After listening to Bai Qi's words, Ouyang Shuo thought for a moment and said, "Men!"
"Here!"
"Take a team to Yan Luo County and bring the Fireworks Genius and Bao Shuya to Thunder Mountain City."
"Yes, sir!"
Fan Zhongyan's eyes narrowed, "Is the Marquis planning to make Thunder Mountain City the administrative center of Thunder Prefecture?"
"Not bad!"
Among the five prefectural cities, Thunder Mountain City and Yanluo City were located in the central region of Leizhou County. Compared to Thunder Mountain City, Yanluo City's construction was even better.
In the end, the Marquis chose Thunder Mountain City, which was somewhat unexpected.
The administrative center of a county was extremely important.
Ouyang Shuo did not pay attention to everyone's astonishment, "Decree: Bao Shu Ya is appointed as Lei Zhou County's Prefect, and Zang Wenzhong is appointed as Lian Zhou County's Duanren Manor's Prefect. The former magistrate of Duanren Prefecture, Zhou Haichen, will be transferred to Lei Zhou County's Lei Shan Prefecture. "
Fan Zhongyan suddenly understood. So this was the root cause.
The appointment of Bao Shuya as the Leizhou County Governor was not out of his expectations. With Bao Shuya's ability, it was more than enough for him to govern a county. Of course, this was also related to the fact that the territory did not have a powerful official at the moment.
Even so, the place where Bao Shuya was appointed must avoid Yanluo City. It could be said that Yanluo City's failure to be selected was somewhat of an innocent bystander.
Politics was cruel sometimes.
At the same time, Marquis Jun transferred his trusted aide, Zhou Haichen, to be the magistrate of Thunder Mountain Prefecture, further restricting Bao Shuya.
There was both trust and checks and balances.
It seemed contradictory, but it was actually ingenious. The Marquis was becoming more and more proficient in using people.
Ouyang Shuo continued, "The magistrates of the other four prefectures in Leizhou County will be selected from the local officials. Half of the twenty-two county magistrates will be promoted locally, and the other half will be promoted by the officials of Lianzhou County. "
"Yes, sir!"
In this way, not only did they take care of the local interests, but they also gave the low-level officials in the base camp a chance to be promoted. These officials would also popularize the governance model of Lianzhou County in Leizhou County.
According to Fan Zhongyan's feedback, there were still some good officials in Leizhou County. They all held important positions in the original territory and were the most important left and right arms of the original lord.
Ouyang Shuo naturally had to boldly promote and appoint these people. Of course, the most basic cross-appointment was unavoidable. Apart from that, they were also subject to strict scrutiny by the Internal Affairs Department.
With just a few words, Ouyang Shuo had decided on the appointment and dismissal of the main officials of the prefecture. It seemed casual, but in reality, the most basic framework and principles had already been set.
The rest of the work would be done by the Administrative Bureau. Given Fan Zhongyan's ability, he would not say anything more.
After discussing the appointment and removal of officials, Cui Yingyou, the head of the Financial Department, continued with her report.
Ouyang Shuo raised his head and saw the bitter expression on Ying You's face. He could roughly guess that Leizhou County's economic situation wasn't too optimistic.
"The original economy of Leizhou County can only be said to be barely passable. After this battle, the situation became even worse. Let's not talk about the damage the war caused to the city. Worst of all, when the Lord fled, he took the entire territory's free funds with him. There isn't a single copper coin in the treasury of Leizhou County. "
At this point, Ying You let out a sigh and said, "The finance department has roughly calculated that in order to complete the reconstruction of the county and restore the economy of Leizhou County, we will need to invest at least 100,000 gold coins in financial support."
As soon as the words were spoken, the crowd in the hall gasped.
Ouyang Shuo's expression also gradually darkened.
For the battle of Leizhou, Shanhai City had already spent more than 100,000 gold coins before the war. Adding on the post-war compensation, layoffs, and military expansion, it was another large military expenditure.
Ouyang Shuo was still thinking that after occupying Leizhou County, he could make up for this financial hole. Who would have thought that he would not get a gold mine, but a burden.
"Is it really that bad?"
Ying You firmly nodded and said, "This is still the most conservative estimate. Apart from the restoration of the city, if the five prefectural cities still need to be expanded, it will be even more difficult to build the outer walls. "
The five prefectural cities must be expanded. Especially Thunder Mountain City, as a prefectural government, if the area was less than 100 square kilometers, it wouldn't be presentable.
Seeing the Marquis's expression turn cold, Cui Yingyou carefully said, "Of course, the fundamentals of Leizhou County's economy are still very good. As long as we get through this crisis, the future financial income will be very considerable."
"Apart from that, Leizhou County is close to the sea. The already developed shipbuilding and salt industry in Lianzhou County can be directly copied here. Including the special industries such as silkworm breeding, they can also be transplanted. "
"Not enough." Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said, "Just transplanting the industries is too conservative. The finance department needs to fully tap into Leizhou County's potential and develop new special industries to open up new sources of income. "
"Understood!"
Ouyang Shuo's expression softened a little and said, "Since things have come to this, we can only think of ways to raise funds. We can borrow from the Bank of the Four Seas. If it's still not enough, we can borrow from the major chambers of commerce. "
As the Bank of the Four Seas' reputation continued to rise, the amount of deposits it had absorbed was not small.
What Ouyang Shuo meant by borrowing from the Bank of the Four Seas was that Leizhou County would use its future financial income as collateral and pay a certain amount of interest at the same time.
It seemed absurd, but in reality, it was all too common financial behavior in the real world. Meng Zhida, the head shopkeeper of the Bank of the Four Seas, was a financial tycoon in real life. Ouyang Shuo believed that he would be able to handle it properly.
"Chambers of commerce?"
"Yes." Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "Inform the major chambers of commerce that as long as they are willing to help the territory get through this crisis, they will be allowed to set up branches in Leizhou County."
Ouyang Shuo believed that the major chambers of commerce would not be able to see the market potential of Leizhou County.
As long as there was profit to be made, the major chambers of commerce would not mind being generous.
Moreover, Ouyang Shuo was only borrowing money, so he would pay interest. He was not asking for donations from the chambers of commerce.
Ying You's eyes lit up and she said, "No problem." She thought about whether she should ask her father to provide a large amount of financial assistance to the Cui Clan Chamber of Commerce.
With the help of Lianzhou County and Cliff Mountain City, the Cui Clan Chamber of Commerce had been doing very well recently.
Seeing Ying You's excited expression, Ouyang Shuo sighed.
How helpless!
If he told others that Shanhai City was relying on loans to survive, he reckoned that none of the allies would believe him. In the eyes of the allies, Shanhai City was the richest of the rich.
It seemed that he had to speed up the development of Cliff Mountain City, Ouyang Shuo thought silently.
Ouyang Shuo had to think of a way to raise new sources of funds from other channels.
Finally, the head of the Internal Affairs Bureau, Wei Yang, reported on the investigation of Leizhou County.
With the capture of Leizhou County, under Wei Yang's iron fist, all the unstable factors on the surface were basically swept away. The difficult part was the forces that took the opportunity to hide in the dark.
It was not easy to deal with these guys.
Among these people, there were diehard loyalists of the original territory, merchants who had lost their business because of the war, and civilians whose relatives had died in battle.
This task required the persistence of the Internal Affairs Bureau.
Fortunately, with Wei Yang's ability, under his leadership, the Internal Affairs Bureau would definitely test their skills in Leizhou. Any unstable factors that attempted to disrupt the development of Leizhou County would be brutally suppressed.
In this regard, Ouyang Shuo's attitude was very firm.
After Wei Yang finished his report, the entire military and political meeting came to an end.
In the next few days, Ouyang Shuo personally oversaw Thunder Mountain City and met with a group of generals and officials. Especially the four division commanders and five prefectures that had just been appointed were of utmost importance.
On this day, Ouyang Shuo was meeting with Wei Zhang when he suddenly heard a system announcement.
"System Announcement: Congratulations to Snow Rose for leading the elite team of [Fallen Snow Rose Mercenary Group] for clearing the public secret realm — Nanshan Grotto-Heaven Secret Realm for the first time. The reward is 10,000 reputation points. Congratulations player!"
…
Compared to the promise of clearing the secret realm by his aunt, Lin Jing, within a week, they were a full month late. Thinking about it, when killing the last big boss, the elite team must have encountered unimaginable difficulties.
Once the announcement came out, adventure-type players were in an uproar. Just the words "public secret realm" was enough to make adventure-type players go crazy.
Public secret realm! This was the first public secret realm since the system opened it.
Players went around asking where exactly was the Nanshan Grotto-Heaven Secret Realm?
The members of [Fallen Snow Rose Mercenary Group] were naturally the ones who were asked the most. Unfortunately, the matter of Cliff State had always been kept a secret. Ordinary members did not know.
In the end, there were people with remarkable abilities who found out that the Nanshan Grotto-Heaven was located in Cliff Mountain City.
In an instant, Cliff Mountain City became the focal point of the players.
Some players wanted to teleport to Cliff Mountain City, but they found out that the teleportation formation in Cliff Mountain City was only open to certain people. This meant that ordinary players could not teleport to Cliff Mountain City.
As for taking a boat there? Stop joking!
In an instant, the forum was in an uproar.
The players were clamoring on the forum, asking for Cliff Mountain City to be opened to other players. Some uneducated haters even started cursing on the forum, saying that it was natural for Cliff Mountain City to be opened to them.
In this regard, Cliff Mountain City was silent.
Without Ouyang Shuo's instructions, no one dared to open the teleportation formation.
The next day, Ouyang Shuo issued an order that the current Cliff Mountain City was only open to members of the [League of Mountains and Seas – Guild Alliance]. As for other players? Temporarily not.
Ouyang Shuo was not a philanthropist.
According to the news from Lin Jing, after clearing the Nanshan Grotto-Heaven, the tactician's professional suit would be dropped.
However, the two big guilds, [Breeze Pavilion] and [Tingyu Tower], mainly relied on tacticians. As for the [Fallen Snow Rose Mercenary Group], it was a comprehensive guild with many tacticians.
At this time, it was natural to satisfy the internal needs of the alliance. Such internal benefits of the alliance helped to enhance the cohesion and sense of belonging of the alliance members.
It was foreseeable that in the future, the members of the three big guilds would pour into Cliff Mountain City in large numbers. For this reason, Ouyang Shuo sent a letter to Song Jia, asking her to stay in Cliff Mountain City and coordinate the affairs of the adventurers in Cliff Mountain City. (To be continued.)
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