Apart from the Internal Affairs Department, the Military Affairs Department also had remarkable results.
The expansion of the territory's army had been completed. The garrison divisions that had been transferred from various places had been reorganized. The logistics and supply centers of the three armies' headquarters had also been completed.
Massive amounts of resources had been transported to the frontlines.
At the same time, the military tournament that had lasted for three months had already decided the champions of the team competition, the six major military branches, and the overall military champion.
Other than the overall champion, who had to wait for Ouyang Shuo to personally award the prize, the other champions had already received the corresponding honorary titles and had been promoted.
After the tournament, martial arts training became the norm in the military.
Those who had been defeated in the arena were naturally indignant and wanted to win again.
The head of the Military Affairs Department, Du Ruhui, had already announced that the military tournament would become a regular event. It would be held once a year, and every year, a "martial arts champion" would be born.
Other than the army, the navy was even more dazzling.
The Nanyang Navy's North Sea Bay Fleet, Cliff Mountain Fleet, Jiaozhou Fleet, and Singapore Fleet had all been expanded. Together with the incomplete Mediterranean Fleet, the Nanyang Navy had a total of more than 470,000 troops.
The navy's overall combat power was already comparable to the army.
Shanhai City's naval strategy was gradually taking shape. The only thing it lacked was the upgrading of warships and firearms. With the technology of the steam engine, this goal was already far in sight.
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The territory's basic education and basic medical care were progressing smoothly with the support of a large amount of funds. This autumn, the second batch of students would be enrolled in the school according to the new school system.
In the fourth year of Gaia, the territory would definitely welcome a great increase in the talents nurtured by the territory. Even without the imperial examinations, the territory would be able to recruit batches of low-level officials through the graduating students every year.
Shanhai City's talent development system was breaking away from the shackles of the ancient imperial examination system and moving closer to the modern civil service system. It had a stronger vitality and vigor.
This was also the key to breaking away from the prejudice of one's family.
More than 5,000 spring students from Southwest University China Hall and the Army Martial Arts Hall had all graduated. Under the leadership of the Administration Department and the Military Affairs Department, they were assigned to various government offices and military posts.
With the support of Ouyang Shuo's special funds, the two academies had reached a new level, be it the quality of the teachers, the teaching facilities, or even the standard of the students.
Those who came to study in the two academies of Shanhai City were no longer limited to the students of the Shanhai Alliance's allies. The scholars from poor families of the various King Cities all flocked to Shanhai City to study.
The academic atmosphere in Shanhai City had long surpassed that of the Nine King Cities. Even Luoyang, which was overseen by Emperor Wu of Han, revered Confucianism and promoted the study of Confucian classics, did not attract the attention of scholars like Southwest University China Hall.
This was because Southwest University China Hall was not only free of charge, but it also provided additional subsidies for students who had difficulties. As a result, some scholars from poor families simply moved their families to Shanhai City and settled down there.
The officials of Shanhai City would give appropriate subsidies to such students.
More importantly, it was Southwest University China Hall's tolerant and open academic atmosphere. Hundreds of schools of thought were able to take root here and grow healthily. The clash of academics was happening every day.
The Great Era of Contention was slowly being nurtured in Shanhai City.
Apart from the graduates, the officials and generals of the two academies had also returned to their posts. Some of the students who performed well in the academy were promoted as soon as they graduated with the recommendation of the academy.
There were county magistrates who were promoted to prefectural magistrates, and there were also battalion officers who were directly promoted to brigade commanders.
The bureaucratic system of the territory was becoming more and more perfect.
In the past half a year, the quality of the officials and generals of Shanhai City had been greatly improved.
The talent pool of the territory had increased by a large margin. According to the head of the administrative department, Xiao He, even if the territory expanded by four to five counties, the current talent pool would be able to support it.
Last year's talent shortage was no longer a problem.
This way, Ouyang Shuo could further delegate power and focus his energy on external struggles. The situation in the China region was becoming more and more clear, and it was not far from the clash between the Shanhai Alliance and the Yan Huang Alliance.
Apart from the domestic situation, Ouyang Shuo also had to plan for the international situation. Not to mention the far away, the ASEAN was already a huge challenge for Shanhai City.
Ouyang Shuo had to plan how to completely destroy the ASEAN in a year or two.
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The finance department of the four main departments had also achieved great results.
The sea trade route between Shanhai City and Quanzhou City had been completely opened. After the war between the Star Nations, the Jiaozhou fleet led by Shi Lang began to sweep up the pirates within the range of the sea route.
Shi Lang was an expert in wiping out pirates, and he was familiar with the South China Sea, so the efficiency of wiping out pirates was quite high. More than half of the soldiers in the Cliff Mountain Fleet were contributed by Shi Lang.
Today, the entire sea route was under the protection of the Shanhai City navy, and merchant ships could travel without worry.
Opening up the sea trade route in Quanzhou was not only of great importance to the territory, but it also meant that there was another important trade node on the Grand Line.
The merchant ships along the coast of the China region would use Quanzhou as a transit point, and follow the Grand Line opened by Shanhai City to conduct international trade in Southeast Asia.
The trade agreements that Shanhai City had signed with Johor, Nepal, and other countries would also play a huge role.
Because of the intervention of Shanhai City, there was a drastic change within the ASEAN.
On one hand, Johor, Nepal, and other countries that were friendly with Shanhai City, earned huge economic benefits through the ocean trade with the China region. On the other hand, with the islands around Xing Zhou County as a base, the war between the adventurers of the China region and the players of Java was also in full swing.
Every day, there were hundreds of players dying in the Scarlet Zone.
The players of Java were still very strong. After fighting for a few months, they did not have the slightest intention of retreating.
Last month, even the adventurers of Johor, under the instigation of the leader of the Fierce Tiger Mercenary Group, began to frequently harass the border of Xing Zhou County.
In this regard, the adventurers of the China region naturally would not let it go.
The narrow and long sea area between Xing Zhou County and Johor became a gray area for both sides to PK.
As a result, there was also a division in Johor.
The Lord players led by Shan Da and Guo Yannan advocated peaceful trade, while the adventurers led by Shaduya were involved in the whirlpool of the war.
The situation in Southeast Asia had become unprecedentedly complicated.
The slightest disturbance could turn into a huge war.
It was already four in the afternoon when he finished reading the memorials.
Ouyang Shuo rubbed his slightly swollen head, simply leaned on the chair, and closed his eyes to rest.
After the ocean voyage, Ouyang Shuo's burden was even greater. Shanhai City was such a huge plate, yet it was all on his shoulders.
To be honest, it was really not easy.
Especially the decline of the Shanhai Alliance, Ouyang Shuo was even more worried.
It had been two days since he returned to Shanhai City, but Ouyang Shuo had yet to communicate with his allies. It was not that he did not want to, but if he did not understand the situation clearly, he would not be able to talk about it.
Now, his allies were all big shots, and they would not be easily manipulated by Ouyang Shuo.
Putting aside the Dragon Seeking Technique, Ouyang Shuo could no longer see through Feng Qiuhuang's thoughts. All along, Feng Qiuhuang had been estranged from the other allies.
Feng Qiuhuang's background had always been a taboo for the Siege Lions and the other commoner lords.
However, Fallen Phoenix City had grown to become the second strongest territory in the Alliance. When the Siege Lions and the others did nothing, Feng Qiuhuang went against the trend and achieved dazzling achievements, saving the reputation of the Alliance to a certain extent.
As such, the Siege Lions and the others would not be happy at all. Instead, it would bury a deeper and bigger thorn in their hearts.
The Alliance was no longer the Alliance of the past.
Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo could not help but fall into a trance. In the second year of Gaia, when they held their first Alliance Conference in Shanhai City, a group of young people were dancing and singing around a bonfire in the Marquis Manor's back garden, fantasizing about the future.
At that time, they were so harmonious.
The scenes from yesterday seemed to be happening in front of him, but it was already out of reach.
"I have to have a good talk with them!" Ouyang Shuo thought.
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Half an hour later, Ouyang Shuo opened his eyes.
After going through the memorials, Ouyang Shuo did not plan on staying in the study any longer. "Men, prepare the horse!"
"Yes!"
The personal guard captain, Chen Dameng, responded and turned to leave.
Riding on the Azure Lightning, Ouyang Shuo brought his personal guards and headed for the Southern City District.
Although Little Blue had become Ouyang Shuo's mount, Ouyang Shuo still chose to ride the Azure Lightning when traveling in the city. Little Blue was too eye-catching and too ostentatious.
Furthermore, the little fellow did not like being ridden by Ouyang Shuo. When there was no war, it was rare to see its shadow. It would either be in Cliff Mountain City's Spirit Beast Pavilion or roaming in the sea.
Compared to its master, Ouyang Shuo, the little fellow was very comfortable.
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The Southern City District was directly connected to the Royal City. The city gate was personally guarded by the imperial guards.
Seeing the Marquis and his entourage, the guards immediately let them in.
In just half a year, the Southern City District, which was the military zone of the territory, had completely changed. Previously, the four major military workshops played the leading role here. Now, it was the territory of industrialization.
The first four major military workshops had all turned to high-end manufacturing.
The Bow and Crossbow workshop was now only responsible for producing the Three Bows Eight Bulls Bed Crossbow and Zhuge Repeating Crossbow. The Armor workshop was now only responsible for producing the general level Radiant Armor, Infantry Armor, and Iron Armor Beast Armor.
The Weapons workshop was only responsible for custom-made weapons for the military generals.
Ordinary weapons and equipment had already been transferred to the local military workshops for processing.
A small portion of the empty land was used to build steel mills, firearms workshops, and artillery workshops. More than half of the land was empty. That was prepared for steam engines and other industrial machines.
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Coming to the Southern City District, Ouyang Shuo wanted to go to the seventh research institute to personally hand over the technical manuals he bought to Liu Mo. At the same time, he wanted to understand the territory's industrial development.
Seeing the current situation of the Southern City District, Ouyang Shuo could not help but be dumbfounded. If no one led the way, he would not even be able to find the gate of the seventh research institute.
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