At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo did not stay in the Lord's Mansion, but went to Friendship Town on the other side of the Friendship River, accompanied by Ge Hongliang, director of military affairs, and Song San, director of military intelligence.

At the ferry port of Shanhai Town, the captain of the ferry is still an old man. Of course, the improvised raft that Ouyang Shuo had personally built had long since been honorably decommissioned, and now it was using a high-grade fishing boat, somewhat similar to a canopy boat.

Sitting on the canopy boat and looking at the sparkling river, Ouyang Shuo was full of emotion. Before I knew it, half a year had passed. At the beginning, he took Shi Wansui and came to the Lianzhou Basin alone, overcame obstacles, and established Shanhai Village. At that time, Shanhai Village was in ruins, and talents were withering.

In less than five months, the small village that once had nothing has turned into a Shanhai town covering an area of 1,000 square kilometers and a population of nearly 30,000, becoming the unshakable first territory of players in China. It's just that the emperor wants to dominate the industry, and if he doesn't advance, he will retreat, and today's Shanhai Town, in the future hegemony, will seem so insignificant.

At the wharf of Friendship Town, Zhou Haichen, the chief officer of Friendship Town, and Lin Yi, the cavalry battalion stationed in Friendship Town, led a group of civil and military generals to wait early, ready to welcome Ouyang Shuo and his party. This is the first time that the lord has come to Friendship Town to inspect, so naturally he must not be careless.

After the canopy boat docked, Zhou Haichen and others eagerly greeted him and said with a smile: "Welcome to visit Friendship Town." ”

Ouyang Shuo walked out of the cabin, smiled and waved goodbye to the old man Zhang, before turning to Zhou Haichen and saying, "It's just a simple inspection, why do you need to work so hard?" ”

Zhou Haichen's expression was stunned, knowing that adults don't like such scenes, and he would be wrong this time.

Ouyang Shuo didn't want Zhou Haichen to be too embarrassed, and under the introduction of Zhou Haichen and Lin Yi, he nodded to a group of civil and military generals.

The administrative structure of Friendship Town is similar to that of the base camp, but it is somewhat different. Of the four major departments, the Military Affairs Administration only has a base camp, and the subordinate territories are not used as permanent institutions, and only the logistics support department such as the War Readiness Department is retained. In addition, Shiota Division, which is more special, is also a department unique to the base camp.

Of course, the configuration of the civil officials in Friendship Town cannot be compared with the base camp. However, among the grassroots government personnel, they are also among the best, otherwise they would not have the opportunity to be sent here to preside over the government affairs of one department and one office. Ouyang Shuo only hopes that this group of people can grow up as soon as possible.

As for the generals, they are all old acquaintances. The five squadron leaders of the cavalry battalion, including Hu Yibiao, the chief general of the Friendship Town garrison, were all appointed by him, so naturally there was no need to greet them.

After a brief stay at the pier, the group rushed back to Friendship Town. From afar, you can see the tall walls of Friendship Town and the imposing South Gate.

Fortunately, Zhou Haichen still knows the proportions, and he did not arrange the scene of the people welcoming him. Walking into Friendship Town, Zhou Haichen began to introduce Ouyang Shuo to the situation of Friendship Town.

Youyi Town has a population of more than 2,600 people, and it is about a week away from being promoted to a second-class township. Of course, the cavalry battalions stationed outside the city were not included.

In order to guard against the nomads of the north, agriculture in Friendship Town is basically concentrated in the south, next to the Friendship River and the Swam River. Some industries that needed to be built outside the city, such as brick kilns and pottery factories, were also basically built on the east and west sides, surrounded by moats.

Because it is located in the plains, Friendship Town is extremely lacking in basic resources such as wood, stone and iron ore, and basically relies on the base camp and the town of Swim to transport it. The coordination in the middle is naturally the credit of the Material Reserve Agency.

Of course, Friendship Town is not without its own advantages, not to mention the animal husbandry that will be focused on development in the future, even in the field of agriculture, it also has its unique geographical advantages.

The south is located at the confluence of the Friendship River and the Swimming River, with abundant water resources and fertile land, and the cultivated farmland is much superior to Shanhai Town. This area has been reclaimed 20,000 acres of fertile farmland, all of which are planted with rice. In the future, Friendship Town will become the second largest grain production base after Shui Town.

At the same time, in order to form the unique advantages of Friendship Town and not be compared with the two subsidiary territories of Beihai Town and Lushui Town, Zhou Haichen racked his brains and vigorously developed the forging industry and textile industry. These industries are all preparations for future trade with nomadic tribes. It can be seen that Zhou Haichen's ambition and anxiety.

It can be said that whether or not the trade routes of the nomadic tribes can be opened up is related to the positioning of Friendship Town. By opening up trade routes, Friendship Town can be transformed into a commercial city, a link between the base camp and the hinterland. If there is no trade route, then Friendship Town will be trapped and completely degenerated into a military fortress.

Therefore, for Ouyang Shuo's arrival, Zhou Haichen has great expectations.

Since the completion of the moat project, Zhou Haichen has sent people to try to contact the nomadic tribes in the north and make some progress. However, what kind of strategy to adopt for these nomadic tribes ultimately needs to be decided by Ouyang Shuo, the lord.

It's a pity that what Zhou Haichen didn't know was that Ouyang Shuo's visit to Friendship Town this time was just a pretense, and his real purpose was to target the green worm horses on the grassland. It has been two months since the establishment of the Jiafang Division, and the first batch of fifty sets of Mingguang armor has been built. It's a pity that because there is no suitable war horse, it still can't be loaded into the cavalry battalion, how can this not make Ouyang Shuo anxious.

In the council hall of Friendship Town, Ouyang Shuoping retired a group of civilian officials, including Zhou Haichen, leaving only the generals and holding a military meeting.

"Director Ge, let's talk about it, what progress has been made by Frog Marco during this time?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

This trip to Friendship Town was originally facilitated by Ge Hongliang. With Ge Hongliang's cautious character, if there was no breakthrough, he would not rashly bring Ouyang Shuo here.

Ge Hong nodded brightly and said, "Lord Qiqi, the Military Intelligence Department has obtained important information. Five days ago, the small tribe on the west side of Youyi Town had just obtained more than 100 high-quality green worm horse stallions from the Tianyan tribe, and was ready to expand the breeding scale of the tribe's green worm horses. This is a godsend! ”

Ouyang Shuo's heart moved, and he remained silent on the surface: "Oh, what do you mean?" ”

"The meaning of the subordinate is very simple, the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again. Simply, we didn't do anything and ransacked this small tribe. If possible, you can also blame the medium-sized tribe located directly north of Friendship Town, further dividing the relationship between the medium-sized tribe and the Tianyan tribe. Ge Hongliang said calmly, as if he didn't know at all what he would do, what kind of sea of blood would be set off.

"How many people are there in that small tribe, and how many warriors are there?" Ouyang Shuo asked cautiously.

This information, of course, is answered by the Military Intelligence Department. Lei Xun, the leader of MI2, who is specifically responsible for collecting information on nomadic tribes, got up and said, "Lord Qiyu. The Military Intelligence Department has found out that this small tribe has a grazing area of less than 500 square kilometers, with only more than 800 tribesmen and more than 300 soldiers. ”

Ouyang Shuo turned his head to look at Lin Yi and asked, "Are you sure?" ”

Lin Yi naturally knew what the adults were referring to, and said: "It is not difficult to eliminate their main force, but the difficult thing is how to do it without leaving a living." These nomads, both men and women, ride horses, and if they are not careful, they may slip through the net. ”

For the sake of the green worm horse, Ouyang Shuo was preparing to wield the butcher knife this time.

"What is the opinion of the Military Affairs Administration?" Ouyang Shuo looked at Ge Hongliang again.

Ge Hongliang had already prepared and said: "To be clean and neat, the surprise attack is the most effective. In addition, in order to prevent the situation that General Lin just said, in addition to the main assault tribe, guards must also be arranged on the periphery to kill the fish that slip through the net. ”

Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "The strategy is good. On the opposite side, however, were three hundred nomadic cavalrymen skilled in archers and horses. The cavalry battalion is barely attacking head-on, how can it still have the spare strength to arrange the troops to intercept it on the periphery? ”

"Your Excellency is right. With the existing troops in the territory, it is difficult to complete this raid mission. The only solution is to expand the number of troops again. Ge Hongliang said.

Ouyang Shuo had a headache and said, "Before being promoted to a first-class county town, is it appropriate to expand the army again?" Don't forget, there are still a thousand elite warriors in the mountain barbarian tribe, waiting for us to receive them? ”

Ge Hongliang obviously had considered it all, and said confidently: "Lord Qiqi, the Military Affairs Administration has a plan for the reorganization of the army, and please judge it!" ”

"Speak!"

"The idea of the subordinates is this, this thousand mountain barbarian warriors, the base camp receives five hundred people, and the second hoplite battalion is formed. The remaining 500 people, divided into 300 people, went to Lushui Town, plus the current two garrison squadrons, to form the city defense battalion of Lushui Town. The last 200 people were assigned to Friendship Town, and then 100 people were recruited on the spot, transferred to cavalry, and formed the Friendship Town City Defense Battalion. In this way, the overflow of the number of troops is not too serious. Similarly, in this operation, one cavalry squadron of the urban defense battalion of Yushui Town, plus two cavalry squadrons of the urban defense battalion of Friendship Town, can be transferred to participate in the operation together. ”

Ouyang Shuo's eyes lit up, in this way, except for the cavalry battalion and the infantry battalion, it basically did not exceed the conscription ratio of one out of ten that he had set at the beginning.

"Okay, just handle it according to this, and all departments will immediately step up their preparations." Ouyang Shuo made a direct decision, and then announced the appointment and dismissal of military personnel, and said: "The Military Affairs Department passed on my order to appoint Zhang Daniu as the head of the city defense battalion of Lushui Town, Hu Yibiao as the head of the city defense battalion of Youyi Town, and Shi Hu as the head of the second battalion of infantry. ”

"Yes!" Ge Hong nodded and said.

Zhang Daniu, the fire chief who competed with Zhao Sihu at the beginning, was finally promoted to Yingzheng and was once again on par with Zhao Sihu. Hu Yibiao was lucky, he was promoted to Yingzheng in one fell swoop after only a little more than a month after being stationed in Friendship Town, one step ahead of his predecessors.

As for the second infantry battalion, the reason why Ouyang Shuo promoted Shi Hu of the second squadron of the infantry battalion instead of Wang Feng, the leader of the first squadron, was because of his considerations.

The promotion of Shi Hu is conducive to condensing the sense of belonging of the mountain barbarian warriors and showing them the principle of employing people based on meritocracy in Shanhai Town. Second, for Wang Feng, Ouyang Shuo has other long-term arrangements.