As it entered the fifth month, the entire world's players were paying attention to one thing — the upcoming month of the Kingdom War.
Every month of the Kingdom War wasn't just a time for the players to settle their grudges, it was also an opportunity for the global factions to reshuffle. Simply put, the strong would become stronger, and the weak would perish.
The intricacies were truly indescribable.
For example, within the Silver Hand, the powerful dynasties could use this opportunity to 'brazenly' devour the surrounding members. The Silver Hand and the Azure Emblem could also make use of the month of the Kingdom War to attack each other and adjust their territories.
Similarly, the month of the Kingdom War was also an opportunity for the two organizations to adjust their internal structure. They could choose to give up some of the weak regions and strengthen some regions to form a tighter global map.
As for the feelings of the ordinary players, it was already insignificant.
The two organizations, including their internal structure, had different demands and might even have conflicting demands. As for who could achieve their own intentions and who would lose everything, it would all depend on their respective playing skills.
On the contrary, the Great Xia Dynasty relied on the solid backing of the China Region and was in the safe zone.
In the fifth month, the leader voting for the Kingdom War officially began. As the Martial Artist, the China Region's Ouyang Shuo didn't need to participate in the voting and automatically became the leader of the China Region.
The choice of which gaming region to attack was also decided by Ouyang Shuo.
Looking at the surrounding regions of China, the only possible opponents were the India Region, the Romanov Dynasty, the Persian Empire, and the Java Kingdom.
The others were too far away, and a month of the Kingdom War wasn't enough for them to travel back and forth.
The Romanov Dynasty and the Persian Empire were separated by the native factions and weren't good choices. Furthermore, if they were to set out, one would be in the ice plains while the other would be in the highlands. The China Region didn't have the geographical advantage.
According to Ouyang Shuo's initial thoughts, he was naturally going to choose the Java Kingdom.
If the China Region declared war on Java, it would be impossible for Java to survive. It was the same as using everyone's hands to eliminate the last hidden danger in the Southeast Asia Region.
However, there were pros and cons to this.
The month of the Kingdom War wasn't a solo stage for the Great Xia Dynasty. With the participation of the three great dynasties in the China Region, the distribution of territories after the war would be a problem. Just like how the Japan Region was split into three.
If Java was to be bitten off by the Great Zhou Dynasty, Ouyang Shuo wouldn't be happy. Rather than that, he might as well let the Java Kingdom jump around for a while and deal with them separately in the future.
Hence, the best target for the Kingdom War was the India Region.
Unfortunately, the Indian Region was also an unquestionable superpower. It was no different from a fool's dream for the Hua Xia Region to conquer the entire Indian Region in just a month's Kingdom War.
If the Huaxia Region took the initiative to go on an expedition, it was hard to say who would win in a situation where they were not fighting in their own territory.
However, Ouyang Shuo didn't have any other choice. What he had to consider now was how to take advantage of the opportunity of the Kingdom War to launch an attack on the Imperial Region, and not fail miserably.
The plan needed to be studied by the Grand Council and the Council of Advisors together.
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In May, Ouyang Shuo's focus wasn't on the Kingdom War.
What Ouyang Shuo was worried about was farming. At the beginning of May, the southern regions had already begun transplanting seedlings, and by late July, the first harvest of rice would be ready.
Last year, Ouyang Shuo made the judgment that there would be a food shortage this year. He didn't hesitate to spend a large amount of money to secretly purchase a large amount of food. If everything went well before the rice harvest in July, they would suffer a great loss.
At least up until now, there had not been any natural disasters, causing Ouyang Shuo to feel rather uneasy.
Before May, the imperial court's new target of adding 200 million mu of arable land had been barely completed. The construction of farms in various regions was still in full swing, and they were already starting to operate.
Great Xia's agriculture was about to usher in a new round of growth.
Even in May, there was still an endless stream of players applying to rent farms. A portion of the players had just migrated from the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The Great Zhou Dynasty's attempt to attack Great Xia failed, but Great Xia achieved a complete victory overseas. With one side increasing and one side decreasing, the players living in the Great Zhou Dynasty were extremely fearful.
Even with Di Chen's strict order to restrict the players from leaving the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were still quite a number of players who quietly left.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that from now on, the Great Zhou Dynasty wouldn't be able to create any waves in the Huaxia Region, and they might be destroyed by Great Xia at any time.
If that was the case, why would the players stubbornly defend the Great Zhou Dynasty?
What made these players depressed was that they had finally entered the Great Xia territory, but they were being strictly inspected. According to the Great Xia Civil Affairs Bureau, the imperial court was controlling the number of mutants, and not everyone could be accepted.
In order to settle down in Great Xia, apart from having a clean background, one had to be skilled.
In the past, it was the players who chose the territory, but now, the territory chose the players.
Unexpectedly, this move by Great Xia had stimulated the players who wanted to settle down in the Great Zhou Dynasty. According to their thinking, Great Xia had already set the threshold, and in the future, the threshold would only get higher and higher.
The longer it was delayed, the harder it would be to settle down in Great Xia.
Based on this judgment, a wave of immigration was set off, and it couldn't be stopped.
This was how the world was. They were always optimistic, and not pessimistic. Just like in the real estate industry, the higher the price of a house, the more people would buy it. If the price of a house dropped slightly, everyone would be hesitant and quietly wait and see.
When Ouyang Shuo heard the news, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
According to the intelligence gathered by the Mountain Sea Guards, it wasn't just the players from the large and medium-sized guilds. Even super guilds like the [Embroidered Uniform Guards] were starting to have internal conflicts.
The calls for members to transfer to Great Xia were getting louder and louder.
For super guilds, if they really wanted to leave, the Great Zhou Dynasty wouldn't be able to stop them. Otherwise, there would be endless trouble in the future.
Without a choice, Di Chen could only cooperate with the guild leader and promise various preferential conditions to the players to appease their restless emotions and plead with them to stay in Great Zhou.
For this, it was inevitable that the Great Zhou Dynasty would bleed heavily.
Di Chen probably didn't expect that there would be a day when he would plead with the guild to stay. In the past, every time Handan City recruited players to settle down, there would always be a large number of applicants for him to choose from.
Times had changed, but it was completely reversed.
A huge sense of defeat deeply tortured Di Chen, making him want to go crazy. The entire Great Zhou Dynasty was filled with a pessimistic mood, making people feel extremely depressed.
"The people's hearts are scattered, and it's not easy to lead the team." Di Chen always sighed.
Right now, Di Chen's only hope was the Silver Hand. As long as the Silver Hand still wanted to curb the rise of Great Xia and not let Great Xia become the sole power, they needed Great Zhou to nail down the Huaxia region.
If Great Zhou fell, the Silver Hand would lose a good card. It would be a pipe dream to want to curb Great Xia in the future.
But how it would work was still unknown.
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Other than caring about farming, Ouyang Shuo also took the time to go to a few places.
First, he went to the Base City to pay respects to the soldiers of the Atlantic Fleet who had died in battle. He also secretly met with Caria and had a secret talk for more than two hours.
The Base City had rich supplies sent from Morocco Province, the West African Army stationed there, and the navy patrolling the harbor. It had become a pure war fortress.
In order to prevent people from damaging the teleportation portal of the Base City from the inside, Ouyang Shuo gave the order to move the people of the Base City to Ethiopia Province.
The entire Base City was under military control, and it was a super military camp.
Ouyang Shuo's inspection of the Base City was also to cheer the soldiers and encourage the army to defend their positions. "One day, we will fight our way back. And I believe that day won't be too far away. "
This was Ouyang Shuo's promise.
In Ouyang Shuo's eyes, the hustle and bustle of Tangier Port was too glaring.
After that, Ouyang Shuo went to Ethiopia Province to inspect and stabilize the people there. At the same time, he used this opportunity to announce to the officials of the two provinces that he firmly supported the Guardian of North Africa, Mulan Yue.
The fall of Morocco Province had a negative impact on Mulan Yue, even though she had done well enough. Under such circumstances, as Emperor Xia, Ouyang Shuo naturally had to stand up and express his stance.
This was also beneficial for Mulan Yue to carry out her work.
After leaving Ethiopia Province, Ouyang Shuo inspected Heluo Province and Hetao Province along the way. He even took the time to inspect the Indian Ocean Fleet to show his support for the southern border.
During the inspection in Southeast Asia, Bai Hua, the Governor of the southern border, accompanied him the entire time.
To Bai Hua, being in charge of the Protectorate of the southern border was not only an honor, but also a heavy responsibility. Ouyang Shuo handed over such a region to her, so she did not dare to slack off.
If she did not deliver a satisfactory result, even if Ouyang Shuo did not say anything, the imperial court would inevitably criticize her.
Even someone as honorable as Ouyang Shuo could not do anything about it. The imperial court had its own rules and operating rules. If he wanted to convince people, he had to produce solid political achievements.
Otherwise, even if he was in a high position, it would be like a tree without roots. He would not feel at ease.
On the 15th of May, Ouyang Shuo finished his inspection and hurriedly returned to the capital. As soon as he returned, he received a secret letter. Just by looking at the signature of the letter, Ouyang Shuo raised his eyebrows.
PS: The previous chapter's North China War Zone has been changed to Southeast War Zone. Also: Han Xin has been promoted to General. Shengxiao remembered wrongly. Thank you for your correction.
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