Chapter 307: The Benefits of Fighting for the Empire
What are the benefits of being an Astra Militarum soldier and fighting for the Empire?
There is no direct benefit to the Angry Owl Star Alliance Government.
But for Gu Hang, that’s not necessarily the case.
He originally didn't want to be the commander of the Angry Bear Legion himself, so he thought it was a better choice to let Yan Fangxu do it while he stayed behind.
But now that he has already sat in this position, he will make the best of it. Gu Hang will also try his best to make use of this matter and look for any value and opportunities that can be exploited.
Yes, there are.
First of all, reputation, which is not direct, but very valuable. He is not a lonely person. As a politician and leader of a faction, making money quietly and developing in a low-key manner is no longer the only means.
Of course, this aspect is necessary, such as the development of science and technology, and the development of industrial capacity within the planet. These do not need to be publicized to the outside world, and they belong to the cultivation of internal strength.
And now, the Angry Owl Star is gradually moving towards the sea of stars. In the communication between the stars, the role that the intangible asset of "reputation" can play cannot be underestimated.
For example, before, Gu Hang demonstrated the strength of an A-level psychic, which enhanced his personal reputation.
And something like reputation can be monetized, it just requires some methods and abilities.
He is already cashing in.
The branch that the Psychic Order is about to establish on the Angry Owl Star is a way of monetizing.
This branch will receive funding from the Pegasus Order headquarters and can obtain valuable information on training psychics. Gu Hang will now be legitimately qualified to train psychics, and he can issue legal licenses to the psychics under his command.
These are all important.
No matter how much the grant is, it is still a sum of money, and the most important thing is the issue of the legal license. Without a license, the psychics trained by the Wrathful Star could operate on their own planet without any problems. But as the Wrathful Star has been pacified and the society is relatively stable, it will definitely move towards the interstellar stage in the future.
Once they get outside, given the Empire's control policy towards psychics, it would be easy for psychics to get into trouble without a legal license or identity.
From now on, you don’t have to worry about this.
At the same time, in addition to things related to psychics, there is another more important benefit for Gu Hang's fame this time.
Through the relationship with Gu's Trading Company, he found many investors and signed many investment contracts.
The industrial capacity within the planet does not need investment from outsiders. The economic system of the alliance is more planned, and the functions of currency and market play a supporting role. There is no need to introduce a large number of foreign investors for construction.
But trade is indispensable. The alliance has sufficient production capacity, but a considerable part of it has no place to absorb it. Even if all of it is used to pay taxes, the remaining tax coins cannot be kept in hand. There must be some trade, some orders, and converting the extra production capacity into income.
Moreover, although the alliance has sufficient production capacity and can be self-sufficient, it does not mean that everything does not require external input. With the subsequent expansion of production capacity, the demand for raw materials will increase day by day.
Mining, logging, planting... these will of course be developed on the mainland of Angry Owl Star, but we have to prepare for a rainy day. It would also be good to establish a trade route for the import of resources.
With the support of Gu's Trading Company, Gu Hang didn't have to worry about not having channels to do interstellar trade. But there was a huge problem: where was the star port?
There is a star port on the Wrathful Owl Star, but it is too small. It would take several days to send hundreds of thousands of self-moving and self-running interstellar troops. In large-scale interstellar trade, there is no condition for exchanging goods worth tens of millions or hundreds of millions of tax coins, and the star port cannot bear such a large transportation capacity.
Moreover, the largest ship that can dock at the starport of Wrathful Owl is a frigate. The most popular "giant belly" transport ship in interstellar trade cannot dock at all.
Gu Hang has a complete set of design blueprints for building a large star port, and there is no technical bottleneck. In the city of Skaro below the star port, there are now 500,000 permanent residents. In less than a year, it has been transformed from a wasteland to the largest city in Xiongya Province. These 500,000 people almost all came to build the star port. Even if they are not directly engaged in construction work, they are at least doing raw material transportation, personnel and material support, ground management, medical care, police...
Among this series of derived work, the core is of course the construction of the star port.
However, even with so many people working on it, the construction of the starport was still slow.
When Gu Hang said this to his mother, he was stared at with incredible eyes for a long time.
"What do you think a starport is? You've only been building it for less than a year! The large-scale starports you've seen on other planets have all gone through decades or even hundreds of years of use and expansion before they slowly took shape. Don't think you can get everything you want in one go!"
But Gu Hang just wants to be fat.
What is the way to speed up construction?
Seek external investment.
The current construction method of the Alliance is to launch orbital spacecraft one by one, sending a small number of parts produced on the ground or one or two engineering machines into space at a time. Then the workers have to wear space suits that are very restrictive to their movements to carry out space operations.
Gu Hang does have a full set of blueprint technology now, but many of the construction methods cannot be realized at all.
But if there is external investment, it will be easier.
We can find a large engineering ship to do this job, which is much more reliable than engineering machinery. We can directly purchase large-scale parts produced by others, transport them here, and assemble them on engineering ships...
All in all, if he had enough money, Gu Hang estimated that he would be able to expand the scale of the Angry Star Port to hundreds of times its current size within a year or two.
With such a huge sum of money, it is not enough to save it by oneself, cheat, or rely on funding from Gu's Company.
It is necessary to introduce strong investors.
After learning about her son's ambition, Ms. Wang Qi also took active actions and found some people who showed initial interest.
In the past, this investment project would probably be ignored. But now, Gu Hang has shown some ability, and the Angry Bear Corps has gained some reputation, and people are beginning to believe that investing in the Angry Owl Star, a former wasteland planet, is a rewarding thing.
Of course, these investors are still relatively cautious now, and the amount of money they are willing to invest is generally only tens of thousands or at most hundreds of thousands of tax coins.
This is not enough for Gu Hang's grand plan.
But despite this, he accepted everyone who came.
It is necessary to set a demonstration in advance. Even fraudsters know to give a sweet treat first. Gu Hang will make money for those who are willing to spend money to build a star port for him.
As for the future... the star port is in the orbit of the Angry Owl Star, and Gu Hang has guns and cannons, so there is no need to say anything else.
However, Gu Hang's main reputation now is still concentrated on his status as an A-level psychic and the young master of Gu's Trading Company. This type of reputation is not very effective in attracting investors.
If the Angry Bear Legion can perform relatively well on the battlefield of Koroga 3, it will undoubtedly be a plus.
Everyone knows that the Angry Bear Corps, from its soldiers to its equipment, is all produced on the Angry Owl Star. The combat effectiveness of an army will be able to illustrate the comprehensive strength of a planet from all angles. This is a huge billboard.
This is where the value of reputation lies.
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In addition to the value of reputation, there are other direct benefits for the Angry Bear Legion to achieve better results here.
Politically, it can bring the relationship with surrounding political forces closer. Helping the Empire World beat the plague demon is undoubtedly the right thing to do.
The achievements of the Angry Bear Legion will eventually fall on Gu Hang. He is the legion commander and has the rank of brigadier general. If I make great contributions in the end, will the Star Army Headquarters not raise my rank and give me some benefits?
Of course, this is very important for those who are fully committed to the Star Army system. For Gu Hang, the cost-effectiveness is not very high.
Even if his military rank rises and his position rises, it is impossible for him to abandon his base and join the Star Army circle.
But that's just like if he infiltrated the Imperial Psionic Order and became a senior figure in the Dragon Eagle Star Order, he would gain a series of benefits under this system. If Gu Hang could gain a higher position in the Star Army by relying on the development and growth of the Angry Bear Legion, then he would also have direct benefits.
For example, the Angry Bear Legion may be expanded - not from the Angry Owl Star, but the Military Affairs Department will directly expand it and send soldiers and equipment.
This is true of all Astra Militarum Legions.
At that time, Gu Hang would be able to get an army for free. He could ask the Military Affairs Department to reimburse the money for maintaining the army.
As for more direct benefits, there are others.
There will be spoils of war.
The Angry Bear Legion strictly inherited the customs of the Alliance Army. Looting is not allowed. Soldiers must unconditionally hand over all spoils of war and unowned property collected after the war.
In the alliance, these things will eventually go into the national treasury, and the soldiers will receive combat allowances, rank upgrades for military merit, and generous pensions for the dead and wounded...
But on the battlefield of Koroja, there is no such thing. The highest level of submission is the legion level.
The demons killed by the troops in battle are valuable, and the corresponding logistics troops will deal with the biological materials left in the demon's body after the demon's soul is expelled. The logistics troops will collect a part of the handling fee, and the rest will be given to the legion.
In addition, when retaking certain areas, many people had died, and the property left behind by the local residents also became the property of the legion.
Li Kexi was a little at a loss, as he had never encountered such a thing before!
He had previously thought that he had to submit it to the Military Affairs Department, and had even discussed and inquired with the people from the Dragon Eagle Legion, but it turned out that it was not necessary.
Later, after consulting Gu Hang, the corps commander decided to take the money as corps property and loan it all to the alliance government.
The Union Government will establish a 'Legion Foundation' to provide pensions, additional allowances for the Angry Bear Legion soldiers, ammunition supplies, logistics maintenance, etc. Of course, it can be used for other purposes, but interest must be paid to the foundation anyway.
Pouring from the left hand to the right hand belongs to yes.
However, the additional allowances and additional pensions are of great help to the morale of the Angry Bear Legion.
The Alliance Army has never worried about morale. On the one hand, the soldiers who have been systematically trained are naturally highly organized. They are determined, disciplined, and have high morale. On the other hand, the Alliance Army is a force with faith. In the past, they mainly fought on the home planet of Angry Owl. The political commissars in the army always emphasized to the soldiers that they were fighting for the future of the entire planet and for the happiness of people all over the world.
However, when it comes to extraterrestrial warfare, this belief has been challenged to some extent.
Although the political commissars will come up with two other explanations:
First, there is loyalty to the governor, which is not a problem and is recognized by all soldiers.
The second is to change "for our world" to "for all mankind". However, this effect is not very good.
The former is grand enough, and many people come to accept this belief only after they have personally experienced huge changes in themselves, their families, relatives and friends, and even after they have seen the entire planet undergo such changes.
But the latter is even more grand and illusory than the former.
What's even more frightening is that there is no change. They have been fighting for half a year, but to be honest, has the situation in Fino City improved at all?
No, it got worse.
The soldiers accept that they are fighting for humanity, but the acceptance is low, and the situation with no results and no change makes them feel somewhat frustrated.
At this time, higher allowances, better treatment, and actual material wealth rewards have become a way of making up for the loss.
Gu Hang also made it clear during the meeting with Li Kexi that he would dispatch the other half of the Angry Bear Legion from Angry Owl Star to rotate with them after fighting for at most half a year, so that the soldiers who had fought for a long time could have a chance to go back to rest, reunite with their families, and enjoy life.
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All the benefits and advantages that the Angry Bear Legion has gained from fighting here, whether direct or indirect; whether in terms of reputation, politics or economy, all require Li Kexi and the soldiers under his command to fight for them on the battlefield.
It was paid for with the blood of the soldiers.
After half a year of fighting, all seven divisions and brigades were already at full strength. A total of more than 13,000 soldiers were killed or wounded, with more than 8,000 killed and more than 5,000 seriously injured and unable to return to the army.
Gu Hang went to the field hospital and visited the wounded.
He promised to bring the wounded and the remains of the martyrs back to their hometowns, where they would receive a grand funeral and generous compensation.
Gu Hang always does what he says.
More than 5,000 soldiers who withdrew from the battle sequence and more than 5,000 corpses that could be collected were sent to the star port of Korojia through the logistics system of the Star Army and transported onto the armed merchant ship of Gu Trading Company that was about to carry Gu Hang away.
In addition, there are other people traveling with us.
An investigation team of about twenty people, mainly from the Star Domain Investigation Team, and the Universe Domain Government Investigation Team sent three observers.
There is also a team of investors. Many wealthy people cannot leave Koroja because of the involvement in the Gallardo disappearance case, but they can send some investment consultants and trusted subordinates to go with Governor Gu to see if his planet is really worth investing in.
In addition, the largest group was the 210,000 refugees who were to be "evacuated" to the Angry Owl Star, and they were loaded into an accompanying transport ship.
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Ah, it's dawn.
(End of this chapter)
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