Chapter 650 Honorary Sir (Two in One Chapter)

Early the next morning, the United Fleet set off to return.

In the Port of Berbera, the returning soldiers were warmly welcomed by the players.

"Welcome our heroes!"

The soldiers walked on the street, bursts of wild cheers came from both sides.

From time to time, childish children rushed up to present flowers, beautiful girls gave warm hugs, rude men gave thumbs up, and the whole port of Berbera was immersed in a festive atmosphere.

"When the country is betrayed, there are brave men who stand up. They are real heroes!" In the face of betrayal, creating heroes can quickly eliminate the trauma in the hearts of the people.

In the evening, the Port of Berbera is as lively as the daytime against the backdrop of fireworks and bonfires.

In order to welcome the return of the heroes, all the taverns and restaurants in the port announced at the same time that all soldiers who praised the return would be free of charge for meals and drinks. In this way, the carnival atmosphere was pushed to a peak.

Of course, only Somali players really accept the cheering and worship of the public. The ocean-going fleet led by Ouyang Shuo didn't even disembark, leaving all the honor to Somalia.

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On June 17, the coalition headquarters was stationed.

The gamers who were drunk all night woke up one by one and started to deal with business. After the eradication of pirates came to an end, they will also disperse, either returning to the king's city or returning to the territory.

Before that, they have one more thing to do, and that is to claim credit for the ocean-going fleet. "Marquis of Lianzhou, you are the real heroes in this battle. When you return to the king's city, we will join hands in the Zhuo Kingdom to ask for credit for you."

"Thank you so much!" Ouyang Shuo thanked him with cupped fists.

This is the reward that Shanhai City deserves, so Ouyang Shuo naturally does not need to be courteous. Besides, Chinese-style "courtesy", foreign players are not used to it, they still like to deal directly.

"Marquis of Lianzhou, you are our friend!"

Before leaving, all the bosses hugged Ouyang Shuo one by one.

Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly and accepted everything. If all goes well, Shanhai City will have to deal with Somali players in the future, and it is naturally the best to gain their friendship.

Qianglong still doesn't overwhelm the local snake.

Everyone dispersed, Ouyang Shuo stayed at the port to wait for the good news.

What kind of rewards can be obtained in ancient times, in addition to real military exploits, necessary operations and drilling are also essential. Ouyang Shuo would never think that he could get the desired reward just by waiting like this.

Long before the United Fleet went to sea, the accompanying Honglu Temple officials had already rushed to the royal city of Mugudushu with boxes of gold, silver and jewelry. The purpose is to make friends with the dignitaries of Wangcheng and pave the way for Shanhai City.

In this regard, Honglu Temple is the real expert.

A few days, plus a lot of money to open the way, is enough for the heavyweights in the kingdom to know a lord Hou Ye named Qiyue Wuyi.

As the saying goes: take people's money to eliminate disasters for others.

The officials who received the benefits would naturally not mind following a few good words when the king organized a discussion on how to reward Ouyang Shuo, if it didn't cost anything.

Among them, those who took the "big head" would even euphemistically raise the needs of Shanhai City.

Only in this way can Ouyang Shuo achieve his goal.

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On June 18th, the rewards for Wangcheng came down.

The person who announced the decree was the chief clerk of the kingdom, an old man with gray hair.

"Decree, the lord of Shanhai City, the supreme commander of the ocean-going fleet, the eternal friend of Somalia, the stranger Lianzhou Hou Qiyue Wuyi, who helped the kingdom's navy with righteousness, defeated the three major pirate groups that were evil in the Gulf of Aden, and foiled the conspiracy of the traitor Farah , Saved the kingdom's navy in times of crisis, and made outstanding contributions.

Helping each other out of righteousness is righteousness. It is wise to see through the conspiracy. To defeat a powerful enemy is to be brave. Compassion for the old and the weak is benevolence. Regardless of benevolence, righteousness, courage, and wisdom, Marquis Lianzhou is outstanding.

Such a talented person should be a model for the kingdom.

Therefore, Qiyue was granted the title of honorary knight of the Wuyi Kingdom, the title of first-class baron, enjoying the same noble treatment as a baron of the kingdom, and the title of bravery. One thousand miles to the north of Berbera Port, set aside a land of 100 square kilometers as the permanent fief of the Baron of Valor. "

When the reward came out, even the Somali players were surprised.

Honorary jazz, as well as an exclusive fief, I have to say, this reward is too generous.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"

Ouyang Shuo smiled and bowed to salute.

"Baron Volunteer, congratulations!" The clerk said with a smile.

Ouyang Shuo's expression was slightly embarrassing, everything else was fine, but this title was a bit painful. Thinking about coming to the Kingdom's secretary also took great pains, thinking that Marquis Lianzhou was from China, and he turned to an old "Analects of Confucius" from nowhere, and followed the scriptures, only then did he come up with the statement about benevolence and righteousness in the decree.

The title of Baron of Valor comes from this.

"It's time to work!"

Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly, and handed over a huge agate stone.

Seeing this, the clerk took it without a trace, and the smile on his face became even wider, even the folds of his face burst into laughter.

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After sending the clerk away, Ouyang Shuo immediately issued a recruitment announcement at Berbera Port.

"Within three days from now, Shanhai City will recruit carpenters, stonemasons, masons, painters, blacksmiths, and other craftsmen. Anyone who is related to the construction of the city is in the recruitment sequence, and there is no upper limit. The construction site includes food and housing, and the monthly salary is the lowest. 2 gold coins. Intermediate and high-level craftsmen, the treatment is favorable, and the details are negotiable."

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar in the port.

In Somalia, a mid-level craftsman can only earn one gold coin a month, and needs to provide food and accommodation by himself. In comparison, the treatment given by Shanhai City has more than doubled? !

In just one morning, more than 500 people signed up.

This time Ouyang Shuo not only recruited craftsmen, but also recruited ordinary coolies, who also included food and lodging, with a basic salary of one gold coin. This kind of coolie is the most indispensable thing in the wharf. As soon as the recruitment announcement came out, there were a lot of applicants.

In just one day, Shanhai City recruited two thousand coolies.

Other than that, it's crazy buying. Food, vegetables, meat, cloth and other supplies, all related to food, clothing, housing and transportation, including city construction materials, are all on the Shanhai City's purchase list.

Because the order volume was too large, Ouyang Shuo almost wiped out all the supplies in Berbera Port. Such a crazy act is no longer a simple arrogance that can be described.

Seeing this, the merchant directly promised to transport the supplies to the fief for free via merchant ships.

In this way, everyone is naturally happy.

The next day, Shanhai City's recruitment announcement and procurement news spread like a virus to surrounding cities. Regarding this, Ouyang Shuo's attitude was that he would not reject anyone who came, as if he was not short of money.

Hundreds of craftsmen, and carriages loaded with goods, like streams, gather from the surrounding areas to Berbera Port, and will eventually converge into a torrent.

The image of the Marquis of Lianzhou in the kingdom is very trusted by the people, and they don't worry about being repudiated at all. Many merchants didn't ask any questions, and directly pulled the goods over according to the published purchase list.

Such a big move even alarmed Wang Cheng.

After receiving the news, Wangcheng was naturally in a commotion again. There are even craftsmen, of course mainly senior craftsmen, including master craftsmen, who do not hesitate to spend one gold coin for the transmission fee, and directly send them to Berbera Port to apply for employment.

Even the bigwigs among the Somali players couldn't help but pay a visit to seek possible cooperation.

For this, Ouyang Shuo naturally welcomed it. Whether it is the life professional players in the guild, or various materials produced by the territory, they are all urgently needed by Shanhai City.

The two hit it off and started their first intimate cooperation.

purchase! purchase! purchase!

No matter how bulky the goods were, the Marquis of Lianzhou didn't hesitate to eat them in one bite.

The entire country of Somalia was overwhelmed by the invincible spirit of Marquis Lianzhou. I don't know, I thought that Marquis Lianzhou was going to buy the whole country of Somalia.

Three days, just three days.

Ouyang Shuo spent more than 200,000 gold coins to purchase various building materials. At the same time, 10,000 craftsmen and 15,000 professional life players, including 40,000 coolies, were also recruited.

With such a huge team, the monthly salary reached more than 100,000 gold coins.

After the recruitment is complete, they will be transported to the fief in batches by boat. At the same time, the large amount of purchased materials will also be transported to the fief in batches by merchant ships.

There is an endless stream of merchant ships traveling between Berbera Port and the fief every day, day and night.

The small fief immediately became the focus of the entire kingdom.

What's funny is that Ouyang Shuo, the owner of the fief, has not set foot on the soil of the fief yet.

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On June 21st, the ocean-going fleet began to set off for the fiefdom.

Accompanying him were more than 3,000 old and weak women and children captured from Sirius Island. Other players are not interested in accepting these pirate orphans.

Except for a few people with unique tastes, a few beautiful girls were selected to serve as servants or slaves, and the rest were handed over to Shanhai City for disposal. Ouyang Shuo thought about it, and simply took them all to the fiefdom.

In this way, they can be regarded as the first batch of leaders of the fiefdom.

After a few days of getting along, these orphans have already learned from other people that it is the benevolence and righteousness of Lianzhou Hou that they crawled out of the mouth of death and survived.

Therefore, they are grateful to the Marquis of Lianzhou.

Because of this, Ouyang Shuo accepted it with confidence, he was not willing to raise a group of white-eyed wolves. Furthermore, with the supervision of the Black Snake Guard and Shanhai Guard, even if some of them are hostile, they may not escape bad luck.

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On the Berbera port side, Ouyang Shuo left a few officials and a naval battalion to supervise the transportation of craftsmen and supplies, including follow-up sporadic procurement and recruitment.

Somalia has the longest coastline in all of Africa. After the game map is expanded ten times, in addition to Berbera Port in northern Somalia, there are some other harbors that are suitable for building ports.

Ouyang Shuo's fief is one of them.

Covering an area of ​​100 square kilometers, the area is only equivalent to the territory of a third-level village, which exactly matches the title authority of a first-class baron.

At least in terms of the size of the fiefdom, the Kingdom did not deduct a single iota.

The geographical location of the fiefdom is also superior.

It was a plain valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, and to the north of the valley was a natural harbor.

The terrain characteristics of the fief are exactly the same as those of the Lianzhou Basin, only thousands of times smaller. That's right, thousands of times, because the Lianzhou Basin covers an area of ​​240,000 square kilometers.

Such basins are too common in games. As long as it is any small valley in reality, after the game map is expanded ten times, such a "narrow" basin can be formed.

According to the normal idea of ​​territory construction, such a fief can only build a third-level village at most, and it is far away from the big city, so there is no prospect of development.

The kingdom awarded this place to Ouyang Shuo, the symbolic meaning was greater than the actual meaning.

The problem is that Ouyang Shuo's strategic vision and strategic layout are different from ordinary people. The ocean-going fleet made huge sacrifices, and Ouyang Shuo worked so hard to plan, how could he allow only a small village? !

An important node on the great route to Somalia is Ouyang Shuo's unswerving goal.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo could only break the rules.

In a general territory, the area occupied by a city only accounts for less than one percent of the entire territory, or even lower. Most of the land is used to grow crops and develop the five major industries of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery.

Such an arrangement is also normal.

A city cannot be built infinitely large, not to mention costly, and urban management is a major problem. Even a giant like Shanhai City, occupying an area in the Lianzhou Basin, is only a grain of rice.

Second, the first two items in basic necessities of life need the support of industries such as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery. Otherwise, the people in the territory can only starve to death, so what about the construction of the territory? !

What Ouyang Shuo did was unique. He planned to directly construct a huge city covering an area of ​​100 square kilometers from the entire fiefdom. In other words, a city wall was erected directly along the periphery of the fief.

Outside the city, not a cent of land is left for basic industries such as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery.

Such a plan is indeed crazy, but it is reasonable to think about it.

A fief occupies a small area, so the first problem does not exist at all. As for the food and clothing of the people in the territory, Ouyang Shuo planned to solve it through external purchases.

The entire fief will be a commercial capital.

Commerce and ocean trade are the soul of this city. As long as there is money, other living materials can be purchased from Somalia. It is even said that after the development of ocean trade, you can also purchase from neighboring countries, so you don't have to worry about not being able to buy supplies.

The prerequisite is to have money. In other words, all commercial capitals must be able to earn enough money and receive sufficient commercial taxes. Otherwise, relying on Ouyang Shuo's unilateral subsidy, it would not be possible to maintain it for a long time.

In this regard, Ouyang Shuo was full of confidence.

The huge profits of ocean trade are enough to drive all businessmen crazy.

Upon arriving at the fief, the first thing Ouyang Shuo did was to choose a name for the city that was about to start construction. In the end, Ouyang Shuo chose Friendship City.

Friendship City not only symbolizes the friendship between Shanhai City and Somalia, but also conveys Shanhai City's peace intention to African and European countries.

The port outside the city is named Brave Port.