The grassland today was like a pile of dry firewood that could be ignited with a single spark.
Before the prairie fire could burn, the market outside of Youyi County quietly prospered.
In the past few days, there had been herdsmen of unknown identities bringing large numbers of sheep, furs, and even horses to the market. They wanted to use these resources to trade for food and ironware with Youyi County.
Food was fine, but ironware was a restricted item. The county magistrate of Youyi County, Zhou Haichen, did not dare to make a decision on his own. He immediately sent a letter to the headquarters to ask the lord for instructions on how to deal with it.
Ouyang Shuo's strategy was to drag the nomadic tribes into the whirlpool of war. In this way, they could not only reduce the threat they posed to Friendship County, but also profit from it.
Needless to say, these mysterious buyers were definitely sent by various tribes, and most of them were from medium-sized tribes. They wanted to exchange for food and ironware. Even a fool would know what they wanted to do.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo noted on the official letter that iron tools could not be directly traded, but he relaxed the restrictions on iron ore, allowing iron ore to freely circulate in the market.
Ouyang Shuo wasn't worried that after the iron ore flowed into the nomadic tribes, it would bring about a calamity. The growth of the nomadic tribes was far slower than the development of Shanhai County. By the time the grassland calmed down again, Shanhai County might already have the strength to crush them. A mere iron ore was nothing to them.
Last month, when Nine-dash Line was leading the team to map the territory, they discovered another iron mine twenty kilometers west of the territory. The Supplies Reserve Department had already arranged for miners to excavate the new mine.
The new iron mine was only ten kilometers away from the Friendship River.
Iron ore would be transported by both land and water. They were first transported to the riverbank by wooden oxen, and then transported to the docks of Shanhai County by special boats.
As a result, Shanhai County no longer lacked iron ore.
Ouyang Shuo also wrote down in the official letter that when trading with the nomadic tribes, the grain would be sold at twice the market price, which was 20 copper coins per unit. The iron ore would be sold at three times the market price, which was 300 copper coins per unit.
Ouyang Shuo wasn't doing this to take advantage of the situation.
First of all, there were signs of fluctuations in food prices. It was estimated that by the end of August, prices would start to rise. At this time, if they were to use the price of 10 copper coins per unit, wouldn't that be a huge loss?
As for iron ore, it was a controlled commodity, so naturally, the price had to be raised. He couldn't possibly say that Shanhai County was a Lei Feng, a free porter for the nomadic tribes, right?
Confiscating their duties was already the most benevolent thing they could do.
After obtaining Ouyang Shuo's approval, Zhou Haichen was full of enthusiasm. Youyi County worked together with the Supplies Reserve Department to unload the iron ore directly at the Youyi County pier and transport it to the market to be sold.
On the tenth day of the eighth month, Longxun Town was besieged by bandits.
Ouyang Shuo didn't go to watch the battle. Instead, he patiently stayed in his territory and dealt with government affairs.
At six o 'clock in the evening, Ouyang Shuo heard the system announcement.
"System Announcement: Congratulations to player" Dragon Seeking Acupoint "for becoming the tenth Lord of a Level 1 County in the China server! Rewarding 400 Merit Points!"
"System Announcement: Congratulations to player" Dragon Seeking Acupoint "for becoming the tenth Lord of a Level 1 County in the China server! Rewarding 400 Merit Points!"
"System Announcement: Congratulations to player" Dragon Seeking Acupoint "for becoming the tenth Lord of a Level 1 County in the China server! Rewarding 400 Merit Points!"
Originally, this kind of system announcement would not be able to attract the interest of the players. However, following this system announcement, another system announcement appeared.
"System Announcement: China has successfully promoted ten County Territories, triggering the Battle System. The second battle — Muye's Battle will officially begin in three days. Please look forward to it. Friendly Reminder: The Battle of Muye is a non-mandatory battle scenario mission. Only territories at the township level and above are eligible to participate. "
Compared to the first Battle of Zhuolu, the players were no longer clueless about the battle. The Battle of Zhuolu fully proved that participating in the battle was a huge gamble. The weak were prey to the strong.
A powerhouse like Shanhai Town naturally made a lot of money. However, for ordinary players, the gains did not make up for the losses. Not only were their troops few in number, but their quality was also poor. They were unable to take the initiative in the battle. In the end, they could only be reduced to cannon fodder.
Some lords excitedly brought a hundred soldiers to participate in the battle. In the end, not only were they completely annihilated, but they only obtained a pitiful few hundred Merit Points. The input and output were completely out of proportion.
Therefore, whether to participate in the battle or not was naturally up to the benevolent and the wise.
Currently, there were more than a thousand territories at the township level and above in China. In the end, no one knew how many lords volunteered to participate in the battle.
Of course, for the members of the Shanhai Alliance, there was no such thing as a choice.
Dragon Seeking Acupuncture had just received everyone's congratulations on the Alliance channel when he received such a system announcement. He couldn't help but jump in fright. He jokingly said, "Damn, does this battle count as me starting it? Shouldn't the system give me a reward for something like this? "
"Bullshit!" The Siege Lion was indignant.
"Haha, Little Lion, you're just plain jealous." Dragon Seeking Acupuncture was rarely calm.
"…" The Siege Lion sent a string of speechless emojis.
"Great, I can finally earn Merit Points." Mu Lanyue was the happiest. She had been worrying about Merit Points.
"Wuyi, which faction are you going to choose this time?" Bai Hua asked.
The Battle of Muye, also known as King Wu's Conquest of Zhou, was the decisive battle between King Wu of Zhou's allied army and the Shang Dynasty's army in Muye. Because King Xin first conquered the Li in the northwest and then conquered the Dongyi in the southeast, although he won, he was militaristic and intensified social and class conflicts. In the end, he was defeated and the Shang Dynasty was destroyed.
This was how the history books described the Battle of Muye.
However, according to Ouyang Shuo's research, this battle had been overly glorified by the Confucians of later generations. The Western Zhou's destruction of the Shang Dynasty and the Shang King were undoubtedly the most classic crimes of rebellion and regicide. There was no justice to speak of at all.
The Battle of Muye was bloody and tragic, and it was far from how the later generations described it. It was a war where the Zhou people relied on their lofty morals to win without bloodshed. After the war, the Zhou army burned, killed, and looted in Zhaoge. There was no glorious image at all.
The reason why the later generations described the battle as such was because Confucianism dominated the ideological and cultural landscape. Confucius, the originator of Confucianism, admired the Western Zhou system of "rites and music". Therefore, the Confucian classics had to package and establish Western Zhou as the embodiment of justice and benevolence.
Therefore, it was impossible for the Confucians to truly record the Battle of Muye, a battle where the Zhou people "enforced justice on behalf of the heavens", as well as the bloody massacre and pillaging of Zhaoge.
This was in line with the Confucians' motive of wiping out King Zhou's historical achievements and demonizing him.
No matter what the truth of history was. Out of consideration for his own interests, Ouyang Shuo announced his choice in the Alliance channel, "I choose the Shang Dynasty."
"Eh?" Mu Lanyue was surprised.
Bai Hua asked directly, "Wuyi, you want to change the outcome of history?"
"That's right!" Ouyang Shuo said bluntly.
In the first battle of Zhuolu, Lord Chunshen and Wolf Warrior had already used bloody facts to tell the Overlord players how difficult it was to change the outcome of the battle.
Now, Ouyang Shuo had made an unexpected decision. It was inevitable that people would be puzzled.
"Wuyi, are you confident?" Feng Qiuhuang asked.
Ouyang Shuo naturally did not dare to guarantee anything. "We don't know how Gaia predicted the specific battle scene. Therefore, I really don't have any confidence. I can only say that I did some preparatory work. Whether it will be effective or not is still unknown. "
Ouyang Shuo was speaking the truth.
In his previous life, he did not participate in the Battle of Muye, so the information he knew was very limited.
"Preparatory work?" Bai Hua acutely sensed the abnormality in Ouyang Shuo's words. He said in surprise, "Wuyi, do you mean that you knew about this battle ahead of time?"
Ouyang Shuo shook his head in amusement. "Of course not. I'm not an immortal. Through the Battle of Zhuolu, it's not difficult to discover that the battle Gaia chose was the most important or representative battle of a dynasty. Think about it, after the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, it was Xia, Shang, and Zhou. In this period, was there any battle more representative than the Battle of Muye? Therefore, I previously guessed that it was very likely that Gaia would choose this battle. However, because I wasn't sure, I didn't tell everyone. "
Ouyang Shuo's words were half-truths. He pointed out Gaia's principles for choosing battles, but he hid the fact that he knew the truth ahead of time because of his rebirth.
Only then did Bai Hua feel relieved. He said with a smile, "Wuyi, I trust your judgment. Choose the Shang Dynasty camp."
"I'll listen to Brother Wuyi." Mu Lanyue was a black-bellied person. Of course, she would not give up on Ouyang Shuo. In the previous Battle of Zhuolu, if not for Ouyang Shuo, she would not have been able to achieve such a beautiful result.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head in amusement. "I'll still say the same thing. The alliance will not force everyone to choose a camp. There is only one condition. Everyone must keep my choice of camp a secret. I do not wish for Lord Chunshen and the others to choose the opposing camp because of my existence. "
Ouyang Shuo's words made everyone smile. Needless to say, as long as they chose the same camp as Ouyang Shuo, the identity of the Mutant representative would not fall to anyone else. This was naturally not what Lord Chunshen wanted to see.
"I still feel that following you, Wuyi, is more reliable." Feng Qiuhuang also expressed his opinion.
"Follow Big Brother and you'll have meat to eat." The Siege Lion was shrewd. He spoke concisely.
Finally, only the Dragon Seeking Acupoint was left. This fellow thought himself clever in the previous Battle of Zhuolu and wasted a fierce general like Qin Qiong. Compared to Bai Hua, his results were much worse.
After suffering a loss, the Dragon Seeking Acupoint finally learned its lesson and obediently said, "I'll listen to Big Brother."
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