Chapter 71, Life is the Emperor's Coin
If Gu Hang knew what Mondok was thinking, he would definitely laugh: I just want to kill a few people, why should I bomb a city?
Will he really give the order to let Ye Lixia bombard Fuxing City?
Yes and no.
Yes, refers to a small-scale, relatively precise military strike; No, means that Fuxing City will not be destroyed until the last moment.
The total population of Fuxing City, including the inner city and the outer city poor, is nearly one million.
And what is the population of the entire Angry Owl Star?
Six years ago, during the last years of the second generation of the governor-general, when the imperial tax was paid for the last time, the figure was over 42 million.
One planet, 42 million people, which is 0.5% of the heyday of the Wrathful Star in the pre-war era.
99.5% of the population was lost in that war and in the century of darkness and chaos that followed the war.
After the second generation of governor's rule ended, the governor was replaced every two years. Six years have passed since then. Has the situation on the Angry Owl Star improved?
Obviously not.
Given the situation here, the population is probably still declining.
Compared to the population, the loss of productivity is probably more serious. This also leads to the fact that, although the population is already small compared to a planet, people are still worthless. Because even with such a small number of people, the current output of the Angry Owl Star is still barely enough to support them.
So, now the answer to this question is very clear: Why is Gu Hang unwilling to easily order the starship to bombard Fuxing City?
Because this is one of the few densely populated places on the Angry Owl Star. Calculated at one million people, it is already 2.3% of the total population of the entire planet six years ago. The actual proportion will only be higher than this number. According to Gu Hang's estimation, the total population of the Angry Owl Star may be less than 40 million, or even less.
Moreover, although the poor people outside Fuxing City are extremely poor, this city is still a pearl on the Angry Owl Star. This city, which gathers the inner and outer cities together, has a population of one million. The increase in productivity brought by the scale effect is incomparable to that of a million small settlements of ten thousand people combined.
Bombing Fuxing City would result in the loss of 2.3% or even higher proportion of the world's population and more than 5% of global productivity, which was something Gu Hang was unwilling to accept. Not to mention, without Fuxing City, the original population gathering place, there would be a huge loss of development potential.
If the city can be peacefully taken and controlled, with a population of one million and Gu Hang's technology system, it can unleash a huge production capacity. Without Fuxing City, Gu Hang would have to go through the wasteland with thousands or hundreds of people, looking for small hidden and guarded places like countless abandoned cave communities to gather people.
Peacefully controlling Fuxing City is equivalent to Gu Hang recovering a thousand abandoned cave communities.
This is the biggest reason why Gu Hang would not order the destruction of Fuxing City unless it is absolutely necessary.
Life is the Emperor's coin, that's true, but there's a second part to it: 'Use it well.'
Even the emperor was like this, so there was no reason for Gu Hang, the governor, whose entire fortune might theoretically be less than 40 million, to be so extravagant as to waste a million "coins" at will.
…
If I say six hours, it means six hours.
A transport ship disembarked from the Quintet, bringing with it a squad of Battle Sisters.
Eleven nuns, led by Head Sister Grit, came to the surface.
They were all over 1.8 meters tall, and they looked even taller and heavier in their armor. The milky white armor was dotted with green patterns, which made them look holy and elegant, making them look like living lily ladies.
When they walked out of the hatch, Gu Hang thought he saw another battle group coming out.
Of course, it's just a sense of déjà vu. The difference between the two is still quite big.
The red armor of the phoenix looks like a veteran soldier who has fought hundreds of battles and shed rivers of blood; the armor of the holy lily, which is a combination of tender green and milky white, looks like an elegant lady who is spreading the gospel.
The biggest difference was their body size. Each battle nun was over 1.8 meters tall, which was considered very tall and strong among women, not to mention that they were wearing power armor, which made their bodies much larger than those of ordinary soldiers.
However, it is still no match for the Space Marines, who are over 2.3 or 2.4 meters tall and whose bodies are also huge when they are horizontally stretched.
Gu Hang gathered his thoughts and went forward to meet him.
"Ms. Grit, welcome. With your help, the traitors and heretics of the Wrathful Owl will have nowhere to hide."
Different from the Space Marines who always had deadpan faces, the leader of the battle sisters seemed gentle and kind—at least that was how it seemed to Grit.
She had short white hair and stretched out her hand with a smile and shook hands with Gu Hang.
Her voice was low, gentle, and healing: "I am also very happy to meet you, Mr. Governor. I hope we can have good cooperation in the future."
After saying that, she turned her gaze to the Space Marine Chapter Commander Martins who was standing not far behind Gu Hang.
Smile and nod.
Martins also nodded in response.
Gu Hang observed this.
These two people have a story.
He asked curiously: "Do you two... know each other?"
Grit smiled and said, "If you want to know, Mr. Governor, you might as well ask Captain Martins. If he doesn't want to tell you, I can't say much."
Gu Hang turned his gaze to Martins again.
Martins didn't speak for a long time. He thought he would never get an answer, but in the end, this serious Space Marine still spoke: "We fought side by side in the Organ Sector."
Grit said, "I want to thank you. Without you, the Holy Mercy Lily might not exist anymore."
"No, I want to thank you. You could have evacuated, but you insisted on fighting alongside us."
Grete smiled with a hint of cleverness: "That's not what you said at the time."
Martins rarely showed a little shyness: "I..."
"Hahaha!" Grit walked forward with a loud laugh. Although she was much shorter than Martins and both of them were wearing power armor, this did not prevent the Sister Superior from giving the Chapter Master a big hug.
"In any case, it's nice to see you again, my comrade. Congratulations on your atonement of your sins, and may the God-Emperor bless your future."
…
It was quite amazing that two comrades who had been separated for a long time could meet again in a small place like the Wrathful Owl Star and have the opportunity to fight side by side again. The so-called "Organ Star Region" they mentioned was far away from the Pegasus Star Region.
But they didn't have much time to reminisce.
It's time to set off.
The reason why it was delayed until now was because Gu Hang was waiting for the arrival of the battle sisters. Although there were only eleven of them, they were still eleven extremely outstanding warriors. As long as two or three sisters cooperated, there was a good chance of defeating an ordinary space warrior.
What's more, there is also the head nun, Grit. Gu Hang could vaguely sense through his psychic power that the head nun's strength was probably not much weaker than Martins.
Of course, no more news came from Fuxing City. Old Hodgson seemed to have really disappeared from the world, and no one knew whether he was dead or alive.
But Gu Hang didn't plan to wait any longer.
The Mechanical Servant Battalion was guarding the house, with a total of more than 1,500 soldiers from the 2nd to 6th Battalions, including Marines, Phoenix Space Marines, Holy Lily Battle Sisters... an entire team, escorting the Governor from the camp to Renaissance City.
(End of this chapter)
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