In the next three days, the top 10 villages in the China region were all promoted to Level 3 villages. A new round of competition had officially begun.
The storm caused by Lord Chunshen and Xiong Ba was still brewing. Just yesterday afternoon, the Handan Six Hegemons officially split into two factions. Di Chen, Wolf Warrior, Feng Qiuhuang and Military Kill Ripper formed a new Handan Alliance. The players called them the Handan Four Heroes, or the Handan Four Shrimps. Di Chen's reputation suffered a huge blow. Ouyang Shuo was hated by Di Chen for his misfortune.
Lord Chunshen successfully roped in Feng Qingyang. Together with Xiong Ba and Wandering Huan, he formed the Spring and Autumn Alliance. Lord Chunshen successfully gained control of the alliance. Xiong Ba and Wandering Huan also gained admission to the top level of the game. It was the best of both worlds.
Ouyang Shuo was not surprised by Feng Qingyang's involvement. As a descendant of an ancient martial arts family, Feng Qingyang had the least conflicts of interest with the other five. Naturally, he did not have any burdens.
Instead, he was surprised that Military Kill Ripper stayed behind. As a representative of the grey areas, Military Kill Ripper was naturally incompatible with Di Chen and the rest. It seemed that it could only be explained by the fact that Military Kill Ripper and Lord Chunshen had a deep grudge against each other in the game.
Xiong Ba was really scheming this time. He successfully grasped the weakness of the Handan Six Hegemons, stirring up conflict between Lord Chunshen and Di Chen. His previous high profile was just for show.
What was even more shocking was that Ouyang Shuo knew that in his previous life, Wandering Huan and Xiong Ba were staunch allies. This time, Xiong Ba roped Wandering Huan into the Spring and Autumn Alliance. This was thought-provoking. Perhaps even Lord Chunshen was kept in the dark by him. He really was an old fox.
Just like that, on the surface, the era where the Handan Six Hegemons dominated the China region, suddenly turned into a rivalry between the Handan Alliance and the Spring and Autumn Alliance. Behind the scenes, Shanhai Village and Lingxi Village formed an alliance, vaguely becoming the third faction to challenge the hegemony.
Even Ouyang Shuo, a butterfly flapping its wings, did not expect the changes to happen so quickly and violently. One could only say that ambition was a strange thing. With just a little provocation, it could break out of the ground.
Ouyang Shuo was still as low-key as ever, engrossed in the affairs of the territory. He didn't care about Di Chen's grudge at all. He didn't want to get into trouble, but that didn't mean he was afraid of it. The split of the Handan Six Tyrants has ended the dominance of the China region, allowing him to lay out his plans more easily. Unintentionally, Ouyang Shuo had become the biggest beneficiary of this farce.
Yesterday, the respawn rate of the refugees had returned to normal. After five consecutive days of respawning, Shanhai Village had gained a total of 255 refugees, saving them 12 days to upgrade to a Level 1 Town.
Since a large portion of this group of refugees had drifted out from other player territories, there were a lot of skilled people among them. Not only were there basic carpenters, stonemasons, miners, and masons, there was also an intermediate shipwright and a scholar.
The intermediate shipbuilder was called He Miao. He was a 23-year-old young man who had been assigned by Ouyang Shuo to be Zheng Dahai's assistant at the intermediate shipyard. An intermediate shipyard could not only build a medium-sized fishing boat that could accommodate ten people, but it could also build small warships. It was a pity that the Shanhai Village did not have a navy, so there was no need for warships for now.
The High Scholar's name was Su Ze. He was thirty-five years old and used to be an official. Ouyang Shuo had originally planned to arrange for him to be the director of the Logistics Department. Unexpectedly, Mr. Su said that he had experienced the ups and downs of officialdom and had no interest in officialdom. Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to arrange for him to be a professor at the Lianzhou College that was under construction. As for the job of teaching and educating people, he gladly accepted it.
[Name]: Su Ze (Gold)
[Identity]: Professor at Shanhai Village's Lianzhou College
[Occupation]: Civil Official (High Scholar)
[Loyalty]: 75
[Commander]: 25 [Martial Strength]: 15 [Intelligence]: 55 [Politics]: 65
[Specialty]: Teaching (Increases the quality of the residents of the territory by 10 points)
[Remarks]: Rarely famous for poetry, well-read, and successful in the imperial examinations. The ups and downs of officialdom, and an epiphany.
With the addition of Su Ze and the Lianzhou College that was under construction, Shanhai Village's cultural index immediately jumped to 30 points, meeting the minimum requirement to upgrade to a Level 1 Town.
Actually, with Fan Zhongyan's literary reputation, he could have directly pushed the Shanhai Village's cultural index to 30 points. Unfortunately, Fan Zhongyan was in an administrative position. Even though he was the dean of the Lianzhou College, it was only a part-time job. Therefore, the promotion of the territory's culture would be greatly reduced. On the contrary, Su Ze joining the Lianzhou College as a professor would have a greater effect on the territory's culture.
Now, among the four indexes, only the economic index had not reached the target. With the gradual privatization, Ouyang Shuo believed that it was only a matter of time before the economic index reached 30 points.
At ten o 'clock in the morning, Ouyang Shuo was in his office, discussing the plan for the purchase and sale of supplies with Fan Zhongyan, Zhao Dewang, and Zhao Youfang.
As the deputy director of the Material Reserve Department, Zhao Youfang said, "In the next three months, supplies such as food and cloth can only be purchased through the primary market. The Material Reserve Department's opinion is that the main living supplies at this stage will be purchased and sold by the Material Reserve Department. When the territory is self-sufficient, the market will be completely opened. "
Ouyang Shuo nodded. "In this case, not only the grain, meat, and cloth stores that have already been built, but also the supporting warehouses. In addition, have the staff of the grain, meat, and cloth stores been trained? "
"The Material Reserve Department will directly assign the shopkeepers of the three stores. As for the rest of the general staff, we plan to recruit from the villagers, "Zhao Youfang replied.
"At least you have some sense. You didn't assign all the staff to the Material Reserve Department. I don't want these stores to become the departments of the officials. The shopkeepers, you must keep a close eye on them. If there is any embezzlement, I will hold you responsible. "
Once the privatization was achieved, some ugly phenomena would easily take root under the drive of profits. Ouyang Shuo had to be prepared. Especially for a department like the Material Reserve Department, where there was plenty of oil and water, it was the easiest for such phenomena to occur.
Zhao Youfang nodded vigorously and made a military pledge.
"In addition, other supplies cannot be self-sufficient for the time being, but fish can. Regarding this, how did the Material Reserve Department consider it? Is it a complete monopoly of purchase and sale? "Ouyang Shuo did not agree with the monopoly of purchase and sale, it was too rigid.
Hearing the strangeness in Zhao Youfang's words, Zhao Youfang was nervous, wondering if Zhao Youfang was dissatisfied with his work. For a moment, he didn't know how to answer.
Fortunately, Fan Zhongyan helped him out and said with a smile, "At this stage, the quantity of fish sold in the domestic market will not be too much, mainly for export. In my opinion, there is no need to build a market just for the fishermen. We might as well set up two or three specialized fish stalls in the meat shops and rent them to the fishermen. This will make it convenient for the fishermen to sell their fish and also convenient for the Financial Secretary to collect the stall tax. "
"Sir's idea is killing two birds with one stone. Very good, I agree." Ouyang Shuo smiled and eased the atmosphere. He turned to Zhao Dewang and said, "Has the Construction Department confirmed the prices of the various properties?"
"Yes. Yesterday afternoon, according to the salary guidelines passed by the Administration Office and the Financial Secretary, the Construction Department has already set the prices of the various properties. We are waiting for Sir to approve it before officially announcing it to the public, "Zhao Dewang replied cautiously.
Hearing Zhao Dewang mention the salary guidelines, Ouyang Shuo unconsciously smiled. In the past few days, for the sake of this guiding opinion and another guiding opinion on the price level, the administration office had wrangled a lot with the Financial Secretary.
When Fan Zhongyan passed the first draft of the two guidelines to the Financial Secretary for review. Cui Yingyou directly rejected it on the grounds that the salary level was too high and the price level was too low, making Fan Zhongyan unbearably angry.
These two people, one was the Chief of the Administration Office who worried about the country and the people, always thinking of the common people, and the other was the Chief of the Financial Secretary who was meticulous and meticulous, always guarding the territory's purse, were innately at odds with each other.
In the end, there was no other way, and it was brought to Ouyang Shuo. This time, Ouyang Shuo firmly stood on Cui Yingyou's side and rejected the first two drafts of the Administration Office.
The guidelines formulated by Fan Zhongyan were indeed a bit unreasonable. If they were to really implement it, it wouldn't be long before Ouyang Shuo would have to starve to death. He couldn't help but mutter, 'This old man's concern for the country and the people should have a limit, right? He's completely treating the common people as treasures and me, the lord, as grass.'
For the first time, Ouyang Shuo lost his temper and took back the authority of the Administration Office to set the price level and the salary level. He requested that the Administration Office and the Financial Secretary discuss it and settle the storm.
Through this probe, Fan Zhongyan also realized that Ouyang Shuo wasn't the well-behaved child that he had shown when they first met. No matter what kind of talent you were, you wouldn't be allowed to act recklessly and display your ideals and ambitions. In the end, Shanhai Village was still Ouyang Shuo's private territory, not some utopia. Idealism wouldn't work here.
Seeing Ouyang Shuo's thoughtful expression, Fan Zhongyan was a bit embarrassed.
Ouyang Shuo realized that he had lost his composure and smiled apologetically at Fan Zhongyan. In any case, he still respected this important minister more than he studied him. As long as they got to know each other's bottom line, they would be able to resume the path of a ruler and minister.
Ouyang Shuo turned his head to look at Zhao Dewang and said with a smile, "Very good, your efficiency is quite high. Announcing the property price earlier can also reduce the suspicion of the villagers and give everyone a peace of mind. "
Zhao Dewang smiled honestly and didn't say anything. He was obviously very happy with Ouyang Shuo's affirmation. On the contrary, Zhao Youfang, who was at the side, had a heavy heart and hadn't recovered from Ouyang Shuo's criticism.
When the meeting was over, Ouyang Shuo specially patted Zhao Youfang's shoulder to show encouragement. He still couldn't bear to neglect this beloved general of his. Although the matter this time wasn't to his liking, he still had to give him a chance to temper himself.
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