Chapter 1231 Smoke From Africa

On January 15th, the seventh year of Gaia, the capital.

Under Jiang Shang's operation, the rumors about Zhili Province have been suppressed, leaving only the undercurrent. The first Kyozhao Ita Wenjing officially took office yesterday.

In order to show his support for Jingzhao Mansion, Ouyang Shuo personally inscribed the "Fair and Bright" plaque on the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion. In this way, the Jingzhao Mansion of the Great Xia is absolutely different from the Jingzhao Mansion of the Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, in order not to arouse excessive heated discussion and unreasonable speculation, the imperial court announced the positioning of the new urban area, that is, "the frontier area of ​​the industrial revolution, the pioneer city of steam civilization and the manufacturing base".

The imperial court also stated that the overall plan for the new urban area is being worked out in a hurry, and it will be implemented before March. At that time, the imperial court will formulate a supporting access mechanism according to the new city plan.

Only in this way can the capital's hot discussion about the new city be calmed down a bit.

What needs to be explained is that although the new urban area is an industrial area, it does not mean that any factory can be built here, just like the steel mills and coking coal plants built before, which have all been moved out of the city this time.

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After nearly three months, the largest army reorganization in Great Xia finally landed. The newly formed five major army groups have been reorganized in place and are dispatched to the station one by one.

With the formation of the Habayashi Army in place, the Privy Council made a major adjustment to the garrisons of the three major armies directly under the Imperial Guard Army, the City Guard Army, and the Habayashi Army.

Needless to say, the Imperial Guards, with the establishment of the Jingzhao Mansion, the entire Jingzhao area is the defense area of ​​the Imperial Guards. In this way, the city guards can also free up their hands and expand their defense area outward.

The First Army Corps of the City Guards garrisoned the satellite city of Beihai and guarded the south gate of the capital.

The Second Army Corps of the City Guards still garrisoned the Mulan Fortress and guarded the north gate of the capital.

The Third Army Corps of the City Guards was stationed in Yunnan Province, the Fourth Army Corps was stationed in South Sichuan Province, and the Fifth Army Corps was stationed in Lingnan Province, which together formed the outer barrier of the first circle of the capital.

The newly formed Habayashi Army took over the defense areas of Northern Sichuan Province, Shonan Province, Jiangchuan Province, and Southern Fujian Province to form the outer barrier of the second circle of the capital.

In this way, let the Xiangjiang Army free up its hands and concentrate on preparing for the battle of China's unification.

As the Hedong Army marched to the Hedong Province, the Fengxiang Army marched to the Liaojin Province. Together with the Beijiang Army and the Yingyang Army stationed in the Xihai Province, a 1.4 million army jointly built the northern defense line of Daxia.

The Mongol Empire can no longer invade the Daxia border.

Finally, there is the African theater.

As the Greedy Wolf Army and the North African Army marched to Africa, the North African tutelary government supported four group armies with only two provinces, 1.4 million troops, which was really overloaded.

For this reason, Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to instruct the Privy Council to send batches of food and grass to the African theater.

Even so, it is a palliative, not a permanent cure.

Based on this, Ouyang Shuo issued an edict ordering the already formed African Theater Command to immediately mobilize and launch the war of the century to capture East Africa.

The first batch of attack targets were South Sudan and Kenya.

The total number of players in South Sudan is 1 million, and the total number of players in Kenya is 4 million. The total number of banned troops from the two countries is only 250,000. Even if you add the territorial army and combat players, they are still not the opponent of Daxia.

In addition, the aftermath of natural disasters on the African continent is still unabated, and there is an extreme shortage of food. As long as the commander of the African theater Bai Qi plays the card of food, it is basically easy to catch.

For this reason, Ouyang Shuo sent an order to directly take out half of the grain stored last year and transport it to the North African tutelary government. He must take advantage of the wind of natural disasters to quickly take over the East African region before the European and American dynasties reacted.

With an edict, the army of millions began to operate immediately.

At the same time, on the route from the North Gulf to the Gulf of Aden, a thousand cargo ships belonging to the [Huaxia Shipping Group], under the protection of the Indian Ocean Fleet, transported food and supplies back and forth in an endless stream.

Da Xia, who had been sleeping for three months, showed her fangs again.

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The imperial palace, the imperial study room.

Although the war in East Africa was raging everywhere, Ouyang Shuo didn't pay much attention to it. The military aircraft department and the African theater were responsible for the battlefield, and he didn't get involved.

Professional things should be done by professional people.

As an emperor, Ouyang Shuo's focus was still on the interior of the dynasty.

Gaia's cessation of refugee refresh means that the population growth has entered a super-slow period. However, a series of reforms such as industrialization, collectivization, and enterprise system of the imperial court are accelerating, and there is an urgent shortage of talents.

If there is not a large amount of fresh blood to replenish, it will definitely affect the speed of the imperial court's strategic advancement.

When the population cannot grow, the only way is to improve the quality of the population, or in other words, make full use of the existing human resources.

And the group that wastes the most human resources is undoubtedly the huge player group.

As the Great Zhou Dynasty continued to decline, 90 million of the 100 million players in Huaxia District lived under the rule of Great Xia. Most of them have actually been outside the imperial system.

Let's take a rough inventory, which players has the Great Xia absorbed into its own system so far?

First, absorb the elite players of the guild into the army.

Second, a group of players operate farms and shops in the imperial court, which can be regarded as half-legged into the imperial system.

Third, a few players like Meng Zhida who are deeply trusted by Ouyang Shuo were lucky enough to enter the officialdom of Daxia, including professionals recruited by schools, banks and other institutions.

Other than that, the rest seem to have nothing to do with the imperial court, and the utilization rate is less than 1%.

What a waste.

Uncovering the external identities of the players, this group of people are engaged in all walks of life in reality, and together weave a complex and well-organized social network, which is competent for all social production affairs.

In other words, every player is a talent.

But why has no one noticed this?

After six years of transformation, not to mention the lords, even the adventure players themselves have completed a change of identity. As the game progresses, they gradually forget their real jobs.

Six years is enough time for a person to change his way of life.

Before the two territories, refugees kept pouring in. Naturally, the lord players subconsciously made the most of the refugees, treating them as subjects. For adventure players, they always felt that they were separated by a layer and could not get close.

It's like Ouyang Shuo's attitude towards adventurers at a respectful distance from the beginning.

Of course, the reason why they are not close is not the problem of the lord player.

For adventure players, how could they easily turn the corner and enter the game world together, so why should they live under the rule of the lord player and obey the lord's management?

It wasn't until Gaia's six years that this dissatisfaction gradually disappeared.

The dissatisfaction disappeared, not because the players wanted to open it, but because of the current situation. The general trend of the world is fixed, the royal city disappears, and the glory is no longer there. The players have no choice but to defect to the dynasty.

The adventure player group seems to be outside the territory, and it is impossible to open a new world.

The second is that with the real-time update and launch of the achievement value, the interests in the game are closely related to the immediate interests of the players in reality, so that everyone dare not play the game with the mentality of the game.

This is paradoxical, but it is reality.

Since the game is equated with reality, it is understandable for players to surrender for the sake of profit. Humans are social animals, and they are not generally adaptable, and they can quickly adjust their mentality.

Strictly speaking, there is no essential difference between living under the rule of the dynasty and living under the rule of the king's city. The only difference is mentality.

Under the rule of Wangcheng, although players are subject to various laws and regulations, they still regard Wangcheng NPCs as virtual existences in their hearts. In the final analysis, they still serve players like them.

To put it bluntly, there is a natural sense of superiority.

Under the lordship, this sense of superiority disappeared and was replaced by a sense of frustration.

"There is a huge gap between people and people."

Perhaps it is because the gap is so huge that when the players realize that no matter how hard they struggle and work hard, it is impossible to make up such a gap, they seem to feel better all of a sudden.

This is easy to understand.

Just like in the real world, people have a comparison mentality.

A person, facing a classmate who is only a little better than himself, may be envious and jealous, and will subconsciously compare; but facing the richest man in the country, he will never be jealous or compare.

Because the two sides are not at the same level at all.

In the face of the richest man, ordinary people may ridicule and worship, but they will never be able to compare themselves. Because there is no way to compare, naturally there is no so-called frustration.

In the game world, the situation is the same. Compared with ordinary players, an existence like Ouyang Shuo is even more exaggerated than the richest man in the world.

Therefore, recently, players living in Daxia have gradually gained initial recognition of Daxia, at least there is no needless frustration and grievance anymore.

In this way, the value of players was released to the imperial court and favorable conditions were created.