Chapter 258: They were the ones who made the first move
What does Gu Hang think about Black Arrow Star?
Of course it's a big deal.
Originally, he sent Perbov to lead the expeditionary force here just to protect his mother's safety and ensure the smooth transition of power in the Gu family.
But now that an accident happened, he personally led an army and also sent Space Marines to come to support, and the cost to pay was very high.
Not just the military cost, but also the huge economic and political cost.
The Gu family suffered heavy losses after this battle.In the past few days, not only has the war on the ground been fierce, but in the space star field of the Black Arrow Star, the two chambers of commerce fleets that originally belonged to the same family have almost beaten each other out of their wits. .
However, there is a bit of a novice pecking relationship between them.
The main reason is that neither side is a serious navy. At most, they are just armed merchant ships. They are said to be frigate-level and destroyer-level, but in fact they are about the same size at most, and their firepower cannot match them, let alone other aspects.
In addition, in the early stages of the battle, among the nearly [-] ships in the eight fleets controlled by Wang Qi, apart from the various transport starships with no combat effectiveness, some civil strife broke out on the remaining armed merchant ships.
At the beginning, the fight between the two sides was not very intense.
It was not until Wang Jiarong reorganized the fleet and began to attack with all his strength that the battle between the two sides really became intense.
But the other party tried hard to deal with it with the help of the planet's orbital firepower.Obviously their side had fewer ships, but their losses were even less than that of Wang Jiarong's side.
However, Wang Jiarong ordered the fleet to attack regardless of the loss.
In a few days, both sides exploded more than a dozen ships, and the intensity of the war continued to rise.
Wang Jiarong was also anxious.
Not only does she have a deep relationship with her aunt, but even from a personal gain perspective, she is an outsider to the Gu family. She only got a high position by following her aunt, and she is a close confidant of her aunt.If something happens to Ms. Wang Qi, she will immediately be the second person to be liquidated.
Although this naval battle felt like novices pecking each other, the pecking was still very hard.
The brutal fighting did not end until the Blade Tiger, under the banner of the navy, forced both sides to cease fire.
At this time, more than twenty ships had been exploded.
Gu Hang's heart was bleeding.
This is all the family's property. If nothing unexpected happens, he will become the leader of the Gu clan in the future, and these are the resources he can use.
Now, all gone.
And these are all obvious losses.The two sides broke out such a big conflict, even so extreme that they resorted to force. Wang Qi may encounter many difficulties in the subsequent process of cleaning up the situation and reintegrating family resources.Many past family business routes, relationships, and resources will be greatly affected.
According to my mother, the family's assets will conservatively shrink by 40.00% after this battle.
As for the political cost, it was mainly the things Gu Hang promised to Leader Pedes on the way to rescue his mother.
After this battle, the Gu family's original plan of breaking away from the political alignment of the so-called Iron Triangle in the Tianma Sector and becoming more neutral to facilitate further cross-sector development was basically impossible to implement.After spending a lot of effort to ease the relationship, Samsung, which has even been able to purchase large-scale products and turn it into an important place of origin and consumption, may lose its market in the future.
After all, it was to implement some of the blockade actions of Leader Peders against the Fachers family.
Of course, these difficulties are mainly faced by Gu Hang and his mother.
But although the two cannot be regarded as one now, at least after many incidents, Gu Hang has probably been able to regard the forces controlled by Wang Qi as a firm ally of the Raging Owl Star.This alliance is maintained together through unbreakable blood ties and is highly reliable.
Gu's loss is Lao Tzu's loss.
Then, it's not too much to collect some rewards from Black Arrow Star to make up for the losses, right?
"Then what do you want specifically?" Wang Qi asked this question.
"I want the Luman Kingdom." Gu Hang told his mother his asking price very straightforwardly, "The Luman Kingdom is the third largest country on the Black Arrow Planet, with a population of 4000 million and an area of 480 million ordinary kilometers. I want all of these things. The Luman Kingdom itself can exist; the Luman family should not exist."
Wang Qi frowned: "What's the value of this? This is just an agricultural country. Their annual output value is only more than 2000 million tax coins, but they have to pay an imperial tax of 400 million. After paying the tax, the fiscal balance will be, Probably less than 200 million. Most of these 200 million will be used to pay for the maintenance of the army, plus some administrative expenses and royal expenses... After one year, it will be good if there is no fiscal deficit. . If you take down such a place, do you have any money to make?"
Gu Hang shook his head and said, "Mother, this is the difference between the thinking of a businessman and the thinking of a builder. You can only see the present of an asset, but you cannot see its future."
Wang Qi's temper has really improved a lot after the ordeal of this incident.Normally, how could she bear it if her son talked to her like this?
Now, she can endure it, but she is just a little dissatisfied: "It's not that I don't understand the meaning of potential. However, the prerequisite for development is the investment of required capital. A population of 4000 million and an area of more than 400 million square kilometers is not a bad environment. A good land, these are all positive assets. However, the education level, industrialization level, and infrastructure level of the residents of the Luman Kingdom are extremely poor. How much resources do you need to invest in the future you envision? How many years will it take to achieve it? Where's the money back?"
After a pause, Wang Qi continued: "Besides, this is still a simple economic account, and the others have not been calculated yet. This is the Black Arrow Star, it has an owner, and there is a king's council. You occupy the Luman Kingdom, and the others What do six kingdoms and a lot of small countries think? How do you establish reasonable governance? If conflicts intensify, is it possible that a war will break out? How many resources do you have to invest in dealing with these wars?"
Obviously, Wang Qi is skeptical about this.At the end, she gave her own advice: "It is better to exchange the results of this victory for some real benefits."
"Population and land are real benefits."
"I mean shorter term, more immediate."
Gu Hang sighed.
Therein lies the greatest disagreement between him and her mother.
Businessmen, consider benefits, consider return on investment, consider risks...
But Gu Hang has never defined himself as a businessman.Pure interests are never his primary consideration when making some decisions.Including coming to the Raging Owl Star to be the Governor, the same principle applies.
At this point, Gu Hang said, "Did I invest anything in rebuilding the Raging Owl Star?"
Just this rhetorical question stopped Wang Qi.
Yes, the situation in Raging Owl Star is much worse than that in Black Arrow Star. According to Wang Qi, isn't Raging Owl Star a more negative asset?
But what about the results?
With the current development situation of Raging Owl Star, even she cannot open her eyes and tell lies.
And all of this is based on the premise that Gu Hang started from scratch.
She knew better than anyone that Gu Hang had not received a penny of investment from his family in the past two years.
But even so, Raging Owl Star is already a prosperous scene.
She didn't know how her son did it. She also tried to make circumstantial inquiries, but never received a positive answer.
But if the corresponding model is copied to the Black Arrow Star, what potential will the 4000 million people of the Luman Kingdom unleash?
She couldn't help but think.
Gu Hang's words continued: "Of course, I will not treat this place as my homeland or as a core area for development. My energy and resources are also limited, so I will give priority to the Raging Owl Star. And, as mother, you said Yes, there will be all kinds of obstacles and troubles when I control the Luman Kingdom. For the time being, I will only treat it as a colony."
"But I will still invest a small amount of development resources. After all, as far as the current situation of the Luman Kingdom is concerned, no matter how it is done, it is all vain, and it will only take a few ounces of oil to squeeze it to death. To comprehensively improve productivity and make the cake bigger, then That's the kingly way. I've calculated this investment, it doesn't need to be too high, and I will liberate the people. Their current production relations are really too primitive and too backward."
Wang Qi worriedly said: "If you do this, you will definitely offend the other six feudal kingdoms, and there will be a big diplomatic problem."
Some of the history from his past life flashed through Gu Hang's mind, and that was indeed the case.Among a large group of feudal monarchies, what would it look like if a foreign country with a centralized system appeared?
"You are right. However, there will be a major window period soon, which can exchange for a period of peace."
Wang Qi immediately frowned.
She thought for a moment and understood what Gu Hang was talking about: "Imperial tax?"
"Yes." Gu Hang said, "If nothing unexpected happens, in at most two or three months, the fleet of the Imperial Taxation Department will arrive in the Tianma Star Region."
Wang Qi followed Gu Hang's words and thought about it: "Now, the 'Governor' of the Black Arrow Star is the king of the Luman Kingdom. This is authorized by the King's Council and registered with the Imperial Administration Department. This means that the entire The planet's imperial taxes must be paid through Ness Luhmann… Theoretically, he also owns the ownership of the entire planet…"
"Yes." Gu Hang said, "After I kill Gu Ming and Ness Luman, you go clean up the family's mess, and I will clean up the Black Arrow Star mess. I will reconvene the King's Council to confirm the Gu family's mess. The amount of the claim against the Luman Kingdom is the ownership of the entire Luman Kingdom; I will take advantage of the two-year governorship authority of the Luman Kingdom to take advantage of this period when the imperial tax is about to be handed over. The other six The country has to agree, they have successively sent this period of imperial tax materials to the Luman Kingdom, and they must compromise on this matter."
"The risk is still too high." Wang Qi said, "You are right. At least before the imperial tax is handed over, no matter what you do, the other six countries will not make any big moves. But after three months, the imperial tax will be handed over. It's over, they can't let the power and responsibilities of the Planetary Governor rest in your hands, they will definitely reopen the King's Council and re-elect the Governor, and there's no way you can win."
"Who agreed to reopen the King's Council?" Gu Hang said.
"This is the tradition of Black Arrow Star."
"What does their tradition have to do with me?" Gu Hang asked back, "Does the Empire recognize the Black Arrow Star's tradition?"
"Admit it...that's not right." Wang Qi reacted.
Does the Empire recognize the so-called King's Council tradition of Black Arrow Star?
It depends on which aspect you look at.
The Black Arrow Star changes its governor every four years. This governor is elected by a certain king from one of the seven major kingdoms by the King's Council. He reports to the empire and the empire accepts it. Then the two taxes in the past four years are obtained from this governor.
From this perspective, the empire certainly recognized it.The Imperial Administration Department will respect the local traditions of the planet to some extent, and if it wants to change the candidate for governor, then it will be changed for you.
However, from another perspective, this is not at all contrary to imperial policy.The empire collects taxes based on the governor, who is the governor; similarly, the empire's corresponding governance policies are also directed towards the registered governor.Military aid and interstellar trade all follow the governor.
In essence, the process of changing the Governor of Black Arrow Star, from the perspective of the Empire, is that the previous Governor resigns and elects a new Governor, which is approved and approved by the Sector Government, then approved and approved by the Star Region Government, and then approved by the Imperial Administration Department.
Just because of the special situation of Black Arrow Star, the whole process will be smooth.
During the process, what will happen if the incoming governor himself does not resign?
What would happen if Gu Hang took advantage of the governor's authority he obtained from Nes Luhmann and refused to give in?
In the empire, governors had no term limits.As long as you pay enough taxes every two years, you are a governor recognized by the empire, and the empire doesn't care about other things.
In the history of Black Arrow Star, this kind of thing happened more than once.
If the country that dominates the position of governor refuses to give up, if it is a country that is particularly powerful at a certain period, then other countries will hold their noses and tolerate it. If they can't bear it, they will be beaten. In the end, they have to be obedient.
And if it is not strong enough, then war will break out.A powerful country that dominates the position of governor will, on the premise of meeting the imperial tax, beat up those who are disobedient, subvert the royal power, support puppets, plunder the land, etc. to confirm their hegemony.
This is all clearly written in the history of Black Arrow Star.
However, this hegemony usually does not last long.In the past 200 years, the international situation on Black Arrow has been relatively stable. The King's Council has played an important role. Everyone is obedient and there are less hegemony wars for the position of governor.
Wang Qi sighed: "You are going to turn Black Arrow Star upside down."
Gu Hang innocently spread his hands: "They were the ones who started the attack."
(End of this chapter)