The Federation had indeed never collected tribute, because it had better methods than collecting tribute.
So, on this point, Lin Yu had not been lying at all.
But to Aibenni, this was simply unbelievable.
Were they sure they meant the same thing by subsidiary civilization?
If they did not collect tribute, what was the point of having subsidiary civilizations?
"Lord Lin Yu, you truly do not collect tribute from subsidiary civilizations?"
After finally recovering from his frozen-statue state, Aibenni asked again with an incredulous expression.
It was not that he had failed to hear what Lin Yu said. Rather, compared to believing it was true, Aibenni would rather believe he had hallucinated it.
But hallucinations were obviously impossible.
"That's right. The Federation has never collected tribute from its subsidiary civilizations!"
"Not only that, the Federation also provides the necessary assistance for subsidiary civilizations to advance to higher levels."
Hiss.
Was their Federation specifically in the charity business?
But if all this was true...
He was tempted.
It had to be said, the allure was truly enormous.
Originally, Aimeni had tasked Aibenni with discreetly learning about the Federation's policy toward subsidiary civilizations. If it was suitable, he was to directly request that they accept them as a subsidiary civilization.
The core idea was that as long as the tribute they demanded was not as excessive as the Purple Cloud Empire's, it would be acceptable!
But from what he had heard now, this was not merely less excessive than the Purple Cloud Empire. They simply did not collect tribute at all!
And setting aside the fact that they did not collect tribute, from the sound of it, they would even support the development of their subsidiary civilizations?
This was simply...
"Lord Lin Yu, could you tell me about your Federation's policy toward