On the last day of May, the Xia Dynasty's negotiation delegation led by Violet officially arrived at Atlantis City to begin a round of arduous negotiations.
Ouyang Shuo, who was in charge of Shanhai City, was not idle either.
That morning, Qingyi handed over a booklet that listed the names of nearly twenty guilds.
"This is?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
Qingyi said, "Your Majesty, this is the list of guilds in the China region that want to take over the rights to guard the satellite town of Labat. They are all here, from all nine Royal Cities."
Since the news of the Xia Dynasty's capture of Morocco spread, the satellite town outside of Labat City had attracted the attention of countless guild leaders in the China region. Although there were nine Royal Cities in the China region, there were too many monks and not enough gruel. There were many large guilds that did not take over the rights to guard the city.
Knowing that the satellite town of Labat was still an empty city, there were naturally people who were tempted. In the game, the players did not care much about the region. It was the same no matter where they explored the underground world.
Therefore, the satellite town of Labat had a great attraction to the guilds.
Since Ouyang Shuo returned to Shanhai City, there was an endless stream of guild leaders who came to visit him. However, they were all blocked outside the Xia Palace and were received by Qingyi, a scholar from the Secret Literature Pavilion.
Ouyang Shuo did not refuse to meet them because he wanted to put on airs.
This was because among the guild leaders who came to visit, there were many who were related to him. For example, guilds that were on good terms with Snow Rose and the original Breeze Pavilion, or people who were familiar with Ouyang Shuo and Song Jia in real life. Most of them were his classmates.
Until today, Ouyang Shuo's real identity was already an open secret. The students who did not know the truth were shocked and excited at the same time. It was normal for them to want to get some benefits from the Xia Dynasty.
Ouyang Shuo even saw the name of Liangshan Mercenary Group on the list. It seemed that Ouyang Shuo's act of gifting the sword gave Song Pu some unnecessary thoughts, but Song Pu was overthinking.
In order to avoid suspicion, Ouyang Shuo simply refused to meet them.
Unexpectedly, Ouyang Shuo's refusal to meet them aroused the interest of the other guild leaders. In the eyes of these big shots, Emperor Xia refused to meet them. Naturally, he wanted to be impartial and not biased.
Therefore, in the past week, the number of guilds that felt that they were qualified had reached more than 20. Today, almost all the guilds with the same idea had submitted their applications. That was why Cyan Gown had gathered the name list and handed it over to Ouyang Shuo to decide.
Ouyang Shuo glanced at the name list and immediately understood. Then, he said with a smile, "Dream on."
"Could it be that His Majesty doesn't intend to arrange for the China region's guilds to be stationed in the satellite city?" Cyan Yi was puzzled.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said, "We naturally have to make arrangements. But which one, or which few? By what standards? We can't let them take advantage of such a huge satellite city. "
Ouyang Shuo was very wary of other guilds after the change of banner of the Tingyu Tower and other guilds. Who knew which guild had a hidden pawn of the Silver Hand?
Ouyang Shuo wouldn't be at ease if he didn't have a thorough understanding of the guild.
However, only [Snow Rose] and [Baleful Blood Mercenary Group] could be considered as allies of the Great Xia Dynasty. However, they were the guardian guilds of their respective Royal Cities.
As for those classmates and friends, Ouyang Shuo didn't believe them at all. If Ouyang Shuo had any brothers or sisters, even if they were cousins, things would be easy to solve.
Putting bloodline clans in important positions was also an important way to maintain the rule of the dynasty.
Unfortunately, there wasn't.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
Ouyang Shuo thought for a moment and said, "Let the Mountain Sea Guards check first and eliminate the guilds that may have been infiltrated by the Silver Hand. Then, we'll bid from the remaining guilds."
Although the guardian guilds were not only a huge threat to the Moroca Province, they had to be guarded against.
Cyan Gown was startled. He thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, are you talking about bidding?" After staying by Ouyang Shuo's side for a long time, Cyan Gown could already understand Ouyang Shuo's unconstrained ideas.
"Yes." Ouyang Shuo smiled and said, "Let's use the guardian of Rabat's satellite city as the target. The bidding conditions include a commission of more than three million gold coins, more than five percent of the guild's shares, and more than five percent of the tax revenue of the satellite city. The one who gives the best comprehensive conditions will win the bid. "
"Understood!"
Cyan Gown knew that the King wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune.
Ouyang Shuo had a clear conscience. Since he could not differentiate between friend and foe, then the highest bidder would win. With this amount of money, he could barely cover the expenses of the attack on Moroca.
Just to restore Rabat City, Ouyang Shuo spent a million gold coins. Including the military expenses, the purchase of war materials, war losses, post-war compensation, military reorganization, and so on, three million gold coins were still not enough.
Fortunately, other than this amount of money, after taking down Rabat, he plundered a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, armors, and weapons from the palace treasury and the Royal City treasury. Preliminary estimates showed that the total value was no less than two million gold coins.
In addition, Ouyang Shuo found a substitute doll and a king-level summoning talisman in the palace treasury. Both were priceless items.
After the war, the Xia Dynasty did not make a loss.
Under Song Jia's strong request, Ouyang Shuo kept the substitute doll by his side. In Song Jia's words, "You are Emperor Xia now. You can't be willful anymore. Your first priority is to stay alive."
Ouyang Shuo was helpless but he had to obey. When he was in the satellite town, Tita's sneak attack made Ouyang Shuo realize that he was starting to cherish his life.
Now that he was carrying the substitute doll, he did not know if it was a good or bad thing.
Ouyang Shuo needed to understand and break through the crux of the matter. Others could help.
As for the king-level summoning talisman, Ouyang Shuo did not use it. Instead, he gave it to the Siege Lion. It was to thank the Siege Lion for giving him the Limited Summoning Card.
Without that card, the Xia Dynasty's road to building a nation would be bumpy.
Ouyang Shuo hated owing favors the most.
After he regained his senses, Ouyang Shuo said to Qingyi, "Let the commercial office handle the bidding. They should have accumulated some experience in bidding."
"Yes!"
Ouyang Shuo said, "Since we are talking about the satellite town, let's handle the immigration of Moroca Province as well."
"Please advise, Your Majesty!"
Qingyi had already prepared a brush and ink to record it down. Many of the dynasty's policies were spoken by Ouyang Shuo. He said whatever came to mind. This required the Secret Text Pavilion to organize it.
Thus, Qingyi had already developed the habit of recording.
Ouyang Shuo said, "The number of players migrating to Moroca Province, excluding the satellite town, is tentatively set at one million. Life profession players and casual players will still be the majority. Casabianca is still very attractive to casual players. Thus, we can increase the number of casual players to 600,000. "
Casabianca was a garden city and a holiday destination. It was very attractive to casual players. It was one of the best cities to retire.
Even if the Great Xia Dynasty did not provide them with social security, there would still be elderly people who would be willing to settle down in Casabianca. There were many wealthy people among the elderly. Not all of them were poor.
Casabianca's tourism industry had great potential.
Speaking of which, he really had to thank the previous leader, Carolyn, for managing Casabianca so well.
"Other than the players, transfer 200,000 natives from the various provinces to migrate to Moroca Province. Correspondingly, 200,000 natives can be relocated from Moroca Province to settle down in the domestic province. "Ouyang Shuo continued.
The purpose of the cross-migration was naturally to dilute the Arab atmosphere in Moroca Province and completely integrate the province into the Great Xia Dynasty's system. This way, they would not be at odds with the central government.
Coupled with the unique characteristics of the dynasty, the refugees in the cities of Moroca Province would all be Han Chinese. In a year or two, the complete transformation of Moroca Province would be completed.
At that time, Moroca Province would be no different from the other provinces.
Naturally, the cross-migration had a price to pay. Just the cost of settling down the two sides would be a huge expenditure. The entire implementation would probably cost millions of gold coins.
In addition to the cost of settling down the players, the expenditure would be even greater.
Ouyang Shuo pondered for a moment before saying, "After the bidding for the satellite town's guild qualification, keep a million gold coins from the commission for the resettlement of the migrants. The remaining funds will be settled by the finance department."
Stabilizing Moroca Province was a huge boon for the dynasty's finances. At this moment, the finance minister, Fan Li, would probably not obstruct them with an advance payment.
When Qingyi heard this, she noted it down.
"Should we imitate the Star State County and auction off the surrounding islands of Moroca Province?" Qingyi suggested.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said, "No need. Moroca Province is different from the Star State County. There are no countries in the vicinity that would interest the PK maniacs of the China region. Furthermore, the surrounding islands need to be built into a fixed naval supply base. It's not suitable to be auctioned off. Let's not be greedy for this sum of money. "
Qingyi frowned and said, "If we build a base, it will be another expenditure."
Ouyang Shuo smiled and said, "That can't be helped. Moroca Province is surrounded by powerful enemies. If we don't do this, we won't be able to rest easy. I made a rough calculation. With five million gold coins, it's basically enough to fill the holes in the war and get Moroca Province back on the right track. If it's just a little less, rather than having designs on the islands, it's better to let the commerce department do a better job and squeeze out more commission. "
"I will pass on the king's intentions to the commerce department."
Qingyi had experienced the king's' greed '. He really wanted to squeeze the guild dry.
Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "Then let's do this for now!"
In just half an hour, Ouyang Shuo had decided on the general direction of Moroca Province.
… …
On the 1st of June, once the news of the Great Xia Dynasty bidding for the satellite town's guild qualification was announced, it naturally caused another round of heated discussion.
There were those who called out the Great Xia Dynasty for being black-hearted, while there were those who were eager to make a move.
The intelligent guild leaders had already thought of the [Blood Shadow Alliance]'s strategy of restructuring. Using an alliance to participate in the bidding was obviously more advantageous than fighting alone, and had a higher chance of success.
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