Chapter 232 Official Business

Some things can be delayed, but some things cannot.

For example, the longer you delay official business, the more painful it will be.

When the war machine starts, everything has to give way to it.

Materials are collected, people are requisitioned, harsh bans are issued, and heavy corvée labor needs to be completed.

All of this is for the sake of winning the war.

Therefore, the efficiency of the military government's actions is amazing, and basically nothing is impossible.

But that was a time of life and death, and everyone had to grit their teeth.

You can't do this casually at ordinary times. If you are in a high-pressure environment for a long time, the people below will explode.

So after the Great Vortex Expedition ended and the entire star zone withdrew from the state of total war, various problems that had been suppressed before followed.

Capital is always the first to smell the smell.

As the news of the demise of the Red Pirates gradually spread, many chambers of commerce saw the huge benefits.

Without dangerous looters, the output of materials is still continuous. The Great Vortex will become one of the most prosperous areas of empire commerce, at least in the next fifty years.

Moreover, since they had just experienced a war, the Maelstrom region really needed those merchants to run around more in order to quickly help the various empire worlds recover.

The interests of both parties are the same.

If they seize this opportunity, they may grow into giant crocodiles.

But the problem is that capital is something that cannot earn money honestly.

According to the news from the law enforcement team, the four major chambers of commerce that visited Wei Mu all have a lot of problems behind them.

For example, some chambers of commerce have paid a lot of protection fees to the Red Pirates to prevent their caravans from being robbed.

Some of them have departments that have been corrupted by chaos and are hanging out with cultists.

This is not a common situation such as corruption, bribery, and tax evasion.

The law enforcement team has executed a group of their people, but no one can say how effective it will be.

After all, you can't kill them all.

If the entire organization is cleared out just because someone in the lower department betrayed, then all the institutions under the empire will not be able to escape.

What else can we do? Just make do with it, as long as we can't catch them.

Even though Wei Mu knew that these guys were not clean, many of those who were executed were their white gloves.

The intention of the merchants to come to Wei Mu was obvious, that is, they hoped to get preferential policies from Wei Mu.

"Ten years of port tax exemption will stimulate the development of the Great Vortex business, just like the fuel needed for a rocket to break out of the atmosphere. After that, everything will become much simpler, and the prosperous trade will bring you a steady stream of fiscal revenue." They said vividly.

"It's for the empire, not for me." Wei Mu frowned and reminded.

"Yes, it's for the empire. Please forgive my ignorance, Jiedushi." The merchant changed his words with a flattering smile on his face.

It sounds reasonable.

But Wei Mu didn't know much about business, at least not as well as these guys who had been in the business world for a long time.

So he temporarily persuaded the merchants with a sentence "I'll think about it again", and turned to find people related to the industry, that is, Ena, the head of the mining union who was rescued before, and consulted carefully.

"They want to be loyal to you, sir, because you won the Great Whirlpool Expedition, demonstrated absolute dominance, and are still so young." Ena replied.

This sentence made Wei Mu a little confused.

He originally thought that it was a question of how long the tax exemption would last and how much tax exemption it would be, but he didn't expect the topic to suddenly go so far.

"So what?" Wei Mu asked.

"So with this preferential policy, they can enjoy this huge business opportunity and become the local snake in the Great Whirlpool area." Ena said, "And in return, they can help you rule this star area. After all, you can't just use force to solve problems in people's livelihood."

After leading the imperial troops to fight east and west for so long, Wei Mu almost forgot that in terms of administration, apart from the need to pay tithes on time and nominally be loyal to the empire, there is actually no difference between the governors of various planets and local emperors.

And as the governor of the Great Whirlpool, Wei Mu has become the biggest talker in this area after clearing the threat of the Red Pirates.

He made things convenient for the four major chambers of commerce, which was equivalent to making things convenient for himself. In the end, the entire star region would be built into a place where Wei Mu had the final say.

Space Marines don't have this opportunity. They usually can't get involved in politics, but Wei Mu is a mortal, which is why Guilliman dared to give him such great power.

Damn, this temptation is too great, and it's legal on the surface. I feel excited just thinking about it.

Although this way of ruling is indeed worry-free, once the chamber of commerce becomes bigger, it will not be so easy to take back the power.

"Preferential policies will be given, but it's not just them who benefit. Foreign chambers of commerce will also be taken care of. The empire will always be a whole. They should all be honest and don't think about those messes."

Wei Mu spent a minute rewarding himself in his mind, and then rejected the proposal.

He didn't want to leave any hidden dangers for the empire just for his own convenience.

On the other side, in a certain space, the cruiser of the Necrons was sailing at superluminal speed.

This is a unique way of navigation for the Necrons, which does not rely on the subspace. It is only because their flesh and blood bodies have been transformed into living metal that they can withstand the tremendous pressure brought by superluminal navigation.

The owner of the cruiser is none other than Trazyn, who is known as the Endless, and the astrologer Orikan is also among them.

After finishing the work of the Great Vortex, the two of them hurriedly bid farewell to Vimu and began to search for the fragments of the Void Dragon.

As former servants of the Star God, they knew the terrible power of the original owner. No Necrons would want to taste the revenge of the Star God, and the fragments lost outside must be recovered.

In addition, the fragments of the Star God are also a very important asset with a wide range of uses. Collecting it can further enhance the strength of the dynasty.

Trazyn invested a lot of resources in the Great Vortex Expedition. In return, Vimu gave the ritual dagger of Erebus to the Endless as a collection.

Although this thing can kill the immortals, it relies on the power of chaos. Humans can't keep it. It's too dangerous.

As for the can of God Metal, it seems to be quite powerful, but it is likely to be controlled by the Void Dragon after use. Wei Mu has not figured out what to do with it yet, so he can only keep it for now.

During the search for the Void Dragon, the two legendary Necrons said nothing, but they were in the same room, and their stiff metal faces showed an expression of wanting to say something but not being able to.

They just stared at each other, and no one was willing to show their cards. The scene was very awkward for a while.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

It was unknown how long it had been, but Orrickan finally couldn't stand this weird atmosphere and took the lead in breaking the silence.

"Master first."

Trazyn waved his hand as an answer.

Some kind of childish competition seemed to continue.

"In that case, let's write what we want to say on our hands and then show our cards together." Orrickan suggested.

"Okay." Trazyn agreed.

So the two turned their backs, wrote a short line of words on their little iron hands, and then raised their fists to cover them.

"Let go at the count of three." Orrickan said.

Trazyn nodded.

"Three, two, one."

Five fingers opened, revealing the characters written underneath, and the two Necrons immediately showed an expression of "I knew it would be like this".

It was a word written in the Necrontyr language, which meant "Secret Treasure of the Ancients".