Chapter 417: The Isolated Black Stone Kingdom

Liu Cheng and the other two also followed Song Ziming and the others and took the initiative to greet them.

I don’t know whether he realized that he was not strong or it was just his personality.

As the Pope King, Wu Sheng did not show any airs of a superior to Song Ziming and the others.

He hugged and greeted Song Ziming directly.

After exchanging a few words with Song Ziming, Wu Sheng looked at Liu Cheng and the other two again.

Song Ziming took the initiative to introduce:

"King Wusheng, let me introduce you.

This is the chairman of Augustine Alien Biological Research and Trading Co., Ltd., Liu Cheng, whom I mentioned to you before.

These two are his friends and company representatives, Tian Tiantian and Fu Yan."

Wusheng smiled and nodded:

"I recognize them, Tucheng, Crow, and Bingjing.

The things you three did in the third star field of Centaur were so popular that I paid attention to you before!"

Liu Cheng said modestly:

"It's just a false reputation.

Besides, the thing we did was not a good reputation.

It's just that we have a good reputation among ordinary citizens of the United Government.

We have offended the high-level officials of the United Government!"

Wusheng smiled:

"Coincidentally, we are on the side of ordinary citizens of the United Government.

Let's go to the banquet hall.

Knowing that you are coming today, I have arranged for people to prepare the welcoming banquet in advance!"

The group walked towards the banquet hall.

Because they were not familiar with Wu Sheng, Liu Cheng and the other two chose to walk at the back.

Fu Yan observed and whispered to Liu Cheng and the other two:

"I feel that Wu Sheng is a good person. As a king, he has no airs at all!"

Tian Tiantian replied in a low voice:

"Let's wait and see. Maybe he is pretending."

Tian Tiantian was reserved about everyone's judgment on the strange situation in the Black Stone Star Region.

The simple decoration of the banquet hall was in sharp contrast with the splendor of the church and the palace.

At first, Liu Cheng and the other two thought that Wu Sheng did not like them and deliberately arranged it like this to make things difficult and ridicule them.

Later, when the food was served, Liu Cheng and the other two realized that it was not the case.

Because not only the food in front of them, but also the food in front of Wu Sheng, the king and pope, was very ordinary.

As the host, Wu Sheng explained to Liu Cheng and the other two:

"The war situation in the Black Sand Star Region is very bad now.

The alien creatures have occupied most of the planets in the Black Sand Star Region. With only Black Stone City left, the economy is about to collapse.

This is the highest standard of food treatment we can offer now. I hope Mr. Tu Cheng can forgive me!"

Liu Cheng and the other two suddenly realized it. They followed Song Ziming and took two big bites of food out of courtesy.

Feeling that it was not to his liking, he asked:

"Your Highness."

Wu Sheng looked at Liu Cheng and smiled:

"Just call me Wu Sheng."

Liu Cheng had to change his words:

"King Wu Sheng, when I came here, I saw that the regular army corps of the United Government were all stationed in the direction closest to the central star field in the Black Sand Star Field.

Why didn't you ask for support from the United Government's corps?

And the Black Sand Star Field has such rich black gold mineral resources, why has the economy become so bad?"

Seeing that Liu Cheng got straight to the point, Wu Sheng also put down his knife and fork and wine glass, sat up straight, and replied to Liu Cheng:

"It's not that we don't want the United Government's army to intervene.

It's that the United Government has ordered that the army is prohibited from helping the Black Stone Kingdom before I die."

Liu Cheng and the other two were surprised when they heard this.

Liu Cheng asked:

"King Wu Sheng, have you offended the United Government?"

Wu Sheng replied:

"It's not that I offended the United Government. In fact, I did nothing.

It's just that the existence of the Black Stone Kingdom is not liked by the special members of the United Government and the interstellar nobles of other member states.

Without any political support, the United Government naturally hopes that our Black Stone Kingdom will perish.

But our Black Stone Kingdom is, after all, an official member of the United Government, and the top leaders of the United Government can't openly send troops to suppress us.

Doing so will affect the political credibility of the United Government Reputation.

Therefore, the coalition government ordered the troops stationed in the Black Stone Star Region to return to the last position.

No military support was given to us. "

Tian Tiantian realized the loophole in Wu Sheng's words and asked:

"Even if the coalition government does not give military support to the Black Stone Kingdom, the offensive power of alien creatures in the Black Sand Star Region is not strong, right?

Why did the Black Stone Kingdom lose more than 90% of its territory in just a few years? "

After all, Tian Tiantian had read all the information about the Black Stone Kingdom when she came here, and her attention to details was stronger than Liu Cheng and the others.

Wu Sheng explained:

"The Black Stone Kingdom originally relied on black gold resources to get rid of the disadvantage of not being able to grow any crops in the Black Sand Star Region, and its economy developed very well.

We smelted black sand into black gold, developed the black gold industry, and sold it to other star regions.

Then we bought the goods we needed from the planets in other star regions.

We were originally a country composed of refugees.

The economic prosperity attracted more foreign populations.

Ninety percent of them were refugees who were not accepted by other star regions.

As the economy became stronger and the population increased, the military strength of the Black Stone Kingdom naturally became stronger.

However, the coalition government not only restricted the army's help to us, but also imposed a commercial blockade on us.

As long as the goods sold by our Blackstone Star Region are purchased by the surrounding star regions at a 10% discount or even lower price.

As long as the goods we need to buy are sold at a price far more than five times the price of the goods.

As for the most critical necessities such as food, medicine, weapons and equipment, we don't even have a channel to buy them.

Over time, the economy of the Blackstone Kingdom gradually declined.

People's lives are not good, and those who are slightly capable will move away with their families.

The rest are some vulnerable groups in the kingdom. "

Before Wu Sheng finished speaking, a minister of the Blackstone Kingdom at the banquet table continued to say:

"The strength of the Blackstone Kingdom is weakening, and the military force is naturally not replenished.

Faced with the increasingly strong offensive momentum of alien creatures, our Blackstone Kingdom's front line has also been losing.

Gradually, it has become what you see.

If it weren't for the help of President Song and his Veterans Alliance, our Black Stone Kingdom would have been in name only and completely taken over by the coalition government. "

After hearing this, Liu Cheng and the other two looked at the person who spoke.

The person who spoke was a white-haired European and American with small eyes and a short stature.

Wu Sheng introduced Liu Cheng and the other two:

"This is Bushikawa, the Minister of Defense of our Black Stone Kingdom.

He is also one of the last four-level superpowers who insisted on staying in the Black Stone Kingdom."

Bushikawa nodded to Liu Cheng and the other two, then looked at Wu Sheng and said:

"At the critical moment, it was the Black Stone Kingdom that helped me.

It is my honor to live and die with the Black Stone Kingdom. "