March 2 is destined to be an extraordinary day.

"System Announcement: Congratulations to the player Di Chen for becoming the second lord in China who has been upgraded to a second-level township, and will be rewarded with 1,000 merit points!"

"System Announcement: Congratulations to the player Di Chen for becoming the second lord in China who has been upgraded to a second-level township, and will be rewarded with 1,000 merit points!"

"System Announcement: Congratulations to the player Di Chen for becoming the second lord in China who has been upgraded to a second-level township, and will be rewarded with 1,000 merit points!"

As Ouyang Shuo expected, Handan Town followed Shanhai Town closely, and it only took six days to be promoted from a first-class township to a second-level township.

The surprises don't stop there. In the next three days, Chun Shenjun, Phoenix Prisoner, Bai Hua, Feng Qingyang, and Wolf Warrior respectively promoted their respective territories to first-class townships, and China ushered in the first wave of township upgrades.

Baihua's Lingxi Town has become the fifth territory in China to be upgraded to a first-class township, and has become a dark horse that is not big or small. The status of the original Handan Six Hegemons, which was successively challenged by Ouyang Shuo, Xiongba and Bai Hua, has long been shattered and completely become history. However, as an individual existence of the Emperor Chen or Chun Shen Jun, they are still powerful and cannot be ignored.

Just when everyone's eyes were focused on the new township, Beihai Village, the subordinate territory of Shanhai Town, had been quietly promoted to a first-class township. On the day of Beihai Town's promotion, Ouyang Shuo immediately transferred all the more than 200 fishermen who still belonged to Shanhai Town to Beihai Town for management. At the same time, the fourth phase of the construction of the Beidu Salt Farm was started, and the scale of the salt farm was expanded to 5,000 acres. Beihai Town, a small bay town, is gradually being built into a salt industry base, a fishing base and a naval base camp in the territory.

After stabilizing Beihai Town, Ouyang Shuo began to build a second affiliated village. The new affiliated village, which he intends to build on the other side of the canyon, on the bank of the Lushui River, stands on both sides of the canyon side by side with Shanhai Town, firmly guarding the only estuary in the Lianzhou Basin.

The attached village was named Lushui Village, and the village head, Zhao Dexian, was named Yushui Village. Sun Yannong, former deputy director of the Department of Agriculture, succeeded Zhao Dexian as director of the Department of Agriculture.

Just like the establishment of Beihai Village, Zhao Dexian took 50 grassroots government officials and skilled talents from Shanhai Town. The military sent the deputy squadron leader of the former infantry squadron and the first infantry team to rush to Lushui Village to form a garrison.

This time, Zhao Dexian was transferred with 350 farmers and 100 lumberjacks. On the east side of the canyon where the village is located, at the junction of the Lianzhou Basin and Lingnan, the jungle is dense and the timber resources are very rich. Therefore, in the future, the village will be built into an agricultural base and forestry base for the territory.

March 5, the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, nine o'clock in the morning, the mayor's office of Shanhai Town.

"How's the preparation for tomorrow's Lantern Festival?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

As the first Lantern Festival in Shanhai Town, Ouyang Shuo attached great importance to it and personally served as the leader of the preparatory group, and the specific work was responsible for the Department of Culture and Education, the Department of Materials and the Department of Public Security. The Department of Culture and Education is responsible for preparing lantern riddles, the Department of Materials is responsible for making lanterns and prizes, and the Department of Public Security is responsible for maintaining order and security on site.

"Back to my lordship, everything is ready." The one who replied was Xu Shuda, the deputy leader of the preparatory group.

As early as after Ouyang Shuo accompanied Bing'er to visit the Jiaozhou temple fair in reality, he had the idea of preparing a temple fair in Shanhai Town. It's a pity that to organize a temple fair, too many materials are needed, and a lot of folk performances are involved. With the current conditions of Shanhai Town, it is not enough to organize a temple fair.

Until one day, when he was chatting with Xu Shuda, the director of culture and education, he inadvertently mentioned his regret. Xu Shuda is worthy of being a Jinshi, and has served as a teacher for a long time, and has a very thorough understanding of Chinese traditional culture and various folk customs. He immediately said that although there are no conditions for holding a temple fair, there are still conditions for holding a Lantern Festival. Ouyang Shuo suddenly decided to be led by Xu Shuda, with the cooperation of the Materials Department and the Public Security Department, to officially launch the Lantern Festival plan.

The reason why Ouyang Shuo spent a lot of effort and a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to prepare for this Lantern Festival was because of his considerations. A lantern festival not only helps to boost the hearts of the people, but also helps to improve the cultural index of the territory. Among the four territorial indexes, the culture index is notoriously difficult to improve. Therefore, in order to lay a good foundation for upgrading the county in the future, he will not miss any opportunity to help improve the cultural index.

Holding all kinds of traditional festivals, whether it is the Spring Festival temple fair, the Lantern Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival moon viewing or the Chongyang Ascending, are all good opportunities to improve the cultural index.

After dealing with the matter of the Lantern Festival, Ouyang Shuo left the Lord's Mansion and went to the weapon workshop. It has been three days since he handed over the "Mingguang Armor Manufacturing Technology Manual" to senior blacksmith Wang Zirconium. He was anxious to know about the recent research progress of the weapons workshop.

Mingguang armor appeared in the Three Kingdoms period and is considered to be one of the armors that was well protected in the era of cold weapons. It is extremely intricately crafted and is one of the most expensive armors in history. Initially, only officers and nobles could equip it. In the Tang Dynasty, the strong national strength made this expensive armor begin to equip elite troops, so that their protection capabilities have been greatly improved.

On the back of the chest of the armor, there are oval-shaped pieces of metal armor, which are called engotten, and they can reflect dazzling light in the sunlight, hence the name of the bright light armor. The circle of the Bright Light Armor has a perfect arc that allows the arrows to slip on it, thereby protecting the soldiers. Even with a composite strong bow and the most powerful armor-piercing cone, it can't wear the circle protection of transparent light armor.

A complete set of Mingguang armor, weighing thirty-six kilograms, was therefore more suitable for cavalry. If you add it to the horse lance, which has the most ferocious attack power in the cold weapon era, it can be almost invincible. Since getting the "Mingguang Armor Manufacturing Technology Manual", building such a heavy cavalry and reproducing the glory of the Tang Dynasty has become the top priority in Ouyang Shuo's heart.

It's a pity that as soon as he walked into the weapon workshop, Wang Zirconium gave him a head start, "Lord Qiyu, through the study of Mingguang armor, my subordinates have a clear understanding of the manufacturing process of this set of armor. With the current conditions of the weapon workshop, there are still many difficulties in making Mingguang armor on a large scale, and it requires the coordination of adults. ”

"Please!" Ouyang Shuo knew that the system would not let him get the Mingguang Armor so easily.

"First of all, in addition to the iron armor part, the whole set of Mingguang armor is also part of leather armor, which requires the cooperation of the tailor. Secondly, the production process of Mingguang armor is extremely complex, and with the current number of craftsmen in the weapon workshop, it will take at least five days to create the iron armor part of the armor alone. Finally, the demand for iron ore is very large, and with the current scale of the mining farm, it may be difficult to meet the supply demand of iron ore. ”

Wang Zi is naturally extremely excited to be able to preside over the production of Mingguang armor, and he also cherishes this opportunity very much. Because of this, it is even more necessary to lay out the difficulties encountered and explain them clearly to adults.

"How many craftsmen are there in the weapons workshop?" Ouyang Shuo didn't rush to answer Wang Zi, but asked instead.

"Back to adults, including me, there is one senior blacksmith, one intermediate blacksmith, four junior blacksmiths, and five blacksmith apprentices." Originally, there should have been more blacksmith apprentices and junior blacksmiths, but the two affiliated villages have taken two batches of apprentices one after another, and now there are only so many left.

Ouyang Shuo's brows tightened, the manufacture of Mingguang armor involved the coordination of multiple departments such as weapon workshops, tailor shops, mining farms, combat readiness departments, and household registration departments, and Wang Zi alone was obviously unable to complete such a complex task. The best way to do this is to form a new department dedicated to the production of armor.

The plan has been decided, Ouyang Shuo said with a smile: "I already understand the current difficulties. At two o'clock in the afternoon, you took Xu Kun from the workshop to the lord's mansion to discuss important matters. ”

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo summoned the chief officials of all departments involved in the production of Mingguang armor to the lord's mansion to discuss matters.

They are Tian Wenjing, director of the Material Reserve Department, Zhao Youfang, deputy director of the War Readiness Department, Yuan Shaoping, director of the junior iron ore mine, Zhou Haichen, director of the household registration department, Zhao Dewang, director of the construction department, Mu Qingsi, a master tailor, Wang Zi, the director of the weapons workshop, and Xu Kun, a deputy.

"I summoned everyone here today, and there is only one thing, and that is to fully cooperate with the production of Mingguang Armor. For this reason, I decided to set up a Kobo Division, which was in charge of cashiers, ropes, tendons, miscellaneous crafts, and craftsmen. Wang Zi, the former director of the weapons workshop, served as the director of the Jiafang Division; Mu Qingsi, a master tailor, is a senior consultant of the Jiafang Division. Ouyang Shuo went straight to the point and directly announced the establishment of the new department and related personnel arrangements.

"In order to cooperate with the work of the Kobo Division, I would like to announce a few more orders. Zhao Dewang! ”

"Here!"

"Within three days, the Construction Division needs to build a large-scale workshop that combines the functions of a tailor's shop and a weapons workshop to serve as the working premises of the Division A."

"Yes, mission guaranteed!"

"Yuan Shaoping!"

"Here!"

"Expand the primary mining farm to the intermediate mining farm, and the number of miners will reach at least 400 people."

"Yes, mission guaranteed!"

"Zhao Youfang!"

"Here!"

"Inventory of strategic materials such as cowhide and tendon, and supply all of them to the Jiafang Division, and find a way to meet the supply of subsequent furs and tendons."

"Yes, mission guaranteed!"

"Xu Kun!"

"Here!"

"Appoint you as the head of the weapon workshop, responsible for the training of blacksmith apprentices, and all the existing junior blacksmiths in the weapon workshop will be transferred to the armor division."

"Yes, mission guaranteed!"

"Zhou Haichen!"

"Here!"

"All the craftsmen of the Jiafang Division will be included in the military ranks, and they will not be allowed to leave for life, and they will be directly managed by the Jiafang Division."

"Yes, mission guaranteed!"

A series of orders came down, and people were dazzled to watch. Wang Zi, the newly appointed director of the Jiafang Division, was enthusiastic when he heard this, and he knew best that with these arrangements, the difficulties he listed in the morning would be solved, and it would not be far from making the Mingguang armor.