Chapter 172, I thought you were really here to support your cousin
The letter Wang Qi saw was indeed written by Gu Hang himself, without anyone teaching him.
When writing this letter, he actually had two thoughts.
One, emotionally.
With the same name and surname, and the use of someone else's body as his predecessor, Gu Hang felt that when the time was right, he should give an explanation.
Using his body, Gu Hang felt somewhat responsible for this person with the same name. My predecessor was obsessed with ‘proving to my mother’, so let’s satisfy this obsession.
Therefore, Gu Hang wrote the first half of the letter.
But when it comes to explanation, just stopping there is not enough. Digging deeper into the memory of his predecessor, could it be that his resentment towards his mother stemmed from his love for her? If he really has no feelings for his biological mother, how can he hate her.
Therefore, there is another saying that admits mistakes but straightens one's back and expresses one's ambition.
The relationship between mother and child needs to be eased. This method cannot simply be a confession of mistakes with tears in the eyes. It is definitely not in line with the predecessor's ideas. Not only that, but the mother must also see changes.
However, the emotional factors are relatively secondary. More importantly, there are some practical considerations.
From the memories of his previous life, all Gu Hang saw was dissatisfaction with his biological mother. In the previous generation's thinking, his biological mother was the image of a cold, rational, inhumane, and controlling strong woman. Her status as a powerful person was far greater than that of a mother. He had felt very little maternal love since he was a child.
But that's the perspective of the predecessor.
With Gu Hang's eyes, he rediscovered those memories. From the perspective of a bystander, he was still certain that Ms. Wang Qi still loved her son. However, the focus is different.
I can understand that too.
It is true that Gu Hang was once the leader of the Gu family. His grandfather was the leader of the family. As the third eldest son, his father was the most popular and outstanding among his grandfather. He was designated as the first heir early, but he died before his grandfather died.
He was just born when his father died; he was only three years old when his grandfather died.
After grandpa's death, the identity of the heir may not necessarily fall into Gu Hang's hands. He also has several direct uncles. In addition, there are many other people from the same sect, each with their own bloodline and each controlling a certain industry.
Brothers, uncles, biological uncles... who can wait for a three-year-old child to grow up and become the leader?
Unrealistic.
At this time, the only person who can support this small family is Wang Qi. Without my mother's support, Gu Hang might not be able to grow up even if he has a dark heart; when he grows up, I'm afraid his uncles have already divided up the things left by his grandfather, and what is left for him depends on others.
However, Wang Qi's tough use of her late husband to expand her influence in the family and her efforts to gnaw on flesh will of course result in hostility, criticism and exclusion.
She is strong enough in her heart that she is not afraid of the hostility and can even fight back and forth. That is her ability. However, when Gu Hang was a child, he was verbally and even physically bullied by his fellow clan members, but he was unable to resist or resolve it. His mother was so busy that she was unable to protect him all the time, so much so that the psychological trauma affected the establishment of his personality.
In terms of raising and taking care of children, Wang Qi is indeed not a qualified mother; but in a special family environment, she first wanted to preserve the property that belonged to their family. It is difficult to say that she did anything wrong in this regard.
From an onlooker's point of view, Gu Hang thought that he should still be very important in his mother's heart, but his actions and expressions were different.
Based on this judgment, Gu Hang believes that he cannot be deceived by the memory of his predecessor, and the relationship between the two parties is not completely irreconcilable.
And if the relationship can be reconciled, the value of Gu's Trading Company will be very huge for a developing planet.
Just look at Wang Jiarong’s arrival this time. Gu Hang had seen a lot of the goods she carried on the ship and expressed his deep desire for them.
Commerce is an important point in the development of the planet.
Moreover, if the relationship can be reconciled, the Gu family, especially his biological mother, will in turn become a huge boost to the development of his planet.
If the Gu family can fully support him in building the planet, with dozens of large and small caravans, dividing them into several vehicles, and transporting several batches of materials, then his process of rebuilding the world will be greatly advanced.
It’s not that it won’t work without it, it’s just that it will be faster if you have it.
In addition to establishing interstellar trade and direct material support, what Gu Hang also values is the interstellar influence possessed by the Gu family.
This is what he lacks.
This would bring political benefits and buy him things that his money would not be able to buy.
Then, we need to see the effect of his letter in the follow-up, how it turned out, and whether it impressed his mother.
"It should be no problem, right? I've been thinking about how to write the letter for a long time."
While thinking about it, Gu Hang had already seen the angry owl star, which had appeared in front of him.
Go home.
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Gu Hang returned to the surface on the first batch of transport spaceships.
One wave of spaceships cannot return everyone. The soldiers behind will need multiple batches of transport spacecrafts to travel between the planet's surface and orbit.
The three space ships in the starry sky will each stay for a period of time.
The Quintet will stay for about a month and a half.
It needs to complete some preliminary maintenance work in the orbit of the planet. The mechanical priests and technicians on the starship will carefully check the status of the starship during this period of time. If there are minor problems that can be fixed without resorting to star forts or orbital shipyards, they will be dealt with first.
But when it comes to major hull repairs and the reconstruction of some destroyed weapon systems, it is definitely not something that can be done with minor repairs, and it still has to be returned to the factory.
Gu Hang also promised to help with this matter. At that time, there may be some needs for materials and some metal parts, which can be provided here in Angry Owl Star.
It’s hard to say anything else. The related industries of alloy plastic steel are already very mature in Weixing City. There is no problem with building materials and even metal processing to make suitable parts as needed.
Ye Lixia also expressed to Gu Hang that the support in this regard would not be in vain. The raw materials and parts provided by Nu Xiao Star will be converted into cost, formed into a bill, and sent to the Imperial Navy. The Navy will then confirm the bill and then submit it to the Ministry of Military Affairs to form a complete collection procedure and pay the tax currency to the Governor of Nu Xiao Star. .
Gu Hang didn't care much about this at first. It’s just some basic processing parts and raw materials, how much more are they worth?
However, later he was very glad that he did not do anything to make money. During the month and a half that the Quintet was undergoing maintenance in the orbit of the Raging Owl, it consumed less than half a month's production capacity of the Weixingcheng Alloy Plastic Steel Processing Plant, and the final bill was 3,000 tax coins.
If this was given to me in vain, I would still feel bad.
In a month's time, a destroyer from the Pegasus Fleet will arrive in the orbit of the Raging Owl and take over the work of the Quintet.
At first, Gu Hang was a little dissatisfied with this. The cruiser was replaced by a destroyer. How can I be happy?
However, Yelicia's words made him change his mind.
In fact, the reason is very simple. If it is really a cruiser, the captain of that ship is at least a commodore. He has the same military rank as Ye Lixia now, and his qualifications are definitely much older than hers. She really can't take command. , can only provide a little advice at most. That would not be very suitable for Gu Hang's actions on the planet's surface.
If a destroyer comes over, the captain is probably just a colonel, or maybe even a lieutenant colonel. She really has the ability to focus on the guests, and it will be easier to cooperate with Gu Hang's actions.
Gu Hang admitted that what she said made sense.
In addition, Wang Jiarong's Beautiful Girl will be accompanied by a frigate, which will stay in the Nu Xiao galaxy for three months.
Gu Hang was also a little confused about this.
His personal trade needs are actually not large. He doesn't have any special needs for bulk commodities. What he really wants to buy is a few synthetic starch production lines to expand the food processing industry in his existing territory and relieve food pressure; in addition, it is the high-end commodities that the Phoenix Chapter needs.
In addition, there are a large number of minerals, weapons and equipment, consumer goods... It is not that Gu Hang is not greedy. He also saw a Knight Titan in the list of goods provided to him by Wang Jiarong! (Note 1)
This thing almost satisfies Gu Hang's romantic feelings for mechas from some science fiction works he read in his previous life.
Fully ten meters tall, it is humanoid, equipped with a plasma cannon, a missile launcher, and a rotating rapid-fire cannon that can shoot out a 105mm kinetic energy cannon like a machine gun bullet. In terms of defense, in addition to the alloy ceramic armor mixed with fine gold, there is also a powerful shield generator, which is very flexible in key operations. It is quite difficult for conventional artillery to lock on and hit it.
Just such a thing, it can be used as a super firepower platform from a distance, and it can lead infantry into battle at a distance, and it is a super killer.
Of course Gu Hang was greedy, but when he asked about the price...
Ten million tax coins? Or is it a cost price that doesn’t make any money?
Forget it, this thing is still something that cannot be played with.
In addition to these high-end commodities, he does not need to buy large quantities of bulk commodities such as minerals and food for the time being.
Among the goods he currently needs, the transport plane has delivered them to him in just a few flights. Where can he need to park them for three months?
When she heard his question, Wang Jiarong smiled awkwardly and said that after shipping things to Gu, she still had to transport some goods to Blackbird Heavy Industries, some to be transported down the road and some to be transported to the starship.
Gu Hang narrowed his eyes at that moment.
"Good guy, didn't you agree to come and support your cousin?" "Looking at you, little sister, I'm afraid you've already had a clear chat with Blackbird Heavy Industries, or with the Farches family behind them. .”
"It's such a big deal. What your cousin needs can be shipped in half a week or a week. The Blackbird Heavy Industry deal will take three months, right?"
"As expected, we are repairing our relationship with the Fachers family."
Gu Hang was angry and Wang Jiarong was also embarrassed.
She immediately said that this matter was a collective decision of your Gu family, and it was not even your mother's decision.
She emphasized this in the end: "Anyway, I'm here to support you and do a business with Faches."
Gu Hang sneered and said, "Isn't that the opposite? Doing business with Faches is the key, and supporting me is actually just a convenience. Oh, no, it should be a convenience within a convenience. After all, I, the governor, am not dead yet. Interstellar trade It requires the governor’s nod. If you want to do this business, you can’t go around me.”
Wang Jiarong was so embarrassed that she stopped talking.
Of course, Gu Hang was not really angry.
Nothing to be angry about.
This is normal.
What happened to my cousin? My cousin deserves to drive an interstellar spaceship to deliver a batch of goods with a total value that I don’t know are expensive in gas, and sell them to my cousin at a fair price?
Everyone wants to make money, not shabby.
However, this sentence is also valid for Gu Hang.
"I don't care how you deal with Blackbird Heavy Industries. I only remind you of two points: First, you, the Fofana family, can handle it on your own. The Imperial Navy starship is parked in orbit. I guess they don't want to see you and Blackbird Heavy Industries is a big business, and the political cost here has nothing to do with me. I will make this clear to Ye Lixia.”
"Well, I understand. You don't have to worry. Your Gu family was already active before departure. I'm just a worker. If there is a problem, I won't take the risk."
"That's okay." Gu Hang turned to the second point, "Second, Blackbird Heavy Industry is part of the Raging Owl Star. I am the governor, and they are also my people. All interstellar transactions on the planet require my nod. Black Bird Heavy Industry Bird Heavy Industries must pay me the imperial tax for the past two years. My request is not excessive, 10% of the output value for two years; in addition, I will also pay 10% transaction tax for this transaction. "
"Of course I don't have a problem with this, but I can't guarantee whether Blackbird Heavy Industries is willing."
"Then let them send someone to talk to me. If they don't agree, don't do this business."
"Cousin!" Wang Jiarong also tried to act coquettishly.
"Nothing to talk about."
Wang Jiarong was helpless: "This is a deal between your Gu family and the Faches family. Cousin, you..."
Gu Hangcai didn't take this sentiment seriously: "Don't make an argument out of this, it will make me even more angry. Mr. Gu didn't provide me with any help on the Raging Owl Star. There is no reason for me to have anything to do with the Gu and Fa family's business." Special care. I have exempted the beautiful girl’s caravan from the transaction tax. I only ask them to pay the imperial tax and transaction tax, which is kind enough.”
"If we can't even agree to this, the Quintet will destroy all unauthorized orbital traffic. I believe Yelicia will be very happy to help me with this favor."
Wang Jiarong had no choice but to sigh and said: "I will convey your intention to Blackbird Heavy Industries. However, I still have to say that the family may not be happy."
Gu Hang didn't care: "Then let my uncles and my mother pout and jump around on the Flying Wings to scold me. What can they do?"
"I thought you wanted to reconcile with the family."
"No." Gu Hang corrected his cousin's view, "There is no way to say whether there is reconciliation or not. I'm not stopping anyone. I just want the part that should be given to me. If you can't even guarantee this, what's the point of talking about? Reconciliation or not? ”
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After returning to Fuxing City, Gu Hang called for a work meeting.
It has been more than a month since he left Fuxing City, and he has even received his monthly gift income salary.
Although, it is necessary for him to personally participate in the military operations on the starship this time. If he, a powerful psyker, does not appear in person, he may not be able to deal with the green-skinned warlord; at the same time, he must be present in order to convince Yelicia, who originally did not want to fight, to fight; victory after the war In order to obtain the fruits, he must do it himself.
However, the surface of the planet cannot be separated from him.
To put it bluntly, it has only been three or four months since we seized the power of the Alliance. He is still very short of people, and even Oceana has to wear multiple hats and is extremely busy all day long.
The political system established by the entire new alliance was a highly centralized planning form. Without him as the governor in charge, if it lasts too long, who knows what trouble will happen.
In fact, even for a month, Gu Hang was worried that something would go wrong.
Even though Osena and Yan Fangxu were left with a device that could communicate with the starship, Gu Hang did not communicate with the people below at all during this period. However, communication every few dozen minutes is completely insufficient. Gu Hang urgently needs a practical work meeting to understand what happened in his territory in the past month and whether all the work has unfolded as he expected.
While waiting for the arrival of his main subordinates, he was still thinking about Blackbird Heavy Industries.
There are a total of three continents on the Raging Owl Star. The other two small continents were originally the main mining areas for psychic energy fields and were also the places most severely damaged by the war. They are almost a dead land. The waste energy storm does not stop all day long, and it is extremely The harsh environment makes it more difficult for people to survive, and it is impossible to grow food. According to intelligence, those two continents are basically no man's land.
On the main continent, Blackbird Heavy Industries plays a very important role. The history of this company is even longer than that of the Raging Owl Star Alliance. They had existed for a long time before the alliance was established.
According to the information that Cai Hang currently has on hand, Blackbird Heavy Industries' home base is approximately located on the westernmost coast of the mainland, tens of thousands of kilometers away from Fuxing City where he is currently located. They control a considerable area of land, and approximately 10 million people live there. Some of the main sources of food are self-produced - there are generous great plains in the western part of the continent, although the area shrouded by the waste energy storm is also Quite a bit, but the remaining land is enough to feed a considerable number of people.
The other part comes from the food from the pre-war technical breeding factories under the oases in the Western Desert region.
Looking at the name ‘Blackbird Heavy Industries’, you can tell that this is a super enterprise whose main business is heavy industry. They are still nominally a part of the alliance, but since the second generation of governors, they have drifted away from the alliance. They pay symbolic imperial taxes every two years.
According to the population of 10 million under their rule, it stands to reason that they should produce products worth two million tax coins every tax period and send them to the alliance government as their tax revenue for this year.
However, in the past six years and three tax periods, they gave out at most 400,000 tax coins at one time and only 200,000 tax coins at the least.
The difference is huge, but the key is that the coalition government is unable to collect it.
How to collect it? That bear-like figure from the old Alliance Legion could still travel thousands of miles to conquer the western world on the mainland? Even if all political forces are mobilized, this cannot be done.
The governors of the past dynasties could only write scolding letters and accuse Blackbird Heavy Industry of not paying taxes, which was a traitor to the empire and a rebellion.
But...it's a coincidence, isn't it? Suppressing planetary rebellions is the Governor's job. If you don't do it well, it's your incompetence. Theoretically, if you encounter a rebellion, you can call for support from the Empire. It is also possible for the Astra Militarum, the Imperial Navy, or even a flying war group to fly in.
But alas, this is only theoretical. Unless the situation is so bad that it may or has already affected multiple surrounding areas, the empire will have no time to care about you.
There was even a rebellion on some planets, and the rebels killed all the governors before imperial reinforcements arrived.
After sending people to the ground to take a look, the rebels said: The last governor was tyrannical and incompetent. We overthrew him, but we are still loyal to the empire. We are willing to continue to pay taxes. We are ready for the new installment of taxes. La.
When the imperial reinforcements heard this, they said, OK, then you will be the new governor, and then they went back home.
It's very crude, but from the perspective of the empire: the rebellion is gone, the new governor is loyal, the taxes are not reduced at all, and there is no need to fight. Isn't everyone happy?
As for the old governor? A loser who couldn't even handle a rebellion was brought down dead.
The probability of this happening is low, but it has been recorded many times.
As for Gu Hang now, he is unable to directly intervene in matters in the far west of the mainland. He also does not have the ability to organize a large army to conduct an expedition across thousands of miles, and the logistical supplies cannot withstand it at all.
Orbital support is useless. It is impossible to establish rule by bombing alone without ground troops to control it.
Even if it is to engage in orbital airdrops and orbital transportation of material supplies, the distance on the ground can be ignored. However, the Quintet is a standard battleship with poor orbital transportation conditions and cannot support this matter; the Beautiful Maiden, as an armed merchant ship, can There are conditions for it, but obviously Wang Jiarong will not support him in fighting this battle.
Even if he wins the battle, the current industrial level of the Raging Owl Star Land cannot support him in a short period of time to rule the land on the other side of the continent across thousands of miles.
In short, war is not reliable and the time is not ripe now.
But on the contrary, through this key transaction between Gu and Faches, Blackbird Heavy Industries can pay them the money they should pay, and block trade without paying. This can still be done. The Quintet can tightly seal the trade links between the surface and the planet's orbit.
According to Gu Hang's idea, at the lowest level, you must pay the 2 million tax coins for this period honestly; in addition, Gu Hang also asked them to pay the shortfall in the three tax periods in the past six years, which is almost 5 million tax coins. currency.
Seven million in total.
Of course, Blackbird Heavy Industries and Farches may not be willing to accept the latter one. Gu Hang didn't intend to push the other party to death, otherwise the business would be broken up and Gu Hang's idea of taking money from the other party's pocket would also be in vain. That would be bad.
Let’s talk about it when we see it.
In short, 2 million tax coins is the bottom line.
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Today’s update is late, but there are 6,000 words!
I actually finished writing 4000 last night. I thought about it during the timer and decided to write 2000 more to make it smoother. I wrote it this afternoon.
I'll see if I can update 6,000 words on time tomorrow.
(End of chapter)