Chapter 925 Interrogating the King

Since the Imperial Guard is the trump card army, the position of regiment commander must naturally be held by the top trump card general in the entire army. Ma Chao and Lu Bu, two peerless generals, are very convincing to the lieutenant generals.

Among the four generals Cao Chun, Ma Teng, Xia Houying and Zhang Yun, Cao Chun is slightly more suitable.

Ouyang Shuo was not in a hurry to make a decision. Anyway, it would take one and a half months at the earliest to reorganize the army. Maybe there would be some unexpected surprises during this period.

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All the bones are tied, the palace.

Ouyang Shuo had no intention of transforming the Somali royal palace into another palace. According to the plan, all the palaces would be demolished, and a provincial governor's office would be built on the original site.

There is a prison in the southwest corner of the palace, which was used by the former king to hold special prisoners.

Ouyang Shuo showed up in a state of exhaustion, and carried out non-stop reception and appeasement work as usual, but in the afternoon, he lost his patience and dumped everything to the newly appointed governor of the province, Pei Ju.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo brought his personal guards to this special prison.

In the dark and damp cell, the former king of Somalia is being held here. Ouyang Shuo didn't want to see this person again, but this subjugated person claimed to use a top-secret information to make a deal with him.

Ouyang Shuo thought it was an act of mystery, but the King of Somalia said the words "Silver Hand".

This aroused Ouyang Shuo's interest, hence the jail and his party. When Friendship City was attacked, Ouyang Shuo vaguely felt that it might not be as simple as the Somali royal family behind the incident.

Now it seems that is the case.

"Open the door!"

The dark and damp cell only had a small skylight at a high place, so it was difficult to see sunlight all day long. A layer of straw was spread in disorder on the ground, and a tattered mat was placed on the straw.

Other than that, there is nothing else.

Standing at the door of the cell, looking at the old man curled up in a dark corner with disheveled hair, Ouyang Shuo couldn't believe that this was the majestic King of Somalia before.

Presumably, the King of Somalia suffered a little during the arrest process.

Entering the cell, a pungent smell came over his face, making Ouyang Shuo frown.

The prison is temporarily guarded by soldiers of the Somali Corps. Seeing this, the temporary guest "Cell Leader" said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this place is dirty, why don't you go to the interrogation room for interrogation?"

The prison environment shouldn't have been so bad. The soldiers of the corps really hated the king, so they deliberately made things difficult and arranged a worst cell.

Ouyang Shuo waved his hand, "No need, I will leave after a few words." Then, he looked at the King of Somalia expressionlessly, and said, "Tell me, what deal do you want to make with this king."

The King of Somalia said in a low voice: "Everything I did was planned by a mysterious person. Just a few days ago, that person met me."

"How do you know he is from [Silver Hand]?"

"He told me personally, and said that as long as I can repel the first wave of attacks, they will have a way to prevent Daxia from attacking Somalia again."

The King of Somalia wanted to say "conquer", but he swallowed the words abruptly.

Ouyang Shuo glanced at the other party indifferently, and said, "Confess everything you know, and I will spare you."

"Then, can I, can I leave Somalia?"

Ouyang Shuo smiled, "What do you think? Even if I let you go, I'm afraid you won't be able to escape."

Putting this person under house arrest forever is Ouyang Shuo's greatest mercy. As for whether there will be any accidents during the house arrest, which will lead to the death of the King of Somalia, there is no guarantee.

Ouyang Shuo's black belly and coldness are no longer what they used to be.

"..."

The King of Somalia's face was bleak, and he also knew that the people in the royal city hated him deeply.

"Don't make any more fantasies. If your confession doesn't satisfy the king, then wait for the gallows, so that the king can conform to the people's will." Ouyang Shuo said lightly.

The King of Somalia shuddered and said tremblingly, "Write, I will write, I will write."

After seeing him, Ouyang Shuo was no longer interested in talking to this person, so he turned and left the prison. The Black Snake Guard will be in charge of the next review, so Ouyang Shuo doesn't need to worry about it.

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In the morning of the next day, Pei Ju came to report on the investigation of the treasury.

Pei Ju couldn't hide the joy on his face, obviously he had gained a lot, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, during this investigation of Mugudushu's treasury and the inner treasury of the palace, a total of 2,550,000 gold coins and 500,000 jewelry were confiscated. Six boxes, more than five thousand catties of various spices, and two other treasures were presented to the king."

There are hundreds of materials in the government treasury and the inner treasury, Pei Ju just picked the key points and talked about it. Somalia's weapons and equipment are backward, and even the so-called high-quality products that exist in the treasury cannot be recognized by Da Xia, so Pei Ju simply didn't say anything.

Ouyang Shuo was taken aback, he never expected the royal family of Somalia to be so rich, in stark contrast to the barrenness of Somalia. After thinking about it, it became clear again.

Presumably, most of these gold and silver treasures came from cooperation with pirates and looting. When the Atlantic Fleet wiped out the home of the [Sirius Pirates], they also looted a large amount of gold, silver and jewels.

With these 2.55 million gold coins, plus the 1 million rewarded by Gaia, and the expected income from the future auction of Mu Gudushu satellite town's guild membership qualifications, the direct gold coin revenue alone is around 7 million.

If you count the gains from exterminating pirates in the early stage, it will reach eight million gold coins.

According to preliminary calculations by the Privy Council, the immediate war expenses and post-war pensions for this war, plus the follow-up army reorganization and the replacement of related weapons and equipment, the total military expenditure is only one million gold coins.

The expenditure for the reconstruction of the Somali province designated by the cabinet, including the start of construction of large-scale projects such as infrastructure and ports, is also around 1.5 million gold coins.

In addition, the restoration of Friendship City and the compensation to the merchants are about 500,000 gold coins.

Based on this calculation, not only did the imperial court not need to allocate additional funds to the Somali province after the war, but it also earned a net income of 5 million gold coins, which made Ouyang Shuo quite satisfied.

Sure enough, war is the fastest way to accumulate wealth.

Considering that the end of the year is approaching, Ouyang Shuo needs to reserve a certain amount of funds in advance for the second global auction. Therefore, Ouyang Shuo put all the remaining five million gold coins into his pocket.

As for those gold, silver, jewelry and spices, Ouyang Shuo asked Pei Ju to pick some high-quality goods and send them to the palace's inner treasury, and sell the rest to the three imperial merchants, and the funds collected were transferred to the imperial treasury.

This is not a small sum, at least one and a half million gold coins can be sold.

Since the year of Gaia, Ouyang Shuo has successively stockpiled dozens of gold, silver and jewelry inwards, piling up like a mountain. Of course, Song Jia and Binger can't use up all these jewelry.

However, as the lord of a country, Ouyang Shuo sometimes had to reward his subordinates for meritorious service. Song Jia also wanted to reward female officials or other female relatives, so a batch of gold, silver and jewelry had to be stored in the internal storage.

To put it bluntly, this is used to win people's hearts. Only when the internal treasury is full can the royal family's face be maintained.

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Ouyang Shuo was most interested in the two treasures that Pei Ju had mentioned, so he took them and checked them one by one.

One picture and one symbol.

The picture is a sheepskin map, which looks a little worn out, as if it has been soaked in seawater for a long time, and there are even remnants of seaweed. When Ouyang Shuo saw the picture's name, he felt excited.

"Lemurian Civilization Ruins Expedition Map": With this map, players can trigger corresponding plot tasks in the waters near the Lemurian Civilization Ruins. The specific functions are for players to explore by themselves.

After getting in touch with the Atlantean civilization, Ouyang Shuo deliberately browsed through the prehistoric ultra-civilization materials. Among them, the one that interested Ouyang Shuo the most was the Lemurian civilization, which was as famous as the Atlantean civilization.

Unexpectedly, by chance and coincidence, there will be a day when I will become acquainted with this mysterious civilization.

Looking at this ancient map, Ouyang Shuo's hands were trembling faintly, filled with excitement.

There is no doubt that the prehistoric super civilization that can be introduced into the game by Gaia will not be a decoration. Like the civilization of Atlantis, it brought novel technologies beyond the technology tree of the era to the game.

The Great Xia Dynasty was the biggest beneficiary of this technology.

Whether it's underwater rebreathers or mimic aircraft, they have played an important role in Daxia's previous foreign wars, and they can often win by surprise, becoming a trump card of Daxia.

The current city of Atlantis has become the focus of the Mediterranean Sea.

According to legend, there were four most famous civilizations in prehistoric times, namely Gendaya civilization, Mu civilization, Atlantis civilization and Lemuria civilization.

The Gendaya civilization existed in the first solar period, and it is a civilization with superpowers. It is said that the men of the Gendaya people have a third eye, and have superpowers such as prediction and killing.

According to legend, Gendaya is located in the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and South America.

The Mu civilization is also called the Mu continent, and derived from the Mu empire, which is said to be the first great empire on the earth. The king is called "Ram", Ra means the sun, and Mu means mother, so the Mu empire is called "the empire of the mother of the sun".

According to legend, the continent of Mu is located in the Pacific Ocean, south of its location, and its area is equivalent to the combined area of ​​North and South America.

Then there is the Lemurian civilization.

Legend has it that the Lemurian civilization is the third civilized society that emerged on the earth after the destruction of the Mitram continent, and is the descendant of the survivors of the Mitram continent.

The Lemurians are small in size and weak in strength, unable to resist the invasion of beasts and aliens on the surface, so they mostly hide underground and have extremely advanced technology.

The Lemurians of this era centered on "sensibility", and their main practice was to hone "sensibility". Those who accumulated the highest level of practice could distinguish 3,000 kinds of colors and 2,500 kinds of fragrances.

According to legend, the continent of Lemuria is located in the Indian Ocean, close to Australia, and continues to extend to the Pacific Ocean, but the exact location cannot be verified, and it is not known where it was placed by Gaia.

Ouyang Shuo speculated that it should be near Australia.

It just so happened that Ouyang Shuo planned to embark on his second ocean voyage in October, and the destination was Australia, in order to open up new ocean routes and solve the shortage of natural resources such as iron ore and coal in the Great Xia Dynasty.

In this case, there is a chance to come into contact with the mysterious Lemurian civilization.