Chapter 265, Angry Owl Star Port
Gu Hang knew that Leader Pedes would not be happy.
The reason is actually not complicated.
Multiple planets obeying the orders of one governor at the same time is in itself disgusted and wary of all sector leaders.
Why does Peters have such a bad relationship with the Farches family?
In addition to the many quarrels between the two parties in government affairs and daily communication, there is a core contradiction, which is that the Falches family controls three planets in the Pegasus sector.
Counting Raging Owl, there are only nine worlds in the Pegasus sector, and Falches accounts for three!
What right does the sector leader have to say?
Under the empire's political system, it was actually a situation of 'emphasis on the two ends and lightness on the middle'.
The so-called emphasis on both ends lies in the two ends of the empire center and the planetary governor.
It goes without saying that the Imperial Center theoretically and even practically controls all the power over the entire empire's boundless territory.
Planetary Governors hold all power within a single Imperial world, within their own jurisdiction, that is to say.
The three levels of government caught in the middle are a little embarrassed.
The three levels of government under the empire and above the planet, from large to small, are 'space domain' - 'star domain' - 'star region'.
For example, the Nuo Xiao Star under Gu Hang's jurisdiction generally belongs to the Eastern Universe - Dragon Eagle Star Region - Pegasus Star Region - Nu Xiao Galaxy.
None of the three levels of government in the middle has complete power to rule.
For example, Peders, the head of the sector, nominally has the power to control the entire nine worlds in the Pegasus sector, but in fact, he has basically no ability to intervene in the specific affairs of specific planets.
It is true that he is the superior of the planetary governors, but this right has been greatly discounted.
As long as those governors guarantee payment of taxes, they will be emperors of the land.If the leader has an order, you can listen to it if you want to. If you really don't want to listen, what can you do?
If you have jurisdiction, but you can neither remove, punish, or reward, then this jurisdiction is empty.
Of the power he has, only the imperial tax will remain in his hands.In contrast, he is responsible for the maintenance of the naval fleet in this sector, the maintenance of the Astra Militarum, and the stabilization of taxes in the entire sector.
The sector leader also has the power to issue orders to the Imperial Navy and the Astra Militarum, and can be regarded as the military and political leader.However, the Imperial Navy has its own direct superior, Pegasus Fleet Commander Tilemance, who also reports to his superior; the same is true for the Astra Militarum.
In addition, there are the Imperial Military Affairs Department, the Administration Department, and the Taxation Department, which will conduct various vertical management of affairs at the sector level.
All these factors make the position of the head of the sector very awkward, and he will naturally compete with the forces above and below for power.
The specific situation will be very different when implemented in specific star regions.
In some star regions, the leaders are more like Buddhas, they don't fight or fight, and they are completely at ease; those who are more advanced can do their job well, and the tasks assigned to them are completed.
But in most cases, the leaders will still fight.
After all, we have already reached this position, who would be willing to be a clay Bodhisattva?
In the Tianma Star District, Peddes is one of those relatively powerful leaders.By having a good relationship with the Fofana family, a certain degree of control over the navy was achieved; by helping his brother to become the governor of the Winged Star, he was able to control the capital planet of the sector, which is also the most developed world; by working with Gu The friendship between the Clan family has enabled them to control the Imperial Chamber of Commerce; by manipulating the governor candidates of each planet, they have strengthened their control over local areas...
Using various means, Peddes became a rare star leader with real power.
However, the Faches family, which controls three planets at the same time, has always been a thorn in his heart, and he can't get involved at all.
Under this situation, there is no doubt that this is what Peddes, the leader of the sector, hates the most.
There is already a Farches in the sector, how could he tolerate Gu Hang taking this path?
What's more, the Gu family also has the energy of the Chamber of Commerce that Faches does not have.
Gu Hang wants to further expand his governor's authority and supervise multiple planets at the same time, so this is a path that will inevitably lead to conflicts and conflicts with leader Peddes.
but...
Gu Hang is not afraid of just Peddes.
The heads of other star sectors have very little real power, so why can't the political ecology of the Pegasus sector become like this?
The key lies in the control of leader Peddes over the positions of governors of multiple planets and the control of the Imperial Navy.
The main things that Peddes can control are the governors of the four planets: Winged Star, Red Arrow Star, and Koroga 1 and 2.
The most important of them are Koruga 1, a hive world with a population of 400 billion, and Wing Star, a highly developed garden world and civilized world.
However, it is not easy to gain control of these planets.
As for the navy, it is mainly the Fofana family.
Peddes relied on his extremely good relationship with the Fofana family to maintain control of the navy.
In front of Gu Hang, there was a core figure of the Fofana family.
His mother had mentioned it to him in a vague way before.
He is now beginning to seriously consider what the consequences will be if he marries the Fofana family.
Gu Hang is not a naive boy, and he does not reject political marriage.
What's more, Yelicia is a beauty from every angle.
...
On the way back on Yelicia's starship, Gu Hang did not forget to communicate with Pedsi.
Although he has gradually begun to regard Peddes as a potential opponent and a stumbling block to further expand his influence in the future.
But for now, that's still a goal to please.
Now, Gu Hang still cannot directly challenge the leader of the sector, and even needs a lot of help from the other party.
You still have to lick.
As soon as the communication was connected, Gu Hang could tell that the tone of leader Pedes on the opposite side was not very good:
"Gu Hang, Gu Hang, you are really capable." The face of Leader Pedes also appeared opposite Gu Hang, clearly smiling, but with a hint of coldness, "I am very curious, how can you still How about sparing Ness Luman's life? You might as well kill him directly, and then I'll give you an application form to let you serve as the governor of Black Arrow Star concurrently, what do you think?"
Obviously, these are all irony.
Gu Hang expected that Pedes would be sarcastic.
But in fact, Gu Hang was not very nervous.
As long as you are still willing to answer the phone, it means the situation is fine.
Of course, although he was not nervous, Gu Hang still had a look of fear on his face: "Mr. Leader, it is precisely because I am worried that you will misunderstand that I have come to communicate with you this time. Please believe me, I will never I have no idea of serving as the governor of two planets at the same time." "Oh, your army is already stationed on the Black Arrow Star, how can I trust you?"
"I need to maintain the stability of the Black Arrow Star." Gu Hang said, "My mother told me to keep an army there. After all, the Black Arrow Star is still the core trading partner of the Gu family."
He had discussed it with Wang Qi to blame the matter on his mother.I don't expect to be able to explain it away, but at least I have an explanation.
Peters was too lazy to dwell on this topic. He put forward the conditions straightforwardly: "You must withdraw your army and your influence from the Black Arrow Star. The Black Arrow Star must maintain their traditions, and the King's Council must It must exist. The star district government will arrange a dispatch agency on the Black Arrow Star to supervise the King's Council to elect their governor."
"it is good."
"Huh?" Peters was a little surprised now.
Promise so readily?
He was really unhappy.Authorizing the Blade Tiger to carry the troops of the Raging Owl Star to the Black Arrow Star, as the Imperial Navy, he forced both sides to cease the war so that Gu Hang could rescue his mother. This was his clear-cut decision in the internal strife of the Gu family. Choose a side.
However, his authorization was limited to letting Gu Hang save the mother.
What he didn't expect was that in less than two years, not only did the Raging Owl Star itself develop well, but a partial force sent out could actually completely destroy a kingdom on its home court.
He didn't even expect that Gu Hang's men would be supported by more than a dozen space warriors!
All this made him extremely vigilant.
In his opinion, since Gu Hang had already eaten the Luman Kingdom, he couldn't spit it out easily.
When all the raw rice is cooked, how can we say that we will withdraw our troops immediately?
He was already ready to bargain with the Gu family on this matter.
But he didn't expect that Gu Hang would agree to his request to withdraw his troops so easily.
This made him think: Did I misunderstand this kid?
Putting this idea aside, he thought for a moment. As long as the Raging Owl Star's troops withdraw, they should not be able to maintain their influence on the Black Arrow Star.
As for the Gu family's business influence on Black Arrow Star, it is not a problem.Is it possible that what we already have is taken away from us?
But in general, Pedes was generally satisfied with Gu Hang's attitude.
His tone became much softer as a result.
The two further discussed the withdrawal of troops for a while.
Gu Hang expressed his willingness to withdraw his troops, but the withdrawal did not happen just in a short while.The Luman Kingdom's own military strength has been defeated, and it is necessary for the army of the Raging Owl Star to remain on it for a period of time to maintain order in the country, so as not to cause major changes in the situation of the seven kingdoms of the Black Arrow Star, suppressing the other six country's ambition.
Gu Hang promised that the total number of troops stationed on the Black Arrow Star would not exceed 5; the related withdrawal work would be gradually completed within the next two years, and his troops would gradually leave the Black Arrow Star.He promised that his troops would be completely withdrawn until Black Arrow's next King's Council elected a new planetary governor two years later.
However, the Gu family's heavy losses on the Black Arrow Star require the Luman Kingdom to repay them year by year in the form of war compensation.
These conditions are all within the range that Peddes can accept.
As long as the Raging Owl Star's army could leave the Black Arrow Star before the next King's Council election, ensuring that the King's Council election would not be militarily manipulated and the Black Arrow Star would not fall into Gu Hang's hands, he would be able to accept it.
In order to ensure this, the district government's dispatched agency will supervise everything on his behalf.
As for the compensation that the Luman Kingdom wanted to pay to the Gu family, Pedes didn't care about it.
As it should be.
The conversation between the two became more harmonious towards the end.
Until the end, Pedes even felt that he had made a profit.
He originally couldn't have much influence on Black Arrow, but now, the sector government he leads can send agencies to this planet to supervise the emergence of planetary governors in the name of 'respecting tradition'. This means Gave him a chance to intervene.
Still a good thing.
He had a smile on his face until the communication ended. He just reminded Gu Hang to fulfill his previous agreement and drive the power of the Faches family out of the Raging Owl before hanging up the communication.
After ending the communication, Gu Hang always had a smile on his face.
"Withdrawing the army within two years... no problem. By then, the Luman Kingdom's own army should have been rebuilt. In two years, it is hard to say whether the Black Arrow Star will be unified and the planetary governor can be firmly guarded. I definitely have the ability."
"The self-reliant Luman Kingdom... tsk tsk."
Gu Hang thought to himself.
He didn't mind at all that the future planetary governor of Black Arrow was elected fairly and impartially by the King's Council.
After returning, he will send a large number of agricultural machinery and equipment, some government officials, and some military experts to the Black Arrow Star to 'help' the Luman Kingdom rebuild their homeland, upgrade the agricultural industry, and train the army.
Gu Hang has also seen before that in the [Military Card] system, as long as one-tenth of an army is composed of the local population and the other 90% is the population of the vassal country, then it is fine.
He will train an excellent army for the Luman Kingdom.
...
In space, after seven days of sailing, Gu Hang returned to his base camp.
The Blade Tiger docked at the starport.
It was also the first time for Gu Hang to see what his star port looked like.
Eight days ago, when he left, this was still a large construction site.
After the ground part of the star port was completed, a space station built on the surface was launched from the magnetic orbit.
Of course, the space station is not big, and it is far from being called a star port.However, the large-scale orbital spacecraft that was later modified and upgraded from the [Wind Falcon Speed Attack Craft] technology combined with the [Star Port Technology Blueprint] quickly sent personnel and engineering machinery to the space station through the magnetic track channel.
Then boxes after boxes of parts made on the ground were launched; workers wearing special spacesuits, loaded with the gravity effect provided by anti-gravity engines, drove engineering machines to smoothly transfer those products produced on the ground. The parts are assembled in space.
By now, it has begun to take shape.
Of course, if you look at it by the standards of a star port, it is too small and crude, and it provides too few functions and services.This entire starport is actually not as big as the Blade Tiger.
But at least it has been able to provide a boarding bridge and a space station that can accommodate a thousand people.
The Blade Tiger is connected to the boarding bridge. Soldiers can directly step on the floor and drive tanks from the corridor bridge to the Raging Owl Star Port, and then take one orbital spacecraft after another to get from the star to the star port. Leave the port and arrive on the opposite side.
This speed of operation is much faster than using a landing ship to transport it one by one.
Looking at this small and crude starport, Gu Hang felt proud.
He seemed to be able to see that in the future this place would be wrapped in armor, covered with artillery fire, equipped with a shipyard, and become a Star Fortress!
(End of this chapter)