Chapter 771: The Seven Hundred and Sixty-Ninth Battle - Prelude to the War

On the same day, Fan Li, Director of Finance, also left Shanhai City and rushed to Lion City. In Lion City, Fan Li will personally explain to the negotiating team of the Department of Commerce, and preside over the timber and warship trade negotiations with ASEAN countries.

Also rushing to the Lion City, there is also [A Silky Wisp] the leader of the gang, who has received a reply from Pei Ju, the county governor of Xingzhou, inviting him to go to the Lion City to discuss the establishment of a branch.

Different from the branches of other guilds, the branch of [Silhouette] actually means workshops and shops, as well as farms outside the city.

There are many things that Pei Ju wants to discuss with Qingsikou, which can bring a large investment to Lion City.

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Thousands of miles away at the border of Guilin County, the first Chamber of Commerce in Northern Sichuan Province has crossed the border. They will follow the official road all the way to Shanhai City, and then rent merchant ships from Beihai Port Wharf and set sail to sea.

Fan Zhongyan, the prefect of Guilin, who has already taken office, set up the first checkpoint in Sanjiang Town in the north, responsible for checking the goods entering the customs and collecting customs duties at the same time.

Tax officers from the Taxation Office of the General Finance Department have also been stationed at the checkpoint.

As far as the territory is concerned, all goods entering the territory will be uniformly collected by the tax office. Local governments are only responsible for assisting and have no right to levy tariffs.

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Zhen'an County, south of Guilin County, is also not peaceful.

Since a month ago, hundreds of thousands of civilians have been recruited, like moving ants, transporting the massive amount of food and grass that the War Preparedness Department had previously hoarded at the Longxiang Army's garrison to Lingxi City one by one.

Lingxi City's own food and grass reserves cannot meet the consumption of more than 400,000 troops.

When the transfer of food and grass is completed, the Second Army of the Imperial Guards and the Fourth Army of the Longxiang Army who are still marching should also rush to Kunming County. The pace of the Yunnan war is getting closer.

The dark clouds of war have already enveloped the sky over Yunnan, and they are getting thicker and thicker.

As the Longxiang Army moved to Kunming County, the original Longxiang Army garrison became the garrison of the Third Army of the Baotao Army. The three major armies are completing internal integration and embarking on a new journey.

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This was an ordinary day in Shanhai City, lively and orderly.

Facing the rising sun, Ouyang Shuo reappeared in the study in a radiant spirit. Last night, Xu Shi was in high spirits, and Song Jia showed a different style, which made Ouyang Shuo intoxicated.

Next, there were endless interviews.

Occasionally, Ouyang Shuo had to cooperate with the four bureaus, appear on specific occasions, and show his face in coordination. During the war, Ouyang Shuo had to stabilize the hearts of the people in Shanhai City.

Especially with the peak of immigration, the population of Shanhai City has skyrocketed, and fish and dragons are mixed together.

The Shanhai City yamen team, adapted from the Lianzhou County Police Division, walks the streets and alleys every day, dealing with various disputes, maintaining law and order, and is extremely busy.

The current Shanhai City already has a faint look of a capital city.

Those who could be interviewed by Ouyang Shuo, in addition to the government officials, also the president of the chamber of commerce, the heads of various associations, the president of the guild or the head of the mercenary group, and all kinds of people had to deal with.

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On November 25th, Lin Jing came to Shanhai City.

Lin Jing came to Shanhai City this time, not for [Mountain and Sea Entertainment Holding Group], but with a special mission.

As mentioned earlier, at the end of the third year of Gaia, the life of the major guilds was a bit difficult. Because of the time-limited exchange, they are not short of money, but they don't know where to use the money.

To make matters worse, their level promotion is getting slower and slower. To put it bluntly, we have encountered a bottleneck. High-level players can only be promoted by exploring secret realms.

The problem is how rare the secret realm is, it is simply a drop in the bucket.

For the super guild, they were a little confused for a while and needed someone to clarify.

Originally, Lin Jing shouldn't have asked Ouyang Shuo about such guild matters. However, there are various indications that Ouyang Shuo has an extraordinary insight into games. Under Xie Siyun's hand-picking, Lin Jing came to Shanhai City to learn scriptures.

In the study, Ouyang Shuo smiled faintly after listening to his aunt's description.

For adventure players, Gaia's four years is a very critical year, which can be called a milestone year. What happened this year is enough to overturn the old pattern.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to remind his aunt and the others a long time ago, but he never found the opportunity.

"Auntie, the predicament you mentioned will usher in a turning point in the coming four years of Gaia." Ouyang Shuo said lightly, his voice suddenly became low, and asked, "The key is, are you ready?"

"What do you mean?" Lin Jing frowned.

Ouyang Shuo asked a strange question, "[Shangxue Meigui Mercenary Group] is in Jianye, does it have the strength to fight against all other guilds in Jianye?"

"Are you kidding me, of course not." Lin Jing was baffled.

No matter how arrogant she is, she will not be so arrogant.

[Shangxue Rose Mercenary Corps] As the second child of the guild in China, counting the members of the branch, the total number exceeds 300,000, and it is a real giant.

But what is it in the royal city where the number of players exceeds tens of millions? !

Even though the major territories accelerated the pace of absorbing adventure players and a large number of players from the Royal City left, the number of players in Jianye City alone remained at more than 8 million.

After deducting the elderly and children, the number of professional players is also around 3 million.

Among the three million players, after deducting the solo professional players, homeless players, and small groups that exist in the form of squads, the rest are all guild players, with a total of more than two million.

According to incomplete statistics, there are no fewer than 600 guilds registered in Jianye alone.

In this way, how could the [Shangxue Meigui Mercenary Corps] be able to resist all the remaining guilds. No guild in China has such strength, not even the [Blood Fiend Mercenary Group].

There are so many ants that they kill elephants.

Ouyang Shuo was not surprised, and said, "Since this is the case, then act quickly, no matter what means you use, make sure that this impossible becomes possible as soon as possible."

In the four years of Gaia, every royal city will throw out a piece of fat. This piece of fat is the best medicine for the guild to break through the bottleneck, and there is only one piece.

I also want to know what kind of tragic battle will happen at that time.

Even a tiger in the mountains cannot guarantee exclusive access to its prey, let alone a super guild? !

After hearing this, Lin Jing's expression became grave, and he asked, "Xiao Shuo, do you know any inside information?"

"I can't say much. You just need to know that Gaia's four years is both an opportunity and a challenge for you super guilds. If you want to win, you must be prepared to be besieged by wolves."

Ouyang Shuo didn't want to be targeted by Gaia, so he couldn't say too much about some things.

"I see."

Lin Jing nodded, choosing to believe Ouyang Shuo's words.

Although his expression was dignified, Lin Jing felt inexplicably relaxed.

The most desperate thing is not that the road ahead is difficult, but that there is no way forward at all. With Ouyang Shuo's guidance, 【Shangxue Meigui】knowledges well and takes the lead.

With the development of the super guild so far, it is unrealistic to make another substantial improvement. Even if a small guild is merged, there will be hidden dangers in management, and it is likely to collapse.

Think about it, how many companies have more than 300,000 employees in reality? Even if there is, it is a multinational company, or at worst a regional giant, with employees spread across major cities.

Concentrated in one city, there are basically no companies with more than 300,000 employees.

Besides, the mature management system of modern enterprises, and the employees are limited by social rules, which are relatively controllable, not a little more advanced than the guild management in the game.

Therefore, when the super guild grows to a scale of 300,000 people, it basically hits the ceiling. If it expands further, it may collapse at any time.

Since it cannot be expanded, other methods can only be adopted. As a guild giant, [Shangxue Meigui Mercenary Corps] is no stranger to methods such as alliance, alliance, alienation, and humane destruction.

[Shangxue Meigui] Since its development, it has never seen any big wind and waves, and never used any means.

Therefore, Lin Jing is full of confidence.

With such confidence, Lin Jing happily left Shanhai City.

"This trip is worthwhile!"

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Seeing Lin Jing off, Ouyang Shuo was also full of emotion.

For adventure players, the four years of Gaia will be a bloody year, and also a year of change. In this year, giants fell and fell into the mortal world, and supernovas rose to shine in China.

But that doesn't have much to do with Shanhai City.

After all, the two are still in different systems and are not directly related. If there is really a connection, it will be after Shanhai City is promoted to the capital.

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On December 1st, after staying in Shanhai City for a week, Ouyang Shuo didn't stay any longer after dealing with the urgent government affairs. He set off again and took Shenwuwei to teleport to Lingxi City.

With Ouyang Shuo's arrival in Lingxi City, the Yunnan War slowly kicked off.

The major media once again focused on Consonance City.

After Ouyang Shuo arrived, he didn't mind the disturbance from the outside world, and directly called relevant personnel to hold the last pre-war meeting before the Yunnan war.

After that, the four legions stationed in Lingxi City will embark on the journey first. As for the two major armies that are still on their way, they will not pass through Lingxi City, and will go directly to the designated battlefield.

The location of the military meeting was not in Lingxi City, but the military camp outside the city.

In the big central tent, Bai Qi, Huo Qubing, Shi Wansui, Zhang Liao, Jia Xu and Bai Hua were impressively listed. In addition, the heads of the three major intelligence agencies are all listed.

It is really not easy to get these three together.

Ouyang Shuo sat upright, and Xu Chu stood behind him like an iron tower.

"General Bai Qi, please tell me first."

As soon as he came up, Ouyang Shuo named Bai Qi, the commander of the Western Expedition Army.

Bai Qi was obliged, and said: "My lord, all the preparatory work in the early stage of the war was carried out step by step according to the combat plan formulated by the General Administration of Military Affairs, and nothing went wrong."

"The only thing to worry about now is that so far, we haven't locked down which cities the [Yanhuang League]'s 200,000 allied troops are stationed in."

As he spoke, Bai Qi glanced casually at the three intelligence chiefs.