The next day, the members left one by one.
Before they left, Ouyang Shuo prepared a small gift.
Ouyang Shuo hoped that similar conferences could become a routine and institutional arrangement. Next year's conference did not have to be held in Shanhai City. The conference could be held in another member's territory.
The members took turns to be the host.
Only Xie Siyun and Lin Jing stayed after the members left. Shanhai City and Snow Rose still had a big business deal to do.
With the reorganization of the Dragon and Tiger Legions, the army eliminated a large number of outdated weapons and equipment. In addition to the weapons and equipment that were cleared from the battlefield during the battle of Lianzhou, there was a mountain of weapons and equipment.
According to the statistics of the Combat Readiness Department, they had sorted out more than a hundred thousand weapons and ninety thousand sets of armor.
Even if this batch of equipment was sold for one gold coin each, it would be worth 200,000 gold coins. Needless to say, some of the weapons and equipment were of high quality.
A rough estimate of the value of this batch of weapons and equipment would not be lower than 300,000 gold coins.
As the main distributor of Shanhai City, Snow Rose would naturally make a lot of money. Because the amount was too large, Snow Rose would only take 5% of the profits.
This way, Ouyang Shuo could earn close to 300,000 gold coins just by selling this batch of equipment. In fact, this amount of money was actually the profits of the four major military workshops.
This was because the obsolete equipment in the army needed to be replaced with better equipment. Better equipment did not appear out of thin air. It was manufactured by the four major military workshops.
The military industry began to shine and became the most profitable industry in the territory.
It was because of this amount of money that Ouyang Shuo was confident in incorporating the [Rattlesnake Mercenary Group].
Ouyang Shuo had already instructed the Finance Department to not keep a single gold coin for the revenue of February. All of it was to be transferred to the territory's construction.
With the establishment of Lianzhou County, a few large projects started at the same time.
The construction of Shanhai City's outer city, Fort Mulan, road network, and Blessed City were rated by the Construction Department as the four major projects in the territory.
The cost of each project was no less than 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins.
Among them, the construction of Shanhai City's outer city was a bottomless pit. According to Wei Ran, it would take at least a year to complete the framework of this unprecedented city.
The completed Shanhai City was estimated to be able to accommodate at least five million citizens.
The government's investment was mainly in the construction of infrastructure and public facilities, including the city roads, municipal water supply and drainage, ports, distribution centers, bridges, parks, temples, bell towers, schools, and so on.
According to estimates, the cost of this piece alone was no less than 200,000 gold coins.
The Marquis's Manor would transfer a portion of the funds, while the Mountain Sea Prefecture would have to raise the majority of the funds themselves.
Wei Ran's method was to sell the land, sell the land, sell the land!
Inspired by Wei Ran, the magistrate of the Blessed Abode, Shen Zhui, decided to adopt a similar funding model when planning the construction of the Blessed Abode. Blessed City was divided into the inner city and outer city.
The inner city would be completely built by the government, and most of the land in the outer city would be put up for auction.
Among the four major projects, the Mulan Fortress and the road network would be fully funded by the marquis's residence.
Needless to say, the road network belonged to the public construction of Lianzhou County, so it should be paid for by the Lord's Manor. Mulan Fortress, on the other hand, was purely a military fortress. Naturally, it would not allow private funds to flow in or participate in it.
According to estimates, the main road network would take half a year to complete, and the construction budget would be 100,000 gold coins. Mulan Fortress would take another three months to complete, and the total construction cost would be 70,000 gold coins.
Basically, more than half a year of Lianzhou County's revenue would be invested into the territory's construction.
If the other medium-sized projects and the huge military expenditure were taken into account, Ouyang Shuo would not be able to keep a single gold coin from the territory's revenue in the second year of Gaia.
Ouyang Shuo might even have to think of ways to raise money to support the territory's finances.
The second year of Gaia would be the construction year of Lianzhou County, and it was also the most crucial year.
Ouyang Shuo looked forward to the economic boom of the completed Lianzhou County, and it would become the strongest and most trustworthy backing for the territory's expansion.
That afternoon, Ouyang Shuo personally summoned Du Ruhui, Cobra, Viper, and the three heads of the Military Intelligence in his study to announce the relevant personnel appointments.
Song San stepped down from his position as the Director of the Military Intelligence and became the Deputy Director as well as the Special Operations Team Leader.
Cobra left the Special Operations Training Base and officially became the Director of the Military Intelligence.
Ouyang Shuo's arrangement was to restrain Cobra within the Military Intelligence. The leaders of the three teams under the Military Intelligence were Ouyang Shuo's absolute confidants.
Cobra wanted to start a new career in the Military Intelligence, but it was impossible.
Even if Rattlesnake's members joined the Military Intelligence in the future, their positions would only be below the three leaders.
The establishment of the Military Intelligence was personally approved by Ouyang Shuo. For the time being, there would only be three teams, and they would not be allowed to expand in the short term.
During this period of time, Ouyang Shuo hoped that Song San, Leng Qian, and Lei Xun could quickly grow under Cobra's guidance and become true giants.
In this way, the Military Intelligence would still be under Ouyang Shuo's absolute control.
At this point, the four departments under the Military Intelligence were basically complete, except for the Military Law Department.
The Director of Military Law Department could only be held by Director Du Ruhui for the time being.
Be it the Operations Division led by Zhao Kuo, the Combat Readiness Division led by Ge Hongliang, or the Military Intelligence Division led by Cobra, they were all worthy of Ouyang Shuo's trust in their abilities.
Ever since Du Ruhui took over, the Military Intelligence had expanded to more than four times its previous size, becoming the most important department among the four.
Other than Cobra, another member, Viper, would officially become the chief instructor of the Special Operations Training Base, and his position and treatment would be equivalent to that of a brigade marshal in the military. Under the chief instructor, there would be five deputy chief instructors and a battalion commander.
The Special Operations Training Base would also become a permanent organization in the military, directly under the jurisdiction of the Military Intelligence, and would continuously train scouts and special forces for the military.
The 27th, the 7th of the first month.
The Black Mamba led the members of the [Rattlesnake Mercenary Group] and their families to Shanhai City.
On that day, more than 550 members chose their respective places to go.
The final result was that 113 people would enter the Military Intelligence as spies, and 45 people would enter the Special Operations Training Base as deputy chief instructors and instructors.
Seven of them would become the platoon leaders of the scouts, and 15 would enter the army as battalion commanders. One of the five core members, a man named Krait, was given the position of brigade marshal by Ouyang Shuo and entered the Dragon Xiang Legion.
The remaining three hundred and seventy people would all enter the Black Snake Guards and build the skeleton of the Black Snake Guards.
In two days, the Black Mamba had already sorted out the basic structure of the Black Snake Guards and reported to Ouyang Shuo.
The headquarters of the Black Snake Guards would be set up in an inconspicuous courtyard in the Shanhai City's official residence district, and it would be mainly responsible for organizing intelligence, analyzing intelligence, and interrogating important targets.
The Black Snake Guards would personally oversee the headquarters and coordinate the work of the major intelligence stations.
The intelligence stations in the nine Royal Cities would each have a commander in charge of the region's intelligence work.
The Black Snake Guards would all use codenames. Other than the leader, the nine commanders' codenames were Red Snake, Orange Snake, Yellow Snake, Green Snake, Blue Snake, Purple Snake, White Snake, and Ink Snake.
The rest of the members were divided into the Black Guard and the Snake Guard.
The Black Guard mainly used force to arrest people, similar to the Special Operations Team of the Military Intelligence Department. The Snake Guard mainly disguised themselves and secretly gathered intelligence, similar to the Military Intelligence Team 1 and 2.
The Black Guard and Snake Guard each had a commander codenamed Black Guard 1 and Snake Guard 1. The members under them would be arranged according to their serial numbers.
The two commanders were the last two out of the five core members.
The commander of the Black Guard was called the White-Browed Viper, and the commander of the Snake Guard was called Bamboo Leaf Emerald.
What surprised Ouyang Shuo was that Bamboo Leaf Emerald was actually a woman, a delicate and pretty girl. But from the gazes of the other members of the Black Snake Guards when they looked at Bamboo Leaf Emerald, besides fear, there was not a trace of love.
From this, it could be seen how extraordinary Bamboo Leaf Emerald was. Delicate and pretty, but it was only the appearance of Bamboo Leaf Emerald.
The status of the two commanders was below the leader, the Black Snake Guards, and above the nine commanders.
Ouyang Shuo was very satisfied with the efficiency of the Black Snake Guards.
That afternoon, Ouyang Shuo distributed the settlement fees and the funds of the Black Snake Guards in one go.
The Black Snake Guards officially began to operate.
Other than Ouyang Shuo, there were only four bureau chiefs in the territory who knew of the existence of the Black Snake Guards.
This mysterious organization did not have any unveiling ceremony. Even the small courtyard of the headquarters didn't have a plaque. There was only a locust tree planted in front of the courtyard.
In the future, this unremarkable small courtyard would shock and terrify the world with the name "Scholartree Manor".
February 28th, the eighth day of the first month.
The inventory of the weapons and equipment that had been eliminated temporarily came to an end. Next, Snow Rose arranged for members to use storage pouches to transport the equipment back to Jianye for sale.
Xie Siyun and Lin Jing left Shanhai City.
After sending off Xie Siyun and Little Aunt, Ouyang Shuo began to patrol Lianzhou County.
He would lead a team of personal guards from the western suburbs of Shanhai City, passing through Yongye County and Guangshui County to Tianfeng City, and then turn north to patrol Blessed by Gods Manor. After that, he would continue north to patrol Mulan Mansion and Mulan Fortress. After leaving Mulan Mansion, he would turn south to Duanren City, pass through Yishui County and Gushan County, and finally return to Shanhai City.
The entire patrol would take at least twenty-five days. At the same time, it also meant that when the elite squads of the three major guilds arrived at Cliff State, Ouyang Shuo would not be able to appear in Cliff Mountain City.
Ouyang Shuo had already sent a letter to Sun Xiaoyue, asking her to represent him and be in charge of receiving the three elite squads.
Sun Xiaoyue returned to Shanhai City to have a reunion dinner with her family on New Year's Eve. On the first day of the first month, she had already rushed back to Cliff Mountain City to preside over the construction work. (To be continued.)
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