Early the next morning, Ouyang Shuo and his entourage set off again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

On November 13, we arrived at the Blighting Fortress.

Ouyang Shuo specially rushed to Guilin County this time, and half of it was for the withering fortress. The battle of guarding the pass a year ago has become an indelible shame in Ouyang Shuo's lordship.

After the battle, at Pei Ju's suggestion, a stone monument of shame was erected in front of the fortress.

Now that Guilin County has taken it back, it's time to turn the page.

Knowing of Junshang's itinerary, the mountain barbarian warriors of the First Division of the First Army of the Leopard Tao Army returned from Guiping Pass in advance and rushed to the withering fortress to assemble to welcome Junshang's arrival.

He was accompanied by Han Xin, the commander of the Leopard Tao Army, and even Zhang Han specially ran back.

On this day, the normally sunny weather of the withered fortress suddenly became overcast, and there was not a ray of sunlight to be seen. The dark clouds covered the top, and there was a sense of slaughter between heaven and earth.

The sweltering weather suddenly turned out to be unusually cold.

In front of the stone monument of shame, Ouyang Shuo stood alone, and behind him was a cadre of soldiers led by Han Xin and Zhang Han, and a large area of black pressure was pressed. Every mountain warrior stood upright, like a javelin, with a solemn expression.

Heaven and earth are long, as if the focus of the entire mountains and rivers is focused on Ouyang Shuo. At this moment, Ouyang Shuo had a force condensed on his body that was enough to shake heaven and earth.

Even the gale wind that blew up magically spared Ouyang Shuo's side.

When Han Xin and the others saw this, their eyes were full of awe, and their bodies bowed unconsciously, not daring to compete with the young man in front of them. In Han Xin's memory, even in Gaozu Liu Bang, he had never seen this kind of power.

If Di Chen and the others were present at this time, they would be shocked. They still don't understand what kind of force supports Ouyang Shuo, a civilian boy, who strides forward with Shanhai City on his weak shoulders, thus creating the biggest miracle in China and even the world.

Let the name of mountains and seas shock the world.

And this inner power is exactly what Di Chen and the others really lack. If they don't understand this, they will never be able to keep up with the pace of Shanhai City, and they can only be a poor spoiler.

Han Xin looked up at the sky, saw that the hour had come, and ordered: "Open the cannon!" ”

There was a P1 gun parked in front of the Stone of Disgrace, and it was ordered to ignite immediately, and with a loud bang, the swarthy cannonballs burst out of the air, and the Stone of Disgrace was smashed with a "boom".

The gale blew, blowing up gusts of stone chips and drifting into the air, and the shame of the past was completely wiped out.

"Let's go!"

Ouyang Shuo turned around and took the lead to the mountain bag on the other side.

On the grassy hillside, rows of stone monuments are erected, and there is no end in sight. It was the mountain barbarian warrior who died in the Battle of the Pass, and like the most loyal guard, he continued to guard the withered fortress.

There is a new grave on the left side of the hillside, which is the soldier who died when he fought with Li Mu this time, and it is a big piece, extremely dazzling, and very tragic.

Under the witness of Ouyang Shuo, a monument was erected on the top of the mountain to commemorate these brave soldiers. It took a year to erect the monument, which can be regarded as an explanation to the fallen soldiers.

Their sacrifice was not in vain!

Ouyang Shuo held a bouquet of dried osmanthus flowers and placed them in front of the monument with a solemn expression. This osmanthus is not ordinary, it is the osmanthus that he deliberately folded when he passed through Wuzhou County and passed through the Demon King Slope.

The demon god Chiyou was buried in the Demon King Slope, and now it is the holy land of the mountain barbarians. Last year's wilderness was full of slaughter, and the osmanthus of the Demon King Slope withered overnight.

This year is different, the osmanthus flowers are unusually lush and bright.

"Rest in peace, sons!"

Ouyang Shuo said, bowing slowly.

"Salute!"

Brushed, and the soldiers who followed behind Ouyang Shuo brushed and saluted.

Some of the warriors' eyes flashed with tears because of excitement.

The scene of the king bowing will forever be engraved in the hearts of the mountain barbarian soldiers and cannot be erased. In ancient times, it was unthinkable for a king to bow to a fallen soldier.

This kind of shock, not people of that era, simply cannot be understood.

In the afternoon of the same day, Ouyang Shuo set off for the next stop and left the withering fortress. But everything he did today will be deeply remembered by the Shanban clan and the soldiers of the whole army.

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November 16, Guilin County, Bushan City.

Before Ouyang Shuo and his entourage arrived at Bushan City, the seat of Guilin County, the officials deployed by the Southern Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate had arrived in advance, and they were personally led by Zhang Tingyu, the director of the Governor's Office.

Naturally, the government affairs of Guilin County were temporarily presided over by Zhang Tingyu.

Under Zhang Tingyu's control, when Ouyang Shuo rushed to Guilin County, the riots in various prefectures and counties due to the transfer had basically subsided, and the people's hearts were initially settled. The yamen of all prefectures and counties in Guilin County, including Bushan City, have also been rebuilt according to the structure of Shanhai City.

What follows is a run-in period.

Even the Guilin County Garrison Division was formed under the auspices of Han Xin. Half of the soldiers were exchanged from the Xunzhou County Garrison Division, and half were recruited by Guilin County.

Han Xin was not only the commander of the Leopard Tao Army, but also the commander of the Southern Sichuan Theater, and the garrison divisions of the four southern Sichuan counties were all under his jurisdiction. Therefore, for the formation of the Guilin County Garrison Division, except for the routine intervention of the General Military Affairs Bureau, Ouyang Shuo did not participate in it from beginning to end.

Even the candidates for the division commanders of the garrison regiments were recommended by Han Xin.

Now that the status of the four commanders in the army has been established, Ouyang Shuo still has to delegate this power, and he can't give the gods a resounding name, but they don't have a matching status, right?

That's not nonsense!

All Ouyang Shuo needs to do is to improve the mechanism and strengthen supervision. In history, there are many monarchs who finally tasted the bitter fruit because they were unwilling to delegate power, did not dare to use people, and were stingy with rewards, such as Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu.

is the Three Kingdoms that have just ended, and Lu Bu can be regarded as one of such princes.

In addition to the garrison division, the Leopard Tao Army has also undergone a round of local adjustments.

In the first battle of Xuanwuguan, the Second Army captured more than 15,000 prisoners of war, and because Yan Liang avoided fighting, the number of casualties of the Second Army was almost negligible.

In the first battle of Guipingguan, because of Li Mu's decisive withdrawal and the trap blocking, there were basically no prisoners of war. However, more than 6,000 people were killed in the First Legion, and most of them were mountain barbarian warriors.

Although the scale of the territorial mountain barbarians is already large, it is still a bit enough to gather these soldiers in a short period of time. In desperation, after consulting Ouyang Shuo's opinion, the General Military Affairs Administration decided to use 15,000 prisoners of war to reorganize into an independent division and temporarily assign it to the command of the Leopard Tao Army.

The eliminated soldiers just happened to be assigned to the garrison division.

As for the mountain barbarian casualties of the First Legion of the Leopard Tao Army, how much can be replenished at present. The gaps that cannot be filled will be left empty for the time being, and unified arrangements will be made after the end of the Yunnan War.

For ace divisions such as the Shanman Heavy Infantry Division, Ouyang Shuo has always preferred shortage to excess.

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Guilin County's military and political affairs have achieved a smooth transition, and Ouyang Shuo does not need to worry about it. At most, he made a routine attempt to reassure people while passing through the city of Bushan.

If you really want to intervene, Zhang Tingyu and Han Xin will not be able to do it.

Therefore, after only staying in Bushan City for one day, Ouyang Shuo set off again non-stop, and went to the border of Guilin County with Fan Li, the financial director who had been waiting in Bushan City for a long time.

Ouyang Shuo rushed to Guilin County to sign a trade agreement with the [Northern Sichuan City-State] and the [Southern Hunan City-State]. Because of the wide range of involvement and the extraordinary significance, it is necessary for him, the king, to attend in person.

On the city-state side, it is also represented by the two lords of Ximen and Caiyun.

In this way, it can be regarded as the first serious meeting of the three giants.

It's strange to say, in the just-concluded Battle of Chibi, the Ximen officials and Caiyun Zhinan had just stumbled on Shanhai City, and it had only been two months since they shook hands and discussed cooperation.

The world is impermanent!

Otherwise, the wilderness has no eternal friends, let alone eternal enemies.

The place where the agreement was signed was chosen at the junction of the three major provinces of South Sichuan, North Sichuan and Shonan, in an unnamed town called Sanjiang Town.

When the agreement is signed, this place will probably be known as a wilderness.

On the way to Sanjiang Town, Fan Li roughly reported that the main terms of the trade agreement signed this time were submitted to Ouyang Shuo for final decision.

Shanhai City's trading partners, closer to say, there is Lingxi City, which has been annexed, and there are also Stubborn Stone City, Xunlong City, and the Western Chu regime that is being negotiated.

Further afield, there are ASEAN countries such as Mud Country, Johor Country and Siam Country. A little farther afield, there is Somalia in Africa, France, Atlantis in the Mediterranean, and finally England.

These trading partners have jointly built the ocean trade channel of Shanhai City, supported the thriving maritime trade of Shanhai City, and brought huge wealth to Shanhai City.

Therefore, when it comes to signing trade agreements, Shanhai City is an expert.

It's just that [Northern Sichuan City-State] is different from [Shonan City-State] in the end, and some special treatment needs to be done. The opinions of the Financial Services Department can be roughly summarized into three points.

First, tariffs.

Compared with other trading partners, tariffs are levied on the two city-states by 10%. Tariffs are an important source of revenue for Shanhai City, and the General Administration of Finance will obviously not be soft-hearted about the two major city-states.

In the result of Fan Li's pressure, according to the opinion of the Department of Commerce, the last mention of two percent.

Second, the list of export commodities.

Depending on the partner, Shanhaicheng is targeted when establishing the list of import and export commodities. For the two major city-states, this targeting is naturally more stringent.

According to the General Department of Finance, only the two city-states were basically allowed to sell their products through the ocean trade channel. As for some other conflicts with Shanhai City goods, they are all prohibited from exporting.

As for imports, we do not impose too strict restrictions.

This is also to ensure that Shanhai City's own industry is not affected by the market of the two major city-states, which can be regarded as a relatively primitive "trade protection".