Bai Quan explained to Chen Ming the reason why he couldn't just mess with the colony haphazardly.
"Because normally, an industrial colony of considerable size, as long as it's not a non-habitable planet and not an extremely dangerous type of heavy industry, will have at least hundreds of thousands of people working there."
"Even if these two colonies have declined to this day, there are still always tens of thousands of people. You also saw the report just now, many automated facilities have stopped, and it's all up to people to complete the work inside."
"The two colonies combined are estimated to have about twenty thousand people. You can make it large if you want, but you can't drive out all twenty thousand people to fend for themselves."
"You've taken over the colony, so you must provide jobs for the people on this colony."
"Those people may not need your jobs, but you must be prepared."
