The Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors in the beginning was just a simple business organization that communicated with each other and shared information with each other in the boundless sea of stars at the periphery of the Imperium of True Human Beings.
But business and politics were always closely related.
Only by grasping political power and even the most fundamental military force could one plunder and defend business interests to the greatest extent.
Money naturally boasted the highest magic power and unparalleled techniques. The Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, which had just been born, immediately realized the logic and extended its feeble tentacles into the power vortex at the periphery of the Imperium without caring about the cost, raising such an excellent representative as "Di Feiwen".
But at that time, the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors was still too weak and immature to compete with the monopolistic business groups under the four Kurfürst families.
But today was different from the past.
The meeting between Li Linghai, queen of the Imperium, and the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors was almost like a fire on dry wood.
The two parties supported each other in only decades and rose quickly, expanding without a sound.
The "Imperium's counterattack" in the recent ten years gave the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors the best opportunity for explosive development.
"One shot of a cannon and ten thousand taels of gold". Both the daily consumption in a war was astronomical, and the benefits of making a fortune in a war were immeasurable.
The Imperium today was a situation where the local areas were in chaos. The so-called "army of the Imperium" was made of the fleets from hundreds of Sectors that were highly independent of each other.
The only thing that the base of the expedition army had that could effectively balance the warlords and the miscellaneous troops was the logistics.
Food, ammunition, and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were the throat. As long as the throat was grabbed, even the most disobedient warlords and miscellaneous troops would have to obey the command of the base of the expedition army and not act recklessly.
Naturally, the warlords and miscellaneous troops were not willing to wait to be killed and become the knives in the hands of the four Kurfürst families to chew the hardest bone on the opposite side, the Holy League.
In order to achieve greater independence, they had to establish a brand-new source of supplies outside of the base of the expedition army.
At least, 95% of the time, the warlords were willing to obey the command of the base of the expedition army.
But on rare occasions, when these warlords wanted to act on their own "for the glory of the Empire" and disregarded the orders of the expeditionary army base camp and brazenly launched "active attacks", they had to be able to gather enough weapons, ammunition, and supplies on their own.
Of course, the warlords were not 'actively attacking' to do good deeds for nothing but to 'recover' a planet so that they could plunder and loot everything on it after the planet was recovered.
In that case, there was naturally no reason for the large amount of resources that had been squeezed out to be sent back to their own nest through the expeditionary army's main camp. Wouldn't that be like a sheep walking into a tiger's den?
This required a transport fleet of a large enough scale. The people in the fleet had to be daring desperadoes. Furthermore, they had to be tied together with the local warlords and miscellaneous troops. Only then would they be able to bypass the expeditionary army's main camp, help them secretly transport the war supplies from the rear, and then help them secretly transport the spoils of war back to their hometowns.
Who else could play such a role except for the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors?
Therefore, in the more than ten years of the Imperium's counterattack, the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors and the local warlords and miscellaneous troops at the peripheral worlds of the Imperium had been in love with each other.
To put it more simply, the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors gathered the money and resources of the new merchants at the peripheral worlds of the Imperium in the form of secret war bonds and other forms, secretly supporting the smaller warlords to carry out adventures and loots in the frontline. The spoils of the loot would be shared equally.
It was not hard to imagine how much the two parties had been colluding with each other for more than ten years.
The Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, which was deeply trusted by the local warlords and miscellaneous troops, even established such a business. They could help the warlords' troops in the frontline secretly move the main-force warships with the most powerful firepower and the thickest armor back to their hometowns, while they reported to the base of the expedition army that "XX starship was seriously damaged in the fierce battle and completely disintegrated, obliterated in the intense explosion."
In such a way, the local warlords would be able to preserve their strength and ask for more benefits from the base of the expedition army.
Having done so many clandestine deals for the local warlords and the miscellaneous troops, the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors naturally grasped a lot of secrets and became an effective source of intelligence for Li Linghai.
Also, there were many times when the warlord forces from the distant worlds were unable to obtain effective supplies, and they did not wish to see the mood of the expeditionary army headquarters. Therefore, they would often trade the spoils they had just obtained with other warlord forces.
The business was also the overall arrangement of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors.
At first, it was just a temporary emergency, but as the expedition army of the Imperium recovered more and more Sectors and resource planets, the trophies that fell into the pockets of the warlords and the miscellaneous troops in secret grew more and more abundant. The scale of the business grew larger and larger. In the end, it was even somewhat self-sufficient.
The control of the army was nothing more than the power of personnel and the power of finance.
After more than ten years of infiltration and planning, the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors had vaguely helped part of the local warlords to get rid of the restraint of the base of the expedition army in terms of finance and win greater independence.
Also, in the frequent trade, the warlords who were scattered in the universe and were not familiar with each other all learned of each other's existence and established solid bonds of interests. They also vaguely realized that … they would be a force that could not be underestimated after they were united!
Therefore, Jin Yuyan, the chairman of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, was definitely an influential general on the side of the "reformists".
If Li Linghai's ambition to "honor the majesty and settle the rebellions" was realized, Jin Yuyan would very likely be appointed as the "chief finance minister of the Imperium of True Human Beings".
Different from "Moon Devil" Yue Wushuang, the head of the special agents who was surrounded by black fog and silent, Jin Yuyan, the future finance minister of the Imperium, was greeting everybody with a smile.
Even though he was faced with Li Yao, who looked very young when he met him for the first time, there was nothing unnatural about him at all, as if he and Li Yao were colleagues who had served in the same palace for many years. His gestures were perfect, giving the feeling of relaxation like a spring breeze.
Hardly had Jin Yuyan finished greeting everybody when almost ten fuzzy and lackluster shadows showed up one after another. They were all the core members of the reformists who were lurking in the military, politics, economy, and other fields of the Imperium.
Li Yao thought to himself that it seemed that the incident of the Blood Oath Alliance had indeed greatly affected the reformists and pushed Li Linghai and the rest of them to the brink of desperation. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for so many big shots of the reformists to show up in public.
"Alright, now that all the fellow Cultivators are here, we may begin."
Li Linghai flew to the middle of the crowd on the floating disc. There was not the slightest panic or anxiety on her face. She glanced around slowly, but everybody's faith seemed to have been reignited.
She did not consider herself to be the queen of the Imperium but addressed the big shots of the reformists as "fellow Cultivators". It was obvious that she regarded everybody as her comrades.
"I have sent the detailed intelligence about the incident of the Blood Oath Alliance to the virtual light beam in front of you. For us, the incident was indeed unexpected, and the consequences were quite severe. Our cause has been pushed to the edge of a bottomless abyss."
Li Linghai seemed to hate the appellation of "me" very much and had always been straightforward. She did not hide the influence of the incident of the Blood Oath Alliance but changed the topic. "However, the strength of the reformists is far beyond the imagination of the enemy. We will not give up halfway and wait to be killed!
"Countless people who are determined to renew the Imperium have joined our side incessantly. Every day, our strength is even greater than yesterday.
"Before we officially begin the discussion, allow me to introduce Fellow Cultivator Li Yao to you.
"Fellow Cultivator Li has been fighting side by side with me since decades ago. He has been carrying out the most clandestine and arduous missions. Not only does he boast the Cultivation in the Divinity Transformation Stage, he also boasts rarely-seen talents in fighting and creation. He is a distinguished master of refining.
"Before, he had been escorting our cause in secret and even made great sacrifices for it. As a result, he was unknown in the entire Imperium even though he was in the Divinity Transformation Stage.
"But today, our cause is at the most perilous moment. I have to ask Fellow Cultivator Li to surface as my personal guard and magical equipment consultant so that we can work together and pass the difficulties together. In the meantime, we will make our enemy pay the most gory price!"
Emotionlessly, Li Yao slowly flew to Li Linghai and nodded at everybody.
"Huh?"
For many of the big shots of the reformists who showed up last, it was the first time that they had heard Li Yao's name.
However, they were very clear about the value of an expert in the Divinity Transformation Stage who was adept at fighting and refining.
Seeing that Li Yao and Li Linghai were standing so close to each other, they were even more certain that they were the queen's trusted subordinates.
The queen's capability was truly immeasurable, considering that she had picked out a Divinity Transformation Stage expert from her pocket casually. Who knew whether or not she had more spies who were lurking in the most critical parts of the Imperium?
Many big shots of the reformists, who had been rather panicked by the incident of the Blood Oath Alliance, calmed themselves down.
That was exactly the effect that Li Linghai wanted. He smiled and said, "Rest assured, everybody. There are still a lot of purest Immortal Cultivators who love the Imperium and are loyal to His Majesty like Fellow Cultivator Li. When the time is right, they will all rise up!"
Li Yao took a deep breath and forced himself not to burst into laughter. It occurred to him that Queen Li Linghai sometimes had a weird sense of humor.
"Then, let's begin the discussion."
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