Amidst the clamor, the second system auction came to an end.
Out of the ten items, Ouyang Shuo monopolized four of them, winning the Silver Grade Village Creation Token, the [Ming Dynasty Warship Creation Manual], the [Fusion Token] and the [Gunpowder Creation Manual].
Apart from that, Lin Jing won the [Seven Star Dragon Well] and Bai Hua won the [Siege Equipment Creation Manual].
The Shan Hai Alliance once again shone brightly and won the auction.
Di Chen won the [Shan Wen Armor Creation Manual], [Wolf Warriors] won the [Chain Armor Creation Manual], [Bloody Romance] won the [Secret Territory Exploration Scroll] and [Mysterious Player] won the [Qi Cultivator Hidden Class Change Scroll].
After this battle, the Yan Huang Alliance's armors would be improved by leaps and bounds. As for Lord Chunshen and One Sword from the West, no one would sympathize with them.
It was only right that the highest bidder would win.
Ouyang Shuo had brought 120,000 gold coins to the auction and was left with 3,000 gold coins. Who knew how intense the next year's auction would be.
After the auction ended, Ouyang Shuo returned to his territory. As for the investigation of the assassination in the capital, he would have to deal with it after he was done with the matters at hand.
No matter who was behind the scenes, Ouyang Shuo would take revenge on [Blood Edge]. Since [Blood Edge] dared to make him famous, he had to be prepared for Shanhai City's bloody vengeance.
After returning to his territory, Ouyang Shuo gave the [Ming Dynasty Warship Creation Manual] to the North Sea Shipyard and the [Gunpowder Creation Manual] to the 7th Research Institute.
With these two manuals, the North Sea Fleet would experience a qualitative leap.
The [Fusion Token] was used to fuse the three Black Iron Grade Village Creation Tokens from the Pool Water County. Just like that, Ouyang Shuo now had four Village Creation Medallions that he could fuse with.
As for the Village Creation Token, he would have to deal with it after he was done with the matters at hand.
Ouyang Shuo had already planned the location of the village.
When everything was settled, it was already evening and Ouyang Shuo returned to the Marquis's Mansion.
The next day, Ouyang Shuo went to the recruitment center to recruit a historical figure.
The recruitment center's one year cooldown period made Ouyang Shuo happy but painful at the same time.
As for the monthly recruitment of special talents, it was just a drop in the bucket for the territory. Now, among the refugees spawned in Shanhai City every day, there was more than one Advanced Skill Talent.
In the annual system update, the setting of the qualifications of the natives was added, and a new section appeared on the lord interface, which allowed one to view the talents of various qualifications in the territory.
Ouyang Shuo only paid attention to A-grade talents.
Unsurprisingly, Cui Yingyou, Cui Shousi, Gu Xiuwen, Zhou Haichen, Zhao Sihu, Wang Feng, Sun Tengjiao, and the others were all there. Some of the core talents were basically all A-grade aptitudes.
As for Zhao Dewang, Zhao Youfang, Du Quan, Qian Lifei, and Du Xiaolan, they only had B-grade aptitude. Zhang Da Niu, Song San, Zheng Shan Pao, and the others only had C grade aptitude.
Overall, the appointment and dismissal of talents from the Mountain Sea Territory could be considered to be the best use of their talents.
Ouyang Shuo pushed open the door of the recruitment hall and went straight to the side of the Teleportation Formation. He pressed his palm on the depression of the wooden sign, and the sound of a System Notification resounded.
"System Notice: Congratulations to player Don't Say You Don't Have Clothes for opening the Recruitment Hall. The Recruitment Hall has one chance to recruit special talents and one chance to recruit historical talents. Do you want to recruit?"
"Historical talent recruitment!"
"System Notice: Congratulations to player Don't Say You Don't Say You Don't Have Clothes for successfully recruiting an Emperor-level historical figure — Du Ruhui. 100 gold coins are automatically deducted."
A white light flashed by, and a middle-aged scholar walked out from the teleportation formation. "Ke Ming pays his respects to Master!"
Du Ruhui, it was Du Ruhui!
Wasn't this the talent that Ouyang Shuo had always been looking for? If one couldn't forget, there would be an echo.
Ouyang Shuo hurriedly stepped forward and raised his hands in a gesture of sincerity. "Please rise, sir!"
As an important advisor to Li Shimin during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Du Ruhui had helped Li Shimin plot against Xue Rengao, Liu Wuzhou, Wang Shichong, and Dou Jiande.
During the Zhen Guan Era, Du Ruhui was the Minister of the Right and the Minister of War.
Du Ruhui was at the height of his power. The only thing he was concerned about was his health. In history, Du Ruhui contracted an illness in the fourth year of the Zhen Guan Era and unfortunately passed away at the age of 46.
Du Ruhui's face was full of heroic spirit, but his cheeks were a little thin, as if they had been cut by a knife. His face was hard and cold, and his eyes were bright and full of expression, deep and unfathomable.
When he walked out of the teleportation formation, Du Ruhui couldn't help but cough. His body was slightly hunched, and it was obvious that he was ill.
Ouyang Shuo's heart sank, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.
Taking Du Ruhui out of the recruitment hall, Ouyang Shuo checked his attributes.
[Name]: Du Ruhui (Emperor-level)
[Dynasty]: Sui and Tang Dynasties
[Identity]: Shanhai City Resident
[Occupation]: Civil Official
[Loyalty]: 75
[Commander]: 75 [Martial Power]: 40 [Intelligence]: 75 [Politics]: 85
[Specialties]: Decisive on the spot (increases the efficiency of the territory by 20%), far-sighted (increases the success rate of stratagems by 25%), brilliant talent (increases the governance level of the territory by 10%)
[Evaluation]: Ranked third among the 24 meritorious officials of the Lingyan Pavilion. Smart and knowledgeable, brilliant talent, clear vision, and divine splendor, both inside and outside the court, his voice resounding in the court. He is either a talented person, capable of pushing the pillars of the country, planning for the future, planning for the future, planning for the future, or a scholar of the classics, whose virtues are the same, and whose loyalty is widely known.
Compared to the famous Prime Minister Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui's reputation was slightly weaker, which had something to do with his early death. In terms of ability, the two were actually about the same.
One was good at scheming, while the other was good at making decisions, which was why they were called "Fang Xuanling Du Duan".
Du Ruhui's arrival was like a shot in the arm for Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo led Du Ruhui to his study and personally introduced him to the situation of the territory, no matter how big or small.
Du Ruhui quickly got into character. He didn't just listen, and from time to time, he would ask some questions of interest, which Ouyang Shuo answered one by one.
In less than an hour, the two of them were already deep in conversation.
"Keming, I want you to take charge of the military office. What do you think?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
Du Ruhui nodded thoughtfully.
From the conversation just now, Du Ruhui had vaguely sensed that the Marquis was worried about the imbalance in the military. The military office couldn't establish its authority, couldn't form a balance with General Bai Qi, who was in charge of military affairs, and couldn't even tame the three major divisions. This was undoubtedly a very dangerous signal.
Taking charge of the military office was a huge challenge.
Not to mention the famous General Bai Qi, even the three generals Shi Wansui, E Lai, and Luo Shixin weren't easy to deal with. It wasn't an easy task to straighten out the relationship in the military and form a new balance.
As for the feelings of the current head of the military office, Ge Hongliang, Du Ruhui didn't think too much about it. He knew that since the Marquis had made this arrangement, he wouldn't do it without thinking. As a subject, he didn't need to worry about it.
Du Ruhui didn't expect things to be so interesting as soon as he came to the territory. He wasn't afraid of challenges.
"Please rest assured, Marquis. Keming will not disappoint the Marquis!" Du Ruhui replied.
Ouyang Shuo nodded. This was Du Ruhui, decisive and not sloppy.
Next, the two had an in-depth discussion about the restructuring of the military office.
The reason why the military office didn't live up to its name, other than the subjective factor of 'Ge Hongliang's limited ability', the structure of the military office was also a big part of the reason.
The military office had four divisions, namely the Military Intelligence Division, the Combat Readiness Division, the Armor Division, and the Bow and Crossbow Division. Among the four divisions, the Military Intelligence Division was responsible for military intelligence, while the Combat Readiness Division, the Armor Division, and the Bow and Crossbow Division were responsible for logistics.
Among the four divisions, there wasn't a single division that was really responsible for battle scheduling and command. No wonder the generals in the military thought that the military office was a logistics department.
Ouyang Shuo wanted to borrow the opportunity of the head of the military office to adjust the structure of the military office.
Du Ruhui used to be in charge of the Ministry of War, so he naturally had the right to speak about the military office, which was similar to the Ministry of War. Many of his suggestions and opinions made Ouyang Shuo's eyes light up, and he benefited a lot.
In the morning, the two basically finalized the new structure of the military office.
That afternoon, Ouyang Shuo summoned General Bai Qi and the officials of the military office for a meeting.
In the meeting hall, Ouyang Shuo sat in the seat of honor, while Du Ruhui sat in the first seat on the right. After Bai Qi came in, he naturally sat in the first seat on the left.
Next was Ge Hongliang and the four division chiefs.
Seeing Du Ruhui, Ge Hongliang's heart sank, and he had a bad feeling.
During this period of time, following Bai Qi's appointment, Ge Hongliang's days were a bit difficult. He was almost taken over by Bai Qi, and gradually became a nominal head of the military office.
Such days were really a kind of torture for Ge Hongliang.
Du Ruhui's arrival seemed to indicate that a big change was coming.
Ouyang Shuo noticed Ge Hongliang's expression, and his thoughts were unfathomable. He could have called Ge Hongliang alone to the study before the meeting so that Ge Hongliang could be mentally prepared, but he didn't do so.
He just wanted to see how Ge Hongliang would deal with such a difficult situation, whether he would still be loyal to him, and whether he could still take on such a big responsibility.
Wasn't this also a test for Ge Hongliang?!
As the scale of the territory continued to expand, there were more and more conflicts of interest, and factions began to sprout. Naturally, the test for Ouyang Shuo was also getting bigger and bigger.
A year of experience had made his mind more profound, and he also had a bit of experience in how to govern.
The tempering of blood and fire had also made Ouyang Shuo's heart colder and harder.
As time passed, Ouyang Shuo's prestige grew. Now, Qing 'er and the others didn't dare to play around in front of him, and even Fan Zhongyan and the others had a bit more respect for him.
How could the road of an emperor be a warm and romantic one?
The more you gain, the more you lose, and in the end, you will become a lonely person. (To be continued.)
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