9th October, Shanhai City, Protectorate of the Southern Border.
Although Shanhai City's promotion was quiet and unnoticed by the outside world, it was still a great achievement for Shanhai City itself.
Not to mention other things, just the addition of the teleportation formation and the widening of the river would have a profound impact on the development of Shanhai City, increasing the city's potential for development.
It was unknown what kind of reward Gaia would prepare for the next promotion.
In the main hall, the territory stone had sunk into the ground again. Ouyang Shuo began to look at the territory's attributes.
[Territory Name]: Protectorate of the Southern Border
[Lord]: Protectorate of the Southern Border, Marquis of Lianzhou, Wuyi (First-class Marquis)
[Main Title]: Number One County (Increases territory popularity by 50)
[Secondary Title]: Holy Land of Hundred Families, Blessed Land of Craftsmen, Land of Martial Arts
[Territory Administration]: Shanhai City (Level 2 County)
[Population Administration]: 500,000/1,000,000
[Refugee Respawn Rate]: 500 (1 + 50) = 750 refugees per day
[True Respawn Rate]: 750 + 700 + 700 = 2150 refugees per day
[Territory Area]: Four counties, more than 800,000 square kilometers
[Territory Characteristics]: Slight
[Political Index]: 80/100 (Determines administrative efficiency, affects popular sentiment)
[Economic Index]: 85/100 (Determines trade prosperity, affects tax revenue)
[Cultural Index]: 88/100 (Determines education, affects quality of residents)
[Technological Index]: 50/100 (Determines research level, affects technology tree)
[Military Index]: 85/100 (Determines military strength, affects stable relationships)
[Territory Administration]: Lianzhou County, Qiongzhou County, Leizhou County, Zhaoqing County, and Zhenhai City
[Financial Institution]: The Bank of the Four Seas
[Territory Academy]: Southwest University China Hall (Principal Jiang Shang), Military Lecture Hall (Principal Sun Wu)
[Hundred Schools of Thought]: Military, Legalism, Mohism, Agriculture, Vertical and Horizontal
[Territory Chamber of Commerce]: Cui's Chamber of Commerce, Song's Chamber of Commerce, Bai's Chamber of Commerce, etc.
[Special Building]: Library
[Hidden Building]: Mazu Temple, Recruitment Hall, Yellow Emperor Temple
List of Basic Buildings:
[Zither Academy]: The official office in charge of the zither. Apart from researching zither music, it is also responsible for collecting folk music and nurturing zither apprentices. [Construction Requirement: High-level Zither Master, Zither Academy Blueprint]: 20000 units of wood, 20000 units of bricks, 10000 units of stones. [Construction Time]: 20 days. (Note: The construction has been completed.)
[Wholesale Market]: A commercial market where goods and services are sold to secondary wholesalers and retailers, the Chamber of Commerce and the government. Construction requirements: mature wholesale products and channels. 30000 units of wood, 50000 units of green bricks, 30000 units of stone. Construction time: 20 days.
There were some new changes to the status panel of a Rank 2 County City.
The biggest change was the addition of [Technology Index] to the territory index.
This meant that the further the territory developed, the more important the level of technology would be. Shanhai City's [Technology Index] was only 50 points, which paled in comparison to the other four indexes.
For the next step, Ouyang Shuo planned to increase the investment of research funds.
In September, although Ouyang Shuo wasn't in Shanhai City, the finance department still sent him the territory's financial report. Compared to the previous month, the territory's net revenue had gone one step further, breaking the 200,000 gold coin mark for the first time.
Of course, this did not include the transfer payment to Zhaoqing County, as well as the additional military expenditure due to the army reorganization that had just been completed.
After deducting these two items, there was still roughly a hundred thousand gold coins left.
Ouyang Shuo already had a plan on how to use the funds. He would discuss it with Ying Pomelo later.
Other than the territory index, there were also slight changes in other aspects.
Compared to a Rank 1 County City, the population limit of a Rank 2 County City had doubled. The subsidiary cities, Friendship City and Pool City, had been promoted to County City. The number of refugees that spawned in Shanhai City increased to 2,150.
With the normal spawning speed of refugees, it would take more than 230 days to reach the population limit again. If the citizens of the Royal City were to come to Shanhai City to settle down, the time needed would be shortened.
Ouyang Shuo estimated that in May or June of the third year of Gaia, Shanhai City would be promoted again.
Originally, Ouyang Shuo wasn't very enthusiastic about the promotion of a County City. After all, the 4400 merit points that the System rewarded were no longer attractive to him.
Shanhai City also didn't need to become number one to establish its position as the overlord. If there was a need, it would be a fight for the title of the world's number one capital city in the future. And that would be at least two years later.
Ouyang Shuo remembered that in the fifth year of Gaia in his previous life, there wasn't a single duke born in the world. The only thing he didn't know was if he could break this record.
But for this promotion, Ouyang Shuo unexpectedly discovered that Gaia had given him a "big gift bag". As such, Ouyang Shuo immediately looked forward to the next promotion of his territory.
Other than the population limit and territory area changes, the other changes such as the [Hundred Schools of Thought] were minor adjustments made by Gaia to the development of the wilderness. They didn't affect the overall situation.
Other than the attributes interface of the territory, the last was the basic buildings.
There were only two basic buildings in a Rank 2 County City.
There was no need to mention the Zither Academy. When they conquered Leizhou County, they had captured a musician. He was the Spring and Autumn period master Shi Wen. In less than half a month after the war, the Zither Academy was established in Lingnan University Hall.
The only problem was the wholesale market.
The construction of the wholesale market didn't require architectural drawings, but it required "mature wholesale goods and channels". Ouyang Shuo understood this requirement in this way.
First, since it was a wholesale market, it naturally needed suitable goods.
Only bulk goods such as rice, salt, cloth, leather, porcelain, and other bulk goods needed to be wholesale. This was something that Shanhai City already had.
Second, it needed to establish a perfect channel for goods.
Most of the goods traded in the territory were directly purchased by the merchant guilds or merchants from the commoners or the farms of the various prefectures and counties.
If they wanted to build a wholesale market, it was equivalent to adding a middleman.
In this way, merchants wouldn't have to painstakingly travel to buy goods. Instead, the local middleman would buy them one by one and then transport them to the wholesale market for a unified transaction.
The middleman would earn a bit of profit, and the merchant associations would save on manpower and time.
Everyone was happy.
The above two points were actually to ensure that after the wholesale market was built, there wouldn't be a situation where there was "no market" and "the day the market opens is the day the business stops".
As for the second point, the territory wasn't perfect yet.
Thus, the construction of the wholesale market still needed a period of incubation.
After checking the attributes of the territory, Ouyang Shuo left the main hall and returned to his study. Since there was still some time left, Ouyang Shuo decided to take care of some matters before returning to Wulong City.
When Liu Mo walked into the Protectorate of the Southern Border, his heart was filled with doubts.
Towards Ouyang Shuo's sworn brother, Liu Mo, the master of firearms, he only felt admiration. He didn't expect that this seemingly unremarkable sworn brother of his would be able to stir up such a storm in the game.
Although Liu Mo was wholeheartedly immersed in the research of guns and cannons, he basically didn't pay attention to the outside world. But the incessant system announcements were still reminding him that Shanhai City was still advancing at a furious pace.
It was precisely because of this that Liu Mo didn't want to fall behind.
With the cooperation of Magnus and him, they had already made some crucial progress in the research of guns. Liu Mo wondered if Ouyang Shuo had called him over for this matter.
When Liu Mo stepped into the study, Ouyang Shuo was in the middle of a discussion with Cui Yingyou, the head of the finance bureau.
Ouyang Shuo was speaking, and Cui Yingyou was listening attentively while taking notes.
The two siblings had a tacit understanding of each other.
"As for the shipbuilding industry, we need to make a good plan. We need to add at least three more shipyards to the existing ones. We can build a giant shipyard in Zhenhai City, and we can also build one in Yanluo City in Leizhou County. As for the last one, we need to choose a location in Qiongzhou County. The shipbuilding industry will certainly be one of the pillars of the territory. We need to start planning ahead and expand our production capacity. In the future, the demand for both merchant ships and warships will only increase. "
"Understood!"
"Although the reorganization of the army this time has consumed a lot of funds, there are still ways to make up for it. Contact Division Chief Du and ask him to transport all the obsolete weapons and equipment, including those collected from the battlefield, to Cliff Mountain City for sale. This way, we can save a lot of transaction taxes. I estimate that this batch of weapons and equipment can be sold for at least 300,000 gold coins. Right now, the mutants in Cliff Mountain City are very enthusiastic about exploring the island. We need weapons and equipment supplies. "
Hearing this, Ying You's eyes lit up, and she nodded vigorously. She thought that this time, she would definitely be able to make a killing.
"Of course, we need to increase the support for the military industry. I will ask the intelligence stations in the various capital cities to cooperate with the finance department to directly launch a large-scale recruitment fair in the Nine King Cities. We will attract blacksmiths and tailors to settle down in Shanhai City with high salaries and benefits, and replenish the large military workshops. Apart from that, the military workshops in the various counties can also be operated in the same way. The finance department must cooperate with the War Preparedness Department on this matter. "
The military industry could be said to be the hero behind the territory's previous military expansion.
Without the hard work of countless craftsmen, how would Shanhai City be able to upgrade the new army time and time again? How would they be able to sell the exchanged weapons and equipment to fill the gap in the military expenditure after the war?
Precisely because of this, the treatment of the craftsmen in the military workshops was also the best among the craftsmen.
After Shanhai City redivided the districts, the entire southern district was directly designated as a military zone. Other than the objective needs of the major workshops to expand, there was another reason, which was to provide better treatment for the craftsmen.
The construction department ordered the Shanhai City government to build residential areas for the families of the military in the southern district. All the craftsmen in the military workshops could enjoy free housing.
Just this alone was enough to make others envious. (To be continued.)
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