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In addition, Ouyang Shuo will also withhold 2.5 million gold coins for other purposes. The remaining 1,000,000 gold coins will be invested in the expansion of the territory.

First, the Fifth Division of the Praetorian Guard Corps was formed and the Praetorian Guard Corps was expanded to full strength.

The Fifth Division of the Praetorian Guard Corps will be formed by drawing elite cavalry from the three major armies, and the Fifth Division will also be the third cavalry division of the Praetorian Guard Corps.

Originally, Ouyang Shuo had other ideas about the Fifth Division, but Huo Quai, the commander of the Praetorian Guard Legion, was known for his cavalry warfare, and Ouyang Shuo could only strengthen the cavalry construction of the Praetorian Guard Corps.

Second, the City Guard Division was promoted to the City Guard Corps.

The City Guard Division originally had two divisions, and the Lianzhou County Garrison Division, the Xunzhou County Garrison Division, and the Zhen'an County Garrison Division were all merged into the City Guard Corps.

As a result, the Guards immediately reached full strength.

As for the garrison divisions that have been transferred, they will be directly topped by the former reserve forces.

The commander of the Castle Guard Corps will be General Higashichuro.

The transfer and promotion of the fierce generals means that the city guard corps will completely get rid of the stigma of local troops. Ouyang Shuo's goal was to build the City Guard Legion into the second Praetorian Guard Legion.

For this reason, Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate to transfer the city guard corps to training.

According to the military agreement reached between Ouyang Shuo and the Pillar, the completed City Guard Legion will be directly teleported to the Boulder City through the teleportation array to assist the Boulder City in expanding its territory for a limited time of half a year.

During this period, the defense of Shanhai City will be taken over by the Praetorian Guard.

In the military agreement, the responsibilities of both sides are clearly defined.

Shanhai City is responsible for the military salaries of the City Guard Legion, and the transportation costs and logistical supplies are borne by the Boulder City. In this way, the City Guard Legion gets a baptism of fire, and the Boulder City gets a new force to help, which can be described as a win-win situation.

Ouyang Shuo's move was precisely to restrain the expansion of Handan City in the northern part of Kyoto District. Boulder City is a very important chess piece in Ouyang Shuo's overall strategy, and it can't be uprooted by Emperor Chen.

The transfer of the City Guard Corps can be said to have opened a precedent for military exchanges within the [Shanhai Alliance]. It means that Shanhai City has gradually changed from a nominal alliance leader to a military alliance leader.

Shanhai City provides military shelter to allies, and even garrisons, and will become a norm in the future.

This means that after the economic field, in the military field, Shanhai City has also begun to play a real role as the leader of the alliance, and it is a veritable big brother.

Third, the formation of the third army of the Tiger Army.

Based on the Zhenhai City Garrison Division, the Qiongzhou County Garrison Division, Leizhou County Garrison Division, Zhaoqing County Garrison Division and Wuzhou County Garrison Division were merged to form a complete field corps.

As a result, all eight garrison divisions in the territory were abolished and all overturned and rebuilt. In disguise, Ouyang Shuo uprooted some hidden dangers of the garrison division, such as the entanglement of local interests.

In addition, Zhao Yan, Hu Yibiao, Su Wang, Song Wu and other outstanding commanders of the garrison division can also take this opportunity to return to the field army sequence and show their blood.

Because Zhenhai City, Qiongzhou County, Leizhou County and Zhaoqing County are all under the jurisdiction of the Lingnan Theater where the Tiger Ben Army is located, this legion is included in the Tiger Ben Army.

The legion station was chosen in Zhenhai City.

Ouyang Shuo's purpose is naturally to use a strong army to defend the bridgehead of Zhenhai City. Otherwise, once he is not there, the [Lingnan City-State] may not be able to rescue him if he makes any small moves.

After this expansion, Zhenhai City will be stationed with a field corps and a complete Jiaozhou fleet, even if the [Lingnan City-State] comes to attack, it can hold out until reinforcements come to rescue.

The commander of the Third Army of the Tiger Ben Army will be promoted by General Fan Lihua, the general of Nishizhonglang.

With this promotion, Fan Lihua will once again break the record and become the first female corps commander in the territory, and even in the entire Chinese region, which is not dazzling.

Of course, if it is only to expand the two major legions, it is not enough to consume a huge amount of millions of gold coins. More than half of the funds were actually used for the expansion of the three major fleets.

Zheng He recruited thousands of talents, saying that they followed Zheng He, and they also had to live, and they also had family members to support, so they needed a lot of money just for settling in.

This does not include self-sufficient materials such as weapons and equipment, warships, etc., otherwise, according to the standards of the army of Shanhai City, one million gold coins is not enough at all.

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While the prince was recuperating, he also vigorously expanded his army.

It seems to be a contradiction, but in fact it is the same goal.

A set of combination punches down, the logic inside, made the ministers of the territory thoughtful.

Of the 2.5 million gold coins that Ouyang Shuo withheld, another 500,000 gold coins will be used to purchase fine porcelain, famous tea and other commodities for maritime trade along the way.

If all goes well, the profit from the shipment will at least quadruple enough to offset the cost of the voyage. Not to mention, when you come back, you can also bring back a batch of specialties from other countries and make another profit.

Historically, Zheng He went to the West, but if he was a little more pragmatic, he would not empty the treasury.

If it weren't for Ouyang Shuo's order, merchant ships would not be allowed to follow this voyage, and I am afraid that these chambers of commerce in the territory would follow the ocean-going fleet desperately to start this fantastic maritime adventure together.

The porcelain produced by Shanhai City is still far from being available. The finest porcelain in China comes from Jingdezhen in Jiangchuan Province. In the wilderness, there is no Jingdezhen to say, and it is directly subsumed into the royal city of Quanzhou.

It is just this opportunity to open up the maritime trade route with Quanzhou.

I heard the siege lion say that because of the regional characteristics, there will always be some excellent ceramic artists in his territory from time to time, envying others.

In the Black Lion City, there is also a high-quality soil for firing porcelain.

The ceramic industry has developed into one of the pillar industries of Black Lion City. In the future, the ambition of the siege lion is to defeat Quanzhou and develop the Black Lion City into the ceramic capital of China.

As for tea, although Baihao tea is a territorial specialty, it is really not a top tea in the whole of China, Biluochun, West Lake Longjing and Tieguanyin are famous teas.

Fortunately, the volume of tea is small, and it can be purchased in the major royal cities by using storage bags.

In the same way, the production area of these famous teas has long been occupied by the lords, forming a de facto monopoly.

The benefits of the region are understandable.

The wilderness has developed until now, except for the outer areas that are not open, there are few land boundaries, and they have not been set foot by the lords. Territorial specialties have long been nothing new.

All kinds of industries are booming.

The vast land of China has made countless lords as rich as siege lions.

The cold winter will eventually fade away.

When the snow melts, the wilderness will become less and less worthy of its name. After the lords have cultivated it, the wilderness is coming to life. Now the wilderness has had the prosperity of all dynasties.

A new era is slowly coming.

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For the next period of time, Ouyang Shuo was making various preparations for the upcoming journey.

The plans of the four general administrations have long been approved, and there is no need to adjust them.

In the first half of the year, the core work of the General Administration of the Interior was naturally to thoroughly implement the "Territorial Code" that had been promulgated, so as to standardize the operation of the territory.

In addition to fulfilling the set task of expanding the armed forces, the core work of the General Military Affairs Administration is to carry out strategic reserves.

Du Ruhui, the director of military affairs, has already smelled a hint of war from the marquis's large-scale expansion of the army. Therefore, after the territory rests and recuperates, it must start a great war.

And most likely, it's a round-robin mode.

Unlike before, the wars waged by Shanhai City now are all at the level of hundreds of thousands of troops, and the Tiger Ben Army alone has more than 200,000, and its demand for logistics materials has long been not something that can be handled in half a month and a month.

In ancient times, in order to prepare for a big war, it was necessary to prepare for a year, or even several years.

The War Readiness Administration has already planned to build a logistics support base in each of the three major group army stations, including a super-large granary, an armament depot, a large-scale comprehensive army workshop, and a military horse farm.

Their task in the first half of the year was to fill up the three major logistics support bases.

In addition, because there was no war for half a year. In order to maintain the morale of the army and ensure that the combat effectiveness of the army will not be weakened, at Du Ruhui's suggestion, the whole army will also hold a big competition.

According to the military branch, the competition is divided into six categories: cavalry, sword and shield soldiers, crossbowmen, pikemen, heavy swordsmen and sailors.

For example, the champion of the crossbowman will be awarded the title of archer. In addition to the honorary title, it will also directly upgrade the rank by one level and reward a specially created exclusive purple and gold weapon.

Such a reward is enough to make people crazy.

What's even crazier is still to come, the top three of the six major military branches will also have a big competition to compete for the final championship and see who is the first warrior in the army.

Those who win the championship will be directly crowned with the title of "Wu Zhuangyuan", and the military rank will be directly promoted to the top of the five generals, and at the same time the actual position of the division commander will be awarded.

You must know that the participants this time are all soldiers below the brigade commander.

Ouyang Shuo agreed with Du Ruhui's idea very much, and promised that he would personally issue rewards to the "Wu Zhuangyuan", and would also prepare a special gift.

As soon as the news came out, it stirred up a thousand waves in the army.

Even those brigade commanders and division commanders were screaming and muttering that they were going to join the war.

In desperation, Du Ruhui could only follow the good stream, and in addition to the individual competition, a team competition was set up, and 100 elites from each brigade were selected to fight against each other.

The final champion will be awarded the collective first-class merit. At the same time, the brigade commander of the team will also be promoted to the rank of Wupin general, and will be awarded the actual position of division commander.

In this way, the demands of the brigade commanders were appeased. As for the demands of the division commanders, Du Ruhui directly ignored them, and if he really wanted them to participate, it wouldn't be bullying.