Ouyang Shuo established five brigades in one go, adding 18 new battalions and recruiting more than 9,000 soldiers. He basically used up all of the reserve troops accumulated by the Military Affairs Office ever since the bandits attacked the city.
Ouyang Shuo made a rough calculation. Just the class advancement fee for this army expansion would cost 10000 gold coins. He was earning money at a speed that other lords could not imagine, and he was also spending money at a speed that other lords could not imagine.
When Ouyang Shuo first entered the game, 100 gold coins was a huge sum of money. In less than a year's time, the amount of money he handled was already in the thousands.
Due to the rapid expansion of the army, the average combat power of the army would inevitably decline. In addition, the supply of weapons and equipment had also begun to fall behind the pace of the army expansion.
According to the military standards of Shanhai County, it was impossible to equip 100 field military bows. The main weapon of the saber and shield soldiers and the cavalry, the Tang knife, could not be kept up with the progress of the weapons workshop.
The three thousand Green Beetle Horses that were reared in the farm on the west side of the city were all used up. It was still not enough to equip the Forbidden Brigade and the Fourth Brigade of the First Division. There was still a gap of one thousand and five hundred horses. As for the cavalry battalions of the three city guard brigades, it was even more impossible to equip them with Green Beetle Horses.
A huge army was also a huge financial burden.
According to the salary standard set previously, a battalion with an average rank of four soldiers would receive 275 gold coins per month. In the same way, a brigade's monthly salary was 1,375 gold coins; a division's monthly salary was 8,250 gold coins, and this did not include the salary of the brigade commander and division commander. Of this, the officers' pay accounted for 35%.
With such a huge military expenditure, Ouyang Shuo no longer easily withheld the profits of the Wolf Mountain Mine and the Northern Twilight Salt Works. Except for special circumstances, all of them were directly allocated to the Finance Department.
As a result, the army of Shanhai County was at its strongest, but it was also at its weakest.
The military affairs were just a prelude to the military and political conference.
Ouyang Shuo looked around and said, "The layout of the Marquis's Mansion was decided when it was still a first-class county, and it has already been more than four months since then. Following the increase in the number of government officials in the various departments, the Literary Academy is starting to feel crowded. "
"Therefore, this marquis has decided, according to the plans of the county, to officially start the construction of the administrative district on the west side of the manor. The standard was that each division would build an independent office courtyard, and each division would form a courtyard cluster. Including the current military office, they would all be moved to the administrative district. "
"As for the House of the Marquis, the front courtyard will be transformed into a meeting hall. Apart from the main meeting hall, there will be two side halls on both sides. The main conference hall was renamed as the Conference Hall and was only used for the monthly military and political meetings. Usually, it was held in the side hall. The front courtyard offices would all be moved to the Literary Courtyard. "
The main offices would all be moved to the Literary Courtyard. " The change of the manor's layout was the change of the manor. of the changes. This also meant that Ouyang Shuo had officially delegated all the affairs of the territory, and he only held the highest authority and was in charge of the overall situation. He no longer cared about the specific matters.
It was precisely because Ouyang Shuo felt that the external affairs were starting to increase that he didn't have much energy to deal with the small affairs of the territory. Thus, he took the opportunity of the crowded Elegant Literature Courtyard to boldly and decisively transform the structure of the territory.
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Fan Zhongyan and Tian Wenjing would definitely be able to figure out this kind of internal and profound change. Ying You and Ge Hongliang should also have some clues. As for these directors, they were just glad that they had their own courtyard and didn't have to work under the nose of the Marquis. Xu Shuda and Xu Zhenchang were probably the only ones who could see the deeper meaning behind it.
Fan Zhongyan and Tian Wenjing looked at each other. The meaning in their eyes was clear.
Ouyang Shuo didn't care about the thoughts of the people below and continued, "As the affairs of the territory become more and more burdensome, the number of official letters that require this Marquis to read also increases. It's difficult to rely on the Clerk alone. For this reason, this Marquis has decided to establish a secretary's office to handle official correspondence. Bai Nanpu will be appointed as the Secretary of the Secretariat. Recruit four to five clerks to assist the Secretary of the Secretariat in handling official correspondence. "
"Thank you Marquis for your promotion!" Bai Nanpu had finally made a name for himself.
Taking the opportunity to adjust the Secretary's Office, Ouyang Shuo announced the candidate to replace Zhao Dewang. He was Hao Jiancheng, who had been promoted to Deputy Director.
Ouyang Shuo originally planned to ask Sun Xiaoyue to take over the position of the director of construction, but unfortunately, Sun Xiaoyue's interest stopped at architectural design. She had no interest in holding an administrative position, so Ouyang Shuo could only give up.
After adjusting the structure of his territory, Ouyang Shuo began to announce his plans for the development of his territory. "Occupying five subsidiary territories at once is indeed a delightful thing. The next step was to figure out how to integrate these five territories into the Shanhai County system. To them, there had to be a primary and secondary order, and a sequence. The most important thing is the construction of Tianfeng County. Tianfeng County is strategically important. We can't pay too much attention to it. Tianfeng County should be raised to a higher standard. It will be the future central city of the west. "
"To support the construction of Tianfeng County, I have decided to send all the captives from the Evil Lion Ridge to Tianfeng County, except for those who have been selected to serve in the military. What was the point of sending it there? They had missed the time to reclaim the land and plant the second season of rice. The answer was to build a city wall. Tianfeng County's current city wall is too small. The city can only accommodate a limited number of people. Tianfeng County's outer city wall will be built according to the standard of a county city. It will be ten kilometers long, thirty meters thick, and ten meters high. "
Tianfeng County's main task for the next half a year was to complete the outer city wall and the official road. Ouyang Shuo appointed Zhao Dewang as the magistrate of Tianfeng County because of this.
Ouyang Shuo's idea was simple. Before the Tianhai Road was completed, Tianfeng County would be far away from his territory. There was no development to speak of.
Ouyang Shuo decided to do the opposite. He would build the city wall first and then develop the territory.
"Besides Tianfeng County, the second priority is Gushan Town. Gushan Town is close to the mountain barbarian tribes in the central region. I have decided to move all the residents of Gushan Town to Yishui Town in the north. Then, I will guide the mountain barbarian tribes down the mountain and turn Gushan Town into a mountain barbarian town. " At this point, Ouyang Shuo turned his head to look at Tian Wenjing. "Yangon, I entrust you with full authority to lead the construction of Gushan Town."
"Yes!" Tian Wenjing nodded.
Compared to the mountain barbarian settlements in Pool Water County, Gushan Town had a natural advantage. Its infrastructure was very complete. There was no need for repeated construction and it could accommodate ten to twenty mountain barbarian tribes at the same time.
Gushan Town already had contact with the mountain barbarian tribes. Persuading them would be a lot easier.
The only regret was that they had missed the second rice planting season. After the mountain barbarians descended the mountain, they would need Shanhai County to provide them with food for half a year. It was not a small investment.
Ou Yangshuo still understood the logic of 'without risking the child to catch the wolf'.
After the residents of Gushan Town moved to Yishui Town, it would promote the development of Yishui Town. There was hope that Yishui Town could be promoted to Yishui County. Before they took over Duanren Town in the east, Yishui Town was the bridgehead of Shanhai County. They could not afford to lose it.
Therefore, after the construction of the Tianhai Road, Ouyang Shuo urged Pool Water County to start the official road between Pool Water County and Yishui Town, including the official road to Gushan Town.
Since the mountain barbarians down the mountain could not farm, it was undoubtedly the best choice to use them to build the official road. This way, it would not cause a waste of labor.
As for the task of wiping out the bandits along the official road, it was naturally handed over to the Eastern City Barracks.
Ouyang Shuo finished explaining the half-year plan for the five affiliated territories in a few sentences. He pointed out the direction for the work of the various departments in the headquarters.
After the rapid expansion of the territory, another problem of Shanhai County was also exposed. It was an extreme shortage of talents. Compared to Shanhai Town, the five affiliated territories that they had occupied were far from the number of talents they had. The headquarters of Shanhai County had no choice but to transfer a large number of grassroots government personnel to the affiliated territories.
As a result, there was a shortage of talents in the headquarters.
If it was only a shortage of grassroots government personnel, Ouyang Shuo would not be so nervous. After all, there was the Southwest University China Hall. They could take up the post after a little training.
The crux of the problem was that there was a lack of talents in the government system of Shanhai County. Other than Fan Zhongyan and Tian Wenjing, there were no other senior officials.
This was what Ouyang Shuo was worried about. The officials in charge of the five affiliated territories were barely enough. They had more than enough defense, but not enough development. Ouyang Shuo could not be at ease.
Talents had become the main obstacle to the rapid development of Shanhai County.
The Southwest University China Hall was taking a long-term plan. The Shanhai County office set up in the royal city of the system was fighting a protracted war. It would not be able to achieve immediate results in a short period of time.
Historical talents were also very rare. There were not many famous officials that could be recorded in the history of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties that had been unlocked. The only one that Ouyang Shuo was worried about was Yi Yin in the early Shang Dynasty.
Unfortunately, a month and a half had passed since the end of the Battle of Muye, and no one had found any traces of Yi Yin.
Logically speaking, Shanhai County had an advantage in attracting famous officials of the Shang Dynasty. Not only did it have E Lai, a general at the end of the Shang Dynasty, but it also had the Shang Cauldron given to it by the King of Shang, King Xin. Its relationship with the Shang Dynasty could be said to be close.
In addition, the architectural characteristics of the Mazu Temple, the Recruitment Hall, and the Yellow Emperor Shrine had greatly increased the reputation of Shanhai County. Therefore, Shanhai County had a great advantage in attracting historical figures.
Even so, so far, they had gained nothing. (To be continued.)
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