Warhammer: Beginning with Planetary Governors

Chapter 544 Savior: What do you mean by having no money? We must make money!

The savior of the world actually said that he had no money.

That is almost the most incredible thing about the existence of the galaxy.

Because since his debut, the Savior has been known for his generosity, whether in territory governance, large-scale wars or scientific research.

It's all about spending money.

The poor people of the human empire and the heretics were shocked and fled in panic.

Even if he said he had no money, no one would believe him.

But the fact is that he really has no money now and is in a difficult situation.

"It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality..."

Ron was quite emotional.

The expenditures of the various government departments, civil departments, scientific research departments, and fleet forces under the Savior are several times or even higher than the imperial standard level.

This seems normal to him, roughly equal to the lower-middle-level proportion of related expenditures during the 3K era in his hometown.

But in the human empire with a low enough bottom line, it is already considered a luxury.

Let me put it this way, the living standards of more than 98% of the people within the empire are not as good as those of the bottom class of an Indian in my hometown.

It can be called tragic.

Now, he wanted to build the Dawn City network, and he had to spend a huge amount of related resources at once, so he naturally felt embarrassed.

That is an area the size of several star regions.

In the previous rounds of Chaos Wars, the related webway buildings were severely damaged, and the ports in various places suffered devastating blows and had to be repaired as soon as possible.

However, the construction of the webway is different from that of the real universe and requires more special and expensive construction materials.

The cost is huge.

In addition, the defense systems in various places must be repaired and rebuilt. Such a bare and huge webway city is too vulnerable to attacks.

Otherwise, as soon as the city construction is completed, those enemies will come over and launch a wave of orbital attacks and then run away.

He must cry to death.

The most expensive of these was the construction of the sacred tower.

The operation of Dawn City's trade hub and webway traffic requires the participation of hundreds of billions of humans.

But the webway is too close to the warp, and the radiation of chaos energy is very strong, so it is necessary to build a number of sacred towers to provide the protection of sacred energy.

Ordinary humans simply cannot stay in the Webway for long, and will easily develop mental and physical problems.

Ron didn't want the humans in Dawn City to become crazy like the Dark Eldar.

Therefore, every residential area must build a sacred tower, and this expense cannot be saved.

There is also the giant statue of the great savior, which is an indispensable core building and the soul of Dawn City.

The accumulation of these expenses, one after another, creates a huge resource and financial pressure that is difficult for any galactic entity to bear.

Not to mention, not long ago, while he was directing the work, he added several projects related to urban civilization.

This has made the already tight resources even more strained.

In fact, the Savior Territory can still afford such resource consumption if it grits its teeth. At worst, the first and second phases of the project can be built slowly.

But the problem is that the emperor can't wait too long. Ron must activate the entire Dawn City as soon as possible to develop and tap the resources and potential of the empire.

The current tight schedule has made him jealous of the lack of resources.

Relevant departments have also put forward suggestions to restore some areas to the level of the empire, which would save a lot of resources.

But Ron refused.

If the area under his rule is still like the empire, what is the need for the savior to exist?

What's more, he had just become the master of the empire, but he was in a miserable state and had lost his greatest advantage.

I am afraid that it will cause all parties to lose confidence in themselves.

So he could only grit his teeth and persevere, creating the illusion that he could still spend a lot of money.

No matter what, the savior must be rich and powerful.

This is just like some businessmen who, even if they can't even afford to eat, still want to travel around in luxury spaceships.

If he didn't do this or became more plain-minded, the cooperating alliances would suspect that something was wrong with the merchant and wait for an opportunity to bite off a piece of him.

To put it simply, Ron's fixed assets are still very strong, but there are temporary problems with his working capital and resources, and his expenses are not enough to cover his income.

But it's dangerous enough.

"Lao Ji, you are worthy of being my best brother!"

After Ron looked through the list of resources provided by Guilliman, he stepped forward and shook his hands, feeling very moved:
"These resources have helped me a lot. You are the only one in the empire who can help me like this."

Although he was the lord of the empire, he could not get many resources from the empire.

There was no other way. The empire’s warehouses were so empty that rats were running around in them. It was extremely difficult just to keep them running.

Not to mention the supply of resources for the construction of Dawn City, it would be good enough if he didn't have to subsidize it.

Now Holy Terra and related imperial regions are still dependent on the resources provided by the Savior, and there are also a large number of interstellar troops who are also receiving subsidies from the Savior.

Of course, he could also order more taxes to be collected from the empire's territory to alleviate the situation.

But this will not only increase exploitation and chaos, but also, when network transportation is not yet perfected, it will be too late to make a profit by the time taxes are collected.

The resources consumed are even more astonishing.

As one of the wealthier people in the Empire, it is extremely rare for Guilliman to take the initiative to devote so many resources to support the construction of Dawn City.

Ron knew that even for an Ultimate Primarch, it would not be easy to come up with so many resources at once.

This Primarch brother has shown great sincerity.

"Brother, that is what I should do. As the pearl of the empire, the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar should contribute to the prosperity of the empire."

Guilliman looked at the Savior and said seriously.

In the current galaxy, only the five hundred worlds of Ultramar can support the Savior on a large scale.

As for Khan's territory, I'm afraid there's not much to offer except some livestock.

As one of the richest people in the empire besides the savior, he was also secretly pleased with himself, and was even happier that he could help his brothers.

"How many resources are you still lacking? I'll help you think of a solution."

Guilliman looked at the savior with a sincere gaze: "In addition to the resources just sent, the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar are also speeding up the collection of new resources."

"Hmm~"

Ron pursed his lips, as if hesitating about something: "This one does have a little gap, but..."

Guilliman saw the Savior's hesitation, and this brother did not want to embarrass himself.

He patted the other person on the shoulder and said, "There's no need to be so polite between us. Brothers, if we join hands, we will definitely be able to overcome the difficulties.

Believe me, Ultramar can still fill some of the gap."

This Ultimate Primarch acted as an elder brother, hoping to help his brother solve his problems.

Since Brother Ron lacks resources, he will give them to him!
"Well, our current resource gap is about this much, about 15%..."

Ron sighed and sent Guilliman tens of thousands of pages of data lists.

These include thousands of mineral resources, energy, coatings and special substances, and even many special-shaped materials:
"The main reason is that time is too tight. If we wait a few years, these gaps will not be a problem at all."

???

Guilliman quickly glanced at the data list, his confident smile gradually froze, and his whole body froze there.

He was silent for a few seconds, his voice a little hoarse: "Is this what you mean by... a little gap?"

Can this be called a gap?
It is simply a bottomless abyss that devours resources!

According to the data list, the resources from the five hundred worlds of Ultramar that he brought would be enough to fill 1% of the gap.

The remaining amount cannot be filled even if we sell the five hundred worlds of Ultramar!
This self-proclaimed wealthy Ultimate Primarch was a little dazed. Perhaps the gap that the savior thought of was a tiny bit different from what he thought.

He felt that he was just a complete pauper in front of the savior; the gap was too big.

Guilliman's judgment on the financial problems in the Saviour's territory was correct, but there were some errors in his reasoning process.

All he could calculate was the income displayed by the Savior's Territory, and there was a large amount of undisclosed and unshown income that was not taken into account.

For example, the Legion of Terror, the Steelfang Greenskin Empire, the Tyranid Redemption Hive Fleet, and the Dark Eldar, etc., these forces are all supplying massive resources to the Savior in some form.

The error is more than several dozen times.

He even underestimated the Savior's commitment to Dawn City.

“Ahem~
There is indeed a lot of resource gap.”

Guilliman faced the savior, his face felt hot and he was sweating profusely.

He had just confidently promised the savior that he could take on part of the resource gap, but in reality he could not help much at all.

The Ultimate Primarch was reflecting.

How could a poor guy like me be obsessed with worrying about the financial affairs of Ron brothers?

Is he worthy? !

"It's okay, old Ji."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Ron tried to comfort the brother: "I understand your difficulties. You have helped me a lot by sending that batch of resources."

But when he thought of the predicament before him, his brows furrowed and he sighed with a bitter face:
"Oh, I'm so worried that I can't sleep. Life is hard. I don't know how to solve this problem... Oh, I have a batch of newly manufactured battleships and Redemption Titans. You can take them away later. I originally wanted to expand my army, but I don't have the ability now.

Let’s wait until we get through this difficult period.”

Guilliman sent so many resources, which are much better than the ships of livestock and barbecue specialties sent by Khan, so naturally we have to reciprocate.

What's more, he is now the master of the empire, and everyone's weapons are almost the same, so the meat is rotten in the pot.

???

Guilliman was a little confused when he saw the savior with a sad face. He didn't know whether his brother was in poverty or wealth.

The Savior's territory is already in such a difficult situation, yet they still asked me to bring back a batch of warships and Titans, making it sound as if they were some local specialties of the territory.

It's possible that the savior is in financial resource trouble, but it's a little unlikely that the savior is in financial resource trouble.

The savior who holds the webway city of Dawn in his hands sighed and lamented his own hardships and difficulties in terms of resources and finances.

He is like Mr. Lei from his hometown. At the age of over 30, he looked at the only 4 billion cold dollars left in his bank card and felt the difficulty and confusion of life.

However, these words caused Guilliman's back, which was already not that straight, to sag a little more.

They are both Primarchs, so why is there such a big difference between them?
At this moment, he felt the disparity between the Primarchs, and even felt that there was a tragic barrier between him and the Savior.

For a moment, I didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and could only nod in agreement.

Ron sighed again:

"Also... I still have several hundred warehouses of artillery ammunition left in my webway. Please help me take some away. Take as much as you can to make room for the webway's construction resources.

We no longer have the energy to build new warehouses.”

Now his warehouses and transportation capacity are operating at overload, and the fleet brought by Lao Ji can be of help, which is not bad.

"Brother, I will...try my best."

Guilliman has run out of words, so let's just go with whatever the Savior says.

He couldn't be of much help anyway.

……

The temporary port of Dawn City.

With the assistance of the Savior's engineering team, the large Ultramar fleet unloaded the fully loaded Webway construction materials and sent them to various locations.

Soon, the fleet received a new order.

They used the webway to go to the nearby forge world to pull a batch of warships, and then went to the corresponding webway hub to load a huge amount of war supplies.

Due to the large amount of supplies, they were even overloaded and wanted to fill up the living area as well.

"Are we...really here to provide support?"

The treasurer of the Lord of Ultramar looked at the data on the material list, which included warships, Titans and many other resources.

Including a large amount of high-quality food, daily necessities, a small amount of industrial materials and other resources.

Those are what Ultramar needs.

In fact, what the Savior's territory lacks are only resources related to network construction, and other resources are quite abundant.

The worry on the treasurer's face disappeared and he couldn't stop smiling, so much so that he became confused in excitement.

When the Primarch, Lord of Ultramar, announced that he would fully support the Savior, he kept a bitter face.

That means more taxes and harder times for the five hundred worlds of Ultramar.

The officials and people of the five hundred worlds of Ultramar were somewhat dissatisfied.

As the jewels of the human empire, they have selflessly provided the empire with too many resources and military power in the years since the Primarch's awakening.

That was equivalent to a transfer payment, which slowed down its own development and caused the living standards in Ultramar to drop too much.

Especially after the Primarch announced his support for the Savior, the pressure on the local area was further intensified.

In their hearts, they believe that Cricket is the savior.

However, what was unexpected was that when Ultramar's fleet worked hard to extract resources to come to support and prepare to return, the Savior gave Ultramar more.

Full to the brim.

After they unloaded the resources, they could only take away the warships, Titan machines, artillery ammunition and other resources with tears.

Make room for others.

"Sir, our support this time...I'm afraid we can earn more than five times the profit."

The adjutant was a little confused.

"Adjutant, I must point out your mistake. This support has at least ten times the profit, and the value of the weapons is inestimable!"

The Treasurer's voice was still filled with excitement.

Who could have imagined that Ultramar's support for the Savior's mission could bring such huge profits.

Most of what they sent were rare building resources and materials, but what they received were finished warships, Titan machines, and related supplies.

"Praise the Savior!"

The adjutant said sincerely.

That savior is indeed the richest man in the galaxy. Any help will be greatly rewarded. Ultramar will always support His Majesty!
This is the reputation the Saviour hopes to create.

As long as you are rich enough, you will have more and more friends, more people will come to trade with you, and they will obey your orders.

"Ask the people in the Savior Engineering Department what resources they are still lacking."

The treasurer calculated the time of the route and issued a new order: "This is a rare opportunity, as long as it is the resources that Ultramar has.

We'll bring them all over!"

This fleet still has a lot of things that have not been taken away, and they plan to make a few more trips to take away more "local specialties" from the Savior's webway warehouse.

Please make more space for our Savior.

The Ultramar fleet returned happily at a very fast speed, fully loaded with weapons and supplies.
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On the spire terrace.

Ron stood side by side with Guilliman, looking out at the harbor in the distance.

It was so busy there.

The ships that come and go are like worker ants, transporting supplies and people, adding bricks and tiles to this webway city.

"One of my companies discovered traces of Chaos near the Eye of Terror. It was a Fallen Space Marine army that we had never seen before. It was more like a legion."

Guilliman shared the latest intelligence he had obtained, with some concern.

"Chaos Legion?
I will ask the relevant departments to investigate thoroughly, and I hope that there won’t be too many large-scale wars at this time.”

Ron frowned slightly.

The emergence of a new Legion of Fallen Space Marines is a big deal and we must be on guard against it.

After all, that would be a huge armed force. It seems that the only fallen legion that can appear in the galaxy is the Black Legion?
No one knows how many Chaos Space Marines are bred in the Eye of Terror, perhaps even more than the Imperial Space Marines.

Fortunately, they are all extremely scattered and act independently.

But if they are organized, they will become an extremely terrifying force.

If a large Chaos Legion organization appears again, the entire so-called expedition will be a big trouble for the Empire and will give the Chaos Gods an opportunity to cause trouble.

Especially during the stage of self-construction.

For some reason, Ron had a vague feeling that this matter might be related to the Lion King Ryan.

Whether it is true or not, let’s investigate first.

The emergence of this incident gave him more pressure.

I must complete the current construction task as soon as possible, and I have to use special means.

"Brother, have you found a way to solve the resource gap?"

Guilliman inquired.

He was also paying attention to the construction of the Dawn City network, which was the top priority of the empire at the moment.

The existence of many empires is also on the way.

"We have a plan. The Internet land finance, commercial trade zone and related money-making plans will be introduced soon."

Ron said slowly.

Although the human empire as a whole is poor, many high-level forces and families are still quite wealthy.

Especially those high-ranking nobles, imperial blood families, and academic and scientific research classes.

With the help of tax exemption privileges over the past ten thousand years, they have accumulated unimaginable wealth, and it is time to reap a portion of it.

Of course, it would not be an overly bloody harvest, as it would be indecent and would cause chaos, affecting the overall situation of Dawn City's trade construction.

In the future, as political reforms are advanced, the corresponding tax system must also keep up. Under the rule of the savior, everyone must pay taxes.

with no exceptions.

Even he himself pays taxes as an example.

Ron sneered: "Besides that, I am also planning to borrow some money from the heretic alien brothers in the galaxy."

Not long ago, the resource-collecting forces under the Savior's command had been roaring and attacking everywhere.

It's time to let those guys taste... what it feels like to be robbed.

(End of this chapter)