Warhammer 40: Saviors Emerging from the Bottom

The explosion of the Battle Moon marked the final victory of the Imperial Alliance, and in the coming period, armies from several Imperial worlds and the Forge world will return one after another.

However, before that, they need to receive their share of the compensation.

After a quick cleanup of the debris left from the explosion of the moon, Liu Bang convened the final meeting of the imperial coalition.

Since Xiao Yi was temporarily unable to leave, he could only participate in the meeting online via holographic projection.

"Now that everyone is here, let's begin."

Looking at the representatives of various imperial worlds around him and the forging sage Victor, Liu Bang felt a headache coming on.

Normally, his name would not appear on the list of candidates for governor, so no one had ever taught him how to handle such complicated diplomatic situations.

Especially since he took office halfway through his term and knew nothing about most of the people around him.

The interactions between nobles are completely different from the exchanges between different imperial worlds.

Just as Liu Bang was struggling with how to start the conversation, the officer from Catoscato, who had previously wanted to back out halfway through the mission, stepped forward again.

"We haven't received a single penny of the subsidies they promised us. If this drags on any longer, I'm not sure what those guys under my command might do."

"Subsidy? What subsidy?"

"Didn't Lord Liu Yi tell you?"

of course not!

Of course, one cannot say out loud what one truly thinks.

If you directly say you know, it's easy to arouse the other party's suspicion.

After careful consideration, Liu Bang decided to use a more tactful approach.

"Because the handover was too rushed, many things were not notified in time. The issue of subsidies will be discussed in a couple of days. Let's take care of other things first."

Upon hearing this, the Catoscato officer who had spoken immediately turned grim.

"With these repeated delays, are you simply not going to pay?"

"Lieutenant General Edward, just a heads-up, you are currently speaking to a governor's heir."

Xiao Yi's calm voice rang out in the command room.

Because of the signal reception problem, his words were intermittent, but no one dared to ignore a single word.

The reprimanded officer from Catoscato immediately stood up straight and apologized to Lieutenant General Edward: "I was too hasty just now, please forgive me, Commander."

"This matter does require some time to discuss, so let's leave it at that for now."

The Katoskato officer glanced at Xiao Yi, who remained expressionless.

After realizing that the other person seemed to be looking at him as well, he had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​asking any further questions and returned to his seat.

Looking at Xiao Yi, who had pulled him out of his predicament with just a few words, Liu Bang felt a mix of emotions.

After the brief incident, the meeting officially began, and details regarding the amount of compensation each imperial world would receive would be addressed in the subsequent detailed discussions.

Liu Bang convened this meeting with the aim of proposing a new resolution.

The surrounding imperial worlds have been isolated from each other for far too long.

This means that unless something happens that could determine the survival of the entire star system, the several imperial governors will never meet.

If things continue like this, one day in the future, it is very likely that a world will be destroyed after being attacked by chaos or aliens.

This is not baseless speculation, but a highly probable fact.

The main reason why all the governors sent reinforcements for this Greenskin invasion was that the threat was too great.

No analysis is needed; it's obvious to the naked eye.

If you encounter a problem that seems minor but is actually the most fatal, you're basically doomed.

Therefore, the idea of ​​strengthening cooperation in all aspects and establishing a military-trade alliance was born in Liu Bang's mind.

To put it simply, it's about integrating the previously relatively independent Empire worlds into a federation.

Xiao Yi supported this proposal.

He wanted to unite the other imperial worlds in a more moderate way.

First of all, it must be acknowledged that retaining the existing ruling class could very well sow the seeds of future problems for future rule.

In this cesspool where war could break out at any moment, a parliamentary system would only make an already weak empire even weaker.

People only fight for their own interests and don't care about the survival of the collective.

They will never unite unless faced with a crisis where everyone dies.

Centralization of power is necessary to revitalize the empire's decaying body and enable it to save itself.

However, the cost of direct military conquest is too high.

Winning the war was not the most difficult part; the most difficult part was how to rebuild after the war.

After the war was over, they found themselves occupying a piece of rotten land, and apart from pouring money into it like crazy, they couldn't get any returns.

It would be better not to fight at all.

Therefore, Xiao Yi decided to use a gradual approach, like boiling a frog in lukewarm water, to complete the integration of the nearby star system.

First, combine several imperial worlds to form an alliance.

Then, through various agreements, they continuously extracted power from the governors, and if necessary, they could even send assassins to behead them.

As long as there is no direct conflict, all means can be used.

Xiao Yi wasn't sure how long it would take to consolidate power, but it would definitely be shorter than the time it would take to conquer the surrounding imperial worlds and then rebuild.

After hearing Liu Bang's idea, the representatives from the other imperial worlds all expressed that they would tell the governor about it.

The meeting then adjourned, and Liu Bang began to meet individually with representatives of each imperial world to discuss the details of the settlement of rewards.

The group of motor enthusiasts who arrived last contributed the most to the battle, providing a large amount of weapons and ammunition.

They even supplied the Cyclone Torpedoes that destroyed the Battle Moon.

Therefore, they received the highest rewards.

Ownership of many mines within the territory of Sinian was transferred to the foundry general Kalissk.

The two sides also signed an agreement that all exploitable mineral veins discovered over the next 200 years would belong to Atlach Magnus.

The feudal world of Vornheim and the dead world of Vornheim are the economically weakest of the several imperial worlds.

Their demands are relatively simple: they want Aurora to unconditionally supply many industrial goods that cannot be produced locally.

As for the specific list, it has not been fully finalized yet, and it is estimated that it will take a long time of negotiations to complete.

Catoscato and Solaris signed numerous trade agreements with Aurora that unilaterally benefited themselves.

On the surface, Bakda seemed to have gotten nothing, but in reality, he received the largest portion of the reward.

Xiao Yi has taken control of Shangchao, the capital of Zhen Dan, and is gradually expanding his rule outwards.

Before long, he will be able to effectively rule the planet.

To avoid alarming friendly nations, the matter of succeeding as Governor-General of Aurora should be postponed.

Next, let's leave this position to Liu Bang for now.