In the Empire, people were also a kind of commodity. For an extremely backward world, such as a feudal world, population was the only commodity that could be paid taxes to the Empire.
In many worlds (planets), even in some civilized worlds, slaves were widespread, and Planet Darwin was no exception.
Some people who broke the law and committed heinous crimes would be demoted to slavery. They would lose their freedom for the rest of their lives and wear a slavery collar until they died.
Some bankrupt people, whether they were merchants or nobles, would be deprived of their freedom and demoted to slaves if they had a loan agreement and could not repay the loan.
These were not the laws of the various worlds, but the laws of the Empire. Therefore, in any world, even in a civilized world, slaves were widespread. They were also known as " contract slaves ".
Throne Coins were a currency widely used in the Empire. They were made of precious metals and had six different face values.
Copper coins, plastic-steel plates, pottery coins, refined gold coins, silver coins, gold coins.
A copper coin was equal to 1 King level coin, a plastic steel coin was equal to 10 King level coins, a ceramic steel coin was equal to 100 King level coins, a fine gold coin was equal to 1000 King level coins, a silver coin was equal to 5000 King level coins, and a gold coin was equal to 1000 King level coins.
Due to the need for a certain casting process, not even a single copper coin was entirely made of copper. This made the cost of coining coins very high, reaching 90% of its value. This led to the concept of counterfeit money not existing in the Empire. Usually, only the Machinery Faith had the right to coin.
Due to its remote location, even though Planet Darwin was a nest world, it didn't have strong industrial capabilities. Even the anti-gravity devices couldn't be miniaturized, and the vehicles on the city roads were all maglev cars.
Due to the limited industrial capabilities, especially heavy industries, it was even weaker. This resulted in the planetary defense force's military equipment being very weak, and the planetary defense system was also relatively weak.
Without the advanced, durable, and powerful laser guns, the Planetary Defense Forces were still equipped with automatic rifles that were designed and manufactured by Darwin thousands of years ago. The Riemanus tanks and the Bison armored personnel carriers were all purchased from the traveling merchants at a high price. The Enanda System was located at the southeast border of the Ultimate Star Region, and further east was the Far East Border. There was a jump point at the edge of the system, which was one of the few safe routes to the Far East Border.
Some traveling merchants and rogues who returned to the Empire from the Far East would often pass through Darwin. Under the request of the planetary governor, they would buy some second-hand goods from the Machinery Faith when they passed by some forging worlds and sell them to the planetary governor at a high price to earn the difference. This was how the armored vehicles equipped by the planetary defense force on Darwin came about.
The Planetary Defense Force had a total of 150 regiments. Each regiment had about 5,000 people, which was about 800,000 people.
For a Chao Du world with a population of more than 70 billion, an army of 800,000 was not a lot, but it was enough.
Apart from the Planetary Defense Force, Planet Darwin also had a space fleet stationed at the spaceport in orbit. There were a total of five warships, an ancient sword-class frigate, and four battleships modified from armed merchant ships.
In addition to the space fleet, there was also a security fleet made up of gunships in the atmosphere.
The security fleet was made up of Earth-Splitting Gunships, the only type of gunship that could be built on Planet Darwin.
There were a total of 61 ships under the direct jurisdiction of the Imperial Guards. Their mission was to patrol on a fixed route, supervise the airspace, and often cooperate with the law enforcement department.
Raymond. The reason why Draven was able to easily destroy the guards was because of him, the mole, who destroyed the communication of the governor's mansion, isolating it from the outside world and preventing the nearby gunboats from returning to help. The second reason was that the guards had lost their vigilance because of the years of peace. Draven took advantage of the situation and easily destroyed the guards guarding the governor's mansion.
"Thump thump…"
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. The crisp knock made Inasha move and walk in the direction of the door.
When Inasha opened the door, she saw a figure that she hated.
It was Commander Pine, who had led the army to the Governor's Mansion last night. He was also the lackey of the person in the room.
Ignoring the disgust and hatred in Inasha's eyes, Pine walked into the study expressionlessly.
" Your Excellency, the communication with the space fleet and the security fleet has been restored. We haven't heard any opposition from the army for the time being. I suggest that you meet Colonel Ralph. He is the most senior navy colonel in the space fleet and the captain of the only sword-class frigate. He will be at ease if you meet him.”
Li Meng thought for a moment and said," There's no rush. I'll meet him sooner or later, but not now. If I'm in a hurry to meet him now, it'll be a sign of lack of confidence. Let him stay in the space port."”
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