Chapter 181, Gu Hang, You Are So Bad

Those who were not happy about the agreement reached between Gu Hang and Blackbird Heavy Industry were Ye Lisia and Wang Jiarong.

Let’s talk about Ye Lishia first.

This outstanding young woman from the Fofana family had no legitimate position to oppose this matter, but she obviously hoped that Gu Hang and Blackbird Heavy Industry would fail in their negotiations. In fact, during several phone calls, she made it clear that as long as the negotiations failed, she could completely block the connection between Blackbird Heavy Industry and Starry Sky. In both explicit and implicit ways, she said that Blackbird Heavy Industry's failure to pay taxes was rebellion and a contempt for the Governor's authority.

Gu Hang evaded all the questions.

It is your and brothers Fofana and Pedes' job to attack the Fachers family. 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 confront Blackbird Heavy Industries, but that is not now.

There is no eternal friendship, only eternal interests. Future conflicts will not delay making a profit now.

Ye Licia was completely helpless about this.

Gu Hang did not label them as traitors to the Empire and approved their interstellar trade; the Beautiful Girl was a legitimate member of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce and had the qualifications to trade. The two parties were engaged in legal trade, and she had no suitable reason to attack and disrupt it.

She could only hold her nose and watch Wang Jiarong, who represented Gu's Trading Company, exchanging shiploads of materials with Blackbird Heavy Industries, who represented the Fats family, and she was so angry that her teeth were itching.

In the most recent communication with the surface, she took out her anger on Gu Hang, asking him when he could find a suitable battle for the now injured Quintet to fight and earn some merit?

She even lost her temper and made a couple of threats:

"If you can't find some suitable meritorious deeds, I won't stay!"

Facing the petty-tempered Ye Licia, Gu Hang smiled and soothed her with a few words, and drew a few pie in the sky before he satisfied her and let her go back contentedly to continue waiting.

When Ye Lisia came to her senses, she found that she seemed to have been fooled by Gu Hang again, and she couldn't help but get angry again.

She also had a bad idea: Could it be that Gu Hang was using this incident to help the Gu family repair their relationship with the Fachers family? Was the money paid by Blackbird Heavy Industry essentially a gesture of goodwill towards the Gu family?

Is there even some sinister conspiracy that is unknown to the public?

Thinking of this, Ye Licia became even more annoyed.

"Gu Hang! You are so mean!"

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"Cousin, you are so mean!"

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 more directly: "Cousin, tell me the truth, do you still not want to reconcile with your family? Do you think it's better to stick with the leader Pei Desi?"

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Gu Hang denied it three times again.

But to say he hadn't thought of this?

That’s not necessarily the case.

Blackbird Heavy Industry had paid a heavy price this time, and the 3.5 million tax coins were very painful for them. Gu Hang's surname could not be changed after all, as he was a member of the Gu family. It was said that the Fachers family was very skeptical 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, and several messages were sent to him, but Gu Hang did not answer them.

Why bother with him? Does it have anything to do with him? Just because you have the same surname as Gu, you can make decisions?

All in all, Ye Lixia and Wang Jiarong thought too much, or rather, they thought too little.

Governor Gu, you have no intention of clinging to anyone's thighs, but you want to fleece anyone's wool.

Why should I follow the Pedes brothers? They got a Governor's appointment letter that seemed to be of high value, but in fact they wanted to use me to drag my mother into the water. They sent a cruiser to help, but they didn't give any resources to build the planet.

There was no way Gu Hang would be grateful for this.

Dream on.

The same goes for Gu's and my mother's side. In order to avoid being dragged into the water, they have to cut ties ruthlessly. So let's cut ties. Who has to rely on you?

Gu Hang didn't consider any of them as enemies, but there was no need for him to consider them as his own.

Fair cooperation, win-win transaction. If the price is right, we will do it. If not, we will definitely do it next time.

This is Gu Hang’s attitude.

Of course, you can do this, but there is no need to say it directly, as it will hurt feelings.

To the Gu family, we are one family and we have no private relations; to the leader, I will be grateful to him for his kindness.

No problem.

Gu Hang didn't want to talk about this matter with Wang Jiarong any more, so he changed the subject and talked about another thing:

"By the way, I already have a demand list for the goods on your merchant ship, and I already know how to pay for them."

Wang Jiarong rolled her eyes: "The money that Blackbird Heavy Industry gave you, right?"

Gu Hang also laughed: "Yes! That's right! They are really kind people!"

He had no intention of keeping the 3.5 million tax coins that Blackbird Heavy Industries had promised to give him, as he couldn't lay eggs.

As for using tax coins to offset taxes later? That's not possible either.

Wealth is worthless if it is not used. Gu Hang would rather invest all of it into production and the development of the territory.

As for taxes? We'll see in a year and a half.

The larger the investment and the more output from Gu Hang's territory, the less of a concern the imperial tax will be.

As for the things Gu Hang wanted to buy, many of them were related to Space Marines.

First, there is what was promised to the Space Marines.

He promised to bring a high-quality, advanced genetic studio capable of performing gene implantation surgery to the Phoenix Regiment.

Wang Jiarong quoted a price of 500,000 RMB for this set of equipment.

According to her, this thing is not expensive, and some powerful war groups also use this thing. The success rate of gene seed implantation surgery mainly depends on the qualifications of the person undergoing the surgery; in addition, it depends on the level of genetic technology of the person performing the surgery.

In general, a warband will have a special position called "pharmacist" to be responsible for this task, including collecting the gene seeds of comrades from the battlefield and creating new soldiers to provide new blood for the warband.

Currently, the Phoenix Chapter does not have this position, but it is said that the old priest Rizzo used to work as a pharmacist. I just hope he is not unfamiliar with it now.

In addition, a set of Terminator power armor is also needed, which is what Gu Hang promised to give to Martins.

The quoted price 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 damn expensive.

Gu Hang estimated the value of his army.

Currently, he has three types of division-brigade organizations under his command: combined division, motorized infantry division, and garrison division.

The most expensive army, which is a mechanized combined brigade like the 1st Xifeng Brigade and the 13th Brigade, has a total cost of only about 200,000 tax coins, including equipment and lives.

The cost of the motorized infantry division was only half of what it was worth, only 100,000 tax coins.

The garrison division is only worth 75,000.

One Space Marine Terminator power armor is worth the total cost of four synthetic divisions or eight motorized infantry divisions, including the lives and equipment!

How outrageous!

According to Wang Jiarong, she did not make much money from the batch of things she sold to Gu Hang. She basically sold them to him at the same price she paid for them.

Gu Hang still believed it - he asked Ye Lisia and got a similar answer.

Either of these two women could have lied to him, but no matter how good their relationship was when they worked together to gain benefits, they were naturally conflicted when it came to winning over Gu Hang. If given the chance, neither of them would give up on trying to deceive the other.

While the price is not a problem, Gu Hang can't help but doubt the cost-effectiveness of this thing.

Can a veteran Terminator kill eight divisions?

Gu Hang didn't believe it.

You can pile up the Terminator to death. No matter how thick the Terminator's armor is, it is only a single-soldier armor. The 155mm cannon cannot open a can. Even if you fire a hundred or a thousand rounds, the machine guns on the armored vehicles bombard it, and the explosive machine guns shoot hard, you can smash the can just by relying on firepower.

It's just a matter of more deaths.

However, he soon realized that the accounts could not be settled in this way.

If a top-notch individual soldier is used to fight against an organized regular army, then the commander is out of his mind.

However, at certain key strategic nodes, in certain places where the enemy cannot deploy heavy firepower, and in certain special combat missions, in short, in places where large-scale troops cannot go, these super soldiers can demonstrate a higher value than a large army.

But no matter what, this total of 900,000 tax coins was what Gu Hang promised to give to the Phoenix, so he should keep his promise.

Anyway, Martins, who took the Terminator, was working for him, so if you round it up, it was the same as 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 Type'. They are currently the most common, most widespread, and... the cheapest power armor. Their most typical feature is the breathing grid on the helmet.

But it is still worth 40,000 tax coins per set.

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 its home planet to supply them with resources. Poorer planets really can't afford it."

Wang Jiarong sneered, "You are just getting started. Your current investment in the battle group has not even touched on the more expensive levels."

She is right.

A standard chapter requires not only armor and superhuman warriors, but also various vehicles and equipment unique to Space Marines, a large number of auxiliary troops, and even a fleet.

Especially when it comes to the fleet stage, it becomes a bottomless pit for 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, as that is not in his interest.

He only needed 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 that he bought, Gu Hang only planned to give five sets to Martins. In other words, it was a gift to the other two warriors besides Martins and Rizzo, who had special armor, to replace their old, tattered armor that had been through hundreds of battles.

The old armor that was replaced was to be given to Gu Hang, as a bargain.

Of course, Gu Hang actually stayed on his own.

There are also three other pieces of armor, which are gifts for the three incoming Space Marine recruits.

As for the remaining 15 sets, Gu Hang planned to keep them for himself for the time being.

If there is still a need after the Phoenix, we can give them some more from these fifteen sets.

It is also possible that Gu Hang will try to exchange gene seeds and create new space marines in the future, and these armors will also come in handy.

The Angry Owl Star is still a long way from being able to manufacture power armor for Space Marines. Gu Hang doesn't even know what level the manufacturing technology of power armor is at in the technology tree interface.

Anyway, it is definitely not basic or advanced level.

If you want to pull it out, it’s probably still far behind.

Currently, the only way for him to obtain armor is through interstellar trade.

Then don't miss this opportunity.

After the departure of the Beautiful Girl, it was unknown when the next large-scale caravan would come.

In addition to these armors, Gu Hang also bought some other things that the Angry Owl Star could not produce in the near future.

Such as hot melt weapons, power weapons, etc.

A portion of these things will also be given to the Phoenix Corps, and a portion will be retained by themselves.

In any case, the four warriors of the Phoenix Regiment have upgraded their weapons in this wave. Not only did the commander Martins get a Terminator power armor, but all the weapons have also been upgraded.

If we encounter an orc heavy-armored boss or a greenskin warlord again, at least we have some ways to deal with them, and 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" power sword, worth 200,000 tax coins. Gu Hang gave it to Martins and replaced the chainsaw sword in his hand, whose chain was almost broken.

With this calculation, 3.5 million was extorted from Blackbird Heavy Industries, and in a flash, 2.5 million was gone.

There were still 1 million tax coins left, which Gu Hang did not keep either.

He bought a lot of odds and ends, including soilless farming technology, water purification technology, high-quality grain stocks...

These technologies and equipment can help Gu Hang build five large soilless farms. This type of technology should be consistent with the pre-war technology used by the Western Desert people on the Angry Owl Star.

With these five large farms, plus the synthetic starch technology production line that Wu Jiarong has already mastered, the alliance's food self-sufficiency rate can be greatly increased.

There is no need to say much about the equipment and technology for water purification. The water on Angry Owl is not particularly clean, so any solution is better. This equipment can handle wastewater treatment and reuse, and even seawater desalination.

In addition to this, a powered exoskeleton production line was introduced.

This thing is also quite expensive. Gu Hang estimated that it should be considered advanced technology, or the better ones among the basic technologies.

However, this thing is far from the real power armor. It is not difficult to realize and can be mass-produced after being introduced into the production line. It can also facilitate Wu Jiarong's subsequent reverse technology. As long as he overcomes 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 in the movie Edge of Tomorrow, a picture is posted later.

In addition, a sentence was deleted about the farm. Are the four words "jiti farm" so sensitive? If you delete it, then delete it. Why not leave the second half of the sentence about the grain self-sufficiency rate?

Already added.

(End of this chapter)