In the face of the crisis, Ouyang Shuo divided the army of Shanhai City into three groups.
Sun Bin commanded the Lingnan Battlefront and guarded the eastern front. Bai Qi commanded the northern front in Mulan Fortress. Han Xin commanded the army to fight against Chiyou's army.
After the arrangements were made, the next step was to mobilize the army and carry out the final preparations before the war.
As for the deployment of war resources, it had already begun a month ago. After all, Ouyang Shuo knew that there would be a battle between Chiyou City and Lingnan City-State sooner or later.
Therefore, the mobilization of resources had already begun without waiting for them to move out.
After the meeting, the generals received the order and left.
Sun Bin led his troops to Heavenly Frost City and set up the headquarters of the Lingnan Battlefront and the eastern defense line. Although Ruan Ping was happy, Ouyang Shuo didn't believe that Lingnan City-State would dare to take the initiative to attack.
At most, they would want to take advantage of the war between Shanhai City and Chiyou City to fish in troubled waters.
Unfortunately, Ouyang Shuo wouldn't give them the chance.
The Lingnan Battlefront led by Sun Bin was not just passively defending. It was also possible that they would launch a probing attack on Jiaozhou County.
Bai Qi led his personal guards and teleported to Mulan Fortress in Mulan City. As for the three divisions of the Dragon Xiang Legion, they moved to Lianzhou County by water.
Ouyang Shuo was reluctant to spend a huge amount of money to transport troops.
The army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was also waiting for provisions. The real war wouldn't start so soon.
Han Xin led his troops to the border of Zhaoqing County and prepared to set up a frontline command center there. Ouyang Shuo wanted to try his best not to spread the flames of war to Zhaoqing County.
The army was led by three Divine Generals, so Ouyang Shuo didn't need to worry. Coupled with the cooperation of the military office, everything seemed to be in order.
Shanhai City was no longer worried about the war.
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Ouyang Shuo left Wulong City and teleported back to Shanhai City.
Ouyang Shuo returned to Shanhai City to complete the promotion of his territory.
As early as October 1st, Shanhai City had reached the upper limit of 500,000 people. However, Ouyang Shuo was in Zhaoqing County, so he was delayed. It was a good opportunity to complete the promotion of the city.
Ouyang Shuo didn't disturb anyone when he returned to Shanhai City. He chatted with Song Jia for a while, then went to the main hall alone. Ouyang Shuo had completed the promotion process nine times and was already familiar with it.
He muttered "Territory Level Up" in his heart, and a white light flashed. In the middle of the main hall, the golden stone tablet once again slowly rose from the ground.
Ouyang Shuo of the stone with his right hand, the system. The system prompt sounded.
"System Notification: Shanhai County promotion requirement …"
"Condition 1: The population has reached the population limit of 500,000, which is met!"
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In other words, the current population of Shanhai City was only a tenth of the population capacity.
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"Condition 3: The Suzerain's title is at least a Second-Class Marquis.
In the entire China region, other than Ouyang Shuo, who was a first-grade Marquis, there were only two second-grade Marquises, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang. Di Chen and the others were still a long way off.
At this stage, no one could surpass Ouyang Shuo's superiority in terms of nobility.
However, the rank of Duke was a huge hurdle. It required one million merit points, five times that of a first-rank Marquis. In other words, it was possible for anyone to surpass the Duke level.
If nothing unexpected happened, Ouyang Shuo would not be able to complete his advancement for a very long time.
"System Notice: Congratulations to player 'Who Says That Has No Clothes', you have fulfilled all the requirements to level up Shanhai City. Do you wish to level up?"
"Level up!"
On the stone tablet, golden light soared into the sky and exploded in the sky, turning into a golden halo that spread in all directions. The halo extended all the way to the new edge of the territory before disappearing again.
[System Notice: Congratulations to player Not Have Clothes for leveling up his territory to a Rank 2 County City. The County Lord's Mansion has automatically leveled up. Please check for yourself! "
Ouyang Shuo no longer paid much attention to the leveling up of the Lord's Mansion.
This was because the current Protectorate of the Southern Border had long since surpassed the scale of the system's planning.
"System Notice: Congratulations to player Not Have Clothes for leveling up his territory to a Rank 2 County City. After the promotion, a territorial teleportation array will be added. Please select the location of the teleportation array! "
He did not expect that there would be such benefits after leveling up to a county city.
In his previous life, Ouyang Shuo did not have much understanding of the county cities of Lord players. He did not know that there was such a setup.
For a large city like Shanhai City, the addition of a teleportation array was of great significance.
The current teleportation array was located within the royal city.
As such, it was extremely inconvenient for the commoners to use it due to the factor of safety. When a major incident occurred and the royal city was sealed, the teleportation array would also be sealed and could not be used.
However, Shanhai City's influence in the China region was growing day by day. Regardless of whether it was students, merchants, or skilled people, there would be people coming every day.
The Imperial Guard Division that guarded Royal City suffered unspeakable hardships and lived in fear all day long.
Now, with the addition of a teleportation array, Ouyang Shuo could make a difference. He set the teleportation array of the royal city to be used only by the territory's soldiers and officials, as well as those specially invited by Ouyang Shuo.
The additional teleportation array was limited to the commoners.
This way, there would be no hidden dangers that would cause trouble for the Imperial Guard Division.
Ouyang Shuo thought for a moment and decided to set up the second teleportation array in the northern district.
Firstly, the northern district was the entrance to Shanhai City, and it was also a residential area, so it was convenient to come and go. Secondly, the middle district was below the northern district, so it was very convenient to go in and out of other districts.
Finally, there was another point. The two sides of the northern district were the encampments of the City Guard Division.
As such, if someone really wanted to use the teleportation array to cause trouble. The nearby City Guard Division would immediately arrive and lock down the entire northern district.
There was no doubt that after the teleportation array was set up.
The Black Snake Guards and Mountain Sea Guards would be stationed near the teleportation array, closely monitoring all the people coming and going.
After choosing the location, Ouyang Shuo heard the sound of a system notification.
"System Notice: The location of the teleportation array has been determined and has been automatically generated. Please check it yourself."
…
"System Notice: Congratulations to player 'Not Have Clothes' for upgrading your territory to a Level 2 County City. After the promotion, the lord can make a slight adjustment to the terrain of the territory. The extent of the adjustment will be determined by the system. Please select the terrain to be adjusted. Friendly reminder: Terrain adjustment only changes the original foundation, not the type of terrain. For example, you can widen the river channel, raise the mountain range, and so on. "
Ouyang Shuo's eyes lit up. This was getting more and more interesting.
Gaia's move was also a form of compensation to the lord. After all, when the lord chose the location of the village, he would only focus on one or two factors. It was inevitable that there would be some regrets in the geographical location.
For example, Ouyang Shuo's biggest regret was that there were too few and too narrow passageways in the Lianzhou Basin. There were only two passageways, one in the north and one in the south.
In the past, it was an advantage, but now it was slowly becoming a disadvantage.
Ouyang Shuo didn't dare to make any changes to the canyon between the Southern Guard Pass and the Mulan Fortress. Because if he made any changes, the Mulan Fortress would be destroyed, and the army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would be able to march straight in.
Ouyang Shuo didn't want to make a mistake, so he directly chose to change the river channel in the south. Ouyang Shuo hoped that after the changes, large ships would be able to directly enter Shanhai City's dock through the river channel.
"Widen the Friendship River, Qiushui River, and the canyon channel where the two rivers converge."
"System notification: Terrain change application confirmed, widening river channel, calculation in progress."
…
"System notification: Calculation complete, terrain change complete. The Friendship River and Qiushui River will both be widened to 100 meters, and the canyon channel will be widened to 200 meters. The depth of the two rivers will be expanded correspondingly. Please check the details yourself! "
…
In just an instant, the two rivers had each more than doubled in width.
The people on both sides of the river didn't realize it at all. It was as if time had stopped for a moment, and the river channel had widened. Seeing this, the people on both sides of the river slowly knelt to the river and prayed.
In their minds, the river god was showing his power.
At this point, the Friendship River and Qiushui River also had river gods, and they were worshiped by the people.
The people spontaneously built River God temples on both sides of the river and worshiped them.
After the river channel was widened, even large ships could freely enter and leave Shanhai City. In this way, large merchant ships would no longer need to transfer goods at the North Sea Port.
Just this alone created a great convenience for Shanhai City's maritime trade.
Of course, correspondingly, it would also bring new challenges to the defense of Shanhai City. After all, if ships could enter Shanhai City, then the pirate ships could naturally enter Shanhai City as well.
The North Sea Bay Fleet became more and more important.
Ouyang Shuo was still willing to take this risk. If Shanhai City wanted to develop into an existence that could rival a royal city in China, it couldn't be complacent.
The future capital city must have the spirit of a capital city, and it couldn't be too stingy.
At this point, the promotion of the territory was finally completed.
A system announcement sounded in Ouyang Shuo's ears.
"System Announcement: Congratulations to player 'Not Have Clothes' for becoming the first lord in China to be promoted to a level 2 county city. The reward is 4,400 achievement points!"
…
Shanhai City's promotion this time didn't cause any disturbance, because the entire China region was in chaos. All the lords' attention was on the battlefield, and they had no time to care about anything else. (To be continued.)
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