The readjustment of the army was completed, and the temporary military meeting held in Friendship Town came to an end.

After the meeting, Ouyang Shuo did not return to the base camp, but accompanied by Zhou Haichen, officially started the inspection tour of Friendship Town.

Walking on the streets of Friendship Town, Ouyang Shuo began to calculate the cost of this army expansion. First of all, it is a one-time compensation fee for the mountain barbarian warriors, and the three batches of mountain barbarian warriors before and after are a total of 1,700 gold coins. plus a one-time subsidy of 500,000 units of grain, another 500 gold coins. Then there is the transfer cost, which is 500 gold for 1,000 infantry and 150 gold for 100 cavalry, for a total of 650 gold. All these expenses add up to 2,850 gold coins, and the three thousand gold coins reserved before will be spent all at once.

The next morning, Ouyang Shuo came to the mayor's office of Youyi Town to listen to Zhou Haichen's report on trade with nomadic tribes.

Zhou Haichen invited Ouyang Shuo to sit down on the main seat, sat down on the bottom, and said, "My lord, the medium-sized tribe in the north of Friendship Town is called the Tianfeng tribe. The tribe has more than 3,500 people and pastures of 1,500 square kilometers, which is larger than our territory. The patriarch of the Tianfeng tribe is called Dari Achi, thirty-five years old, who is said to be a descendant of the Mongolian tribe, and somehow lived here. In Mongolian, Dari Achi means to suppress, which shows the ambition and ambition of this chief. ”

"After the moat was completed, his subordinates sent the chief of the town of Friendship as a messenger to visit Dari Achi with gifts. Although he was surprised by the arrival of the messenger, he did not make any unusual moves. After receiving the gift, he was received very kindly. What makes people laugh and cry is that when the messenger came back, a group of cavalry of the Tianfeng tribe appeared on the other side of the moat, menacing. It's just that when they see the wide moat, the tall city walls, and the military camp stationed outside the city, they are dumbfounded and go back. This Dari Achi is really not an easy person, and the city is very deep. ”

"Interestingly, not long after the cavalry left, the Tianfeng tribe sent an emissary, saying that he wanted to negotiate trade with us. For a while, it was difficult for his subordinates to conclude what kind of medicine was sold in this Dari Achi gourd. I wanted to report to you, but I didn't think about it, but the lord's mansion said that you have something to do, so I used a delaying strategy. Fortunately, you rushed back in time, how to deal with it, please make it clear. ”

Ouyang Shuo frowned and said, "Judging from your description, this Dari Achi is estimated to be a two-faced character. In my opinion, it is still not appropriate to expose the existence of the base camp at this time. In this way, it is up to you to step forward and be responsible for trading with the Tianfeng tribe. As long as we have green worms and horses, as for the materials exchanged, whether it is grain, salt, iron ore, tea, or even Sanhua wine, they can be traded. The specific scale of this is up to you. The general rule is that as long as you can get the frog horses, it is acceptable to give them a small profit. ”

Zhou Haichen looked surprised, and said excitedly: "Understand, please rest assured!" ”

"In addition, it is also necessary to be cautious in choosing the location of the transaction, and you can build a temporary trading place next to the moat, so that both parties can feel at ease. The first trade, as much as possible, is within this week. Ouyang Shuo instructed. As for why it was within a week, it was naturally to cooperate with the follow-up military operation.

"Yes!"

Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "Haichen, it seems that it was right to choose you to preside over Friendship Town in the first place. Through these two days of observation, it was found that the construction of Friendship Town was in good order. Even in the face of the constant threat of the nomadic tribes of the north, the people's hearts are still stable. In this case, you can still think of opening up trade routes, which is very remarkable! Ouyang Shuo finally came to a conclusion for this inspection.

Receiving high praise from adults, Zhou Haichen was very excited and said: "My subordinates can have today, thanks to the cultivation and promotion of adults." If you don't dare to take credit, you will do your best to guard the pastoral side for the adults. ”

"In this way, my heart is very relieved!" Ouyang Shuo finally said.

……

On May 8, Friendship Town made its first transaction with the Tianfeng tribe.

According to the quotation of the Tianfeng tribe, a high-quality frog horse is worth 5 gold coins. Converted into the materials here in Friendship Town, it is 5,000 units of grain or 2,500 units of salt, or 1,000 units of iron ore or 500 units of Sanhua wine. Therefore, the purchasing power of frog horses is very terrifying.

Because it was the first transaction, both parties were more cautious. On the Tianfeng tribe's side, they are willing to exchange 100 high-quality green worm horses for 100,000 units of grain, 2,500 units of salt, 60,000 units of iron ore and 10,000 units of Sanhua wine, which is equivalent to asking for another batch of salt.

Zhou Haichen kept in mind Ouyang Shuo's instructions, and would rather suffer a small loss than change the green worm horse. Therefore, this transaction can be regarded as a happy one. Here in Friendship Town, get the coveted green worm horse. On the side of the Tianfeng tribe, with only 100 war horses, they could get as many materials as they dared not imagine before.

As a token of appreciation, the Tianfeng tribe gave away three additional elite-level green worm horses, all of which are 40% higher than the perfect green worm horses.

[Name]: Perfect Green Worm Horse (Dark Gold Level)

[Load]: 120 kg

[Speed]: 60 km/day

[Consumption]: 4 units of grain and grass/day

[Evaluation]: According to legend, the frog horse is the product of the combination of the ancient god worm frog and the wild horse. Therefore, the frog horse inherited the divine will of the frog, ran like the wind, and knew the way, and was the top war horse.

Sure enough, it is worthy of being the top war horse, the weight is directly twice that of ordinary war horses, and the running speed is also faster. Only such a war horse can carry a heavy cavalry wearing bright light armor.

[Name]: Elite Green Worm Horse (Purple Gold Level)

[Load]: 168 kg

[Speed]: 84 km/day

[Consumption]: 5 units of grain and grass/day

[Evaluation]: The elite of the frog horses is extremely suitable for serving as a general's mount.

These 100 green worm horses, Ouyang Shuo handed them over to the first squadron of the cavalry battalion for use. As for the three elite-level frog horses, they were divided between Ouyang Shuo himself, Lin Yi, and Li Mingming, the leader of the first squadron of the cavalry battalion.

With the Green Worm Horse, the Mingguang Armor forged by the Kobo Division can finally come in handy. According to the complexity of forging, Mingguang armor is divided into four levels: sergeant Mingguang armor, sergeant Mingguang armor, military general Mingguang armor and commander Mingguang armor. At present, the highest level that the Jiafang Division can forge is the military general Mingguang Armor.

[Name]: Soldier Mingguang Armor (Gold Level)

[Type]: Heavy armor

[Weight]: 36 kg

[Defense]: 55

[Toughness]: 50

[Evaluation]: Behind the chest of the armor, there are oval metal armor pieces, called round protection, they can reflect a dazzling light under the sunlight, so the Mingguang armor is named.

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[Name]: Sergeant Mingguang Armor (Dark Gold Level)

[Type]: Heavy armor

[Weight]: 40 kg

[Defense]: 70

[Toughness]: 55

[Evaluation]: Compared with the sergeant Mingguang armor, the production process of the sergeant Mingguang armor is more complicated.

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[Name]: Military General Mingguang Armor (Purple Gold Level)

[Type]: Heavy armor

[Weight]: 45 kg

[Defense]: 85

[Toughness]: 60

[Evaluation]: Compared with the sergeant Mingguang armor, the production process of the military general Mingguang armor is more complex and expensive.

Up to now, the Jiafang Division has only forged a set of military generals Mingguang armor, which is naturally forged specifically for Ouyang Shuo. Wang Zi, the chief official of the Jiafang Division, teamed up with the master tailor Mu Qingsi, and it took more than a month and five failures before it was forged. Such success has an element of luck, and the blessing of Qing'er's master-level skills, otherwise there is no possibility of success.

Wang Zi also took this opportunity to break through to the master blacksmith in one fell swoop. As for the highest-ranking commander Ming Guang Armor, Ouyang Shuo speculated that it would be possible to forge it at least until Wang Zi and Qing'er were both promoted to Grandmaster.

With this set of military generals Mingguang armor, the leather armor that Ouyang Shuo wore before was finally useless, and he gave it to Zhao Sihu. Ouyang Shuo checked his personal attributes again.

[Name]: How can it be said that there is no clothes

[Title]: Guoshi (Increases the favorability of historical figures by 25%)

[Territory]: Shanhai Town

[Occupation]: Military General (part-time)

[Level]: Level 45

[Meritorious]: 15400/25600 [Title]: Second Earl

[Prestige]: Fame (12850/100000)

[Root Bone]: 18 [Understanding]: 21 [Fuyuan]: 5 [Charm]: 8

[Commander]: 59+10 [Brawn]: 22+5 [Intelligence]: 14 [Politics]: 51

[Talent]: Not enabled

[Exercises]: "Bajiquan Sutra" (entering the room), "Yang Family Gun Sutra" (first glimpse of the door)

[Art of War]: "Liutao" (Wu Tao Volume)

[Skills]: Advanced Gathering, Elementary Shipbuilding, Intermediate Diplomacy, Advanced Reconnaissance, Advanced Weapon Mastery, Basic Horsemanship, Basic Marksmanship, Basic Archery

[Mount]: Elite Green Worm Horse (Purple Gold Level)

[Accessories]: Ring of Courage (Black Iron Level), Savage Power (Silver Level)

[Equipment]: High-quality compound bow (gold level), high-quality fine iron sword (gold level), high-quality fine iron gun (gold level), military general Mingguang armor (purple gold level)

[Special Items]: Bloodthirsty Talisman, Stamina Talisman, Marching Talisman, Stand-in Doll

During this period of battle, Ouyang Shuo's level increased by another 5 levels, reaching level 45. At the same time, merit and reputation have also increased to varying degrees.

As for the savage power in the ornament, it is a necklace with a pair of thumb-sized boar tusks, which are naturally refined by the alchemist Magnus with the tusks of the pair of boar kings, and the attributes are as follows:

Name: Savage Force (Silver Level)

[Attribute]: Increases the force value by 5 points

[Evaluation]: Senior alchemist Magnus was refined from the tusks of the Boar King.