2007, Launch of Cooperation
After the initial excitement, Tang Yu quickly calmed down. Were the gifts from Count Dooku and the Independent Star Confederation generous? Generous. Was it useful? Useful. But in fact, there was a hidden mystery!
After the Independent Star Confederation truly embarked on the path of war, the fleet they gave to Tang Yu would be placed under the unified command of the Confederation's Supreme Command. In other words, the fleet would still be handed over in the end. They were just passing these battleships from their left hand to their right hand.
As for assisting the Guardian Planet in developing its industry and robot manufacturing industry, of course, it was to quickly integrate the Guardian Planet's industrial capabilities into the Confederation's war machines so that they could play a greater role in future wars.
So among this series of greeting gifts, the only useful ones were the Planetary Shield and the 50 million credits.
But this was also a result that Tang Yu was happy to see because he had planned to intervene in this war from the beginning. Now, he was just switching sides. Count Dooku was very right about one thing. That was, war was the fastest way to develop. As for the Lanxiang Team, why did they, the Guardian Empire, come to the world of Star Wars for? Development!!
Therefore, with a good start, the rest was easy to talk about. The matter of the Guardian Planet joining the Independent Star Confederation was kept secret. Only Tang Yu, Dooku, and a few others knew about it. On the surface, they were still in the camp of the Galactic Republic. Peacock and Svetlana were still tirelessly running around Coruscant, trying to gain more support for the Guardian Planet.
The trade embargo against the Guardian Planet issued by Newt Gunley was still in place. But behind this blockade on the surface, the real cooperation between the two sides had actually begun. When Newt Gunley set foot on Planet Guardian for the second time, his attitude took a 180-degree turn and he became very polite. He kept apologizing in front of Tang Yu and explained that his previous extortion was just to take the opportunity to make a fortune.
But now that Tang Yu had joined the Independent Star Confederation, he naturally would not be rude to Newt Gunley like a child. The two sides immediately went from being at loggerheads to drinking and chatting merrily.
From Newt Gunley's words, Tang Yu also learned a lot of things. For example, whether it was the Trade Alliance, the Interstellar Banking Association, the Commerce Guild, or the Technical Alliance, these four supergiants of the Milky Way were actually betting on both sides. They not only supported the Republic but also the Independent Star Confederation.
From the perspective of these business alliances, this war would make them a lot of money because both sides in the war would end up borrowing their strength in order to expand their armies. Therefore, after watching the "Star Wars: The Episode I" trilogy, many people would have the misconception that the Clone Wars were the Galactic Republic fighting against the Trade Federation. In fact, this was wrong. Newt Gunley was only one of the governors of the Trade Alliance. He could only represent a part of the Trade Alliance. In fact, the main body of the Trade Alliance was still on the side of the Republic.
The secret cooperation between the Independent Star Confederation and the Guardian Planet was gradually carried out through Newt Gunley. The spaceships of the Trade Alliance soon arrived at the Guardian Planet, delivered the Planetary Shield, and installed it in the Australian region. In addition, a large number of engineers and technical teams came to guide the construction of factories.
It required a very complicated process to integrate the technology of the Guardian Planet and the Independent Star Confederation. For example, the computer operating system, the standard weapons used, the general energy supply system, and other aspects including medical treatment, currency, language, education, and so on. It could be said to be a very large project.
The Guardian Planet, which had been idle for almost a month, immediately became busy and began to cooperate in all aspects.
The banks of the Interstellar Banking Association also began to open branches on the Guardian Planet and began to circulate credit points based on the banks. In the next few years, the currency of the Guardian Planet was still effective. The two currencies were temporarily parallel, and the purchasing power of the currency was guaranteed by the government's debt.
Under Lee Sung-ho's organization, a large number of factories were built on the Guardian Planet. These factories would produce various parts for the Independent Star Confederation to repay the debts. At first, the orders received were relatively simple parts, such as robot arms, gears, hydraulic transmission devices, and so on. After the industrial upgrade of the Guardian Planet, more advanced factories would be opened.
Under Bolivarian Trask's organization, the Guardian Planet and the Trade Alliance had also carried out a series of technical cooperation. The Trade Alliance would help the Guardian Planet develop its own space warships. Before the Guardian Planet had the ability to protect its own planet, it would rent out 1,000 Vulture robot warships to the Guardian Planet.
Just this series of cooperation alone had caused the Guardian Planet to bear a debt of nearly 20 billion credits, and there would be more debts in the future. Tang Yu did not care about this at all. Anyway, this was how countries were. Most of the time, the one who owed money was the boss. The current situation of the Guardian Planet was very similar to when China had just been founded and received assistance from the former Soviet Union. In fact, Tang Yu's plan was the same as the predecessors of China back then.
It didn't matter if they owed money or pretended to be weak. As long as they could improve their strength, everything was fine.
However, although everything seemed to be going smoothly, when Newt Gunley once again made a request to sell goods, Lee Sung-ho decisively rejected it. The Guardian Planet needed to develop its own strength, not become a vassal of the Trade Alliance. It had been some time since they came to the Star Wars world, and Tang Yu and the others gradually understood some inside stories. For example, why did the Trade Alliance launch a war against Planet Naboo eight years ago? The fundamental reason was not because Planet Naboo owed money and did not pay it back, nor was it because Planet Naboo did not open its market, but because Planet Naboo independently developed the N-1 space warship!!
The appearance of the N-1 space warship meant that Planet Naboo would have complete independent research and development capabilities. They would no longer be completely dependent on the Trade Alliance, and the Trade Alliance would no longer be able to monopolize Planet Naboo's market. At that time, King Veruna of Planet Naboo was also eager to get rid of the 30-year control of the Trade Alliance. He ignored the warnings of Palpatine, who was not yet the chairman at that time, and finally caused a war.
So to put it bluntly, the war on Planet Naboo was very similar in all aspects to Treasure Island. On one hand, they wanted independence and wanted to stand up and be their own master. On the other hand, they wanted to continue to control and want the other party to continue to be a vassal. That was why the conflict broke out.
Lee Sung-ho was still very clear in this regard. With the prestige of Count Dooku, he was sure that Newt Gunley would not dare to do anything now. Therefore, he began to think of ways to open up his own trade routes and sell the products of the Guardian Planet to other parts of the galaxy to prevent the economic lifeline of the Guardian Planet from being controlled by the Trade Alliance.
And in order to strengthen this effect, under Lee Sung-ho's suggestion, Tang Yu decided to hold a small military parade on the Guardian Planet! He wanted to show his military might in front of Count Dooku and give Count Dooku, who was actively preparing for war, some bargaining chips to prevent Newt Gunley from doing anything behind his back.
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