Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 276

276. Chapter 275, You have a big appetite

Did the war apostle Gallardo come to the Pegasus Star Region for tourism?

Obviously not.

The Solar Expedition was in full swing. As one of the 46 apostles, Gallardo was very busy.

In the Solar Expedition, 1.5 planets had to be conquered every day. The “exploitation” of the entire expeditionary force by the Sun Lord was terrible. The potential of the entire army was used and exerted to the limit by him. Every soldier tried his best to contribute his strength.

Not to mention the core circle of confidants such as the “War Apostle” who was trusted by him.

Some of Galador’s colleagues who were also war apostles were independently leading an expeditionary force, leading fleets and star army to conquer cities in the star sea; some were sent to a certain battle group, and even made a group of space warriors obey their orders; some served as bishops of the state religion, mobilizing the power of the state religion, especially the battle sisters, to assist the legion in combat…

In order to win honor and military exploits, the apostles, marshals, and generals were divided into many branch teams. Often when they arrived at a planet, they would suppress it with a grand momentum. If they surrendered, they would accept the ruler as the planetary governor, and then wait for taxes to be collected, which was considered as recovery;

if they did not surrender, they would carry out orbital bombing for a few days, bombing indiscriminately, destroying military and civilian objects together, regardless of whether they were completely bombed or not, and the army would log in, hastily sweep it, and establish a planetary governor, or temporarily find a general officer or even a colonel from the army to be the governor.

After that, except for a small part left behind, the army would leave immediately and go to the next battlefield.

If you encounter some intergalactic civilizations, it will take a long time. But against this kind of intergalactic civilization, a naval battle or the destruction of the capital planet can sometimes conquer several or dozens of worlds.

Of course, there are also battles that drag on for a long time, and the enemy’s will to resist is particularly fierce. Then call in more troops to support, or even ask nearby Space Marine regiments to take action. With two regiments and thousands of Space Marines, any civilization can be flattened.

At present, there are more than a dozen main legions divided by the Solar Expeditionary Force. If we further subdivide them, there may be hundreds of teams acting and fighting at the same time.

It is this kind of efficiency that can give birth to an average speed of three worlds in two days.

And what about Galardo? He is also a war apostle. He is not on the way to conquer. What is he doing here?

“His duty is quite important.” Gu Hang listened to his mother’s voice, which was somewhat mixed with a hint of sneer. “The Solar Expeditionary Force is so powerful that the various material support required is astronomical. Even if the Empire gives its all, but even if the Imperial taxes gathered from countless worlds are used to fill the two bottomless pits of the Solar Expeditionary Force and Solaria, it still cannot feed this behemoth.”

“Galardo’s duty is to open up new reinforcements for the Expeditionary Force in addition to the Imperial taxes. Over the past decade, he has traveled to many star fields, sending shiploads of resources to the Expeditionary Force, which has made up for the shortfall beyond the Imperial taxes. Although he did not directly lead the army, the role he played, in the words of the Sun Lord, was ‘no less than hundreds of millions of troops.’”

After hearing this, Gu Hang slowly recovered from the news that the big man had come to the Pegasus star region.

“So, this guy is here to take advantage of others?”

“Yes, but this guy is not easy to deal with.”

“More importantly, the situation in the Tianma Star Region, which was about to get into chaos, will become even more chaotic.”

The mother and son discussed it.

At this point, Gu Hang also had a general understanding of the entire situation and background of the star region.

In the coming years, the entire Tianma Star Region may turn from the relatively peaceful state in the past to turmoil as a whole.

But Gu Hang also had another idea vaguely:

chaos is the only way to make progress.

If it was like in the past, Pedesi strongly controlled the two richest and most populous planets in the star region, and pulled the navy, and was not on good terms with the Fache family but did not explicitly turn against each other, and all the planets were in a peaceful state…

Gu Hang would have no other thoughts, and could only honestly farm on the Angry Owl Star for many years.

But now, many opportunities may be born.

The war apostle at the moment may be one of the opportunities.

Qiu Feng? Let him fight, as long as he can bring Gu Hang what he needs.

“Okay.” His mother’s voice woke him up from his deep thoughts: “I have told you the information I should share with you and some of my analysis of this. What do you want to do next?”

“What do you think, mother? What can the family do from this series of events?”

Gu Hang was mainly referring to the matter of the blackbird violating the intelligence ban. The other two things, whether it was the Koroja riot or the arrival of Gallardo, were well known. Only the matter of the blackbird was the information just obtained.

But his mother said: “Don’t worry about what the family wants to gain here. I only ask you, what kind of situation do you want to achieve? Let’s focus on the situation of the Angry Owl Star first, and I will do my best to promote it. On this basis, think about what the family should do.”

Since his mother said so, Gu Hang was not polite.

He thought for a moment, then said: “The situation I want is actually very simple. We just need to quickly remove the Blackbird and the possible intelligent crisis from the Angry Owl Star. We just need to pay as little price as possible, and it would be best if we don’t destroy the western part of the continent, otherwise I will have to spend a lot of money to rebuild it.”

Wang Qi continued: “You are really greedy!”

Gu Hang smiled and asked: “My mother asked me to make a request. Is there any way to do it?”

Wang Qi just cursed casually, but he actually had an idea: “If you want to achieve your goal, you need enough interstellar troops to help. This cannot offend the Fachers family. I need to tell them about the Blackbird. Unless their entire family violates the intelligent ban – this possibility should not be high – if only the Blackbird violates the ban, they will be more anxious to destroy the Blackbird than you are.”

“But this will offend Pedes, and the Imperial Navy will not help transport the army.”

Wang Qi smiled: “In naval battles, the family’s Chamber of Commerce fleet may not be able to do it; for transportation, the Pegasus fleet combined is not as good as us. As for the problem of offending Pedes… yes, and no. We can also mediate and help him with his biggest concern, the matter of Koroga 3. The Fachers family will help because they feel guilty about the banned matter.”

“Okay, then speaking of Koroga 3, I also have some ideas about the first matter…”

Wang Qi’s face turned bad: “Do you still want to benefit from this?”

Gu Hang smiled and said: “Of course, the biggest reason restricting the development of the Angry Owl Star is the insufficient population. I need population. There are 40 billion people suffering from disaster on Koroga 3. As a minister of the empire, it is my duty to rescue the people of the empire!”

Wang Qi sneered and said, “How can it be so easy to operate? No matter how disaster strikes, population is also wealth. One person, five tax coins, do you want to buy it?”

“I definitely can’t afford it.” Gu Hang’s attitude was very gentle at this moment, asking for help, “Mother will definitely find a way.”

“Huh, you know you’re trying to please me now?”

“Hehe.”

Whoever feeds you is your mother, not to mention that she is your biological mother.

Seeing Wang Qi in deep thought, Gu Hang did not bother her much, but just waited quietly.

After a while, Wang Qi slowly said: “It’s not that there is no way at all. How many people do you want?”

“No matter how many!”

“Can you afford to support so many people? Don’t be too ambitious.”

Gu Hang said seriously: “The last time you came to Angry Owl Star, you at least overlooked our Beiqinggu Province from above. At present, the annual grain output here is enough to feed 50 million people according to the standards of Angry Owl Star. At present, the population under my rule is only 25 million. We are not short of food. At least it is no problem to transport tens of millions of people. The per capita living standard and food consumption on Korojia 3 cannot reach the level of Angry Owl Star.”

This is the truth.

Most of the 40 billion people on Koroja 3 are poor and live a hungry life. The per capita food consumption may not even reach 30% of that of the E5 level of the Angry Owl Star. At most, they will not starve to death, and all they eat is corpse starch.

The corpse starch of the Angry Owl Star is now used to raise livestock for meat.

Under extreme conditions, let alone being able to support another 25 million people, even 50 million will be no problem.

“What’s more…” Gu Hang continued, “There are still a lot of arable land in the Beiqing Valley area that has not been developed. The reason for not developing it is not because of anything else, but the lack of population and agricultural workers. If all the 1.2 billion arable lands are developed, and then taking into account the food output from other aspects, I can support 300 million people without any problem.”

“You are really capable.” With a sarcastic tone, Wang Qi actually knew that this was a compliment, but she was just not used to praising her son.

She simply changed the subject and got back to business: “You can continue to use the Imperial Immigration Law and migrate the population in the form of free immigration. The family’s Chamber of Commerce fleet can help with transportation. But this requires a good talk with Pedes. Moreover, you must be prepared to pay some price. The population will not be given to you for free. But since you have abundant food reserves, you can do it through certain food aid, consumer goods aid, and arms aid at that time.”

“Isn’t that still equivalent to buying?”

“The price will be much lower.” Wang Qi said, “This time, the proportion of human taxes in the 4 billion tax coins that Koroga No. 3 has to pay will probably increase significantly because of this matter. Their demand for various materials will also increase, and too many people will become a burden to them, and they will be willing to get rid of some. I estimate that the overall cost can be reduced to 1 tax coin/person, or even lower.”

Gu Hang nodded slightly.

Although it was a bit regrettable that he couldn’t pick it up for free, he also knew that people should not be too greedy.

So, Gu Hang spoke again: “There is also a third piece of information, can you…”

Seeing that my mother’s eyes were wide open, Gu Hang smiled and was a little embarrassed to continue.

But what’s embarrassment? The benefits are the real thing.

He continued to say shamelessly: “The war apostle is coming to the Pegasus Star Region. He wants to ensure that the imperial tax of the Pegasus Star Region is used for the expedition, and he also wants to make more money. This is OK. Angry Owl Star can support an additional “expedition tax”, and even let Black Arrow Star support this tax. But can I legitimately control Black Arrow Star?”

“…You have such a big appetite.”

Wang Qi regretted saying “Let’s focus on Angry Owl Star first”.

Who knew Gu Hang was so good at taking advantage of others? My son was not like this before!

“This is a golden opportunity.” Gu Hang said frankly, “How can I refuse it? I don’t know when will be the next time I have the power to appoint one person to serve as the governor of two places to come to the Tianma star area.”

“Your Angry Owl Star has a population of only 20 million. Do you want to swallow up the Black Arrow Star with 400 million people? Aren’t you afraid of being stuffed to death?”

“At least settle the name and the legal principles first. This is also good for the family, isn’t it? From now on, the Black Arrow Star will belong to me, and the incident like Gu Ming will not happen again.”

Wang Qi pondered for a while and said, “The price to be paid will be very high…”

“Mother, do you remember what I told you? As a ruler, you can’t only consider the price.”

“Don’t tell me your crooked theories.” Wang Qi said, “I’ll give it a try.”

Gu Hang was overjoyed!

“Thank you very much, mother!”

…

After hanging up the phone, Gu Hang was indeed very happy.

If the three requests he just made to his mother, from eradicating the blackbirds to population growth to the governor of Black Arrow Star, can all be achieved, it would be wonderful, equivalent to eliminating threats, increasing potential, and expanding outward at the same time.

Of course, he knew that things might not be so smooth, and there might be twists and turns in the middle.

But if there is a problem, solve it, and this road must be taken.

Just like now.

Gu Hang will not put all his expectations on his mother.

To put it bluntly, it is not impossible that the entire Fachers family violated the intelligent ban and was even controlled by intelligent machines.

We still have to be prepared to deal with the current crisis.

The entire system of the alliance has been put into operation.

First of all, the ambassador of the Blackbird Group stationed in the alliance has been invited to tea by Lambert’s special agents.

There is no such thing as turning against each other. The Demon Hunter team has made a lot of noise in the west of the continent, and Blackbird Heavy Industry is probably prepared.

Gu Hang still hopes to get more information from the ambassador sent by the Blackbird Group.

However, the results came out soon.

The Blackbird ambassador who was invited to have tea, and several attendants, died suddenly of a collective brain storm seventeen minutes after being arrested. The dispatched personnel from the Alliance Hospital dissected the bodies and found that they looked similar to humans on the outside, but actually had undergone extensive mechanical modifications on the inside.

It’s a bit of a pity, but it’s also expected.

Gu Hang just asked Lambert to continue to send people to the west to do intelligence gathering work.

Another team of demon hunters will go.

Demon hunters alone are not enough, after all, there are few of them, and Lambert will also arrange hundreds of ordinary special agents.

Intelligence work is of course dangerous, but it is indeed a necessary task.

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