Chapter 803

On January 26th of the fourth year of Gaia, Shanhai City.

There are still three days until New Year's Eve, and the Shanhai City is already decorated with lights and festoons. The victory in the Battle of Yunnan added a touch of joy to this giant city, and the faces of the people were filled with pride and honor.

As the immigration program of the Civil Affairs Bureau draws to a close, the population of Shanhai City is approaching the two million mark. Especially with the victory of Shanhai City in the Yunnan battlefield, countless players applied to live in Shanhai City.

Players with a little foresight have realized that the royal city is not permanently safe. After the Lord of the Wilderness becomes strong to a certain extent, there will inevitably be conflicts between the two, and war is inevitable.

Who is more likely to win?

Different people have different opinions in their hearts.

Only one thing is clear, that is, the wilderness territory has somewhat unlimited development potential compared with the royal city. Taking Shanhai City as an example, in just three years, it has grown from scratch, and has gathered millions of troops under its command.

However, Wang Cheng was limited by the rules of the system, but he had been standing still.

When there is a conflict between the wilderness territory and the royal city, or even a life-and-death battle, the group of players caught between the two must make a choice. If one is not good, it may become a victim.

They must make a decision early.

It's just that the underground world is about to open, and it has firmly locked the player's attention.

There is definite news that after the Lantern Festival, the Nine Kings Cities will release plot tasks related to the competition for satellite cities at the same time. Before this, the royal city was already undercurrents.

When the Yunnan War broke out, there were no less than a hundred large-scale PK melee battles between guilds, and countless small-scale conflicts. The guild circle of the Nine Kings City is undergoing a cruel reshuffle.

For small and medium-sized guilds, there are only three options before them. Or simply relocate collectively to the wilderness territory and give up their extravagant hopes for the underground world.

Thirty-six strategies, it is the best strategy to avoid this storm.

Either choose a camp and "willingly" be merged by the giants and become a part of the camp; or it will disappear completely, the guild will be broken up, and the members will be absorbed, but in the end it will be nothing.

Other than that, there is no other choice.

If anyone wants to play tricks, connect various small and medium-sized guilds, imitate the lord city-state model, and form some guild alliance, they will immediately be suppressed by a large guild without mercy.

On this point, large guilds have a consensus.

The era when small fish flocked in guild circles will be gone forever.

The thoroughness of this reshuffle, the wide spread, and the high number of deaths are all unprecedented.

Even the just-released expansion piece [Martial Arts] is not enough to change the player's focus. The martial arts gymnasium of the Nine Kings City has long been opened, but there are very few people who practice martial arts in the gymnasium.

The battle is imminent, and players are looking for a quick solution. They all hope to improve their personal strength in a short time and prepare for the upcoming battle. It is too late to learn the basic martial arts of the sect now, and it will not help at all.

If it is because of martial arts conflicts, there may even be a regression in strength, and the gains outweigh the losses.

During this period of time, the prices of weapons and equipment, healing medicines such as gold sore medicine, and life-saving items such as stand-in dolls on the market have been rising steadily. Especially for high-quality goods, the price has doubled, and there is no market for the price.

In order to survive the war, players will not hesitate to spend gold coins.

Meng Zhida reported that for the first time in January, the deposits of Universal Bank were lower than the withdrawal amount, and the deposits of the bank experienced an unprecedented negative growth.

For this reason, Four Seas Bank had to shrink its loans to deal with the "run" incident.

When Lingxi City was merged, all of Lingxi City's shares in the Universal Bank and related debts were transferred to Shanhai City. For this, Ouyang Shuo paid Bai Hua a one-time compensation of 500,000 gold coins.

Gaia is undoubtedly a shrewd trader. The time-limited exchange event launched before is not for players to put the exchanged gold coins in the bank to generate interest, but for players to spend them.

The opening of the underground world and the competition for satellite cities are Gaia's first big move.

The upcoming guild battle will also allow the lord players to earn a lot of money in this feast. Especially for military industry giants like Shanhai City, the orders placed by allied guilds such as [Shangxue Meigui], [Qingfeng Pavilion], and [Tingyulou] have exceeded four million gold coins.

Fortunately, in the just-concluded Yunnan War, the weapons and equipment in the hands of the prisoners of war needed to be uniformly replaced with the standard equipment of Shanhai City, freeing up more than 200,000 sets of equipment at once.

Coupled with the scattered equipment collected on the battlefield, the number is even greater.

Based on this alone, Shanhai City can make a profit of more than 4 million gold coins, and immediately improve the territory's finances, which were somewhat exhausted at the end of the year.

Ouyang Shuo was even more arrogant, and directly allocated 1.5 million gold coins in one lump sum for a new round of army reorganization, as well as extra rewards for the soldiers who participated in the Lingnan Battle and the Yunnan Battle at the end of the year.

As soon as the news came out, the whole army was boiling.

Of course, Ouyang Shuo didn't favor one person over another, and allocated another 500,000 gold coins to reward the civil servants in the territory. Especially those who perform well will be rewarded heavily.

Without the hard work of thousands of civil servants over the past year, how could there be prosperity in the territory.

Two million gold coins can be regarded as the year-end bonus issued by the "big boss" Ouyang Shuo. Such a large amount of money is really beyond the reach of other territories.

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In the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo's study.

In the quiet study room, Ouyang Shuo was summoning Chen Bingguang, the newly appointed Director of Industry, Cui Yingyou, Director of Industry and Development Planning, and Gong Jian, Director of Finance.

The Financial Secretary is a newly established department of the General Administration of Finance. It is in charge of the fiscal budget and financial allocation of the territory. It is a very important department in the General Administration of Finance.

Gong Jian is a financial official of the Federation in reality, with extensive qualifications. Recommended by Meng Zhida and Mr. Xie, a financial expert, and strictly reviewed by the Black Snake Guard, he was appointed as the financial secretary by Ouyang Shuo.

Compared with the ancients, Gong Jian is obviously more comfortable in charge of the financial secretary.

Ouyang Shuo summoned these three to discuss the establishment of [Shushan Iron and Steel Group].

The planned [Shushan Iron and Steel Group] will be under the direct management of the Industry Department, the Finance Department will provide financial support and fund supervision, and the Industry and Development Planning Department will give appropriate preferential policies in terms of industrial policies.

Just yesterday, Shanhai City had reached a memorandum of understanding with Swordsman City, and the war in the southwest subsided.

Feng Qingyue agreed to Ouyang Shuo's condition of "ceding the Black Iron City", but also made an additional request on this basis: Jianxia City and Shanhai City signed a trade agreement to conduct business with each other.

In the detailed rules, Feng Qingyue made it clear that he hoped that the iron and steel group that Shanhai City will build in Heitiecheng would be able to sell high-quality steel to Jianxia City in the future.

Ouyang Shuo was very surprised when he got the news.

Compared with her brother Feng Qingyang, Feng Qingyue's wrists are much more sophisticated, and she knows how to win-win.

Ouyang Shuo had no reason to refuse. He just imposed a restriction on the export of steel. [Shushan Iron and Steel Group] will only export to Swordsman City on the basis of satisfying the territory's own steel needs.

Feng Qingyue was worried that Ouyang Shuo was playing word games, so she added the minimum export quota abruptly.

For this matter, the two sides played a lot of games.

After four rounds of negotiations, the two reached an agreement on the memorandum of understanding. The officials of both sides are still discussing the specific terms and rules, but Ouyang Shuo's intervention is no longer needed.

On the same day, Feng Qingyue ordered the Second Army to withdraw from Aolong Pass and the area of ​​Black Iron City.

The Imperial Guards took over the defense around Black Iron City as a matter of course. After Shi Wansui's army arrived in Black Iron City and completed the transfer of defense, the Imperial Guards would return to Shanhai City to garrison.

Black Iron City is located at the southernmost tip of Jiangyang County, and there is only one pass connected to Jiangyang County in the north. As long as Shi Wansui's army guards this pass, the northern defense can rest easy.

To the west is Qiang County, where the Qiang people live. There is a huge difference in altitude between the two places, making it difficult to fly birds. I am afraid that only the locals can find a small path among the mountains, and it is absolutely impossible to walk with an army.

The south is connected to Dongchuan County, where Luo Shixin's army will be stationed, and they can go north for reinforcements at any time.

To the east of Heitie City is the Northern Sichuan Province, which is also high in the mountains and far away, and there is also a pass guarded by it, and a large army needs to be stationed. If necessary, the pass must be reinforced.

All in all, Black Iron City's defense is not under much pressure, and with Shi Wansui's army in charge, there is no danger for the time being. Even if Swordsman City joins forces with the Shu Han Dynasty to attack, it will not be able to attack for a while.

Because of this, Ouyang Shuo can rest assured that [Shushan Iron and Steel Group] will be built in Black Iron City. For this reason, Ouyang Shuo simply ordered to change the name of Black Iron City to Steel City.

[Shushan Iron and Steel Group] will be a pillar of the industrialization of the territory, so naturally it cannot be neglected.

"The first phase of the Iron and Steel Group's capital is set at 500,000 gold coins." Ouyang Shuo became more confident with the windfall, so he decided to settle the matter before the Spring Festival.

If it was delayed, Gong Jian would be the first to stand up and object.

This time the Financial Secretary gave the green light throughout the whole process. Gong Jian even said with a smile: "The five hundred thousand gold coins is only the initial budget. If there is any additional investment in the later stage, the Financial Secretary will definitely support it. Three to five million gold coins are still available."

When the God of Wealth spoke, it was indeed rich and powerful.

Ouyang Shuo glanced at Chen Bingguang, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Mr. Chen, as for the funds for the construction of the factory, the Financial Secretary has provided enough funds this time, but your industrial department can't spend money lavishly. Good steel must be used wisely. , Money needs to be carefully calculated.”

Every cent of the territory's money is not from the flood, Ouyang Shuo, the "parent", has to keep it under control.

Chen Bingguang said with a gentle expression, "Your Majesty, please rest assured. After coming down, the Industry Department will set up an audit team to be responsible for supervising [Shushan Iron and Steel Group], and will never waste a copper coin."

Ouyang Shuo nodded, and said, "The No. 7 Research Institute's Industry Department should also keep an eye on it. The current steelmaking technology in the territory is immature. If we really want to make large-scale steelmaking, we need to achieve a breakthrough in technology."

"clear!"

After the discussion was settled, Ouyang Shuo took advantage of the situation to end the meeting.

If we really want to put up [Shushan Iron and Steel Group], after it comes down, the Industry Department, including other departments of the Protectorate, will have to do a lot of solid and meticulous work.

These things cannot be done in a day or two.

Just the initial survey, evaluation, research, and overall design, including the group framework and related personnel arrangements, etc., cannot be completed within a month or two.

It would be better to be slower in the early stage than to clean up the mess in the later stage.

The Industry Department has set up a preparatory team to be responsible for the construction of [Shushan Iron and Steel Group].