Chapter 399 Picking up a Burden

After listening to Bai Qi's words, Ouyang Shuo thought for a while and said, "Come here!"

"exist!"

"Take a group of people to Yanluo County, and bring the fireworks monster and Bao Shuya to Leishan City."

"promise!"

Fan Zhongyan's eyes narrowed, and he said, "Your Majesty, do you want Leishan City to be the seat of Leizhou County?"

"good!"

Among the five prefectural cities, Leishan City and Yanluo City are both located in the middle of Leizhou County, and they are more suitable for serving as the county seat. Compared with Leishan City, Yanluo City is even better built.

Junhou finally chose Leishan City, which was somewhat unexpected.

How important is the status of the government of a county.

Ouyang Shuo ignored everyone's surprise: "Decree: Appoint Bao Shuya as Governor of Leizhou County, and appoint Zang Wenzhong as prefect of Duanren Prefecture in Lianzhou County. Zhou Haichen, former prefect of Duanren Prefecture, is transferred to prefect of Leishan Prefecture in Leizhou County."

Fan Zhongyan suddenly realized that the root cause was here.

Bao Shuya served as the sheriff of Leizhou County, which was not beyond his expectations. With Bao Shuya's ability, it is more than enough to govern a county. Of course, this is also related to the absence of a powerful official in the territory.

Even so, Bao Shuya must avoid Yanluo City where he works. It can be said that Yanluo City's failure in the election was somewhat innocent.

Politics can be so cruel sometimes.

At the same time, Junhou transferred his confidant Zhou Haichen to the magistrate of Leishan Prefecture, which further checks and balances Bao Shuya.

Both trust and checks and balances.

It seems contradictory, but it is actually wonderful. Junhou's way of employing people is becoming more and more perfect.

Ouyang Shuo went on to say, "The candidates for the prefects of the other four prefectures in Leizhou County are all selected from the local officials. Half of the twenty-two county magistrates will be promoted locally, and the other half will be promoted from the officials of Lianzhou County."

"promise!"

In this way, it not only takes care of local interests, but also allows grassroots officials in the base camp to get a chance to be promoted. These officials will also promote the governance model of Lianzhou County in Leizhou County.

According to Fan Zhongyan's feedback, there are still a group of good officials in Leizhou County. They all held important positions in the original territory and were the most important right-hand men of the original lord.

For these people, Ouyang Shuo would naturally promote and appoint them boldly. Of course, the most basic cross-serving is inevitable. In addition, they have to accept the strict inspection of the Home Office.

At this point, Ouyang Shuo decided to appoint and remove the main officials in the next county with a few words. It seems random, but in fact the most basic framework and principles have been established.

The next work will be done by the Administration Department. With Fan Zhongyan's ability, he will never say anything more.

After discussing the appointment and removal of officials, Cui Yingyou, Director of Finance, then reported.

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and saw Yingyou's distressed face, so he roughly guessed that the economic situation of Leizhou County might not be optimistic.

"The original economy of the various prefectures and counties in Leizhou County can only be said to be barely passable. After this war, it has become even worse. Not to mention the damage to the city caused by the war. The worst thing is that when the lord fled, the freedom of the general's territory The entire fund was swept away. There is not a single copper coin in the treasury of Zhufu County in Leizhou County."

Speaking of this, Yingyou sighed, and said: "The Finance Department has roughly calculated that to complete the reconstruction of the interior county and restore the economy of Leizhou County, at least 100,000 gold coins of financial support funds are needed."

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the hall gasped.

Ouyang Shuo's complexion also gradually darkened.

In the battle of Leizhou, Shanhai City cost more than 100,000 gold coins just before the battle. Coupled with the post-war pensions, layoffs, and military expansion, it is another large military expenditure.

Ouyang Shuo also thought that after occupying Leizhou County, he would be able to make up for this financial hole. How could he have thought that what he got was not a gold mine, but a burden.

"Is it really that bad?"

Yingyou nodded firmly, and said, "This is still the most conservative estimate. In addition to the restoration of the city, it will be even more difficult to expand the capacity of the five prefectural cities and build the outer city walls."

The five prefectural cities must be expanded. Especially Leishan City, as a county-level government, if the area is less than 100 square kilometers, it is impossible to sell.

Seeing Junhou's face turned cold, Cui Yingyou said cautiously: "Of course, the fundamentals of Leizhou County's economy are still very good. As long as we get through this difficulty, the future financial revenue will still be very considerable."

"In addition, Leizhou County is close to the sea, and the well-developed shipbuilding and salt industries in Lianzhou County can be directly copied. Including the characteristic industries such as colored silkworm breeding, they can also be transplanted together."

"Not enough." Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said, "Just transplanting industries is too conservative. The Finance Department should fully tap the potential of Leizhou County, develop new characteristic industries, and open up new sources of finance."

"clear!"

Ouyang Shuo's expression softened slightly, and he said, "This is the end of the matter, we can only find a way to raise funds. For the required funds, we can borrow from the Universal Bank. If there is still not enough, we can borrow from major chambers of commerce."

With the continuous improvement of the reputation of the Four Seas Bank, the deposits absorbed are already a considerable amount.

Ouyang Shuo's so-called borrowing means that Leizhou County borrows from the Universal Bank with its future financial income as collateral, and at the same time pays a certain amount of interest.

It seems absurd, but in reality, it is a very normal financial behavior. Meng Zhida, the big treasurer of the Four Seas Bank, is a financial tycoon in reality, and I believe he can handle it properly.

"Chamber of Commerce?"

"That's right." Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "Tell the major chambers of commerce that as long as they are willing to donate generously to help the territory overcome the difficulties, they are allowed to set up branches in Leizhou County."

Ouyang Shuo believed that the major chambers of commerce would not fail to see the market potential of Leizhou County.

As long as it is profitable, the major chambers of commerce do not mind giving generously.

What's more, Ouyang Shuo was only borrowing money, and he would pay interest, not asking for donations from the chamber of commerce.

Yingyou's eyes lit up, and she said, "No problem." She thought again, should she tell her father to ask Cui's Chamber of Commerce to provide a large amount of financial assistance.

With the help of Lianzhou County and Yashan City, Cui's Chamber of Commerce has flourished recently.

Seeing Yingyou's excited expression, Ouyang Shuo sighed.

Helpless!

If you tell others that Shanhai City has to rely on loans to survive, it is estimated that none of your allies will believe it. In the eyes of all the allies, Shanhai City is a local tyrant among local tyrants.

It seems that the plan to develop Yazhou needs to be accelerated, Ouyang Shuo silently thought.

Ouyang Shuo had to find a way to raise new sources of funds from other channels.

Finally, Wei Yang, Director of the Department of Internal Affairs, reported on the investigation of Leizhou County.

With the capture of Leizhou County, under Wei Yang's iron fist, the factors of instability on the surface were basically not wiped out. The difficulty is that some forces took the opportunity to hide in the darkness.

Dealing with these guys is not easy.

Among these people, there are not only diehard members of the original territory, but also businessmen whose use has been damaged due to the war, and ordinary people whose relatives have died in battle, and so on.

This work requires the long-term persistence of the Department of Internal Affairs.

Fortunately, with Wei Yang's ability, under his leadership, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will definitely try its hand at Leizhou. Any destabilizing factors that attempt to disrupt the development of Leizhou County will suffer the most brutal suppression.

In this regard, Ouyang Shuo's attitude is very firm.

With Wei Yang's report completed, the entire military and political discussion came to an end.

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In the next few days, Ouyang Shuo personally sat in Leishan City and received a group of generals and officials. Especially the four division heads and five prefects just appointed are the most important.

On this day, Ouyang Shuo was receiving Wei Zhang, when a system announcement suddenly sounded in his ears.

"System Announcement: Congratulations to Xuemeigui for leading the [Shangxuemeigui Mercenary Corps] elite group, clearing the public secret realm for the first time—Nanshan Dongtian Secret Realm, rewarding 10,000 reputation points, congratulations players!"

...

Compared with the promise of my aunt Lin Jing to clear the secret realm within a week, it was a full month late. Come to think of it, when killing the last big boss, the elite group encountered unimaginable difficulties.

As soon as the announcement came out, adventure players were blown away. For nothing else, just the words "public secret realm" were enough to drive adventure players crazy.

Public secret realm, this is the first public secret realm since the system opened the secret realm.

The players asked everywhere, where is the secret place of Nanshan Dongtian?

Members of [Shangxue Rose Mercenary Corps] are naturally the ones who get the most questions. It's a pity that the matter of Yazhou has been kept strictly confidential, and ordinary members don't know about it.

After all, someone with great powers found out that Nanshan Dongtian was located in Yashan City.

For a while, Yashan City became the focus of players.

Some players wanted to teleport to Yashan City, but found that the teleportation array in Yashan City was only open to specific people, which meant that ordinary players could not teleport to Yashan City.

As for going by boat? Give me a break!

All of a sudden, the forum exploded.

Players are clamoring on the forum, demanding that Yashan City be opened to players. Some unqualified trolls even started cursing directly on the forum, saying that it was only natural for Yashan City to be open to them.

In this regard, Yashan City was silent for a while.

Without Ouyang Shuo's instructions, no one dared to activate the teleportation array.

The next day, Ouyang Shuo issued an instruction that the current Yashan City is only open to members of [Shanhai League - Guild Alliance]. As for other players? Leaving aside for now.

Ouyang Shuo is not a philanthropist.

According to the news from my aunt Lin Jing, after clearing the Nanshan Cave, a career suit for a counselor will be dropped.

However, the two major guilds of [Qingfeng Pavilion] and [Tingyu Tower] are mainly counselors. As for the [Shangxue Rose Mercenary Group], it is a comprehensive guild, and there are also many counselors in the guild.

At this time, it is natural to meet the needs of the alliance. Such internal benefits of the alliance help to enhance the cohesion and sense of belonging of the members of the alliance.

It is foreseeable that in the future, members of the three major guilds will flood into Yashan City in large numbers. For this reason, Ouyang Shuo wrote to Song Jia, asking her to sit in Yashan City and be responsible for coordinating the affairs of the adventurers in Yashan City.