With the passage of time, the immigration wave triggered by the Mazu Temple gradually spread from the common people to the gentry and merchants of Quanzhou.
Shanhai County's beautiful natural environment, reasonable urban planning, good public security, clean government, strong business atmosphere, and cultural connotation all attracted the attention of the gentry and merchants.
Southwest University China Hall, Yellow Emperor Shrine, Recruitment Hall, Shang Ding, and other buildings all attracted people's attention.
Only then did they realize that there was such a paradise outside the wilderness.
Shanhai County had always been thirsty for talents, and both sides hit it off.
Like a sluice gate opened, a large number of gentry and merchants began to choose to settle in Shanhai County. Among them, there were children of poor families, scholars, and there was no lack of talented people. After settling down, they either entered Southwest University China Hall or entered an official career.
Because of Jiang Shang, Southwest University China Hall was more attractive to scholars, and most of the scholars from poor families chose to enter an official career.
The merchants, on the other hand, opened shops in Shanhai County. Some merchants with a keen sense of smell even specialized in the Mazu Temple business, selling incense, candles, and other goods for worship, and made a lot of money.
After a detailed inspection of Shanhai County, especially after seeing that the Cui Chamber of Commerce was doing well in Shanhai County, some chambers of commerce in Quanzhou also had the idea of opening branches in Shanhai County.
The flow of people brought a large number of customers to the newly opened Shanhai Garden, which was really enviable to others.
Faced with such a good opportunity, Ouyang Shuo immediately informed the director of commerce, Xu Zhenchang, and asked the department to prepare a business fair to introduce the investment policies and business environment of Shanhai County in detail to attract large chambers of commerce.
The Administrative Office was not idle either. In cooperation with the Census Bureau, they specially held a talent recruitment meeting to select talents to fill the various departments and affiliated territories of Shanhai County.
In short, the immigration wave caused by the Mazu Temple was far more effective than the talent recruitment that the Cui Chamber of Commerce had previously carried out in Dali. This made Ouyang Shuo very happy.
The grand occasion in front of him confirmed an old saying: "Flowers planted intentionally do not bloom, but willows planted unintentionally grow."
The strong talent reserve laid a solid foundation for Shanhai County to be promoted to a county city.
Ouyang Shuo was still worried about the new round of talent shortage after his territory was promoted to a county city. According to the current immigration trend, there was more than enough, and there was no need to worry about the talent shortage.
As for the original Mazu Temple fair, with the support of the chambers of commerce in Quanzhou, it was unprecedentedly grand.
Mazu's great influence even alarmed the Quanzhou Imperial Court. They specially sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to Shanhai County to inspect it and present a plaque with the words "Mazu Temple" bestowed by the emperor.
As a result, the faith of Mazu spread like wildfire.
What made Ouyang Shuo wild with joy was that after receiving the blessing of the incense, the Mazu Temple was directly unsealed.
"System Notice: The Mazu Statue has received the blessing of incense and has been officially unsealed. It has regained its original appearance and divine power. The Mazu Temple's stats have also been greatly increased. Please check for yourself.
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[Hall of of of of Of Mountain]
[Type]: Hidden Building
[Function]: Spreading Mazu's faith, increasing resident satisfaction by 30 and territory popularity by 10.
[Characteristics]: Sea God's Blessing (Increases the fleet's ability to withstand storms at sea by 40), Wind and Waves (Increases the ship's speed by 30)
[Evaluation]: Mazu, the belief of the sea god centered on the southeast coast of China.
After the Mazu Temple was unsealed, its architectural function was greatly improved. Not only that, but it also derived a second architectural characteristic [Riding the Wind and Waves], which increased the sailing speed of the ship.
As expected of the Sea God. With these two characteristics, the Shanhai County Navy was not far from dominating the ocean.
With the lifting of the seal on the Mazu Temple, this Mazu Festival came to a successful end. Mazu Temple also became an important bridge between Quanzhou and Shanhai County.
Although the banquet had come to an end, the repercussions did not stop.
Although the peak period of immigration had passed, there were still hundreds of Quanzhou natives rushing to Shanhai County every day, either to pay their respects to Mazu or to settle down here.
As Quanzhou gradually became familiar with Shanhai County, the group of immigrants had long spread from pure believers to talents from all walks of life who came to Shanhai County to make a living.
The scene that happened in Shanhai County caused the lords of the world to raise their eyebrows. There were those who were envious, those who slandered him, and those who sincerely congratulated him. There were all kinds of people.
No matter what the outside world said, Ouyang Shuo remained unmoved. After the end of the Mazu Temple Festival, Ouyang Shuo handed over the immigration and investment matters to the Administrative Office and the Finance Office.
The recruited talents were also temporarily settled by Fan Zhongyan. When the territory was promoted to a county city, a unified arrangement would be made.
It was a qualitative breakthrough from a county to a county city. In terms of government structure, there must be a major reform. The relevant personnel arrangement was already brewing in Ouyang Shuo's mind.
After the festival, Ouyang Shuo's eyes began to turn to task 4 [Army Trial].
[Army Trial] required a division to pass the army trial. Shanhai County currently only had one division. Logically speaking, there was no need to hesitate. He could directly arrange for the first division to go through the trial.
The problem was, after Ouyang Shuo carefully looked at the setting of the army trial in the system, he hesitated.
According to the setting of the system, troops of a division and above could go through the army trial. After the trial was completed, they would obtain the exclusive army specialty and be awarded the army flag.
The key problem was that after passing the trial, the soldiers of the division who participated in the trial could not be mobilized on a large scale. Otherwise, the acquired specialty would automatically become invalid.
This setting was to prevent some lords from taking advantage of loopholes and using the territory's elite troops to cheat and help other divisions complete the trial.
The establishment of the first division in Shanhai County was just a stop-gap measure. The first division was scattered in the west, north, and east of the city. They did not belong to each other and would definitely be separated in the future.
The task of [Army Trial] forced Ouyang Shuo to reorganize the army in advance. He handed this task to Bai Qi, who was fully responsible for it. Ge Hongliang, the head of the Military Affairs Office, would assist him from the side.
Bai Qi's position was still undecided. Ouyang Shuo only gave him the temporary title of Chief Military Affairs, which was equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the army during wartime. He gave Bai Qi full authority to lead the army of Shanhai County.
Since arriving in Shanhai County, other than staying in the recruit camp in the western suburbs, Bai Qi had already visited the three camps in the west, north, and east of the city, inspecting the entire army of Shanhai County.
After a week of on-site inspection and deliberation, Bai Qi finally came up with his plan to adjust the army.
In the study of the Marquis's Mansion, only Ouyang Shuo, Bai Qi, and Ge Hongliang were present. This showed the high level of the meeting.
Bai Qi did not directly throw out the army adjustment plan. Instead, he first explained the problems he had discovered. "After inspection, I found that there are a few main problems with the army of Shanhai County.
First, the division is not balanced. There are more cavalry than infantry. In the first division, including the Imperial Guard Brigade and the Independent Brigade, five out of the seven brigades were cavalry brigades. This did not include the light cavalry battalions of the first and third brigades. Cavalry accounted for 70% to 80% of the army.
Second, they did not attach importance to reconnaissance and logistics. Not only were the brigades not equipped with specialized scouts and cooks' army, but even the first division did not have such a structure. It was really unimaginable.
The Military Intelligence Department was responsible for military reconnaissance before the battle. During the battle, reconnaissance should be done by the troops participating in the battle. Military rations pills could not completely replace the role of rations. There was a need for cooks' army to exist.
Third, there was a mix of light and heavy infantry. The infantry and cavalry were seriously mixed up. Take the first and fourth brigades that were stationed in the west camp as an example. There were mountain barbarian heavy infantry that moved extremely slowly, and there was also light cavalry that was known for their speed. As a result, the overall speed of the army was completely dragged down by the mountain barbarian heavy infantry, and the advantage of light cavalry was buried.
Fourth, there were few types of soldiers. In the entire division, there were only light and heavy cavalry, saber and shield soldiers, pikemen, and archers. Crossbowmen, pikemen, sword and shield soldiers, and other types of soldiers had disappeared. "
Bai Qi's analysis made Ouyang Shuo feel ashamed. Originally, he was very proud of his army's reorganization. Now, it seemed that it was full of loopholes and was completely nonsensical.
Ouyang Shuo solemnly stood up and bowed to Bai Qi. "General, please enlighten me!"
Ge Hongliang's face was also red. As the head of the Military Affairs Department, he did not fulfill his duty of assisting the marquis and perfecting the structure of the army. It was really incompetent.
Ge Hongliang could not be blamed. Previously, when he was in the imperial army, he was only a staff officer of a brigade. How could he have handled such a large army? His knowledge was limited.
Other than Ge Hongliang, there were only three historical generals who had the ability to remind Ouyang Shuo.
Shi Wansui could be considered the one with the higher military attainments among the three generals. However, with his nature, even if he realized that something was wrong, he would not think too much about it. As long as he could fight, what was the point of caring about these things?
There was no need to talk about E Lai. He was born in the Shang Dynasty, and his military theory was still in its infancy. He was also a fierce general, so how could he understand these things?
Luo Shixin had just joined the army not long ago, and his experience was still shallow. Naturally, he would not speak nonsense.
As a result, the current situation was created. It was completely up to Ouyang Shuo, a layman, to reorganize the army step by step according to his own understanding and develop it to its current scale.
Thinking about it carefully, it was actually not easy.
It was only until Bai Qi's arrival that the weak side of Shanhai County's army was completely exposed.
Ouyang Shuo could not help but rejoice in his heart. He rejoiced that Bai Qi had arrived at Shanhai County before the expansion of the army had reached an unmanageable state. (To be continued.)
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