It's black, definitely black.
The 1.3 trillion mentioned in the Alliance Plan is actually not a big problem.
According to the Empire's standard of one-tenth tax, the five star domains have a combined population of ten trillion, so an annual tax revenue of one trillion is not a big problem; the extra three hundred billion is because some worlds have a higher level of development, so they pay more taxes.
The alliance has many planets with high levels of development, especially the two core areas of the Dragon Eagle Starfield that Gu Hang has been developing for a long time: Seven Horse Land and Yunluo Center, which are already quite prosperous.
Many planets are highly developed and therefore require higher levels of taxation.
However, similarly, the two forging worlds, Jindi Star and Alamita, are tax-free; at the same time, the homeworlds of the two warbands that made great contributions, Blood Shark and Phoenix, can also obtain two tax-free slots.
Neither of their families had previously recruited troops from any planet. Having distinguished themselves this time, they were naturally entitled to request one, and the Imperial Central Government had already approved it; the location was within the Alliance's territory.
Although their model is completely different from that of typical warbands. Their homeworlds are managed by the Alliance, and so are the planets' revenues. Theoretically, they own the wealth of their respective homeworlds, but it's meaningless. The Alliance gives them far more than their homeworlds produce.
Even a typical warband needs to expand its influence, radiating outwards from its home planet and having dozens or even hundreds of planets support its development in order to maintain a relatively good balance. It is impossible to rely on a planet whose wealth or poverty is uncertain to supply all the needs of an entire warband.
Gu Hang doesn't need to worry that these two battle groups will become scum mixed in by the central government.
The phoenix is absolutely impossible.
Bloodshark is unlikely to be involved. Not to mention that a third of this warband is already new blood provided by the Alliance, and they don't want to return to the Dark Outlands. They want to develop properly within the territory, so competing with the Alliance for influence is meaningless. The Alliance can easily block them.
Following the alliance has become their only option.
Unfortunately, the Dragon King's Spear, the Wrath of Flames, and the New World Torch were all warbands sentenced to a penal expedition. The latter two had two-hundred-year sentences; the former had a shorter sentence of only fifteen years. But even the Dragon King's Spear, with the shortest sentence, was stripped of its ownership of its homeworld.
Of course, although their home planet in the Thorn Mustard Starfield no longer nominally belonged to them, Gu Hang still allowed them to be stationed and active there for a long time.
The income of these three groups currently depends entirely on support from the alliance.
They were able to avoid being like the chapters of the Redemption Crusade, going out to fight desperate battles without any guarantee of survival, thanks to the protection of the Alliance.
However, they also have no way to provide the Alliance with a quota of tax-free planets.
Well, that's settled then. The tax exemptions that the two forging worlds and the two recruitment worlds can provide are not small in absolute terms. After all, if the tax amount for the forging worlds were calculated based on their development level, it would be quite high. Gu Hang will also provide two relatively developed planets for the recruitment worlds, so the tax exemptions need to be utilized.
The total tax revenue would probably be around hundreds of billions.
It's not a small amount, but compared to the total taxes the league has to pay, it only alleviates the pressure a little, and the effect is not significant.
Overall, according to the Alliance Plan, the tax settlement is every two years, with 300 billion in the first year and 500 billion in the second year, totaling 800 billion in taxes, which is not a big problem.
In fact, it's quite easy.
The Guanglongying Starfield already has enough money from tax revenue and the fiscal surplus of the past two years, with some left over.
Spurred by war and taxation, the Alliance's development will accelerate rapidly in the coming years; as reconstruction efforts progress, other star systems will gradually reveal their potential.
Reaching the final tax revenue of 1.3 trillion yuan is only slightly challenging, but not really that difficult.
The Star Domain and Space Domain governments were required to retain funds for their own development. Although these funds were handed over, Gu Hang was fully confident that the Alliance's development speed would exceed everyone's expectations. After handing over this money, there would be sufficient resources for its own development.
The Alliance faces even less pressure regarding the high tax costs typical of imperial territories.
The alliance is highly efficient in its administration.
Although when a political entity reaches the size of four thousand worlds, more than half of which were acquired in the last fifteen years and still have various problems; and the population it encompasses reaches trillions... it is unrealistic to talk about absolute efficiency under such a scale.
However, whether it is efficient is a matter of comparison.
Although Gu Hang was dissatisfied with the inevitable bloat and inefficiency that came with the expansion of the Alliance government, he even frankly admitted that while the Alliance had been suppressing corruption, it had not been eradicated.
However, despite its many problems, as long as the comparison is made with the overall situation of the Empire, the Alliance immediately becomes that efficient and incorruptible system.
Tax costs will not reach the terrifying level of 60% as commonly believed;
With unified collection, management, and transportation, the alliance can keep losses to 10%, or even below 5%.
No problem at all.
Moreover, the Alliance possesses a condition that no other imperial power has—two casting worlds, which Gu Hang now essentially controls completely. The output of these two casting worlds can also be used by the Alliance, contributing to its tax revenue.
However, Xu Fuzhen's suggestion to hand over the entire Spiderweb Universe to Gu Hang, make him the chairman, and raise the tax standard to 2.1 trillion a year... that would put a lot of pressure on them.
The main problem is that, apart from the three star systems that were previously taken over by the Alliance – Proud Claw, Thorn, and Alfonso – the rest of the Spiderweb Universe is completely ruined.
The Alliance is incredibly reliable. They conquer a region, then govern it accordingly. When threatened by the Zerg, they establish a Zerg Governance Office to address the situation on the spot. While regional economic and political reconstruction wasn't directly addressed initially due to a lack of official recognition and the Alliance's primary focus on warfare, frankly, as long as governance is effective and things aren't messed up, many worlds, even without external support, will simply recover more slowly.
What governance experience does the alliance have?
I won't go into the minor tips, techniques, and methods.
The core principle: Don't mess around, just do things normally.
This one point alone surpasses countless other places.
The reason for such a stark contrast is that many places are doing things haphazardly.
For example, other parts of the Spiderweb universe mentioned earlier.
These are completely burdensome, yet Gu Hang is expected to shoulder an additional 800 billion yuan in taxes per year, which would put immense pressure on him.