Chapter 215, Mom's Plan
After talking with Lambert Hodgson about the recruitment of heretic demon hunters and preparing for training, Gu Hang received a special gift.
That was brought by a spaceship.
The Claw Tiger first intercepted the spacecraft briefly, and then informed Gu Hang of the news.
Upon learning that the spaceship came from the Gu family, Gu Hang thought for a moment and let them in.
It was a small spaceship, probably just barely meeting the standards for interstellar travel.
He let the person in and soon he saw the person.
Still an acquaintance.
The visitor was named Zhang Shicheng, a 'retainer' of the Gu family. Ever since Gu Hang could remember, he had been serving the Gu family - or rather, serving his mother.
In Gu Hang's impression, Zhang Shicheng didn't have any special abilities, and it was difficult for him to handle certain things on his own, but he had one good point: he was honest, reliable, and loyal.
It is worth mentioning that the only follower who followed Gu Hang to the Angry Owl Star was Zhang Shicheng’s son.
Now, the two of them can be considered as reunited as father and son.
However, before going to see his son, Zhang Shicheng still had to take care of his business first.
In front of Gu Hang, he said very respectfully: "Master Hang, there are one hundred people coming with me on the ship this time. The mistress is worried that you have no one to use in this remote place, so she asked us to come together to help you. They are all newly recruited people of the family, top students who graduated from various higher education institutions on Feiyi Star, and they have signed long-term work agreements with the family. I have brought those contracts with me. In short, if you have anything that needs us to do, you can arrange it."
In front of Zhang Shicheng, Gu Hang said nothing.
But in fact, what he was thinking was:
Why are you thinking now that no one is using my hand? What were you doing earlier?
It's not like he's useless now.
Even if there was really no one available, he didn't want to use a group of people from the Gu family whose background he had no idea about.
I'm afraid that while using it, all kinds of information about the Angry Owl Star Alliance was inexplicably transmitted to the sky.
Of course, Gu Hang wasn't so scared that he had to be on guard.
He just thought about it for a moment and decided to hand over the people brought by Zhang Shicheng to Ossena.
Ossena has been very busy lately, and she really needs more knowledgeable people to help her.
However, it is impossible for them to get in touch with important and core work content.
Go to the mountains and the countryside.
Zhang Shicheng also maintained a cautious attitude and did not say a word to these people.
Now that we have brought the people here, Young Master Hang can use them however he wants, even sending them all to work as laborers in the mines.
After handing over this group of personnel, Zhang Shicheng mentioned the second important matter.
He called for people to carry out several large boxes from the spaceship.
"This is a star communication tower. Our people here can assemble it." Zhang Shicheng said, "With the help of the star talker, we can adjust the frequency and communicate with other star towers. The mistress said that Master Hang, your place is like an isolated island, with no contact with the outside world. This thing is used to help you."
Compared with the one hundred young men and girls before, this Star Language Tower brought pure surprise to Gu Hang.
Conventional means are not enough to communicate within the interstellar space. The physical distance between the Angry Owl Star and the Flying Wing Star, the capital of the Pegasus Star Region, is so great that it is impossible to communicate normally.
Only by sending star language messages and transmitting through the star tunnels can communication across star regions become feasible.
But this thing is undoubtedly a high-tech product, at least Gu Hang has never been able to draw it.
With it, Gu Hang no longer needs to transmit any information through the Imperial Navy in the sky.
That way there won't be any secrets.
As for astropathic communication, it requires an astropath to operate, which is not a big problem.
The term astropath refers to a type of psychic who has mastered special skills. It is a "profession" rather than one that requires any special abilities.
Theoretically, if Gu Hang really doesn't have a suitable astropath under his command, he can learn the relevant skills and do it himself.
For a LV5 psychic like him, it shouldn't be difficult.
However, even for this point, he didn't need to do it himself, as his mother had thought of it for him.
There is an astropath on board.
What else could Gu Hang say?
He also understood the meaning of this.
Helping to build interstellar communication capabilities, that's certainly one explanation.
But... Mom gave her son a mobile phone and a phone card. What was that for?
Gu Hang understands.
He was a little hesitant at first, but then he figured it out: no need to worry about being recognized or anything.
First of all, the cousin didn’t recognize him; secondly, their relationship was not very good. Gu Hang had always wanted to run away from home, and after he came out to experience some life, his personality changed drastically. Is there anything that is hard to understand?
If you love to accept it, then accept it. If you don’t, then forget it.
As for why this call was made... Gu's is the largest chamber of commerce organization in the Tianma star region, and its influence can even extend to multiple external star regions.
He is the direct descendant of the family.
If we don't make use of this relationship, it would be a waste.
He doesn't have any psychological cleanliness obsession, and he doesn't have to completely sever ties with his predecessor's family and not have any intersection with them at all.
Just come normally.
…
The Star Language Tower was built very quickly, and it was not very big, just a metal hollow tower about four meters high. The most important thing was actually the complex psychic device underneath.
Gu Hang simply placed this thing on the rooftop of the Governor's Building, which he had converted from the old Union Parliament Building.
With a communication line connected, his office can directly conduct interstellar communications.
The star talker has a rest room in the building, and when Gu Hang needs him, he will go to the top floor to take up his post.
This first "interstellar call" was indeed made to his mother.
After waiting for about a minute, the communication was connected.
However, unlike what he expected, that his mother would appear in their mansion on Feiyi Star, Ms. Wang Qi was now wearing formal attire and seemed to be in a starship.
"...Mother." Gu Hang called out.
He thought that it would be difficult for him to call a 'stranger' mother.
In the end, the word came out very smoothly.
Perhaps, the potential influence of its predecessor still exists.
Ms. Wang Qi was wearing a dark blue military uniform, but slightly different. Her long hair was tied up in a bun at the back. She had a serious expression, just as stern as Gu Hang remembered.
She said, "Xiaohang, what's the matter?"
Gu Hang resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said calmly, "Nothing, just a thank you. Uncle Shi Cheng and his people have arrived, and the Star Language Communication Tower has been built. I just want to tell you."
"Okay, I understand."
"Um."
The two began to fall into an awkward silence.
At this moment, Gu Hang's thoughts couldn't help but drift away.
In the memory of his previous life, after he grew up a lot, his communication with his mother seemed to always be like this.
Either they were relatively silent, or they were arguing.
Retracting his thoughts, Gu Hang chuckled.
Ms. Wang Qi, who was standing opposite, was a little stunned when she saw her son's relieved, calm and free smile.
She hadn't seen her son smile in front of her for a long time.
It felt like my heart was hit by some special weapon.
But she quickly restrained her expression.
Gu Hang started the conversation: "Where are you now?"
"On the way to Black Arrow."
"Going to Black Arrow Star?" Gu Hang frowned and quickly remembered something. "The family meeting held every six years is about to start again, right?"
"Yes." Wang Qi nodded, and then as if she had thought of something, she added an explanation: "I didn't invite you. It was my decision. Don't mind. It's not appropriate for you to participate now."
"I know." Gu Hang nodded first, then asked, "Will Uncle Ming be elected again this time?"
The 'Uncle Ming' he mentioned was his father's cousin and the current head of the Gu family.
Hearing this question, Wang Qi showed a strange smile, which seemed a little disdainful and a little nervous, but eventually turned calm: "You will know in a few months."
Gu Hang is not the silly boy he was before, he sensed something keenly.
"Mother? Do you want to do something?"
"You don't need to know. Let's talk about it when the time comes." Wang Qi showed his usual domineering attitude towards his son at this time.
But Gu Hang will not back down, nor will he indulge his mother.
"I have to tell you." Gu Hang said, "If you have any action, please be sure to let me know. No matter what the actual situation is, in the eyes of the outside world, especially in the eyes of the family, we are one."
"Heh..." Wang Qi laughed habitually and contemptuously, but was interrupted by Gu Hang before he could finish his words.
She only saw her son slowly stand up on the screen, and said to her seriously and seriously: "Everything on Angry Owl Star is steadily moving forward. It has infinite potential. In my opinion, its value is greater than that of the entire Gu family. I don't want the changes in the Gu family to interfere with my development plan for Angry Owl Star."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Your crappy planet with an annual tax of 5 million tax coins is compared with the entire Gu Corporation? Xiao Hang, have you become so proud of yourself after making a little progress that you don't even know your last name? The Gu Corporation, the 14 major caravans, the value of one caravan is much higher than that of your planet!"
Gu Hang didn't want to bring the topic into a quarrel.
He calmed down, changed his mind and said, "Perhaps you don't know, I estimate that this year, the output value can reach 34 million tax coins. In addition to taxes and local residents' consumption, my planet can earn a minimum of 10 million tax coins a year. And by next year, I am confident that this number can be doubled."
"Do you have any idea, Mother?"
"This has already reached the income of a family caravan."
"And how much does it cost to build a family caravan? The price of the five armed merchant ships of the Beautiful Girl Caravan is at least more than 1 billion tax coins, but the annual profit is only 20 to 30 million tax coins at most. Is there room for a caravan to grow further? My planet does. With the growth of population, the recovery of productivity, and the opening of interstellar trade, the profits produced here will increase significantly."
"Why can the Fats family look down on the head of the Pegasus star region and ignore the navy families on the right? Because they have three planets that are developing and growing. They are the largest sponsor of the Astra Militarum troops in the Pegasus star region. This is their confidence."
"And I will probably make Wrathful Owl a place that is no worse than the three planets of Farchus. Do you want to interrupt my path?"
Wang Qi was silent.
After a while, she said, "My son, I will certainly not stand in your way. On the contrary, if what I am about to do is successful, your path will be smooth."
"What about failure?"
"It won't fail."
Gu Hang smiled: "Is there any plan in this world that will never fail? Even the Divine Emperor can't do it."
"Be careful with your words!"
"Just telling the truth." Gu Hang said, "So, can you tell me now, what exactly are you going to do?"
Wang Qi struggled for a moment, but finally sighed because of her son's performance.
I really can't treat my son as a child anymore.
"You should know that..."
Then she roughly expressed her thoughts.
There was no specific plan or implementation plan involved, just an idea: Wang Qi wanted to seize the position of head of the Gu family.
And Wang Qi herself cannot sit in this position. If she succeeds, the person sitting in this position will be Gu Hang.
She had been planning this for many years, and she had sworn that she would take back everything her husband had lost with her own hands.
The so-called "lost thing" was undoubtedly the position of the head of the family that should have fallen into the hands of her husband, but due to an accident, it became Gu Ming's.
Although the Gu family is quite a franchise system, the head of the family cannot be regarded as having the final say. Especially in recent years, after Gu Hang's grandfather passed away, his cousin Gu Ming took power, and this situation of separation became more serious. Gu Ming's prestige in the family is far less profound than that of the old head of the family.
After Wang Qi took over the business, she relied on her own skills to directly control four of the fourteen caravans of the Gu family. Another four were her "allies", which was more than half. She could also exert a certain influence on the remaining six caravans.
The family meeting held every six years will elect a new head of the family. Now that she has such a situation, she can certainly strive for the position of head of the family.
Her original plan was to have Gu Hang be the head of the family. But in her mind, Gu Hang was a piece of crap, and she wanted to be in charge of the government for a few years.
Wait until Gu Hang grows up and then hand over all the business to him.
Of course, it is also possible that Gu Hang cannot grow up, but that doesn’t matter.
She would ask Gu Hang to have more children, then set up a new account, train his grandson, and then find a real successor.
However, the fact that Gu Hang became the planetary governor before getting married and having children caused big problems for her plan.
Those allies began to question whether the plan could be carried out.
In this sense, Gu Hang's predecessor didn't have to worry too much about his own safety.
There was no way his mother would let him die.
But Wang Qi's plan was to pay the first installment of the imperial tax with her own money, and then find a way to remove Gu Hang from the position of planetary governor and get her plan back on track.
However, unexpectedly, Gu Hang has secured his position as planetary governor over the past year, and will no longer have any problems paying the imperial taxes. Moreover, Angry Owl Star seems to be thriving.
This is a pleasant surprise.
(End of this chapter)
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