Chapter 217: The first senior official of the alliance to be dismissed
After Gu Hang discussed with his mother, they finally decided to send a team of about 30,000 people to accompany them to Black Arrow Star.
The reason for this number is mainly due to the consideration of loading capacity and delivery capacity.
They will stay on the starship as sailors and crew members.
It's not that it can't accommodate more people. In fact, Wang Qi brought nine starships with him this time, four of which were "Giant Belly" transport ships.
This thing is well-known in interstellar trade. It doesn't run fast, it doesn't have heavy armor, and it doesn't even have ports designed to be equipped with weapons. It has no potential to be converted into an armed merchant ship.
But it has two advantages that make it the dominant force in interstellar trade: 1. It is big and can hold a lot of stuff. 2. It is cheap.
The population that the 'giant belly' can carry is up to 20 million people - although there will be no quality of life at all, as people are treated as cargo, but it can indeed hold so many people.
However, in addition to loading capacity, delivery capacity must also be considered.
Even if Gu Hang really gave Wang Qi an army of 100,000, with the delivery capabilities of the caravan she led, it would take a long time to get people to the ground.
Thirty thousand people is the limit.
The troops selected by Gu Hang were the 34th Motorized Infantry Division and the 37th and 38th Mechanized Brigades.
Three divisional and brigade-level units, a total of more than 28,000 people. Gu Hang also sent a few hundred special warfare elites from the 10th Brigade, plus some civilian officers, a total of 30,000 people.
Gu Hang hoped that they would be of no use and would just go for an armed parade. It would be best if they could hold a small military parade on the Black Arrow Star to show the appearance of the Angry Owl Star.
By the time they are really put to use, things may become very troublesome, and the worst-case scenario that Gu Hang guessed might happen.
He really didn't want to see that scene, but he was indeed preparing for it.
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The fleet led by Wang Qi had just set off from Feiyi Star.
Generally speaking, the fastest route from Feiyi Star to Black Arrow Star is to go through the Star Boundary Tunnel twice, first from Feiyi Star to Koroga 3 Galaxy, and then to Black Arrow Galaxy.
However, since Wang Qi has decided to visit the Angry Owl Star, she can first come to the Angry Owl Star from Koroga 3, and then go to the Black Arrow Star from the Angry Owl Star through the Star Tunnel.
There are three star tunnels in the Angry Owl Galaxy. Two of them lead to Koroga 3 and Black Arrow Star respectively, and the other one goes out of the Pegasus Star Region and goes to the Orange Chrysanthemum Star in the neighboring Amber Star Region.
According to the time calculation, it will take about half a month for Wang Qi's fleet to reach the Angry Owl Star.
There's no need to make any special preparations, just let the troops get ready.
And during this half month, several things happened.
Our own business.
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Just after Gu Hang decided which troops to send to Black Arrow Star to act as guards for his mother, a senior official of the alliance came to ask for a meeting.
He sat in his office, listening to Dennison Henry's endless complaints with an expressionless face.
Speaking of this person, he also joined Gu Hang's forces very early. At first, he was just a merchant in Garbage Town, and he didn't even have the identity of Garbage Town's agent. In Gu Hang's early days, he invested in Gu Hang and helped him a lot.
He received a huge return on this investment.
Today, he has become the governor of the Alliance's High Tower Province, which can be regarded as a realization of his original investment.
Back then, his goal was to hope that the Governor would support him in becoming the head of Garbage Town. But now, not only Garbage Town is under his control, but also a large area around Garbage Town and the ruins of the tower is included in the Tower Province and is under his jurisdiction.
In the past, Gaota Province was the smallest of the three central provinces, both in terms of population and area.
Recently, when Yan Fangxu led the Central Army Group to pacify the eastern provinces, a large amount of land and settlements in the border areas were planned into the Gaota Province.
This caused the area of the Tower Province to more than triple, and the population also increased from 300,000 to 1.4 million, which is four or five times the original amount.
Not only that, the use of waste energy storms in the tower ruins is also at the forefront of the entire alliance. The compressed energy crystals produced by just that one industry are more than enough to survive.
With this contribution, and as a founding member of the alliance, he built relationships and developed some industries. Especially recently, Weixing City was clearing out some consumer industrial products and simple military industries. In addition, the production lines for various engineering machines recently established by the alliance were not placed in Weixing City, but were thrown into other surrounding areas.
On the one hand, this is to support production in other regions, establish an industrial chain for the entire alliance, and bring the various parts of the alliance closer together; on the other hand, Weixing City needs to concentrate more its efforts on the production of key products.
In this case, Denison Henry can completely rely on his old relationships and the fact that the High Tower Province is relatively close to the energy production areas and is close to Weixing City, making it easier for him to take over those relocated industrial lines.
Logically, Denison Henry should be satisfied.
He only needs to guard his own province.
But he didn't.
He was also seeking one thing: he hoped that the ground part of the starport that was about to be built on the Angry Owl Star could be located within his jurisdiction.
Speaking of this matter, the relevant technical blueprint has been handed over to Wu Jiarong to arrange. Through field investigations, she has found several places suitable for building a star port.
There are several alternative sites, generally concentrated to the east of Fuxing City, at the junction of Gaota Province and Xiongya Province.
The two sides naturally began to fight openly and secretly.
Obviously, if the ground part of the star port can be built within its own jurisdiction, it will bring huge economic benefits after the construction of the star port is completed in the future, and will have an obvious and huge boosting effect on the development of its own province.
Originally, Henry was confident that he could obtain the construction rights.
However, the final result made him very disappointed.
The final site was chosen to be a place called 'Skarro Highlands' in the province of Xiongya.
Henry was furious about this. He made trouble in the Union Government more than once and had several heated face-to-face exchanges with Ossena, accusing the Union Development Department of forming cliques and excluding him. This was because the new governor of Xiongya Province was an official from the Development Department. They were taking care of their own people and ignoring the multiple investigation reports issued by the Union Research Institute.
He insisted that the alternative starport site for the Tower Province was more suitable than the Skaro Heights.
The original words he sprayed in front of Ossena were:
"You like to build connections, right? You like to build connections, right? Then aren't my connections stronger and more solid than anyone else's? Even you were one of the first batch of refugees I brought to the Governor from Renaissance City! I was also the Governor's first investor! What kind of bastard is that guy named Rafar? How dare he compete with me?!"
Why does Gu Hang know it so clearly?
Because this was what the alliance's internal affairs department told him.
Ossena had a hard time dealing with Henry's dominance.
In actual work, she did reject Henry's requests many times, even in person. But when she was scolded, she couldn't just stand up and let the guards kick Henry out.
After all, he was a high-ranking official in a province of the alliance and a veteran of the alliance. What he said, "Ossena was brought to the governor by him," was indeed the truth.
It's really not good to make yourself look bad.
Giving kind advice is one thing, and firmly rejecting unreasonable requests is another.
But Henry was obviously not satisfied with this.
Seeing that Ossena, the Prime Minister of the Union, refused to meet his demands, he angrily uttered a few harsh words.
What are the words "ungrateful" and "you are useless as the prime minister", and then he ran to see Gu Hang.
Of course, he couldn't act so domineering in front of Gu Hang.
On the contrary, he was very humble, and as soon as he entered the room, he fell to the ground and began to complain about his grievances with snot and tears. It was not until Gu Hang asked him to get up several times with a somewhat impatient attitude that he was willing to get up, sat on a chair brought by the waiter, and continued to complain.
The more Gu Hang listened, the angrier he became.
He finally couldn't bear it anymore, raised the document in his hand and smashed it on Denison Henry's face.
"Look carefully!" Gu Hang stared at this person, "Are you going to continue to gossip in front of me?"
The crying and complaining stopped abruptly.
Henry didn't expect that Gu Hang would get so angry, and he was stunned for a moment.
He glanced at the white paper that fell to the ground after flying. The content on it was quite familiar to him, as he had read it many times.
It was written above that the location of the High Tower Province was indeed slightly better than that of the Skaro Highlands in terms of environment. This was also the basis for his many disturbances.
Gu Hang was extremely disappointed when he saw that he had no intention of repenting at all.
He said, "You delayed my star port construction plan for more than a week just for this selfish gain? Do you think I have plenty of time?"
"Yes, the location of the High Tower Province does have slightly better natural conditions, but not much better, and it is highly replaceable."
"But elsewhere, Skaro Heights simply crushes you!"
"The alliance's major infrastructure project started three months ago. Look at what you have done in these three months? The construction of roads and railways has opened up a route from Garbage Town to Weixing City and Fuxing City. Other projects have been procrastinated. Especially the eastward project plan, which has been delayed until now and has not even started!"
"Do you think I don't know your little tricks at all? Do you think the land taken from Yan Fangxu's Eastern Expedition is not enough, and Gaota Province has not expanded enough? Do you think the industries of Gaota Province and the eastern provinces are very similar, and they are both key resource production areas. There is not much room for cooperation, but fierce competition. If we connect Gaota Province's railway and road network with Xiongya Province, they will make money for nothing?"
"That's definitely not what I meant!"
Henry fell to his knees again.
Gu Hang was even more disgusted: "When did the alliance have this kind of kneeling etiquette?"
Henry stood up again awkwardly.
"I don't care whether you think so or not, and I don't want to argue with you about this issue." Gu Hang continued, "I only look at the facts in front of me. The Development Department has formulated multiple infrastructure construction plans, and you don't understand the meaning behind these plans. That means you are blind and indifferent to the overall development of the alliance, which is a dereliction of duty. What's even more wrong is that you don't understand and are unwilling to implement them!"
"We were given four months to complete the first phase of the project. Now three months have passed, and you in High Tower Province have only achieved a little more than half of your project goals. Every other province has completed the plan better than you. Even Wangcha Province, which was established the shortest time, has pushed the project more than halfway. Xiongya Province has already completed the first phase of construction, and has also built multiple road networks in the Skaro Highlands to facilitate logistics after the future star port is established."
"Rafar's plan, from the transportation of materials and personnel needed to build the star port to the planning of a transportation hub city for the ground part of the star port, has all been planned and is already being implemented. Why would the Development Department give up that place and choose your High Tower Province? Is it because you haven't finished building the railway yet? Will the engineering team of the star port construction have to drive iron bull trucks on the muddy road to transport tens of millions of construction materials to the construction site?"
"I..." Henry's forehead was covered with cold sweat, "It's not that there is no construction. I also have the relevant plans..."
"Come on, because of your nonsense, the Starport construction plan has been forced to be postponed for a week. Do I have to wait for another two months for you to complete the basic projects that you should have built long ago before launching the plan?"
At this point, Gu Hang had lost the desire to continue discussing this matter with Denison Henry.
He gave his final decision:
"Henry, I appreciate your help a year and a half ago, but you've gained so much more because of it. My tolerance for you is limited, and I don't want you to talk about these things all day and ignore the actual work."
"Don't think that being the head of the High Tower Province is a reward for your past contributions. To be honest, are the things you did in the past worthy of a province as a reward? I let you be the leader of this province because I hope you can contribute your abilities to make our cause better and more prosperous, not to let you rest on your laurels."
"I am very disappointed with this matter. I think you are not suitable to govern a province. I will let Ossena choose a more suitable candidate to replace you. However, your C9 level rank, as well as the relevant benefits and allowances will be retained. This is my way of thanking you for your help in the past."
Hearing this, Denison Henry's face turned pale.
I was fired?
Since the establishment of the alliance, I am the first provincial and ministerial official to be dismissed?
Henry regretted his decision deeply.
(End of this chapter)
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