(Bonus update with thanks to .Bai Shi Ke Le. for the tip.)
Li Qinwu wanted to turn this planet into a dictatorship, then establish a political system that made it easy to concentrate the planet's resources.
Otherwise, with the planet's medieval-style feudal system, where a vassal's vassal was not your vassal, Governor Zeppelin simply could not mobilize the people beneath him.
Under those circumstances, any policy you tried to force through would either go nowhere or end up producing results wildly different from what you intended.
The moment Li Qinwu mentioned inviting people to dinner, Governor Zeppelin knew what he had in mind. After all, dining was the deadliest social activity in the Middle Ages. He hurried to stop him.
"Don't do it! Whatever the problem is, we can talk it out!
Don't forget, I'm a noble myself, and your wife Nightingale is a noble too.
All the nobles in the Hive City are related somehow. Swing your blade to the left, and you'll kill one of your aunts. Swing it to the right, and you'll kill another!"
Li Qinwu shook his head, his eyes filled with ruthlessness.
"Some parasites have to die. Your last failed attempt at poverty relief made that clear enough!
These nobles have been around too long. They cling to their positions, dragging the planet's governing institutions into the historical cycle law and drastically reducing their efficiency.
We need a fresh redistribution of interests to breathe life back into the Hive City, increase industrial output, and put new policies into effect!"
Li Qinwu had his own understanding of the so-called historical cycle law.
For example, at first, the Hive City government only needed to invest ten resource points to manufacture a Lasgun. In theory, that would produce a weapon that met specifications.
But as those resources