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Chapter 49 - Tian Wenjing

Translator: TeamTWO

Editor: Levs

The next day, Ouyang Shuo didn't get online until 10 AM in game time.

Bing'er's winter vacation had started yesterday, and his little sister was wrapped around him all day. They strolled around, ate and drank, totally relaxing themselves.

In the front of the square was a sea of people. The Material Reserves Division was distributing the basic benefits and was extremely busy. Some of the determined villagers received their tickets and headed directly to the bank to get a house loan.

With the exception of the wine workshop and pottery workshop, the other shops and houses would have prices ranging around 60 silver coins. With everyone getting 20 silver coins issued, they would meet most of the conditions to get a loan to buy a house.

Ouyang Shuo expected that today, most of the listed properties would be sold out. Fortunately, the construction department had built hundreds of homes in antic.i.p.ation of this day for people to live in, otherwise he wouldn't have known how to salvage the situation.

He had calculated roughly, with the issuance of the various kinds of tickets, the total costs of privatization would cost over 600 gold coins. At this stage, he doubted any lord would be courageous enough to implement such generosity.

But it was all worth it. Ouyang Shuo looked at the economic index of the territory, and it had long pa.s.sed 30 points, and was still rising. In this way, except for the population index requirements and mulberry farms, the conditions to upgrade to a town had all been met.

By 3 PM, the basic benefits had all been paid out. Following today, new immigrants would be collecting their benefits directly from the Material Reserves Division.

Waiting until everything had settled down a bit, Ouyang Shuo convened a meeting in the main room of the manor, to listen to the trophies arising from the extermination of the raider camp.

In the chamber, Zhao Youfang began the report. "This time, we collected a total of 11,450 units of food, 1200 units of wood, and 500 units of wood. We also seized 105 gold coins, 45 silver, and 72 copper coins, five building plans, and one special item: Summoning Talisman.

The wood, stone, and building plans basically came from the destruction of the camp. Since he didn't personally lead the attack, as long as the enemy was broken, the camp would be automatically destroyed.

Except for the a.r.s.enal building blueprints which he had use for, the other four could only be sold off to the Market.

As for all the weapons and equipment, they were not within the scope of the findings. Ouyang Shuo had long ordered Lin Yi to take those back to the barracks and dispose of those themselves.

The, Gu Xiuwen began to report on personnel. "This time we recovered 125 noncombatants for the territory from the raider's camp. Among these people are both a chef and breeder, as well as tailors and blacksmiths. They were all intermediate skill talents, except the breeder was an advanced talent."

Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "After privatization, the village dining hall will be disbanded. The chef will be sent to the barracks and will be specifically responsible for the food supply of the army. Arrange for the tailors to be sent to Little Mu's tailor shop, she will put them to work. a.s.sign the smiths to the weapons workshop, w.a.n.g Gao can take them as apprentices. As for the advanced breeder, he can be responsible for the pigs and cattle pens, we have a lack of people there."

In Shanhai Village, skilled personnel were no longer a rarity. Therefore, Ouyang Shuo was also not like before, and didn't examine each individual one by one to determine the situation in detail, instead lining them up and sending them off.

125 new people would save 8 days on their march to a towns.h.i.+p upgrade. Coupled with the surge following the Siege of Beasts, they were now 20 days ahead of schedule.

Today was February 10th. In five days, Shanhai Village could be upgraded again. Upgrading from a grade 3 village to a grade 1 town in only 13 days time was an amazing accomplishment. So far, no one in China could compare, even Di Chen with his limitless checkbook hadn't caught up.

Out of the rewards of war, Ouyang Shuo took 100 gold coins, the building blueprints and the special item, a Summoning Talisman. The rest of the money naturally went to the Financial Division, with the food and other materials naturally sent to the Material Reserve Division's storage area.

Before giving the building plans over to the Construction Division, Ouyang Shuo took a look at them.

a.r.s.enal: Warehouse for storing weapons 

Requirements: a.r.s.enal building plans, 600 wood, 400 stone

Building time: 3 Days 

Ouyang Shuo told the Construction Division to start putting up the a.r.s.enal within the next two days. The location would specifically be right next to the barracks and weapons workshop, of course.

Then, Ouyang Shuo took out the summoning token to examine its properties.

Summoning Talisman (king level): Randomly summon a king-level historical figure for your use.

Although it was the lowest level of summoning talisman, it was still priceless. Ouyang Shuo did not expect that he would get so lucky, casually exterminating an intermediate raiders' camp could get him such a treasure! He did not hesitate to tear the summoning talisman, a white light flashed, and a middle-aged scribe appeared.

"System Notification: Congratulations to the player Qiyue Wuyi for successfully summoning the historical figure Tian Wenjing, special reward of 50 reputation points."

Seeing Ouyang Shuo, the scholar bowed deeply, saying respectfully, "I greet the lord!"

Ouyang Shuo was not neglectful and hurriedly stepped forward, his hands lifting the other, sincerely saying, "Please rise, sir! It is my pleasure to have you by my side, there is no need to bow!"

After the greeting, Ouyang Shuo quickly looked at Tian Wejing's stats.

Name: Tian Wejing (king level)

t.i.tle: Model Official of Xinjiang

Dynasty: The Qing Dynasty

Ident.i.ty: Shanhai Village Villager

Occupation: Civil Service

Loyalty: 75 points

Commander: 40

Force: 25

Intelligence: 70

Political: 85

Features: Official's Clarity (enhances administrative efficiency of the territory by 20%); Iron Calm (enhances territorial prestige by 20%); Fair and Honest (enhances the territory's honesty level by 20%)

Evaluation: One of Qing Dynasty Emperor Yongzheng's three beloved officials, known for being tricky, clear-minded, and cool of heart all in one. During his governance period, the law was strict, there were almost no thieves in his jurisdiction, and he held to very strict deadlines whenever given the task to expand.

 In terms of governmental ability, he was more adept than Fan Zhongyan. He had become an official at the age of 22, starting in Changle County, successfully becoming a magistrate. He knew the state, and also the officials outside his area. He had served as mayor, governor and other prestigious positions during his term, and was given the t.i.tle of 'Model Official of Xinjiang' by the Yongzheng Emperor.

The main reason why Fan Zhongyan was praised by history was, in addition to government affairs, his character and literary achievements. Tian Wenjing was different, he was fundamentally a governing official. Although he was clean and honest, he was still known as a 'strict official' in name.

They complemented each other. With Shanhai Village having the two men, the government could carry on without worries. Precisely because of this, Ouyang Shuo issued out a happy sigh of relief.

Because the day was already becoming late, it was inconvenient to talk. Ouyang Shuo called on Gu Xiuwen, let him arrange a living area for Tian Wenjing, while giving him a good introduction to the basic situation of Shanhai Village. Gu Xiuwen had done this job before, and would have no problems with it.

In addition, Ouyang Shuo specifically told him to inform the secretaries of each division that there would be a meeting tomorrow at 9 AM in the chamber.

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February 11, the next morning in the chamber.

The director of the Administration Department and the other secretaries were there. Ouyang Shuo took his place in the middle and sat down, officially introducing Tian Wenjing.

After the greetings, Ouyang Shuo said, "After nearly ten days of effort, privatization has achieved initial success. Today, we have come to convene and discuss two things. After privatization, military supplies must be kept independent. In addition, with the cooperation of the carpentry workshop, territorial vehicles need to be included in the unified jurisdiction, so some of the functions of the Material Reserves Division are going to become more and more complicated.

"Therefore, I have decided to officially upgrade the Material Reserves Division to Material Reserves Department. Underneath it will now be the Combat Logistics Division, the Transportation Division, and the Resource Division. 

"The Combat Logistics Division will be concerned with our a.r.s.enal, rations, and other military supplies, logistical supplies, as well as the well being of our horses.

"The Resource Division is responsible for the distribution of basic materials and the operation of the rice shops, meat shops and cloth factories. It will continue to oversee the logging stations, quarries, mining sites, and pastures, which are directly under the jurisdiction of the Material Reserves Department.

Zhao Youfang did not expect Ouyang Shuo to make such a big move, basically completely revising the remittance of the Material Reserves Department.

Not only was the duty of the Material Reserves divided into three parts, more ingenious was the fact that logging field, quarry, mining and ranching oversight was stripped out and placed directly under the director of the Material Reserves Department.

Not only that, the supply chain and reserve chain were elbowed apart, separated to avoid any dominance issue, which was Ouyang Shuo's real intention.

Waiting a moment for all of them to adjust to this big move, Ouyang Shuo went on. "I have appointed Tian Wenjing as the Director of Materials Reserve Department, he will be the coordinator of territorial material reserves."

Tian Wenjing stood up in a perfect salute, respectfully saying, "Thank you, lord! I will be dedicated and honor your trust, you need have no worries!"

There was no argument over this appointment. At this stage, he was the only suitable candidate who could be in charge of Material Reserve. The most promising candidate was Zhao Youfang, who couldn't even control his division now, let alone this newly expanded Department.

"Mr. Zhao Youfang, deputy secretary of the prior Material Reserves Division, is now the secretary of the Combat Logistics Division. The secretary of the Transportation Division will be the original quarry field manager Zheng Shanpao. Former Material Reserves Division secretary a.s.sistant Du Xiaolan will be the new secretary of the Resource Division." Ouyang Shuo rattled off the new subordinate personnel appointments for the divisions.

Zhao Youfang did not make a fuss. Ouyang Shuo had given him the Combat Logistic Division, so he was not being treated poorly. Zheng Shanpao, although his performance wasn't eye-catching, before this, he only simply focused on the quarry. He took this chance to s.h.i.+ft him to the relatively simple Transportation Division, which could be considered a formal step into an official's career.

Du Xiaolan was one of Cui Yingyu's apprentices, and was the key center of influence for Yingyu in the Material Reserves Department. She had done well as Yingyu and Youfang's a.s.sistant, so he carefully put her in charge of the Resource Division, where she was the most appropriate.

Chapter 50 - City Walls

Translator: TeamTWO

Editor: Jun

Having finished adjusting the Material Reserves Department, Ouyang Shuo turned around and announced the 2nd item.

He looked around, smiled, and said, "I have decided to start a very large project while taking advantage of the winter break and the break in construction of the territory. The manpower and material requirements for this project will be ma.s.sive. I am putting this forward to discuss with you."

Cui Yingyu smiled. "If Big Brother has anything to say, say it directly. No reason to beat around the bush."

Ouyang Shuo stared back at her. "The fence around the village was constructed when we'd first built the village. It was tested at the Siege of Beasts. Seeing that we are going to upgrade to a first grade town very soon, it is very necessary to upgrade the fence."

Zhao Dew.a.n.g and Zhao Dexian both nodded involuntarily. They were among those who had built it originally. Thinking back to when Shanhai Village had just started at the beginning of the year, they were both quite emotional and naturally impressed.

As the secretary of Construction, Zhao Dew.a.n.g spoke first. "There are 2 ways to upgrade the fence. One is to remove the existing fence, and reconstruct a new one on the same area. Another is to retain the existing fence, and build a new one in a different area. What does my lord think?"

"The existing fence is in accord with the grade 3 village construction standard. Seeing the territory will upgrade, it will be unable to meet our standards and will naturally be removed. My opinion is that we should build in accord with the grade 3 towns.h.i.+p standard, 3  square kilometers, a totally new wall," Ouyang Shuo responded.

"If that is the case, what material would the lord like to use for the wall? Wood, brick, or earth?" Zhao Dew.a.n.g had presided over the Construction Division for some time, and naturally had some insights here.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said, "Those three materials are too common. This wall will be permanently retained. Even if we expand the city in the future, it can be used as an inner wall. Therefore, I propose pure stone to be used for a masonry wall. The specifications of the wall will be nine meters high, and five meters wide. I estimated that the whole wall will need nearly 600,000 units of stone. I can give you a construction time of one month. Are you confident you can complete this huge project?"

Zhao Dew.a.n.g heard this, and his scalp started tingling. He slowly said, "According to the lord's requirements, that is an average daily consumption of 20,000 units of stone. The quarry alone will need 400 people in order to meet the stone supply needs. The Construction Division will require 3 to 4 hundred craftsmen for the building of it!"

Ouyang Shuo glanced at Gu Xiuwen. "For deploying the people, can the Household Registration Office make the arrangements?"

"If we take the workers from other industries, we can barely do that. More importantly, we will upgrade to a grade 1 town soon. At that time, staffing will not be a problem." Gu Xiuwen was full of confidence.

"Excellent!"

"Big Brother, as the Secretary of the Financial Division, I need to remind you that with so many laborers, their wages are going to be a large sum, you have to be prepared." Yingyu tossed some cold water on his plans.

"The reason why I dragged the project over to privatization was to provide the villagers with an opportunity to earn some extra money. Right now it is the winter break, and be it farmer or herdsmen, they have very little to do. If that's true, the territory can help them out with their current financial situation," Ouyang Shuo explained with a smile.

Yingyu nodded in response, saying no more.

At this time, Fan Zhongyan took the initiative to stand up and say, "Since the lord is so ambitious, why don't we do this more thoroughly? I recommend that we set up 3 gates in the new walls. Every gate should have a tower built. In the 4 corners, we should also build turrets, to further improve the defensibility of the walls.

"In addition, I recommend we now start the excavation work on the moat. From the Friends.h.i.+p River upstream into the moat, we should dig it 8 meters wide, and then merge it into the east side of the canyon stream, forming a perfect river system. This is not only conducive to the city's defenses, but will also facilitate the city villagers taking water, thus serving two purposes." Tian Wenjing contributed this last, not to be outdone.

After listening to the recommendations of the 2 ministers, Ouyang Shuo said, "Those 2 proposals are very good, and will be put into the plans for the project. This will all be brought forward by the Administration Department, Material Reserves Department, and Financial Divisions together."

Everyone nodded. Partic.i.p.ating in such a vast project had the feeling of getting their blood boiling pa.s.sionately. After the completion of this project, Shanhai Village's defense capabilities could rise by several grades!

The meeting completed, everyone dispersed.

At 3 PM, all the talented people in Shanhai were invited to the chamber room to attend the signing ceremony by the Material Reserves Department for the shop agreement.

The ceremony was chaired by the newly-appointed director of Material Reserves Department, Tian Wenjing, and Ouyang Shuo was also invited to attend. Advanced woodworker Lu Guangzhi and master tailor Mu Qingsi were seated in the front row.

Zheng Shanpao signed on behalf of the Transportation Division, and the woodshop signed the wooden ox-horse processing agreement. Du Xiaolan signed on behalf of the Resource Division, and Little Mu signed the garment processing agreement for her tailor shop.

Witnessing the signing of these two big orders, every skilled talent who was invited to attend gained confidence, and were also anxious to immediately get a big deal.

On the spot, advanced fisherman Kangshu said that he was willing to act as a representative for the fishermen, and right away signed a bargain and purchase agreement with the Material Reserves Department. Prior to the privatization, the fishermen had acc.u.mulated nearly 20,000 units of fish for the territory, and nearly all of it had been stored in the warehouse.

After privatizing, the fishermen salted the fish and sent it out through the Basic Market for export. Ouyang Shuo earned the difference of the 20% transaction tax from the Market, amounting to 12 copper coins per unit. His main income was through the collection of commercial taxes, however.

With the purchase and sales agreements signed, everyone soon dispersed.

After the end of the matter, Ouyang Shuo called on the Material Reserves Department to arrange for people to s.h.i.+p the fish out to the Basic Market to sell. In addition, they had acquired 31 million units of meat, and had salted out 160,000 units of bacon. 60,000 units of the bacon were put in reserve, but the rest were sold with the rest of the meat.

All the fish, meat, and bacon sold for about 15 coppers each, taxed at 20%. This made him about 144 gold coins. Having the market there to provide convenient transactions was nice, but it also felt like it was drawing blood from him.

Now, Ouyang Shuo had 246 gold coins. Taking advantage of the extra funds, he hardened his heart, took out 120 gold coins, and bought the dark gold tailoring kit he had promised to Little Mu.

Name: Tailor Kit (dark gold)

Properties: Enhances tailoring efficiency by 25%, improves tailor skill proficiency by 25%.

Evaluation: The dream of all tailors, a necessity for master cla.s.s tailors.

Returning from the Market, he pa.s.sed by Little Mu's tailor shop. He gave her the kit he had just bought, and she was crazy happy to get it.

Going back to the Lord's Manor, it was already 6 PM, so Ouyang Shuo went back to his room and logged off.

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The next morning, Ouyang Shuo went to the military camps to change the cla.s.ses of 6 recruits. The last bandit camp raid had wounded 4 and killed 2 soldiers, with the 4 being arranged to retire.

Destroying the bandit camp this time had losses, but not without a harvest for the cavalry. They had seized a large amount of weapons and armor, enough to ensure that they had spare equipment.

More importantly, through that bitter fight, the 50 veterans had all been promoted toth  rank 5f veteran soldiers. Zhang Daniu, Zhao Sihu, and the other group leaders had been promoted to rank 7 elite soldiers in one fell swoop.

Among the new recruits, most of them had risen to rank 3 ordinary soldiers. If they had an outstanding performance, they were promoted to rank 4 veteran soldiersth. The outstanding performers were naturally noticed by General s.h.i.+, and prioritized for leaders.h.i.+p positions. After the battle, all the vacant group leader positions were now filled.

Among the new group leaders were two exceptional ones, whom General s.h.i.+ pointed out to Ouyang Shuo. One was named Zhou Feng, 23, who had been appointed as Cavalry 2nd Squadron's second team group leader. The other was called Liao Kai, 25, who had been appointed 1st Squadron's third team group leader.

Heading back to the manor, Tian Wenjing was waiting for him in the office. Ouyang Shuo poured himself a cup of tea, smiled, and said, "Sir could not wait at the door?"

Wenjing was expressionless as he said, "The lord makes fun of a matter. Yesterday, I looked over the territory, and noticed something with the animal breeding. Of all the husbandry operations, we have only 2 types, pig and cattle."

"Indeed, and what are you thinking about?"

"In fact, in addition to pigs, sheep, cattle and other large livestock, poultry such as chickens and ducks can also be bred. I do not know what the lord thinks of this?"

Ouyang Shuo forcefully knocked his head, his expression depressed. "Oh, how could I not think of that? It completely escaped me, I was just thinking of domesticating livestock from the wild, and ignored the small poultry.

"Do you think that this kind of poultry raising should be run as a large scale farm operation by the government, or distributed to the various households?"

"In the end, the territory is an enclosed circle. It will be difficult to find sales, and profits will not be high. Thus, I think that the villagers should be allowed to stock them, or directly distribute them to the households to help their food situation," Tian Wenjing calmly said.

Tian Wenjing's experience was definitely showing. He had just taken over the Material Reserves Department, and was already able to check its shortcomings, and had taken the initiative to come over and advise him. With this level of competency presiding over the Material Reserve, Ouyang Shuo could be completely at ease.

"I will go to the Market shortly. I will buy chickens, ducks, and a variety of eggs, and put them in the name of the Material Reserves Department in the rice shop for sale." Ouyang Shuo said.

Tian Wenjing nodded, got up, and went out to arrange matters.

Ouyang Shuo once again went into the Market. A chicken egg was 3 copper, duck eggs 4 copper, and geese eggs 5 copper. He bought 20,000 chicken and duck eggs each, and 10,000 goose eggs, spending a total of 19 gold. He specifically addressed the staff of the Material Reserves Department, telling them the price of the various eggs. They would strictly be sold at half of the original price directly to the villagers, and there would be no private increase of pricing.

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