Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 383

Chapter 382, damn rebellion!

“Iron Curtain Queen, long time no see.”

Ispsi waved her hand and said, “There is no queen anymore, just call me Ispsi.”

“I dare not be so disrespectful. Even though we are in a foreign land now, you are still the queen in Promise City.”

“I am just working for the Governor.” Ispsi said, “Thanks to the support of all parties, Promise City can be the first batch of nest cities to complete the initial reform after Mingyan City. You have also helped a lot in this process. Without King Eureka and the Titans and Knights led by you to deter those disloyal hearts, I will face more troubles.”

The person in front of Ispsi is her fellow countryman, also from another royal family of Black Arrow Star, the current king of the Kingdom of Panbos, and also the leader of the Alliance National Knights.

In comparison, Ispsi, who was also the ruler of a country on Black Arrow Star, is no worse in status. Now she is the manager of a nest city on Koroga.

The two of them were not familiar with each other before. After all, Eureka was just a prince at the beginning, and Ispsi was already the queen of the Kingdom of Stefano. They had only heard of each other and had no special contact.

But now, when they were both in a foreign land, they had similar identities and backgrounds: former kings, now serving the alliance, and they felt a sense of mutual appreciation.

It happened that Eureka’s mission came to the Promise City managed by Ispsi. After the official mission was completed, he had an idea to come and see his “fellow countryman”, so there was this meeting.

Eureka said: “Since you don’t want me to call you ‘Queen’, then don’t call me ‘King’ anymore. Now here, there are only two people fighting for the alliance. The difference between us is only the way we fight. I drive a knight mecha, and you fight as a manager.”

“Yes, you are right.” After Ispsi agreed, she thought about it and couldn’t help but say a word of advice: “However, although the Governor has given us complete freedom, we ourselves need to have some self-knowledge.”

“No matter how upright we are in our hearts, our identities mean that we cannot act recklessly, so we need to be cautious under the alliance system. We shouldn’t have this meeting. Some people in the alliance will complain about it, and it may even make some people on our home planet who can’t see the reality and the future clearly have some ideas in their hearts that they shouldn’t have.”

Eureka rubbed his face, feeling a little tired.

He said: “I know that in the past, I have met people who ridiculed me as a traitor who betrayed my motherland; I have also met people who said that I had evil intentions and could not forget my homeland… I fully understand that this is what our identity is destined to. We are both former rulers and the ones in power in the alliance now… But is this our sin? I never understood this, I…”

“Okay.” Ispsi raised her hand to stop Eureka from continuing, “I don’t want to continue this topic, let’s talk about something else.”

Eureka let out a long sigh: “Okay, I’ve said too much. We really shouldn’t talk too much on this topic. Let’s talk about something else, something happy. I heard that a lot of people have migrated from places like Mingyan City and Nuoyan City to our hometown, to the Angry Owl Star?”

“Yes, this is indeed a work that all hive cities have been doing persistently. Since we took control of the planet Korojia, in the past two years, a total of more than 1.5 billion people have migrated to the two planets. The population of Angry Owl is larger, about 1 billion; the number of Black Arrow is relatively smaller, only 500 million.”

Eureka was dumbfounded, and it took him a long time to recover: “I’ve thought about a lot, but I didn’t expect so many… In this case, wouldn’t Angry Owl be full of Korojia people? Even on Black Arrow, at least half of the people are Korojia people…”

“You’re right.”

“The Alliance… aren’t you worried? Such a huge change in the population structure… Won’t the people of the two planets have any objections?”

“Of course there are, but not as big as imagined. There are too few people on Angry Owl, and too many new factories have been built, requiring a large population. How much opinion can the indigenous people have? Their quality of life will not change because of this. On the contrary, because of the population growth, it will bring a larger market, more low-end labor, and a more vibrant society…”

“After the Wrathful Owl Star had a sufficient population, they even set their sights on the dead land of the past – the other two continents full of waste energy storms. There may not be the conditions to build factories, densely populated settlements, and agricultural production there, but the waste energy itself can be regarded as precious. The waste energy storms that enveloped the two abandoned continents of the Wrathful Owl Star have gradually subsided in the past few years, and after the waste energy storms stop, the spiritual gas fields will most likely reappear. Those two continents need more people to fill and develop.” “

It’s similar on the Black Arrow Star. The new Korojia people have entered the farms of those former lords, current farmers, and farm owners, adding manpower and arable land. Those former nobles are very happy. They have cheaper and more sufficient labor, even though they have changed from landlords in the past to managers who distribute benefits according to their ranks. But the ‘political achievements’ they need to upgrade are measured in terms of output, scale, and population management. More labor and the ability to reclaim more land that was originally unable to be reclaimed are of course a happy thing for them.”

“As for ordinary serfs… they are now agricultural workers. But no matter what they are called or when, their opinions are never the most important.”

“Moreover, most of the Korojia people who migrated to Black Arrow Star went to factories in the four major industrial centers, or built many new farms and went to the borders of various kingdoms to open up land. Did you know that a freshwater factory center was built on the coastline of your Kingdom of Panbos? Around this new industrial center, many industrial cities were built. Desalination of seawater, construction of water resource pipelines to the newly built star port a few years ago, as a freshwater export, to relieve Korojia’s water resource pressure; around the extra resources from desalination of seawater, many three-dimensional farms were built, using soilless planting technology to produce a large amount of food…”

Talking about these things, ‘Iron Curtain Lady’ became very talkative.

Especially when it came to the changes in Black Arrow Star later, she knew them all.

Eureka listened very carefully, and finally said, “You still care about Black Arrow Star.”

Ispsi was silent for a moment, and this time she did not avoid the question: “Yes, of course, it is my homeland after all. Since I ascended the throne of queen, I have no family. Now the only ones I can tie to are my two daughters, who are now studying at the Comprehensive Academy of Angry Owl Star. The only thing I can tie to is my homeland.”

“Do you think the changes in my homeland and homeland are good?”

“Of course, my homeland is becoming stronger and stronger under the rule of the Alliance, there is no doubt about that.” Ispsi’s words were decisive.

Eureka let out a long sigh. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but the communicator he was wearing suddenly rang at this time.

He hung up the headset, listened to a few words, and his face quickly became serious.

He said to Ispsy, “Iron Curtain Queen, thank you for taking the time to talk to me today. But I have to go now. There is a mission that requires an urgent assembly.”

Ispsy stood up: “You’re welcome.”

“Aren’t you curious about what it is?”

“Curious, but I know that I shouldn’t ask or say things that I shouldn’t know. If I should know, I will know it soon, right?”

“Yes.” Eureka said, “You will indeed get the news about this matter soon, so it’s okay for me to tell you earlier: the Fachs family has rebelled.”

Ispsy was really shocked this time.

“Rebellion? Is it the rebellion I understand?”

“Yes, they betrayed the empire.”

“This is really… bad news, no matter who it is.”

“I have to go, goodbye, ma’am.”

“Goodbye.”

After saying goodbye to Eureka, Ispsy sat at her desk, digested the news of the Fachs family’s rebellion, then picked up a pen and paper and began to write a report, titled:

Communication report with Eureka, commander of the Alliance National Knights.

…

Gu Hang glanced at the report, and the content in it did not concern him.

Such a small matter was not worth his attention.

Whether it was Ispsi’s little thoughts or Eureka’s little emotions, they were nothing in his eyes.

It was normal to feel a little disappointed.

As long as he focused on the matter, Gu Hang would not bother to care about those thoughts.

Of course, his lack of attention did not mean that no one in the alliance paid attention to it. The Ministry of Internal Affairs under the legal agency would pay attention to this matter. The instructions written by Gu Hang on the report document were also for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pay attention to.

Then, he turned his attention to something that was truly valuable.

The Fachers Rebellion.

He was the one who pushed this matter forward, but the current situation still caught him off guard.

In the initial plan, although the possibility of the Fachers Rebellion was mentioned, it was considered unlikely.

However, this is what happened.

More than a year ago, the working group from the star district government made great concessions when conducting development measurement and alliance population statistics. It

is definitely not okay to falsify the data openly. The imperial tax revenue needs to be guaranteed, and officials from the Imperial Taxation Department will also conduct reviews and even on-site inspections. Once something is found to be wrong, the star district government will be in big trouble.

But even if it is done according to the regulations, there are too many loopholes in the regulations.

The development of Korojia, Wrath of the Owl, and Black Arrow is controlled at level 1. This is actually not very reasonable, but it is in compliance.

The shipyard of Wrath of the Owl is a place that can be seen to have great potential at a glance, but after all, when the star district government came to calculate, the shipyard was still under expansion. Although part of the expansion is about to be completed, and even cargo ships like the Flying Pig can be built, it is not yet completed.

The Angry Owl Star, which may be set to level 2 or even level 3 development, has been controlled at level 1 due to a time difference.

The same is true for the Black Arrow Star. It has been in Gu Hang’s hands for five years. It was originally a simple agricultural planet. Now the agricultural output value has become more developed due to the intervention of industrialization; the establishment of several industrial centers has even more powerful industrial output value. It can be set to level 2.

But I still relaxed and maintained the level 1 development.

In terms of population, before the great migration of Korojia, there was a time difference. The Angry Owl Star was determined to have only 200 million people – although it had 1 billion people the following year; the Black Arrow Star was determined to have 600 million people, and it also expanded to 1 billion people the following year.

As for Korojia, it is reasonable to maintain the development level at level 1, but in terms of population, the star district government almost completely recognizes the statistics of the alliance.

At present, the officially registered population of Korojia has dropped to 36.4 billion. The fall of the entire nest city of Fino, as well as the population loss caused by the war, plague, and cult activities that lasted for several years, is huge. It is conservatively estimated that 2 billion people have been lost.

The other 2 billion losses were caused by the large-scale population transactions and resource exchanges during the period when the Fachers family controlled Korojia.

From this perspective, the Fachers family sold people for 10 billion tax coins during the years when they were in power.

With 10 billion, Korojia must have improved, right?

But it didn’t.

First of all, Fachers didn’t sell as much as 10 billion. There were many people who took advantage of the fire back then, and even Gu Hang was one of them. The population was not bought at the price of 5 tax coins per person, but at most 1 tax coin or even lower. In

addition, the Fachers family made a lot of dirty moves in it. Whether it was the sale of population or the investment in Korojia, there were problems with the accounts.

And this has become the evidence of Fachers’ guilt in the past year.

A year ago, the star district government made huge concessions to Gu Hang on the issue of tax quota and ownership of Koroga 1, which earned Gu Hang’s help.

Gu Hang produced evidence from Blackbird Heavy Industries that the core members of the Fachers family were related to the omnic rebellion, and there was evidence that the Fachers family knew about it;

Gu Hang compiled the accounts of Koroga in the past years under the control of Fachers, and obtained the approval of the star district government, believing that the Fachers family had sought huge illegal profits during its rule over Koroga 3, and was seriously corrupt, which directly led to the serious deterioration of Koroga’s problems, and then Koroga almost suffered a world-destroying crisis. If not, there would be no need for the Alliance to take over and implement six years of war zoneization.

According to statistics, the Fachers family caused the Empire to lose more than 100 billion tax coins on Koroga – don’t worry about how it was counted, anyway, the star district government has determined this, and it has also been confirmed by the Koroga planetary government.

No matter how the Fachers family “quibbles”, this report has been submitted.

Gu Hang played his role in this. He made a special call to Lao Yisi. At the same time, Martinelli, who was parachuted into the Tianma star region, was once an official of the star region government, and even belonged to the “Parliamentary Faction”, an important political faction in the star region, and also mobilized his own connections.

This report of 100 billion losses was recognized, and the star region government issued a penalty order to the Fache family, fining and compensating 100 billion tax coins, which must be paid in full within ten years.

There are also some small actions, such as the determination of tax amounts, the star region government also took a ruthless approach to Fache. Originally, the three planets were all of level 2 development, and all were determined to be level 3 development.

The three planets of Fache, with a total population of 10 billion, originally had an annual tax amount of 2 billion, which has now increased to 3 billion; and a fine of 100 billion must be paid in ten years. This means that Fache will have to pay 130 billion tax coins to the empire in ten years.

This is life-threatening.

According to estimates, if all the people on the three Fache stars do not eat or drink, they can save 200 billion in ten years.

But how can they not eat or drink?

This is definitely a heavy blow, and they are going to force the Fats family to death – that’s what the star district government means.

But even so, launching a rebellion is the most unreasonable situation.

First of all, they still have room for political activities. There are ways to avoid paying the money, but it is the most outrageous to rebel with a stiff neck. They can delay the payment, mobilize their own political power, keep crying and threatening.

The star and space governments are likely to not want to get involved, and are not so greedy, so they will reduce the fines. If you really force them to rebel, the rebellion of three planets will be difficult to deal with.

The sustainability of the empire is going to end, and it is not just Gu Hang’s nonsense, but to some extent it is a fact. Rebellions have been going on one after another, from the threats of aliens, from the threats of demons, and the problems of the imperial system itself… Although the empire is large and strong, it has too many problems to face. If Fats really rebels, then let alone the fine, the taxes will not be collected, and how much will it cost to quell the rebellion?

It is better to appease them, reduce the fines, and make a profit.

Secondly, for Fache, even if the price doesn’t drop by a penny, 130 billion in ten years is painful, and it can even be considered a fundamental injury, but it is not completely impossible to get it out.

Tighten your belt. They have controlled Fache Samsung for so many years, it is impossible that they don’t have savings; in the coming years, if they plunder more and work hard to get more than 100 billion .

However, they chose the most drastic method: I rebel!

But Gu Hang can understand the reason.

They don’t really want independence, but rather use fighting to promote talks and wait for amnesty.

In addition, the alliance’s diplomatic and intelligence efforts this year have also played a very key role.

The star district government and star region government may not want to know that Fatesse really rebelled, but…

Gu Hang thought.

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