Chapter 879, Keep moving forward! (End of this volume)
On the eve of the grand ceremony, when everyone was toasting and chatting, Gu Hang was listening to reports from two people.
The first one is Tech-Hainot.
This man was born in the Eastern Universe and was originally just a planetary governor. However, when the Alliance's power expanded to the Eastern Universe, this governor actively approached the Alliance and, with the help of the Alliance's resources, made his own planet prosperous.
During the subsequent political changes, he remained firmly on the team.
He has a firm stance and is quite popular. In addition, he is quite capable and has been rising rapidly all along.
In terms of contribution, his most outstanding performance was as a deputy in the Magre Universe. His main responsibility was the safe zone policy.
To put it bluntly, the world that implemented the safe zone policy is a bit like being half-abandoned. The planet takes care of itself, and the alliance only sends special envoys to contact and guide, with a small amount of material supply. The natives on the planet need to be self-reliant and raise the safety level of their own planet to above the standard line before they can establish a government recognized by the alliance. Only at this stage will the real alliance army come to solve the remaining problems and start to invest heavily in rebuilding the entire world.
After that, the conditions were good. But before that, to be honest, what the Alliance gave was quite limited, and the world had to rely more on its own self-reliance and self-salvation.
This is a policy that we have to adopt due to insufficient resources.
If the coalition government has other options, it certainly does not want to do this. The coalition is a typical centralized regime that wants to be a big government. While gaining power, it will also shoulder corresponding responsibilities and gain greater rewards and create greater value in the process.
Therefore, if possible, the Alliance does not want any world to implement the safe zone policy.
But there is no other way. Although the Alliance is large, the scale of the Dark Side Expedition is equally large. Once you embark on this expedition, you can't go back. And these worlds designated as safe zones are originally worlds that cannot be saved based on military assessments. According to the military, once an extermination order is issued, the problem will be solved forever. There is a risk of setting a safe zone policy, and many worlds cannot save themselves, or the time to save themselves is very long, and there is also the risk of chaos or alien spillover.
However, the Alliance government still formulated the safe zone policy despite the risk, hoping that these worlds that were originally beyond salvation could save themselves. During this process, the Alliance said that it did not help much, but in fact it still helped.
This is what Tek Hainot did in the Magre Universe. He took a budget from the Union Government and was responsible for managing these safe zone worlds. At the same time, a portion of the local army that was built and reorganized locally and originally intended for the Dark Side Expedition was intercepted and assigned to him to implement the safe zone policy.
He really did it very well.
On the one hand, he can strive hard to get more resources from above.
He is always successful, not because he has a lot of face, but because he has the resources, whether it is money, materials, or troops, in short, he can really achieve results.
He will make a more detailed assessment of the specific situation of each world that implements the safe zone policy, and will give special instructions to the Alliance envoys who enter the safe zone, formulate plans based on local conditions, and help them establish a temporary government in advance. They always try to mobilize the safe parts and safe personnel on the planet first, carry out local economic construction, retain more people, and protect the living force.
The military aspect is, however, a secondary consideration.
He will set effective, achievable and specific performance indicators for these interim governments, guide them on how to achieve them, and further provide resources to help them achieve them.
Under the implementation of Tech Hainot, the situation of the Magre Space Safe Zone policy is much better than expected.
According to the original estimate, of all the safe zone worlds, only 20% of them can come out of the safe zone policy and become normal worlds under the management of the alliance in ten years. But at the same time, 30% of the worlds will eventually fall below the safe zone policy limit - that means the alliance's military will come and destroy the world. The remaining 50% of the worlds will continue to sink under the safe zone policy.
But in reality, during the ten years of Techhanot's rule, the number of worlds that eventually escaped the safe zone policy reached 40%, double what was expected; the proportion of those that were destroyed also fell to 20%.
This is a pretty outstanding result.
If he continues to work step by step in the Magrez Universe, he may be promoted to the position of vice chairman, and while managing the safe zone policy, he will also take on more work in economic and political construction.
His future is bright.
But Gu Hang decided to give him a better and bigger opportunity.
Next, Tech Hainote will directly serve as the chairman of the Qianjin Universe, leading the political and economic work of the Qianjin Universe.
It has been two years since he came here. During these two years, he has been ordered to conduct research, build his own ruling team, and establish connections with various local dignitaries in the universe.
Now, Gu Hang was listening to his report.
Talk about his previous work results, but more importantly, talk about what he will do next.
Overall, Gu Hang was quite satisfied.
The main reason is that Gu Hang is satisfied with this person.
In the Magre Universe, he is committed to saving those worlds that were originally difficult to save, so that these worlds can get back on track. Some of them have even begun to generate positive returns and provide blood transfusions to the alliance.
Gu Hang believes that he is a passionate person who conforms to the overall policy and spirit of the alliance, and his ability has been proven.
Of course, if all of this is viewed in the system's [Hero] interface, it might be more intuitive: he is an SSR-level, LV8 character, and his abilities are basically focused on governing and economic development.
Gu Hang carefully explained some of his own views.
Compared with the Magre universe, the situation in the forward universe is very different.
There are harder aspects.
For example, the war disasters here were even worse because of the spillover from the Omgeria war;
For example, the way the alliance recaptured the Forward Universe mainly relied on the huge reputation after the victory of a key war, which made all parties quickly change their flags and did not experience the military cleansing of the regimes of various planets. The local dignitaries are stronger than those worlds in the Magre Universe that have been generally suppressed militarily. These dignitaries are temporarily convinced, but in the long run, when the alliance system is implemented locally, I am afraid that there will be more deep resistance.
But there are also good sides.
The great reputation and legitimacy that the alliance gained in the Ohmgerian War will be the sharpest knife in Tekhainot's hand in the future. Sometimes, when he has to deal with a local dignitary, he doesn't have to use force like he did in the Magre Universe. It is very likely that he just needs to pull up the alliance's banner and talk, and the dignitary will have to tie his hands and come to the door.
Immediately, Gu Hang also put forward his own request.
What he hopes to see is that the Forward Universe can be integrated into the alliance's system as soon as possible, get up and running, and that economic construction can keep up and start supplying blood for the expedition as quickly as possible.
At the same time, the Ohmgilia star field, which everyone thinks is a wasteland and humans are almost extinct, is actually a huge treasure waiting to be excavated in Gu Hang's view. It is a blank sheet of paper here, but the natural resources are still there, just like the several star regions and dozens of worlds that were once occupied by the Iron Tooth Empire for a long time when the alliance was founded, which have now become important granaries.
The hundreds of sheets of white paper in Omgeria that people can paint on freely are actually a considerable fortune.
All of it is invested and developed by the alliance, and the scale may be too large; but when necessary, these things can be used as bait to pique the interest of local people and make those local dignitaries willingly work for the alliance.
Tech Hainote listened and recorded attentively.
After the report and exchange, he assured Gu Hang that he would give a satisfactory answer in the next ten years.
…
In addition to Tech Hainoten, the other person Gu Hang wanted to report to was Yan Fangxu.
This grand ceremony of advancement was also held for him.
Next, the advance into the Tianwang Universe is just around the corner.
The Dark Side Expedition is about to enter the next stage.
After entering the Tianwang Universe, Gu Hang hoped that Yan Fangxu, in addition to the regular expedition plan to recover one world after another, would also focus on one thing - finding a passage through the scarlet scar.
According to Gu Hang's calculations, there were several areas of subspace turbulence on the entire scarlet scar, which were relatively mild.
In these places, there may be passages that allow normal fleets to pass through, stable or unstable.
Of course it would be best if we could find a stable channel.
Gu Hang is not completely indifferent to Holy Terra.
To be honest, the other side is the most valuable area of the entire human empire, both in terms of population and productivity.
No matter what the relationship between the two parties will be like in the future, it is very important to at least find such a channel and control it in one's own hands.
You can go forward to the other side, or you can retreat to guard the passage and isolate the two sides.
Yan Fangxu understood his mission and assured Gu Hang that he would do his best to achieve his goal.
Overall, the time they spent communicating was not very long.
The two of them have a friendship as old revolutionaries, and Gu Hang is very confident in Yan Fangxu in many things.
Calculating the time, the ceremony was reaching its climax and it was time for Gu Hang to appear on stage.
After tidying up his clothes, he got in the car and headed for the main venue.
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"Fellow countrymen, comrades-in-arms, defenders of human civilization:"
"The world beneath our feet was once a scorched earth polluted by aliens, but now it is a pure land that tens of millions of soldiers have exchanged for their lives and beliefs! Three years ago, when the roars of the two aliens resounded across the starry sea and the entire human world in the star field was destroyed, it was countless soldiers who built the defense line with their iron bodies, and it was the workers, farmers, and mechanical priests who supported the front line with their sweat and wisdom! Many of them have been buried forever in this land. Let us pay the highest respect to all the heroes who have sacrificed their lives for the future of mankind!"
"This victory belongs not only to the Alliance Army, but also to every world that has held on in the darkness. Fellow countrymen in the Advancing Universe, you have fought against the Greenskins' frenzy in isolation and have protected the fire of your homeland under the fangs of the Zerg. You have proved that humans will never bow to despair! The survival of mankind depends on the blessing of the God-Emperor, but also on our own unity and struggle!"
"The Forward Space Domain has officially become an integral part of the Human Alliance. This is not conquest, but liberation; it is not the annexation of power, but the sharing of responsibility! The light of the Thunder Torch connects all star regions, and the technology of the Mechanicus will be open to every world. The local governors, caravan leaders, and legion commanders who were once trapped on the lonely star, your fleets will sail to the prosperous market in the east, your engineers will participate in all great constructions, and your descendants will become the next generation of generals and governors in the Alliance's academy!"
"Yes, I will not deny it and I will emphasize to you that the management of the alliance does mean change."
"But the pain of change will eventually be healed by common prosperity. We don't need separatist warlords and divided ideas. What we need is a unified market, efficient administration, and shared security! Those who are worried about the loss of power, please look at the industrial clusters in the Magre space domain and the free trade port in the Adan star region. Under the banner of the alliance, local interests have never disappeared, but have been sublimated into the well-being of all mankind!"
"The Alliance will guarantee everyone who contributes to the Alliance, to humanity, and to the Emperor. No matter what kind of contribution you make, whether it's planting a grain, tightening a screw, or managing a planet... whatever it is, it will be remembered."
"However, the Dark Side Crusade is far from over."
"The remnants of the greenskins are still in the starry sea, the shadow of the Zerg has never been far away, all kinds of aliens are great enemies in this era of catastrophe, not to mention the whispers from Chaos are still corrupting people's hearts... Our great cause is still continuing."
"The main force of the expeditionary force has completed its preparations under the leadership of Marshal Yan Fangxu. After the celebration, they will set out again, marching westward and southward, entering the Tianwang Universe, and retaking this central territory of the world."
"And the reorganized army heading to the Advance Space Domain will also be reorganized within the next six months and join forces with the main force of the Alliance Expeditionary Force!"
"The scar of the Great Rift tore the empire apart, but it also made us see the truth - only by abandoning sectarianism and closely linking the fate of every planet, every army, and every person can mankind continue the flame in this dark galaxy!"
"Starting from Omgilia, the cheers of this grand ceremony will become the clarion call for an expedition. Wherever the Lightning Torch shines, it will be human territory; wherever the alliance flag points, it will be the direction of light!"
"Forward to the universe, forward! For the alliance! For humanity!"
(End of this chapter)
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