Chapter 181, Gu Hang, you are so bad
Those who were not happy about the agreement between Gu Hang and Blackbird Heavy Industries were Ye Lixia and Wang Jiarong.
Let’s talk about Yelicia first.
This outstanding young woman from the Fofana family has no legitimate position to oppose this matter, but she obviously hopes that Gu Hang and Blackbird Heavy Industries will break up. Even during several phone calls, she made it clear that as long as the talks collapsed, she could completely block the connection between Blackbird Heavy Industries and Xingkong. Overtly and covertly, Blackbird Heavy Industries' behavior of not paying taxes was rebellion and contempt for the governor's authority.
Gu Hang was prevaricated and sent back.
Fighting against the Fachers family is your business, Fofana and Peddes brothers. It doesn't benefit me, so why should I be your thug?
Even if one day in the future, when Gu Hang wants to completely unify the entire planet, he will inevitably face Blackbird Heavy Industries, but that is not now.
There is no eternal friendship, only eternal interests. There will be no future conflicts, so don’t delay and make some money now.
In this regard, Ye Lixia was completely at a loss.
Gu Hang did not label the people as traitors to the empire and approved their interstellar trade; the Beautiful Maiden was a serious member of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce and was qualified to do business. The two parties were conducting legitimate trade activities, and she had no suitable reason to attack and destroy them.
She could only hold her nose and watch Wang Jiarong, who represented the Gu's Trading Company, exchange ship after ship of supplies with Blackbird Heavy Industries, which represented the Falches family, and was so angry that her teeth itched.
During the latest communication with the surface, she took her anger out on Gu Hang and asked him when he could find a suitable battle for the currently injured Quintet and earn some merit again?
She even lost her temper and made a few 'threats':
"If you can't find any suitable achievements, I won't stay!"
Facing the petty Yelicia, Gu Hang smiled and comforted her with a few words, drew a few more cakes, and then fed her, allowing her to go back and wait in peace.
When Ye Lixia came back to her senses, she realized that she seemed to have been deceived by Gu Hang's mouth again, and she couldn't help but become angry again.
She also had a very bad idea: Gu Hang was probably using this incident to cooperate with the Gu family and the Faches family to repair their relationship, right? Is the money paid by Blackbird Heavy Industries essentially a gesture of goodwill to the Gu family?
Or even, is there any unknown and insidious activity here?
Thinking of this, Yelicia became even more annoyed.
"Gu Hang! You are so bad!"
……
"Cousin, you are so bad!"
During the call, Wang Jiarong complained to her cousin.
"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Gu Hang denied it three times.
Wang Jiarong rolled her eyes. She had a better relationship with Gu Hang, so she asked some questions more directly: "Cousin, tell me the truth, do you still not want to reconcile with your family? Do you feel that you should hold the head of Pedesi? Is it better over there?”
"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Gu Hang denied it three times again.
But to say he didn't think of this?
That's not necessarily the case.
Blackbird Heavy Industries suffered a big loss this time, and the 3.5 million tax coins made them very painful. And Gu Hang's surname cannot be changed. He belongs to the Gu family. It is said that the Fachers family is very doubtful about the sincerity of Gu's actions to repair the relationship with them. The Gu family was also very dissatisfied with Gu Hang's behavior. Several messages were called, but Gu Hang didn't answer any of them.
Why bother with him? Is it related to him? Can someone with the same surname Gu give advice?
Generally speaking, Ye Lixia and Wang Jiarong both thought too much, or in other words, they both thought too little.
Governor Gu, he doesn't want to hold anyone's thighs, and he wants to pry off anyone's wool.
Why should I follow the Peddes brothers? They obtained a governor-general appointment letter that seemed to be of high value, but in fact they wanted to use me to drag my mother into the water. A cruiser was sent over to help, but they didn't give me any resources to build the planet.
It was impossible for Gu Hang to be grateful for this.
Dream on.
The same goes for Mrs. Gu and my mother. They cut ruthlessly in order not to be dragged into the water. Then just cut, so who has to rely on you?
Gu Hang did not regard any of their families as enemies, but there was no need to regard them as one of his own.
Fair cooperation, win-win transactions. If the price is right, we'll do it; if it's not, we'll do it next time.
This was Gu Hang's attitude in his heart.
Of course, you can do this, but there is no need to say it directly and hurt your feelings.
With the Gu family, we don't speak the same language as the other families; with the leader, we are just acquainted with each other, and we are both in trouble.
No problem.
Gu Hang didn't want to talk more about this matter with Wang Jiarong, so he changed the topic and talked about another thing:
"By the way, I already have a list of requirements for the goods on your merchant ship, and I already know how to pay."
Wang Jiarong rolled her eyes: "Is that the money Blackbird Heavy Industries gave you?"
Gu Hang also smiled: "Yes! That's right! They are really kind people!"
He had no intention of keeping the 3.5 million tax coins promised by Blackbird Heavy Industries, and he couldn't lay eggs.
As for using tax coins to offset taxes in the future? That doesn’t work either.
Wealth is worthless if it is not used. Gu Hang would rather invest them all in production and territory development.
As for taxes? Let’s talk about it in a year and a half.
The greater the investment and the greater the output of Gu Hang's territory, the less of a concern the imperial tax would be.
As for the things Gu Hang wants to buy, many of them are related to space warriors.
First, what was promised to the Space Marines.
He promised to bring a high-quality advanced gene studio that can perform gene implantation operations to the Phoenix Chapter.
Wang Jiarong's quotation for this set of equipment is 500,000 tax coins.
According to her, this thing is not expensive, and some powerful battle groups also use this thing. The success rate of gene seed implantation surgery mainly depends on the qualifications of the person who undergoes the surgery. In addition, it also depends on the level of genetic technology of the person who performs the surgery.
A general battle group will have a special position called 'pharmacist' to be responsible for this work, including collecting the gene seeds of comrades on the battlefield and creating new recruits to provide new blood to the battle group.
Currently, the Phoenix Chapter does not have this position, but it is said that the old priest Rizzo used to work as a pharmacist, and I just hope that he will not be reborn now.
In addition, a set of Terminator power armor is also needed, which Gu Hang promised to give to Martins.
The price quoted for this set of Terminator power armor is 800,000 tax coins.
Looking at these prices, Gu Hang could only say that things related to Space Marines were really expensive.
Gu Hang had estimated the value of his army.
Currently, he has three division and brigade-level formations under his command: combined division, motorized infantry division, and garrison division.
The most expensive army, that is, the mechanized composite brigades like the 1st Quenching Brigade and the 13th Brigade, the total cost including equipment and human lives is only about 200,000 tax coins.
The cost of the motorized infantry division was only half, worth only 100,000 tax coins.
The garrison is worth seventy-five thousand.
A piece of Space Marine Terminator powered armor is worth four synthetic divisions or eight motorized infantry divisions, the total cost including human lives and equipment! How outrageous!
According to Wang Jiarong, she didn't make much money from the items she sold to Gu Hang. She basically sold them to him at whatever price she received them.
Gu Hang still believed this - he asked Ye Lixia and got similar answers.
Either one of these two women might lie to him, but no matter how good the relationship between the two of them was when they worked together to gain benefits, there was a natural conflict when it came to winning over Gu Hang. No one would give up giving the other person eye drops if given the chance.
When there was no problem with the price, Gu Hang couldn't help but doubt the cost-effectiveness of this thing.
Can a Terminator veteran kill eight divisions?
Gu Hang didn't believe it.
The pile will be piled up for you. No matter how thick the Terminator armor is, it is still individual armor. The 155 cannon cannot open a can. If you fire a hundred or a thousand rounds, the machine cannon on the armored vehicle will blast wildly, and the bolt machine gun will fire hard. Just rely on firepower to smash the can.
It's just more people dying.
However, he soon understood that the accounts could not be settled like this.
There is a top-notch individual soldier, and if he is used to confront other people's organized regular army, it is because the commander is out of ideas.
And at certain key strategic nodes, certain places where the enemy cannot invest heavy firepower, certain special combat missions, in short, places where large-scale armies cannot enter, these super soldiers can demonstrate more powerful capabilities than a large army. High value.
But no matter what, the total of 900,000 tax coins was promised to Phoenix by Gu Hang, so he should keep his promise.
Anyway, Martins, who took the Terminator, also worked for him, so rounding it off is equivalent to buying it for himself.
The same is true for gene seed implantation equipment.
In addition, Gu Hang also bought twenty sets of unpainted, brand-new Space Marine power armor.
They are the seventh generation of tactical power armor, known as the 'Skyhawk'. They are the most common, most widespread, and...the cheapest type of power armor. The most typical feature is the breathing grid on the helmet.
But it’s still worth a set of 40,000 tax coins.
A total of 20 sets of tactical power armor cost Gu Hang another 800,000 tax coins.
This made him sigh: "Now I know why a Space Marine Chapter needs an entire planet as a home planet to provide them with resources. Poorer planets really can't afford it."
Wang Jiarong sneered and said: "Where is this? Your current investment in the battle group has not yet reached the more expensive level."
She's right.
A standard war group not only needs battle armor and superhuman warriors, but also various vehicles and equipment unique to space warriors, a large number of auxiliary troops, and even a fleet.
Especially at the stage of the fleet, it is a bottomless pit of capital investment.
But fortunately, Gu Hang doesn't need to worry about these things now. He may even never configure a separate fleet for the Phoenix that belongs to the battle group. It is not in line with his interests.
He just needs to meet the current needs of the Phoenix. He could always afford to support the four warriors who were still alive.
Of the 20 sets of tactical power armor he bought, Gu Hang only planned to give Martins five sets. It is said that it is a gift given to the two other warriors except Martins and Rizzo who have special armor to replace their old and tattered armors that have been battle-worn.
The old armor he had replaced was to be given to Gu Hang as a trade-off.
Of course, Gu Hang actually stayed on his own.
There are also three pieces of armor, which are gifts for the three upcoming Space Marines, new recruits.
As for the remaining 15 sets, Gu Hang planned to keep them for now.
If there is still need after Phoenix, then you can give them some more from these fifteen sets.
It is also possible that Gu Hang will try to exchange gene seeds in the future to create new space warriors, and these armors can also be put to use.
The Raging Owl Star is still far away from being able to manufacture Space Marine power armor. Gu Hang doesn't even know what level the power armor manufacturing technology is in the technology tree interface.
Anyway, it is definitely not the basic level or the advanced level.
If you want to take it out, it's probably still very far back.
Currently, the only way for him to obtain the armor is through interstellar trade.
Then don't miss this opportunity.
After the Beautiful Maiden leaves, I don’t know when the next large-scale caravan will come.
In addition to these armors, Gu Hang also bought some other things that the Raging Owl Star would not be able to produce in the near future.
Such as melta weapons, power weapons, etc.
These things will also be given to the Phoenix Chapter, and some of them will be retained by myself.
In any case, the four warriors of the Phoenix Chapter have changed their guns in this wave. Not only did Chapter Leader Martins get a Terminator power armor, but all weapons were also improved.
If you encounter something like an orc heavy-armed boss or a green-skinned warlord, you will at least have some means of dealing with them, so the fight won't be so brutal.
These weapons and equipment cost Gu Hang an additional 400,000 tax coins. The most expensive one was a 'Blade of Honor' type power sword worth 200,000 tax coins. Gu Hang gave it to Martins and replaced the chainsword in his hand with a chain that was almost rotten. .
After calculation, 3.5 million was extorted from Blackbird Heavy Industries, and 2.5 million was gone in one click.
There was still 1 million tax coins left, but Gu Hang also didn't keep any.
He bought a lot of bits and pieces, including soilless farming technology, water purification technology, high-quality grain stocks...
These technologies and equipment can help Gu Hang build five large-scale soilless farms. This type of technology should be consistent with the pre-war technology used by the Western Desert people on the angry owl planet.
With these five large farms, coupled with the synthetic starch technology production line that Wu Jiarong has conquered, the alliance's food self-sufficiency rate can be greatly increased.
I won’t go into details about water purification equipment and technology. The water in Nu Xiaoxing is not particularly clean. This equipment can handle wastewater treatment, reuse, and even seawater desalination.
In addition to this, a powered exoskeleton production line has been introduced.
This thing is also quite expensive. Gu Hang estimated that it should be regarded as advanced technology, or one of the better basic-level technologies.
However, this thing is far from real power armor, and it is not difficult to implement. It can be mass-produced after introducing a production line, and it can also facilitate Wu Jiarong's subsequent reverse technology. As long as he conquers it, he can expand the production line himself.
At this point, the last one million tax coins have been spent.
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The setting of the exoskeleton is similar to that of the movie Edge of Tomorrow. There is a picture below.
In addition, a sentence was deleted on the farm. Is the word "jiti farm" so sensitive? Just delete it, why didn’t you leave out the second half of the sentence about food self-sufficiency rate? . .
Already added.
(End of chapter)