Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 71

Chapter 71, Life is the Emperor’s Coin

If Gu Hang knew what Mondok was thinking, he would definitely laugh: I’m just going to kill a few people, why should I bomb a city?

Will he really order Ye Lishia to bombard Renaissance City?

Yes and no.

Yes means a small-scale, relatively precise military strike; no means that Renaissance City will not be destroyed until the last moment.

The inner city of Renaissance City plus the poor in the outer city have a total population of nearly one million.

And what is the population of the entire Angry Owl Star?

Six years ago, in the last years of the second generation of the governor, when the imperial tax was paid for the last time, the number was more than 42 million.

One planet, 42 million people, this is 0.5% of the heyday of the Angry Owl Star before the war.

99.5% of the population was lost in that war and in the darkness and chaos of the hundred years after the war.

After the end of the rule of the second generation of the governor, the governor was replaced every two years. In the six years since then, has the situation of the Angry Owl Star improved?

Obviously not.

Given the situation here, the population is probably still declining.

Compared with the population, the loss of productivity is probably more serious. This also leads to the fact that although the population is already small compared to a planet, people are still worthless. Because even with such a small number of people, the current output of the Angry Owl Star is still barely enough to support them.

So now the answer to this question is very clear: Why is Gu Hang unwilling to easily order the starship to bombard Fuxing City?

Because this is one of the few densely populated areas on the Angry Owl Star. Calculated at a population of one million, it is already 2.3% of the total population of the entire planet six years ago. And the actual proportion will only be higher than this number. According to Gu Hang’s estimate, the total population of the Angry Owl Star may be less than 40 million, or even less.

Moreover, although the poor outside Fuxing City are poor, this city is still a pearl on the Angry Owl Star. This city, which gathers the inner and outer cities together, has a population of one million. The increase in productivity brought by the scale effect is not comparable to that of one million small settlements of 100,000 people combined.

Bombing Fuxing City would result in the loss of 2.3% or even higher proportion of the world’s population and more than 5% of global productivity. These were things that Gu Hang was unwilling to accept. Not to mention, without Fuxing City, the original population gathering place, there would be a huge loss of development potential.

If the city could be peacefully taken and controlled, with a population of one million and Gu Hang’s technology system, it would be able to burst out with huge production capacity. Without Fuxing City, Gu Hang would have to go through the thousands and hundreds of people in the wasteland to find small places like countless abandoned cave communities that were hidden and full of vigilance to gather the population.

Peacefully controlling Fuxing City would be equivalent to Gu Hang recovering a thousand abandoned cave communities.

This was the biggest reason why Gu Hang would not order the destruction of Fuxing City unless it was absolutely necessary.

Life is the emperor’s coin, this sentence is appropriate, but there is another half sentence behind it: “Use it well.”

Even the emperor is like this, and Gu Hang, the governor whose entire property may theoretically be less than 40 million, has no reason to be so extravagant as to waste a million “coins” at will.

…

Six hours means six hours.

A transport ship from the Quintet brought a team of combat nuns.

Eleven nuns, led by Sister Grit, came to the surface.

They were all over 1.8 meters tall, and they looked even taller and heavier in armor. The milky white armor was dotted with green patterns, which looked holy and elegant, making them look like living lily ladies.

When they walked out of the hatch, Gu Hang thought he saw another battle group coming out.

Of course, it was just a sense of déjà vu. The difference between the two is still quite big.

The red armor of the Phoenix looked like a veteran who had fought a bloody war; the tender green and milky white armor of the Holy Mercy Lily looked like an elegant lady spreading the gospel.

The biggest difference is their body size. Each combat nun over 1.8 meters tall is already very tall and strong among women, not to mention that they are also wearing power armor, which is much larger than the bodies of ordinary troops.

However, it was still no match for the Space Marines, who were 2.3 to 2.4 meters tall and whose bodies were also huge when stretched horizontally.

Gu Hang gathered his thoughts and went forward to meet them.

“Ms. Grit, welcome. With your help, the traitors and heretics of the Wrathful Owl Star will have nowhere to hide.”

Unlike the Space Marines who always have a dead face, the attitude of the Battle Sister Leader is gentle and kind-at least Grit is like that.

She has short white hair, and she stretched out her hand with a smile and shook hands with Gu Hang.

Her voice is low, gentle, and healing: “I am also very happy to meet you, Mr. Governor. I hope we can have a good cooperation in the future.”

After that, she looked at the Space Marine Chapter Master Martins who was standing not far behind Gu Hang.

Smiled and nodded.

Martins also nodded in response.

Gu Hang observed this.

These two people have a story.

He asked curiously: “Do you two… know each other?”

Grit smiled and said: “If Mr. Governor wants to know, you might as well ask Chapter Master Martins. If he doesn’t want to tell you, I can’t say much.”

Gu Hang turned his gaze to Martins again.

Martins didn’t speak for a long time. He thought he would not get an answer, but in the end, this serious Space Marine still spoke: “We fought side by side in the Organ Sector.”

Grit said: “I want to thank you. If it weren’t for you, the Holy Lily might no longer exist.”

“No, I want to thank you. You could have evacuated, but you insisted on fighting side by side with us.”

Grit smiled with a little bit of cleverness: “That’s not what you said at the time.” Martins

rarely showed a little shyness: “I…”

“Hahaha!” Grit laughed and walked forward. Although she was much shorter than Martins and both of them were wearing power armor, it did not prevent the Sister from giving the Chapter Master a big hug.

“Anyway, it’s nice to see you again, my comrade. Congratulations on your atonement of your sins, and may the Emperor bless your future.”

… It

‘s quite amazing that the two comrades who have been reunited for a long time can meet again in a small place like the Wrathful Owl Star, and have the opportunity to fight side by side again. The so-called ‘Organ Star Region’ that the two of them mentioned is very far from the Pegasus Star Region.

But they don’t have much time to reminisce.

It’s time to set off.

The reason why it has been delayed until now is because Gu Hang is waiting for the arrival of the combat nuns. Although there are only eleven of them, they are still eleven extremely outstanding warriors. As long as two or three nuns cooperate, there is a considerable chance of defeating an ordinary space warrior.

What’s more, there is also the head nun, Grit. Gu Hang can vaguely sense through psychic power that the strength of this head nun is probably not much weaker than Martins.

Of course, there is no more news from Renaissance City. Old Hodgson seems to have really disappeared from the world, and his life or death is unknown.

But Gu Hang doesn’t plan to wait any longer.

The Mechanical Servant Battalion is watching the house, and the 2-6 Battalion has a total of more than 1,500 soldiers, including the Marines, Phoenix Space Warriors, Holy Lily Combat Sisters… a whole team, escorting the Governor from the camp to Renaissance City.

(End of this chapter)