The World Game Online - Chapter 761

[Chapter 759 Trade Protectionism]

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The next morning, Ouyang Shuo set off again.

Arrived at Wither Fortress on October 13th.

Ouyang Shuo specially rushed to Guilin County this time, half of which was for the Fortress of Withering.

The battle of guarding the pass a few years ago became an indelible disgrace to Ouyang Shuo’s career as a lord.

After the war, at Pei Ju’s suggestion, a stele of shame was erected in front of the fortress.

Now that Guilin County has taken back, it is time to turn the page.

Knowing Junshang’s itinerary, the mountain barbarian soldiers from the 1st Division of the Baotao Army’s 1st Division returned from Guiping Pass ahead of schedule and rushed to the Fortress of Withering to gather to welcome Junshang.

Accompanying him was Han Xin, the commander of the Leopard Army, and even Zhang Han ran back specially.

Today’s Withering Fortress, the usually sunny weather suddenly turned gloomy, with no sunlight to be seen.

Dark clouds cover the top, and there is a sense of chilling between the sky and the earth.

In the sultry weather, there was a sudden evil wind, which was extremely cold.

In front of the stele of shame, Ouyang Shuo stood alone, behind him were Han Xin and Zhang Han, leading soldiers, covering a large area.

Every Shanman warrior stood upright, like a javelin, with a solemn expression.

The sky and the earth are long, as if the focus of the entire landscape is on Ouyang Shuo.

At this moment, Ouyang Shuo condensed a force that could shake the world.

Even the gust of wind miraculously spared Ouyang Shuo’s side.

When Han Xin and others saw it, their eyes were full of awe, and they bowed unconsciously, not daring to compete with the young man in front of them.

In Han Xin’s memory, he has never seen this kind of power even in Gaozu Liu Bang.

If Di Chen and the others were present at this time, they would probably be terrified.

They don’t understand until now, what kind of strength is supporting Ouyang Shuo, a commoner boy, to stride forward with Shanhai City on his weak shoulders, thus creating the biggest miracle in China, and even in the world.

Let the name of mountains and seas shock the world.

And this inner strength was exactly what Dichen and the others really lacked.

If they don’t understand this point, they will never be able to keep up with the pace of Shanhai City, and they can only be poor spoilers.

Han Xin looked up at the sky, saw that the time had come, and ordered: “Fire!” There

was a p1-type artillery parked in front of the stele of shame, and he

was ordered to ignite immediately. He smashed the stele of shame to pieces.

The strong wind blew past, blowing up bursts of stone chips, floating into the air, and the shame of the past completely disappeared.

“Let’s go!”

Ouyang Shuo turned around and took the lead to the other side of the hill.

Rows of stone monuments are erected on the grassy hillside, with no end in sight.

That was the mountain barbarian warrior who died in the battle of guarding the pass, and continued to guard the wither fortress like the most loyal guard.

There was a new grave on the left side of the hillside. It was the soldiers who died in the battle with Li Mu this time. It was a large area, very dazzling, and very tragic.

Under the witness of Ouyang Shuo, a monument was erected on the top of the mountain to commemorate these brave fighters.

The monument was only erected after a year, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the soldiers who died in battle.

Their sacrifices were not in vain!

Ouyang Shuo held a bunch of dried sweet-scented osmanthus flowers and placed them solemnly in front of the monument.

This sweet-scented osmanthus flower is not ordinary, it is the sweet-scented osmanthus flower that he broke specially when passing through Wuzhou County and passing through Mowang Slope.

The Demon God Chi You was buried on the Demon King Slope, which is now the holy land of the mountain barbarians.

Last year’s wilderness was full of chills, and the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers on Mowangpo withered overnight.

This year is different, the sweet-scented osmanthus blooms exceptionally lush and bright.

“My sons, rest in peace!”

Ouyang Shuo said, bowing slowly.

“Salute!”

Swipe quickly, and the soldiers who followed behind Ouyang Shuo swiped and saluted.

Tears flashed faintly in the eyes of these soldiers because of their excitement.

The scene of your majesty bowing will forever be engraved in the hearts of the soldiers of the Shanman and cannot be erased.

In ancient times, it was unimaginable for a king to bow to the fallen soldiers.

This kind of shock, people who were not of that era, could not understand at all.

In the afternoon of that day, Ouyang Shuo set off for the next station and left the withering fortress.

But everything he did today will be deeply remembered by the mountain barbarians and the entire army.

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October 16th, Guilin County, Bushan City.

Before Ouyang Shuo’s trip arrived at Suobu Mountain City, the prefecture of Guilin, the officials dispatched by the Southern Border Protectorate had already arrived ahead of schedule, and Zhang Tingyu, the Director of Civil Affairs, personally led the team.

Naturally, Zhang Tingyu presided over the government affairs of Guilin County for the time being.

Under Zhang Tingyu’s management, when Ouyang Shuo arrived in Guilin County, the riots caused by the handover in various prefectures and counties had basically subsided, and the people’s hearts were initially settled.

The government offices in Guilin County, including Bushan City, have all been rebuilt according to the structure of Shanhai City.

Next is the break-in period.

Even the Guilin County Garrison Division was formed under the auspices of Han Xin.

Half of the soldiers were exchanged from the garrison division of Xunzhou County, and half were recruited locally in Guilin County.

Han Xin is not only the commander of the Leopard Army, but also the commander of the Southern Sichuan War Zone. The garrison divisions of the four southern Sichuan counties are all under his jurisdiction.

Therefore, except for the routine intervention of the General Administration of Military Affairs, Ouyang Shuo did not participate in the formation of the Guilin County Garrison Division from the beginning to the end.

Even the candidates for the head of the garrison division were recommended by Han Xin.

Now that the positions of the four commanders in the army have been established, Ouyang Shuo still needs to decentralize this bit of power. He can’t give the generals a famous name without a corresponding status, right?

That’s no nonsense!

What Ouyang Shuo needs to do is to improve the mechanism and strengthen supervision.

In history, there are many lords who finally tasted the bitter fruit because they were unwilling to delegate power, did not dare to employ people, and were stingy with rewards, such as Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu.

Even in the Three Kingdoms that just ended, Lu Bu can be regarded as one of these princes.

In addition to the garrison division, the Leopard Tao Army has also undergone partial adjustments.

During the Battle of Xuanwuguan, the Second Army captured more than 15,000 prisoners of war. Because Yan Liang avoided fighting, the number of deaths in the Second Army was almost negligible.

In the battle of Guiping Pass, because of Li Mu’s decisive withdrawal of troops and the obstruction of traps, there were basically no prisoners of war.

On the other hand, more than 6,000 people from the First Legion were killed in battle, and most of them were mountain barbarians.

Although the scale of the mountain barbarians in the territory is already relatively large, it is still a bit difficult to gather these soldiers in a short period of time.

In desperation, the General Administration of Military Affairs, after consulting Ouyang Shuo’s opinion, decided to use 15,000 prisoners of war to form an independent division, which was temporarily placed under the command of the Baotao Army.

The eliminated soldiers just happened to be incorporated into the garrison division.

As for the casualties of the mountain barbarians of the Baotao Army’s No.

The gaps that cannot be filled will be left empty for the time being, and arrangements will be made after the end of the Yunnan War.

Ouyang Shuo has always preferred lack of ace divisions like the Shanman Heavy Infantry Division.

……

Guilin County’s military and political affairs have achieved a smooth transition, so there is no need for Ouyang Shuo to worry about it.

At best, he did a routine soothing act when passing through Bushan City.

If they really wanted to intervene, it would be difficult for Zhang Tingyu and Han Xin to do so.

Therefore, after only staying in Bushan City for a day, Ouyang Shuo set off again non-stop, and went to the border of Guilin County together with Fan Li, Director of Finance who had been waiting in Bushan City for a long time.

Ouyang Shuo rushed to Guilin County to sign a trade agreement with [North Sichuan City-State] and [Shunan City-State].

Because of the wide-ranging and unusual significance involved, it is necessary for him, the emperor, to attend in person.

On the other side of the city-state, the officials of Ximen and the two lords of Caiyunzhinan were also represented.

In this way, it can be regarded as the first time that the Big Three have met seriously.

It’s strange to say that in the battle of Chibi that just ended, Ximen Daguanren and Caiyun Zhinan just stumbled Shanhai City, and it’s only been two months since they were about to shake hands and discuss cooperation.

Things are impermanent!

In other words, the wilderness has no permanent friends, let alone permanent enemies.

The place where the agreement was signed was chosen at the junction of the three major provinces of Southern Sichuan Province, Northern Sichuan Province, and Southern Shonen Province, an unnamed town called Sanjiang Town.

By the time the agreement is signed, this place may be known as the wilderness.

On the way to Sanjiang Town, Fan Li briefly reported the main terms of the trade agreement signed this time, and asked Ouyang Shuo to make a final decision.

The trading partners of Shanhai City, to put it more closely, include Lingxi City, which has been annexed, and in China, there are also Stone City, Xunlong City, and the Western Chu regime that is under negotiation.

Farther away, there are ASEAN countries such as Ni, Johor, and Siam.

A little further away is Somalia in Africa, France and Atlantis in the Mediterranean, and finally England.

These trading partners jointly built the ocean trade channel of Shanhai City, supported the vigorous maritime trade of Shanhai City, and brought huge wealth to Shanhai City.

Therefore, when it comes to signing trade agreements, Shanhai City is an expert.

It’s just that [Northern Sichuan City-state] is different from [Shonan City-state], and some special treatment is needed.

The opinions of the General Administration of Finance are roughly three.

Among other things, tariffs.

Compared with other trading partners, UU Kanshu www.sonicmtl.

com collected more revenue from the two major city-states in terms of tariffs.

Tariffs are an important source of Shanhai City’s financial revenue, and the General Administration of Finance will obviously not soften its heart towards the two major city-states.

As a result of Fan Li’s repression, according to the opinion of the Department of Commerce, 20% was finally mentioned.

Second, the list of export commodities.

According to different partners, Shanhai City has specific targets when establishing the list of import and export commodities.

For the two major city-states, this kind of targeting is naturally more stringent.

The opinion of the General Administration of Finance is that basically only the two major city-states are allowed to use the ocean trade channel to sell the special products of the two places.

As for other products that conflict with Shanhai City’s products, the export is prohibited.

For imports, there are not too strict restrictions.

This is also to ensure that Shanhai City’s own industry will not be impacted by the two major city-state markets, which can be regarded as a relatively primitive “trade protection”.

[End of this Chapter]