In the office, Lance narrated the history of the Empire for the past 30,000 years.
The narration lasted for an hour. Chris was not impatient. Instead, he listened with interest.
Basically, it was as he had guessed.
The nobles were in power, the civilians lived like slaves, and there were resistance organizations hidden underground.
"What kind of support do you want? After overthrowing the nobles, what kind of report can you give to the Federation? "
After Lance finished speaking and stared at Chris, Chris asked straightforwardly.
There was no need to beat around the bush.
"As long as you can help us overthrow the nobles and rebuild the Empire's order …"
"We are willing to serve your civilization as our master and become a subsidiary civilization. We will pay tribute every year, but the amount of tribute …"
Lance gritted his teeth and said something that he would never have dared to imagine.
Now, he knew very well that with the current development of the Civilian Party, even if they had tens of thousands of years, they would not be able to overthrow the nobles!
Lance also made some guesses about the Federation's civilization level. It should be a level 7 civilization, or even a level 8 civilization!
Then, it was not unacceptable for the Empire to be a subsidiary civilization under such a civilization.
Of course, the prerequisite was that the civilization could not be too greedy.
Lance knew how the nobles of the Empire treated their subsidiary civilizations. They treated them like ATMs.
As for the subsidiary civilizations, they could barely survive under such oppression.
If the civilization in front of him was like that, Lance would definitely stop his plan immediately.
Chris smiled …
Wasn't that good?
Speaking of which, the Federation really looked down on the Weiss Star System. Other than one Star System, the rest were all dwarf Star Systems with no development value.
If it were not for Erlo metal, the Federation would not have bothered to come.
Then, instead of destroying the native civilization and letting the Federation spend a lot of manpower and resources to rebuild and mine Erlo metal, it would be better to control the native overlord civilization and let them do all this for the Federation. Wouldn't that be better?
Therefore, before the expedition, Lin Fan had told Chris that they should try to subdue the overlord civilizations of the Vis System Group if they could. If they couldn't, they would consider eliminating them.
He hadn't even made a move yet, and someone had already come knocking on his door …
How could Chris not laugh?
With a wave of his hand, he called up the virtual operation interface. After a series of operations, he pushed a document that appeared to Lance.
"Take a look. This is the Federation's subsidiary civilization policy. If there are no problems, I think we need to have a good discussion!"
Looking at the document that had been opened in front of him, Lance began to read it carefully.
However, the more he read, the more shocked Lance became. A question that countless civilizations had asked flashed through his mind.
Are you sure this is a subsidiary civilization?
At this moment, Lance even had the urge to swear, but fortunately, he forcefully restrained himself.
"Is this true?"
She raised her head and confirmed with Chris with a trembling voice.
"Of course it's true, but this is for a civilization. You, obviously, can't represent this civilization!"
After nodding, Chris said.
Just as Chris said, the Federation's subsidiary civilization agreement was an agreement between civilizations, and Lance …
Obviously, he couldn't represent the Langdon Empire.
Of course, the Federation wouldn't be so inflexible. They could make exceptions, but they would definitely add some conditions.
"Please speak clearly, sir!"
Lance naturally understood what Chris meant. Otherwise, Chris wouldn't have shown him this agreement and said so much.
Since he said it, there must be other ways, but he didn't know what the price was.
"The Federation wants the ownership of all the Erot metal veins in the Vis System Group!"
"At the same time, the Langdon Empire will be entrusted by the Federation to mine these veins in the future. The mining fees will be paid by the empire in the form of subsidiary civilization points!"
Erot metal?
What is that?
Lance was dumbfounded.
Looking at the stunned Lance, Chris operated the virtual interface and displayed the information of Erot metal in front of Lance.
"Lanse ore?"
When Lance saw the information, he immediately recognized Erot metal. It was called Lanse ore in the Langdon Empire.
This was something that could be found everywhere in the Vis System Group. Because it was much harder than other materials, it was often used by nobles to build houses and other infrastructure.
The Federation wants this?
Could it be … there's a secret in this Lanse ore that we don't know about?
"Don't think too much about it. If you're not a level 8 civilization, Erot metal is like a rock to you. It's useless!"
Looking at Lance, who was in deep thought, Chris said calmly.
He was not making this up. This was the truth. Although the Federation had just become a level 7 civilization, dark energy technology was the signature technology of a level 8 civilization. Although the Federation only had a superficial understanding of dark energy technology, Chris's words were not wrong at all.
Before reaching Level-8, Erlo metal was no different from a normal rock to a civilization!
Well, there was nothing wrong with what he said. Lance also recovered from his contemplation.
Indeed, instead of thinking about the use of the Lanse ore, it was better to use this opportunity to gain the Federation's support and overthrow the nobles of the empire!
As for the use of the Lanse ore, no, Erot metal, it was not something he should be thinking about.
After all, it did not matter to the empire whether they had it or not. Since the Federation wanted it, he would give it all to them!
"Okay, I agree. As long as the Federation can help us overthrow the nobles, all of the Erot metal mines in the Vis System Group will belong to the Federation. Also, the new Langdon Empire will ban any citizen from mining and using Erot metal privately."
"Alright, now we can have a good talk about how much support you need!"
Chris was very satisfied with Lance's decision and clapped his hands.
…
Unknowingly, another hour had passed.
Even when Lance was reboarded on the shuttle and left the Adam, he still couldn't believe it.
'I actually managed to negotiate a deal just like that …'
It was destined to be recorded in the history of the empire!