Chapter 1038 Cultivate the Market

"In fact, the earth is also interested in contributing to the Milky Way." The crocodile's smile continued: "But as you can see, Lord Eleni, our technological level is not advanced. The star field we are in is also very barren."

What Li Jie said was the truth, Elaine nodded after listening to these words. Li Jie continued: "But we on Earth know very well that it is always better to have one more friend than one more enemy in this world."

"We have no intention of invading other star field civilizations, and we don't have the ability. After the Star Lord came back last time, he said about the Galactic Federation and the Nova Corps. So we have been thinking about what we can do for the Galactic Federation."

"We are just a civilization that has just entered the universe. For some reason, we have obtained some armed technology that allows us to manufacture interstellar warships. However, our overall technological level is still relatively low, and we tend to be people who walk on one foot."

"Some progress in military industry cannot explain the overall civilization of the earth. We still have a long way to go before becoming a real interstellar civilization. We hope to join the Galactic Star Alliance and gain more exchanges and development in it. "Li Jie first set the position of earth civilization at a very low position.

Because the things he plotted are not suitable for the earth to be too prominent, especially in terms of technology. The earth is actually still very small.

Just look at what happened with the Chitauri attack this time. Li Jie and the others had been planning for so long, and they thought it was intentional or unintentional. They still held the initiative in the whole battle, and set up an ambush circle in advance, and there were even reinforcements from the Nova Corps behind them.

Although it is said that the Chitauri fleet was wiped out, the Venus fleet still lost almost a quarter of its warships. Where there is war, there must be casualties, and the record of zero casualties can only be an accidental legend, or a one-sided crush.

And what I faced in this way was only a partial division of the Chitauri, and this Chitauri was hired by the Skrull. It can be said that this wave of Chitauri who came to attack the earth is only in charge of the mercenary business among the Chitauri pirates. Not the Chitauri's capital fleet.

Li Jie and the others had wasted so much energy just to deal with a partial division. What if it's the Chitauri or even Skrull's main fleet? Even if he really wanted to ask Asgard for help, and let Gu Yi make a move.

So now Li Jie is very clear about the current position of the earth, and he can't be complacent just because he won a battle. Victory in this war has more of a political meaning.

After joining the Nova Corps, let the earth have a certain amount of capital to speak, and tell other members of the Star Alliance that we have defeated the Chitauri, and we are not soft persimmons.

But this kind of attitude can't be shown to Irene now, and Li Jie still counts on her to help him lobby other high-level members of the Nova Corps. Of course, in fact, as one of the only fifty captains of the Nova Corps, Irene herself belongs to the top ranks.

"You're right, Nightcrawler." Elaine nodded, and she agreed with Li Jie's words: "Xingjue and I have reported on the degree of civilization on Earth. Except for the star warships, your overall civilization level cannot be considered Very high. Just entered the interstellar era."

"Joining the Star Alliance requires a standard. It is impossible for us to accept all civilizations into the Star Alliance at will, because after entering the Star Alliance, the civilizations have obligations to undertake, and naturally they also have the rights to enjoy the Star Alliance." Eli When Ni said these words, her expression became more serious, and the joyful expression disappeared a lot, but at least she is still in a good mood now, so the timing of Li Jie's talk is still very right.

"After joining the Star Alliance, the Nova Corps is obliged to undertake their defense tasks. For example, attacks by space pirates, such as the Chitauri attack this time, or sporadic attacks by other small groups of pirates. The Nova Corps will also Open up some technology projects that can be made public for members of the Star Alliance to browse and study." What Irene said is the benefit of joining the Star Alliance and accepting the jurisdiction of the Nova Corps.

"Of course, rights and obligations are equal. The Nova Corps maintains peace in the Milky Way and even the wider star field, and prohibits massacre wars that exterminate civilizations, etc. But there will always be conflicts between civilizations, and some conflicts will inevitably It has risen to the point where war is needed to resolve it. It is impossible for the Nova Corps to mediate these wars endlessly, because the more intense the suppression of some wars, the more ferocious it will be when it rebounds suddenly."

"We agree to a limited armed conflict to determine the ownership of some things, but we will give priority to ensuring the interests of members of the Star Alliance." Elaine said this very straightforwardly, as long as there are people (including aliens) There are rivers and lakes, and there are struggles in this rivers and lakes, and this kind of struggle can also be interpreted as politics.

"As I said earlier, the formation of the Star Alliance by the Nova Corps started from a good point of view. Members have rights and obligations. This includes providing resources to the Nova Corps, opening ports, and allowing members of civilization to join the Nova Corps to become elites. Soldiers and so on. And there are thresholds for all of these." Irene got to the point, which is also the main purpose of Li Jie's conversation with Irene this time.

"If a civilization level is too low, then it will be difficult for him to provide the Nova Corps with all the things I mentioned above. The Nova Corps strictly prohibits high-level civilizations from attacking low-level civilizations that have not entered the interstellar era. This is an iron law. The development of civilization must conform to Its natural laws should not be forcibly destroyed by external forces."

"And when civilization enters the interstellar era, this protection will slowly disappear, because at this time, conflicts of interest between interstellar civilizations will slowly occur. You can understand it as the kind of player in the earth game who has provided novice protection. At this time He has no novice protection, but his level is not high and his equipment is not strong, so he can easily be killed by high-level players." Irene also seems to have played the Earth game.

"Yes, Your Excellency Irene." Li Jie interjected, "That's exactly what I'm worried about. The earth's civilization is only protected by a layer of fragile eggshells. Before we spread our wings and become eagles, I hope our civilization can Sheltered under the wings of the Nova Corps."

People must learn to be submissive, the current earth has no way to face the powerful Nova Corps. Moreover, the Nova Corps is lawful, kind and upright, so joining them is still guaranteed.

"However, as I said, the earth is now in a very embarrassing stage, and the level is not up or down. It is difficult to say whether the Nova Legion will hold a meeting to discuss whether the earth civilization will be accepted. Because the earth may be in a very long period of time. You can only ask for it from the legion, but you can't return it. You must know that a benign chain of interests is an exchange of equivalent value between each other." Irene expressed her thoughts: "There is only an exchange of equivalent value, not one party's ignorant request. , so that the relationship between the two parties can maintain a happy and long-term cooperation.”

"And the Legion also needs to take into account the thoughts of other Star Alliance members." Elaine said it was a very realistic problem.

And when the topic came to this point, Li Jie nodded and said: "That's why I proposed to Your Excellency the Ten Commander that the Earth provide logistics and entertainment services for the Nova Corps."

After pondering for a while, Irene said: "But the legion is not necessarily willing to pay for these high-priced entertainment facilities. This is not a necessity." High but not low either. And even so, Xingjue also said that this is already a low price without the transportation fee.

It is a common perception that good entertainment products are expensive, and it is a normal perception even on Xandar.

Faced with Irene's inquiry, Li Jie immediately said: "Your Excellency Irene, we can promise. We will provide all services at cost price without earning any fees. We can even provide some services for free! And this will be our contribution to the Nova Corps." Li Jie said firmly.

He sighed in his heart: Cultivating the market requires some costs.