Chapter 351: The Invasion of Naboo (4)


    A month has passed since the Trade Federation sent troops to blockade Naboo.


    During this month, the entire Milky Way presented a strange calm. Almost all relevant forces are meeting, meeting, and meeting.


    The Royal Family of Naboo has held many meetings, but they are still at a loss. The strength of the Trade Federation is too strong. Even if it is only 60 Cargo Freighters, the tens of thousands of Vulture Droid Fighters carried on them are enough to destroy any fleet.


    The Gctic Senate is also constantly meeting and discussing. However, under Palpatine''s intentional guidance, the direction of the meeting''s discussion has changed from whether to let the Trade Federation withdraw its troops to whether the Trade Federation''s invasion is legal.


    Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum naturally also noticed this change, but when he was discussing with Palpatine, Palpatine just told him worriedly that this is the only way now, which can be said to be a curve to save the.


    Because it is very difficult to directly interfere with the Trade Federation, given the current influence of the Gctic Senate, the only way is to legally put the Trade Federation at a disadvantage.


    Finis Valorum also understands that because of the proposal to levy taxes in the Outer Rim Star Region and a series of recent disputes, the Outer Rim Star Region has be a victim. Under such circumstances, those members of the Outer Rim Star Region might not support the Republic again. The most typical representative is the ring faction headed by Mr. Orn Free Taa


    Therefore, he had to agree with Palpatine''s n, and now that he was alone and helpless, no one else was willing to help him except Palpatine.


    Of course, on the blockade fleet of the Trade Federation, Nute Gunray and the others are also meeting every day... well, a celebration meeting.


    Xiao Guanghua has given up. He hangs out with Nute Gunray and the others every day, getting drunk. If it wasn''t for the fact that thest level ofw in the Army is more or less effective, he will definitely hug a few Twi''leks dancing girls to the dormitory area to work in the dark.


    But for Naboo, this month is fatal.


    The total poption of Naboo is as high as 4.5 billion, of which about 1.7 billion people are humans, and the rest are Gungans who live underwater. Like others in the Milky Way, Naboo is also a that was forcibly incorporated into the Gctic Republic system with rtively backward technology and civilization.


    In other words, their original productivity and technology were not enough to feed 4.5 billion mouths, but after joining the Gctic Republic, the developed trade allowed them to solve this problem through arge number of imports. In other words, it is precisely because of the developed trade that their poption will umte and expand.


    Especially after the discovery of abundant sma mines on Naboo, the main revenue of Nabooes from foreign trade and sma mine business. Moreover, because the former King Ars Veruna led wolves into the house and signed an unequal treaty with the Trade Federation, Naboo had to invest a lot of manpower and material resources in the industry of mining sma mines.


    So after a month, the material reserves of such a mineral and trading reached their limit.


    Although their performance is actually better than that of Mstare, which only persisted for three days, after the supplies in the reserve are exhausted, the famine is also beginning to spread.


    In fact, if the rationing system was adopted, they could at leastst for more than three months, but for such a that has been peaceful for thousands of years after being incorporated into the republic, what is the rationing system? What is the wartime mechanism? No idea!


    This is the case in the capital, but the situation in other cities is even more serious, and even starvation has begun to appear in some ces.


    "The Republic still has no response, and I have to respond!" The Supreme Ruler of Naboo, Queen Amid, who was only 14 years old, said firmly in the King''s Hall, "I will go to Coruscant in person to meet with Supreme Chancellor Vinis Valorum, and urge him to let the Trade Federation withdraw!"


    Governor Theo Bibble hurriedly stopped her, "Your Majesty, you can''t do it now! The fleet of the Trade Federation is in orbit outside Naboo. If you leave Naboo, you will either be shot down by them or captured by them. There is no third way. It''s impossible!"


    "If you want me to say, we should call up an Army immediately and fight to the death with the Trade Federation!" Security Captain Quarsh Panaka said fiercely, waving his fists.


    "Even with an Armed Army, can you defeat the Trade Federation? No! And it will only infuriate them and make them do more cruel things to our people!" Bibble said loudly.


    "We cannot sit still!" said Queen Amid.


    "With all due respect, Your Majesty, until the Republic intervenes, we can only sit and wait..." Bibble sighed.


    The Queen stared at Bibble for a long time, got up silently, and returned to the bedroom.


    ...


    Coruscant, Gctic Senate Building, Supreme Chancellor''s Office.


    "It''s been a month, and the Senate is still arguing endlessly. This matter... bastard!" Finis Valorum mmed his fist on the desk.


    He rarely loses hisposure like this, especially in front of outsiders. But the current situation really made him despair and angry.


    "Most of the Senators have already been bought, especially the Senators from the Outer Rim Star District. They only care about the immediate interests, but they don''t see the long-term. The current Outer Rim Star District is almost always followed by the Trade Federation. In Under their obstruction, we were unable to pass any proposals." Naboo Senator Sheev Palpatine said with a bow.


    "Under this circumstance, my suggestion is to bypass the proposal on whether to interfere with the Trade Federation''s blockade and first vote on whether the Trade Federation''s actions are legal. We passed the motion to determine that the actions of the Trade Federation were illegal, and then the next thing will be a matter of course." Palpatine had a cold smile on his face, but it was just right that no one noticed.


    Finis Valorum waved his hand, "You go down first, I need to think about this matter."


    "Please be as fast as possible, Mr. Supreme Chancellor. On my, the people are starving." After finishing speaking, Palpatine bowed again and exited the office.


    After watching Palpatine leave, Finis Valorum thought for a long time in the empty office, and finally, he connected amunication, "Master Windu, I need your help."