Chapter 378, win more

Chapter 378, win more

The ultra-high profits and value of the shipbuilding industry make Gu Hang very ambitious.

Judging from the construction period mentioned by Wu Jiarong, after six years, the total value of the ships launched by Alliance Shipyard every two years will exceed three billion tax coins. Although it is still far from the 20 billion ships launched by Feiyingxing in four years, it has been developed for hundreds of years. How long has it been since the alliance was established?

If this rate of development continues, the Alliance Shipyard will continue to get bigger and bigger. Maybe in a decade or so, it will reach the level of the Flying Wing Star and complete its hundreds of years of development.

But at the same time, even though the speed was very, very fast, so fast that a navy veteran like Old Fofana would think it was just a dream after hearing it, Gu Hang still had the feeling that time was running out.

It will still take a long time for him to have ships that can traverse the star sea.

However, the good news is that Gu Hang is still young and there is still a long time to wait.

If we want to talk about life span, not to mention the life extension surgery that he can certainly afford now, just because of the psychic power he possesses and the essence of subspace he has mastered, he estimates that his life span will not be short.

If you don’t undergo life-extending surgery, you can live for hundreds of years, and that won’t be a big problem.

Although it can't be said to be an immortal, it is still quite remarkable.

Not to mention, if he really reaches the point where his lifespan is limited, Gu Hang has one last trick.

Human beings have their limits, so I am no longer a human being!

By embracing the essence of subspace, Gu Hang can achieve immortality immediately.

Of course, we are still a long way from getting there.

Gu Hang just used this method to tell himself, don't worry, time is with me.

Thinking like this, his mentality gradually calmed down.

……

In the next few months, Gu Hang basically wandered around three places: Raging Owl Star, Black Arrow Star, and Koroja.

Listen to the government affairs report of this planet, inspect some places on the spot, and give some instructions.

At this level, to be honest, it was no longer possible for Gu Hang to manage an alliance of this size by himself. Relying on the government and the officials under his command is a must. Gu Hang’s own work should further focus on ‘managing people’.

In essence, it is to see whether your will is implemented by officials. If you do, you will be rewarded; if you do not do well, then you will be criticized and demoted; those who maliciously oppose the work and corrupt elements will be brought to court.

For Gu Hang, he has one particularly important advantage over most rulers in the world: he understands people's hearts.

He really understands, after all, he has the talent of thinking and psychic ability.

Of course, it is impossible for him to use psychic powers to spy on the thoughts of every subordinate. In fact, he rarely does this.

On the one hand, that's not good. He doesn't want to become a witchcraft tyrant who rules his country by playing with the mind. If so, he won't be able to hear other people's voices. One person is far less intelligent than a group - provided that the group is developing in the right direction.

On the other hand, he couldn't do it either. He can spy on a person's mind, but it is impossible for him to take the time to see clearly the thoughts of the officials under his command one by one, and then exert control. If he really wanted to do that, he wouldn't have to do anything else in his life.

However, not taking the initiative to probe or change does not mean that the role of psychic energy cannot be exerted. In fact, even if Gu Hang does nothing, when the person standing in front of him or talking to him has any special changes in his mind, the clear fluctuations in his thoughts will be clearly visible in front of his eyes.

What lies behind the smiles and nervousness of those officials when reporting their work are their confidence in their work, their lack of confidence, their guilt, their mentality of hiding secrets... Gu Hang can clearly see it.

To be honest, Gu Hang didn't particularly care about the officials' little thoughts. He doesn't have any mental mysophobia, and he understands that everyone, even the people he trusts most, such as Oceana, Lambert, and Yan Fangxu, will actually have their own ideas. They may not quite understand Gu Hang’s thinking, and may have selfish motives...

This is all too normal.

In other words, this is the true face of human nature.

Even Gu Hang himself, at certain times, wouldn't he want to slack off and rest for a while?

As long as it's generally right, that's fine. Some selfish desires, some paranoia, some confusion, some laziness, some resentment... Just be moderate, Gu Hang laughed it off.

Of course, if there are some that are particularly nonsense, then just let the Alliance's Independent Commission Against Corruption check it out. Gu Hang doesn't mind using this method to find out some corrupt elements and malfeasance.

Time has passed like this for half a year.

At this moment, Gu Hang, who was on Raging Owl, witnessed the commissioning of the Alliance's first serious new ship at the Alliance Shipyard.

This is a 'Flying Dolphin'.

Although it is only a transport ship, although most of its core components are produced from black boxes, and although the shipyard that produces Flying Dolphins has laid the foundation long ago...

But no matter what, this is the first serious ship produced by the Alliance - gadgets like the Voyager are not included.

Its value is clearly stipulated in the imperial tax: 20 million tax coins.

Currently, Alliance Shipyard can produce a Flying Dolphin in half a year.

But now, there are 150 million people in Raging Owl, and the annual imperial tax is only 15 million.

A flying dolphin produced in half a year is more than enough to pay taxes.

Not to mention, Gu Hang doesn’t have to pay the next imperial tax.

Not to mention the tax-free Koroga, the current rated imperial tax of the alliance is still 50 million tax coins per year, which only costs 100 million tax in total every two years. However, Gu Hang had already sacrificed a lot on the battlefield of Koluga.

The first is the replenishment and expansion of the Raging Bear Legion, as well as the consumption of various materials, supplies, and artillery shells. In the past two years, the league has spent a total of 30 million on this. Originally, most of the Raging Bear Legion's troops were recruited from Koroga, but now Koroga belongs to Gu Hang and is tax-free, so the Ministry of Military Affairs needs to pay for this part.

But the Ministry of Military Affairs actually didn't pay a dime. It was all paid in vain, and the tax can be deducted in the next tax season.

This is supported by documents from the Imperial Military Ministry.

At the same time, the Dragon Eagle Legion was supplemented by more than three million Koruga soldiers, of which more than one million were added in the form of a full army group. And after the war, the weapons and equipment, ammunition consumption, and logistics supplies of the Dragon Eagle Legion's 3rd Army Group were all supplied from the alliance, and they severed ties with Faches - regardless of Faches or the Dragon Eagle Legion. It's not voluntary, it's an order from the Empire anyway.

The alliance has spent more than 80 million on this in recent months.

These two legions alone add up to 110 million tax coins.

During tax season, the empire still owed me more than ten million.

In the future, even if the fighting is not so fierce, the annual regular maintenance fee of the Dragon Eagle Legion and the Angry Bear Legion will be about 80 million tax coins.

There is no need to worry about imperial taxes at all.

At least you don’t have to worry about it during the few years that Koruga is tax-free.

As for the Flying Dolphin, Gu Hang 'sold' it to Gu's Trading Company at a broken price.

This is an appeasement to Gu's Trading Company.

Gu's Trading Company has done a lot of useless work for Gu Hang for a long time. At the beginning, during the Koroga War, the Ministry of Military Affairs paid money to help transport supplies, evacuate people, etc. These were considered orders from the empire to Gu's Trading Company.

But after the war, because the alliance itself did not have the ability to transport goods on a large scale to the star realm, Gu's Trading Company had an entire caravan and almost gave up all other orders to transport goods exclusively for the alliance, and the price was very cheap.

Businessmen will be unhappy about this.

Gu Hang is the head of the family, and his mother is the actual person in charge. This is correct. However, Gu's Trading Company is not the private property of the two of them, but is officially a member of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, and there is performance pressure. Moreover, the franchisee nature is still strong today.

For this caravan that serves the alliance, the prices for various transportation orders are very low. It is a short-distance transportation after all. However, it is quite dissatisfying that it cannot accept other high-profit orders.

Ms. Wang Qi can not make money in order to support her son, but she cannot let everyone else do the same.

Feidu is a good payment method.

For the merchant fleet, the most important asset is the ship.

The Flying Dolphin was sold to Gu's Trading Company for a bargain price of 10 million, which was enough to suppress a lot of dissatisfaction.

With one more ship, there will be one more captain and many more positions, and some people can get promotions and salary increases. With more profits, the entire caravan can earn more.

The main thing is to save a lot of money.

It’s not a loss for Gu Hang either.

First of all, even if the selling price is 10 million, which seems to be sold at half price, in fact, Alliance Shipyard still makes a considerable profit.

Of course, costs cannot be calculated in this way. Black box output is free for Gu Hang, but it is also wealth.

But the most important thing is that the Flying Dolphin is delivered to the fleet that works for the alliance. In the end, isn't it still working for the alliance?

The left hand and the right hand calmed the fleet, made shipbuilding profits, and increased the fleet's transportation capacity... win more!

……

After meeting the person in charge of the caravan, his cousin Wang Jiarong, and having dinner together, Gu Hang received a message.

A guest is coming.

It was a group from the Star Territory Government, which included representatives from the Star Territory Government, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Astra Militarum. The latter two, there are even two groups of people, respectively from the Dragon Eagle Star Territory and the Eastern Space Territory.

It's okay for people coming from the Star Territory, after all, the current Chief of the Interior, Lois, has a good relationship with Gu Hang.

Why is there a wave of people coming from the Eternal Territory Government?

What are they here for?

Gu Hang did not receive him in person. The visitor's status was not particularly high and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs could only receive him.

But soon, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came to report and asked the governor to come forward.

This group of people came to confer honors on Gu Hang.

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