Chapter 1674: On the eve of war
The upcoming duel between the Dragon Star Empire and the Oath of the Dragon Star Empire has naturally attracted much attention throughout the universe.
After all, many interstellar forces now have some degree of cooperation with the Dragon Star Empire.
Some interstellar powers are even currently having more than 50% of their projects under development listed in the accounts of the Dragon Star Empire.
It can be said that if the Dragon Star Empire were to encounter any problems, an unprecedented financial tsunami would sweep across the entire known universe of civilizations.
Therefore, from the bottom of their hearts, no one wants to see the Dragon Star Empire encounter any problems in this regard.
So much so that, three months before the Oath of Duel, the Dragon Star Empire unveiled something special.
That is the war finance agreement.
This was introduced by the Commercial Department of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.
There are mainly three subclasses.
These three subclasses represent three different projects.
The first project is quite simple: war bonds of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire. As the name suggests, it is an investment in the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.
Furthermore, these bonds offer very high interest rates, surpassing any current deposit investment program. Most importantly, these bonds also include some detailed notes.
These war bonds from the Dragon Empire can be used to purchase Dragon Empire products at a 95% discount.
For the products exported by the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire, they have priority purchasing privileges and no longer need to queue up as they did in this case.
Compared to the previous 95% discount, this priority purchase clause is what's truly attractive.
It's important to know that so far, the limited-supply interstellar warships and interstellar auxiliary starships of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire are almost all available for purchase through a waiting list, with some orders even having a waiting list stretching for several years.
Once they acquire this bond, it means they can cut in line.
The only drawback is that these war bonds issued by the Dragon Star Empire have a short term of one year, followed by three, five, and ten years.
The shorter the time frame, the fewer restrictions and preferential treatments will be offered.
Under normal circumstances, no one would consider the one-year Xiaolong Interstellar Empire Bonds, because this type of one-year Xiaolong Interstellar Empire Bonds can only be used to purchase T3 and lower-level interstellar warships at a preferential rate.
This has almost no effect on them.
The three-year Xiaolong Interstellar Empire War Bonds can be used to purchase T4 technology-level interstellar warships and other Xiaolong-series products.
Following this logic, a five-year term Dragon Star Empire War Bond can be used to purchase a T5-level interstellar warship.
The most eye-catching item is the ten-year Xiaolong Interstellar Empire Bond, which can be used to purchase a T6-level interstellar warship!
It's important to know that, to date, the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire has not publicly sold T6-class interstellar warships. The few T6-class interstellar warships that have been sold have all been supplied to specific customers through two-way cooperation.
Therefore, it is almost impossible for a third party to purchase a T6-class interstellar warship of the JF-17 series.
The ten-year war bonds of the Dragonflight Interstellar Empire are coveted by most interstellar powers, but they dare not even dream of obtaining them.
Although the temptation was great, it was just there.
Almost all T6-class JF-17 interstellar warships are available for purchase, including even T6-class interstellar missile ships.
That is the T6 Holy Blood Hell Angel-class heavy interstellar strategic missile ship!
However, everyone's concerns are also quite obvious.
First of all, a ten-year period is a bit long. Although it is not long in the time span of the universe, there are many similar investment and financial products in other interstellar civilizations and interstellar kingdoms.
But for the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire, ten years is indeed a long time.
The reason is simple: the Dragon Star Empire is currently in a state of war, which is a high-risk investment target in the financial investment field.
The Dragon Empire is not only currently locked in a duel with the Devouring Civilization, but it has also long been at odds with the Order. Who knows when the Order will use terrifying means to deal with the Dragon Empire?
If the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire is defeated, then all the initial investments will be wasted.
This naturally carries a high risk.
Furthermore, there is a strict requirement for purchasing interstellar warships using these Dragon Star Empire war bonds: the purchase must be made entirely with war bonds.
In other words, to actually obtain this ten-year war bond from the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire and to purchase Xiaolong-class T6 interstellar warships in the future...
Then we need to prepare funds to purchase this T6 starship.
This is also the first time that the prices of various T6-class interstellar warships of the JF-17 series have been made public, although there is a tempting 5% discount.
However, that price is undoubtedly astronomical for the vast majority of interstellar civilizations and powers.
To even check the price of some interstellar warships, you need to verify your financial status first.
In other words, if you don't have substantial capital, you don't even have the qualifications to consult these T6 Dragon series interstellar warships.
The prices of the most widely circulated interstellar warships are as follows.
The T6 Thunderlord-class heavy interstellar destroyer is priced at 50,000 trillion star coins!
A full 50,000 trillion Star Coins, even with a 5% discount, is still an incredibly staggering number.
Among the many interstellar civilizations, those capable of generating 50,000 trillion star coins in a single year can be counted on one hand.
Therefore, very few interstellar powers can afford to purchase the T6-class interstellar warships of the JF-17 series.
Strictly speaking, those who bought these ten-year Imperial bonds weren't actually eyeing these combat-type T6 starships.
Instead, it leans towards industrial applications.
For example, it is now known that the price of the T6 Star Whale-class super-heavy interstellar transport ship of the Xiaolong series is 500,000 trillion star coins!
In other words, the 5% discount alone is enough to buy a T5-level interstellar warship.
The exorbitant profits behind such a T6 starship are self-evident, but no one questions the price.
This is because it is a result of technological monopoly.
want to?
Only the Dragon Star Empire has it, take it or leave it!
It's that simple.
In a reception room of the Bailan Interstellar Trade Group.
Hua Ya Lanlan was looking at the relevant reports and said admiringly, "That person from the Commerce Department of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire is really amazing."
This is practically blatantly trying to take advantage of someone else.
The real meaning hidden in these ten-year Imperial bonds is that you pay in advance, and I will give you this interstellar warship ten years later.
Putting aside whether there are any precedents in the market for paying the full amount ten years in advance to purchase a starship, the current situation of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire alone makes this a huge gamble.
But the problem is that the Falcon Star Empire dares to do this anyway, and it's a classic case of "willing victims take the bait."
After all, among known civilizations in the universe, let alone in the next ten years, there might not be any interstellar civilization capable of building a T6-class interstellar transport ship even in the next year.
Hua Ya Nini, who was eating fruit beside her, said, "I have received news that several forces have cooperated to purchase a three-million-trillion-dollar ten-year Xiaolong Empire war bond!"
And they specifically requested the T6-class Mechanical Ant King-class heavy interstellar mining ship from the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire!
The T6 Mechanical Ant Queen-class heavy interstellar mining ship is the most advanced interstellar mining ship known to any cosmic civilization.
To date, only the Wyvern Interstellar Empire and some interstellar forces that have cooperative relationships with the Wyvern Interstellar Empire have the right to use this interstellar mining ship.
All ownership rights are in the hands of the Dragon Star Empire.
Even those interstellar forces that cooperate with the Dragon Empire and thus gain the right to use it still need to hire all the employees on the interstellar mining ship when using it.
Wages and benefits will be provided in accordance with the employment standards of the Dragon Star Empire, and an inter-universe operation fee will also be paid, which can be understood as business travel expenses.
Therefore, owning a T6 Mechanical Ant King-class heavy interstellar mining ship from the Xiaolong series is something many interstellar powers, especially resource giants, dream of.
However, in comparison, the T6 Mechanical Ant King-class heavy interstellar mining ship costs as much as 2.5 million trillion star coins, which is five times the price of the T6 Star Whale-class super-heavy interstellar transport ship!
You could say that.
Even with the current financial situation of the Holy Elf Empire, it would take at least thirty years, without any expenditure, to accumulate the resources and funds to purchase such a starship.
"oh?
Which factions?
With such substantial capital, three million {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} trillion star coins, it's all thanks to them for being able to come up with that much! Hua Ya Lanlan was greatly surprised; even she probably hadn't expected that someone could actually have such powerful connections.
"Let me see, this is also a piece of intelligence information that we just received."
These include the Stone Kingdom, the Burning Hammer Free Federation, the Dalaran Interstellar Federation, and seven other medium-sized interstellar civilizations, all of which are primarily related to resource production and technological research.
There are a total of ten interstellar civilizations.
If the cost is divided equally, each party would contribute 300,000 trillion star coins, which wouldn't be a big burden for them.
However, according to intelligence, they did not pay all the funds at once.
Rather, it refers to other related agreements signed with the Dragon Star Empire.
For example, one of the payments for goods in Stone Kingdom was to be made in lieu of a portion of the mineral resources produced over the next two years.
In other words, the Dragon Star Empire can obtain a large amount of resources from the Stone Kingdom without any cost within the next two years!
The situation is basically the same for other interstellar civilizations.
"So far, this is pretty much the only contract we've signed for the Dragon Star Empire's ten-year war bond to purchase a T6-class starship," Hua Ya Nini said.
"If they can successfully acquire this interstellar mining ship, it will be a worthwhile deal for these forces."
They probably agreed to take turns using it, and at the same time, they could conduct research on it to acquire some valuable technologies that cannot be evaluated with resources and money.
I previously obtained some data, which, based on the working efficiency of a single T6 Mechanical Ant Queen-class heavy interplanetary mining ship and its price of 2.5 million trillion star coins,...
If you acquire this starship at this price and everything goes smoothly during operation, it will take approximately one hundred years to recoup your investment.
In other words, as long as the resource-producing area is large enough, the mining efficiency of a single mechanical ant king-class heavy interstellar mining ship can reach a value of nearly 30,000 trillion star coins per year.
"It's comparable to an interstellar civilization," Hua Ya Lanlan said.
"30,000 trillion star coins a year?"
That's really tempting.
"But thinking about how it would take nearly a hundred years to break even... that's too long an investment cycle," Hua Ya Nini muttered.
"In the short term, this deal is very risky, but in the long term, it is a sure thing."
After all, those interstellar civilizations all have histories spanning tens of thousands of years, so a hundred years is nothing to them.
And have you noticed that by investing in the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire in this way, they are essentially standing on the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire's ship, binding their own interests to the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire?
As for why...
"Just look at these ten interstellar civilizations and you'll understand."
Hearing her sister's words, Hua Ya Nini looked at the ten interstellar civilization forces, but for the time being, she really couldn't figure it out.
But soon, Hanaya Nini seemed to have discovered something and exclaimed, "I know!"
These ten interstellar powers are either T6-level interstellar civilizations, near-T6-level interstellar civilizations, or rumored to be already moving towards T6 interstellar civilization status.
Two of them even recently announced publicly that they were preparing to conduct T6-level technological research.
This means that these interstellar civilizations will inevitably stand in opposition to the established order in the future.
As for their current strength, they are undoubtedly no match for Order. Not to mention Order, even the Devouring Civilization could easily deal with them.
Prior to this, they had mostly already cultivated this field, but because they feared the existence of order and the devouring of civilizations, they only dared to do so secretly.
But this is T6 technology after all, and it can't be kept hidden forever, as this would greatly affect the research speed.
Now that the mighty Dragon Interstellar Empire has stepped forward to take the lead and draw the attention of those who devour civilizations and order, it's time to address this issue.
So they decided to take a gamble, providing their resources to the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire for free in a short period of time to strengthen the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire's military strength.
On the other hand, it is also an investment in their future selves.
This can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone!
Everyone has already set their sights on their own interests!