Chapter 14, Hypoxia
Don't get me wrong, Gu Hang is certainly not so crazy as to think that with more than 400 people and four armored vehicles, he can take over Fuxing City by force.
That's not realistic.
Fuxing City is the capital of the alliance, a city with a permanent population of 130,000 and dozens of times that number of refugees who rely on the city for their livelihood. There are hundreds of large and small gathering places of survivors in the surrounding areas that are directly or indirectly controlled.
The conventional military force has tens of thousands of fully armed soldiers, a large number of artillery, domestically produced tanks and propeller aircraft. If necessary, they can even recruit mercenaries far exceeding the regular force at any time.
There is too great a difference in military strength.
However, if Gu Hang wants to take over Fuxing City, he doesn't necessarily have to rely on military means.
At least not by the Army.
If the 400 men under his command went to cause trouble for Renaissance City, it would be like an egg hitting a stone. But in orbit, the Quintet was floating there, with the starship's macro cannon pointed at Renaissance City. The power of the orbital bombardment was enough to wipe the city off the face of the earth within a day.
This is the greatest deterrent force.
The other point is the political means starting from orthodoxy.
At the same time, Gu Hang is the planetary governor, and the Union government is theoretically the only legitimate regime on the Wrathful Owl Star, so he is naturally the supreme leader of the Union. Before him, every planetary governor who came to this planet landed in Fury City, inherited the Union regime, and then exercised the power of the governor.
In fact, Gu Hang did the same thing at the beginning.
When he first obtained the system and hoped to get a piece of his own territory, he felt that he had gotten a dream start. After landing, the entire planet was his territory, so wouldn't the fixed income given by the system be fully utilized? With the help of the system, no matter what troubles he encountered on the planet, he could easily get rid of them. After planting for two years, how could he not pay taxes?
The facts soon slapped him in the face.
After landing, he received a warm welcome, but the system did not make any move, refusing to recognize his ownership of Renaissance City as a nominal leader, let alone the entire planet.
So, Gu Hang, the governor, came out to work on his own.
In fact, he had given this some thought.
The first level is that the system does not recognize the territory. If he does not have a territory, he cannot activate the system's ability and has no way to earn gifts. If the system cannot function, then of course he has to run out to find a way to function, otherwise, wouldn't the golden finger be wasted?
The second level, the system does not recognize the territory, which means that there is a huge trouble in Fuxing City. It is difficult for him to gain real power through political struggle. Gu Hang does not think that he, a time traveler who has never learned any political tactics, has the ability to fight with those local snakes.
Even if there was a Quintet in the sky, it would be useless. Orbital bombardment was the last resort. Could he really blow up Renaissance City? That would mean mutual destruction. It would not be used unless the enemy was doomed and had to take the blame. It was at best a deterrent.
On the third level, based on the first two points, he basically understood the core of the problem that the previous governors could not handle Wrathful Owl Star. In addition to the harsh environment, many dangers, and insufficient productivity of Wrathful Owl Star itself, there was probably another point that they could not completely and fully grasp the power.
The objective conditions are not good in themselves, and there is also internal strife, so it is normal that they cannot develop and cannot pay imperial taxes.
Gu Hang cannot go back to the old ways, otherwise there will be little hope.
It was precisely because of the consideration of multiple factors that he came out to start a new business.
But this does not mean that he does not want to revive the city.
It is the largest gathering place in the vicinity, with abundant manpower, a developed light industrial system, and a commercial trade exchange center.
Gu Hang still has to take it down, and he can't delay it for too long, otherwise if he really relies on himself to develop it slowly, he will be executed if he can't pay the taxes in two years.
He probably has some ideas on how to do it.
"Connect me to Fuxing City." Gu Hang called out.
"Yes!" Zhang Chao answered loudly and started to operate the radio.
He was the only person who followed Gu Hang when he came from the family. He was Gu Hang's follower, a very smart young man.
Not long after, the communication was connected, and an old voice that sounded very tired came from the radio speaker: "Hello, Governor. This is Fuxing City. I am Miriam Hodgson."
Gu Hang had met the old man who called himself Miriam Hodgson once when he had just landed on this planet.
This magnanimous old man is the president of the Union Council. During the absence of the planetary governor, he and the Union Council he leads are the actual rulers of Renaissance City. After the new governor takes office, he should retreat to the second line and serve as the governor's advisor and consultant.
But it was obvious that Gu Hang, the governor who did not play by the rules, caught Hodgson completely off guard.
I feel tired.
When facing Hodgson, Gu Hang would not be as polite as when he spoke to Ye Lixia, and he was not interested in appealing to his emotions or reason. Instead, he directly made a request in an imperative tone:
"I need one hundred tons of food, ten thousand sets of textile clothing, and various industrial consumer goods. I will give you a list and have it delivered to my camp within a week."
After the words fell, there was no response for a long time.
Gu Hang frowned: "Answer me!"
He looked very dissatisfied.
A young voice came from the other side, stammering: "Governor... Governor... Speaker of the Parliament... He... "
"What's wrong with him?"
"The Council President has fainted!"
"Well……"
Gu Hang’s first reaction was disbelief.
It's not that easy to faint. I just want so many little things.
However, listening to the chaotic sounds from the radio station, it seemed a little real.
Then his second reaction was a little guilt.
Isn't it bad to be so stimulating?
Then the third reaction is, "I don't feel guilty at all, you deserve it."
He did it on purpose. It was an accident that Hodgson fainted, but it was no big deal.
Gu Hang coughed lightly and continued, "Anyway, you have all heard my request. This is the Governor's order. There must be no shortage of supplies and the time must not be late. That's it."
…
A few dozen minutes later, in Fuxing City, the inner city council hall.
The silver-haired old man was wearing an oxygen mask and gasping for breath.
After waking up, Hodgson convened the Alliance Parliament and publicly informed all Alliance members of the Governor's needs.
The crowd was excited and the parliamentarians below started arguing.
Hodgson, who was still wearing an oxygen mask, felt the pain in his head getting worse and his vision went dark.
He thought sadly that if he continued like this, he really wouldn't live much longer.
He had to bang on the table hard for several minutes before the crowd slowly calmed down.
He took a deep breath of oxygen, then slowly removed his mask and continued, "If we continue arguing like this, we won't get any results. Let's vote. I want to see how many people have the guts to disobey the Governor's orders under the railgun muzzle of an Imperial cruiser."
(End of this chapter)
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