Chapter 169, definitely next time
Gu Hang was able to confirm that the biggest resentment his predecessor had towards his mother was after that slap.
In the memory, Ms. Wang Qi gasped for air. After beating him, she said with great disappointment to him: "How could I have a son like you? Incompetent, stupid, and don't understand anything. If that's the case, I can still protect him." You have been rich all your life, but you still have ambitions that do not match your abilities. You are really not as good as one ten thousandth of your father. You let me down so much."
These words pierced deeply into his heart.
Mother looks down on herself.
This made him so angry and resentful that he took office alone, with a personal entourage.
But he wasn't here to die either - at least that's what the predecessor thought.
According to the concept of Gu Hang's predecessor, under normal circumstances, he is indeed the one who saves the angry owl star from water and fire.
It is true that many governors have died in the past, and once the empire's tax collection cannot be completed, his status as a core descendant of the Gu family cannot save his life. This is the fundamental rule of the empire.
But he is not afraid.
What kind of rotten fish and shrimps are the previous governors?
And I, Gu Hang, am the chosen one!
Based on their own political interests, the sector leaders were determined to build the Raging Star. Fofana fully supported it, and the navy directly allocated a cruiser to garrison the Raging Star. There was no need to worry too much about 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 you don't support it, don't support it. It's not Wang Qi who has the final say in the Gu family. There are still so many uncles and uncles.
What is the Iron Triangle of the Tianma Star District?
What's more, the appointment letter has been issued, and he is already a registered planetary governor in the central empire. There is no room for regret on this matter.
It was impossible for him to regret the slap he received from his mother. When Gu Hang was looking through his memories, he could clearly feel that his predecessor had a thought: If he were to die, he would just follow his mother's wishes. If such a good-for-nothing son died, you would be very happy.
What happened next was very clear to Gu Hang: he traveled through time and replaced his predecessor who was on the way to take office.
And after he took the starship, it was almost a month's journey from Winged Star to Angry Owl Star, plus five or six months of development and hard work on the surface. In a total of half a year, the Gu family was really cruel. , not a dime was given.
That's it.
At this moment, Gu Hang was reviewing the entire incident in his mind, and he clearly felt that his predecessor had been cheated.
The few words his mother scolded were really not a big deal.
Mainly because Gu Hang didn't have any real feelings about this, so he just scolded him. Anyway, it wasn’t me who was scolded... Oh, it turned out to be me who was scolded, so that’s okay.
In his predecessor, he had a big problem. He could see a layer deep into it, but he didn't see enough.
He saw that behind this matter there was Peders' plan based on his own political interests. He saw that the three companies worked together to solve the problem, but they were too blind.
Why should Pedesgui, as the head of the sector, start directly from a relatively small person like him?
According to Cai Hang's judgment, it is very likely that Peddes failed to deal with the Gu family at all. The matter of the three companies joining forces probably existed only in the imagination of the predecessor from the beginning.
Pedesla, the stupid boy who was Gu Hang's predecessor, entered the situation, but it was to drag down the Gu family behind him. The core children have become governors, the imperial appointment letters have been issued, and the rice is cooked, you can't really not give out a dime, right?
Especially Mrs. Wang Qi, this is her only son, and because her status as a widow is quite embarrassing. Her husband has been dead for decades, so her connection with the Gu family is through this son named Gu. Logically speaking, she would never accept her son's death after failing to become governor. Leaving aside family issues, after Gu Hang died, she really had no blood connection with the Gu family. How could she directly control a branch of the Gu family?
Separate the family? Others in the Gu family would not allow it, and there would be a bloody storm.
Unexpectedly, both the Gu family and Wang Qi himself were really cruel and offered no support at all. Not only did Pedes' plan to lure the Gu family into trouble failed, but also caused a huge conflict between the two parties—— This point was analyzed by Gu Hang himself and was not supported by intelligence.
However, looking at the root cause, Gu Hang actually doesn't understand: Why did Gu, who should be a staunch supporter of Peddes, abandon the so-called "iron triangle" position and not support Peddes in rebuilding the Raging Owls?
Gu Hang lacked enough information to analyze this matter.
However, judging from what my cousin meant, she might know something.
After thinking about it, Gu Hang decided to hit the ball straight.
He said: "In the days since I arrived at Raging Star, I have made some achievements. In my spare time, I also reflected on the whole thing. I know that I made a mistake and should not come here, but I I still don’t understand why you...oh, we, the Gu family, don’t support Leader Pedsi in rebuilding the Raging Owl Star?”
After Gu Hang finished speaking, Wang Jiarong looked at her cousin in surprise.
According to her understanding of her cousin, most of the time what she said just now would be a waste of words and might even arouse resentment. It was just her status in the middle that forced her to say something like this.
But in his cousin's reaction, he didn't seem to show any disgust, and even listened sincerely.
This was different from the impression he had of his cousin.
Of course, Wang Jiarong is happy about this.
She saw some hope of resolving the problems between her aunt and her cousin.
If the relationship between the two can be bridged, it will not only be a good thing in terms of personal kinship, but more importantly, the biggest problem with the aunt's power in the Gu family is the issue of name.
My cousin is the most natural person in charge of this family power. The aunt controls this power. The source of legitimacy is firstly her late husband, and secondly Gu Hang.
But the problem is, after all, it is her deceased husband. The longer he dies, the weaker the legitimacy of this branch of power that was pulled out of the family; and Gu Hang, her son, not only did not have a good relationship with her, but also took over A mission with a high probability of death...
But if the two work together, this problem can be solved to a large extent.
As a result, Wang Jiarong's conversation became more serious. She thought about it carefully and said, "I don't actually understand the things behind it that clearly. I can only tell you my understanding."
"The first point is that this is a loss-making business, or in other words, the investment cycle is too long and the returns are too slow. We are a businessman, not an asset-heavy industry. Although the price of the spacecraft is very high, we bought it with our own capital There are very few cases. In most cases, capital is pooled and purchased through joint stock. Moreover, even if it is a wholly-owned purchase, a starship can be put into operation and generate income immediately after it is purchased, and the capital can be repaid after a few years. "
"But the capital investment required to rebuild a wasteland planet is so huge, much higher than that of a large starship. It also requires many years of continuous investment, and I don't know how many years it will take to generate benefits. A lot of money , resources, smashed on this planet, It will place a very heavy burden on the family and even affect normal operations. What's more, behind the high investment and long cycle, there are also high risks. The Raging Star has not been able to do it well for so many years. Who knows what it can do this time. Can’t do it well?”
"High investment, high risk, long cycle...the combination of these characteristics makes the family not want to invest normally at all."
"If it is true, as Mr. Peddes said, that the Pegasus Iron Triangle worked together to do it, it would be fine if the other two families shared the cost, but that is not the case. The Fofana family has released a cruiser, which is to encourage the empire The navy was dispatched as a mission, and they themselves did not pay a penny, and the cruiser could only stay on the Raging Star for two years at most.”
"Headmaster Peders issued a letter of appointment as planetary governor and political support. Logically speaking, the value of this letter of appointment is very, very high, equivalent to acquiring an entire planet. But unfortunately, this letter of appointment is from Angry Owl Star, a place where whoever becomes governor dies.”
"They paid all this, but they asked Gu to pay almost all the cost of rebuilding the planet."
"No matter how others measure the value difference between these three things, at least the Gu family is not satisfied with it internally and feels that it is completely unequal."
After hearing this, Gu Hang felt somewhat enlightened.
Indeed, it was agreed that the three families would work together, but the two of you only produced a few things, but you wanted me to be the one who took advantage of it. If Gu Hang was the family boss, he would not be willing to agree.
Wang Jiarong paused and continued to tell the second reason:
"Moreover, the Gu family has recently been repairing relations with the Faches family. They are the real local gangsters in the Tianma Sector. There are three governors in the eight major worlds of the sector, and their surname is Faches. They have conflicts with Mr. Peddes, and they have had conflicts with us in the past. The relationship is not good, but it has eased recently. When it comes to doing business, the three planets of the Fachers family cannot give up."
"But they have major interests on the angry owl planet. You have been on this planet for a while. Have you ever heard of Blackbird Heavy Industries? This company on the angry owl star is essentially the Falchers family. Before the Raging Owl Star was recovered and became an imperial world, it was an 'uninhabited planet' without taxation. The Falchers family intended to maintain this status. They used Blackbird Heavy Industry to do everything on the planet. There is no need to control anything, let alone pay taxes.”
"There is even reason to suspect that they put a lot of the output of their three planets in Blackbird Heavy Industries, using the special characteristics of the Raging Owl Star to avoid taxes. Of course, this is purely speculation and there is no evidence, otherwise Peddes The leader has already used this to kill them.”
"Recovering the Raging Owl Star is an action taken by leader Peddes to attack the Faches family. It is a battlefield of political struggle between them. At the key point of repairing the relationship between the Gu family and the Faches family, when you come here, you can directly Interrupting this process will ruin the long-term efforts of the family, and the relationship between the two parties will fall to the freezing point again. "
Gu Hang nodded again, indicating that he understood.
"Probably it's these two aspects." Wang Jiarong said, "So I said, what you did this time, cousin, not only made aunt very angry, but also the whole Gu family was actually very angry. You came to take office, aunt The pressure there is even greater. It’s not like she really doesn’t want to help you at all. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the family to explain. "
"Thank you." Gu Hang nodded lightly, "Your coming is very important. But, did my mother ask you to come? Or did she nod to this matter?"
"Uh... that's not true. I came here myself." Wang Jiarong looked a little embarrassed, but she immediately made up for it, "However, my aunt must have acquiesced, otherwise she would have contacted me long ago and wouldn't let me come over. .”
"Ha, acquiesce." Gu Hang maintained a polite smile on his face and did not make any more sarcasm.
Wang Jiarong sighed, knowing that it was not that simple to bridge the relationship between mother and son. She had tried for so many years in the past, but it had never worked, not to mention that there was a greater conflict between the two of them now.
It’s so hard for me to be a cousin/niece.
"Anyway, cousin, why don't you find a time to contact your aunt. The cost of real-time communication is relatively high. I don't have the conditions here, but there should be a way on the Quintet. Make an appointment in advance, and then..."
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"Forget it, forget it." Gu Hang quickly interrupted, "Stop it, that's it. I don't know what to say to her lately."
"You can't just waste it like this, right?"
"Definitely next time."
……
Under his cousin's regretful eyes, he ended the conversation.
He has other things to do.
The troops under his command suffered heavy casualties when dealing with the greenskins who jumped onto the Quintet.
There were only 20,000 people on board the starship, and there were more than 4,000 casualties, which was more than 20% of the casualties.
As the commander-in-chief, Gu Hang had to go down to comfort the soldiers no matter what.
This is also a way to win people's hearts and prove that the Governor still has comrades in his heart.
Anyway, being idle on a starship is just idleness.
In addition, he also visited Rizzo.
This is also what it should be. The Space Marines have sold their lives to him many times.
The chief priest of Phoenix is in pretty good condition. It was uncomfortable when the three axes of the orc warlord fell down, but after all, none of them really hit his vital parts. One ax on the shoulder and one on the chest caused him serious injuries, but after all, the power armor separated him and the damage was reduced. It's his armor that probably won't need repairing.
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 can take a good rest and don't worry about running out of power armor. There will be brand new ones for you later!"
After finishing speaking, Gu Hang turned to Martins and said: "Leader of the Chapter, you also have a share. Among the special products purchased, there are not only ordinary power armors that can be used for future members of the Chapter, but also a set of Terminator Power Armor. , specially prepared for you to thank the battle group for their help during this time.”
(End of chapter)