there, along with four other cruisers, and two light cruisers as well.
Including the “Mechanical Ark” from the Mingyang Sect, humanity’s naval forces were finally rallying back together.
But the pressure was still immense.
The main forces under Titus had received the news.
He personally led the main Green Skin Fleet and had already moved from the Curse Bone Star District to the Snow Eagle Star Sector.
From the Snow Eagle Star Sector, there are two pathways, each leading to the Steel Fire Dragon Star Sector where Jindi Star is located, and the Stellar Capital Yunluo Star Sector.
Now, it’s still unknown which terrible choice this wild beast will make.
But either option is destined to lead to a fierce battle.
The combined Protection Fleet of the Mingyang Sect and the Yunluo Fleet, totaling four hundred ships, are still probably not a match for the might of the main Green Skin Fleet.
Tan Jiuyi posed a question to Gu Hang: Whether the Tianma Fleet and the combined naval forces of the alliance could possibly arrive at the Yunluo Sector soon to assist in the battle?
He even ‘considerately’ thought out their route of advance for them.
Coming directly from the route taken by the Iron-Tooth Clan was definitely unrealistic, but in the southernmost ring of the Dragonhawk Star Domain, the edge of the Iron-Tooth Clan’s offensive had not reached.
They could travel from the Cultivating Horse Star Sector to the Heigu Ridge.
The Heigu Ridge Star Sector had traces of Green Skins, and several planets had been invaded, but the Green Skin Fleet’s forces should be weak.
As long as they fought their way through Heigu Ridge to the area of White Eagle and Fire Eagle, they could then directly reach the southern part of the Yunluo Star Sector and safely enter.
Hearing this suggestion, Gu Hang suddenly increased the signal strength of the Interstellar Communication, revealing his face to these Star Domain officials.
He maintained a polite smile on his face, not explicitly agreeing or disagreeing, and his gaze fixed intently on each person.
It wasn’t until Tan Jiuyi himself coughed lightly twice and awkwardly skipped over the topic that Gu Hang’s stare ended.
Such an outrageous proposal, who knew what the Star Domain Head was thinking.
Did the pressure cause him to lose his mind?
Lois quickly stepped in to smooth things over.
“General Tilermungs has done well, and holding Steel Wing Star would also be good.
Gu Hang, you also must fully cooperate with the Tianma Fleet and support the defense actions of the Eagle Horse Star Sector.
If you can attract as many enemies as possible in the Eastern Star Domain, that would be a significant achievement,” Lois said.
Gu Hang was still smiling: “Of course, I will do so.
In fact, I have already pledged to personally lead my forces, along with the more than two hundred ships I’ve gathered, as well as the billions of Land Forces warriors of the alliance, to Steel Wing Star to join the battle.”
As he said this, he purposely skipped over the so-called “cooperation.”
Then, some of his demands further revealed his goals: “However, defending the Eastern Star Domain and attracting the attention of the Iron-Tooth Clan as much as possible is not just the alliance’s task but concerns the whole Star Domain.
Right now, due to the invasion of the Green Skin Aliens, most of the Star Domain is engulfed in war, the Eastern and Western parts are cut off, making communication extremely difficult.”
“For this reason, I hope to gain more autonomy in the Eastern Star Domain,” he continued.
“For the many worlds and Star Sectors in the Eastern Star Domain, I want to establish a unified front against the Green Skins, sign a treaty, become integral with each other, and help one another.
All Planetary Defense Forces, Planetary Governments, Star Sector Governments, and the ships owned by traders of all grades should operate under a unified command to fight against the Iron-Tooth Clan.”
“The Imperial Tax from the Eastern Star Domain has been cut off and cannot reach the Stellar Capital Yunluo Star, so I want to temporarily take over the role of the Star Territory Taxation Department in the Seven Horse Territory and all other occupied areas within the Star Domain to collect the Imperial Tax.
All collected taxes will be entirely used for the war, and the accounts will be fully prepared, with no misappropriation,” he explained.
After Gu Hang finished speaking, these high-ranking officials of the Star Domain Government fell silent.
When Gu Hang first spoke about autonomy, they could still continue listening, but the latter two “I want to”s were too excessive.
A unified treaty…
Ambitious Gu Hang, was he finally planning to expand his alliance beyond the Tianma Star Sector?
This was a sentiment that had always existed within the Star Domain Government.
When the Space Domain Government inexplicably approved a multi-star political alliance, ‘the alliance’, many officials within the Star Domain Government were murmuring.
After all, it wasn’t without precedent, but it was somewhat extraordinary.
As the alliance grew in size, eventually occupying the entire Tianma Star Sector, it was no longer murmurs but genuine vigilance.
Many Star Domain officials made a detailed study of the history of the alliance’s rise to power, believing that this tightly structured union should not expand any further; otherwise, it would affect the authority of the entire Star Domain, creating an intractable potential threat.
However, over the years, the alliance had been very compliant.
Now, taking advantage of the war, were they finally showing their fangs, ready to loot amidst the fire?
Your so-called “integral with each other, helping one another,” isn’t that just a replica of your alliance?
Gu Hang’s intentions are well known to all!
In normal times, this could not be agreed to.
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But in these extraordinary times, Gu Hang’s words made sense.
The Star Domain Government here, with the help of the Sect of Mechanics, didn’t even know if they could hold back the tide of Green Skins, let alone the loosely affiliated Star Sectors in the Eastern Star Domain.
With communications cut off between the two sides, and only Gu Hang, a top Spiritual Energy practitioner, occasionally able to break through the barriers for Interstellar Communication, how could they fight without the Star Sectors of the Eastern Star Domain uniting under a strong leader?
And if this so-called “Seven Horse Treaty” could still be considered a special measure under special circumstances, the subsequent issue involving Imperial Tax was even more difficult to accept.
What standing do you have to dare to speak of collecting Imperial Tax on behalf of the government?