Lingnan Province, Chaozhou County.
An undercurrent surged outside the territory, yet Ouyang Shuo remained motionless, and he continued his patrol in accordance with the prescribed order. During the patrol, he had to deal with the memorials sent by the Southern Protectorate.
On this day, Ouyang Shuo and his entourage stopped at Xingning County.
There was a nameless courtyard in Xingning County that was guarded by three thousand Divine Guards. Not even a fly could get in. The courtyard was guarded by the personal guards and every corner was monitored.
After the Battle of Red Cliffs, the valiant general Xu Chu became the captain of the personal guards. Ouyang Shuo expanded the personal guards to two hundred people and implemented two shifts to protect his safety 24 hours a day.
Every personal guard had a unique skill and could fight ten people at once.
Ouyang Shuo would not be capricious when he was traveling. The security work was done to the extreme. Other than the Divine Guards and the personal guards, the Shadow Guards also arranged a secret unit to guard him day and night.
Before Ouyang Shuo arrived at Chaozhou County, the Third Corps of the Brave Tiger Army had already combed through the entire county to get rid of any fish that slipped through the net.
The entire security work was closely linked and there was not a single blind spot.
In the study, Ouyang Shuo was burning the midnight oil to read the memorials. The endless meetings during the day and the two banquets at noon and night did not wear down Ouyang Shuo's willpower.
He was full of energy and read the memorials late into the night.
The memorials that Ouyang Shuo was holding were from the Department of Agriculture of the Administration.
After the ocean voyage, Ouyang Shuo successfully exchanged the weaving machine manufacturing technology from William. The No. 7 Research Institute had already begun to tackle the key problems of the weaving machine and would have results by the end of the year.
The prosperity of the textile industry in the territory was already in sight.
Because of this, Ouyang Shuo also ordered the Department of Agriculture to formulate a detailed silkworm breeding promotion plan while instructing the No. 7 Research Institute to tackle the key problems of the loom technology.
Ouyang Shuo's goal was to expand the silkworm breeding, especially the colorful silkworm breeding, to the entire territory. The scale of the plantation would exceed one million hectares and the silk output would exceed ten million units.
If not, the future textile industry would not be able to be supported.
Ouyang Shuo was very clear that if the loom was used on a large scale, the demand for silk raw materials would be terrifying. He did not want the loom to be mass-produced but the raw materials could not keep up, which would affect the cloth output.
Every industry must connect the upstream and downstream to form a matching industrial chain. Only then would it have a future.
The memorial submitted by Sun Yannong, the Director-General of Agriculture, indicated that there had been a breakthrough in this matter. Through the mediation of the Department of Agriculture, a plan was finally agreed upon by all parties.
The Textile Industry Association would invest 100,000 gold coins, and the General Administration of Finance would allocate 300,000 gold coins as a special fund. In addition, they would borrow 200,000 gold coins from the Bank of the Four Seas in the name of the Department of Agriculture, totaling 600,000 gold coins. They would jointly establish a silkworm breeding support fund to support the farmers in the counties of the territory in silkworm breeding.
At the same time, each county would also allocate a certain amount of special support funds from the county's finance. In this way, the core financial problem was finally solved.
Ouyang Shuo didn't interfere in this matter, nor did he pay for it himself.
Compared to the entire territory, Ouyang Shuo's six million gold coins really didn't count for much. If he, the lord, had to pay for everything, then what was the point of having a bunch of ministers?
The territory had its own rules.
Setting up a joint fund was a creative solution. The territory's finance, industry associations, local government, and governing bodies all played their respective roles, each performing their own duties and working together.
In ancient times, it could be said to be perfect.
After Ouyang Shuo finished reading, he wrote at the end of the memorial, "Very good. Implement it accordingly. The establishment of the fund has value as a reference. We can consider extending it to other areas of agriculture. I hope Zhou Xiang will consider it. "
Closing the memorial, Ouyang Shuo picked up the next one.
The memorial was sent by Du Ruhui. It only reported one piece of news. The number one general of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Bu, whom Ouyang Shuo had been looking forward to, had finally come to Shanhai City to meet with Diao Chan.
There were two other people who came with Lu Bu. One was the strategist Chen Gong, and the other was the general Gao Shun.
Chen Gong, courtesy name Gongtai, was Lu Bu's chief strategist during the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was a straightforward and resourceful person. When he was young, he befriended many famous people.
In 192 AD, the Provincial Governor of Yan Province, Liu Dai, died in the battle against the Yellow Turban of Qing Province. Chen Gong and the others advocated for Cao Cao to take over as the Governor of Yan Province.
However, after Cao Cao killed Bian Rang and other famous people at the end of the Han Dynasty, Chen Gong fell out with Cao Cao. He persuaded Zhang Miao to betray Cao Cao and welcome Lu Bu to Yan Province. He helped Lu Bu attack Cao Cao and took over Yan Province and Xu Province.
In Xiapi City, Lu Bu did not listen to Chen Gong's plan and failed. After Lu Bu was defeated, he was captured by Cao Cao along with Lu Bu and was determined to die.
Even during the Three Kingdoms period, Chen Gong could be considered a top-notch strategist.
Unfortunately, Chen Gong was a bit of a 'hipster'. He was too upright. Because he could not stand Cao Cao's cruelty, he always went against Cao Cao. In the end, he chose Lu Bu, an 'unwise' master, and died.
In history, Lu Bu's general Gao Shun was also executed along with Lu Bu. Another general under Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, chose to submit to Cao Cao. In the end, he became one of the Five Great Generals of Cao Wei.
Gao Shun's ability was comparable to Zhang Liao's.
If you read the history of the Three Kingdoms carefully, you would find that Gao Shun was a famous general who was buried in history.
Gao Shun was simply a 'perfect soldier'. Not only was he fierce and good at fighting, but he was also good at training his soldiers. The troops that he trained were known as the 'Rank-breaking Camp'. They were an elite troop in the history of the Three Kingdoms.
In addition, Gao Shun was also a brave and intelligent general. He was always able to give Lu Bu the right advice at the crucial moment. He was also very methodical in dealing with unexpected situations.
In terms of moral character, it was specifically recorded in the 'Chronicles of the Heroes of the Late Han Dynasty' that Gao Shun did not drink alcohol or accept bribes.
Gao Shun was also very loyal to Lu Bu. He did not take credit for himself and was not arrogant. Even if he was not put in an important position by Lu Bu and was suspected, he did not complain or complain.
In the face of life and death, he chose to sacrifice himself for justice. Regardless of whether his' loyalty 'to Lu Bu was worth it or not, in terms of moral character and morality, Gao Shun was undoubtedly a role model for his contemporaries.
Shanhai City did not lack valiant generals. The only thing it lacked was a general like Gao Shun who was good at training soldiers. Not to mention Lu Bu's arrangement, Gao Shun would be able to get a place in Shanhai City and display his expertise in training soldiers.
The arrival of Lu Bu, Chen Gong, and Gao Shun was undoubtedly good news. Ouyang Shuo commented at the end of the memorial, asking Du Ruhui to make arrangements for the three of them and arrange positions for them when he returned to Shanhai City.
Putting down the memorial, Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked outside the window.
The bright moon hung high in the night sky. The sky was clear and the air was clear. It was a rare good weather.
Looking through the night sky, Ouyang Shuo seemed to be able to feel that there was a giant dragon high up in the sky, using the moonlight to breathe. Its aura was continuous and majestic.
After the Lingnan War, Shanhai City's territory expanded to three counties. The one who benefited the most was the Dragon of Providence. Affected by this, the Dragon of Providence's body expanded once again.
Now, the Dragon of Providence was using the moonlight to condense its body.
Ouyang Shuo could vaguely feel that the purple aura in the Dragon of Providence's body was becoming more and more abundant. This was a sign that the territory was flourishing.
Looking away, Ouyang Shuo roused himself and continued to read the memorial.
The affairs of the territory were complicated. Even with the assistance of the various ministers, Ouyang Shuo could not clear his mind. In the wilderness, wars were frequent. Governing by doing nothing was a false proposition.
Of course, this was also Ouyang Shuo's tempering.
The territory grew from a village to a town, from a county to a county, and finally to the edge of the establishment of a nation. While Ouyang Shuo witnessed the territory's growth, his personal ability also improved by leaps and bounds.
In the real world, Ouyang Shuo was now a young talent.
The last memorial was submitted by Ying You. They were all related to the territory's various pillar industries. While the territory's various industries were flourishing, they also encountered their own difficulties and bottlenecks.
First was the most profitable industry, the shipbuilding industry.
In the three years of Gaia, the territory's most dazzling industry was the shipbuilding industry.
In terms of glory, it was the prosperity of the shipbuilding industry that laid the foundation for long-distance navigation. It was the foundation that supported the crazy expansion of the Nanyang Navy's five major fleets.
It could be said that without the prosperity of the shipbuilding industry, there would not be the formation of the five major fleets. Naturally, there would not be the heroic image of the Shanhai City Navy sailing the seas and dominating the world.
Everything was supported by countless shipbuilders, the heroes behind the scenes.
The shipbuilding industry not only brought glory, it also brought crazy profits. According to the statistics of the General Administration of Finance, in just the first half of Gaia's third year, the territory had earned more than 4 million gold coins from the sale of merchant ships.
In addition, there was the windfall of warships.
The shipbuilding industry had become the backbone of the territory's finances, supporting half of the territory's finances. Even the similar star industry, the military industry, could not be compared to it.
It had to be said that the profits from the monopoly were really crazy.
Under the windfall, there were also hidden worries.
With the opening of the Grand Line, China's demand for merchant ships increased. The territory's major shipyards' orders were already scheduled until the second half of next year.
The surge in orders was a happy thing.
Ying You reported the situation, but it made Ouyang Shuo frown. In the game, the speed of ship construction was accelerated, but the materials needed to build the ship were not scrimped at all.
Behind every ship, there was a large number of trees being cut down.
And the wood used to build the ship had extremely high quality requirements. Ordinary trees were not good enough. Moreover, different troops had different requirements for wood.
A complete warship often involved fir, pine, cypress, teak, elm, red wood, camphor, nanmu, catalpa, catalpa, cypress, cypress and other kinds of wood.
As a result, the forest within the territory had been overcut. The Hundred Thousand Mountains, where the Lianzhou Basin and Lingnan Province intersect, had been cut down into wasteland.
To this day, the territory was facing a crisis of wood shortage.
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