Federation Year 150.
The three-year war had ended, the empire had been reunified, and it had been renamed the Rose Empire.
The newly born Rose Empire abolished the royal family, abolished the nobility, abolished all privileged classes, and adopted a new system extremely similar to a parliamentary system.
Under this system, the entire empire was recovering rapidly.
And during this recovery, a new profession suddenly rose to prominence within the empire.
Ailuo Metal Mining Officer!
Put simply, four people would buy several mining robots, mine Ailuo Metal themselves, and then sell it to the imperial authorities.
As for why mining was privatized?
That had to do with the unique nature of the Weisi Star Cluster.
It had been mentioned before that among the star clusters surrounding the Federation, Ailuo Metal had only been discovered in the Weisi Star Cluster.
And it was not merely found there—the reserves were terrifyingly vast!
Within the Weisi Star Cluster, nearly every planet, whether a Life Planet or a Resource Star, was covered in Ailuo Metal deposits.
Just imagine it: any imperial citizen could casually dig beneath their own home on any planet and potentially strike a mineral vein. What kind of situation was that?
Well, originally, this was not much of an issue. After all, Ailuo Metal had existed far longer than the empire itself.
But then there were the policies announced by the imperial parliament.
First, from the day the Rose Empire was established onward, Ailuo Metal would be regarded as a strategic material, and any unauthorized private use would be prohibited!
Second, the empire would establish an entirely new department called the Ailuo Metal Administration Bureau.
Third, after mining Ailuo Metal, any imperial citizen had to hand it over to the Ailuo Metal Administration Bureau for centralized handling. Of course, the Ailuo