Ouyang Shuo had no time to care about the commotion outside. He seized the time to deal with the aftermath of the battle. Seeing that the Demonized Duckbill Beasts had escaped back to the underground world, Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to bring the Divine Martial Guards to Rabat City.
"Your Majesty!"
At the city gate, Bai Qi and a group of generals were waiting to receive him.
Ouyang Shuo smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Follow me into the city."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Under the protection of the army, Ouyang Shuo majestically entered Rabat City.
Knowing that Rabat City had been restored to its original state, the citizens of Rabat City who had already returned either stood on the sides of the street or hid in their houses. They looked at this iron-blooded army with either reverence or hostility.
From this day onwards, Morocco had changed. It had a new ruler.
…
Main hall of the palace.
Ouyang Shuo touched the broken stone tablet and heard a series of system notifications.
[System notification: Congratulations to player How Do You Have Nothing to Wear for conquering Morocco. Please choose how you want to deal with Morocco. Destroy, occupy, or transfer?]
"Choose occupy!"
[System notification: Congratulations to player How Do You Have Nothing to Wear for conquering Morocco. Morocco is officially under the rule of the Great Xia Dynasty. You can make a new plan for Morocco. Do you wish to rename it?]
"Make it Morocco Province."
Unlike the tiny Star State that they had previously occupied, the area of Morocco was even vaster than the Yunnan Province, which was the largest among all the provinces. It was only natural for it to be designated as a province.
However, the usable area of Morocco was limited. Ouyang Shuo planned to use Rabat City, Casabianca City, Agadir City, and Tangier City as the center to create four prefectures.
Rabat City would naturally be the administrative center of the province.
Unlike Yunnan Province and the other three provinces, Ouyang Shuo planned to set up a provincial governor in Morocco Province and set up a governor's office.
The allocation of officials in Morocco Province would also be different from the other provinces. It would be a strong provincial governor's office and a weak county governor's office. In the future, the governor's office would be the key to managing the entire Morocco Province.
Ouyang Shuo's actions had a deeper meaning.
First, with the establishment of Morocco Province, the Great Xia Dynasty already had five provinces. It had met the initial requirements to set up a provincial governor. It would not allow a provincial governor to be a separatist and unable to do anything about it.
In history, the Qing Dynasty had only set up eight governors. The Great Xia Dynasty was not far from this goal.
Secondly, the Moroca Province was isolated overseas, and the people under its jurisdiction were not Han Chinese. Its situation was rather special, and compared to the other inland provinces, it needed a powerful central yamen to govern the overall situation.
Furthermore, the Moroca Province was located in the African continent, bordering the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Opposite it was the American continent. The surrounding situation was extremely complicated, and it required a powerful figure to hold down the fort.
This was similar to how the Tang had set up military governors at the borders. was.
Thirdly, the Moroca Province had just been conquered, and it was not a core region. Setting up a provincial governor here could be considered a test. It would be beneficial for the imperial court to perfect the authority of the governor and explore the relevant systems.
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Apart from that, Ouyang Shuo had another arrangement for the Moroca Province, which was to build a new city outside of the existing four cities: Xiuta City.
In reality, the autonomous city of Ceuta used to be a Spanish possession in North Africa, located in the northernmost part of the Maghreb, near the Mediterranean Sea near the Strait of Gibraltar, bordering Morocco, with an area of about 185 square kilometers.
To put it simply, Ceuta's geographical location was similar to the Base City's. The two cities were located in the south and north respectively, guarding the Strait of Gibraltar.
In history, Xiuda had always been an important strategic city on the trade route as well as a strategic military location.
Like Gibraltar, the port of Xiuta was exceptionally prosperous.
Thus, after conquering Morocco, how could Ouyang Shuo not strengthen this place? With the Base City and Xiuta City, it was tantamount to announcing that the Great Xia Dynasty had firmly secured the throat of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Any ship that travelled between the two seas had to obey the Great Xia Dynasty.
In the game, due to the overt or covert hints or pressure from the Spanish and other countries, the Moroccan players had never dared to build a city in Xiuda. Ouyang Shuo, however, had no such misgivings.
Since they had fallen out, Ouyang Shuo naturally did not mind playing with the Mediterranean Sea Lord.
…
"System Notification: Moroca Province has been successfully named. Do you wish to rename the cities in the province?"
"No!"
Ouyang Shuo was not that bored. Retaining the original name of the city was also to give the people of Morocco something to remember.
"System Notification: Moroca Province planning is complete. Officially opening Rabat City's international teleportation formation. Friendly Reminder: Rabat City's international teleportation formation can only be connected to the teleportation formation within the territory. It cannot be directly connected to the teleportation formations of the China region's capital or other territories. "
With the system notification, the broken stone tablet was restored to its original state. The difference was that the stone tablet was no longer engraved with the words' Moroca-Rabat City ', but' Great Xia Dynasty – Rabat City '.
With the fall of Morocco, Rabat City was no longer a capital, but a provincial capital. Thankfully, the satellite city had been created before the national war, so Gaia would not take it back.
Since there were no players in the Moroca Province, Ouyang Shuo could consider guiding the players of the China region to settle down in the Moroca Province and develop the Underworld there.
After the setting was completed, the national war could be considered to have come to an end.
Of course, this was only the first step to taking over Morocco. There were still many other matters to deal with, including the reorganization of the army, the appointment and dismissal of officials, the planning of the Moroca Province, and the appeasement of the people.
Every single matter could not be delayed.
Thankfully, after the activation of the teleportation formation, Rabat City and Shanhai City could be connected, saving him a lot of trouble.
Ouyang Shuo planned to be a 'hands-off boss'. The reorganization of the army would be handled by the Grand Council, while the appointment and dismissal of officials, as well as the planning of the province, would be handled by the cabinet.
Once the two central authorities were done discussing and coming up with a detailed plan, they would report it to Ouyang Shuo for approval.
Ouyang Shuo also wanted to use this matter to test the cabinet and the Grand Council. It had been more than a month since the establishment of the two central authorities. It was time for them to show their true effectiveness.
There were many things that could not be discovered without putting them into practice.
Since ancient times, the struggle between the imperial power and the prime minister's power had existed throughout the dynasty. As the founding emperor, Ouyang Shuo naturally did not have to worry about being constrained by the prime minister's power. However, he wanted to explore a system that could be used everywhere, one that was new with time, so that the entire dynasty could enjoy long-term peace.
Ouyang Shuo's design for the Great Xia Dynasty could not be said to be perfect. He was only an adventurer in his previous life. He only knew the name of many of the structures, but not the essence.
In order to truly understand this system, Ouyang Shuo still had to learn more and practice more. This was also one of Gaia's good intentions. If he did not temper the feudal lords, how could they achieve great things in the future?
That afternoon, the Grand Council and Military Affairs Minister Du Ruhui was ordered to rush to Rabat City to preside over the reorganization of the army. The Vice Minister of the Cabinet, Kou Zhun, also came with a group of capable officials. They were in charge of appeasing the people and inspecting the Moroca Province, so that the cabinet could draw up the personnel arrangements of the Moroca Province.
The two ministers did not immediately start work when they arrived. Instead, they went to the palace to pay a visit to the king. The two of them knew that although the king had given them great autonomy, they could not really act on their own.
Before "starting work", they had to first listen to the king's instructions. That was the way of a minister.
Ouyang Shuo was not surprised. The two ministers were experienced and did not need him to hint anything. During the conversation, Ouyang Shuo did not hold back and tactfully mentioned his plans for the army and the province.
This idea was the outline of what the Grand Council and the cabinet would do next. If they did not understand this outline, no matter how much effort they put in, the final plan would probably not meet the king's expectations.
The three of them talked for the entire afternoon.
After the discussion, Du Ruhui and Kou Zhun finally felt confident and could start work without worry.
In the evening, Huo Qubing sent news that Agadir had been captured by the imperial guards. The reason why they had delayed until now to deal with Agadir was because more than 90% of the time had been spent on the road.
Early in the morning, after defeating the Spanish Invincible Fleet, Alvaro had led the fleet to take Tangier. At this point, there were no more free territories in Morocco, and all of them were under the rule of the Great Xia Dynasty.
The only regret was that there was no news from Lu Bu, who was in charge of hunting Muhammad VI, until night fell. Ouyang Shuo was worried that Muhammad VI had already fled to the eastern mountains.
If that was the case, it would be difficult.
…
At night, Ouyang Shuo held a banquet in the palace to reward the soldiers. The palace would not be transformed into a provincial governor's office. Instead, it would be named Rabat Palace for Ouyang Shuo's residence in Africa.
Rabat Palace was also Ouyang Shuo's first palace outside of the royal city.
The next morning, Ouyang Shuo issued a military order. Other than the Fifth Dragon Stallion Army, who would temporarily remain in Morocco to assist the Grand Council in reorganizing the prisoners of war, the remaining First Dragon Stallion Army, Second Dragon Stallion Army, and Third Dragon Stallion Army would immediately return to their stations after completing the handover procedures.
On the 23rd, Lu Bu and his party returned to Rabat City.
As Ouyang Shuo had expected, Muhammad VI's party had disappeared into the vast mountains. Even with the Black Snake Guard's guidance, Lu Bu and his party could not find any traces of the enemy.
Helpless, Lu Bu could only turn back and report to Bai Qi.
The accompanying Black Snake Guard spy stayed behind and continued to search for Muhammad VI's whereabouts.
When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he immediately sent an order to the Black Snake Guard to complete the mission of searching for Muhammad VI alone.
"Your Majesty, rest assured. Even if we have to search the entire African continent, the Black Snake Guard will find Muhammad VI." The Black Snake Guard received the order and made a military pledge.
Ouyang Shuo nodded, but did not comment.
In truth, Ouyang Shuo did not really care whether or not he could find Muhammad VI. Even if Muhammad VI escaped to another country in Africa, he would not be able to cause any trouble.
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