Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 169

169. Chapter 169, I will definitely do it next time

Gu Hang can confirm that the biggest resentment of his predecessor towards his mother was after that slap.

In memory, Ms. Wang Qi gasped for breath. After beating him, she said to him with great disappointment: “How could I have a son like you? Incompetent, stupid, and ignorant. If it were just like this, I could also guarantee you a lifetime of wealth. But you have ambitions that don’t match your abilities. You are really not even one ten-thousandth of your father. You disappoint me so much.”

These words pierced his heart fiercely.

His mother looked down on him.

This made him angry and resentful, so much so that he took a personal attendant and took office alone.

But he was not here to die – at least that was the idea of his predecessor.

According to the concept of Gu Hang’s predecessor, under normal circumstances, he was indeed the one who saved the Angry Owl Star from the water and fire. It is

true that many governors died before, and once the imperial tax revenue was not completed, the identity of the core children of the Gu family could not save his life. This is the fundamental rule of the empire.

But he is not afraid.

What kind of rotten fish and shrimp were the previous governors?

And I, Gu Hang, am a child of destiny!

The head of the star region is determined to build up the Angry Owl Star for his own political interests; Fufana fully supports it, and the navy directly dispatched a cruiser to garrison the Angry Owl Star, so there is no need to worry too much about the military force. Coupled with the financial resources of the Gu family, is there any reason why this matter cannot be done?

I don’t support it?

If I don’t support it, then I don’t support it. The Gu family is not Wang Qi’s decision. There are so many uncles.

What is the Tianma Star Region Iron Triangle!

What’s more, the appointment letter has been issued. In the center of the empire, he is already a registered planetary governor. There is no room for regret.

He can’t regret it after being slapped by his mother. When Gu Hang was looking through his memories, he could clearly feel that his predecessor had an idea: if he really died, then he would follow his mother’s thoughts. If such a useless son died, you must be very happy.

Gu Hang was very clear about what happened next: he traveled through time and replaced his predecessor who was on the way to take office.

And when he took the starship from Feiyi Star to Nuxiao Star, which was almost a month’s journey, plus he had been working hard on the surface for five or six months, a total of half a year, the Gu family was really cruel and didn’t give a dime.

That’s it.

At this moment, Gu Hang reviewed the whole thing in his mind, and it was obvious that his predecessor had been cheated.

There was really no big problem with the few words his mother scolded.

The main reason was that Gu Hang didn’t have any real feelings about it, so he scolded her. Anyway, it wasn’t me who was scolded… Oh, it turned out that it was me who was scolded, so it’s okay.

The predecessor’s own problems were big, and he could see a layer deeper, but he didn’t see enough.

He saw that behind this matter was Pei Desi’s plan based on his own political interests, and saw that the three families were very strong and could solve the problem, but they were too blind.

Why did Pei Desi, as the head of the star zone, start directly from him, who was relatively a small figure?

According to Gu Hang’s judgment, it was very likely that Pei Desi had not been able to deal with the Gu family at all. The three families’ joint efforts may have only existed in the imagination of the predecessor from the beginning.

Pei Desi pulled Gu Hang’s predecessor, the foolish boy, into the game in order to drag the Gu family behind him into the water. The core children became the governor, and the imperial appointment letter has come down. The rice has been cooked. You can’t really not spend a penny, right?

Especially Mrs. Wang Qi, this is the only son, and because of her awkward status as a widow, her husband has passed away for decades, and her connection with the Gu family depends on this son with the surname Gu. Logically speaking, she can never accept the death of her son after failing to be the governor. Let’s not talk about the issue of family affection. If Gu Hang dies, she really has no blood connection with the Gu family. How can she directly control a branch of the Gu’s business?

Split up? Other people in the Gu family will not allow it, and there will be a bloody storm.

Unexpectedly, the Gu family and Wang Qi were really ruthless and did not support him at all, which not only caused Pei Desi’s plan to drag the Gu family into the water to fail, but also caused a huge conflict between the two sides – this was analyzed by Gu Hang himself, without intelligence support.

However, thinking about the root cause, Gu Hang actually did not understand: Gu, who should be a firm supporter of Pei Desi, abandoned the so-called “iron triangle” position and did not support Pei Desi to rebuild the Angry Owl Star?

Gu Hang lacked enough information on this matter and could not analyze it.

However, from what his cousin said, she might know something.

After thinking about it, Gu Hang decided to play a straight ball.

He said: “During the days when I came to the Angry Owl Star, I have made some achievements. In my spare time, I also reflected on the whole thing. I know that I have made a mistake and should not come here, but I still don’t understand why you… Oh, it’s our Gu family, don’t support Pei Desi’s leader to rebuild the Angry Owl Star?”

After Gu Hang finished speaking, Wang Jiarong looked at her cousin in surprise.

According to her understanding of her cousin, her words just now would be in vain in most cases, and would even cause disgust. She was just in the middle, so she had to say this and give advice.

But her cousin’s reaction did not seem to show disgust, and he even listened sincerely.

This was different from his impression of his cousin.

Of course, Wang Jiarong was happy about this.

She saw a little hope of solving the problem between her aunt and cousin.

If the relationship between the two could be bridged, it would not only be a good thing in terms of personal relationship, but more importantly, the biggest problem of her aunt’s power in the Gu family was the name problem. Her

cousin was the most natural person in charge of this family power. The source of legitimacy for her aunt to control this power was her late husband and Gu Hang.

But the problem was that after all, her late husband was dead. The longer he died, the weaker the legitimacy of this branch of the family; and Gu Hang, her son, not only did not have a good relationship with her, but also took a mission with a high probability of death…

But if the two worked together, this problem could be solved to a large extent.

As a result, Wang Jiarong’s attitude in the conversation became more serious.

She thought carefully for a moment and said, “I don’t actually know the things behind it that clearly. I can only tell you my understanding.”

“First, this is a losing business, or the investment cycle is too long and the returns are too slow. We are in the business of merchants, not in the asset-heavy industry. Although the price of spaceships is very high, it is rare for people to buy them outright. In most cases, they pool capital and buy them together. Moreover, even if it is purchased outright, a starship can be put into operation and generate income immediately after purchase, and the investment can be recovered in a few years.”

“But the capital required to rebuild a wasteland planet is so huge, much higher than that of a large starship. And it requires many years of continuous investment, and it is unknown how many years it will take to generate income. A large amount of funds and resources, invested in this planet, will impose a very heavy burden on the family and may even affect normal operations. What’s more, behind the high investment and long cycle, there are also high risks. The Angry Owl Star has not been done well after so many years. Who knows if it can be done this time?”

“High investment, high risk, long cycle… these characteristics combined make the family not want to invest normally at all.”

“If it is really as Mr. Peddes said, that the Tianma Iron Triangle works together, it would be fine if the other two families share the cost, but this is not the case. The Fofana family provided a cruiser, which was to encourage the Imperial Navy to go out as a mission. They did not spend a penny themselves, and the cruiser will only stay on Angry Owl Star for two years at most.”

“Chief Peddes, issued a letter of appointment as the planetary governor and political support. In theory, the value of this appointment letter is very, very high, equivalent to obtaining an entire planet, but unfortunately, this appointment letter is for Angry Owl Star, a place where whoever becomes the governor will die.”

“They paid all this, but the Gu family wants to pay almost all the costs of rebuilding the planet.”

“No matter how others will measure the value difference between these three things, at least, the Gu family is not satisfied with this and feels that it is completely unequal.”

After hearing this, Gu Hang seemed to have some sudden enlightenment.

Indeed, it was agreed that the three families would work together, and your two families only contributed so little, but you want me to be the scapegoat. Even if Gu Hang was the head of the family, he would not be willing to agree.

Wang Jiarong paused, and continued to give the second reason:

“Moreover, the Gu family has recently been repairing relations with the Fachers family. They are the real local snakes in the Tianma star region. Among the eight worlds in the star region, three of them have governors with the surname Fachers. They have conflicts with Mr. Pedes, and their relationship with us was not good in the past, but it has eased recently. If you want to do business, the three planets of the Fachers family cannot be given up.”

“But they have significant interests on the Angry Owl Star. You have been on this planet for some time. I wonder if you have heard of Blackbird Heavy Industries? This company on the Angry Owl Star is essentially controlled by the Fachers family. Before the Angry Owl Star was recovered as an imperial world, it was an ‘uninhabited planet’ that did not require taxation. The Fachers family intends to continue this status. Through Blackbird Heavy Industries, everything they do on the planet does not need to be restricted, let alone pay taxes.”

“There is even reason to suspect that they have placed a lot of the output of their own three planets in Blackbird Heavy Industries, using the special characteristics of the Angry Owl Star to avoid taxes. Of course, this is purely speculation and there is no evidence, otherwise Chief Peders would have used this to kill them long ago.”

“Reclaiming the Angry Owl Star is a move by Chief Peders against the Fachers Family, and it is a battlefield for their political struggle. At the critical point when the Gu family and the Fachers Family were repairing their relationship, your coming here directly interrupted the process, destroying the family’s long-term efforts in the past, and the relationship between the two sides will once again fall to a freezing point.”

Gu Hang nodded again to show that he understood.

“That’s probably the two aspects.” Wang Jiarong said, “So I said, what you did this time, cousin, not only aunt is angry, but everyone in your Gu family is actually quite annoyed. Since you came to take office, aunt is under more pressure. It’s not that she really doesn’t want to help you at all, she has no choice, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the family. And… didn’t I come?”

“Thank you.” Gu Hang nodded gently, “Your coming is crucial. But, did my mother ask you to come? Or did she agree to this?”

“Uh… No, I came by myself.” Wang Jiarong’s face was a little embarrassed, but she immediately made up for it, “But, aunt must have acquiesced, otherwise she would have contacted me and told me not to come.”

“Oh, acquiescence.” Gu Hang kept a polite smile on his face, without any more sarcasm.

Wang Jiarong sighed, knowing that it was not so easy to bridge the relationship between the mother and son. She had tried for so many years in the past, but it had never worked, not to mention that there are bigger conflicts between the two of them now.

It’s so difficult for me to be a cousin/niece.

“Anyway, cousin, why don’t you find a time to contact your aunt. Real-time communication is expensive, and I don’t have the conditions here, but there should be a way on the Quintet. Make an appointment in advance, and then…”

“Forget it.” Gu Hang interrupted hurriedly, “Stop, let’s just leave it at that. I don’t know what to say to her recently.”

“You can’t just waste time like this, right?”

“Next time for sure.”

…

Under the regretful gaze of his cousin, he ended the conversation.

He has other things to do.

The troops under his command suffered heavy casualties when dealing with the greenskins who boarded the Quintet.

There were only 20,000 people on the starship, and more than 4,000 were killed or injured, exceeding the 20% casualty ratio.

As the commander-in-chief, Gu Hang had to go down to comfort the soldiers.

This is also a way to win people’s hearts and prove that the governor still has comrades in his heart.

Anyway, it’s okay to be idle on the starship.

In addition, he also went to visit Rizzo.

This is also what he should do. The Space Marines have sold their lives to him many times.

The head priest of the Phoenix is in good condition. The three axes from the orc commander didn’t hurt, but none of them really hit his vital parts. One axe hit his shoulder and chest armor, causing him serious injuries, but after all, the power armor reduced the damage. It’s just that his armor, I’m afraid it can’t be repaired.

Gu Hang also comforted the old priest.

“This time, the caravan I invited brought some new power armor, which I specially asked someone to help purchase. You take good care of yourself, don’t worry about not having power armor to wear, there will be brand new ones for you later!” After saying that

, Gu Hang turned his head and said to Martins, “Captain, you also have a share. Among the special products purchased, there are not only ordinary power armors that can be used for the future development of members of the chapter, but also a set of Terminator power armor, which is specially prepared for you to thank the chapter for its help during this period of time.”

(End of this chapter)