False Court

Chapter 823 Shipping Fees

“That's good. I'll just bother you for a bit; I trust you don't mind.”

“Not at all, Lord Sperber.”

Qianchengxue replied with a smile.

Luo Meng, standing behind Sperber, coughed and said, "Sperber, let's get straight to the point."

“Alright, where is Su Mo's cargo?”

Sperber, seeing that Luo Meng and the others were impatient, asked directly.

“Follow me, I’ll take you to get it.”

Su Mo responded with a smile, leading the group towards the Watcher base.

Soon after, Su Mo and the others arrived at the second basement level of the Watcher base, a vast open area where sealed cargo containers came into view one after another.

Luo Meng and the others couldn't stop smiling, and the soldiers with them had their eyes gleaming.

However, they restrained themselves, since this batch of goods belonged to the Federation, and Sperber hadn't spoken yet.

Sperber was also generous; he waved his hand and said to his subordinates, "Go count and move the goods, divide all the supplies equally into five portions, and let each allied country take one."

"Lord Sperber is indeed generous; we will remember this kindness."

Bei Luo and the others praised Sperber gratefully upon hearing his words.

So the soldiers from various countries stepped forward and began to move the goods.

Sperber looked at the batch of goods and said with emotion, "With these goods, we can at least last another year, no problem. By then, the new supplies should have arrived."

"More or less."

Su Mo nodded in agreement.

“We really must thank Mr. Su Mo.”

Luo Meng and the others thanked him politely.

"You are too kind, gentlemen."

Su Mo greeted them with a beaming smile.

At this moment, several officers walked back with strange expressions.

“Lord Sperber...”

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Sperber and the others saw that the officers' expressions were a bit off, and quickly asked.

"Well, there's nothing wrong with the goods themselves, but when we opened them, most of the supplies were stamped with the Imperial Army's insignia."

The officers replied with puzzled looks.

Sperber and the others looked at Su Mo in confusion.

"Su Mo, what's going on?"

After hearing this, Su Mo scratched his head and replied with a smile, "It's just that we didn't have enough supplies, so I borrowed some from the Imperial Army."

Sperber's old face twitched instantly, and he replied with a laugh, "The Imperial Army would never lend you anything."

"Haha, if they don't lend it, then we just take it ourselves."

Su Mo said with a chuckle.

Luo Meng and the others widened their eyes and asked in disbelief, "You stole all of this from the Imperial Army?"

"Yes, and that Blue Whale outside was also borrowed from them."

Su Mo admitted it readily.

After hearing this, Sperber laughed heartily and scolded Su Mo with a smile, "You rascal, you really are something. It's a waste of talent that you're not an interstellar pirate."

"Ahem, Lord Sperber, look at what you're saying. I've always been law-abiding."

Su Mo said with a laugh, trying to explain.

"No one would believe that. But don't worry, I'm not here to criticize you; on the contrary, you did a great job. The Imperial Army must be having a hard time."

Sperber's face was splitting with laughter.

At this moment, several officers from the allied nations hurried over and said to Bei Luo and the others.

"Not good, Commander! The ore we had stored in the supply depot is gone."

Hearing their report, Luo Meng and the others' expressions changed drastically.

"What did you say?"

"Uh, don't worry, everyone. Those ores were moved onto the ship by us. I'll have someone unload them for you right away."

Su Mo explained with a very awkward expression; this was a bit embarrassing.

"Ahem, so Mr. Su Mo helped us move them onto the ship. That's okay, no need to unload them. Mr. Su Mo, you should be returning soon, right?"

Luo Meng reacted very quickly, his expression changing like flipping a book. He had been extremely anxious just now, but now he was full of smiles.

"Yes, I'm about to return."

Su Mo nodded in response.

Sperber said with an unusually serious expression, "It's good to return early and quickly transport the Federation's ore back. If I remember correctly, it's almost time for the Federation to repay its debts. We absolutely cannot be late on the Star Ring City loan."

"Okay, no problem."

Su Mo replied quickly.

"Then we'll have to trouble Mr. Su Mo. Please help us transport our ore back as well."

Luo Meng and the others said with fawning expressions; it wasn't just the Federation that had to repay loans, they had to as well.

"This..."

Su Mo didn't know how to respond for a moment. It wasn't that he was unwilling to transport it for them, but he couldn't just run errands for them for free, could he?

Before Su Mo could think it through, Sperber smiled and said to Luo Meng and the others.

"Everyone, the journey through the stars is long, and the road is difficult and dangerous. It's no problem for Su Mo to help you transport the ore, but there has to be some kind of gesture. We can't let good people be disheartened."

Gao Wo understood immediately upon hearing this, and said with a fawning expression, "Lord Sperber, don't say that. We're all allies; helping transport some goods along the way, and then talking about benefits—wouldn't that make us a laughingstock?"

"Commander Gao Wo, that's not the right way to put it. Su Mo isn't a soldier of the Federation; he's already retired. He's now delivering goods in the name of a private company. Even the Federation has to pay when a private company works, so how can you not pay?"

Sperber decisively extracted Su Mo from the Federation system, and said with a smile.

"Commander Sperber is right. Since it's a private company, we should give a little something, how about a reward of one percent of the value of the goods?"

Bei Luo replied with a smile.

"Commander Bei Luo, you're not being generous enough. No matter what, Su Mo risked his life to deliver supplies to us and rescue us from our predicament; how can we disappoint him? This one percent shipping fee isn't even enough for the remote transfer fee in star coins."

Sperber shook his head with a smile, indicating dissatisfaction.

Silian said with a blank expression, "Lord Sperber, we did receive the supplies, but we paid for those supplies."

"Commander Silian, don't think that way. The supplies I gave you were all at a fair price. We're on Gu Shenxing right now; you should be laughing in your sleep to be able to buy supplies at this price."

Sperber said with a chuckle.

Luo Meng also said very generously at this time, "Sperber, don't say any more. We're not stingy people either. You have Su Mo help us transport the supplies back, and we'll give you five percent of the freight."

Su Mo's eyes lit up when he heard this. *Holy crap, this money is easy to earn!*

He was overjoyed; Sperber was really too awesome.

However, a scene that surprised everyone appeared. Sperber shook his head and replied with a smile.

"No way! That's still not enough!"

As soon as these words came out, Luo Meng and the others were no longer calm, and even Su Mo was stunned. In fact, he was already quite satisfied.

"Sperber, isn't that enough?"

Luo Meng said with a frown.

"You have to know that long-distance transportation is extremely dangerous, so it should be at least ten percent of the freight. That's not too much."

Sperber was determined to help Su Mo fleece them for a large sum.