And no matter how Nes Luman's soul was quietly pulled into the Kingdom of God by Gu Hang, and what kind of treatment he suffered, in the field command post outside the city of the Alliance Expeditionary Force, the atmosphere was happy.

Everyone thought that Nes Luhmann was finished, but they did not expect that this proud, ambitious king would be able to put down all his dignity and say such a thing.

No one even thought that this Gu family head from the Angry Owl Star would really agree!

Gu Hang accepted Nes Luhmann's apology and accepted his 'gift'.

Since then, the Kingdom of Luman has changed its surname to 'Gu'.

This is the biggest change.

But in some places, it seems that the same has not changed.

Nes Luhmann is still the ruler of the country, except that he is no longer called a king, but a duke.

Gu Hang seemed to really believe the king's words of loyalty, and planned to continue to hand over the kingdom to Nes Luhmann.

Those loyal ministers of the kingdom, the envoys of the two marquises, were full of incredulity in their hearts.

So...... Magnanimous?

What's the difference between that and before?

Oh, the difference is none other than King Luhmann...... At the head of Duke Luhmann, there was only a Governor Gu. But what's the difference between them and those below? In the future, will you still listen to the orders of Nes Luhmann?

No, it doesn't seem like you can be so naïve.

It should just be a puppet, right?

But isn't Gu afraid that this puppet will get away?

Or do you want to install a lot of people?

But is it worth it?

……

Many questions are in the minds of these people.

But on the surface, everyone's performance was surprisingly unanimous: grateful for Governor Gu Hang's magnanimity, and vowed to work hard to serve the governor in the future, and some people even hinted that they would supervise Nes Luman well.

And Nes Luhmann himself behaved normally.

He was pleased with Governor Gu's magnanimity, and swore that he would seriously reflect on it and do a good job.

In this way, there is a seemingly happy ending.

……

After sending away many people, Gu Hang, who was alone, called out the system interface.

Here, there is a new functional interface.

【Vassals】

Clicking on it, he saw some new information.

【Black Arrow: Luman Kingdom】

[Vassal level: LV3, low tendency to secede.] 】

[Status: Military Conquest, Puppet Führer, Domestic Separatism]

[Monthly Gift Income: 344 points]

It was a bonus.

This [vassal] system alone, he fumbled for a while, but it didn't have any special functions, just a display of some data.

But with this display effect, it is already very good.

The vassal rank is a rating given by a combination of various circumstances. These include the degree of interference by external forces, the degree of control over the ruling class, the local separatism of the vassal states themselves, and the popular sentiment of the vassal states......

LV3 symbolizes the ordinary level, and if this level is maintained, the possibility of this vassal territory being separated, independent, and separated is not high.

If it is lower than LV3, it will be more turbulent. At LV2, the likelihood of separation becomes higher; When it comes to LV1, it is equivalent to sounding the alarm, and if you don't interfere, you will almost certainly make a mess and need to be pacified.

Conversely, if it is higher than LV3, it will be LV4, which means that separation is almost impossible. At LV5, it symbolizes the suggestion to annex this vassal as a mainland.

Of course, this is not a game, but a real world.

The rating given by the system is true enough, but what to do is Gu Hang's business.

He could have declared the complete annexation of the Kingdom of Luhmann right now, made himself king, meddled in all military, political and economic affairs here, and became a complete ruler.

But it is clear that there are huge hidden dangers.

First, the system may judge that Gu Hang only has nominal ownership of the place, or even no such name, and the name is not justified, purely relying on military occupation, and even effective rule has not been established, then it will definitely not recognize that this land is owned by him, let alone have no income from gift points.

Second, it is difficult for Gu Hang to build a reasonable rule here. The other six congresses jumped up at once; The Empire will not admit this easily; Gu Hang's military occupation was very unstable, and he had to mobilize more troops to maintain the occupation; Is it possible that the uprisings will come and go......

This is the reason why the LV3 rating does not recommend direct annexation.

Gu Hang wouldn't do this either.

So far, in this vassal state, he is satisfied.

Don't underestimate the vassal state, what Gu Hang needs has already been obtained.

He can use the government of a vassal country to influence national policy. Here, for example, he wanted to abolish feudalism and liberate the productive forces. Even if it does not change the nature of the Luhmann Kingdom as an agricultural country, agricultural production should also improve efficiency, and the value of millions of square kilometers of land should be increased by increasing food production.

The liberated peasant population could go to the factories for initial industrialization.

All in all, it makes sense to make the whole country rich.

Gu Hang didn't want to hold a place with an annual fiscal surplus of hundreds of thousands of tax coins.

If the Luman Kingdom maintains the status quo of the past, then his operation will be a loss.

After getting richer, Gu Hang will be able to suck more blood from the Luman Kingdom.

And in addition to 'wealth', Gu Hang also fell in love with another thing in the Luman Kingdom: people.

The Kingdom of Luman is not very large, and it is only the size of a province under the Angry Owl Star Alliance.

However, although it is backward and poor, it is still much better than the initial state of the wasteland world of the Raging Owl. The relatively fertile land is home to 40 million people—that's enough to top the entire population of the Angry Owl.

Gu Hang intends to continue to extract the population from the Kingdom of Luman as an immigration policy to fill the Raging Star.

The angry star is his base camp, and building it well is the foundation of everything.

Mining areas in the eastern provinces require manpower; The Weixingcheng Industrial Zone, which he built with his own hands, has an almost endless demand for population; Thousands of kilometers of fertile soil in the two provinces of Qinggu are waiting to be developed......

People and money are both places where Gu Hang can continue to suck blood from the Black Arrow Star.

Not to mention, the servant army directly established in the Black Arrow Star could also replenish Gu Hang's army in large quantities.

In addition, vassals can also provide boon point income, which is an added surprise. It's just that the number given is very small, and only 344 points are given for a population of 40 million.

On the one hand, it is because the productivity of the Luman Kingdom is a bit too low;

On the other hand, it is the vassals who inherently give a huge discount to the gift points.

And this discount will also increase with the increase of the vassal level.

These are direct benefits.

And politically, Rénéz Luhmann's life can also complete the plan he told his mother before.

Nes Luhmann is not only the head of state of the Kingdom of Luman, he is also the planetary governor of Black Arrow - even if it is only a governor elected by the King's Council for a term.

Before, Gu Hang was still having a headache, planning how to get this temporary governor smoothly after killing Nes Luman.

Don't worry about it now.

Nes Luhmann was originally logical, and in the 'international affairs' within the Black Arrow Star, the pressure would be much less.

As for the words, Nest's term of office is only two years left......

It's okay, let's talk about it in two years.

Perhaps, then Black Arrow Star will not have to elect a governor.

……

After reading the information of the vassal system, Gu Hang clicked on another message.

This is a regular campaign settlement message.

[Battle of Pinsel City: Bloody victory, 5695 bounty points]

[Total losses 16,144, 67,823 eliminated, 52,446 captured]

[Alliance Expeditionary Force: 16,144 losses, 67,823 eliminated]

The reward of gift points was probably expected by Gu Hang, and it might be a little less.

Although the Luman troops were not defeated, the four Knight Titans, plus the Sentinel Mechs destroyed in the hands of his troops, were not waste, they were high-value targets, and they were all high-value targets.

It's just that the words 'bloody battle and bloody victory' are a little glaring.

Although, after he led the team to come from the support of the Angry Owl Star, it was hearty when the battle was defeated. But before that, at the beginning of the battle, Perbov led three divisions and brigades to fight bloody battles in the suburbs for eight days, and the losses were really not small.

was condemned to a bloody victory, and Gu Hang admitted it.

If you don't admit it, what else can you do?

After getting these more than 5,000 gifts, Gu Hang's total gift points on hand broke through to 17,594.

The composition of this Gift Point is due to the fact that after the last Battle of the Northern Territory of the Raging Owl and the killing of the original Rage Owl, he had a large amount of income; Coupled with the monthly gift income of the last two months, Gu Hang didn't care about the flowers, and they all had a surplus. Coupled with the more than 5,600 points of income this time, it adds up to so much.

Actually, there should be more. It's just that Gu Hang has continuously raised his psionic level from LV5 to LV7 before, especially at the stage of 6 to 7, which costs 10,000 gifts.

Of course, it's not a pity. The upgrade cost of more than 10,000 points is necessary.

Otherwise, it's really hard to clean up the affairs of Nes Luhmann today.

In the identification of the [Vassal] interface, the Kingdom of Luman has a message of [Puppet Head].

That of course refers to Nes Luhmann.

And this puppet is not just a puppet in the simple sense of the word.

Nes Luhmann, although between words, made it clear that he surrendered unconditionally and was willing to surrender with all his might. However, Gu Hang has checked his past experiences and learned some about his past personality from his mother's mouth.

This is not a seed, a waste, not a person who is easily manipulated.

The more sincere and humble the attitude he put in front of him, the more Gu Hang didn't believe him.

What is the reason for the hibernation?

Gu Hang understands the story of lying on the salary and tasting the guts.

He is confident that he can fight against Ness Luman, especially the military power is in his hands, no matter how powerful that guy is, the knife is not in his hands, and foreign trade also needs to rely on the Gu firm, and he really can't afford to make too many waves.

However, this is only a vassal state, just a colony, and Gu Hang's base camp is still in the Angry Owl Star, and it is impossible for him to stay here for a long time in the future.

This guy doesn't look like he's willing to be an honest puppet. Maybe he will be very stable at the beginning and do his best for Gu Hang, but it is inevitable that he will secretly make all kinds of small actions to accumulate strength for the future.

Don't be afraid, and worry is really annoying.

The key will also drag down Gu Hang's own plan.

But Gu Hang is reluctant to give him political significance, plus he does have the ability to govern.

Then, it is necessary to create a real puppet.

And in Gu Hang's past upgrade, he obtained the innate ability of [Mind Tampering].

He had always restrained himself from using this ability, but now was the time to use it.

However, the ability of [Mind Tampering] is not as invincible as imagined.

It has a time limit; If the content of the tampering is significantly different from the original intention of the recipient, then the possibility of being freed will become very high; People who have tampered with their minds will have deviations in their personality and will be easily discovered; IQ and subjective initiative will be greatly affected, and even if you don't receive instructions, you will become stupid and only instinctive......

These are all questions.

Used in battle to influence the enemy, that's okay. But if you want to cultivate a qualified political puppet in this way, it is more problematic.

But if it's just these technical problems, there is still a way to make up for them. It's a big deal, in the future, Gu Hang will come to Black Arrow Star more often, and if he has something to do, he will come to make up for the psionic effect of Nes Luman.

But the other core problem is relatively big: when encountering some psionic masters, or inquisitors, or high-ranking clergy of the state of the Church, Nes Luhmann's state of mind is very easy to expose.

And Gu Hang will let this person serve as the governor of the Black Arrow Star for a long time after that.

It is not a trivial matter for a planetary governor to be tampered with, once it is exposed, it will be very troublesome to track it down.

To be on the safe side, Gu Hang decided on the entire major surgery.

He dragged the soul of Nes Luman into his kingdom of God, and underwent a meticulous transformation from beginning to end.

The difficulty of the transformation was far beyond Gu Hang's initial estimate, and it was not only the mind tampering talent that was used, but also the invocation of the original power of the real realm.

But fortunately, with the home advantage in the kingdom of God, he still got the job done.

Even, in the process of performing this major operation, he also got some additional inspiration from it: can he use the corresponding technology on his own soldiers?

Remove the part of mental tampering, emphasize the implantation of the origin of subspace, and add physical transformation and enhancement that are not involved this time......

What's going to come out of that?

The Chosen Storm?

Very strong for sure!

However, for the time being, this is still a fantasy. It's still so hard to transform a mind and create a puppet, and you're almost tired and lying down, let alone directly creating the Storm God Choice.

However, Gu Hang has paid so much hard work, and it is still very valuable.

Now, he can guarantee that unless someone who is far above his level in the realm of soul and psionic energy comes and carefully examines Nes Luman, conventional detection methods will definitely not detect that the Black Arrow Star Governor has been mentally manipulated.

Nes Luhmann completely retains his personality and intelligence, but he will guarantee his loyalty to Gu Hang 100%.

Even, if necessary, Gu Hang could project his consciousness into Nes Luman's body at any time.

This is more stable.

He spent a huge amount of effort to create such a super hidden puppet, and the number of people he could maintain at the same time was extremely limited.

At such a big price, Gu Hang achieved the best effect he could do, and there should be no baskets.

If you are really unlucky to meet a mental master whose level is far beyond him, and you have to do a full body examination for Nes Luman on a whim, you can only admit it.

However, the probability of this happening should be infinitely small, and Gu Hang felt that he could rest assured.

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