The Alliance agreed readily enough, but said they had to follow procedure.
They also needed official backing from Kalaya Province. That was no problem, of course.
The Kalaya Provincial Council quickly passed the relevant procurement authorization.
Why call it an authorization? Because these people did not want to spend any money.
Besides, they had calculated things very clearly. Once Li John bought the battleships back, there would be no one left to man them anyway!
The people in the Kalaya Provincial Council now also hoped Li John would have more battleships.
Because the companies behind the council also controlled Gutra Province.
Li John swiftly signed the relevant authorization in his capacity as Governor.
Yang Bo then used Li John's identity to negotiate with the Alliance using that authorization.
However, the Alliance's quoted prices for battleships were extremely high!
So Yang Bo, under Li John's identity, purchased some battleship components instead!
The Alliance breathed a sigh of relief. Purchasing components was a much smaller target than purchasing entire battleships, so Li John's application was quickly approved.
The total value of this transaction reached fifty billion Credit Points.
On the one hand, Li John truly did not have much cash on hand.
On the other hand, Yang Bo only needed a pretext.
After all, Yang Bo could not simply produce shipyard robots out of thin air.
Moreover, the Alliance feared Li John would make further demands. The moment Li John paid the deposit, the Alliance began shipping the goods.
At this time, one of Li John's B-Class Battleships finally returned to Kalaya Province!
Although Li John had left with a B-Class Battleship in the first place.
This time, however, Li John had directly taken an entire planet. In addition, two B-Class Battleships and two C-Class Battleships remained in Gutra Province.
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