Ouyang Shuo wanted to talk to Ying You about the Department of Commerce, but the gatekeeper suddenly reported, "Sir, Pool Village sent a messenger, saying that they have something important to report!"
Ouyang Shuo was shocked. It seemed like something big had happened, so he hurried to the front yard. When he returned to the office, he asked the gatekeeper to bring the messenger in.
The messenger was a young man in coarse linen clothes. When he saw Ouyang Shuo, he immediately bowed and said, "Sir, I have brought an urgent letter from Pool Village."
Ouyang Shuo took the letter and opened it. His face was gloomy.
The letter was written by the village chief of Pool Village, Zhao Dexian. In the letter, he wrote: Yesterday afternoon, the farmers of Pool Village who were cultivating the farmland at the foot of the mountain found a group of unidentified people lingering outside the village. They were sneaky and obviously harbored ill intentions. The farmers sent people back to the village to report, and at the same time, wanted to catch the thieves and return to the village to claim their reward. Unexpectedly, these people were all strong and the farmers were no match for them.
Both sides clashed, and many farmers were injured. The strange thing was that these thieves did not kill anyone. The farmers who were injured were injured accidentally when they were resisting.
When Zhang Daniu led the team to support, the thieves had already escaped into the mountain and disappeared. Considering that it was already late, and the newly formed garrison team was not familiar with the jungle environment. Zhang Daniu did not give chase hastily. Instead, he arranged for a capable spy to go ahead and follow the footprints left by the enemies.
Early in the morning, Zhang Daniu led the garrison team and followed the traces left by the spy into the mountains. Zhao Dexian felt that something was not right. While he personally guarded Pool Village, he sent a messenger to report, hoping to hear Sir's opinion on how to deal with it.
According to the description of the injured farmers, the thieves used a black cloth to wrap their heads. They wore a long gown with a white waist and straight pants. The weapons in their hands were simple and crude, a long spear. According to these descriptions, Ouyang Shuo could basically conclude that the people who were spying on Pool Village were the barbarians living at the border between Lianzhou basin and Lingnan.
Before the Qin dynasty, the people of the Central Plains called the tribes south of the Yangtze River as Yue. The Lingnan region was Nanyue, while the Guangxi region was Luoyue. After the Qin dynasty, the term Luoyue was rarely used. It was replaced by Nanman. According to historical records, Gaia arranged these barbarians to live in the mountains and forests.
There were a large number of barbarians living in the forest at the border between Guangxi and Lingnan. These mountain barbarians were scattered all over the mountain in units of tribes. They were all strong and healthy, but they weren't good at production. In addition, they lived in a harsh environment, living in barren mountains and unruly rivers. There was a shortage of food, so their clansmen often starved to death. In order to survive, the mountain barbarians would often come out of the mountains to attack the nearby villages in order to obtain food.
This time around, Zhao Dexian had been ordered to build Pool Village. It had only been a few days but it had already attracted the attention of these mountain barbarians. They had sent people down the mountain to investigate the situation.
Ouyang Shuo decided to adopt a conciliatory policy towards these barbarians. Although the Mountain Barbarians were not good at production, they were extremely outstanding soldiers, especially suitable for forming heavy infantry. If he could convince them to migrate from the mountains to settle down in Shanhai Town, they would definitely be of great help.
Most of the mountain barbarians near Lianzhou Basin were descendants of Luo Yue. Back then, Qin Shihuang's invasion of the other Yue countries was very smooth, but the invasion of Luoyue was very difficult. The 300,000 Qin soldiers fought against the 10,000 to 20,000 Luoyue soldiers for a long time and were unable to take them down, so there was a record of not removing their armor for three years. Finally, after Qin Shihuang built the Guilin and Xingan Canal and ensured the supply of food and fodder, he finally conquered Luoyue. From this, it could be seen that the people of Luoyue were brave and good at fighting.
In his previous life, one of the three hegemons of Lianzhou, Ba Dao, relied on the heavy infantry formed by the mountain barbarians to conquer the cities and strongholds. He was invincible and dominated the Lianzhou Basin.
In this life, Ouyang Shuo was definitely not going to let Ba Dao dominate. Perhaps because of his appearance, he could take drastic measures and make Ba Dao's heavy infantry a thing of the past, cutting off an important arm of his competitor in advance. This feeling was, of course, great.
Remembering that Zhang Daniu had already led his troops into the mountains, Ouyang Shuo was worried that the garrison team would clash with the mountain barbarians and affect his conciliatory policy. Therefore, he was prepared to make a trip to Pool Village personally.
He first informed the three directors of his itinerary and told them not to worry. Then, he rode Black Whirlwind and rushed to the military camp. Just in case, he was prepared to bring along the infantry platoon and the Military Intelligence Bureau to follow him to Pool Village. As for the cavalry platoon, it was impossible for them to march in the forest, so it would be useless even if they went.
The group rushed to the pier and rode on the fleet formed by the carriage office to the newly built pier on the other side. Along the way, Zhao Sihu was extremely excited and asked with a smile, "Sir, are we going to fight?"
Ouyang Shuo shook his head. He really couldn't do anything about this group of energetic ruffians. "I'm bringing you guys along mainly to serve as a deterrent. You can't fight."
"Oh!" Hearing that they were just cheerleaders, Zhao Sihu was a little disappointed.
When they arrived at Pool Village, Zhao Dexian had already received the news and led a group of chief officials to welcome them at the entrance of the village. This was Ouyang Shuo's first time coming to Pool Village. Naturally, he mainly encouraged this batch of pioneers. He chatted happily with the group of officials and understood the construction situation of Pool Village in detail. He listened to their plans and difficulties and answered them one by one. Seeing that their Lord was so calm, the villagers of Pool Village felt much more at ease.
After a simple welcoming ceremony, Ouyang Shuo led his troops into Pool Village's military camp. Now that the situation was unclear, he couldn't act rashly. He could only order the infantry platoon to wait in the military camp while instructing the Military Intelligence Bureau to follow Zhang Daniu's marching route and gather as much information as possible about the mountain barbarian tribes.
Before he left, he specially instructed the spies from the Military Intelligence Bureau to immediately order them to return the way they came if they hadn't fought with the mountain barbarians when they caught up with the garrison troops. If there was already a conflict, they had to bring their own goodwill and not make a big deal out of it.
After the arrangements were made, Ouyang Shuo didn't idle around. Taking the opportunity, he started to tour Pool Village under Zhao Dexian's guidance. Pool Village was now a Level Three Village. The most important task now was to cultivate the farmland. They had to cultivate 20,000 mu of farmland before the Qingming Festival.
The layout of the entire Pool Village was simply a replica of Shanhai Village. Even the location of the pier and ferry were symmetrical to Shanhai Village. The two villages were like a pair of twin stars, guarding the entrance of the canyon.
Of course, as they were relying on the population allocated from Shanhai Village to level up quickly, it was a little like spoiling seedlings to help them grow. Compared to Shanhai Village, Pool Village's foundation was a little lacking. Even Beihai Town, which had been upgraded to a Level One Town, had the same problem.
The quality of the people in Pool Village, especially the administrative staff, wasn't good enough to take on big responsibilities. They could only work together slowly. Fortunately, Village Chief Zhao Dexian was one of the earliest batch of officials in Shanhai Town. He had a thorough understanding of the administrative structure of Shanhai Town. With him presiding over the overall situation, the entire administrative structure could barely function.
In the entire structure of the territory, Ouyang Shuo adopted a dual leadership system for the various departments of the subsidiary territories. Specifically, the chief officers of the subsidiary territories would be appointed by the Territorial Lord to oversee the overall situation. On the other hand, as the headquarters, the various departments of Shanhai Town would have a higher administrative level than the various departments of the subsidiary territories. They could supervise and guide the work of the various departments of the subsidiary territories.
Between the two, the opinions of the chief officers of the subsidiary territories would be more important. If there was a conflict between the orders of both parties, the orders of the chief officers of the subsidiary territories would prevail. Of course, if the various departments of Shanhai Town felt that there was a problem with the orders of the chief officers of the subsidiary territories, they could look for the Territorial Lord, Ouyang Shuo, to judge.
At the same time, in order to strengthen his control over the subsidiary territories, Ouyang Shuo had prepared two trump cards. One was the reporting system for major decisions. The major decisions of the subsidiary territories had to be reported to the higher-ups in the form of documents. They could only be implemented after approval. For this reason, he had to solve the problem of fast communication between the territories and build efficient relay stations.
The second trump card was the power to appoint personnel. Ouyang Shuo stipulated that the chief officers of the subsidiary territories only had the power to recommend them. The real power to appoint personnel was held by the higher-ups. Currently, it was in the hands of Ouyang Shuo.
After visiting Pool Village, Ouyang Shuo returned to the military camp. At two o 'clock in the afternoon, there was finally news. The news brought back by the Military Intelligence Department made him both surprised and happy.
The scouts of the Military Intelligence Department tracked them all the way until they found the Barbarian Mountain Village. However, they did not find any traces of the garrison. At this time, Buttface, who was leading the team, decisively split the scouts into two.
Leng Qian, the Deputy Director, led the elite team and sneaked into the forest near the Mountain Village. They took the opportunity to gather information about the Barbarian Mountain Village. Buttface led another group of people and secretly kidnapped a member of the outpost of the stronghold. He was trying to gather information by force.
After interrogating the outpost member, Buttface was both happy and worried. It turned out that when Zhang Da Niu and his team tracked them to the Mountain Village, they did not do a good job in their investigation and barged into the Mountain Barbarians' encirclement. Luckily, Zhang Da Niu was calm. He saw that the difference in strength between them and the enemy was too big. He did not resist blindly but chose to pretend to surrender and wait for the Mountain Sea Town's main force to rescue him.
Buttface remembered Ouyang Shuo's instructions before he left. He sent the captured outpost back to the Mountain Sea Town and greeted them with goodwill. He expressed his willingness to settle the issue of the captives peacefully. He could state any conditions.
As they waited anxiously, the Mountain Sea Town finally replied. They expressed that they could send the captives back on the condition that the Lord of Mountain Sea Town came personally.
It turned out that after Zhang Da Niu was captured, he deliberately revealed information about Mountain Sea Town to the Barbarians. He told the Mountain Barbarians that what they found yesterday was a newly established subsidiary village of Mountain Sea Town. The base was on the other side of the river and had a strong regular army.
Then, the captured outpost was sent back to the Mountain Village. The Mountain Barbarian Lord gathered the information from the two of them and finally decided to meet the lord, Ouyang Shuo.
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