Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 137

137. Chapter 137, You Have No Choice

Garbage Town is now facing a catastrophe, which is known to many people.

Swan is waiting for Henry’s “brilliant opinion”.

He can certainly guess that Henry said this to pave the way for the governor to gain the full loyalty of Garbage Town.

He is waiting for Henry to tell the governor’s conditions.

Henry understood, but he smiled again and said something that almost made Swann unable to hold back:

“Governor Gu is coming to Garbage Town, and he is on the way with his army.”

Swan was silent for a moment and asked, “Is he… coming in person?”

“Yes.” Henry had become very calm at this moment, “The Governor must take over Garbage Town, and you… we can’t resist. Even if we don’t mention military action, as long as the Governor blocks the trade routes, stops buying raw materials produced by Garbage Town, and stops selling food to Garbage Town, Garbage Town will collapse on its own.”

“Huh…” Swan let out a long sigh, his face already very ugly, “That governor, does it have to be like this?”

Henry spread his hands, “What’s so strange about this? He is the governor of this planet. He will be committed to bringing the entire world under his rule. It’s the most normal thing.”

After a pause, he continued, “And, to be honest, Mr. Swan, I don’t understand why you look so reluctant.”

“Huh.” Swan said, “If there is a choice, who would be willing to be a dog?”

“Hahaha!” Henry laughed, “That’s not right. How can being loyal to the governor and the empire be considered being a dog?”

After laughing, he gathered his expression and said seriously, “Mr. Swann, I actually had the same stupid idea at the beginning. When the governor told me that he was going to have complete control over the entire Junk Town, my first thought was that I had finally become an agent and reached the top of Junk Town, but I had only enjoyed the power of an agent for half a month, and Junk Town was about to become the governor’s. Wouldn’t my role as an agent be in vain then?”

“But this stupid idea only lasted ten seconds in my mind, and then I realized how ridiculous it was.”

“Who is the governor? He was the one who realized that nothing could be done in Renaissance City, so he went out to start from scratch, and in about two months he counterattacked Renaissance City and completely took control of the entire city.”

“He is the one who thwarted the evil cult’s conspiracy and saved the city. If you go to Fuxing City now, you will know that the disaster not only did not destroy people’s confidence, but it was like a demolition worker. Now the whole city is under rapid construction and recovery, and it has become more orderly visibly.”

“If you can go to the abandoned cave area of Weixing City, there are nearly 100,000 heavy industry workers gathered there. They can produce a large number of high-quality alloys every day. Armored vehicles, heavy artillery, and individual equipment are mass-produced in factories one by one.”

“If you can see these, you will have no doubt about whether this governor can truly extend his rule to the whole world. As long as he is given a certain amount of time, when he integrates enough people, it will not be a big problem to deal with the imperial tax revenue in two years.”

“I am now extremely honored that I followed the governor very early on. In the future, when the governor expands his power to the entire planet, can I also use the planet as a stage to show my abilities? Or even become an interstellar merchant sailing between the universe? To be honest, that was something I never dared to think about in my life. My biggest wish at the time was to be an agent. Now it seems that my vision is still too short-sighted.”

“What about you? Mr. Swan, you are different from me. You have already stood in the middle of the stage of Garbage Town. For so many years, you have spent countless efforts and sought more profits, just to stand more firmly on the stage of Garbage Town. Now, there is an opportunity in front of you. Aren’t you tempted at all?”

After listening to Henry’s words, Swan sneered: “Haha… You actually use such a ridiculous reason to persuade me?”

He was disdainful and even too lazy to give a reason for rebuttal.

It sounds so beautiful, but if the threshold of the imperial tax is so easy to pass, five governors will not die. Just because he controls a city called Renaissance, a shell called the Alliance that almost no one obeys, he dares to say that he will be able to sweep the world in the future. It is too arrogant.

Indeed, as Henry said, he has reached the end of his life as the master of Garbage Town, and there is no room for further progress.

But so what? In this wasteland full of starving people, isn’t it enough to be a superior person?

Swan felt that he was satisfied enough.

However, the attitude he expressed did not make Henry retreat. He responded: “It’s a pity that you have no interest in the sea of stars. But even now, you have no choice. The Governor has the ability to destroy Junk Town. I said before that he doesn’t want you to continue to be the master of Junk Town. It’s just a thought. He can destroy you with a backhand, but on the other hand, only he has the ability to save you.”

“When Junk Town completely surrenders to the Governor, the army that the Governor will bring will not be our enemy, but our protector. His army will aim its artillery fire at the orcs who attack us, not Junk Town itself. Your biggest worry and headache will be solved.”

Swan still didn’t fully agree with Henry’s words: “Just rely on the 800 people outside? Just rely on the 7,000 or 8,000 people that the Governor brought on the road? They can solve the battle that our 100,000 armed adventurers can’t stand?”

Henry smiled again, and didn’t say anything, just pointed to the sky.

Swan understood immediately, and then he was really silent.

He was still unwilling, but he had to admit that everything Henry said was right.

To survive, they had to rely on the Governor, no one else could save Garbage Town;

to die, the Governor had too many ways to kill them, even if he didn’t do it himself;

in this case, what qualifications did he have to negotiate terms?

But no terms at all?

Was he going to give away everything he had worked hard for over the past 35 years?

Henry seemed to see his worries, and a voice like the temptation of the devil sounded in his ears:

“Even if we don’t mention those ideals and the future, I will only say one thing: the Governor has suddenly gained control of such a large area from scratch. After Garbage Town is under control, the total population will exceed 1.3 million. But on the other hand, the Governor’s power is expanding and there are not enough talents. A female refugee from Qinggu area can become the chief civil official of Fuxing City; I, an inconspicuous small businessman in Garbage Town, can now represent the Governor to discuss the life and death of Garbage Town with people like you. So, if someone like you, who is experienced and capable, is willing to help the Governor wholeheartedly, what kind of status will you get?”

…

Henry felt that Swann must have been moved by him.

Although he didn’t give him any clear answer in the end, and even when he wanted to contact the Governor directly, he was evaded by the Governor’s excuse that he needed to report to the Governor, but Henry still felt that Swan would kneel unconditionally in front of the Governor when he arrived in Garbage Town.

Because he had no choice.

Moreover, it was not easy for him to agree to Swan’s specific conditions on behalf of the Governor. He didn’t think that the Governor would agree to anything, at most he would let Swan win the things he wanted with his performance in the future.

This also reminded him of the time when he wanted to ask the Governor for the exclusive agency rights of alloy plastic steel, but in the end he was beaten and trembling, and he knew what kind of character the Governor was.

When he was quite poor, Governor Gu was already a pure superior mentality, let alone now.

Furthermore, he also believed that even if the Governor did not agree to anything, Mr. Swan would definitely crawl in front of the Governor honestly in the end.

Henry lived peacefully in the room prepared for him by Mr. Swann, waiting for Swann to give him an accurate answer before the deadline, or waiting for the arrival of the Governor.

On the third day, a servant came to ask him to see Mr. Swann.

Although he had expected it, Henry still couldn’t hide his joy.

He was sure that Swann should have surrendered.

Following the servant, he met Mr. Swann in the office.

“Have you thought it through…”

Before Henry finished speaking, Swann interrupted him:

“I have agreed, and I will make all other agents agree. If there are those who disagree, I will make them unable to disagree as soon as possible.”

Henry was stunned.

His attitude changed 180 degrees.

But why are you more anxious than me?

He keenly felt that something big seemed to have happened.

“When will the governor’s army arrive?”

“Two days at the earliest, five days at the latest…”

“Can it be faster?”

“Wait a minute, tell me what happened first.” Henry was already very uneasy, “Those green-skinned orcs?”

“…Ah, yes.”

There was nothing to hide about this matter. If the military intelligence is not smooth, it is easy to lead to strategic misjudgment.

Then, Swann gave Henry a brief account of the current situation.

In the past, there was no management in the Garbage Town. It was originally a town formed by adventurers picking up garbage. However, as more adventurers came, many industries based on the garbage picked up by adventurers were formed, and gradually a town was formed.

But later, since the town was formed and the entire industrial chain became more complete, a slightly more refined management was indispensable.

The agents divided the Garbage Town into four levels: the worthless safe area, the valuable safe area, the high-value dangerous area, and the unknown area. The worthless safe

area is just as its name suggests. After many years of exploration, the number of mutant monsters in it has been very small, but it has also become a place with almost no output due to years of looting. The output here is only the hot ash stone produced after the waste energy storm. The valuable safe area

refers to the area that has been swept many times, with few monsters and little danger, but it has only become safer in the past one or two years. The looting time is not long, and there are still many outputs. This is the area with the most metal scrap output, and occasionally some precious pre-war items can be seen.

High-value dangerous areas are places with many monsters but also great rewards; unknown areas are places where almost no one has set foot, or very few people can come out alive after entering.

These four types of areas are farther and farther away from the garbage town.

In the battle against the orcs, the relevant defense zones are also divided in this way. Or simply put, in recent years, when the green-skinned orcs began to move around in the ruins of the tower, and even more and more, and gradually became the main enemy of the adventurers, the division of the four types of areas is largely related to the frequency of orcs’ activities.

When the green-skinned orcs began to emerge in large numbers a month ago, high-risk areas were basically not dared to go, and only large adventure groups could go there with many people; and after this month of green-skinned disasters, a large area of low-risk areas became high-risk. And the adventurers gradually couldn’t go to scavenge easily, but had to form corresponding groups and fronts to fight those green-skinned orcs.

This almost evolved into a war, rather than a battle between a small group of adventurers and entrenched or wandering monsters. It

is also because of this that the adventurers are almost unable to stand it and are unwilling to stand it.

We are here to take risks and make money, not to fight.

The latest news is that the 18th District, which is a very important place where adventurers formed a formation and built fortifications to fight against the invading greenskin orcs on a large scale, collapsed.

There were nearly 20,000 adventurers gathered there, fighting against more than 3,000 orcs for a week, and the pressure was very high.

And just this morning, three adventure groups withdrew from their positions without saying hello to anyone, with a total of 6,000 people leaving directly.

So, in the attack on the defense line launched by the orcs as usual, after losing nearly one-third of the manpower, the defense position collapsed across the board, and the remaining adventurers could only retreat or even flee.

In the morning, the greenskins rushed forward three districts and were barely stopped in the fifth district. And this is already a traditional worthless safe zone.

Even Swan has sent his most precious adventurer group, the “Clock Iron Blade”, to the front line. They are well-equipped and well-trained, and are rare elites. It was their appearance that blocked the hole.

However, there were heavy casualties.

The most important thing is that green-skinned monsters kept coming out from the depths of the ruins through the gap, and they were under great pressure.

If the fifth area is breached, the defenses of the other parallel areas will definitely not be able to hold up. By then, I’m afraid that Garbage Town will really be under the siege of those greenskins.

That’s why Swan was so anxious.

“Fuck!”

Henry couldn’t hold it back and cursed.

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74k/150k,

make 6,000 tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)