From the game's built-in forum, the Three Kingdoms Region should be the first region to complete the second large-scale system storyline. The other regions had yet to complete this large-scale storyline. Some of them were nearing the end, while others were still at the peak of the storyline. It was estimated that it would take quite some time.
Yang Rui remembered that it was a small country that completed the storyline first in his previous life, and not the Three Kingdoms Region. Since Yang Rui had killed Dong Zhuo, the entire Dong Zhuo Rebellion storyline had been pushed forward, and the situation had changed quite a bit.
Yang Rui and almost all the other players had expected that the Three Kingdoms Region would enter an era of fragmentation. Therefore, Yang Rui did not pay too much attention to it and continued to focus on reading the contents of the system update.
The contents of the system update were similar to what Yang Rui knew. In his previous life, Yang Rui had entered the game at this time.
First, the game time had been pushed forward to the 22nd day of the sixth lunar month of the third year of the reign of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was the 22nd day of the sixth lunar month of the year 192. The ratio between game time and real time had also been adjusted from 12: 1 to 6: 1, and it would gradually be adjusted to match real time.
Secondly, the exchange between game currency and world currency was initially opened. Every player could exchange up to 10 gold coins in game currency, and the exchange rate was 10000 world currency to 1 gold coin. The scale of the exchange would gradually be opened in the future.
This exchange rate was much lower than the exchange rate on the trading platform, but it was not constant. The system would automatically adjust the exchange rate according to the direction of the inflow and outflow of funds. With the current lack of game currency among players, the exchange rate would definitely be inflated very soon.
Yang Rui knew about this situation. In his previous life, the exchange rate for game currency had only been opened for half a day. The exchange rate had already been inflated to a ratio similar to the exchange rate on the trading platform. Later on, even when Yang Rui was being hunted down, the exchange rate for game currency had not been fully opened.
Even so, the limited availability of game currency exchange was still a great boost to the player base, especially for large player organizations, where a large number of players were placed. Even if each player could only exchange 10 gold coins, it was still a considerable sum.
Without a doubt, this would be a huge boost to the development of large player organizations like Dragon Soul.
Of course, with the abundance of game coins, the prices in the game would also usher in a temporary rise. The prices of various equipment and basic resources would be affected. This was also very beneficial to Yang Rui who controlled a lot of game resources.
The third system update was about the restart of the Territory Tournament. The specific restart time was when the second large-scale system storyline of the other civilization regions ended and was updated. If it wasn't for this clause in the system update, Yang Rui would have forgotten about the Territory Versus Tournament.
At the same time, with the end of the second large-scale storyline in the Three Kingdoms Civilization Area, the Civilization Battle Platform was opened again, and it involved some good rewards. However, in Yang Rui's opinion, this battle platform was also mostly for entertainment. Yang Rui didn't pay too much attention to it.
There were still a lot of system updates left, but the impact wasn't very big. Yang Rui only had a rough understanding of it before closing the system forum and getting busy with the matters at hand.
If it wasn't for the lack of time, Yang Rui would've done these things a long time ago.
For the first stop, Yang Rui brought along more than 2,000 carpenters of various levels, including the Expert Carpenter Jiao Wen, and more than 100000 able-bodied men to Huang County. He also mobilized some of the local NPC citizens of Huang County to find a suitable fishing village near the entrance of Penglai Region. He immediately requisitioned and built several advanced docks.
Before this, Yang Rui had already handed the blueprint of the ship to Jiao Wen to familiarize himself with the process of building the ship. Yang Rui wanted to familiarize himself with the construction process. At this moment, Yang Rui was building this high-grade dock for the purpose of building ships.
Although Weitang Town, located upstream of Wenshui, also had two advanced docks that could be used to build advanced ships, it wasn't suitable for building large ships. However, that place was obviously not suitable for building large warships such as turreted ships, Bi 'an, and warships. It was only suitable for building small ships.
Thus, Yang Rui chose the coast of Huang County, which was relatively close to Penglai Region, to build these advanced docks to test out the construction of the ship.
The coast of Huang County wasn't suitable for developing territories and conventional construction. There were reefs everywhere, but it provided the conditions for building an excellent harbor.
Just like the docks that Yang Rui built first, almost all of them were built at the corners of the reefs that protected the environment. They were naturally able to avoid some large waves, and the water depth was also very suitable for large ships to dock. This was the location Yang Rui chose with his Flying Carpet.
Qingzhou had a long coastline, and there were actually quite a few excellent harbors. Yang Rui chose to build the docks here mainly because of the distance to Penglai Region. It would be convenient for management and defense in the future.
Moreover, in the future, he would be building large numbers of large ships. A few docks would clearly not be enough. Yang Rui planned to develop Huang County into a shipbuilding base, specializing in the construction of large ships.
Yang Rui also had a blueprint for the Suanni and a blueprint for the warship. He had originally planned to build them on the coast of Huang County, but the Suanni and the warship were too small. In the end, even if they were built on the coast of Huang County, transporting them to the inland rivers would be a problem.
Under Jiao Wen's suggestion, Yang Rui ultimately decided to build the Suanni and the warship separately on the Yellow River, Ji River, Wenshui, and Sishui River. This would make it easier to dispatch them when they were needed. At most, the carpenters responsible for the construction would be moved.
Even for large ships like the ship, Yang Rui wasn't sure if they were suitable for sea travel. In the future, there was a possibility that they could be moved to the inland rivers.
After building a few docks, Yang Rui took out a large amount of high-grade wood from his storage ring, and the construction of the ship began.
Back then, Yang Rui had obtained nearly three million units of high-grade wood from Zhang Rang. However, most of them were nearing the end of their storage life. Therefore, Yang Rui didn't dare to take out too much at once, in case he couldn't use them all in a short period of time.
After arranging the construction of the ship, Yang Rui drove the Flying Carpet with another group of one thousand carpenters and 20000 able-bodied men. They arrived at a small town near the Yellow River in Gaotang County of Pingyuan Prefecture — Guhe Town. They began to build the Suanni and the warship.
Among the one thousand carpenters, there were ten high-level carpenters who had mastered the construction of the Suanni and twenty high-level carpenters who had mastered the construction of the warship. At this time, in order to facilitate the use of wood and other resources and manpower, the construction of the two warships might be sent to other inland rivers in the future.
As a player who came from the real world, Yang Rui placed great importance on the development of naval forces. Especially in the future, when the borders of the world were opened, the sea routes would become very important. Therefore, Yang Rui placed the construction of the ship, the Suanni, and the warship at the top of his list of priorities.
Next, Yang Rui began to deal with the affairs of the nine counties in the northern part of the Dong County: Dongwuyang, Yangping, Dongah, Fanxian, Linyi, Chaoping, Faping, Liaocheng, and Boping.
The number of officials required for these nine counties was not small. Yang Rui could not provide so many people at the moment. As such, Yang Rui placed the original personnel of these counties in the original counties to maintain the original situation. However, Yang Rui redeployed the soldiers of Green Province to guard the counties.
Currently, the situation of these cities was basically under military control. The number of soldiers stationed in each county was not high, only around twenty to thirty thousand. They were commanded by forty to fifty high-grade, intermediate-grade, and low-grade generals. They were responsible for guarding the city and controlling the situation within the city, as well as the transmission of important matters.
Only in Fanxian County was Yang Rui increased the number of Fourth and Fifth Grade cavalrymen patrolling the area after stationing a hundred thousand soldiers there. In the end, he also had Zhang Ning and Gao Shun guard the county, with Guo Jia assisting from the side.
It could be said that the number of soldiers in the Dong County accounted for almost half of the total number of soldiers in Green Province. Their defensive strength was even higher than Pingyuan County.
Meanwhile, Zhang Liao and Wu Anguo returned to Green Province to train the new soldiers.
Yang Rui asked for 10000 sets of Second to Sixth Grade long-range archer skill books from Liu Dai. He then used his merit points to exchange for 50000 sets of Second to Fifth Grade long-range archer skill books, as well as 30000 sets of Second to Fifth Grade sword-shield soldier skill books. Of course, he had to develop these skills as quickly as possible.
In particular, the long-range archers might be of great use in the future. Currently, Yang Rui was severely lacking in long-range archers.
After dealing with the shipbuilding, training of the soldiers, and the defense of the Dong County, Yang Rui once again used his storage ring to teleport 20000 Fourth Grade soldiers to the small city of Ledu in the northwest.
In addition to the 6500 Valiant Warriors that Yang Rui had added to the city, the number of soldiers in Ledu now exceeded 30000, including the initial two to three thousand soldiers guarding the city.
Ledu needed defensive strength. Fortunately, there was a river to protect the city, so the soldiers were more than enough for defense. At the same time, they could also perform the duties of catching horses. However, they could not farm skill books for now. Currently, the northwest region could still farm Fifth Grade Valiant Warrior skill books.
Yang Rui once again put the horses he had captured in Ledu City on the market at a high price. He then used the Flying Carpet and the Teleportation Circle to return to Mountain City. He then took out the Sky Garden's Soul, a new Earth-ranked item, and examined it.
The Sky Garden Soul was only the size of an egg. When Yang Rui had exchanged for it, he had been in a hurry to deal with the matters before the system update. As such, he had placed the Sky Garden Soul in his backpack and did not look at it too much.
[System Notification: Respected player Blazing Sun, would you like to activate the Sky Garden Soul now?]
Yang Rui fumbled around for a while. Just as he was trying to figure out how to use the Sky Garden Soul, a system notification appeared. (To be continued)
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