The funds for the construction of Hawaii had to come from the captives and warships of the freedom fleet.
After compensating for the losses, this batch of spoils of war could be reorganized into two and a half formations, which was half a fleet. Ouyang Shuo had no intention of expanding the Great Xia Navy, so how to deal with this batch of captives and warships became a thorny problem.
Fortunately, Feng Qiuhuang solved this problem for him.
Although Great Jin was inland, it had an overseas stronghold like Hokkaido. Due to the prosperity of the ocean trade and the irreversible trend of globalization, Feng Qiuhuang was naturally unwilling to fall behind.
It was imperative for Great Jin to build a navy.
However, Great Jin didn't have any high-level shipbuilders, so they couldn't build shipyards. Secondly, they didn't have any navy generals and high-level crew members, so they couldn't train a navy.
Feng Qiuhuang had also thought of outsourcing to Great Xia to build new warships, but Great Xia's shipyards were busy building Z1 warships and couldn't spare any time.
It would take too long if they had to wait for Great Xia's fleet to replace the warships.
Furthermore, even if they had warships, it would be useless without the navy generals and high-level crew members. Great Xia couldn't support a fleet even if they could provide a group of instructors.
Feng Qiuhuang was very worried about this matter.
The battle of Hawaii brought light to the troubled Feng Qiuhuang.
On the day when the captives of the freedom fleet were escorted to Yingzhou Province, the sensitive Feng Qiuhuang rushed to Shanhai City to probe Ouyang Shuo's plan to deal with this batch of spoils of war.
Knowing that Ouyang Shuo had no intention of expanding the navy, Feng Qiuhuang was overjoyed. "Ouyang, sell them to me!"
"Sell them to you?"
Ouyang Shuo couldn't react for a moment.
"Yes!" Feng Qiuhuang couldn't hide his excitement and said heroically, "I will sell these captives, warships, cannons, and crew to Great Jin. Name a price!"
Ouyang Shuo came to a realization and smiled. "That's not a bad idea."
It was a win-win situation for both of them.
However, Great Xia only sold warships and never fleets, so it wasn't easy to negotiate the price. Fortunately, Ouyang Shuo wasn't a calculative person. After a rough calculation, he said, "Let's set it at 4,000,000 gold coins!"
The value of captives and sailors was the hardest to evaluate. They might be insignificant to Great Xia, but to Great Jin, they were priceless.
Ouyang Shuo priced it at four million, which was really not expensive. It was already a friendship price.
"Deal!"
Feng Qiuhuang was also very forthright and agreed to it. But before he left, he said with some embarrassment, "Ouyang Shuo, can you split the payment into two installments? Taking it out all at once is a little tight."
"No problem." Ouyang Shuo was very understanding.
Even Great Xia would have to pay a hefty price to fork out four million gold coins in one go, let alone the newly established Great Jin. Ouyang Shuo had already thought highly of Feng Qiuhuang for being able to pay in full on two occasions.
After the matter was settled, the next step was simple. Other than Nimitz, who was escorted back to Shanhai City, the remaining captives and warships were escorted directly to Hokkaido, where they would be reorganized.
Overnight, the Great Jin Dynasty had its own fleet.
Using this opportunity, Ouyang Shuo made some adjustments to the Pacific Fleet's base.
As Great Xia occupied Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island, Ouyang Shuo simply made the decision to let the coastal fleet patrol the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East Sea, and the East Sea.
The Pacific Fleet was only responsible for deep-sea operations.
After the adjustments, the Pacific Fleet was only left with the First Formation stationed in Yingzhou Province, which was also the fleet headquarters. The Second and Third Formations were stationed in Hawaii County, while the Fourth Formation was responsible for opening up the South American route.
Ouyang Shuo planned for the Pacific Fleet to establish a stronghold on the South American continent in the future, which would be used to station the Fourth Formation of the Pacific Fleet and complete a complete maritime defense chain.
The remaining Fifth Formation would naturally act as a maritime mobility training formation and patrol back and forth.
After this round of adjustments, the Great Xia Navy's deployment in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean was basically complete. They firmly controlled the two oceans and firmly maintained Great Xia's maritime supremacy.
The next step was to focus on supporting the Atlantic Fleet.
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After settling the matters in Maldives and Hawaii, Ouyang Shuo then turned his attention back to the mainland.
Liaojin Province was established in accordance with the imperial court's rules. It was by far the largest province in Great Xia, which was four to five times the size of an ordinary province.
The administrative center of the province was naturally chosen to be in the old capital of the Jin Nation, Huining Prefecture.
Whether it was Huining Prefecture, Mongolia's Hala Forest, or Tubo's Luoge City, the biggest difference between them and the Nine Great King Cities was that there were no teleportation formations.
Of course, there were no satellite cities.
This was precisely the reason why the Qing Dynasty put in so much effort to transport weapons and equipment to the Jin Nation through the sea. After conquering the Jin Nation, it was not easy for Great Xia to govern such a large province.
For this reason, the imperial court had to appoint an outstanding governor for the Liaojin Province. After many rounds of selection, Ouyang Shuo finally decided on the governor of Lingnan, Huo Guang.
Huo Guang was well-versed in both literature and martial arts. He not only knew how to govern a country, but he also had the valiant side of a soldier. He was the most suitable person to guard the borders. Coupled with his experience as the governor of Lingnan, he was qualified to take on a big role.
The vacancy of the governor of Lingnan left by Huo Guang was filled by the governor of Chaozhou, Wei Ran.
Wei Ran's rise and fall were due to Bai Qi. For the sake of his son-in-law, Bai Qi, Wei Ran defected to Great Xia and was appointed as the governor of Lianzhou.
However, good luck did not last long.
This was because Wei Ran and Bai Qi, one in literature and the other in martial arts, both held important positions. It was inevitable that there would be rumors. In addition, Wei Ran was greedy and his hands were not clean.
As a result, Wei Ran lost in the competition for the Mountain Sea Order and was sent to Chaozhou County in the Lingnan Province by Ouyang Shuo.
Although it was a flat transfer, it was actually a demotion of half a rank. This was because Lianzhou County was the center of the imperial court and was many times more important than the ordinary Chaozhou County.
After being transferred to Zhili, the Mountain Sea Order was a secondary second-rank official, which was half a rank higher than the governor.
This was also a warning to Wei Ran by Ouyang Shuo.
Fortunately, Wei Ran was tactful and conscientious in his position as the governor of Chaozhou County. He was not greedy and achieved excellent grades in the annual examinations. He had already been listed as one of the candidates for the governor by Ouyang Shuo.
This time, Huo Guang was transferred to the Liaojin Province, so Wei Ran's promotion was logical.
However, this way, Song Wen could not help but feel disappointed. If it was not for the incident with Song Tianxiong, Ouyang Shuo might have taken this opportunity to let Song Wen be promoted to the governor of Lingnan.
Appointing the governor of the province was only the first step in the transformation of the Liaojin Province.
Ouyang Shuo's next move was the one that shocked everyone and caused a wave in the imperial court.
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