Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Refugee Camp
On March 13, after five days of preparation, the 1st Cavalry Squadron led by Lin Yi and the 1st Infantry Squadron led by Zhao Sihu joined hands to exterminate an intermediate liukou battalion in the territory and seized a large number of supplies and 216 gold coins.
Ouyang Shuo spent 150 gold coins for the first time to transfer the second cavalry squadron that had been formed, and officially appointed Li Mingliang as the acting squadron leader of the second cavalry squadron. After leaving the barracks, he rushed to the intermediate market and spent 20 gold coins to buy a drawing of the gold ore refining workshop, ready to hand it over to the construction department to start construction as soon as possible.
The negotiations between the Material Reserve Agency and the Xuanniao tribe went extremely smoothly. Tian Wenjing, with his incorruptible tongue, successfully persuaded Shi Xiong to abandon the tribal tradition, and the 1,500 young adults of the tribe would become full-time miners in the Wolf Mountain Mine. The price Shanhai Town paid for this was to provide 100,000 units of grain for the Xuanniao tribe free of charge every month and guide the Xuanniao tribe to grow vegetables.
What Ouyang Shuo didn't know was that the reason why the negotiations could go so smoothly was directly related to the acquiescence of the Great Wizard behind his back. Otherwise, with Shi Xiong's conservative character, where would he be persuaded so easily.
The Wolf Mountain Mine Garrison has also been formed, with a total of two squadrons, commanded by two of the tribe's best hunters, Stone Leopard and Stone Wolf. Ouyang Shuo took out a batch of captured weapons and equipment from the arsenal and armed the two garrison squadrons to improve their combat effectiveness.
The good news doesn't stop there. As Ouyang Shuo expected, Du Chun's Sanhua liquor brewed by using the mountain spring water of the Lianzhou Basin was systematically assessed as a special product of Shanhai Town and given the name Lianzhou Sanhua Liquor. It can be sold through grocery stores, and the transaction tax is only half of the market.
An average of 3 units of grain can make 1 unit of Sanhua wine, and 1 unit of Sanhua wine costs 1 silver coin, deducting material costs and labor costs, and then deducting 10% of the transaction tax, the net profit is 40 copper coins. Such a huge profit was enough to make Ouyang Shuo crazy.
Without saying a word, Ouyang Shuo brazenly included the brewery as a non-privatized industry, which was under the direct jurisdiction of the Finance Bureau. At the same time, in order to maximize profits, the brewing workshop was upgraded to a large-scale workshop with 1,000 employees.
A large brewery can produce an average of 50,000 units of Sanhua wine per month, and the profit amount per month is 200 gold coins. In addition to the economic benefits, Sanhua wine also brings unexpected surprises and derives territorial characteristics.
[Lianzhou Sanhua Liquor]: A specialty of Shanhai Town, the attraction rate of special talents in good wine has increased by 15%.
With such a big gain, Ouyang Shuo would certainly not treat Du Chun, a hero, badly, and directly offered a monthly salary of 1 gold coin, making him a high-paid class in Shanhai Town in an instant. More importantly, with the brewing technology of Sanhua wine, Du Chun broke through to the master winemaker in one fell swoop, becoming the second master of Shanhai Town after Qing'er.
On 14 March, the Military Intelligence Department discovered a refugee camp 15 kilometres from the centre of the territory while reconnoitring intelligence from the camp of the Rogue Colony. The three dogs didn't dare to delay, and immediately reported to Ouyang Shuo.
"Refugee camps? This is unusual, how big is it? Ouyang Shuo asked in surprise.
"Back to adults, there are about 1,500 people."
"So many people, how did they survive in the wilderness? Is there a boss or something? ”
Ouyang Shuo didn't know much about the refugee camp. This kind of camp is a rarity in the wilderness and is difficult to come across. Those who survive the wilderness are either outcasts, wandering around, waiting for the call of the player's territory. Either it is a secluded village, like Zhaojiagou, where Zhao Dexian was before, which belongs to a paradise and is isolated from the world. The last type is the wolves of the wilderness such as rogues and bandits.
Refugee camps do not fall into any of the three categories. Let's say that he is an outcast, and he has a fixed place. Let's say it's a paradise, and it's exposed to the wilderness naked, with no concealment at all. Let's say it's a rogue or a bandit, and it doesn't have enough combat power. It's just a four-like.
The formation of every refugee camp is a coincidence. Or they are lucky enough to find a food storage spot that has enough supplies to support them. Either there are powerful people who can lead these refugees and form enough self-protection to ensure that they are not looted by bandits or bandits.
"Your acquaintance guessed correctly, this refugee camp does have a leader named Ge Hongliang, thirty-five years old, who once served as a military counselor in the army, and then somehow ended up in the wilderness. This man is also a capable man, who managed to organize a group of desperate refugees together, train them into an army, and stationed them in the wilderness, barely surviving. "The intelligence work of the Military Intelligence Department this time is very meticulous, and Ge Hongliang has been investigated clearly.
"Even if they can defend themselves against bandits or bandits, I'm afraid it won't be easy to survive, right?" Ouyang Shuo said confidently. It is not easy for an alien like the player lord to survive in the wilderness, let alone a group of aborigines, there is no market to trade remotely, how to survive.
Sangouzi's face was full of admiration, nodded and said, "Your Excellency, you guessed right again." With no food seeds and no farming tools to grow crops, the camp relies on hunting and fishing for subsistence. This way of life of relying on the weather for food is very unstable, and it is often necessary to rely on wild vegetables to satisfy hunger. What's more, since Inhumans like you established territory in the wilderness, the number of wild beasts has plummeted, and their livelihoods have become even more difficult. At present, they are almost unable to support it, and they are almost left behind. ”
Ouyang Shuo nodded and said with a smile: "This is an opportunity for us." To put it bluntly, it would have saved a lot of time if the camp had been annexed. ”
"Being able to be annexed by Shanhai Town is a blessing for the refugee camp, why should adults hold it themselves." Sangouzi also said with a smile. Since participating in the short-term training course of Lianzhou College, this kid's speaking level has greatly improved, and it seems that the training course of Lianzhou College is still very successful.
"Has the Military Intelligence Department been in contact with that Ge Hongliang?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
"Yes. The subordinates had a brief chat with the leader Ge Hongliang, and gave him a brief introduction to the situation in Shanhai Town, saying that you are the most Lixian corporal, hehe. When his subordinates saw what he meant, they were obviously a little moved, but they couldn't let go of their bodies and didn't take the initiative to speak. Sangouzi said with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll go myself." Seeing that he understood about the same, Ouyang Shuo said.
This time I went to the refugee camp, and I brought peace, not war, so it was not appropriate to bring too many troops. Ouyang Shuo only brought a squad from the Military Intelligence Division, plus a cavalry squadron.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo and his entourage rushed to the front of the refugee camp. The entire camp covers an area of about 1 square kilometre and is protected only by a wooden fence. On both sides of the camp gate, there were two arrow towers, on which stood two sentinels, seeing Ouyang Shuo and his party, they were a little nervous, and shouted loudly: "Who is coming?" ”
"The lord of Shanhai Town is visiting, please inform!" Ouyang Shuo rode on the black whirlwind and said loudly.
The sentry was startled, remembered the chief's instructions in the morning, and immediately replied, "Please wait a moment, lord, and I will go and tell the chief." ”
"Trouble!" Ouyang Shuo ordered everyone to dismount and wait at the door.
Ten minutes later, a middle-aged scribe came out of the camp, a man of medium build, thin, with broad shoulders, and although his face was covered with dust, his eyes were extremely sharp, and he was dressed in coarse linen clothes. Behind him, there were more than a dozen men, some young men and some old men in their fifties, all in coarse linen clothes, with yellow faces and thin muscles.
Before the man arrived, the middle-aged scribe had already spoken: "The lord is coming, welcome, welcome!" ”
Ouyang Shuo gestured with his eyes to the three dogs standing aside, whether this person was Ge Hongliang, seeing that the three dogs nodded lightly to confirm, he smiled and said, "Please forgive me for taking the liberty of visiting!" ”
The group of people who followed behind Ge Hongliang saw the cavalry squadron with strong equipment, and their eyes unconsciously revealed a trace of fear, and they looked extremely awe-inspired.
"Please talk inside!" Ge Hongliang said with a smile.
Ouyang Shuo nodded, took only Lin Yi and Sangouzi, and ordered the others to be stationed outside the camp. Walking into the camp, the residents inside walked out of their homes one after another, looking at Ouyang Shuo and his party curiously. Most of the inhabitants, like the wilderness wanderers, could not even wear a decent coarse linen coat, and their clothes were in tatters, and their faces were yellow and thin.
When he went out, Ouyang Shuo deliberately changed into leather armor, wore a sword at his waist, and dressed as a military general, looking even more heroic and extraordinary. Lin Yi and Sangouzi on the left and right sides are also fully armed, and compared with the people in the refugee camp, they are simply very different.
Ouyang Shuo deliberately looked at the equipment of the army in the refugee camp, only very rudimentary leather armor and javelin spears. He couldn't imagine how Ge Hongliang could rely on this poorly equipped army to resist the invasion of the rogues. The importance of Ge Hongliang has been raised to a level again, this is a very strategic person.
Entering the camp chamber, everyone sat down in separate columns. Except for Ge Hongliang, only an old man and a young man were left in the camp, and the others had already left consciously.
"I'll introduce you to the lord," Ge Hongliang pointed to the old man and said, "This is our camp's logistics director, Xu Lao, who used to serve in the Yamen Department. Then he pointed to the young man, "This is Sun Tengjiao, the army commander of our camp, who once served as a squad leader in the army. ”
Ouyang Shuo said hello and introduced Lin Yi and Sangouzi to each other with a smile. When introducing Lin Yi, he noticed that Sun Tengjiao, who was sitting opposite, had a condensed look in his eyes, full of warlike intent. As for the three dogs, I have already dealt with them in the morning, so it is easy to introduce.
Hearing the identity of the military intelligence director of the three dogs, Ge Hongliang's eyes lit up, and he knew it in his heart.
To be honest, when introducing Sangouzi, Ouyang Shuo himself was a little embarrassed, as the director of the military intelligence department of Shanhai Town, such a name is really a bit unacceptable. Next time I have a chance, see if I can change the name of this kid.