Chapter 318, Not only interested, but also very big
After finishing the conversation with Chief Pei Desi, the group said goodbye and Gu Hang returned with his mother.
They walked in silence, each thinking about their own things.
It was not until they returned to their safe and secure home that they began to talk about the whole thing.
Wang Qi worriedly reminded Gu Hang, "Governor Koroja... don't be confused. This is a huge pit now. It is not comparable to when you went to Angry Owl Star alone. If you don't handle it well, you and the entire Gu family will die without a burial place."
"I understand. I won't be fooled." Gu Hang nodded and sighed again, "What a tempting piece of fat meat, but it's a pity that it's covered with dog shit."
Gu Hang's emotion came from the heart.
To be honest, when Pedes proposed to nominate a member of the Gu family to serve as the Governor of Koroja after Akuna's death, he was really tempted.
How could I not be tempted? In comparison, the population of Koroja is a thousand times that of Angry Owl Star!
If Gu Hang can take control of this planet and rely on the black box to complete the political and economic transformation of the entire planet, allowing dozens of hive cities and a total of 40 billion people on the entire planet to burst out with strong productivity, then the value of this planet will become extremely huge!
But... it's too difficult.
Koroja 3 is not the Angry Owl Planet. There are too many local forces here, and it is very complicated. In terms of objective conditions, while there is potential here, the huge population also brings terrible environmental pressure.
Gu Hang couldn't simply copy his success on the Angry Owl Star to Koroga 3, as the ecology here was completely different.
What's more, the situation here is bad enough. Add to that the political struggle in the Pegasus region, which is the core vortex. Add to that the large-scale invasion of plague demons, and the situation is not only not under control, but is getting worse...
This is what Gu Hang called "fat meat covered with dog shit".
Now is definitely not a good time to take over Koroja 3. At this point in time, whoever comes to power will be the scapegoat and the victim.
"Old Fofana hasn't accepted Pedes' invitation to run for the next leader of the star zone, right?" Gu Hang asked softly.
"Yes, General Fofana probably didn't mean that."
Gu Hang nodded slightly: "It's easy to understand. They are a military family. What's the point of running for the leader of this star region? They are standing in the front for no reason, but they lack the support of political forces. It's not easy to be elected. The key is that there are no specific benefits after being elected. Instead, they have to face the pressure of Fachs."
"Ah..." Wang Qi sighed, "It's difficult."
Gu Hang knew what his mother was lamenting about.
Once Akuna and Pedesi died, the investigation team of the Sun Lord stopped coming, and the investigation teams from the Star Domain and the Universe Domain just left, leaving behind a huge mess.
The original balance of power in the Tianma star region will be directly broken.
Objectively speaking, Pedes is a very qualified sector leader. Although there is a political enemy in the sector, Fats, who has a huge influence on the Star Army in the sector. However, he was able to support his brother to become the Governor of Wing Star and unite with Governor Akuna of Koroja to firmly suppress the Fats family in terms of population and production scale. In addition, the alliance with the Fofana family and the use of the developed economic strength of Wing Star, especially the shipbuilding industry, strongly influenced the Imperial Navy.
In this case, he undoubtedly has a great advantage in the star zone, and he is not a decorative leader like many other star zones.
What's more valuable is that he is a man who knows how to restrain himself. Despite the great advantages and the extremely bad relationship, he never pushed Fats to death, lest the super powerful family that controlled three planets and had a total population of over 10 billion people would jump out of desperation. All struggles were basically controlled under the water, which objectively guaranteed the stability of the entire star region.
Although some of his operations went wrong - such as trapping Gu Hang's predecessor to be the governor of the Angry Owl Star - overall, he was an excellent leader and was able to generally maintain stability in the Tianma Star Region.
If this situation continues, the Tianma Star Region will continue to enjoy decades of peace. In the foreseeable future, no one will be able to adjust the stable situation in the Tianma Star Region.
But... Gallardo's disappearance completely destroyed the foundation of stability. The deaths of Akuna and Pedes represented the emergence of a huge power vacuum.
What will the Fats family, which has been oppressed in the past few years, do?
How to quell the increasingly fierce demonic invasion in Koroja?
The people above didn't seem to have given this issue much thought. They simply hastily and brutally killed two people, made them "responsible", and declared the matter over.
Gu Hang was also powerless to do anything about it...Oh, it seemed like I was the one who caused all this?
But to be honest, even though he was the instigator, he didn't expect things to develop in this direction.
It can only be said that the inherent political contradictions within the star zone, as well as the crisis that Korojia itself was currently facing, could no longer be sustained after being provoked by Gu Hang.
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Afterwards, old Fofana brought his granddaughter Ye Lisia to visit Gu's mother and son.
As expected by Wang Qi and Gu Hang, the Fofana family had no intention of taking over. After Pedes' death, they did not want to be pushed to the forefront and confront those forces that were secretly plotting.
But the situation then began to deteriorate into chaos.
The next day, Pedes ended his life with dignity, and the investigation teams hurriedly took the bodies of Akuna and Pedes away from Koroja 3. Then, the two forces in the star zone started a full-scale war.
On one side, the Fats heard the news and began to fight for the position of Governor of Koroja 3 and head of the Pegasus sector.
Unlike other places, Fachers has three civilized planets as capital in his left hand, and huge influence on the 3rd Legion of the Dragon Eagle, a star army unit in his right hand. If they take over Koroja, they will really be able to stabilize the situation here.
Now, there are seven million Astra Militarum troops fighting here, but they are fully capable of doubling this number within a year; if that is still not enough, the planetary defense forces on the three planets can transfer tens of millions more.
This is a huge advantage of size.
Once they control Koroja, together with the original three planets of Fats 1/2/3, the population they control will reach over 50 billion, which is almost 80% of the population of the entire star region.
With this power, if they take the position of the head of the Tianma star region, they will become the undisputed emperors of the entire star region and return to the glory of their family.
This so-called family glory refers to the history of the Fats family.
Before the Pegasus Star Region was recaptured by the Empire, the Fachers family was the one in charge. After the Golden Age of Humanity, the major worlds fell apart and each became independent. The Fachers family grew rapidly in that dark age. They controlled three planets in the galaxy, formed a three-star political alliance, and became the ruler of it.
After the Dark Ages, when the Empire's fleet came to the Fatsos system, they offered three planets, surrendered to the Empire, and actively participated in the Empire's expedition, which allowed them to retain the governorship of the three planets afterwards and keep it in their family forever. They even controlled the entire Pegasus sector for a time. Many of the past heads of the sector were controlled by the Fatsos family.
Until the arrival of Pedes, this ruler who was a senior official of the star domain government, had been the head of the Pegasus star region for decades. He had severely suppressed the Fats family's control over the entire star region and almost pushed their influence back to their own star system.
Now is their chance to regain the family's honor and become the 'Wranglers' of Pegasus again.
But at the same time, the other party will not give up so easily.
Pedesi was dead, but he was the only one who died. His political legacy was not completely wiped out, and even his brother was still the governor of Feiyi Star - from this, we can see how crudely the Empire handled the issue of the Tianma Star Region.
But it’s also very much the style of Empire.
Before his death, Pei Desi had managed to gain enough things. He had a wide network of contacts in the Star Domain Government, and quite a few people even sympathized with his death, thinking that it was the Sun Lord who was messing around, and they all knew that he was the scapegoat.
He made good use of these, saved his brother's position, prevented little Pedesi from being implicated, and even tried to continue to hold on to Gu and Fofana and tie them together.
If all of Pedes' previous requests were fulfilled, it would be quite stable.
Old Fofana is the leader, and together with the Imperial Navy, he is still from his own faction; Gu found someone to be the Governor of Koroja, who is also from his own faction; young Pedes is still the Governor of Feiyi Star.
In this way, the original political entity that completely suppressed the Facheras family can still be largely preserved.
Originally, Pedesi might have had many ways to ensure that Gu and Fofana followed his plan. However, no matter how many ways he had, they were useless. He had no time. After Gu and Fofana rejected his plan, he didn't even have time to persuade them a second time before he died.
And little Pei Desi... in Gu Hang's opinion, he doesn't have the ability of his brother at all.
After his brother's death, he turned against Gu and Fofana, cursing them as "traitors" in many meetings and banquets. On the other hand, he fully launched the political legacy left by his brother and started a full-scale political war with Fachs.
This war mainly took place in two battlefields, one was inside Koroja 3, and the other was the star domain government.
The birth of a new governor can be appointed by the empire, but the central government of the empire cannot manage so many things. To put it bluntly, it is still the governments at all levels who report it. Generally, if there is no big problem, the central government of the empire will approve it. Here, the government at the star field level has a lot of say.
But at the same time, the identity of the Governor means that he must have sufficient control over the entire planet. He is the top military and political leader, shouldering the heavy responsibility of the empire's taxes. He must be able to settle the troubles on the planet and ensure that taxes can be paid normally.
No matter what the method is.
Are there airborne governors? Of course there are. But as long as they are not the kind that mess with people or send them to their deaths, airborne governors must be "strong dragons" who come to the planet with powerful resources to suppress the "local snakes".
Is the Star Domain Government willing to produce such a powerful dragon?
I'm afraid I don't want to.
Although the star domain government is large and powerful, its resources are limited.
Another way is to choose one from the local leaders, which will not solve this problem.
If this is the model, the star domain government will fully consider the situation within the star region and the planet and find someone they believe can stabilize the situation.
This is what Fats and Pedes are fighting over.
On Yunluo Star, officials at all levels of the star government who have a say will probably have to face a constant stream of lobbyists coming to their doorsteps in the coming period of time.
The other battlefield, that is, the interior of the planet, is a step to select this "local tyrant".
To put it bluntly, both companies are looking for a spokesperson. This spokesperson must be strong enough to unite other local forces and stand on their side.
I'm afraid that all kinds of solicitation and exchange of interests are inevitable.
This is just what’s on the surface.
In secret, assassinations, lies, conspiracies, frame-ups, and false accusations... are all inevitable.
Gu and Fofana leaned against each other, showing a bit of neutrality, but who can be truly neutral?
The Gu family was fine, at least not long ago, they had tried to repair their relationship with Fats; when Gu Hang was on the Angry Owl Star, wiping out Blackbird Heavy Industries, although he threatened Fats a little and made them bleed, to put it bluntly, he was also cleaning up their mess. He also hid the evidence of the Iron Man's rebellion that he got from Blackbird and did not hand it over to Pedes.
But it’s different for Fofana. They have participated in the suppression of Fachs many times before.
Everyone has hatred.
Over the years, the alliance between Gu, Fofana and Pedes has made the two sides have a complex and close relationship that is difficult to break up.
To put it bluntly, the Pegasus Fleet is in the star zone; Gu's Company is also mainly active in the star zone, and the Angry Owl Star is also in the star zone. This vortex is gradually affecting the entire star zone, and you will definitely not be able to completely avoid it here.
Wang Qi has become visibly busy, and has repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with his son's leisurely and hands-off behavior.
But every time Gu Hang just smiled and said a few perfunctory words and didn't really get involved.
It’s not that he doesn’t care, it’s just that he has other things to do.
What do you guys fighting about? Does it have anything to do with me?
The real thing is to take advantage of this opportunity to get some real benefits.
There were two things he had his eyes on.
The first, of course, is population.
The least valuable thing on Koroja 3, but the most precious thing in Gu Hang's eyes, is the population.
Apart from its population, the world is worthless in his eyes.
At least there was Governor Akuna before, and behind him was Pedesi. Now, all of these are gone, and it will be easier and more convenient for Gu Hang to pick up people.
As for the second thing he set his sights on, it was the position of the Governor of Black Arrow Star.
He had no interest in being the governor of Koroja, at least not now. He was neither a local boss nor a powerful figure in a place as big as Koroja.
But there is not only interest in the Governor of Black Arrow Star, but it is also very great.
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