Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 8

Chapter 8, True Salvation

Although Gu Hang came unexpectedly and there was no grand welcome ceremony in a hurry, the people in Feidong Society still tried their best to make some pomp and circumstance, trying to make the Governor feel their respect.

When Gu Hang entered the mine cave through the gate that had been cleaned as much as possible, he saw that all the lights in the mine cave were lit.

The people of Feidong Society stood on both sides of the mine cave corridor to welcome the arrival of the person who would decide their future fate.

Gu Hang was not the first to come in. Captain Yan Fangxu, the military director under him, had already brought in hundreds of people.

Along the way, the mechanical servants formed a human wall to separate the passage from the residents of Feidong Society.

The soldiers stood upright with their guns, and the people around them knelt down when Gu Hang passed by.

Wherever Gu Hang went, the people there knelt down to greet him.

Feidong Society had nothing else to show off except people.

In the crowd, Gu Hang walked along, observing the situation in various places of Feidong Society.

The people looked pale and unhealthy; there were some mining tools in the mine, such as hoes and carts, which were purely manual work, and there was no equipment or no equipment.

As he walked, he came to a cavity area in the mine. This place was used as a square and an important residential area by the people of Feidong Society. There were many simple wooden buildings built in a messy manner. This should be the home of many people.

More residents of Feidong Society gathered here.

When Gu Hang stepped into it, hundreds of people, led by the leader Patel, knelt down together.

Respect was shown very fully.

Here, a temporary platform was also built.

Gu Hang walked up and the microphone was already set up. The sound of his speech here could not only be heard by the people in the small square in the mine, but also be transmitted to people who were not in the square through the speakers placed in various places in the mine.

After all, the square of the mine was not big enough to gather 900 people.

Standing on the stage, Gu Hang stared at the faces under the dim light. He could see from their faces the relief of surviving the disaster and the gratitude to him as their savior.

But at the same time, their expressions also showed confusion about the future, doubts about him as the person who decided the future of everyone, and numbness left by the hopeless life in the wasteland.

The road ahead is long and arduous.

But he still spoke slowly: “Residents of Feidong Society, I am your governor, Gu Hang.”

“Today, I saw everyone kneeling down to me and surrendering to me. This is good, proving that you made the right choice.”

“Your leader Patel asked me for salvation, and I agreed to it.”

“I led the army to the Abandoned Cave Society and eliminated the bandits who threatened you. One hundred and forty-six corpses were neatly laid out outside, and the eleven captives will be tried later in front of all of you.”

“You have already obtained the salvation you wanted, but I have just begun to give you the salvation.”

“In the harsh and ruthless wasteland, both natural disasters and man-made disasters always threaten our survival. Today the ‘prisoner of death’ came, and tomorrow there may be something else. You need to be able to protect yourself, and I will arm you. This is the first salvation I will give you next.”

“You work hard day and night in the mines, but in return you only live a life without seeing the sun all day, without enough food or warm clothes, and people die every winter. You have the right to live a better life, and I will let all those who are willing to work hard live a better life. This is the second salvation I will give you.”

“A safe environment, enough food and warm clothes, these may be your biggest wishes now. But when you are really full, you will have more wishes, a better living environment, better spiritual enjoyment, and even self-realization, sense of honor, faith… and I will provide you with a platform to pursue a higher level. This is the third salvation I want to give you.”

“In my plan, after I give you these three things, after I let you live a safe and prosperous life, then I can talk about truly saving you!”

Gu Hang finished his speech, and at this moment, whether it was those who were lucky enough to see Gu Hang’s face in the square, or those who were crowded in other places and could only hear the voice coming from the loudspeaker, all the residents of Feidong Society were already jubilant!

When Gu Hang said that the robbers outside had been killed, everyone was already jubilant. Those robbers killed and captured their compatriots, and blocked them in the cave for many days, and the food reserves were exhausted. They were in a state of panic all day long, until they were finally rescued now, and their gratitude could not be false.

When Gu Hang talked about arming them, some residents, especially some young and passionate ones, became even more excited. People in Feidong Society have always known the importance of having guns and cannons in the wasteland. In this place where the weak are the prey of the strong, without the ability to protect themselves, it is like a piece of meat. No matter how fat or thin, there will always be people who want to take a bite, after all, everyone is starving.

But guns and cannons are not free. The most valuable thing in the wasteland is the arms trade. And the people in Feidong Society have difficulty in eating and dressing warmly, and they can’t afford it at all.

Only with weapons can they feel safe. If they encounter the same thing as this time, regardless of whether they can win or not, at least they have the strength to fight, and they will not sit and wait for death like now, and can only rely on others to save them.

And the second item, eating and dressing warmly, aroused greater passion! Gu Hang’s words hit their hearts!

We are so hardworking and we work so hard, why can’t we get a full meal? They don’t understand external market exploitation, the difference in value between primary products and processed products, but… the governor said that they should give them food and clothing!

This alone is enough to make them fully support anything the Governor wants to do!

As for the third point, the so-called “higher pursuits”… no one is particularly touched, and even feels confused. Just living is difficult enough. They rarely think about more things in their lives, and don’t understand what the so-called “self-realization” and “sense of honor” are talking about.

They cheered, and that was also because of the continuation of the previous things. What the Governor said was always right!

But there are always a few people who keep thinking under the torture of painful life. When they heard the Governor say this, their eyes lit up.

The vast majority of people in Feidong Society were inspired by Gu Hang’s speech!

They can already see that a road of light and hope is opening up before their eyes.

(End of this chapter)