July 1st, night, Thunder Mountain City.
The Leishan County Lord's Mansion was transformed into the Leishan County's Yamen.
Ouyang Shuo chose to stay in a secluded courtyard in the west of the city. Not interfering with the operations of the local yamen was the principle that Ouyang Shuo had set for himself.
He didn't want to steal the spotlight.
Therefore, after Bao Shuya officially took office, Ouyang Shuo took the initiative to move out of the yamen.
With Bao Shuya taking office, the structure of Leizhou County was basically complete. Under Fan Zhongyan's command, five prefectures and twenty-two county magistrates were already in place.
The Bank of the Four Seas had already set up a branch in Thunder Mountain City, and each county had also set up a contact point. A large amount of money was poured into the construction of Leizhou County.
The bank belonged to the basic construction of a second-class town, so the Bank of the Four Seas did not need to be rebuilt. As long as he changed the brand of the banks in each city and trained a new batch of salesmen, he would have officially taken root in Leizhou County.
The notes issued by the Bank of the Four Seas naturally took this opportunity to circulate in Leizhou County.
The biggest merchants in Shanhai City were the happiest when the Bank of the Four Seas started issuing banknotes.
Whether it was the Cui Clan Merchant Association or the Peace Springs Merchant Association, their businesses were spread throughout the three counties of Lian Prefecture, Qiong Prefecture, and Lei Prefecture. With paper money and the ubiquitous Bank of the Four Seas, it was much more convenient to settle accounts.
As the Mountain Sea Territory grew stronger and stronger, the chambers of commerce in the various capital cities began to gather in Mountain Sea City.
Especially the Cui Merchant Group, it had relied on Shanhai City to rise from the ashes, causing all the large merchant groups in Dali to be envious, and they all contacted the Department of Finance and Commerce to request to be stationed there.
The Commerce Division naturally did not reject any of these chambers of commerce.
There were more than ten chambers of commerce in Shanhai City. The businesses in Shanhai City were getting more and more prosperous.
The head of the finance department, Cui Yingyou, still had her ways. In just a few days, she had gathered 150,000 gold coins from all the large chambers of commerce. This was far more than what Leizhou County needed.
Just the Cui Clan Merchant Group alone lent a one-time loan of 50,000 gold coins.
Ouyang Shuo didn't reject this sum of money. It could be foreseen that in the future, Zhaoqing County, Wuzhou County and other places would also require large amounts of construction funds.
Relying on the financial support of Lianzhou County was obviously not enough.
The biggest financial problem had been solved. The newly appointed prefectural governor, Bao Shuya, was full of energy. Compared to Yan Luo County, Lei Zhou County was the most suitable stage for him.
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West City Side Courtyard.
Although the courtyard wasn't big, it was elegant. With the personal guards guarding it, there was no problem in terms of safety. Normally, Ouyang Shuo would stay in the courtyard and entertain all sorts of people from the Thunder Prefecture.
The clamor of the day didn't affect Ouyang Shuo's cultivation in the slightest.
In a quiet room, Ouyang Shuo sat cross-legged on the cloud bed and cultivated with his eyes closed. The golden true essence was like a stream, slowly flowing through his meridians according to a mysterious route.
Ouyang Shuo's meridians were constantly expanding as he cultivated the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor. The twelve standard meridians had all been opened.
The Conception Vessel of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians had already been opened. If he were to open the Governing Vessel as well, the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor that he was cultivating would break through to the eighth level and enter a whole new world.
Every time the Inner Canon of the Yellow Thearch advanced to a new level, the path of the meridians would be adjusted, becoming more and more complicated. The time it took to complete a full cycle was getting longer and longer.
At this moment, Ouyang Shuo was at a critical moment in his cultivation.
Seeing that the Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor was about to break through, there was only one last step left.
The golden true essence was driven by Ouyang Shuo's will, circulating faster and faster. Under the high speed, there was even the sound of water flowing in his meridians, it was extremely terrifying.
Finally, the true essence was ready to pour into the Governing Vessel.
Waves of piercing pain came from his meridians.
The huge pain made Ouyang Shuo's forehead break out in cold sweat. There was even white smoke rising from the top of his head.
Ouyang Shuo clenched his teeth. He couldn't give up, otherwise, all his efforts would be in vain.
"Break for me!"
"Boom!"
The golden true essence released its strongest attack and finally broke the meridians' barrier. Like a wild horse that had escaped its reins, it rushed into the Governing Vessel and quickly filled it up.
Ouyang Shuo didn't dare to be negligent and carefully controlled the true essence. After circulating it once in the Governing Vessel, it slowly withdrew from the Governing Vessel and finally returned to his Dantian.
"Phew!"
Ouyang Shuo let out a long breath as a series of system notifications entered his ears.
"System notification: Congratulations to player Who Says That Has Nothing, you have successfully opened up the Conception and Governing Vessels, your physique has been reborn, root bone + 5, comprehension + 4, fortune + 1, charm + 2, all acquired attributes + 5, congratulations player!"
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"System notification: Congratulations to player Who Says That Has Nothing, you have broken through to the eighth layer of the Yellow Emperor's Canon of the Yellow Emperor, root bone + 2, comprehension + 1, all acquired attributes + 1, upper limit of true essence increased to 2000 points, congratulations player!"
The Conception and Governing Vessels were the main meridians of the human body. If the Conception and Governing Vessels were opened up, the eight meridians would be unblocked, the eight meridians would be unblocked, the hundred meridians would be unblocked, improving the physique, strengthening the bones and promoting circulation.
If the Conception and Governing Vessels were unblocked, the true essence would be stored in the Dantian. If one didn't persevere in practicing, it would slowly dissipate. Therefore, one had to meditate to accumulate true essence. But if the Conception and Governing Vessels were unblocked, the true essence would flow through the whole body and wouldn't dissipate. It would also naturally protect the body.
Unblocking the Conception and Governing Vessels was a symbol of Ouyang Shuo's cultivation. His physique had improved once again. He had truly been reborn, and his physical strength had reached the strength of three bulls.
At the moment of the breakthrough, Ouyang Shuo's body in the gaming cabin also started to change.
A golden light flashed on the surface of Ouyang Shuo's body, making him look mysterious and noble. Under the control of the artificial intelligence, a large amount of high grade nutrient solution was precisely mixed into Ouyang Shuo's body.
At the same time, a large amount of black stains were discharged from his body, covering Ouyang Shuo's body with a thick layer. Then, it was cleaned by the gaming cabin's cleaning system, leaving not a single dregs behind.
After cleaning, Ouyang Shuo's body became crystal clear, like ice and jade. Strands of golden Quintessence slowly flowed under his skin and in his meridians.
At this moment, the huge migration fleet was slowly sailing in the pitch-black universe.
In the center of the fleet, there was the largest starship, closely guarded by a group of frigates. It was the flagship of the entire fleet, and also the brain and heart of the fleet.
This was because Gaia's mainframe was installed on the flagship.
In other words, the entire flagship had been modified into Gaia's mainframe.
More than a hundred frigates were stationed with more than 80% of the Federation's military. These soldiers were not allowed to log into the game. Their only mission was to protect the safety of the fleet.
Soldiers who could log into the game had gone through the retirement procedures before boarding the starship.
On the flagship, there were more than 10 mysterious people with Level A or Level S clearance, including the Federation President. Other than them, there was only a core team.
The team's mission was to maintain the operation of the fleet, and to keep in touch with the exploration team that had already arrived on Planet Hope, and to formulate a plan for the future planet.
These staff were also not allowed to log into the game.
Even if they did, they could only do it for leisure, and could not interfere with the operation of the game.
When Ouyang Shuo's body changed, Gaia immediately received a message.
"Beep!"
"Detected the number ZGD105, the gaming cabin ZG 10050078 has triggered the Federation's clause 51, and has reached the Level D surveillance condition. Commander, please confirm!"
"Confirm!"
The one who gave the order was a young girl, her voice low and pleasant.
"Beep!"
"Confirmation complete. According to the Federation's clause 51-002, granting the gaming cabin ZG 10050078 a higher level of nutrient solution, upgrading the gaming cabin's artificial intelligence level, upgrading the personal clearance of the citizen."
"Beep!"
"Connecting the high-level nutrient solution pipeline!"
"Beep!"
"Gaming cabin ZG 10050078's artificial intelligence level upgrade completed!"
"Beep!"
"Citizen ZG 350825216810058271's personal clearance has been upgraded to Level D!"
After the message, Gaia returned to normal.
But Ouyang Shuo knew nothing about any of this.
Ouyang Shuo only knew that after the Inner Canon of the Yellow Thearch was upgraded to the eighth level, he could increase True Essence by five points every day. According to the normal cultivation speed, it would take 300 days for the Inner Canon of the Yellow Thearch to upgrade again.
The road ahead was long!
July 5th, Leizhou County.
After ten days of reorganization, the four expeditionary divisions had been replenished, and the three newly formed divisions had basically been reorganized. The soldiers who had been disbanded had also been settled in the various prefectures.
All that was left was to slowly get used to each other.
According to the unified deployment of the military office, the First Division of the Tiger Legion and the newly formed Fourth Division of the Tiger Legion would return to Cliff Mountain City by boat from Haian City.
After pacifying the Li Tribe in the southern part of Jingzhou Island, Ouyang Shuo personally instructed Sun Bin to immediately send troops to the central and northern parts of Jingzhou Island after the reorganization of the Third Division, which was the Mountain Division.
They would strive to pacify the entire Jingzhou Island within two months.
The Imperial Guard Division would follow Ouyang Shuo back to Shanhai City.
The Second and Fourth Divisions of the Dragon Legion, as well as the newly formed First Independent Division, would remain in Leizhou County for a period of time.
Next, the three divisions would continue to the north and attack Zhaoqing County.
Of course, the Tianshuang County's City Guard Division would also assist in the battle.
For the battle of Zhaoqing, Ouyang Shuo would still be under the full command of General Bai Qi.
Compared to Leizhou County, the situation in Zhaoqing County was much better.
First, Leizhou County was the strategic support, so there was no need to worry about logistics.
Second, Tianshuang County would provide support.
In addition, Shanhai City had won a great victory in Leizhou County. Conquering Zhaoqing was only a matter of time. The only sticking point was the future ownership of Zhaoqing County.
Song Wen was tactful and took the initiative to send a letter to Ouyang Shuo, saying that after conquering Zhaoqing County, Tianshuang County was willing to follow the example of Mulan County and integrate into the Shanhai County system.
Ouyang Shuo was naturally happy to see this happen. (To be continued.)
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