The announcement from the Bank of the Four Seas put the defected guilds, such as Tingyu Tower, in an awkward position.
In addition to the players who were watching for fun, the members of these guilds also questioned the decision of their president and demanded a reasonable explanation.
Given that Huitong Bank had a bad record of giving "kickbacks", some players questioned whether this stupid transfer of assets was a transfer of benefits, which would harm the interests of the guilds.
For a moment, Tingyu Tower and the other guilds were in turmoil, which cast a shadow over the happy atmosphere of taking over the satellite town. However, after the guilds established their overlord status, the members cared more about their own interests.
Seeing this, the originally affected individual investors were completely relieved, and they would not be stupid enough to invest in Huitong Bank. The announcement that Meng Zhida had prepared in advance had perfectly resolved the storm of retreating into nothingness.
Some of the tricks in the dark could not be put on the table after all.
Taoist Priest Green Bull and the other two were even more livid. Faced with the huge liquidated damages proposed by the Bank of the Four Seas, they were already furious, but they did not expect such a thing.
The agreement was written in black and white, and they could not deny it, so they had to swallow their grievances.
They were already annoyed enough, and with the internal turmoil, they had to take the trouble to appease the members, which made them anxious, and destroyed their good mood of victory.
Thunder Sound Sword felt a little remorseful.
The fact that Snow Rose could protect the satellite town proved that Silver Hand was not as terrible as they said. Maybe with a good operation, Tingyu Tower could take over the satellite town with their own strength.
If that was the case, they would not have to be threatened by Silver Hand, which was really frustrating.
At this moment, Bloody Romance came out to join in the fun again. Ouyang Shuo and Bloody Romance issued a joint statement that Shanhai City and Baleful Blood Mercenary Group had become iron-blooded allies, and they would advance and retreat together in the wilderness.
Before, the relationship between the two was just a normal cooperation, but this time it was a complete success. With the support of Baleful Blood Mercenary Group, Shanhai Alliance's forces in the north were not completely annihilated.
Don't forget that Bloody Romance had the [Underground World Map (Incomplete)]. Baleful Blood Mercenary Group, which had the satellite town of Xianyang, was destined to be one step ahead in exploring the underground world.
Baleful Blood Mercenary Group's position as the first guild in China was still unshakable.
Aside from Ouyang Shuo, no one knew the reason for Bloody Romance's sudden change in attitude. In the afternoon, Bloody Romance paid a surprise visit to Shanhai City. The two of them spoke for less than an hour before they came up with a joint statement.
Ouyang Shuo learned more secrets about [Silver Hand] from Bloody Romance. Towards this mysterious organization, Ouyang Shuo became more and more cautious.
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On this day, the various dramas played out one after another, dazzling and confusing the players.
Shanhai City's counterattack came to an end for the time being. Ouyang Shuo had also considered whether he should let the Black Snake Guards quietly spread the news about [Silver Hand] to arouse the indignation of the grassroots players.
After some thought, he gave up on the idea because the time was not ripe yet.
Now that the Silver Hand was exposed, it was more likely that the grassroots players would not be indignant, but they would be in awe and not dare to be enemies with it. On the contrary, it would put Shanhai City in an awkward situation.
Once the interests of the game were linked to the interests of the real world, there wouldn't be so many hot-blooded people who wouldn't care about the rewards.
In the future, the only ones who could be relied on were the players who moved to Shanhai City. This was because the two sides were bound together for good or bad.
That was why Ouyang Shuo said that the time was not ripe yet.
The game had only been in Gaia for four years, so Ouyang Shuo had the patience to slowly deal with [Silver Hand]. Right now, it was more important to promote Shanhai City to a capital city as soon as possible.
Gaia fourth year, 1st March, Shanhai City.
In less than five months, Shanhai City's population reached the upper limit of two million. This was under the premise that the Civil Affairs Bureau strictly screened the immigrants.
Otherwise, a million people could be gathered in four months.
In the main hall of the Southern Border Protectorate, Ouyang Shuo opened the territory control panel and clicked on the application for territory promotion. A series of system notifications sounded in his ears. It was a series of basic conditions.
"System Notification: Testing Shanhai City's application for promotion …"
"Condition 1: Population reaches the upper limit of two million. Requirements met!"
"Condition 2: All basic buildings have been completed. Requirements met!"
Speaking of basic buildings, one had to mention the astronomical observatory of a Level 3 county city. As Luo Yan had always been elusive, the Yin-yang School had been in seclusion, which worried Ouyang Shuo.
The construction of the observatory was completed a few days ago.
After Jiang Shang agreed to be the Cabinet Chief, he learned of Ouyang Shuo's difficulties and personally contacted Luo Yan. Although Luo Yan was unwilling to leave the mountain, he sent two disciples on Jiang Shang's account.
As such, the astronomical observatory was completed.
"Condition 3: Lord's title must be at least Duke. Requirements met!"
Ouyang Shuo had already been promoted to Duke back when he was sailing. Half a year had passed and he had earned quite a lot of merit points. However, he was still far from becoming a King.
Thankfully, the lowest requirement for establishing a country was Duke. There was no rush.
"Condition 4: Political, economic, cultural, and military indices must not be lower than 90 points. Technology index must not be lower than 80 points. Requirements met!"
Compared to a Level 3 county city, the requirements for the five territorial indices to be promoted to a capital city were higher.
"Condition 5: Possess at least three counties. Requirements met!"
According to normal development, when a territory was promoted to a Level 3 county city, it had to occupy at least one county. Otherwise, it would not be promoted. The requirement for a capital city tripled, equivalent to more than half a province.
Thus, even though China was vast, when the capital city era came, the number of Wilderness Lords would be few and far between. When that time came, it would be a true struggle for hegemony.
"Condition 6: Territory's luck must be at least Level 2 [Fortune]. Requirements met!"
After conquering [Lingnan City] and [Yunnan City], the Dragon of Destiny's cultivation had increased greatly. Not only that, after annexing Lingxi City, Lingxi City's luck was also devoured by the Dragon of Destiny.
Thus, although the Dragon of Destiny was still a Level 2 Red Dragon, the purple qi had already occupied three-quarters of it. It was about to completely advance to Level 3 Purple Dragon.
[Fortune] was the lowest requirement for a dynasty. Thus, it was included in the basic requirements for a capital city promotion.
"System notification: Congratulations to player Who Says That Has No Clothes. All requirements for establishing Shanhai City have been met. Do you wish to apply for promotion?"
"Yes!"
"System notification: Congratulations to player Who Says That Has No Clothes has successfully applied. Starting automatic matching for capital city promotion."
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"System notification: Mission matching complete!"
"Mission 1 [Imperial Court Assessment]: Accept the assessment of the Dali Imperial Court's officials. The five territory indexes — politics, economy, culture, technology, and military — must all be good or above."
The first mission made Ouyang Shuo's eyebrows twitch. As expected, he couldn't escape this calamity.
Dali was currently hostile to Shanhai City. The arrest of the Bright Moon Illuminating the River meant that the [Silver Hand] was also secretly instigating the relationship between the Dali Imperial Court and Shanhai City.
He really didn't know what would happen if an official from the Dali Imperial Court came to assess Shanhai City.
However, the five territory indexes were hard targets. It was an important window that reflected the territory's development in various fields. It seemed like Gaia was serious this time. It wasn't willing to just use the numbers on the attribute window to make a fuss. Instead, it wanted to conduct an on-site assessment.
There was nothing wrong with this. After all, it was a capital city. Ouyang Shuo could understand it being a little more cautious. However, Gaia just had to choose the official from the Dali Imperial Court. This gave Ouyang Shuo a headache.
If it was the Quanzhou Imperial Court, Ouyang Shuo was confident that he would definitely pass the assessment.
But if it was the Dali Imperial Court, it was hard to say.
Given that Gaia had always upheld fairness, the officials sent by the Dali Imperial Court naturally didn't dare to abuse their authority and deliberately discredit Shanhai City. However, they could make things difficult for Shanhai City within the limits of the game's rules. Gaia couldn't do anything about it.
Perhaps in Gaia's eyes, this matter itself was also a form of training.
"Mission 2 [Thirty-six Lines]: Within the promoted city, you must have all the trades in the Thirty-six Lines."
The Thirty-six Lines was a general term for the main trades in China's Tang Dynasty. It included the meat trade, the palace flour trade, the clothing trade, the jade trade, the jewelry trade, the silk trade, the hemp trade, the jewelry trade, the paper trade, the seafood trade, the fresh fish trade, the stationery trade, the tea trade, the bamboo and wood trade, the wine and rice trade, the ironware trade, the embroidery trade, the needlework trade, the soup trade, the medicine trade, the binding trade, the coroner trade, the witchcraft trade, the courier trade, the clay trade, the coffin trade, the leather trade, the antique trade, the sauce trade, the firewood trade, the net trade, the gauze trade, the juggling trade, the colorful trade, the drum and music trade, and the fruit trade.
The [Thirty-six Lines] mission was clearly a comprehensive assessment of the city's social structure. If the city couldn't even gather the Thirty-six Lines, it naturally wouldn't be worthy of being promoted to a capital city.
Ouyang Shuo was uncertain when he saw this. As a lord, he didn't dare say that he was familiar with all the Thirty-six Lines. Some of the Lines had strange names and Ouyang Shuo didn't know what they did.
For example, the net trade and the gauze trade left Ouyang Shuo dumbfounded. He could only come down and discuss with his subordinates, hoping that there wouldn't be any problems.
"Mission 3 [New Type of Soldier]: Create a new type of soldier on top of the current army's foundation."
The third mission was a huge disadvantage for Shanhai City. Shanhai City had all three armies. They had the [Capture Barracks], [Tiger Leopard Cavalry], [Iron Eagle Swordsman], [Armored Beast Cavalry] and other special soldiers.
But the mission requirement was to create a new type of soldier on top of the current army's foundation. If he knew that there would be such a strange mission, Ouyang Shuo would have asked Gao Shun to set up the [Capture Barracks] later.
It was better to let Du Ruhui worry about this mission.
"System Notification: The three promotion missions must be completed in order to be promoted."
Well, he didn't even have a choice.
Compared to the promotion of a county city, the promotion of a capital city wasn't simple.
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