The lightning-fast operation was unexpectedly smooth, and there was almost no resistance.
After the occupation was completed, the soldiers gathered the villagers together and arranged for them to take all the supplies from the village and escort them back to Shanhai County.
As the villages were located outside of Shanhai County, Ouyang Shuo planned to leave them empty for the time being. When the area of the territory was expanded, these empty villages could be used as ready-made settlements.
At that time, the farmers could be moved to the villages to open up farmland and plant rice. Gradually, the villages would develop into natural villages under Shanhai County, and the vast land would not be abandoned.
June 26th, 5: 30 in the afternoon.
The eastern and western armies escorted a total of 7,200 captives and a large amount of supplies back to Shanhai County.
As it was late, Ouyang Shuo did not let the captives enter the city. Instead, he arranged for them to stay outside the city for the night. Since it was summer, the night was not cold, and they had tents, so it was not too bad for them.
Ouyang Shuo was not interested in keeping the supplies they brought, so he distributed them to the villagers. In this way, they would not have too much resistance against Shanhai County.
The next day, the Household Registration Department started work.
The Household Registration Department had formed a very complete process for the placement of refugees and captives.
The Household Registration Department had set up fixed reception points at the north and west gates to receive the refugees that came in every day. After the refugees arrived, the Household Registration Department officials began to register them one by one and issued them a Shanhai County household register.
Then, the Household Registration Department officials distributed the refugees according to their registered occupation.
Farmers, fruit farmers, miners, lumberjacks, breeders, and other people who were suitable for living in the settlements outside the city were directly distributed to the corresponding settlements after receiving the basic welfare. After arriving at the settlement, Youri was responsible for arranging their daily lives.
The Agriculture Department and the Supplies Department had staff to assist the Household Registration Department at the reception points.
Craftsmen, tailors, merchants, and other skilled people were sent to the posthouse in the city to stay temporarily, and the posthouse would take care of their food and lodging. The Household Registration Department would issue a letter of introduction according to their occupation. With the letter of introduction issued by the Household Registration Department, the refugees could go to the major workshops, shops, or construction sites in the city to find a suitable job.
After finding a job, the refugees had to move out of the posthouse and rent a house in the residential area. In the residential area, the Construction Department built a large number of resettlement houses for the refugees to rent.
Once they had a fixed residence, they could go to the Supplies Reserve Department to receive their basic benefits.
After working for a while and settling down, he had a considerable amount of savings. At that time, they could go to the Bank of the Four Seas and apply for a loan to buy the house they were renting.
When he had extra money, he could go to the farmer's market and buy some chickens, ducks, and geese to raise in the yard. Those who were more diligent could also buy vegetable seeds or seedlings and plant vegetables in the yard.
If they were a little richer, they could go to a clothing workshop to buy new clothes, go to a jewelry shop to buy jewelry for their wives, and even occasionally go to a restaurant to eat at a restaurant, go to a teahouse to drink tea, go to a theater to watch a play, and listen to a song.
Most of the refugees stopped here. Next, they just had to live a good life. As a young man, he had to think about his marriage, ask a matchmaker to find a wife for him, get married, and have children.
As for military generals, scholars, and special talents needed to upgrade the territory, they would be introduced by the Household Department officials at the reception area to the Household Department Head Du Quan.
Special talents below the Gold rank would be introduced by Du Quan to the corresponding Division Head based on their occupation. The Division Head would arrange for them to work in the army or in various departments.
Only the most special talents could get Du Quan's recommendation and be directly recommended to the Lord Ouyang Shuo. Ouyang Shuo would personally arrange for them to work.
Similarly, the recruitment work was taken over by the Military Department. The barracks did not have the right to recruit people. The Military Department would put up recruitment notices at the city gates and various settlements.
This way, if the refugees felt that they were suitable to join the army, they could give up their temporary jobs and join the barracks.
The Household Department had already carried out this entire process very smoothly. Even if 7200 people suddenly came today, it was just a matter of sending more people.
Of course, this batch of captives was a little special. Because among them, there were some who were loyal to the original Lord. Most of them were core members of the original village, either scholars or military generals.
Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate to deal with this group of people. All the military generals were dismissed and reduced to platoon leaders, and were assigned to various battalions. All the scholars were reduced to basic level clerks and were sent to three subsidiary territories by Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo's treatment of the scholars had a deeper meaning.
The county magistrates of the subsidiary territories were all natives. Towards the scholars who were captured, they did not have much resistance. At the same time, it was also an opportunity to enrich the government agencies of the subsidiary territories, strengthen their allocation, and improve administrative efficiency.
Of course, this was also Ouyang Shuo's test for the three county magistrates. He wanted to see if they could subdue this batch of scholars.
As expected, there was not a single historical figure among this batch of captives. The highest ranked ones were only two Elementary Generals and one Elementary Scholar. That was it.
After dealing with the matter of the captives, Ouyang Shuo began to deal with the problem of funds.
The 7600 gold coins of income for the second half of June had already been collected. Ouyang Shuo now had 14600 gold coins in his hands. Of which, 4600 gold coins were directly allocated to the finance department for the territory's financial expenses.
Ouyang Shuo went to the high-class market with 10000 gold coins in his pocket. The market had already been moved to the west side of the square in front of the Lord's Mansion. It was opposite the location of the teleportation array. It was very convenient to go there.
Speaking of which, Ouyang Shuo rarely went to the market. This was because Shanhai County had basically achieved self-sufficiency. Other than building blueprints, there were very few other things that he needed to purchase.
This time, Ouyang Shuo came to the market because after the immigration, the system would welcome a major update. During the system update, there would be new settings for the market.
Ouyang Shuo wanted to use his foresight to purchase some books in advance before the update.
Ouyang Shuo first searched for secret manuals. He bought all the remaining gold-level authentic secret manuals in the market. There were a total of 20 of them, and he spent 1000 gold coins.
In this way, Ouyang Shuo bought a total of 120 gold-level authentic secret manuals.
Unexpectedly, Ouyang Shuo found another Emperor-level technique. It was the famous "Nine Yin Manual", and it was priced at 1500 gold coins. Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate and immediately bought it.
The "Nine Yin Manual" was not very useful to Ouyang Shuo, but to Song Jia, it was a treasure. Song Jia's dream was to establish a sect in the game and become a hero of the generation. The "Nine Yin Manual" was the best technique for her sect.
Subsequently, Ouyang Shuo spent 500 gold coins to buy a "Military Ration Pill Manufacturing Technique Manual" and a "Military Tent Manufacturing Technique Manual". Military Ration Pills and Military Tents were logistical tools that would consume a lot of resources in the future. Ouyang Shuo was prepared to be self-sufficient.
More importantly, military resources such as Military Ration Pills, Military Tents, Fierce Fire Oil, and Fierce Fire Oil Tanks would be banned after the system update.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo spent 1000 gold coins to buy 100,000 barrels of Fierce Fire Oil. This batch of Fierce Fire Oil was enough to last Shanhai County for ten years. They would be transported by the Combat Division to the foot of the rocky mountain range, where they would be stored in a huge cave. They would be guarded by professionals, and no one would be allowed to go near them.
Other than military resources, Ouyang Shuo was also prepared to buy a batch of food.
Although rice could be harvested in Pool Water County and Youyi County by the end of July. However, Ouyang Shuo calculated that the territory would still lack food for the second half of the year.
The fertile farmland in Pool Water County could produce 350 units of food per mu. 20,000 mu of fertile farmland could produce a total of 7 million units of food. The farmland in Youyi County could produce 320 units of food per mu. 20,000 mu of fertile farmland could produce 6.4 million units of food. In total, 13.4 million units of food could be harvested.
The second crop of rice would be harvested at the end of October. There were still four months left.
The total population of Shanhai County, including the three affiliated territories, was close to 80,000. It was still increasing at the rate of 1,140 people every day.
Based on the minimum standard of 1 unit of food per person per day, at the end of October, at least 17.8 million units of food would be consumed. In addition to the double consumption of the military, the consumption of wine, and the consumption of fodder, the total consumption of food would not be less than 20 million units.
All of this did not include the consumption of food due to the sudden increase in the population due to the captives or mountain barbarians settling down the mountains. This was a situation that was bound to happen. He had to consider it.
All things considered, the first crop of food would only be enough for slightly more than half of the territory. This was under the condition that the farmers would sell all the food they harvested.
After the system update, the material trading platform would be canceled. If the territorial lords wanted to purchase food, they could only do it through the real-time auction platform or the negotiation platform. They could purchase from merchants one by one. If the merchants found out about the food crisis in the territory, the price of food would definitely rise. Merchants would not be like the system, which would maintain a stable price forever.
Therefore, the remaining 6000 gold coins were all used by Ouyang Shuo to purchase food. A total of 6 million units of food were purchased. After the upgrade, half of the county-level granary was filled.
Although there was still a gap in the purchased food, this gap could be filled before the price of food increased. After all, July was the harvest season. There would not be a shortage of food in the territory.
At this point, Ouyang Shuo had spent 10000 gold coins to once again establish a solid material foundation for the development of Shanhai County. Ouyang Shuo remembered that the food crisis in the second half of the year would be a cruel test for the territory. (To be continued.)
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