Chapter 217, the First Senior Official of the Alliance to Be Dismissed

After discussing with his mother, Gu Hang finally decided to send a team of about 30,000 people to accompany him to Black Arrow Star.

The reason for this number is mainly due to the loading capacity and delivery capacity.

They will stay in the starship as sailors and crew members.

It is not that more people cannot be loaded. In fact, Wang Qi brought nine starships with him this time, four of which are "giant belly" transport ships.

This thing is well-known in interstellar trade. It does not run fast, it does not have heavy armor, and it does not even have interfaces designed to be equipped with weapons. It has no potential to be converted into an armed merchant ship.

But it has two advantages that make it the overlord in interstellar trade: 1. It is big and can be loaded. 2. It is cheap.

The maximum population that can be loaded by the "giant belly" can reach 20 million people-although there is no quality of life at all, and people are loaded as cargo, but it can indeed load so many people.

However, in addition to loading capacity, delivery capacity must also be considered.

If Gu Hang really gave Wang Qi an army of 100,000, it would take a long time to get people to the ground with the delivery capability of the caravan she led.

30,000 people is the limit.

And the troops selected by Gu Hang are the 34th Motorized Infantry Division and the 37th and 38th Mechanized Brigades.

Three division-level units, a total of more than 28,000 people. Gu Hang also sent a few hundred special warfare elites from the 10th Brigade, plus some civilian officers, a total of 30,000 people.

Gu Hang hoped that they would not be used, but just go for an armed parade, and it would be best to hold a small military parade on Black Arrow Star to show the appearance of Angry Owl Star.

If they really come in handy, things may become very troublesome, and the worst situation Gu Hang guessed might happen.

He didn't want to see that scene, but he was indeed preparing for it.

...

The fleet led by Wang Qi had just set off from Feiyi Star.

Generally speaking, the fastest route from Feiyi Star to Black Arrow Star is to go through the Star Tunnel twice, first from Feiyi Star to Korojia No. 3 Galaxy, and then to Black Arrow Galaxy.

However, since Wang Qi has decided to visit Angry Owl Star, she can first come to Angry Owl Star from Korojia No. 3, and then go to Black Arrow Star from Angry Owl Star through the Star Tunnel.

There are three Star Tunnel in the Angry Owl Galaxy, two of which lead to Korojia No. 3 and Black Arrow Star respectively, and one goes out of the Tianma Star District to the Orange Chrysanthemum Star in the neighboring Amber Star District.

According to the time calculation, it will take about half a month for Wang Qi's fleet to reach Angry Owl Star.

There is no need to make any special preparations, just let the troops get ready.

And in this half month, several things happened.

Things about our own people.

…

Just after Gu Hang decided which troops to send to Black Arrow Star to act as the biological mother's guard, a senior official of the alliance came to ask for an interview.

He sat in his office, listening to Denison Henry's endless complaints expressionlessly.

Speaking of this man, he also joined Gu Hang's forces very early. At first, he was just a merchant in Garbage Town, and he didn't even get the identity of Garbage Town's agent. In Gu Hang's early days, he invested in Gu Hang and helped him.

He got a huge return on this investment.

Now he has become the provincial head of the Alliance Tower Province, which can be regarded as a return on the original investment.

At that time, his goal was to hope that the governor would support him to become the head of Garbage Town. And now, not only Garbage Town is under his control, but also a large area around Garbage Town and Tower Ruins is the core, and it is under his jurisdiction.

In the past, Tower Province was the smallest of the three central provinces, both in terms of population and area.

Recently, when Yan Fangxu led the Central Army Group to pacify the eastern provinces, a large amount of land and settlements in the border areas were planned into Tower Province.

This has increased the area of ​​the High Tower Province by more than three times; the population has also increased from the original 300,000 to 1.4 million, which is four or five times the original.

Not only that, the use of waste energy storms in the ruins of the High Tower is also at the forefront of the entire alliance. The compressed energy crystals produced by that industry alone are enough to make ends meet.

With this contribution, plus being a veteran in the establishment of the alliance, he can build relationships and develop some industries, especially recently Weixing City has been clearing out some consumer industrial products and simple military industries, and the production lines of various engineering machines recently established by the alliance are not placed in Weixing City, but thrown to other surrounding areas.

On the one hand, this is to support production in other regions, establish an industrial chain for the entire alliance, and bring the connections between various parts of the alliance closer; on the other hand, Weixing City needs to concentrate more on the production of key products.

In this case, Denison Henry can completely rely on old relationships, and rely on the proximity to energy production areas and the proximity of the High Tower Province to Weixing City, so it is easier to take over those relocated industrial lines.

Logically, Denison Henry should be satisfied.

He just needs to guard his province,

but he is not.

He is still seeking one thing: he hopes that the ground part of the starport to be built on the Wrathful Owl Star can be located within his jurisdiction.

Speaking of this matter, the relevant technical blueprints have been handed over to Wu Jiarong for arrangement. Through on-site inspections, she found several places suitable for building star ports.

There are several alternative sites, generally concentrated in the east of Fuxing City, at the junction of Gaota Province and Xiongya Province.

The two sides naturally began to fight openly and secretly.

Obviously, if the ground part of the star port can be completed within its own jurisdiction, then after the star port is completed in the future, it will bring huge economic benefits, and it will obviously have a huge boosting effect on the development of its own province. .

Originally, Henry was confident that he could win the construction rights.

However, the final result made him very disappointed.

The final location was chosen at a place called ‘Skarro Highlands’ in Xiongya Province.

Henry was very angry about this. He made trouble in the alliance government more than once, had several fierce face-to-face exchanges with Oceana, and sued the Alliance Development Department for engaging in cliques and ostracizing him. Because the new provincial head of Xiongya Province is an official from the Ministry of Development, they are taking care of their own people and have ignored multiple investigation reports issued by the Alliance Research Institute.

He insisted that the alternative starport location in the Tower Province was more suitable than Skaro Heights.

The exact words he sprayed in front of Oceana were:

"Making relationships, right? I like having relationships, right? Then aren't my relationships stronger than anyone else's? Even you are from the first batch of refugees I brought to the Governor from Fuxing City! I He’s the Governor’s first investor! What kind of a piece of shit is that guy named Rafael? He’s worthy of fighting with me!”

Why does Gu Hang know so clearly?

Because this was what came to his ears from the alliance's internal affairs department.

It's a bit difficult for Oceana to deal with Henry's strength.

In actual work, she did reject Henry's many requests, even in person. But when she was being sprayed, she couldn't bear it and let the guards kick Henry out.

After all, he is a high-ranking provincial official of the Alliance and a veteran of the Alliance. What he said, 'He brought Oceana to the Governor' is indeed the truth.

It's really not good to make things look too ugly.

It is one thing to give kind words and advice, but it is also another thing to resolutely refuse unreasonable requests.

But Henry was obviously not satisfied with this.

Seeing that Oceana, the Prime Minister of the Alliance, was unwilling to meet his demands, he angrily dropped a few unpleasant words.

He said something about 'ungratefulness' and 'you are useless as Prime Minister', and then came to see Gu Hang.

Of course, it was impossible for him to act so domineering in front of Gu Hang.

On the contrary, his attitude was very low. As soon as he entered the door, he fell to the ground and began to express his grievances with tears and runny nose. It wasn't until Gu Hang asked him to get up several times with a somewhat impatient attitude that he was willing to get up, sit on a chair brought by the waiter, and continue to complain.

Gu Hang became more and more annoyed the more he listened.

He finally couldn't stand it anymore, raised a document in his hand, and hit Denison Henry squarely in the face.

"Look carefully for yourself!" Gu Hang stared at this person, "Do you want to continue to tease you in front of me?"

The crying and complaining stopped abruptly.

Henry didn't expect that Gu Hang would be so angry, and was a little stunned for a moment.

He glanced at the white paper that flew to the ground. The content on it was quite familiar to him and he had read it many times.

It is written above that the location of the Tower Province is indeed slightly better than the Skaro Highlands in terms of environment. This is also the basis for his many troubles.

Gu Hang was extremely disappointed when he saw that he had no intention of repenting at all.

He said: "You delayed my star port construction plan for more than a week just for your own selfish interests? Do you think I have plenty of time?"

"Yes, the location in the Tower Province does have slightly better natural conditions, but not much better and is highly replaceable."

"But elsewhere, Skaro Heights will simply crush you!"

"The alliance's major infrastructure project was launched three months ago. Look at what you have done in these three months. The construction status of roads and railways has opened a road from Junk Town to Weixing City. The route to Fuxing City and other projects have been delayed, especially the eastward project, which has not even started yet!”

"Do you feel that I don't know your little thoughts at all? You feel that the land carved out from Yan Fangxu's Eastern Expedition is not enough, and the Gaota Province is not expanded enough; you feel that the Gaota Province and the eastern The industries in all provinces are very similar. They are all key resource producing areas. There is not much room for cooperation. On the contrary, competition is fierce. If the railway and highway networks of Gaota Province are connected in parallel with Xiongya Province, will others make money in vain? "

"That's absolutely not what I meant!"

Henry plopped down to his knees again.

Gu Hang was even more disgusted: "When did the alliance have such etiquette of kneeling down?"

Henry stood up again awkwardly.

"I don't care whether you think so, and I don't want to argue with you on this issue." Gu Hang continued, "I only look at the facts before me. The Ministry of Development has formulated a multi-phase infrastructure construction plan, and you can't understand these What’s the meaning behind the plan? It’s because you are blind and indifferent to the overall development of the alliance. What you did wrong is that you don’t understand it and you are unwilling to implement it!”

"The first phase of the project was given four months, and now three months have passed, and your High Tower Province has only achieved a little more than half of the project goal. Every other province has completed the plan better than you. Even Wangcha Province, which was established the shortest time, has pushed the project more than halfway. Xiongya Province has already completed the first phase of construction, and has also built multiple road networks in the Skaro Highlands to facilitate logistics after the future establishment of the star port."

"Rafar's planning, from the transportation of materials and personnel required for the construction of the star port, to the planning of the transportation hub city that the ground part of the star port relies on, all has a plan, and it is already being implemented. . Why did the Development Department give up that place and choose your High Tower Province? Is it because you haven't finished building the railway yet? Will the engineering team of the Star Port construction drive the iron bull truck to transport tens of millions of construction materials from the muddy road to the construction site? "

"I..." Henry's forehead was full of cold sweat, "It's not that there is no construction, I have all the related plans..."

"Okay, because of your nonsense, the Star Port construction plan has been forced to be postponed for a week. Do I have to wait for you for another two months to complete the basic projects that you should have built long ago before launching the plan? "

At this point, Gu Hang has lost the desire to continue talking to Denison Henry about this matter.

He made the final decision:

"Henry, I am very grateful for your help a year and a half ago, but you have also gained more because of it. My tolerance for you is limited. I don't want you to talk about these things all day long and ignore the actual work."

"Let you be the head of the High Tower Province, don't think it is a reward for your past merits. To be honest, what you did at the time is enough to be rewarded with a province? Let you be the leader of this province because I hope you can contribute your abilities to make our business better and more prosperous, not to let you rest on your laurels."

"I am very disappointed with this matter. I think you are not suitable to govern a province. I will let Ossena choose a more suitable candidate to replace you. However, your C9 level rank, as well as the relevant benefits and allowances will be retained. This is my thank you for your help in the past."

Hearing this, Denison Henry's face was pale.

I was... dismissed?

Since the establishment of the alliance, the first provincial and ministerial-level official to be dismissed, it turned out to be me?

Henry regretted his decision deeply.