Chapter 109 - Winding up
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Editor: Levs
23th of April
The expeditionary army escorted nearly 5000 prisoners detained in the battle and returned to Shanhai Town.
There was a small incident while returning from the Jifeng tribal valley; the great shaman of the tribe committed suicide in the temple upon learning the tribe had fallen under the siege.
The news about the great shaman's suicide spread quickly among the tribe and caused quite some stirs. Seeing sparks of rebellion among the tribe people, Ouyang Shuo decided to stay at the valley for one more day for the purpose of calming the tribe people and the affection towards the other tribes around the valley. They held a funeral for the great shaman and their action greatly lifted the Jifeng tribe people's hatred towards Shanhai Town.
As expected by Ge Hongliang, after the news that the Jifeng tribe had fallen to Shanhai Town, within a day, the surrounding tribes, including two medium scale and six small scale tribes, quickly sent their emissaries to the Xuanniao tribe's great shaman to be the middlemen between them and Shanhai Town. This was also to express their good will towards Shanhai Town.
With the fall of the Jifeng tribe, the Xuanniao tribe replaced the position of Jifeng tribe in a indiscernible way, becoming the regional head. This caused the tribal leader, Shi Xiong, to be very proud, and he admired the great shaman's decision on that day. Seeing that Shi Xiong was a little bit carried away, the great shaman had no choice but to step in. The shaman warned him that the only reason that the Xuanniao tribe was the way it was right now was solely because of Shanhai Town, so he shouldn't get carried away and take the other tribes around the valley lightly as it may cause these tribes to rebel against Shanhai Town.
Under the reminder of his shaman, Shi Xiong managed to wake up from his own imagination. In order to express their gratitude to Shanhai Town, they sent another two pairs of hummingbirds to show their respect towards Shanhai Town. As for Ouyang Shuo, he was clearly satisfied with the actions of Shi Xiong. Those hummingbirds were sent to the Military Intelligence Division. He also told Song San to try his best to learn the secret technique of the Xuanniao tribe on how to breed and expand the numbers of the hummingbird. This was because these little things were extremely useful, as they could help in gathering information, delivering messages and the value of these tiny creatures could easily be summed up to that of an entire battalion if used properly.
The remaining 600 hunters were all disarmed and were sent to the mining field to mine for two years after returning to Shanhai Town. They would be granted the identities of residents of Shanhai Town at the end of their services after 2 years. With these 600 people, the amount of miners increased up to 1000 people, meeting the requirement to advance into an advanced mining field. With the Armory Division and Weaponry Division starting to produce armors and weapons, the demand of iron increased drastically, and these 600 captives came in handy to raise the mining speed.
The hands of these 600 people were covered with the blood of Shanhai Town's army. As punishment, Ouyang Shuo had sent them to the mining site to mine to eliminate their hostility and physical strength. He specifically ordered the person in charge of the mining excavation site to only give them three meals a day, an amount that was only enough for them to not starve. However, their most basic human rights or so were maintained as they weren't allowed to be punished by the wardens without a reason or theyd be punished heavily.
Although Ge Hongliang also suggested to pick out some of them and recruit them into the infantry unit or city defense unit, Ouyang Shuo did not approve his idea and turned him down. Since there were the new tribes that were inclined towards Shanhai, he did not have to worry that there were no high quality candidates to recruit into the army ranks. There were still some unstable elements in recruiting the hunting members.
The remaining 4000 people were arranged and sent to the Northern Salt Pans to begin the last phase of the saltern construction. Upon completion of the Northern Salt Pans, it'd reach the maximum limit of 1000 acres. With the increase of these 4000 people, Beihai Town was pushed to the size of a grade 3 town and was ready to advance its level once the other infrastructure constructions were completed.
Ouyang Shuo also thought about keeping these 4000 people in Shanhai Town in order to reach the population number of 10,000 to advance into a city, but this was not an easy task. First of all, the politics, economy, culture and military points for the town must meet a requirement of 45 points each, but Shanhai Town had already met this requirement.
The crucial point was that to advance into a city, the town lord must hand in an application to the game system in advance. Upon meeting all requirements, the system would automatically generate a huge wave of bandits to siege the territory. Only upon successfully defending the territory would the town successfully advance to the next level.
Moreover, this application to the game system was limited to a number of times. Failure in defending the territory would lead to a cool down of half a month. Should a player apply 3 times and fail 3 times, the territory would lose its qualification of promotion permanently. Thus, one must think twice and be fully prepared before submitting an application.
However, Ouyang Shuo killed his thought of advancing Shanhai Town in such a short time. He cleared his mind, as he was never a person who acted frivolously.
After returning to his territory, Ouyang Shuo immediately gathered the Construction Division and the Transportation Division to deploy the construction of the stables in the valley. The Construction Division was not only responsible to build and service the path road linking the Xuanniao tribe to Jifeng tribe. They were also required to follow the request of the Transportation Division to modify some structures that had been previously built in the valley. The unnecessary ones were to be demolished and the drawbridge of the fortress had to be redesigned and built into one with enhanced defensive capabilities.
Ouyang Shuo ordered Zhao Dewang to make full use of the tribal people's manpower. All he had to do was just provide them food, and these tribal people would be more than happy to work. Ouyang Shuo believed that once they got a taste of the sweet life over here, the other tribes would eventually lower their guard and cooperate with Shanhai Town sincerely.
The army rested and prepared for another three days, and after that, Ouyang Shuo began to reorganize all the battalions. The city defense unit alone will be occupying the entire advanced military camp in the city, officially taking over the responsibility for city defense. Another advanced military camp was built somewhere twenty miles away in the west by the Construction Division and handed over to the infantry unit, being named as the City West Camp, located somewhere between the border of the territory and the main base, responsible for safeguarding the western region of the territory. The responsibility was heavy because there were a lot of main properties; industrial areas outside the city, mining field, factories and settlements everywhere, saturated in the western region.
The cavalry unit was instead officially moved to Friendship Town. In the north of the town, an advanced military camp was built for the cavalries, named City North Camp. The camp was like a nail struck deep in the great prairie, safeguarding and monitoring the nomadic tribes.
Before the cavalries departed, Ouyang Shuo summoned Lin Yi to his office and had a secret discussion for the entire afternoon with the presence of Ge Hongliang. Whatever that was discussed was not known by any other people except the trio.
On the eve of the 1st of May, Shanhai Town welcomed several happy events.
Through the recruitment hall, an advanced priest, Ge Yan, was recruited. He is said to be one of the descendants of the Ge Hong bloodline from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The priest was not only a master in Taoist classics, he was also a master apothecary, proficient in making pills. One could really see some traits of the Ge Hong The Great Priest in Ge Yan's actions.
Ge Hong did not choose to have the Taoist temple built in the city, but he chose to have it built on top of a hill somewhere at the west of the city after travelling around the entire territory for more than 3 days. The scene around the hill was indeed beautiful, making it a great place. Feng Shui had always been mysterious, Ouyang Shuo did not stop him for this reason and he deeply believed that Ge Yan choosing that location had his own reason and consideration since he was someone who is good with Feng Shui.
Taoist temple belonged under the category of cultural structures, it came with the advantage in promoting the culture of the territory. Thus, Ouyang Shuo did not hope to gain income from the temple. He also ordered the Construction Division to follow the demands of Ge Yan in the construction of the temple. Upon completion, under the stats of Ge Yan and the unique characteristics of the temple, the cultural index of the entire territory was increased by 5 points.
The temple was then named Qing Yang Temple by Ge Yan and he took in 2 miscellaneous servants and 4 orphans as apprentices.
The other two structures in the grade 3 town, the pawnshop and the inn, was also completed by now. However, these two structures were not able to operate properly now. With the presence of the Four Seas Bank providing low-interest loans and the conditions of Shanhai Town, the pawnshop is more for display only and the residents were basically refugees from other places and they have yet able to save up much money or any valuable items. Therefore, the Finance Department only hired one shop keeper just to look after the pawnshop.
The same goes for the inn. Shanhai Town was currently a closed territory and there's barely any outsider. Naturally the inn had no guest at all, therefore, there's no one who was willing to take over the inn and with no choices left, the inn could only be temporarily managed by the Finance Department.
The jewelry shop too, caught Ouyang Shuo off guard with zero business. Upon knowing this, Ouyang Shuo specifically went to understand the situation. The truth however, had left him confused about whether to laugh or to cry.
The reason was not because there's a shortage of goldsmiths or silversmiths, the problem was that these craftsmen had the skills needed but not the capital. Jewelries in the ancient era were generally made of gold, silver, and copper, and required materials with relatively higher purity. With the conditions of Shanhai Town, none was able to provide the required materials.
Ouyang Shuo deliberately decided that the government will take over the business of the jewelry shops and the profits will be used for the government's daily expenses. He immediately put in 100 gold coins and turned them into high purity gold, silver and copper ingots through the magical function of the item storage bag.
With the government taking over the jewelry shop now, Ouyang Shuo had to elect a shop keeper to maintain the shop. Under the recommendation of Yingyu, he selected her maid, Si Qin to be responsible for the shop. Si Qin had been following Yingyu for quite some time so she had also learnt a considerable amount of business knowledge too. Therefore, Ouyang Shuo believed that she was capable and handed over the shop to her.
Another good news was about the silkworms. After nearly two months of cultivation, the silkworm breeding had finally began to enter the right track. As expected, the first badge of silks produced by the silkworms were recognized as the territory special local product by the system. It can be sold through the grocery shops. With the addition of these silkworms, Shanhai Town had now acquired three types of unique local products, which were the Three Flower Wine, White Tea and Rainbow silk.
As rare items were naturally expensive, the price of Rainbow Silk had reached a whopping ten gold coins, becoming the third goose that lay golden eggs of the town. Upon learning the news, Ouyang Shuo immediately demanded the expansion of the silkworm breeding field. The Finance Department then immediately loaned out two hundred gold coins with low interest rate for the upgrade of the entire textile industry chain. Under this process, the textile association was beginning to generate more and more profits for the town.
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Chapter 110 - Collecting Earnings
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April 30th
It was once again the time to sell sea salt. Northern Saltworks had made a monthly profit of 3600 gold.
In the other business pillar of the territory, the Langshan mine, the monthly profits reached 8500 gold due to the number of miners increasing to 5000, exceeding Northern Saltworks' by a large margin and becoming the largest industry in the territory.
With this added with the 900 gold he had on hand, now Ouyang Shuo had 13000 gold. This sum looked enormous, but deducting the daily expenses, the funds that could be used weren't that much.
Ouyang Shuo took out 5000 gold and passed it to the Finance Department to use as the financial expenditure of the territory.
Firstly was the military expenditure. As the military expanded, the costs would increase. Just the military costs was already a huge amount.
Ever since the territory became financially independent, Ouyang Shuo increased a soldier's monthly pay by 10 times. A rank 1 soldier would earn 10 silver a month, a 9th rank 90 silver, a sergeant one gold, a captain 5 gold, and a major would get 20 gold a month.
With the cavalry unit as an example, the average rank of a soldier was 4 and the cost of the basic soldier was 180 gold, adding in the 50 sergeants, 5 captains and one major, the unit cost 275 gold. 4 units cost 1100 gold. Further adding in the food, weapons, and equipment costs, the military cost around 1400 gold.
Secondly would be the government expenditure. As all the Departments and Divisions were filled up, the costs were very high too. A basic white collar worker was paid 1 gold, secretary 10 gold, director 25 gold. Adding the cost of ink, paper, and overhead costs, the monthly expenditure was around 500 gold.
There was also public expenditure. To raise up funds for the system auction, finish the city walls, city protection river, city rebuilding, Friendship Town's city walls and road works, not forgetting the pay of the construction workers, which was 100 coppers, it cost 1000 gold.
But as these works were a 1 time off thing, they weren't a part of monthly expenses.
Apart from those, as the scales of the logging camp, mine, quarries, Armory Division, Bow and Crossbow Division, weapon workshop and other military related industries, the brick kiln, pottery workshop, shipyard, and other territory businesses increased, the monthly cost had exceeded 1500 gold.
Especially military businesses like the Armory Division. Hiring all the special talents, their salaries were definitely high. An apprentice earned 30 silver a month, basic talents 1 gold, intermediate talents 5 gold, and advanced talents earned 10 gold a month.
Lastly, there was also one big point, which was the welfare package. Every person that entered the town would be given a package that cost around 15 silver. Every day, the main camp was getting 75 new people, which added up to 340 gold a month, adding the other 3 towns, this was close to 1000.
The above few were the 5 main outputs and didn't include education, public sanitation, and other outputs. The 4th month's income was only 1000 gold, without the salt pans and the mine, the Financial Department would not be able to handle this.
Ever since privatization happened in the February, most of these outputs were invisible and not seen.
In the March, these financial problems started to show up, only because Ouyang Shuo was busy with the auction did he cover them up.
Now in the April, the financial situation finally turned for the better, not having such a high deficit. Only then could Ouyang Shuo use the profits to cover for the negatives in the previous two months.
One could say that only in the April was privatization finally completed. For the past two months, there were many plans that had not begun or started. Only with the saltpans and the mine helping out the financial situation was Ouyang Shuo able to succeed with privatization.
Now the salary of workers in Shanhai Town had reached near to that of King city. While other territories were struggling for food, Shanhai Town had started privatisation. And when 80% of the populations were struggling to keep warm, people in Shanhai Town were no worse off than people in King City.
The reason why Ouyang Shuo did this wasn't only to make his people rich and thus his territory would become richer. The deeper motive was to make use of their advantage to raise the spending of the residents, causing the economy to boom. As long as they had money, they would be willing to spend more on food, clothing, beer, and jewelery.
All of this was related to one another. He'd put in a huge investment with the hope of getting returns in the near future. Only by making the cake bigger could he raise the tax revenue. His real motive was to be able to sustain the territory purely on taxes without businesses and industries like the Northern Saltworks and Langshan mining field.
No matter what, the golden goose would one day die off. The mine would have a day when it was empty and the saltpans would have a day when its income would be too little. One must always think for the future, and Ouyang Shuo didn't want to be a lord that only cared about short-term monetary gains.
After giving the money to the Financial Department, he still had 8000 gold on hand. He was obviously not going to let this money sit around.
Ouyang Shuo went to the Intermediate Market and spent 200 gold for advanced market blueprints, ready to upgrade it and start trade routes and businesses. Only with the trade platform could Shanhai Town start trading with allies.
Ouyang Shuo opened a special tab and searched for secret manuals. Apart from the 3000 gold for reserves, with the remaining 4800 gold he wanted to gather secret manuals.
There were very few king rank and above secret manuals, and they didn't separate between real or fake. An average copper secret manual was 50 silver, black steel was 2 gold, silver was 10 gold, and black gold was 50 gold. The manual he had given to Song Jia was a gold level authentic secret manual.
As for secret manuals above gold rank, they were very rare. They would occasionally appear, but emperor rank secret manuals did not. As for god level and saint level ones, they wouldn't appear on the market.
Ouyang Shuo obviously only gathered the authentic and good secret manuals. Unexpectedly, he bumped into an emperor-level spear secret manual
Ouyang Shuo bought it without hesitating, and took a look at its stats.
Name:
Routines: Dahua spear/Flower War spear/17 spear/Military War spear/Lihua Bamu spear/Xiaohua spear
Stances: Whitesnake spit letter/Swallow steals nest/Green dragon lands/Dragon shows its tail/Eel escapes from hook/Exploring the ocean/Lion dives on deer/Kid hugs heart/Cloud piercing flame/ Dragon goes into the hole/Wolf claws at the heart/ Cow sows field/ etc.
Ultimate: Throat Killing Spear, Huima Spear
Evaluation: Yang family spear, Full name: Yang Family Lihua Spear, passed down from Nansong army general Liquan's wife Yang Miaozhen. The spear technique is heroic, Both front and back is firm, Attacks like needle, and Returns like thread. The speed will make people unable to keep up. The throat lock spear is something ghosts cannot block. The Huima spear is something gods and deities find hard to defend against.
The
An emperor-rank secret manual was so hard to get in his last life, and there were not many god-rank secret manuals. As for saint-rank ones, those were of legends and no one had seen them.
To master an authentic emperor-rank secret manual was very difficult. Ancient spear practitioners started at a young age, and only after blood, sweat, and tears, along with help from masters, could they master it. Players only used the technology to train in it. If they did not spend 4 months training their basic spearmanship, they probably wouldn't even understand the secret manual.
Apart from this emperor-rank secret manual, Ouyang Shuo did not meet another suitable secret manual. He did not find even a king-level one.
As he had no choice, Ouyang Shuo spent the remaining 3800 gold on 76 authentic gold-rank secret manuals, practically sweeping everything from the market.
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Chapter 111 - Saying Goodbye
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In the blink of an eye, it was going to be the long holidays. After dealing with the territory, Ouyang Shuo started to plan for the holidays.
After thinking, Ouyang Shuo decided not to log into the game during the holidays and focus on bringing Bing'er out to play.
Ouyang Shuo had his reasons why he landed with such a decision.
Firstly, in the game, Shanhai Town had already developed well. Politics, finance, culture and military, these four pillars all needed time to solidify and wouldn't need to be touched in the near future. Even if he wasn't in the territory, with Fan Zhongyan , General Shi and the other leaders, nothing chaotic will happen.
Secondly, in real life, there was only 6 months till they say goodbye to the earth. As someone who was born and bred here, this goodbye was forever. Ouyang Shuo wanted to take this long holiday as sort of a goodbye trip from earth.
After making his decision, Ouyang Shuo started preparing for the trip.
In the meeting room of the Lord's Manor, Ouyang Shuo called the 4 directors for a meeting. He looked around and said, "I called you here to announce something."
"Is it a good news or bad news?" Yingyu asked jokingly.
"Neither." Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said, "From tomorrow onwards, I'll be locking myself up for 5 days. When I'm not here, for Shanhai Town's matters, I'll depend on you four."
Normally when players weren't online, they were training and locking themselves up, hence this was not surprising, thus they needn't think of a reason to explain to the NPCs.
"Before I leave, I have something to explain to all of you."
"Sire please tell!"
"Firstly, the Military Affairs Department and cavalry unit, you can try to contact the nomadic tribes. The 2 small tribes on the east and west we can try to crush them. The medium sized one in the middle we can have a cooperation with them. If it's possible, get a batch of Qingfu horses as soon as possible and grow them in the Jifeng Valley." Ouyang Shuo looked at Ge Hongliang and Lin Yi.
"Sire don't worry, the Military Affairs Department's main focus has been the building of the stables at Jifeng Valley. As for how to obtain Qingfu horses, we already have an idea. For the specifics, we still need the Military Intelligence Division to find out more information." Zhu Hongliang replied.
Ouyang Shuo nodded his head, "Good, then I can't wait for the outcome."
He turned around and looked at Pei Donglai who rushed back from Beihai Town and said, "General Pei, for the navy unit, the Meng Chong battleships have already been built and can be sent out to the ocean. You must scout and find out about the waters nearby if there are any islands. We must also be careful of pirates. Although it's very peaceful now, I don't believe that there aren't any pirates in this region."
"Yes sire, don't worry. This general just wanted to bring the small boys of the navy unit out for a little trip to look around and feel the breeze. They haven't went out to sea before. As for the pirates, I will keep a look out for them." Pei Donglai stood up and said.
"Good, with your assurance, I don't need to worry about anything."
Ouyang Shuo turned to Zhao Sihu and said, "General Zhao, for the city defense unit, I only have one goal which is to focus on the training of soldiers in defending the city walls and river. Our soldiers are skilled in fighting beasts or invading others but they don't know how to defend. This can't do. Don't look at the raiders and bandits as weak, if they group up or band together, we won't be able to handle them, hence, as the city protection squad of our town, you must train hard. The soldiers must be familiar with the wall layout and must train hard, they shouldn't think that it's peace time and start slacking."
Zhao Sihu stood up and bowed, saying solemnly, "Sire don't worry! General will increase training and ensure the safety of our camp."
Ouyang Shuo nodded and turned to General Shi, "General Shi as for you and the infantry unit, I don't need to worry. I only hope that Shanhai Town's armoured infantry unit could form soon. Other than that, when I'm not here, you will be in charge of the military. If you face a tough problem you must settle it carefully."
"Yes, sire doesn't need to worry!" General Shi said loudly.
After settling military matters, Ouyang Shuo kept the 4 directors and said, "When I'm not here, I put Fan Zhongyang in charge of the civil servants. When there is a tough problem, the four directors can discuss and solve it."
"Yes!"
"On the side of the Finance Department, as the expenses increase, we must ensure that the funds are used properly. I hope that this period of time, the department can come up with a preliminary idea to discuss with me when I return." Ouyang Shuo said to Yingyu.
Yingyu nodded and said, "Don't worry, big brother. Secretary Xu had discussed with me about this problem before. Since Brother had brought this up, it has reached an important time. We will give you our views when you return."
"That's good." Ouyang Shuo looked at Tian Wenjing and said, "On the side of the Material Reserves Department with director Tian, I don't have much worries. only that the negotiations with the mountain barbarians must not stop. Towards those who have signs of wanting to cooperate, we can provide them with some grain to make them trust us."
"Sire don't worry!"
Ouyang Shuo nodded and turned to Zhu Hongliang, "As for the Military Affairs Department, apart from the stables, there are two more things. One is that the intelligence reporting of the raiders must not stop and must increase instead. Second would be the Armoury Division and the Bow and Crossbow Division must continue to train talented people. The future of the military industry is huge and we need many of these talents."
"Understood!"
Ouyang Shuo turned to look at Fan Zhongyan and said, "Sorry to trouble you for this period of time."
"Sire don't worry, I won't let you down!"
"With that, I have nothing to worry about."
……
Hearing that Ouyang Shuo was going to go on holiday, Xiaoyue nagged that she wanted to tag along, hence Ouyang Shuo could only give up.
As for where to visit, the 3 of them had their differences. Xiaoyue wanted to go to Yunnan Lijiang and tour the scenery. Bing'er wanted to go to Shang Hai and see her little aunt. Ouyang Shuo saw through her instantly and knew that she wanted to go there for Disneyland.
As for himself, Ouyang Shuo wanted to go to Taishan. It was the symbol of the Chinese race and was a cultural paradise. Hence, before leaving the earth, he naturally wanted to visit. This place was the first choice for this goodbye trip from the earth.
Luckily modern society was advanced and transportation wasn't something that could be compared to 200 years ago. These short distance trips, the best way wasn't airplanes but trains. Sitting on the trains, one could get good views and also travel at high speeds at the same time.
As they had enough time, a full 5 days of it, in the end Ouyang Shuo decided to go from State of Jiap>Shang Hai>Taishan>Lijiang>State of Jiao, a fast trip around the country.
Ever since he told everything to little aunt, the two of them contacted occasionally and it became more warm. Hearing that they were coming, little aunt took 2 days off to bring them around. Definitely, the main part of the trip was Disneyland and they fulfilled Bing'er's childhood dream.
After leaving Shang Hai, Ouyang Shuo and the two of them rode the skytrain and went straight to Taishan.
Taishan had amazing views and was very majestic. The mountains were closely grouped and the changes in clouds and the sky gave in a beautiful splendor. The natural Taishan represented natural wonders and it also represented cultural sanctity.
Feeling the beauty of Taishan, Ouyang Shuo felt as if his soul had been cleansed.
To see the sunrise, Ouyang Shuo brought both beauties to stay in the high class hotel at the top of the mountain. In the morning, he brought them to see the sunrise. Being woken up so early in the morning, the little brat was unwilling and looked really lost, an exceptionally cute sight.
In the foggy morning and standing on the peak of Taishan, there appeared a rainbow ring, capturing the entire image of the body of the person, it was an amazing sight.
Seeing such a beautiful scene, Ouyang Shuo purposely went off route to visit Kong Zi's hometown Qufu. Out of the 3 emperors and 5 rulers, 4 had left their marks on Qufu. This was also the old capital and the hometown of Kong Zi, being termed as Dongfang sacred city.
Leaving Qufu, they visited their last stop, Yunnan Lijiang. Feeling the sights and sounds of Lijiang, it was incomparable to the wilderness in the game.
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Chapter 112 - Procuratorate Division
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Gaia first year 5th of May
Ouyang Shuo went online again.
After a trip out, Ouyang Shuo felt that he was refreshed. Ever since he was reborn, he had been focused and tensed up. Finally he was able to relax.
After going online, Ouyang Shuo first learned the Yang Family Spear technique that he had bought.
"System Notification: Congratulations player Ouyang Shuo for obtaining emperor-rank cultivation method
"Learn!"
With a brushing sound, the secret manual in his hand turned into a white light and shot straight into his temple. In an instant, all of the information regarding the
As a secret manual that was of a higher level than the Bajiquan, the difficulty was much higher. This added with having no one to teach him, wanting to grasp the technique needed a period of practice.
Ouyang Shuo raised the exquisite iron spear in his hand, followed the manual, and trained. Unexpectedly, he looked rusty and unconfident. It seemed like when he had the time he should look for General Shi and Lin Yi, who were both spear masters, for advice. In the last life, he'd used the halberd as a weapon, thus the experience that he could draw on was too little.
Ouyang Shuo's appearance alerted Yingyu and Qing'er, who were in the backyard.
"Big Brother, you are finally back." Qing'er stood on the walkway and said with surprise.
At that moment, Ouyang Shuo was practicing spearmanship and didn't have energy to bother with her. After following the method and training, he finally stopped and laughed. "Yes, the time that I wasn't here, were you well-behaved?"
"He, big brother looks down on me, how am I naughty? If you don't believe me ask Sister Yingyu." Qing'er was annoyed and pouted.
Yingyu stood on the side and laughed. "Big brother, when you left, the whole Lord's Manor felt cold. Everyone said that it was because it lacked your spirit."
"Yes, there wasn't anyone to tease me." Qing'er agreed.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said, "You two brats, stop trying to make me feel happy. How is everything? Is the territory going well?" The last sentence was asking Yingyu.
"Yes, everything is following what big brother had planned before he left."
Ouyang Shuo knew that the backyard wasn't a place to talk about work, and he had just casually asked just now. He told his 2 sisters to go do their things, and he continued practicing the Yang family spear technique.
At 10 AM in the morning, Ouyang Shuo showed up on-time to his office.
Knowing that the lord had come back, the various directors rushed back to report to work. Helplessly, Ouyang Shuo invited everyone to the meeting room for a meeting.
Ouyang Shuo sat in the lord's seat and looked around, smiling. "In the past 5 days, all of you have been busy. What does each division have to report? Let's start from the Administration Department."
The Agriculture Division secretary Sun Yannong was first to rise and said, "Sire, the Agriculture Division has something to report."
"Please speak!"
"After 3 months of breeding, the 100 wild cows and 80 wild pigs, apart from the 10 cows and 5 pigs that died, grew up healthily. As for the arrangement of these wild pigs and cows, we need sire's orders."
"What are the views of the Agriculture Division?" Ouyang Shuo did not reply directly.
Sun Yannong had already planned it out and said, "Our view is that the wild pigs and wild cows are to be dealt with separately. For the wild pigs, the sows will be left behind. As for the males, leaving behind 2 and killing the rest. As for the wild cows, we will keep everything and increase the scale of breeding."
Ouyang Shuo nodded his head and said," I agree with your view. As for the way of dealing with the wild cows, I feel that we can be more flexible. These wild cows are good field cows and should be placed under the control of Qiushui Town. Secretary Sun, I think you need to communicate with Qiushui Town. The wild cows can be used for farming, but the calves that they give birth to must be allocated properly."
"Understood, sire has really thought it through. I really admired you." Sun Yannong backed down respectfully.
After he backed down, the secretary of Household Registration, Du Quan, stood up and said loudly, "Sire, I have something to report!"
Ouyang Shuo smiled. "I guess secretary Du has something good to report?"
She nodded and said, "I won't hide from sire, it is good news. Out of the new population, there appeared a supremely talented individual, and his name is Song Yin. He had worked as a procurator."
"Procurator?" Ouyang Shuo was baffled.
"I think it's better for me to explain to sire." Seeing Ouyang Shuo's confusion, Fan Zhongyan, who was from the Song Dynasty, stood up and said, "During the Song Dynasty, the procurator was the one to deal out punishment and monitor the various county personnel. The procurator would visit each county and deal out punishments to county officials that delayed cases, caused the inability to catch criminals on time, or corruption. The procurator was also in charge of hard cases and wronged people, as well as accepting appeals. Hence to become the procurator, not only must they be well-versed in politics, but in accordance with the law when dealing with cases."
Hearing his explanation, Ouyang Shuo realised that this guy was amazing. In modern society, he would be a combination of the Attorney General, Director of Public Security, Provincial High Court President, and the Provincial Army Division Commander, all in one. And he also had to deal straight with the authorities. There was no one he could rely on or complain to.
After understanding the job, Ouyang Shuo was instantly interested in Song Yin. He laughed and said, "Since he's so amazing, why don't you invite him here for me to see him?"
"Yes!" Duquan turned around and walked out of the meeting hall. In less than 5 minutes, he brought a middle-aged man and walked into the room. He was 30 odd years old and wore a cotton robe. His body was well-toned and his eyebrows were distinct, looking more like a military general than a scholar.
"Song Yin meets sire!" Song Yin bowed and greeted him.
"Mr. Song, please rise!" Ouyang Shuo said and nodded, taking the chance to look at his stats.
Name: Song Yin (Gold)
Identity: Shanhai Town resident
Occupation: Civil Servant (juren)
Loyalty: 75
Command: 20
Force: 25
Intelligence: 55
Politics: 65
Speciality: Incorruptible (Raise dignity by 15%), Solve Grievances (Raise case solving efficiency by 15%)
Evaluation: Originally a procurator and has vast amounts of experience. Familiar with law and solving cases. Unbreakable and incorruptible, Strong morals and determined person.
He was a rare genius, making Ouyang Shuo nod his head in delight. "Since you were a judicial commissioner, why don't I set up a Procuratorate Division and put you in charge of law and punishment while you become the secretary?"
Ouyang Shuo followed the situation in Shanhai Town and made a restriction on the job scope of the Procuratorate Division. He did not follow the procurator from the Song Dynasty, only keeping two roles of keeping the law and dishing out punishment, similar to the court and jail combined.
Song Yin bowed once again and said, "Thank you sire for your trust. I won't let you down." As a trained procurator, he could obviously understand the deep meaning in his words.
After the small distraction, the various divisions continued to report.
The construction director Zhao Dewang had successfully replaced Zhao Youfang, standing up and saying, "Sire, the Construction Division has something to report!"
"Please speak!"
"The Jifeng Valley army stable has been built. Please plan the next mission of the Division for us!"
Ouyang Shuo nodded, and he was pleased with the efficiency of the Construction Division. "The next goal would be to upgrade to grade 1 city. Hence, the goal is to make the overall plan of the city, including the preparation work of the second city wall."
"Understood!" Zhao Dewang said and nodded.
After the Construction secretary finished his report, the Administration Department had finished their reports.
Ouyang Shuo turned to Tian Wenjing and asked, "Does the Material Reserves Department have anything to report?"
Tian Wenjing nodded and looked towards the Transportation secretary Zheng Shanpao, signalling him to stand up and report.
He immediately got up and said, "Sire, the Transportation Division wishes to report two things."
"Please tell!"
"The first has to do with the JIfeng Valley horse stable. Secretary Zhao had said that the basic facilities have already been built. The Transportation Division has already been training breeders and gathering grain and food. We could say that the preparation work is basically done, only lacking stallions."
Ouyang Shuo nodded and did not react, asking him to say the second thing.
"The second thing has to do with mainland transportation. Ever since we had the wooden horse cart, it solved the long distance transportation problem of resources. However, as the population increased, we did not have any carriage-like transportation devices. Hence we need sire to arrange that." Zheng Shanpao said.
Ouyang Shuo realized that he had neglected it. He'd focused solely on transporting goods and forgot about carriages to transport people. The grade 2 town basic building relay was, until now, still an unused building.
"Secretary Zheng has reminded me well. This is my mistake. How about this? The Transportation Division can choose a place to build a carriage workshop to build handmade carriages. As for the carriage-making manual, I'll get it from the market." Ouyang Shuo said.
"Yes!" Zheng Shanpao said excitedly.
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