According to Old Li, the overall plan would have to wait until after the new year.
Ouyang Shuo pondered for a moment and said, "Can we design the city wall first?"
"Why?" Old Li was puzzled.
"The city wall is the core of the plan. It takes a lot of time and labor. There are still four months before the spring sowing. I hope to finish the city wall before the next spring sowing. "
"Not bad." Old Li nodded with satisfaction and praised Ouyang Shuo's action of cherishing the people's labor.
The younger generation will surpass us in time. Old Li sighed with emotion.
"I will immediately gather the students and work through the night. I will try to come up with the city wall design within a week."
Ouyang Shuo cupped his hands, "Thank you!"
The two discussed the design requirements and specific requirements of the city wall. Unknowingly, the sun was already setting. Ouyang Shuo stood up and left the office.
"Let me see you out!" Sun Xiaoyue chased after him.
The two of them walked on the shady path, looking at each other in silence. Neither of them wanted to break this rare silence. Perhaps it was just like the old saying, 'silence is better than words'.
"Ouyang!" Sun Xiaoyue wanted to say something before leaving.
"What's wrong?"
"Forget it, it's nothing!" Sun Xiaoyue said dispiritedly. She turned back first with a flustered footstep.
A cool breeze blew past, stirring up ripples in one's heart.
Ouyang Shuo looked at Sun Xiaoyue's receding figure and sighed with a melancholy expression.
It was dinner time when he returned to the manor.
In the courtyard, Bing'er had already finished school and was playing with Whitey. Whitey was the white wolf that Luo Shixin gave her. It was very close to Bing'er and was inseparable, even when she went to school.
Ouyang Shuo suspected that Bing'er had some kind of psychic talent. Why did all the spirit beasts get close to her? No matter if it was the Nian cub or Hei Ya, there was no exception.
"Brother, you're back!" Bing'er ran over. During this period of time, the little girl's rebellious phase seemed to have passed. She had become a lot more obedient, which made Ouyang Shuo very happy.
"Yes." The brother and sister chatted and laughed as they walked to the side hall for dinner.
After advancing to the county capital, Ouyang Shuo's busy state continued. Every day, he was busy meeting with the officials and generals to discuss the territory's military and political affairs.
The affairs of a prefecture were complicated.
Although Ouyang Shuo had already set the general tone and the specific government affairs would be handled by the three divisions, there were still some matters that required him, the lord, to personally make decisions.
Officials who were transferred to another post would always come to the Marquis Lian Manor to bid their farewells to Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo naturally couldn't be disrespectful to these important ministers that guarded his territory, and he would personally receive every single one of them and instruct them in order to calm their hearts and strengthen their will.
Fortunately, Ouyang Shuo's energy became more and more abundant as he cultivated the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor. After discussing politics in the day, he could still stay in the study alone at night and write at a great speed, planning for the next step of the territory's development.
Ouyang Shuo's busy schedule made the ladies in the mansion feel sorry for him. Song Jia even specially came back from the sect once and personally instructed Zi Su to prepare supper every night and send it to the study room.
On December 9th, Ouyang Shuo summoned Bai Qi and Zhao Sihu.
The Shanhai County's City Guard Brigade was reorganized into the three divisions, and Zhao Sihu suddenly became a commander without an army. These days, he was busy with the military office's recruitment, and when he was summoned by Ouyang Shuo, he hurried over.
During the battle of the Evil Lion Ridge, Zhao Sihu's military leadership skills made Ouyang Shuo look at him in a new light, and he specially gave him the secret manual Five Tiger Saber Scripture as a reward.
After two months, Zhao Sihu had already grasped the basics, and his body faintly emitted the might of a ferocious tiger.
"How is the recruitment going? Is it going well?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
"It's going well. Everyone is very enthusiastic about joining the army. The physical qualities of the territory's youths are also very good, and those who come to the recruitment basically meet the requirements. "Zhao Sihu was somewhat excited.
Ouyang Shuo nodded. The various territorial characteristics of the Shanhai Territory were gradually showing their power, and this was their foundation.
After the small talk, Ouyang Shuo began to get to the main topic, and said, "I called the two of you here for two matters."
Zhao Sihu cupped his fists and said, "Please enlighten me, Marquis!"
To be honest, Zhao Sihu had no idea about the position of the City Guard Brigade, and he didn't know what the Marquis was thinking. It was naturally more than he could ask for the Marquis's advice.
"First, it's about the establishment of the Shanhai City Guards. I'm thinking of forming a City Guard Division, and the deadline will be half a year. What do the two of you think? "
Zhao Sihu was the person involved, so it wasn't appropriate for him to express his opinion. However, he was secretly excited. He didn't expect that the Marquis would make an even bigger move after dissolving the three City Guard Brigades.
Bai Qi nodded and said, "With the future scale of Shanhai City, a City Guard Division is definitely not much."
Just as Bai Qi said, Shanhai City was the heart of the territory, so how could it not be heavily guarded? Although Ouyang Shuo didn't think that anyone would be able to attack Shanhai City, it would be an invisible deterrent and guarantee of safety.
If not, how could the people of Shanhai City be pacified?
Ouyang Shuo wasn't someone who was eager for quick success, and he wouldn't be militaristic or recklessly expand his army. The half-year deadline was to give the territory a buffer so that it wouldn't be too much of a burden on the territory's economy.
After the three cities were merged, the number of refugees that spawned every day would reach 1,310, and the population would increase by 40,000 in a month. This was because the merging of the three cities was only Ouyang Shuo's wishful thinking, and it wasn't recognized by the system. Therefore, when calculating the upper limit of the population, the three cities were still calculated separately.
"Although the City Guard Division will be built from scratch, I hope that the City Guard Division's combat power and military quality won't be weaker than the three major divisions. As for how they will be trained, the two of you will be in charge. "
Even with Zhao Sihu's courage, he was put in a difficult position when he heard the Marquis's request.
It was common knowledge that for a new army to have real combat power, apart from daily hard training, actual combat was also very important. It could even be the key to success or failure. Based on the territory's situation, the three most threatening areas were each garrisoned by a field division. No matter how they rotated, it wouldn't be the City Guard Division's turn to enter the battlefield.
"Why, is there a problem?"
Zhao Sihu gritted his teeth and said, "I'm a boorish man, so I'll just speak the truth. If it's just training, I'm not afraid of anyone, but if it's actual combat, I can't guarantee anything. I'm afraid that I'll ruin the Marquis's plan. "
Ouyang Shuo nodded and turned to look at Bai Qi. He asked, "What solution does the Great General have?"
"The only way is to have the City Guard Division be stationed in the three major divisions' camps in rotation, and participate in actual combat," Bai Qi said without hesitation.
"Alright, we'll do as you say. The formation of the City Guard Division will be commanded by the Great General, and Zhao Sihu will be in charge of the specific execution. "Ouyang Shuo made the final decision on the command.
The Great General Bai Qi became Ouyang Shuo's right-hand man, and he was in charge of almost all the specific military affairs in the territory. The Military Office, on the other hand, was overshadowed by Bai Qi, and gradually became a logistics department.
A general like Bai Qi wasn't suitable to be in charge of the Military Office, and the battlefield was his home. Ouyang Shuo's original intention of establishing the Military Office was to effectively check and balance the generals in the army, and form a kind of balance. Otherwise, the generals in the army would be like runaway horses, and it would be easy for them to get out of Ouyang Shuo's control.
Unfortunately, due to the lack of a capable leader, the Military Office had always been half-dead, and he was very disappointed.
Following the continuous expansion of the territory's army, Ouyang Shuo no longer had the energy to personally participate in the specific formation of the army like before, and could only delegate the power to the generals.
The evil consequence of this was that his control over the army had weakened. Fortunately, the brigade commanders of the three major divisions were basically his old subordinates, and there wouldn't be any problems in the short term.
Ouyang Shuo put aside his thoughts and continued, "The City Guard Division's barracks will be moved to the outer city. The barracks in the core area will be vacated for the Imperial Brigade. "
Zhao Sihu nodded. He had long expected such a day would come. The City Guard Division and the Imperial Brigade had different positions, and it was decided that the two armies would be in charge of the outside and the inside. It was only a matter of time before the core area was handed over to the Imperial Brigade.
When the Marquis of Lianzhou and the Mountainsea Prefecture divided the security areas, the foreshadowing had already been laid down.
The Imperial Brigade was another trump card for Ouyang Shuo to control the army. As long as this most elite army was firmly in his hands, he would have the confidence to face any challenges.
When the major divisions had stabilized, it would be time for the Imperial Brigade to expand.
Gaia's first year, 12th month, recruit barracks in the western suburbs.
Of the 3250 participating soldiers, excluding those who died in the Battle of Changping, there were 2,470 elites left. They were about to face the first round of assessment. The subjects of the assessment included the five-kilometer weight-bearing run, parallel bars, 400-meter steeplechase, and push-ups.
During the recruit training period, all the soldiers had been repeatedly trained in the relevant subjects and were no longer unfamiliar with them. The crux of the assessment was whether the soldiers could reach the standards set by the instructors.
According to statistics, the soldiers participating in the selection were all Rank Eight Elite Soldiers and above, and Rank Ten Elite Soldiers accounted for more than 10% of them. They could be called the strongest elites of the territory's army.
Ouyang Shuo came to the recruit barracks to witness the entire assessment process, and Bai Qi accompanied him.
According to the instructors' captain, Viper, Bai Qi's entry into the recruit barracks had given them a lot of inspiration. Some of the assessment standards were more reasonable under Bai Qi's suggestion.
After a day of assessment, only 1,845 soldiers passed, and the elimination rate reached 25%.
The eliminated soldiers would return to their original units.
At the end of the assessment, the mission of the western suburbs recruit barracks was completed, and it would be dismantled the next day. The soldiers who passed the assessment would be transferred to the established training base to undergo a new round of devilish training.
Inspired by the modern training model of the recruit barracks, Bai Qi had already started to compile the army's training program and the army's code of conduct, and was prepared to implement it throughout the army. (To be continued.)
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