What does Gu Hang think about Black Arrow Star?

Of course there is a big yes.

Originally, he sent Perbov to lead an expeditionary force here, just to protect his mother's safety and ensure a smooth transition of the Gu family's power.

And now that the accident happened, he personally led an army and also invested Star Marines to come to support, and the cost paid was very high.

Not just military costs, but also significant economic and political costs.

After this battle, the Gu family suffered heavy losses. In the past few days, not only has the war on the ground been fierce, but in the space star field of the Black Arrow Star, the two chamber of commerce fleets that originally belonged to the same family have almost knocked out the dog's brains with each other.

However, there is a bit of a rookie pecking at each other.

The main reason is that both sides are not serious navies, at most they are just armed merchant ships, which are said to be frigates and destroyers, but in fact, they are about the same size at most, and their firepower is not comparable, let alone other aspects.

In addition, in the early days of the battle, the eight fleets controlled by Wang Qi had nearly 100 ships, and in addition to the various transport starships that had no combat effectiveness, some civil strife broke out more or less on the remaining armed merchant ships.

In the beginning, the two sides did not fight very fiercely.

After Wang Jiarong reorganized the fleet and began to attack with all his might, the battle between the two sides became really fierce.

But with the help of the planet's orbital firepower, the other party tried to maneuver. Obviously, there are fewer ships on their side, but the losses are even less than on Wang Jiarong's side.

However, Wang Jiarong ordered the fleet to storm regardless of losses.

In a few days, the two sides combined exploded more than a dozen ships, and the intensity of the war continued to rise.

Wang Jiarong was also anxious.

Not only does she have a deep relationship with her aunt, but even from the perspective of self-interest, she is an outsider of the Gu family, and she only got a high position by following her aunt, and she is a close confidant of her aunt Tietie. If something happens to Ms. Wang Qi, she will immediately be the second person to be liquidated.

Although this naval battle has the meaning of rookies pecking at each other, it is still quite desperate.

The fierce fighting did not end until the Blade Tiger forced a ceasefire between the two sides under the banner of the navy.

And it was at this time that more than twenty ships had been blown up.

Gu Hang's heart was dripping blood.

This is all the property of the family, if nothing else, he will become the patriarch of the Gu clan in the future, these are the resources he can use.

Now, it's all gone.

And these are obvious losses. The two sides broke out such a big, even extreme to resort to force, and Wang Qi may have encountered many difficulties in the process of cleaning up the situation and reintegrating the family resources. Many of the past family's business routes, relationships, and resources will be greatly affected.

According to my mother, the family's assets will shrink by 40% after this war.

As for the political cost, it is mainly the things that Gu Hang promised to the head of Pei Desi on the way to save his mother.

After this battle, the Gu family originally got rid of the so-called political side of the Iron Triangle of the Tianma Star Region, and became more neutral, which was convenient for further cross-star development, and basically could not be implemented. It took a lot of effort to ease the relationship, and even the Fasters family, which has been able to purchase on a large scale and turn it into an important place of origin and consumption, may lose the market in the future.

After all, it was to carry out some blockade of the Faches family by the head of Pedes.

Of course, these dilemmas are mainly faced by Gu Hang's mother.

But although the two are not one now, at least since many incidents, Gu Hang has probably been able to regard the forces controlled by Wang Qi as a staunch ally of the angry star. This alliance is held together by unbreakable blood ties and is highly reliable.

Gu's loss is Lao Tzu's loss.

Then from the Black Arrow Star, it's not too much to collect some rewards and make up for the losses, right?

"And what exactly do you want?" Wang Qi raised this question.

"I want the Kingdom of Luman." Gu Hang told his mother his asking price very bluntly, "The Luman Kingdom is the third largest country on the Black Arrow Star, with a population of 40 million and a land of 4.8 million ordinary kilometers. I want all of these things. The kingdom of Luhmann itself, can exist; The Luhmann family should not exist anymore. ”

Wang Qi frowned: "What's the value of this?" This is only an agricultural country, and their annual output value is only more than 20 million tax dollars, but they have to pay 4 million imperial taxes. After the tax is paid, the surplus of the fiscal balance may be less than 2 million. These two million, most of which will be used to pay for the maintenance of the army, plus some administrative expenses and royal expenses...... At the end of the year, the fiscal deficit is good. Take down such a place, do you have any oil and water to fish? ”

Gu Hang shook his head and said, "Mother, this is the difference between the thinking of a businessman and the thinking of a builder. You only see the present of an asset, but you can't see its future. ”

Wang Qi's temper, after the ordeal of this incident, is really much better. Usually, if her son talked to her like this, how could she bear it?

And now, she can bear it, she is only slightly dissatisfied: "It's not that I don't understand the meaning of potential. However, the premise of development is that the required capital needs to be invested. With a population of 40 million and more than 4 million square kilometers of land with a good environment, these are all positive assets. However, the inhabitants of the Luhmann Kingdom have extremely poor levels of education, industrialization, and infrastructure. How many resources do you need to invest in the future you envision? How many years will it take to recoup the cost? ”

After a pause, Wang Qi continued: "Moreover, this is still a simple economic account, and the rest has not been calculated. This is the Black Arrow Star, it has a lord, it has a council of kings, what do you think of the Luman Kingdom, the other six kingdoms, and a whole bunch of small nations? How do you establish a reasonable rule? If the contradictions intensify, is it possible for war to break out? How many resources do you have to invest in these wars? ”

Obviously, Wang Qi is skeptical. In the end, she gave her own advice: "It's better to exchange the results of this battle for some tangible benefits." ”

"Population and land are tangible benefits."

"I mean, shorter, more direct."

Gu Hang sighed.

This is where the biggest disagreement between him and her mother lies.

Businessman, consider the benefits, consider the return on investment, consider the risk......

But Gu Hang never defined himself as a businessman. Pure profit was never his primary consideration when making some decisions.

Including the matter of coming to the Angry Owl Star to be the governor, the same is true.

Speaking of this, Gu Hang said: "When I rebuilt the Angry Owl Star, did I invest anything? ”

Just this rhetorical question stopped Wang Qi.

Yes, the situation of the Raging Owl Star is much worse than that of the Black Arrow Star, according to Wang Qi, isn't the Raging Owl a more negative asset?

But the result?

Now the development status of the angry star, even if it is her, she can't talk nonsense with her eyes open.

And all of this is based on the premise that Gu Hang started from scratch.

She knows better than anyone that Gu Hang has not received a single penny of investment from the family in the short period of nearly two years.

But even so, the Raging Owl is already a thriving scene.

She didn't know how her son did it, and she tried to knock on the side, but never received a positive answer.

But if the corresponding model is replicated on the Black Arrow Star, then how much potential will the 40 million population of the Luman Kingdom burst out?

She couldn't help but think.

And Gu Hang's words continued: "Of course, I will not treat this place as a local area and as a core area for development. I also have limited energy and resources, and I will prioritize the Raging Owl. And, as you said, Mother, there will be all sorts of obstacles and troubles for me to control the Kingdom of Luman. I'm going to treat it as a colony for the time being. ”

"But I'm still going to invest a small amount of development resources. After all, as far as the current situation of the Luman Kingdom is concerned, no matter how you do it, it is all false, and it will only be three taels of oil to squeeze it to death. Comprehensively improve productivity and make the cake bigger, that is the king. I have calculated that this investment does not need to be too high, and I will liberate the people, whose current production relations are too primitive and too backward. ”

Wang Qi worried: "If you do this, you will inevitably offend the other six feudal kingdoms, and there will be relatively big problems in diplomacy." ”

Gu Hang's mind flashed some history from the memories of his previous life, and it was true. In the midst of a large group of feudal monarchies, there is a foreign, centralized country, what would it be like?

"You're right. However, there will soon be a major window in exchange for a period of peace. ”

Wang Qi immediately frowned.

She thought for a moment and understood what Gu Hang was talking about: "Imperial tax? ”

"Yes." Gu Hang said, "If nothing else, in two or three months at most, the fleet of the Imperial Tax Department will arrive in the Pegasus Star Region." ”

Wang Qi followed Gu Hang's words and thought backwards: "And now, the 'governor' of the Black Arrow Star is the king of the Luman Kingdom, which is authorized by the King's Council and registered with the Imperial Administration Department. This means that the imperial tax of the entire planet will have to be paid through Nes Luhmann...... Theoretically, he also has ownership of the entire planet......"

"Yes." Gu Hang said, "When I kill Gu Ming and Nes Luman, you go and clean up the mess of the family, and I will clean up the mess of Black Arrow Star." I will reconvene the King's Council to confirm the amount of the Gu family's claim against the Luman Kingdom, which is the ownership of the entire Luman Kingdom; I will hold in my hands the governorship of the Kingdom of Luman for two years, taking advantage of the time when the imperial taxes are about to be paid. The other six countries must disagree, they have successively sent the current period of imperial tax materials to the Luman Kingdom, and they must compromise on this matter. ”

"The stakes are still too high." Wang Qi said, "You're right, at least until the imperial tax is paid, no matter how you do it, the other six countries won't make any big moves." But after three months, the Imperial Taxes have been paid, and they will not be able to leave the power of the planetary governors in your hands, and they will definitely reopen the King's Council and re-elect the governors, and you will not be able to elect them. ”

"Who agreed to them reopening the King's Council?" Gu Hang said.

"It's Black Arrow tradition."

"What do their traditions have to do with me?" Gu Hang asked rhetorically, "Does the empire recognize the tradition of the Black Arrow Star?" ”

"Admit it...... Wrong. Wang Qi reacted.

Does the Empire recognize the tradition of Black Arrow's so-called King's Council?

It depends on which side you are talking about.

Black Arrow Star changes a governor every four years, and this governor is elected by the King's Council to serve as a king from one of the seven powers, and reports to the empire, which is accepted by the empire, and then the two taxes in these four years are asked for by this governor.

From this point of view, the empire, of course, recognizes. The Imperial Administration will respect the local traditions of the planet to some extent, and if you want to change the governor candidate, then you will change it.

On the other hand, however, this is not contrary to imperial policy. The empire collects taxes, that is, it keeps an eye on what the governor collects, and who is the governor looking for whom; In the same way, the ruling policy of the empire was directed towards the registered governor. Military aid, interstellar trade, that's all with the Governor.

In essence, the process of changing the governor of the Black Arrow Star is seen by the empire as the resignation of the previous governor and the election of a new governor, which is approved and approved by the star government, then approved by the star government, and then approved by the imperial administration.

It's just that because of the special situation of Black Arrow, the whole process will be smooth.

In the process, what if the previous governor himself does not resign?

What would happen if Gu Hang used the governorship authority he got from Nes Luhmann to dominate him?

In the Empire, there were no term limits for governors. As long as you pay enough taxes once every two years, you are the governor recognized by the empire, and the empire doesn't care about anything else.

This has happened more than once in the history of Black Arrow.

If it is a particularly strong country in a certain period, then other countries will endure it if they pinch their noses, and if they can't bear it, they will be beaten, and in the end they still have to be honest and obedient.

And if it is not strong enough, then war will have to break out. A powerful state that dominates the position of governor, on the premise of satisfying the imperial tax, will violently beat the disobedient, and confirm its hegemony by subverting the royal power, supporting puppets, and plundering the country.

This is clearly written in the history of Black Arrow.

It's just that this hegemony usually doesn't last long. In the last one or two hundred years, the international situation on the Black Arrow Star has been relatively stable, the King's Council has played an important role, and everyone is honest and obedient, and it is rare to see a hegemonic war for the position of governor.

Wang Qi sighed: "You are going to turn the Black Arrow Star upside down." ”

Gu Hang spread his hands innocently: "They did it first." ”

(End of chapter)