At ten o 'clock in the morning, Ouyang Shuo summoned the officials of Cliff Mountain City to announce Tian Wenjing's appointment.
After completing the handover in Nanpu, Bai 33 would return to Shanhai City and continue to work as a secretary. The experience in Cliff Mountain City would become one of his most precious treasures.
To show his support for Tian Wenjing, Ouyang Shuo did not live in the government office but went to live in the Lord's Mansion. Although the town level Lord's Mansion was simple, it was not a problem for him to live there for a while.
Ouyang Shuo was not a person who was greedy for pleasure.
Walking into the Lord's Mansion, Sun Xiaoyue, Lin Jing, and Love Thread happened to be there.
Seeing the four guards behind Ouyang Shuo, Lin Jing raised her eyebrows and said mockingly, "Brat, you're getting more and more arrogant!"
Ouyang Shuo could only remain silent. After all, she was his elder. Deep down, Ouyang Shuo enjoyed the "lesson" from his aunt. As his status rose, few people dared to be so "presumptuous" in front of him.
It was lonely at the top!
Love Thread was amused. The mysterious Marquis of Lian Province in the eyes of others was no different from an ordinary person at this moment. He was just a junior who was being scolded by his elder.
Ouyang Shuo dismissed the guards and sat opposite his aunt. "Have you cleared the Southern Mountain Grotto-Heaven?"
"Soon!"
At the mention of this, little aunt also frowned.
Thinking about the past two months of pioneering, it was an "unforgettable" experience. After all, the three guilds took turns pioneering, which was different from the Baleful Blood Mercenary Group.
Although two months had passed, the Southern Mountain Grotto-Heaven had not been cleared. However, from his aunt's words, the pioneering had entered a critical period.
If nothing went wrong, they would be able to clear it within a week.
It was still unknown who would emerge victorious.
Although the three guilds were allies, they were competitors when it came to pioneering. They were very secretive about their respective pioneering progress.
His aunt's expression showed that she was very confident.
Ouyang Shuo paid attention to the pioneering progress, which was closely related to his next plan.
Once the Southern Mountain Grotto-Heaven was cleared, it would be officially opened to adventure-type players. The first batch of players would be mainly members of the three guilds. In addition, some small teams would be selected to enter Cliff Province.
At the same time, in order to strengthen their control over Cliff Mountain City, the Military Intelligence Division and the Black Snake Guard set up intelligence stations in Cliff Mountain City. Every movement in Cliff Mountain City was closely monitored by the two intelligence agencies.
Ouyang Shuo turned his head to look at the Love Silk Knot and asked with a smile, "Master Qing, have you adapted to the Cliff State?"
He had spent so much effort to lure A Thread to the Cliff Prefecture, but Ouyang Shuo, the master, only showed up a month later. It was indeed somewhat unreasonable.
The Love Knot didn't mind. She nodded and said, "It's better than I thought."
One Thread had already taken root in Cliff State. With the huge amount of money raised from the sale of the property in the capital, it invested in the construction of dozens of shops and various workshops in Cliff Mountain City. It also operated four manors and two farms outside the city.
Their investment in Cliff Mountain City was even crazier than the major chambers of commerce.
[A Thread] filtered out the remaining 10,000 guild members. Not only were they loyal and reliable, but they were also skilled talents above the intermediate level, filling the gap in Cliff Mountain City where there was a lack of skilled talents.
The current [A Thread] was a force that could not be ignored in Cliff Mountain City.
As for rare materials, one was to purchase them from the elite groups, and the other was to purchase them from the headquarters of the three guilds. With the continued opening of Cliff Mountain City, rare materials would no longer be a problem.
[A Thread] was on the road of nirvana rebirth.
Even though she had a friendship with Ouyang Shuo, the expression of the Love Silk Knot was still indifferent. This proud and aloof woman really would not show too much of her feelings in front of others.
The coldness of the Love Silk Knot was even better than that of Bai Hua.
The strange thing was that the Love Silk Knot had become Sun Xiaoyue's close friend.
Before Cliff Mountain City was built, Sun Xiaoyue did not plan to move. To be able to lead the construction of a city, for her, was undoubtedly a great sense of achievement.
Towards Sun Xiaoyue, Ouyang Shuo naturally would not say any words of gratitude.
The two had gradually formed a tacit understanding between them.
In the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo set off for the headquarters of the Brave Tiger Legion to inspect.
Since Cliff Mountain City was on the right track, and now that Tian Wenjing was in charge, Ouyang Shuo would not interfere too much. The only thing that worried him was the elimination of the natives.
He had to find Sun Bin and have a face-to-face talk about the scale.
Sun Bin was a formation master, and the headquarters of the Brave Tiger Legion was also built in a strict and orderly manner, in accordance with the formation. In the military camp, apart from the troops that went out to carry out the elimination task, the rest of the people were training in their respective drill grounds.
In the entire military camp, apart from the sound of training, there was no other noise.
Sun Bin's strict management of the army could be seen.
On the way to the commander's tent, Ouyang Shuo encountered a young soldier and almost bumped into each other.
The soldier was carrying a large bag of soybeans, about a hundred kilograms, as if he was going to the stable to feed the war horses. The hundred kilograms of soybeans were carried in his hands, but it was effortless, and he still walked as if he was flying.
Perhaps because he was in a hurry, he did not see Ouyang Shuo coming towards him.
"How dare you, how dare you offend the Marquis!"
The personal guard was about to draw his sword and take the soldier down for punishment.
Ouyang Shuo looked up and saw that the soldier was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with dark skin. He was not tall, but his body was unusually strong, like a cheetah.
He could faintly feel the smell of blood and untamed wildness coming from this person. This was interesting. It was very unusual for a small soldier in the army to have such an aura.
Hearing the personal guard's words, a ray of light flashed in the soldier's eyes, and even his heartbeat sped up.
This was not fear, but excitement.
Since Ouyang Shuo had cultivated the Inner Canon of the Yellow Thearch to the seventh level, his senses were very sharp. Although the soldier's emotional changes were obscure, he was still able to accurately detect it.
It was too strange!
"Marquis, please forgive me, Marquis!"
Only then did the soldier react, and with a plop, he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. The official language that came out of his mouth was not smooth, as if he had just learned it not long ago.
Ouyang Shuo frowned, waved his hand to stop the personal guard, and said indifferently, "Get up!"
"Thank you, Marquis, thank you!"
The soldier got up, picked up the soybeans, and quickly left.
The personal guard came forward and said in a low voice, "Marquis, there's something strange about this person!"
Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "Contact the Military Intelligence Department and secretly investigate. Remember, do not alert the enemy. "
"Yes, Marquis!"
After the small interlude, Ouyang Shuo finally arrived at the commander's tent.
"Marquis!" Sun Bin sat in his wheelchair, cupped his fists, and bowed.
Ouyang Shuo nodded and sat on the main seat. He said, "Tell me about the natives!"
There were two main natives on Jingzhou Island, one was the Dire Beasts, and the other was the Li Tribe. Especially in the Cliff State area, the Li Tribe was like a star, scattered all over the island.
The arrival of the Tiger Troop naturally alarmed these tribes.
At first, the tribes tried to resist. Unfortunately, in front of the elite regular army, the natives were still using spears, and fighting on the plains, they could not resist at all, and were beaten back.
Seeing that things were not going well, the tribes moved north and hid in the Five Finger Mountains.
The deep mountains and forests were the natives' territory, and even Sun Bin did not dare to take the risk and barge in.
The battle was in a stalemate for the time being.
Fortunately, the plains alone were enough for Cliff Mountain City to establish a foothold.
Therefore, Sun Bin's strategy changed again. The Tiger Troop's current mission was to clear the wild beasts and Dire Beasts on the plains, and at the same time train the troops.
Of course, Sun Bin did not give up on the natives who retreated into the Five Finger Mountains. He frequently sent spies to the Five Finger Mountains to investigate the enemy's situation, and to prepare for the next step of the military operation.
The Li Tribe was indeed the king of the mountains. Even the elite spies sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau often got lost in the Five Finger Mountains, or were subdued by the natives' traps.
There were already more than thirty spies sacrificed in the Five Finger Mountains, and it was heart-wrenching.
According to the military organization, a division was only equipped with one scout company. The Tiger Troop's spies added up to only two hundred people.
The sacrifice could not be said to be small.
The Five Finger Mountains had almost become a forbidden area.
Fortunately, Sun Bin's first plan failed, so he came up with another one.
In the previous battlefield on the plains, the Tiger Troop had already conquered dozens of Li Tribe tribes, and captured more than thirty thousand Li Tribe citizens, all of whom were escorted to Cliff Mountain City.
More than eighty percent of the captives were sent to the large manors or farms to work. The remaining fifteen percent, a total of five thousand people, were all young and strong. They were singled out by Sun Bin and prepared to be reorganized into an army.
According to Sun Bin's strategy, he wanted to use the Li Tribe's youths to train a strong army for mountain warfare, and prepare to use the Li Tribe's warriors to fight against the Li Tribe's warriors.
It had to be said that this plan was very bold.
If it was not for Ouyang Shuo giving Sun Bin the power to make decisions on the spot before he left, Sun Bin would not dare to do this. It should be known that increasing the size of the army had to be proposed by the Military Intelligence Bureau, and then reported to Ouyang Shuo for approval.
Because Jingzhou Island was isolated overseas, and Sun Bin was a Divine General, Ouyang Shuo gave him the power.
It was not a simple matter to tame the Li Tribe's youths. How to ensure that the trained mountain troops were loyal and reliable was even more of a problem.
Since Sun Bin had a card up his sleeve, Ouyang Shuo could only wait and see.
Ouyang Shuo suddenly thought of the soldier he met just now. Could it be that he was a Li Tribe youth?!
At this moment, the personal guard who had left came into the tent. "Reporting to the Marquis, that soldier's identity has been investigated. He is a Li Tribe youth who was newly recruited into the army."
It was as he had expected!
Seeing the puzzled look on Sun Bin's face, Ouyang Shuo briefly explained what had happened just now.
"The Marquis means that this person's identity is not simple?"
Sun Bin was very smart. From the Marquis's expression, he could roughly guess what was going on. With the Marquis's temperament, if it was just an ordinary soldier, he would definitely not make such a big fuss.
"Let's wait and see!" Ouyang Shuo did not express his opinion. He turned to the personal guard and said, "General Sun will be in charge of the following investigation."
This kind of matter was not difficult for Sun Bin.
"Yes, sir!" (To be continued.)
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