Chapter 264, Twenty Years of Hard Work
After dealing with the matter of Nest Luman and gaining a puppet leader, Gu Hang did not stay on Black Arrow Star for long.
About a week later, he left here and returned to the Angry Owl Star.
Of course, he was also very busy in the week before leaving.
He and Nestor Luhman kept meeting with many people, most of whom were middle and high-level rulers of the Luhman Kingdom.
Many people died in the previous war, but there were also some alive.
The most important of them are the only two powerful marquises left in the Kingdom of Luman.
The two marquises, Asago and Janvis in the south, were quite incredulous after listening to the report from the returning envoys.
From their conventional thinking, this is almost impossible. If it were them, how could they accept that Ness Luhman would continue to run the country?
puppet?
Treating a powerful king as a puppet?
I don't know whether it's arrogance or self-confidence.
The two of them also have quite complicated thoughts.
They must have had the idea of taking advantage of this great change to make further progress. Before, they were thinking about whether to win by taking risks and risk attacking the defense line of the Angry Owl Star People. It was this idea that was at work.
Of course, looking at the current situation, we can only say that it was fortunate that we did not lose our heads at that time.
After giving up the idea of opposing the Gu family, they also thought about changing their mindset. After all, even if the Gu family seized the Luman Kingdom, someone would have to manage it, right? Wouldn't it be the responsibility of the two marquises?
But what is happening now has cut off this path.
The Luhmann family continued to hold power.
Although, this Luhman family is completely different from the past one. The Royal Knights that had been oppressing them to the point of suffocation have been destroyed.
But... without the Royal Knights, there is still the army of the Angry Owl Star.
The Gu family will definitely leave military forces to guard the Luman Kingdom, and they still dare not act rashly.
As for Nestor Luhmann's abilities, they had a deep understanding of them over the past twenty years.
No matter what tricks this guy is up to or whether he is sincerely working for the Gu family, he might still have to take action against these two sheep.
The two marquises found that after going a full circle, the situation for them seemed to have not changed at all!
Bai was excited!
Soon after, they received another invitation, asking them to go to Pinser City in person to meet His Majesty the King and his master.
The two hesitated, were unwilling, and even felt resentful and angry. But in the end, they had to go.
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After meeting these high-ranking officials of the Luman Kingdom, Gu Hang met with the people who would manage his "colony" in the future, and then talked with Perbov for a long time.
Gu Hang would leave him three divisions, the 2nd Division, the 13th Brigade, and the 36th Brigade would be stationed on Black Arrow Star for a long time. The expeditionary force was also officially changed to the "Black Arrow Group Army". Even the three crippled divisions, 34th, 37th, and 38th, would likely come to Black Arrow Star with honors after returning to replenish their troops and equipment, and continue to be part of the group army.
As for the commander of the army group in this colony, Gu Hang preferred that Perbov continue to serve as the commander.
He will command this army with the rank of major general to suppress the Luman Kingdom.
At the same time, Gu Hang also told him not to worry about government affairs and let Ness Luhman handle it himself. He only provided assistance with the army when necessary, or when there was internal instability, to resolve the crisis.
In addition, he also asked the military and political supervisor, Army Group Political Commissar Jordan Leroy, to participate in the work of rebuilding the Luman Kingdom's native army.
Nestor Luhman has obtained the authority to rebuild the so-called 'Royal Knights'.
Of course, it will not be called this name in the future, it will be changed to "Loyal Guards".
The Luhmann Kingdom government will do all the work, but Leroy should be deeply involved in it.
And the rebuilt 'Loyal Guards', as a colonial army, will be placed under the command of the Black Arrow Army Group.
To put it bluntly, it is a vassal army.
Pobov accepted the job.
Although it is a little sad to guard a foreign land, as a soldier, this is his duty and he naturally has no choice but to do it.
However, there was one point in the Governor's words that made him a little confused.
He thought that his biggest role in staying behind was to supervise that guy Nestor Luhman and ensure his loyalty.
But what he didn't expect was that the Governor's words actually asked him to help the king.
This made him a little puzzled, and he even thought that the governor might have trusted the king too much. Therefore, he wanted to persuade the governor to avoid being deceived and consider the risk of betrayal.
But after a deep conversation with his political commissar Leroy, he gave up the idea.
How could the Governor be so easily deceived?
There must be something here that they don't know and shouldn't know.
As soldiers, they should stop trying to give advice and just obey orders.
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After meeting with the top leaders of the Luman Kingdom and making arrangements with Perbov and his Black Arrow Army, the problems with the Luman colony were basically solved.
Of course, this also involves some diplomatic issues, involving other countries on the Black Arrow Star.
However, Gu Hang did not intend to solve these problems personally.
Just leave it to Nestor Luhman.
In addition to the matters of Black Arrow Star and the colony, there is another matter that Gu Hang must pay close attention to.
The Gu family's affairs.
Ness Luhman came to surrender with Gu Ming kidnapped.
Gu Hang didn't even have the intention to communicate with his uncle and just handed the person over to his mother.
As for how Ms. Wang Qi will treat Gu Ming in the future and how to reintegrate the family's strength, Gu Hang no longer cares about this matter.
He fully believed in his mother's means in this regard. After all, she had been working on this matter for many years and was familiar with the situation and had sufficient skills. This time, there was a mistake, but it was just a mistake.
The integration of family power and family business are Wang Qi’s forte, and Wang Qi can definitely do it well.
The most important thing is that, apart from his mother, he couldn't think of anyone else who was trustworthy and capable enough to integrate this area.
Not to mention, he himself had no foundation in the Gu family, and he was completely confused about the business situation within the family. If he were to take over now, the Gu's business, which had just experienced a split, would probably be in danger of falling apart.
Gu Hang has complete trust in Ms. Wang Qi's next actions.
He just had one request: he had to be the head of the Gu family.
In response, his mother scolded him: "Do I need you to tell me? Otherwise, what was your mother working so hard for over 20 years for?"
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Speaking of Wang Qi, Gu Hang has been very busy this week, but his mother is actually even busier.
On several occasions, when Gu Hang had some free time, he went to visit and saw Ms. Wang Qi constantly on the phone or discussing with her staff who came down from the starships in the sky.
Most of her calls were interstellar communications, to the leaders of the Chamber of Commerce's fleet, to people in various business lines of the Chamber of Commerce, and to her friends on the Winged Star...
In fact, many of them were called to those who had followed Gu Ming in "rebellion".
She promised one thing after another, made one deal after another, and determined the fate of some people after another.
The situation gradually became stable.
She left Black Arrow Star even earlier than Gu Hang.
Before leaving, the mother and son had a conversation.
During the conversation, Gu Hang learned from his mother some things that would happen later within the Gu family.
Needless to say, the eight fleets that had supported Wang Qi were the winners. However, these eight fleets would probably still cause a lot of trouble later.
Seven of the eight fleet controllers were in this city during the Pinser Incident.
At that time, Wang Qi was able to escape thanks to the full support of the soldier king, Lakrosa. The journey was extremely dangerous, but other people did not have such good treatment.
Four people died directly and three were arrested.
It is no big deal to rescue those who were captured now. Wang Qi will comfort and reward them. They will still lead their own Chamber of Commerce fleet in the future and even unite more closely around Wang Qi.
The death of the master's four fleets was a bit troublesome. Wang Qi had to quickly select a suitable successor who had enough prestige within the fleet, could convince the people, and was loyal.
Moreover, it was not as simple as just selecting people. She had to help them get promoted without causing any trouble.
But generally speaking, it was easy to deal with these eight fleets that were already on her side.
The other two fleets that stayed out of the matter and maintained a neutral attitude from the beginning are also easy to deal with.
They were originally "franchisees" of the Gu family. After the internal strife in the Gu family, they were the most confused, but their attitude was also the simplest, just waiting for the outcome.
From now on, whoever is the head of the family and in power will be the one to follow. As long as they can ensure that it is profitable for them to continue to join, there will be no problem.
The trouble is the four fleets that followed Gu Ming in rebellion.
Wang Qi also expressed her feelings during the conversation with her son.
If possible, she would like to kill all those rebels.
But no.
She couldn't bear to leave those four fleets, which had nearly twenty ships in total.
That's a lot of money.
No matter what happens in the future, she must try her best to keep the people, only then can she keep the boat.
And now, this matter has come to fruition.
Two of them, after learning that Gu Mingdu had fallen into Wang Qi's hands, realized that the situation was hopeless and chose to surrender.
During the call, the two people behaved differently. One cried miserably, saying that he was being used and bewitched, and begged for his life; the other one was tougher and bargained for a safe ending.
Wang Qi tried to calm him down.
No matter what she thought in her heart or how she would settle the score in the future, at least for the moment, after a brief bargaining, she accepted these people.
We’ll talk about it later.
But the other two fleets refused to believe Wang Qi's promise.
They ran away.
There were seven ships in total that escaped, all of them were armed merchant ships.
In fact, these two fleets are not just composed of these seven ships, they should also include an equal number of "giant belly transport ships".
However, the giant bellies run too slowly, are unarmed, and have no ability to resist. When escaping, there is no way to take them with you.
Wang Qi knew what the two fleets were planning.
They simply felt that Wang Qi would never let them off after they had done something like this. Even if they didn't cause trouble for the time being, they would definitely be held accountable later.
Therefore, they decided to leave, hoping to inherit and connect with some of Gu Ming's past connections and strive to become an independent chamber of commerce.
With seven armed merchant ships, they already qualify.
But how could Wang Qi let them go?
Her network of relationships has also been fully mobilized.
These seven fleeing ships will be later identified as armed rebellion and traitors to the empire. Wang Qi will do his utmost to prevent them from gaining independence, and they will never be able to obtain a license for an independent caravan.
They may even be hunted down as space pirates.
This was Wang Qi's punishment for the traitors, and she also needed the destruction of these two rebel fleets to demonstrate her authority.
And when she left the surface and went into the sky, the Gu fleet soon left.
She still has a lot of things to do later.
Gu Hang also left afterwards.
After boarding the Sharp Blade Tiger with his troops, Gu Hang met with Ye Licia.
"You've gained a lot this time." Ye Lixia teased as soon as they met, "When can we see another governor of two planets in the Tianma Star Region?"
Gu Hang smiled and waved his hand.
Ye Licia really hit the nail on the head when she said that.
But he had nothing to be embarrassed about.
This is what he thinks, and he said calmly: "I will work hard for it, and this cannot be achieved without the help of the Fofana family and Mr. Leader."
Letting Ness Luhmann be the puppet was, of course, only a transitional solution. In the future, the best outcome would naturally be for Gu Hang to step up to the front and receive a clear dual appointment.
This is not without precedent. There is a ready-made example in the Pegasus sector: the Fats family.
The Fats family controls three planets in the Pegasus star region. The governors are all members of this family, and the positions of governor of two of the planets are held by the same person, and the other one also follows his lead.
But it's hard to do this.
The reason why the Facheras can do this is that they once made special contributions to the empire, and they also have some historical issues left over.
Now, that historical opportunity has passed, and it is quite difficult for Gu Hang to replicate their path.
Ye Lixia also thought so.
She sighed and said, "You are not shy in front of me. But... it's unlikely that the leader will support your idea. Not only will he not support you, he may even regret helping you."
Gu Hang had also anticipated this.
But he just said: "Mr. Leader will understand later."
(End of this chapter)
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