Chapter 169, I will definitely do it next time
Gu Hang was able to confirm that his predecessor's greatest resentment towards his mother occurred after that slap.
In memory, Ms. Wang Qi gasped for breath. After beating him, she said to him with great disappointment: "How could I have a son like you? Incompetent, stupid, and ignorant. If it were just like this, I could guarantee you a lifetime of wealth. But you have ambitions that don't match your abilities. You are really not even one ten-thousandth as good as your father. You disappoint me so much."
These words pierced deeply into his heart.
My mother looks down on me.
This made him so angry and resentful that he took office alone with a personal attendant.
But he was not here to die—at least that was what his predecessor thought.
According to the concept of Gu Hang's predecessor, under normal circumstances, he is indeed the one who saves Angry Owl Star from danger.
It is true that many governors died before, and if the empire's tax revenue is not collected, even his status as a core member of the Gu family will not save his life. This is the fundamental rule of the empire.
But he is not afraid.
What kind of rotten fish were the previous governors?
And I, Gu Hang, am a child of destiny!
The head of the star zone was determined to build up the Wrathful Star for his own political interests; Fofana fully supported it, and the navy directly allocated a cruiser to garrison the Wrathful Star, so there was no need to worry too much about the military force. Coupled with the financial resources of the Gu family, is there any reason why this matter cannot be accomplished?
Don’t I support you?
If you don’t want to support it, then don’t support it. Wang Qi doesn’t have the final say in the Gu family. There are so many uncles and aunts.
What is the Tianma star region iron triangle?
What's more, the appointment letter has already come down. In the central empire, he is already a registered planetary governor. There is no room for regret on this matter.
He couldn't possibly regret it after being slapped by his mother. When Gu Hang was looking through his memories, he could clearly feel that his previous life had a thought: If he really died, he would follow his mother's wishes. You must be very happy that such a useless son died.
Gu Hang knew very well what happened next: he traveled through time and space to replace his predecessor who was on his way to taking office.
It took him almost a month to travel from Feiyi Star to Angry Owl Star on the starship, and he has been working hard on the surface for five or six months, a total of half a year. The Gu family was really cruel and didn't give him a penny.
That's what happened.
At this moment, Gu Hang was reviewing the whole thing in his mind and he clearly felt that he had been cheated.
Those few scoldings from his own mother weren't really a big deal.
The main reason is that Gu Hang didn't feel anything about it, so he just cursed. Anyway, he didn't curse me... Oh, it turns out he was the one who cursed me, so it's okay.
His predecessor had big problems, and he could see a layer deeper, but he didn’t see enough.
He saw that behind this matter was Pei Desi's plan based on his own political interests. He saw that the three parties were very strong and could solve the problem together, but they were too blind.
Why would Pedesi, as the leader of the star sector, start directly with a relatively small figure like him?
According to Gu Hang's judgment, it is very likely that Pei Desi failed to deal with Gu's company at all. The three companies' joint efforts may have only existed in the imagination of the predecessor from the beginning.
Pei Des pulled Gu Hang's predecessor into the game just to drag the Gu family behind him into the water. The core member became the governor, and the imperial appointment letter has come down. The rice is cooked, you can't really not spend a penny, right?
Especially for Madam Wang Qi, this was her only son, and because of her awkward status as a widow, her husband had passed away for decades, and her connection with the Gu family depended on this son. Logically speaking, she could never accept her son's death after failing to be the governor. Not to mention the issue of family affection, with Gu Hang dead, she really had no blood connection with the Gu family, so how could she directly control a branch of the Gu's business?
Split up the family? The other members of the Gu family will not allow it, and there will be a bloody storm.
Unexpectedly, both the Gu family and Wang Qi himself were so ruthless that they didn't provide any support at all, which not only caused Pei Desi's plan to drag the Gu family into the water to fail, but also caused huge conflicts between the two sides - this was Gu Hang's own analysis, without any intelligence support.
However, thinking back to the root cause, Gu Hang actually didn't understand: Gu, who should have been a staunch supporter of Pei Desi, why did he abandon the so-called "iron triangle" position and not support Pei Desi in rebuilding the Angry Owl Star?
Gu Hang lacked sufficient information and could not analyze this matter.
However, judging from what my cousin said, she might know something.
After thinking about it, Gu Hang decided to hit a straight ball.
He said: "During the days since I came to Angry Owl Star, I have made some achievements. In my spare time, I also reflected on the whole thing. I know that I have made some mistakes and should not come here, but I still don't understand why you... oh, it is our Gu family that does not support the leader Pei Desi to rebuild Angry Owl Star?"
After Gu Hang finished speaking, Wang Jiarong looked at her cousin in surprise.
According to her understanding of her cousin, her words just now would be in vain in most cases, and might even cause resentment. She was just in the middle, so she had to say this and give some advice.
But my cousin didn't seem to show any disgust in his reaction, and he even seemed to be listening sincerely.
This is completely different from the impression he had of his cousin.
Of course, Wang Jiarong was happy about this.
She saw a glimmer of hope in resolving the issues between her aunt and cousin.
If the relationship between the two can be reconciled, it will not only be a good thing in terms of personal relationship, but more importantly, the biggest problem facing my aunt's faction within the Gu family is the issue of name.
My cousin is the most natural person to be in charge of this family power. The sources of legitimacy for my aunt to control this power are her late husband and Gu Hang.
But the problem is that, after all, he is a deceased husband. The longer he has been dead, the weaker the legitimacy of this branch of the family will be. And her son Gu Hang, not to mention that he has a bad relationship with her, has also accepted a mission with a high probability of death...
But if the two work together, this problem can be solved to a large extent.
As a result, Wang Jiarong's attitude in the conversation became more serious.
She thought about it carefully and said, "I don't really understand the situation behind it. I can only tell you my understanding."
"First, this is a losing business. In other words, the investment cycle is too long and the returns are too slow. We are in the business of trading, not asset-heavy business. Although the price of a spaceship is very high, it is rare to buy it with full capital. Most of the time, capital is pooled and purchased in partnership. Moreover, even if it is purchased with full capital, a starship can be put into operation and generate income immediately after purchase, and the investment can be recovered in a few years."
"But the capital required to rebuild a wasteland planet is so huge, much higher than that of a large starship. And it takes many years of continuous investment, and it is unknown how many years it will take to generate returns. A large amount of funds and resources invested in this planet will place a very heavy burden on the family and even affect normal operations. What's more, behind the high investment and long cycle, there are also high risks. The Angry Owl Star has not been successfully built after so many years. Who knows if it can be done this time?"
"High investment, high risk, long cycle... these characteristics combined make the family not want to invest normally at all."
"If it is really as Mr. Pedes said, that the Tianma Iron Triangle worked together, it would be fine if the other two families shared the cost, but that is not the case. The Fofana family provided a cruiser, which was to encourage the Imperial Navy to send it out as a mission. They themselves did not spend a penny, and the cruiser will only stay on the Wrathful Star for two years at most."
"Chief Pedes has issued a planetary governor appointment letter and political support. In theory, the value of this appointment letter is very, very high, equivalent to obtaining an entire planet, but unfortunately, this appointment letter is from the Angry Owl Planet, a place where whoever becomes the governor will die."
"They paid all this, but they wanted Gu to pay almost the entire cost of rebuilding the planet."
"No matter how others measure the value difference between these three things, at least, Gu's internal staff is not satisfied with it and feels that it is completely unequal."
After hearing this, Gu Hang seemed to have some sudden enlightenment.
Indeed, we agreed that the three families would work together, and the two of you only contributed so little, but you want me to be the scapegoat. If Gu Hang was the head of the family, he would not be willing to agree.
Wang Jiarong paused and continued to give the second reason:
"Moreover, the Gu family has recently been repairing relations with the Fachers family. They are the real local bosses in the Tianma star region. Among the eight worlds in the star region, three of them have governors with the surname Fachers. They have conflicts with Mr. Pedes, and their relationship with us was not good in the past, but it has eased recently. If we want to do business, the three planets of the Fachers family cannot be given up."
"But they have significant interests on Angry Owl Star. You have been on this planet for a while. Have you heard of Blackbird Heavy Industries? This enterprise on Angry Owl Star is essentially controlled by the Fats Family. Before Angry Owl Star was recovered and became an imperial world, it was an 'uninhabited planet' that did not require taxation. The Fats Family intends to maintain this status. Through Blackbird Heavy Industries, they do not need to be restricted in anything they do on the planet, let alone pay taxes."
"There is even reason to suspect that they have placed a lot of the output of their three planets at Blackbird Heavy Industries, using the special characteristics of the Angry Owl Planet to avoid taxes. Of course, this is purely speculation and there is no evidence. Otherwise, Chief Pedes would have used this to kill them long ago."
"Reclaiming the Angry Owl Star is an action taken by the leader of the Pedesi family against the Fachers family. It is also a battlefield for their political struggle. At the critical point of repairing the relationship between the Gu family and the Fachers family, your coming here directly interrupted the process, destroying the family's long-term efforts in the past, and the relationship between the two sides will fall to a freezing point again."
Gu Hang nodded again to show that he understood.
"That's probably the two aspects." Wang Jiarong said, "So I said, what you did this time, cousin, not only made aunt angry, but everyone in your Gu family was actually quite annoyed. Since you came to take over, aunt has been under even more pressure. It's not that she really doesn't want to help you at all, but she has no choice, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the family. And...am I not here?"
"Thank you." Gu Hang nodded gently, "Your coming here is crucial. But, did my mother ask you to come? Or did she agree to this?"
"Uh... that's not the case. I came here by myself." Wang Jiarong looked a little embarrassed, but she immediately made up for it, "But my aunt must have acquiesced, otherwise she would have contacted me and told me not to come."
"Oh, acquiescence." Gu Hang maintained a polite smile on his face, without any more sarcasm.
Wang Jiarong sighed, knowing that it was not so easy to mend the relationship between mother and son. She had tried for many years in the past but it had never worked, not to mention that there were even bigger conflicts between them now.
It's so hard for me to be a cousin/niece.
"Anyway, cousin, why don't you find a time to contact your aunt. Real-time communication is quite expensive, and I don't have the conditions here, but there should be a way on the Quintet. Make an appointment in advance, and then..."
"Forget it." Gu Hang interrupted quickly, "Stop, let's just leave it at that. I don't know what to say to her recently."
"We can't just waste time like this, can we?"
"Next time, for sure."
…
Under his cousin's regretful gaze, he ended the conversation.
He has other things to do.
The troops under his command suffered heavy casualties when dealing with the greenskins who boarded the Quintet.
There were only 20,000 people on board the starship, and more than 4,000 were killed or injured, which is a casualty ratio of more than 20%.
As the commander-in-chief, Gu Hang had to go down and comfort the soldiers.
This is also a way to win the hearts of the people and prove that the Governor still has comrades in his heart.
Anyway, I'm just sitting there doing nothing on the starship.
In addition, he also went to visit Rizzo.
This is reasonable, as the Space Marines have risked their lives for him many times.
The Phoenix Priest was in relatively good condition. The three axes from the orc commander didn't hurt him, but none of them really hit his vital parts. One axe hit his shoulder and one hit his breastplate, which caused him serious injuries, but the power armor reduced the damage. It was just that his armor was probably beyond repair.
Gu Hang also comforted the old pastor.
"This time, the caravan I invited brought some new power armor, which I specially asked someone to help purchase. You should take good care of yourself and don't worry about not having power armor to wear. I will give you brand new ones later!"
After that, Gu Hang turned to Martins and said, "Captain of the Chapter, you also have a share. The special items purchased include not only ordinary power armors that can be used for the future development of members of the Chapter, but also a set of Terminator power armor, which is specially prepared for you to thank the Chapter for its help during this period of time."
(End of this chapter)
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