The [Hundred Schools of Thought Contend] storyline mission covered a wide area and took a long time. Ouyang Shuo did not know where to start and could only take it one step at a time. The only thing he could do now was to order the Construction Department to open up a courtyard in Southwest University China Hall as a Hundred Schools of Thought Lecture to prepare for the Great Debate in the future.
Ouyang Shuo was most concerned about the promotion of his territory. He opened the territory control panel and clicked on the application for territory promotion. A series of system notifications sounded in his ears. It was nothing more than a basic test.
"System notification: Testing Shanhai County's promotion requirements …"
"Requirement 1: Population reaches 100000, the maximum population limit is met!"
"Requirement 2: All basic buildings have been completed, the requirements are met!"
"Requirement 3: The feudal lord must be at least a third-class marquis, the requirements are met!"
"Requirement 4: The political, economic, cultural, and military indexes must be at least 65 points, the requirements are met!"
"Requirement 5: The core subsidiary territory must be at least a first-grade county town, the requirements are met!"
Compared to the county town stage, there was an additional requirement for three subsidiary territories. This was equivalent to reminding the feudal lords not to neglect the construction of their subsidiary territories during the county town stage.
"System notification: Congratulations to player Who Says That Has Nothing has established Shanhai County. All requirements have been met. Do you wish to apply for the promotion?"
"Yes!"
"System notification: Congratulations to player Who Says That Has Nothing has successfully applied for territory promotion mission."
"Mission 1 [Recruit Talents]: Requires at least one historical talent to volunteer to become an official in the territory."
"Mission 2 [Merchant Guild Entry]: Requires an NPC merchant guild to agree to enter the territory and prosper the economy."
"Mission 3 [Cultural Festival]: Organize a cultural festival with a certain level of influence."
"Mission 4 [Army Trial]: Requires a division to pass the army trial and prove its military strength."
"System notification: Out of the four promotion missions, at least two must be completed to be promoted. The more missions completed, the more generous the rewards will be."
The four promotion missions were a test of the territory's politics, economy, culture, and military to prove the huge difference between a county town and a county town.
Just as the system had said, every Overlord would be matched with a different Promotion Mission when they applied for promotion. Overall, the difficulty of the missions were all the same.
The promotion missions had no time limit and no penalty for failure. If one could not complete two of the missions, the territory would not be able to be promoted and could not reapply.
This was the greatest punishment.
Ouyang Shuo's goal was naturally to complete all four advancement missions and obtain the highest advancement reward.
The next day, Ouyang Shuo gathered Fan Zhongyan, Cui Yingyou, and Bai Qi to distribute the Territory Promotion Mission. Fan Zhongyan led the Administrative Office and was in charge of preparing for the cultural event. Ying You was in charge of contacting the Cui Family Chamber of Commerce and discussing the matter of setting up a branch in Shanhai County. Bai Qi was in charge of military affairs and was in charge of the army training.
What he was most uncertain about was still the Recruitment of Virtuous Scholars. Ouyang Shuo could only inform the various Royal City offices and let them be in charge of searching for historical talents. He would do his best and leave it to fate.
After the distribution was done, everyone stood up and took their leave.
Before Ying You left, she glanced strangely at Ouyang Shuo and said, "Big Brother, why do I feel that after you went out for a trip, even your temperament has changed?"
"Really?"
"That's right. Hmm, you've become even more dignified. This little sister was truly stunned when I first saw you."
Ouyang Shuo nodded. He knew that the Dragon Phoenix Auspicious Pendant that Emperor Qin had rewarded him with was indeed showing its effects. The jade pendant's two major characteristics, [Deterrence] and [Qi Accumulation], had gradually revealed its ferocity.
Last night, when he was practicing the Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine, he could clearly feel that under the stimulation of the Dragon Phoenix Auspicious Pendant, the true qi in his body was increasing at a faster rate. Within a few days, he would be able to practice the Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine to the fifth level. According to the Yellow Emperor's Canon of Internal Medicine, when he broke through to the sixth level, there would be a fortuitous encounter, which was worth looking forward to.
After Ying You left, Ouyang Shuo began to deal with the accumulated government affairs.
His secretary, Lang Bai Nanpu, had already arranged the official letters according to a certain priority and placed them on his desk.
Ouyang Shuo picked up an official letter. It was handed to him by the Gushan County magistrate, Lei Fan. In the official letter, Lei Fan mentioned that the matter of contacting the various tribes in the mountain was progressing smoothly. When spring came next year, a large number of mountain barbarians would descend the mountain.
In addition, Lei Fan also specifically mentioned in the official letter that the mountain barbarians in the north seemed to be a little unusual. Seeing that winter was about to come, some tribes had unexpectedly moved deep into the mountain. It was unknown why.
Lei Fan speculated that there should be some major changes deep in the mountain. He had already arranged for spies to go to the mountain to investigate. Because this matter was of great importance, Lei Fan had specially reported this matter to the Marquis's Residence, asking for the Marquis's judgment.
Ouyang Shuo frowned. The mountain barbarian tribes were an important source of infantry for Shanhai County. Even the slightest accident could not be tolerated. He replied in the official letter, requesting the Military Intelligence Department to immediately intervene in the investigation. The head of the Internal Affairs Department, Tian Wenjing, would mediate.
Putting aside his worries about the mountain barbarians, Ouyang Shuo continued to deal with government affairs.
The official letter in his hand was handed to him by Meng Zhida, the head shopkeeper of the Bank of the Four Seas, who had just taken office not long ago. In the official letter, Meng Zhida suggested Shanhai County to issue banknotes.
In ancient China, banknotes had been issued during the Southern Song Dynasty. Therefore, banknotes could not be considered a product that surpassed the technology tree. In the game, if the territory wanted to issue banknotes, two basic conditions must be met.
First, the hardware to print banknotes. At least, there must be a paper and printing workshop in the territory. The paper could also be purchased from outside, but the printing had to be done by the territory itself. In addition, there must be professional technicians who were proficient in banknote printing to solve a series of problems such as the design of banknotes, anti-counterfeiting, and so on.
Second, the establishment of currency credibility. If the issued banknotes were not recognized by the outside world, then they would be a piece of waste paper without any value.
In order to establish currency credibility, the first step was to establish a complete reserve fund system. Taking Shanhai County as an example, if they wanted to issue banknotes, the first choice would naturally be the Bank of the Four Seas. In the early stages, for every 100 gold coins banknotes issued by the Bank of the Four Seas, the corresponding 100 gold coins had to be stored in the bank's treasury.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, because the imperial court issued a large number of banknotes and did not prepare enough reserves, it indirectly plundered the wealth of the people, causing the banknotes to depreciate and eventually lose credibility.
It was not that Ouyang Shuo had no plans for the issuance of banknotes. It was just that according to his plan, it would at least be issued in the later stages of the game. It seemed too early to issue it now.
If it had been someone else's suggestion, Ouyang Shuo would naturally have vetoed it. Meng Zhida was different. He was a professional financial genius and a steady person. Since he had made this suggestion, he must have had his own considerations.
Ouyang Shuo thought for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Come!"
"Yes!" Bai Nanpu walked in.
"Invite Shopkeeper Meng Zhida of the Bank of the Four Seas," Ouyang Shuo paused, then continued, "and Division Chief Cui, to discuss the matter!"
"Yes, sir!"
Ying You was next door to Ouyang Shuo. After a while, she rushed over. "Big Brother, are you looking for me?"
"Do you know about the Bank of the Four Seas' proposal to issue banknotes?"
"Yes, I know. Shopkeeper Meng reported it to me."
"What's your opinion?"
Ying You frowned and said carefully, "At first, when Shopkeeper Meng reported it to me, I thought that the so-called banknotes and banknotes were the same thing. After Shopkeeper Meng explained it to me, I realized that they were completely different concepts. To be honest, I'm not too sure about this new thing, but it seems like it's not bad. "
Ouyang Shuo nodded. Although Ying You was cramming up on modern financial knowledge, when it came to currency issues, her knowledge was still somewhat lacking. She couldn't make a decision.
No wonder Meng Zhida had sent the official letter to Ouyang Shuo. It was probably Ying You's intention.
As the siblings were chatting, Meng Zhida hurried over. When he saw the official letter in Ouyang Shuo's hand, he already knew what was going on.
"Uncle Meng, in principle, I agree to the issuance of banknotes. It's just that in terms of time, shouldn't we push it back a little?" Ouyang Shuo always went straight to the point when discussing matters.
"I think that now is the right time to issue banknotes."
"Oh? Tell me about it. "Ouyang Shuo didn't expect Meng Zhida to be so sure. It greatly increased his interest.
"There are four reasons. First, as the territory's economy began to flourish, the trade volume gradually increased. Merchants have no choice but to bring a large amount of gold coins to trade with them. It's very inconvenient to carry them around. "
Ouyang Shuo nodded. NPCs didn't have storage bags like players. One gold coin was 20 grams of gold, so 1000 gold coins would be 40 kilograms. It needed to be specially arranged for people to carry it.
In ancient times, banknotes came into being to solve this problem.
"Second, as the subsidiary territories were promoted to county cities, the trade between the territories gradually began to flourish. For example, Beihai County's seafood and salt were sold through the Friendship River and Qiushui River to various places in Tianfeng County. Yongye County's timber was sold to Beihai County. All of these things gave rise to the birth of banknotes. "
Meng Zhida's words made Ouyang Shuo silent. The information revealed in the words was enough to make him vigilant. The rise of the territory's trade was unexpectedly not noticed by him, the lord. It seemed that the recent frequent military operations had indeed taken up too much of his time and energy. If it was in the past, this situation definitely wouldn't have happened.
Fortunately, Bai Qi's arrival could release Ouyang Shuo from military affairs to the greatest extent. Now that he realized it, it wasn't too late.
"Third, the Bank of the Four Seas has sufficient funds and has the objective conditions to issue banknotes."
In early October, Ouyang Shuo injected 40,000 gold coins into the Bank of the Four Seas' headquarters. This amount of funds was also the source of Meng Zhida's confidence in issuing banknotes.
"Fourth, the issuing of banknotes cannot be done in one go. It requires a long period of preparation. Naturally, the earlier we start, the better." Meng Zhida slowly explained, listing out the four main reasons.
Ouyang Shuo nodded repeatedly. He was completely convinced by Meng Zhida. He said, "Uncle Meng's words have enlightened me. Since that's the case, let's do it! Tell me your specific plan. "(To be continued.)
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