Of course, the most important thing was the adjustment and deployment of the military.
Currently, Yang Rui had close to eight million soldiers, and this did not include the low-grade soldiers that were still being trained. More than ninety percent of them were above Fifth Grade, and more than ten percent of them were Sixth Grade. At the same time, there were also a small number of higher-grade soldiers.
According to Yang Rui's usual practice, he would station a large number of soldiers in each territory, and deploy them in key areas. They would only be deployed during wartime or during special periods.
Now that the third large-scale system storyline was about to take place, Yang Rui was prepared to listen to the suggestions of Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Sun Qian, Xun You, and the others. He planned to reorganize the army into two types: defensive forces and mobile forces.
Defensive forces were used to station at a fixed location for a long time, and they were responsible for the defense, security, and normal order of the territory. Under normal circumstances, they would not be deployed.
Mobile forces were used to deal with war. At the same time, they could set up a few divisions according to key areas to ensure that no matter which direction they were at, there would be soldiers available and they would be able to guarantee victory.
At this time, Yang Rui's territory had expanded significantly, and he occupied Green, Yan, and Xu Provinces. This included Bohai Provinces in Ji Province, the entire Yizhou Islands, and Shrimp Islands in the Wo Civilization's territory. They were all under Yang Rui's control.
Other than Yizhou Islands and Shrimp Islands, just Green, Yan, Xu, and Bohai Provinces had 213 counties. Therefore, just the defensive forces alone, even if 20000 soldiers were stationed in each county, he would need 4.26 million soldiers.
In addition to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers stationed in Shrimp Islands and Yizhou Islands, it was not a small number.
As a result, although Yang Rui's army seemed large, in reality, there were only three million soldiers that could be mobilized. Moreover, there were many areas that needed to be dealt with. Whether it was Ji Province, Si Li Province, Yu Province, or Yangzhou, he would need an entire division to deal with them.
Yang Rui's initial plan was to deploy more than one million mobile troops to deal with Yuan Shao's army in Ji Prefecture in the north, and to deal with Cao Cao in Si Prefecture and Chen Gong in the west.
Although Yuan Shu was temporarily acting as a barrier in Yuzhou and Yangzhou, Yuan Shu's forces were on the verge of collapse. Similarly, they would need more than one million mobile soldiers to deal with Liu Bei, Sun Jian, and the other forces.
As Fang Lan, Gan Ning, and Taishi Ci's ships continued to grow, the number of ships needed to increase as well.
Yang Rui also began to plan for the candidates for the commanders of the three major mobile armies and the three major navy fleets.
Before this, Yang Rui had also carried out a preliminary mobilization of generals. For example, he had fixed the garrisons of some key cities and the internal affairs of some major cities. He had also divided the 10 generals of Xianbei and Wuhuan into different units.
However, these deployments were still not enough. Although the number of Yang Rui's subordinates had increased by a lot, it was still far from enough.
After the two types of troops were decided, Yang Rui also discussed with the generals. They outlined the idea of men being in charge of external affairs, women being in charge of internal affairs, generals being in charge of external affairs, and strategists being in charge of internal affairs.
The so-called men being in charge of external affairs and women being in charge of internal affairs was something that Yang Rui was prepared to make use of. Most of them were historical generals and historical figures. It would not be difficult for them to command an army.
As for the other generals, they would be able to deal with external enemies and would not need to worry about the situation within their territory.
Of course, there were exceptions to this method. For example, Zhang Ning, Ding Yao, Huang Wudie, Fang Lan, and other women who had been on the battlefield for a long time all had their own unique way of dealing with battles. Sometimes, they were even irreplaceable. Naturally, they had to be treated differently.
It was easy to understand why the generals would be in charge of external affairs and strategists would be in charge of internal affairs. Historical generals would naturally be used more in battle, while historical generals, other than some of the top strategists, would also be the main force in stabilizing the internal development and stability of the country during wartime.
The deployment of personnel needed to be considered maturely and slowly pushed forward. It was more appropriate to do it during wartime. As such, adjustments needed a certain amount of time to be made.
Apart from this, Yang Rui also focused on strengthening management and operations in a few areas.
The first was the transfer and development of Yizhou Liegeman. At this moment, Yuan Shu had promised to hand over 10 million NPC Liegeman. According to the normal speed, it was impossible to transfer them all to Yizhou Island. As such, Yang Rui increased the construction of large transport ships in the southern region.
If they moved large transport ships from the north or even the Yellow River basin, on one hand, it would take a lot of time. On the other hand, if there was a war in the north, they would also need a large number of ships. It would also be inconvenient to move them back.
For this reason, Yang Rui once again invested a large amount of manpower and resources. He might as well once again build a cluster of ship production workshops on the banks of the Yangtze River in Xuzhou Guangling Prefecture. It was specifically used to supply the current ship needs of the Taishi Ci Navy.
Yang Rui could still handle Yuan Shu's 10 million NPC Liegeman. Even if his luck was not good, Yang Rui could still temporarily place them within Xuzhou and then transfer them or simply settle down in Xuzhou.
In the short term, the two main directions of Yizhou's development were food production and sugarcane farming. Yang Rui would use a large number of immigrants, sweet potatoes, sugarcane, and other special crops to quickly advance these two goals.
Secondly, Yang Rui focused on the development of workshop production to raise the level of manufacturing. He focused on building a chain of core industries such as shipbuilding, Mohist Divine Machine tools, and other wood products, tea processing, ceramics, metallurgy, tailoring, and so on.
Of course, these secondary industries were all built on the foundation of sufficient crop production and continued to expand the scale of crops. Under the premise that food was scarce, Yang Rui would continue to increase food production.
Furthermore, Yang Rui would continue to build business alliances and other commercial channels. He would use crop production to establish an advantage in food resources, use workshop production to establish an advantage in products, and use business to establish an advantage in profits.
Apart from the adjustments in military and internal affairs, Yang Rui was also eager to increase his own strength. In the short time that the current situation did not change, Yang Rui had also set goals for increasing his own strength.
Among them, there was the Cloning Technique. Naturally, the Soul Cultivation Technique was the first to be improved. Yang Rui estimated that in less than 10 gaming days, he would be able to train this technique to Level 1 and above. From then on, he would have a real Clone.
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