The World Game Online - Chapter 236

[Chapter 236]

Ouyang Shuo formed five brigades at one time, added 18 battalions, and recruited more than 9,000 soldiers, basically exhausting all the reserve troops accumulated by the Military Affairs Administration since the rogues attacked the city.

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Ouyang Shuo made a rough calculation, the military expansion this time will cost 1000 gold coins just to change jobs.

He is making money at an unimaginable speed for other lords, and he is also spending money at an unimaginable speed for other lords.

When he first entered the game, 100 gold coins was a huge sum of money to Ouyang Shuo.

In less than a year, the capital turnover he has handled is already based on thousands.

Because of the rapid expansion of the size of the army, the average combat effectiveness of the army will inevitably decline.

In addition, the supply of weapons and equipment began to fail to keep up with the pace of military expansion.

According to the army standard of Shanhai County, the equipment rate of field army bows must reach 100%, which is already impossible.

The Tang sword, the main weapon of the sword and shield soldiers and cavalry, and the weapon workshop can’t keep up with the progress.

The 3,000 green clam horses bred in the pasture in the west of the city were even exhausted, and they were still not enough to fill the Guards Brigade and the Fourth Brigade of the First Division, and there was still a shortfall of 1,500 horses.

As for the cavalry battalions of the three city guard brigades, it is still far away to install green clam horses.

A huge army is also a huge financial burden.

According to the previously established military salary standard, a battalion, calculated according to the average rank of soldiers of the fourth rank, has a monthly military salary of 275 gold coins.

By analogy, the monthly military salary of a brigade is 1375 gold coins; the monthly military salary of a division is 8250 gold coins, not including the military salary of the brigade commander and division commander.

Among them, the officers’ pay accounted for 35%.

With such a huge military expenditure, Ouyang Shuo no longer easily withholds the profits turned over from Langshan Mine and Beimu Saltworks. Except for special circumstances, all of them are directly transferred to the Finance Department.

Therefore, now is the strongest period for Shanhai County’s army, and it is also the weakest period.

Military affairs are only the prelude to this military and political meeting.

Ouyang Shuo looked around and said, “The layout of the Hou’s Mansion was established in the first-level county town, and it has been more than four months since then. With the increase of administrative staff in various departments, the Wenhua Courtyard has begun to appear a little crowded. ”

Therefore, the Marquis decided to officially launch the construction of the official office area on the west side of the Hou Mansion in accordance with the county town plan. The standard is that each department will build an independent office courtyard, and each department will form a courtyard group. Including the current military affairs All offices were relocated to the official office area.”

“As for the Hou’s Mansion, the front yard was transformed into a pure meeting hall. In addition to the main meeting hall, two side halls were arranged on both sides. The military and political meeting in the month is usually discussed in the side hall. The offices in the front yard are

all relocated to the Wenhua Court.”

The change in the structure of the Hou Mansion is essentially a change in the positioning of the Hou Mansion.

After the construction of the official district, the Hou Mansion will quietly transform from the territorial government center to the highest power center.

It also means that Ouyang Shuo formally delegated the territorial affairs to the division level, and only grasped the highest power to control the overall situation, and no longer interfered with specific affairs.

Ouyang Shuo felt that foreign affairs began to increase, and he no longer had much energy to deal with the specific and subtle affairs of the territory, so he took advantage of the overcrowding of the Mandarin Academy to drastically reform the structure of the territory.

This transformation is not as clear and clear as the establishment of a certain department or department before, but its influence is greater than any previous adjustment of the political structure.

Fan Zhongyan and Tian Wenjing must have figured out this profound internal change, and Yingyou and Ge Hongliang should also have some clues.

As for these directors, they are purely grateful for having an independent courtyard and not having to work under the eyes of the lord.

Xu Shuda and Xu Zhenchang are probably the only ones who can see the deep meaning.

Fan Zhongyan and Tian Wenjing looked at each other, the meaning in their eyes was self-evident.

Ouyang Shuo didn’t care about the thoughts of the people below, and continued: “As the affairs of the territory become more and more onerous, there are more and more official documents that need to be reviewed by the Marquis. It is difficult for the clerk to support it alone. For this reason, the Marquis decided to set up The secretarial office is specially responsible for handling official documents. The chief officer of the secretarial office is appointed Secretary Lang, who is the same as the director, and Bai Nanpu will be in charge, and four to five clerks will be recruited to assist Secretary Lang in handling official documents.”

“Thank you for the promotion!” Bai Nanpu finally got ahead and got a formal position.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of adjusting the secretary’s office, Ouyang Shuo announced the candidate for the director of the construction department to replace Zhao Dewang, and he was Hao Jiancheng who had been promoted to deputy director.

Ouyang Shuo originally planned to ask Sun Xiaoyue to take over the post of Director of Construction, but unfortunately Sun Xiaoyue’s hobbies were limited to architectural design, and he had no interest in taking up administrative positions, so Ouyang Shuo could only give up.

After adjusting the territory structure, Ouyang Shuo began to announce his territory development plan: “Occupying five subordinate territories at one time is certainly gratifying. The next step is how to truly integrate these five territories into the Shanhai County system. For them, we must There must be a priority and a sequence. At present, the core is the construction of Tianfeng County. The strategic location of Tianfeng County is very important, and no matter how important it is, the positioning of Tianfeng County should be raised to With

a higher standard, it will be the central city of the west in the future.”

“In order to support the construction of Tianfeng County, Ben Hou decided that, except for those prisoners who have been selected into the reserve service of the Military Affairs Administration, the prisoners who have been exterminated from the Eshiling bandits Send them all to Tianfeng County. What are you going to do? Now you have missed the time for farmland reclamation and the second season of rice planting. The answer is to build the city wall. The existing city wall in Tianfeng County is too small to accommodate The number of people is limited, which does not match its positioning. The outer city wall of Tianfeng County will be built according to the county level, with a side length of 10 kilometers, a wall thickness of 30 meters, and a height of 10 meters.”

The core task of Tianfeng County in the next half year is to Complete the two super-large infrastructure projects of the outer city wall and the official road.

Ouyang Shuo’s appointment of Zhao Dewang as Tianfeng county magistrate was based on such considerations.

Ouyang Shuo’s idea was very simple. Before the completion of Tianhai Road, outside the isolated territory of Tianfeng County, the sky was high and the emperor was far away, so there was no development at all.

Ouyang Shuo simply went the opposite way, building the city wall first, and then proceeding with the construction of the territory.

“In addition to Tianfeng County, the second priority is Gushan Town. Gushan Town is close to the Shanman tribe in the central area, and its geographical location is also superior. Benhou decided to move all the residents of Gushan Town to Yishui in the north. Town, and guide the Shanman tribe down the mountain, and build Gushan Town into a Shanman autonomous town.” Having said this, Ouyang Shuo turned to Tian Wenjing, “Yangon, I entrust you with full authority to build Gushan Town Take the lead.”

“Here!” Tian Wenjing nodded in response.

Compared with the Shanman settlements built in Yushui County, Gushan Town has its inherent advantages. Its infrastructure is very complete and does not require repeated construction. It can accommodate more than ten or twenty Shanman tribes at the same time.

Gushan Town had already had contact with the Shanman tribe, so the work of persuasion should be much easier.

The only regret is that the second season of rice planting has already been missed. After the Shanman descended from the mountain, Shanhai County needed free assistance for half a year’s rations, which was a considerable investment.

Ouyang Shuo still understands the truth that he can’t bear the fact that children can’t be tied to wolves.

After the aborigines of Gushan Town moved to Yishui Town, it can promote the development of Yishui Town, and it is expected to promote Yishui Town to Yishui County.

Before taking down the easternmost Duanren Town, Yishui Town is the bridgehead of Shanhai County in the east, and there is no room for loss.

Therefore, after starting the construction of Tianhai Road, Ouyang Shuo urged Yushui County to start the official road between Yushui County and Yishui Town, including the official road along with Gushan Town.

Since the descending mountain barbarians are temporarily unable to farm, it is undoubtedly the best choice to requisition to build official roads, so as not to cause a waste of labor.

As for the task of mopping up the rogues along the official road, it was naturally handed over to the camp in the east of the city.

In a few words, Ouyang Shuo explained the half-year plan for the five subordinate territories, pointing out the direction for the next work of the various departments and departments of the base camp.

After the rapid expansion of the territory, another problem in Shanhai County has also been exposed, and that is the extreme shortage of talents.

Compared with the Shanhai Town in the same period, the five subordinate territories occupied are far from the talent pool.

The base camp in Shanhai County had to transfer a large number of grassroots government officials to the affiliated territories.

As a result, there is a shortage of talents in the base camp itself.

If it was just a shortage of grassroots government personnel, Ouyang Shuo wouldn’t be too nervous.

After all, there is Southwest University, and after a little training, you can start working.

The crux of the problem is that there is a lack of independent talents in the government affairs system of Shanhai County.

Except for Fan Zhongyan and Tian Wenjing, there are no high-ranking officials who can do it.

This is what Ouyang Shuo worried about. The chief officials of the five subordinate territories were all reluctant to do so. UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com had more than enough to maintain and not enough to develop, so they couldn’t reassure Ouyang Shuo at all.

Talent has become the main obstacle restricting the high development of Shanhai County.

The Southwest University is following a long-term plan, and the Shanhai County Office established in the system Wangcheng is fighting a protracted war. It will not be able to achieve immediate results in a short while.

Historical talents are so rare.

In the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties that are now unlocked, there are not many famous officials who can be recorded in the annals of history.

The only one that Ouyang Shuo cared about was Yi Yin in the early Shang Dynasty.

It’s a pity that the Battle of Muye has been over for a month and a half, and no one has found Yi Yin’s trace so far.

Ordinarily, Shanhai County still has an advantage in attracting famous officials from the Shang Dynasty. Not only does it have Elai, a general at the end of the Shang Dynasty, but it also has the Shang Ding gifted by Emperor Xin of the Shang Dynasty. It has a close relationship with the Shang Dynasty. .

Coupled with the architectural features of the Mazu Temple, Recruitment Hall, and Huangdi Temple, the reputation of Shanhai County has been greatly enhanced, so Shanhai County has a great advantage in attracting historical figures.

Even so, nothing has been achieved so far, what a fuss!

(To be continued.)

[End of this Chapter]