Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 957 - 671: Unification

Victor, who hurriedly followed Catherine as she rushed back from outside, looked discontent, "Why can't we break it up and sell it bit by bit? No matter how powerful they are, they won't be able to control all the small traders."

Catherine shook her head helplessly, "That's impossible. The amount we need to sell isn't something small-scale vendors can handle. We can wait, but the miners can't. Time isn't on our side. More importantly, we need to not just sell, but buy as well."

The essential materials required on the Mine Star to improve the miners' living conditions include core components for air and water circulation systems, basic medical equipment and medicines, food and nutritional supplements, mining equipment spare parts, materials for reinforcing and expanding living areas, and fundamental supplies for establishing basic education and training facilities. The variety of materials needed is vast, and only those capable large-scale merchants can provide them in substantial quantities.

They are tasked with managing and building an entire planet; neither individual nor collective experiences and visions are applicable here.

"So, is there any new plan?" Bai E asked, looking at Catherine, trusting in her capabilities.

Even when things seem impossible, she continues to search for a way out.

The current predicament is far from capable of defeating her completely; her core resilience won't change just because she decided to rely on Bai E.

"There is, but... I'm not sure about the outcome." Catherine bit her lip, showing rare hesitation on her face.

"Let's hear it."

"Golden Swallow." Catherine solemnly stated a name.

"What's that?" Victor asked, curious.

"An interstellar trading company."

"Like the Thousand Stars Commerce Alliance?"

"No, they simply do business. But their business is so large that they're not afraid of sanctions from the Thousand Stars Commerce Alliance or the Peak Alliance. Right now, they're likely the only ones willing to trade with us."

"Where's the difficulty?" Bai E asked precisely.

If it's a straightforward transaction, they should just proceed.

For Catherine to be so hesitant, there must be other issues involved.

"There are two doubts," Catherine frowned slightly, "First, their company is very large, and their main operating direction isn't in our Stellar District. Thus, the resources we have might not meet their trading baseline, meaning they might not risk offending the Thousand Stars Commerce Alliance to trade with us."

"Second, the company has a new leader in the past two years, and her methods... are peculiar. Rumors say she doesn't consider scale or profit in business but focuses on 'people.' There's also talk that under her leadership, Golden Swallow is now like a pirate ship; once you're aboard, it's hard to get off. The faction that spread these rumors has indeed vanished, so I'm afraid we might bring trouble upon ourselves." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Bai E quickly decided, "Let's approach them first; rumors are unreliable. We'll find the truth once we make contact."

If friends come, offer them wine; if enemies come, offer them blades.

In regular business dealings, even offering more benefits is reasonable, as we need them now.

But if they intend to use some hard tactics, we won't be easily pushed around.

"Okay." Relieved by Bai E's endorsement, Catherine breathed easier.

There are some decisions she fears making alone, worrying she might mishandle the heavy responsibility.

Perhaps, this is the significance of a leader's existence... she is destined not to become such a leader.

...

As Catherine set out to contact the Golden Swallow Trading Company, Bai E was not idle.

The mining areas on the Mine Star are too numerous, and their owners too scattered.

To develop the Mine Star, first, they need to fully integrate the planet, ensuring a singular voice prevails.

Bai E had done similar things on the planet before; currently, this Mine Star doesn't face threats from as many insects or beastmen, nor is the environment as harsh.

Integration appears easier.

In less than half a month, Xu Ruoguang, Victor, and others led their forces to almost fully eliminate all external forces.

Naturally, these external forces are not willing, but facing those overhanging dozens of space battleships, no one dared to directly confront Xu Ruoguang and Victor... the main reason being they aren't entitled.

It's also thanks to the chaotic management of the former Bauhinia.

The outsourced mining areas on this Mine Star were mostly bad debts, with many managed by forces that hadn't directly obtained them from the Bauhinia Government.

While Bauhinia was present, they would symbolically give some money and pay some taxes.

Now Bauhinia is gone, and the Peak Alliance hasn't effectively taken control.

As the nominal successor to Bauhinia, Bai E used the core insider information Catherine brought to buy back, at a very low price, the mining areas from the hands of those people… which was the same price they originally paid for renting and selling mining areas from Bauhinia.

Ultimately, Bauhinia was like the landlord; now the property has been sold to Bai E, and as the current landlord, he chose to reclaim it rather than rent it.

There might be numerous bureaucratic and procedural challenges, but under the looming threat of cannons aimed from over a dozen battleships, each of these forces had no choice but to grudgingly comply.

The full cooperation of three pirate clans, coupled with the three warship legacies left by Pirate King Salvador, now makes the Seventh Legion a formidable power.