Chapter 26, Long-term planning
Nothing extra happened on the way back to camp.
Only the governor had a sour face for some reason, making people afraid to approach him.
Gu Hang's attendant Zhang Chao was already waiting outside the Governor's camp. He had received Gu Hang's notice in advance and had arranged preparations for the arrival of supplies in the camp.
Gu Hang is short of manpower, so he is also interested in training Zhang Chao. This guy doesn't look like a good soldier, but he should have no problem handling some civilian and administrative work.
There was no way to solve the problem no matter how big it was. Not many of Gu Hang's subordinates could read, and he had no better candidates.
Moreover, this young man Zhang Chao did a pretty good job.
There was no time to build a large enough warehouse, but they also cleared out some board houses to store supplies. Some things that did not require high storage and were not exposed to wind and rain were piled up in an open space and covered with a large tarpaulin, which was enough for temporary storage.
Afterwards, Zhang Chao was busy counting the supplies and arranging their distribution, including how much to send to Feidong Society.
It was quite reliable, so Gu Hang felt relieved and his expression looked a little better.
As for the frustration of having two consecutive draws with nothing, it has almost dissipated now.
Technology is something that you have to spend your grace to draw. Probability is the only thing that matters. If you don't win, there's nothing you can do. Just hope you'll have better luck next time.
The cat went into its room, and Gu Hang took out a pen and paper and began to plan what to do next.
He didn't plan to materialize the G9 gun family black box that he got from the technology lottery from the system right away. Based on the experience of the alloy plastic steel black box before, the size of these two things should not be too small, and they can't be put back once they are materialized.
Zhang Chao has already arranged for people to dig a bunker. Gu Hang plans to build a core secret base as the future "scientific research" center of the camp, which needs to be kept strictly confidential.
As for the black box, try not to show it to others if possible.
The technology lottery is just a small episode. What to do next is the key.
The supplies he demanded, or extorted, from Fuxing City alleviated the problem of insufficient supplies in the camp, especially the lack of food. He was not yet self-sufficient in food within his sphere of influence. The Mantan Valley Manor could produce grain, but it would take several months for a good harvest to come in the autumn.
During this period, we can survive with this supply of supplies.
The premise is that the population he has to support will not expand further.
But that's impossible.
Gu Hang’s next goal is to expand the population.
The alloy plastic steel industry line needs to expand, the G9 gun family production line also needs workers, and construction also needs workers. In the future, other technologies may be extracted and other production lines may be established, all of which will require people.
Where do people come from?
This problem is easy to solve.
Wrathful Owl was clearly a wasteland planet with a sparse population, at least not comparable to those hive worlds with tens of billions of people, but its people were particularly worthless.
The wandering tribes of survivors, the poor people who live precariously around Fuxing City... these are the sources for Gu Hang to recruit population.
But you can't smoke randomly.
When people come, Gu Hang has to provide them with jobs, food and other consumer goods.
To put it bluntly, you have to be able to afford it and allow people to bring out greater value.
This requires more materials and greater production capacity.
At present, the first step he had to take was to sell the most important output within his current sphere of influence, as well as the most important output in the future - alloy plastic steel.
Only when the products can be sold can we talk about expanding production capacity.
Thinking of this, Gu Hang turned his gaze towards Fuxing City again.
It's not that I have to catch a sheep and pull it up, it's mainly because I'm too close and my identity is suitable, so it's very easy to pull it up.
Moreover, he had already considered Fuxing City as his own. What's yours is mine, so what's wrong with using it first?
Anyway, he must take control of that city in the end.
He only had two years, and it was impossible for him to really start farming on a blank slate and produce enough financial and material resources to pay the taxes of a planet in two years.
Going out and starting anew is essentially another attempt to take control of the entire planet.
If he wanted to take full control of Renaissance City, he would have to go directly to the city to engage in political struggles with the local tyrants, which would be a dead end. But if he had a force of his own and then took over the administrative power of Renaissance City and even the entire alliance government, it would be a completely different situation.
In the near future, when he is ready to take over, he will be confident that he can cleanse all the power classes in Fuxing City and make the power of the entire city truly work for him.
This kind of power cannot rely solely on the deterrence of the "Quinte" in the sky. If they perish together, he will also be doomed, and the councilors in Renaissance City are also aware of this.
"Nuclear deterrence" alone is not enough. If Gu Hang wanted a hundred tons of supplies, they gave it to him. If Gu Hang wanted to carry out a purge and take their lives, then they would fight Gu Hang to the death under the threat of orbital bombing. At worst, they would die together.
He needs a truly usable, regular force to support him in doing what he wants to do.
"We still have to expand our military." Gu Hang came to a conclusion.
Expansion is simple.
Two hundred men were selected from the slaves brought down from the starship. One hundred of them used the remaining G7 Raiders, and the remaining one hundred used the captured local miscellaneous guns. One point of the system, two points of grace were spent, and together with the one hundred men from the Waste Cave Company, a light infantry battalion was formed.
Gu Hang handed over the task of recruiting new soldiers from the three thousand servants to Yan Fangxu.
Captain Yan is already numb.
He knew that his lord governor was going to demonstrate once again that he could train a regular army in just a few days, which would take one or two years to train.
He was really puzzled, and in the end he could only think that this was the ability of the governor and that the governor was a genius in training troops.
Although this explanation was ridiculous, he couldn't think of any other one.
Of course, although he knew that in the hands of the governor, even the worst soldiers could be trained to be decent after a few days, when selecting soldiers, he still conscientiously selected the two hundred best from the three thousand servants.
After the equipment and weapons were distributed, Gu Hang casually spent 2 points of grace in the [Soldier Card] and prepared a training package for these soldiers. After that, he didn't care about it anymore and just showed up every day in a formal manner.
It didn't take long for new information to come out.
[2nd Infantry Battalion: Light Infantry, Comprehensive -, cannot be upgraded]
【Number: 300 people】
[Equipment: T5, Training: T5, Experience: -]
The commander of this unit was Pobov from Feidong Society, who was promoted to battalion commander.
(End of this chapter)
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