Ouyang Shuo also wanted to talk to Yingyu about the Commercial Division, but the porter suddenly came to report, "My lord, a messenger sent by Yushui Village to say that there is something important to report!" ”

Ouyang Shuo was shocked, it seemed that something big had happened, and he hurriedly rushed to the front yard. Go back to the office and ask the porter to bring the messenger in.

The messenger was a young man, dressed in coarse linen clothes, and when he saw Ouyang Shuo, he immediately saluted and said, "Lord Qiqi, my subordinates have brought urgent mail from Yushui Village." ”

Ouyang Shuo took the letter, opened it and looked at it, his face was cloudy.

The letter was written by Zhao Dexian, the head of the village, who wrote: Yesterday afternoon, farmers in the village who were cultivating farmland at the foot of the mountain found a group of unknown people lingering on the outskirts of the village, sneaking around, and obviously with bad intentions. While sending people back to the village to report, the farmers wanted to catch these thieves and return to the village to receive their rewards. I never thought that these people were all strong and strong, and the farmer was no match for them at all.

Clashes broke out between the two sides, resulting in injuries to several farmers. Strangely, these thieves did not take people's lives, and most of the injured farmers were accidentally caused when they resisted.

By the time Zhang Daniu led his team to help, the thieves had already fled into the mountains and disappeared. Considering that it was getting late, the newly formed garrison was not familiar with the jungle environment. Zhang Daniu did not rush to pursue, but arranged for a capable man to take the first step and follow the footprints left by the enemy.

Early this morning, Zhang Daniu led the garrison and chased him into the mountains along the markers left by the fine work. Zhao Dexian felt that something was unusual, and while personally sitting in the village, he sent a messenger to report, wanting to listen to the adult's handling opinions.

According to the injured farmer's account, the thief wrapped his head in black clay cloth, wore a long cardigan, straight-legged trousers with a white waist, and carried a very rudimentary weapon in his hand, which was just a simple spear. Based on these descriptions, Ouyang Shuo could basically conclude that the people who sped on the village should be the barbarians living at the junction of the Lianzhou Basin and Lingnan.

Before the Qin Dynasty, the Central Plains people collectively referred to the tribes south of the Yangtze River as Yue. The Lingnan area is Nanyue, and the Guangxi area is Luoyue. After the Qin Dynasty, the term Luo Yue was rarely used, and it was replaced by Nanban. According to historical records, Gaia arranged these barbarians among the mountains and forests.

In the mountains and forests at the junction of Guangxi and Lingnan, there are a large number of mountain barbarians. These barbarians are tribes, scattered throughout the mountains. They are all strong and strong, but they are not good at production, and they live in a harsh environment, surrounded by poor mountains and bad waters, food is scarce, and the tribesmen often starve to death. In order to survive, the mountain barbarians often go out to attack nearby villages in order to obtain food.

This time, Zhao Dexian was ordered to establish a water village, and in just a few days, he had already attracted the attention of these mountain barbarians, and sent people down the mountain to investigate the situation.

For these mountain barbarians, Ouyang Shuo decided to adopt a policy of Huairou. Although the mountain barbarians are not good at production, they are extremely good soldiers, especially suitable for forming hoplites. If they can be persuaded to migrate from the mountains to settle in Shanhai Town, it will definitely be a big help.

Most of the Shanman, who are close to the Lianzhou Basin, are descendants of Luo Yue. In that year, Qin Shi Huang's invasion in the Yue was very smooth, but the invasion of Luo Yue was very difficult, 300,000 Qin troops against 10,000 Luo Yue troops could not be attacked for a long time, so there was a record of not removing the armor for three years. In the end, after Qin Shi Huang repaired the Xing'an Lingqu in Guilin and the logistics of grain and grass were guaranteed, Luo Yue was captured. It can be seen that Luo Yue people are brave and good at fighting.

In the previous life, Badao, one of the three overlords of Lianzhou, relied on the hoplites formed by the mountain barbarians to attack the city and conquer the fortress, and then dominate the Lianzhou Basin.

In this life, of course, Ouyang Shuo is not ready to let the sword be beautiful. Perhaps, because of his own appearance, he can also come to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, make the hoplites of the sword a thing of the past, and cut off an important arm of the competitor in advance. This feeling, of course, is very refreshing.

Thinking that Zhang Daniu had already led the team into the mountain, Ouyang Shuo was worried that the garrison would clash with the mountain barbarians and affect his Huairou policy, so he was ready to go to the water village in person.

He first informed the three directors of his itinerary so that they could not worry. Then he rode the black whirlwind and rushed to the barracks. Just in case, this time he was going to take the infantry squadron and the Military Intelligence Division and go to the village with him. As for the cavalry squadrons, it was simply impossible to march in the jungle, and it was useless to go.

The group rushed to the wharf and took the fleet formed by the Che Ma Division to the newly built wharf on the other side. Along the way, Zhao Sihu looked extremely excited, and asked with a smile: "My lord, are you going to fight!" ”

Ouyang Shuo shook his head, there was really nothing he could do with this group of energetic soldiers, "Taking you there, the main thing is to have a deterrent effect, but you can't do it." ”

"Oh!" Hearing that he was just acting as a cheerleader, Zhao Sihu looked a little disappointed.

When he arrived at the village, Zhao Dexian had already received the news and led a group of chief officials to greet him at the entrance of the village. This is Ouyang Shuo's first time to come to Yushui Village, and he naturally encourages these pioneers, chatting and laughing with a group of officials, understanding the construction of Yushui Village in detail, listening to their plans and difficulties, and answering them one by one. Seeing that the lord was so calm, the villagers of Rinshui Village felt a lot more relieved.

After a simple welcome ceremony, Ouyang Shuo led the team into the military camp of Lushui Village. Now that the situation is unknown, he can't act rashly. On the one hand, he could only order the infantry squadron to stand by in the barracks, and at the same time instructed the Military Intelligence Department to follow Zhang Daniu's marching route and collect information on the mountain barbarian tribes as much as possible.

Before leaving, he specially instructed the Military Intelligence Department to work carefully, and when they caught up with the garrison, if they had not yet exchanged hands with the mountain barbarians, then immediately ordered the garrison to return the same way. If there is already a conflict, then bring your own goodwill, and don't make things big and out of control.

After the arrangement was completed, Ouyang Shuo was not idle. Taking advantage of this opportunity, under the guidance of Zhao Dexian, he began to visit Shui Village. The current water village is already a third-level village. At present, the most important task is to reclaim farmland. They want to reclaim 20,000 acres of farmland before the Qingming Festival.

The layout of the entire Rinshui Village is simply a copy of the previous Shanhai Village. Even the location of the pier and ferry port is symmetrical with Shanhai Village. The two towns and villages, like a pair of twin stars, firmly hold the entrance to the canyon.

Of course, because it is relying on the rapid upgrading of the population allocated from Shanhai Town, some seedlings are growing, and compared with the previous Shanhai Village, Xishui Village is inevitably a little lacking. Even Beihai Town, which has been upgraded to a first-class township, also has the same problem.

The quality of the personnel in the village, especially the government personnel, is not enough to take on the big responsibility, so they can only run in slowly. Fortunately, Zhao Dexian, the village head, is the earliest group of officials in Shanhai Town, and he has a very thorough understanding of the administrative structure of Shanhai Town. With him in charge of the overall situation, the entire administrative organ can barely function.

In the entire structure of the territory, Ouyang Shuo adopts a dual leadership mechanism for the departments and offices of the subordinate territories. Specifically, the chief officer of the subordinate territory is appointed by the chief of the territory and is in charge of the overall situation. On the other hand, as the base camp, the divisions and offices of Shanhai Town are higher than those of the affiliated territories at an administrative level, and can supervise and guide the work of the divisions and offices of the affiliated territories on a one-to-one basis.

Of the two, the opinion of the chief of the subordinate territory is the main one. In the event of a conflict between the directives of the two parties, the directives of the landlord shall prevail. Of course, if the departments of Shanhai Town think that there is a problem with the instructions of the lord of the territory, they can find Ouyang Shuo, the lord, to adjudicate.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the control of the subordinate territories, Ouyang Shuo also prepared two killer features. The first is the major decision-making reporting system, and the major decisions of the affiliated territories must be reported to the higher level in the form of documents, and can only be implemented after approval. To this end, he must solve the problem of rapid communication between territories and build high-speed and effective post stations.

The second killer feature is the right to appoint personnel. Ouyang Shuo stipulates that for the appointment of the chief officials of the subordinate territories, the chief of the territory only has the right to recommend, and the real appointment power is in the hands of the higher level. At present, it is in the hands of Ouyang Shuo.

After visiting the water village, Ouyang Shuo returned to the barracks. At two o'clock in the afternoon, the news finally came. The news brought back by the Military Intelligence Department surprised and delighted him.

The investigators of the Military Intelligence Department tracked all the way until they found the barbarian cottage, but they did not find any trace of the garrison. At this time, the three dogs who led the team decisively divided the reconnaissance force into two.

Leng Qian, the deputy director of the department, led the capable personnel, turned from light to dark, and quietly sneaked into the jungle near the cottage, taking the opportunity to collect information about the barbarian cottage. Sangouzi himself and another team of people quietly kidnapped an outpost of the cottage and forcibly inquired about the news.

Through the torture of the outposts, the three dogs have both joys and sorrows. It turned out that when Zhang Daniu and his entourage tracked down the cottage, because the investigation work was not in place, they broke into the encirclement of the mountain barbarians, and were directly wrapped in dumplings and served to a pot. Fortunately, Zhang Daniu was calmer and saw that the gap between the strength of the enemy and us was too big, so he did not blindly resist, but chose to pretend to surrender and wait for the rescue of the main force of Shanhai Town.

Remembering Ouyang Shuo's instructions before leaving, the three dogs sent the captured outpost back to the cottage, and brought a kind greeting from Shanhai Town. Expressing a willingness to peacefully resolve the issue of prisoners, what conditions can be raised.

In the anxious waiting, the cottage finally sent a reply. Indicates that the captives can be sent back, on the condition that the lord of Shanhai Town must come in person.

It turned out that after Zhang Daniu was captured, he deliberately revealed the news about Shanhai Town to the barbarians. Tell the Shanban leaders that what they detected yesterday was only a newly established subsidiary village in Shanhai Town, with a base camp on the other side of the river and a strong regular army.

Immediately afterwards, the captured outpost was sent back to the cottage. The leader of the mountain barbarians synthesized the news of the two and finally decided to meet Ouyang Shuo, the lord.