Chapter 577: Chapter 337, Expand the Army
In Gu Hang’s eyes, Korolya III was now a world filled with despair.
Asking him to become the Governor of Korolya?
That was tantamount to him jumping into this cesspit unarmed, to cleanse it completely.
The difficulty was too great.
For him, Korolya had only one function at this stage: to draw in population.
In the past year, the Alliance had scooped up more than eight million people from there and relocated them to Rage Owl Star. This was achieved through support bills, swapped with arms production and military aid. The Alliance had paid a lot for this, but of course, compared to the gains in population, it was definitely a huge profit.
The population sucked in from Korolya had already boosted Rage Owl Star’s total numbers to over 65 million.
As long as he could keep pulling in population, Gu Hang had no intention of touching anything else for the time being.
Even Heijian Star, with a population of four hundred million, was nearly indigestible; let alone Korolya with its forty billion inhabitants.
Gu Hang simply lacked the capability to transform that enormously populated planet into the form he desired.
Moreover, were the substantial interests of Korolya III that easy to seize?
It had cost Fatches a lot of effort to secure the gubernatorial position. If Gu Hang were to take it, it would be tantamount to declaring war outright.
Lois said there was also the need to gain the support of the political faction known as the ‘Parliamentary Faction’, represented by Martin Nelli and Pei Desi, but the key was—how could that be achieved?
This so-called ‘Parliamentary Faction’ refers to a political faction within the Dragonhawk Star Domain. Its core mainly lies in the Star Domain Government, and its ideology is to strive for the leadership of various Star Sectors, to buttress the center of the party supporting the Star Domain Government.
The former leader Pei Desi was a product of this plan.
After Pei Desi’s death, the Parliamentary Faction quickly selected another Ivan Martin Nelli to continue holding the helm of the vital Tianma Star Sector.
But just securing the leadership position was only the first step.
Why did Pei Desi have the final say in the Tianma Star Sector in the past? Because the Governors of Korolya and Flying Wing Star were his people.
In plain terms, whether a Star Sector’s leader can be influential depends entirely on the support of the governors behind him. A leader without support is nothing but a figurehead.
The reason Martin Nelli’s words didn’t carry weight was because the three planets under Fatches didn’t listen to him, and neither did Korolya.
Therefore, the core goal of the Parliamentary Faction was always to overthrow Ivan Fatches and retake Korolya.
Could Gu Hang be a dog for the Parliamentary Faction?
Obviously not. If he truly exhausted a Herculean effort to stabilize the situation in Korolya, it would be for his own ‘Alliance’, not to become the Parliamentary Faction’s enforcer.
There was a fundamental conflict here.
Gu Hang wanted to make Korolya entirely his own, which meant he would have to stand in opposition to both sides currently embroiled in heated conflict over Korolya.
It was simply unmanageable.
After these thoughts circulated in his mind several times, Gu Hang pretty much gave up on this idea.
Of course, Gu Hang didn’t outright reject it either.
He asked with a smile, “So if Korolya really joined the Alliance, could it be militarized into a battle zone?”
“I’ve already told you, that’s unrealistic.”
“I am well aware of Korolya’s situation as my troops have been struggling there. It’s truly become a mess, and with an Imperial Tax of eight billion Tax Currency to be paid every two years, Korolya can’t hold out.”
“Isn’t that exactly the need for a hero to descend and save the world? You’ve already saved Rage Owl Star and are still saving Heijian Star, why not add Korolya to the list.”
“I’m far from reaching the level of a hero,” Gu Hang refused the flattery, “The situation in Korolya is completely different from that of Rage Owl Star and Heijian Star. Unless the Star Domain Government fully supports me, militarizes Korolya into a battle zone, and gives me their full support to act freely for a few years, then there’s no way to solve the issues there.”
When it came to the extent of support, Lois fell silent.
If that much support could be given, why would they need him?
Give that support to Ivan Fatches, who has his own family dynasty as a backbone, wouldn’t he be able to solve the issues?
Gu Hang saw through Lois’s thoughts.
He believed Ivan Fatches lacked the ability.
But he just smiled and didn’t argue over the matter anymore.
After a moment of thought, Gu Hang decided to speak some honest truths from his heart: “Ms. Lois, in my opinion, within the scope of the Star Domain there are many bleeding wounds, large and small, that’s true. But problems need to be solved one by one, from the smallest to the largest, from the key to the periphery. Korolya is just such a place; relatively small, yet critical enough. It’s better to muster the resolve to address this wound first, rather than dragging it out for the sake of the so-called bigger picture, allowing the wound to fester. Dragging it out, as the problems in Korolya continue to worsen, would deal the greatest harm to the overall situation.”
“The Star Domain Government knows this too,” Lois said simply, not elaborating further.
Thereby, Gu Hang also understood.
They were just humoring him, not really taking his suggestions seriously.
He tacitly did not say anything more.
Lois roughly understood Gu Hang’s thoughts as well, realizing he had little interest in taking over Korolya III, and couldn’t help feeling somewhat listless.
However, there was no particular disappointment.
This matter, after all, was only a whim she had after seeing the changes in Heijian Star and Rage Owl Star, not a resolution from the Star Domain Government.