Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 14

Chapter 14, Hypoxia

Don’t get me wrong, Gu Hang certainly didn’t think that he could take Fuxing City by force after he had more than 400 people and four armored vehicles.

That’s unrealistic.

Fuxing City is the capital of the alliance, a city with a permanent population of 130,000 and more than ten times that number of refugees who rely on the city for food. There are hundreds of large and small gathering places of survivors in the surrounding areas that are directly or indirectly controlled.

The conventional military force has tens of thousands of fully armed soldiers, a large number of artillery, and locally produced tanks and propeller planes. If necessary, they can even recruit mercenaries far exceeding the standing force at any time. The difference

in military strength is too great.

However, if Gu Hang wants to take Fuxing City, he doesn’t have to rely on military means.

At least not by the army.

It’s really like an egg hitting a stone for the 400 people in his hands to cause trouble for Fuxing City. But in orbit, the Quintet is floating there, and the starship macro cannon is aimed at Fuxing City. The power of the orbital bombardment is enough to wipe the city off the surface within a day.

This is the greatest deterrent force.

Another point is the political means of starting from legitimacy.

At the same time, Gu Hang is the planetary governor, and the Union government is theoretically the only legitimate regime on the Angry Owl Star. He is naturally the supreme leader of the Union. Before him, every planetary governor who came to this planet landed in Renaissance City, inherited the Union regime, and then exercised the power of the governor.

In fact, Gu Hang did the same thing at the beginning.

When he first obtained the system and hoped to get a piece of territory belonging to him, he felt that he had a dream start. After landing, the entire planet is my territory, so the fixed income given by the system will not be directly maxed out? Relying on the system, no matter what troubles I encounter on the planet, they are all easy to get. I can plant the fields for two years, and I can still not pay taxes?

The facts soon slapped his face.

After landing, he was warmly welcomed, but the system did not make any movement, and did not recognize his ownership of Renaissance City as a nominal leader, let alone the entire planet.

So, Gu Hang, the governor, ran out to work alone.

In fact, he also thought about this.

The first level is that the system does not recognize the territory. If he does not have the territory, he cannot activate the system’s ability and has no way to earn the gift. If the system cannot be used, then of course he has to run out to find a way to use the system, otherwise, wouldn’t the golden finger be wasted?

The second level is that the system does not recognize the territory, which means that there are huge troubles in Fuxing City. It is difficult for him to gain real power through political struggle. Gu Hang does not think that he, a time traveler who has never learned any political tactics, has the ability to fight with those local snakes.

Even if there is a quintet in the sky, it is useless. Orbital bombing is the last resort. Can he really blow up Fuxing City? That is a mutual destruction. It will not be used unless it is finished and it is a scapegoat. At best, it is a deterrent.

The third level, based on the first two points, he basically understands the core of the problem that the previous governors could not handle the Angry Owl Star. In addition to the harsh environment, dangers and insufficient productivity of the Angry Owl Star itself, I am afraid that there is another point that they cannot completely and completely grasp the power.

The objective conditions are not good, and there are internal struggles. It is normal that they cannot develop and cannot pay the imperial tax.

Gu Hang cannot go the old way, otherwise there is little hope.

It is precisely because of the consideration of multiple factors that he ran out to start a new business.

But this does not mean that he does not want Fuxing City.

It is the largest gathering place in the vicinity, with abundant manpower, a developed light industrial system, and a commercial trade exchange center.

Gu Hang still has to take it down, and it can’t be delayed for too long, otherwise if he really relies on himself to develop slowly, he will be executed if he can’t pay the tax in two years.

He probably has some ideas about how to do it.

“Connect me to Fuxing City.” Gu Hang called out.

“Yes!” Zhang Chao responded loudly and went to operate the radio.

He was the only person who followed Gu Hang when he came from the family. He was Gu Hang’s follower, a very smart young man.

Soon, the communication was connected, and an old voice that sounded very tired came from the loudspeaker of the radio: “Hello, Governor, this is Fuxing City, I am Miriam Hodgson.”

Gu Hang had met the old man who called himself Miriam Hodgson once when he had just landed on this planet.

This generous old man is the president of the Union Council. During the absence of the planetary governor, he and the Union Council he led were the actual rulers of Renaissance City. After the new governor takes office, he should retreat to the second line and serve as the governor’s advisor and staff.

But it is obvious that Gu Hang, the governor who does not play by the rules, caught Hodgson off guard.

Tired.

Facing Hodgson, Gu Hang would not be as polite as when he spoke to Ye Lishia, and he was not interested in appealing to his emotions and reasoning. Instead, he directly made a request in an imperative tone:

“I need one hundred tons of food, ten thousand sets of textiles and clothing, and various industrial consumer goods. I will give you a list and send it to my camp within a week.”

After the voice fell, there was no response from the other side for a long time.

Gu Hang frowned: “Answer!”

He seemed very dissatisfied.

A young voice came from the other side, mumbling: “General… Governor… Speaker of the Parliament… He…”

“What happened to him?”

“The Speaker of the Parliament fainted!”

“Uh…”

Gu Hang’s first reaction was disbelief.

How could he faint so easily? I just asked for so many things.

However, listening to the chaotic voices on the radio, it seemed a little true.

Then his second reaction was a little guilty.

Isn’t it bad to irritate people like this?

Then the third reaction was, ‘I don’t feel guilty at all, you deserve it’.

He did it on purpose. It was an accident that Hodgson fainted, but it was no big deal.

Gu Hang coughed lightly and continued, “Anyway, you have heard my request. This is the Governor’s order. There must be no shortage of supplies and no lateness. That’s it.”

…

A few dozen minutes later, in Fuxing City, the inner city council hall.

The old man with a head full of silver hair, wearing an oxygen mask, gasped heavily.

After waking up, Hodgson convened the Alliance Parliament and publicly informed all Alliance members of the Governor’s needs.

The crowd was excited and the members below quarreled.

Hodgson, who was still wearing an oxygen mask, felt that his head hurt more and his eyes went dark.

He thought sadly that if he continued like this, he really wouldn’t live much longer.

He had to slam the table hard for several minutes before the crowd slowly calmed down.

He took a deep breath of oxygen, then slowly took off the mask, and then said: “If we continue to quarrel like this, we won’t get any results. Let’s vote and see how many people have the courage to disobey the Governor’s orders under the orbital gun muzzle of the Imperial Cruiser.”

(End of this chapter)