On December 30, the sixth year of Gaia, a system announcement resounded around the world.

"World Announcement: On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the operation of "Earth Online", the game will be updated for the seventh time, effective immediately, and players can log in to the official website to view the specific content."

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As soon as the announcement came out, Ouyang Shuo logged on to the official website as usual to view the update.

[1] Cancel the Exile refresh.

In view of the fact that the global pattern has been basically settled, Gaia has decided to cancel the refresh of the displaced people, and the only way for the territories to increase their population is to fight foreign wars in addition to natural growth.

For dynasties, population meant labor.

No matter what era it is, labor is the foundation of a country's development, and Gaia's abolition of the displacement refresh will have a greater impact on the larger the territory.

Among them, the Great Xia Dynasty is naturally the most.

With the latest territory of the Great Xia Dynasty, the number of displaced people will be approached 100 million in just one year, and if the displaced people are refreshed, the population growth rate of Great Xia will slow down rapidly.

This meant that the dynasty could not sustain an army of nearly seven million for a long time.

Although Ouyang Shuo was depressed, Gaia's move could not find a flaw, and the reason was also very sufficient, since it was to make the game world real, the BUG operation of the homeless refresh should not exist.

The territories have also reached a stage of transformation from blindly pursuing speed of development to pursuing quality.

[2] Changed the setting of the place of trials.

Since the 7th year of Gaia, after the destruction of the country, players in that country are no longer teleported to the Land of Trials, but are treated like NPCs, either surrendering or defecting to other dynasties.

Such a setting theoretically weakens the difficulty of destroying the country.

The premise is that there is a common civilization between the two countries, otherwise, it will be very difficult.

Gaia's move also makes up for the slowdown in population growth caused by the cancellation of the homeless refresh to a certain extent, as long as it is used properly, the huge player base is still an inexhaustible treasure trove of human resources in the territory.

Ouyang Shuo couldn't help but guess, could it be that the legendary trial land was already filled with players from the Destroyed Country, so Gaia had canceled this setting?

The land of trials has still not yet been revealed.

[3] Changed the setting of the monster lair.

When the herd comes out of the nest, it is no longer a swarm to rush out, and it is likely that the nest is the center, establishing a fixed territory, and slowly eroding the surrounding territory.

This means that the monsters will become smarter and harder to deal with.

In the foreseeable future, the wilderness will soon have boundaries such as the Warcraft Forest, the Warcraft Mountain Range, the Warcraft Valley, and the Warcraft Swamp, which will become a major hidden danger.

Again, there's one more great place for adventurous players.

[4] Opening up the achievements of the first industrial revolution.

The restrictions on the skill tree of the first industrial revolution will be lifted, and the relevant products and technologies that burst out of this period can be developed on a global scale as long as there is corresponding R&D capabilities.

The first industrial revolution began with the birth of the working machine, marked by the widespread use of the steam engine as a power engine, which replaced the manual workshop with the factory system and the manual labor with the machine, and set off changes in various industries such as textiles, metallurgy, coal mining, agricultural chemistry, and railway transportation.

A series of industrial products and technologies, such as looms, steam engines, steam locomotives, steam ships, cotton smashing machines, sewing machines and tractors, have been introduced one after another.

What Gaia wants to promote is the spread of the above technologies, which will transform the wilderness from an agricultural civilization to an industrial civilization in one fell swoop, completely subverting and changing the global pattern.

Ouyang Shuo is very glad that he began to promote comprehensive industrialization as early as the beginning of the year.

From then on, in addition to war, there will also be a round of technological and economic competitions around the world.

Lords with a little bit of a savvy can imagine that with Gaia's opening of the floodgates to industrial technology, the skill tree restrictions of the second and even third industrial revolutions will be lifted in the future.

Before that, whichever dynasty has more skilled workers and technical reserves, which dynasty will be one step ahead.

The above four items are all there is to this round of updates, and there are no new expansions released, indicating that the game world built by Gaia is getting better and better.

Gaia will also gradually reduce its intervention in the game world and allow it to evolve.

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Shanhai City, the royal palace.

Another year passed, and Ouyang Shuo stayed alone in the imperial study, looking back on the year.

Since the disintegration of the Federation and Skynet took over everything, although there are two major opponents, the Blue Badge and the Silver Hand, Ouyang Shuo has unloaded the heavy burden in his heart and began to show his strength.

Externally, although the province of Morocco has fallen, it has also successively won Johor, Pyu, Java and Ethiopia, and then counted the Maldives, Hawaii and Egua counties, and the results have been fruitful.

Internally, it is even more powerful, successively attacking the Han and Qing dynasties, subduing the Jin, Sui, Shu and Western Xia countries, and then counting the annexation of the male hegemony and the wolf warrior, the unification of China is unstoppable.

The continuous expansion of the territory is the improvement of national strength elements such as military strength, population, and resources.

After a year of hard work, Great Xia has made major breakthroughs in both domestic and foreign affairs, initially getting rid of the shackles of the silver hand and the blue badge, and establishing a stable rear.

Despite this, Ouyang Shuo did not dare to have the slightest slackness.

The seven years of Gaia will be a year full of opportunities and challenges, and we need to continue to forge ahead.

Internally, it is necessary to step up the pace of reunification and create conditions for optimizing the size of the armed forces. Externally, it is necessary to use the African battlefield and the American battlefield as a medium to open the road to global hegemony.

In addition to expansion, internal affairs are also a top priority.

How to govern a dynasty of Nuoda and not let it deviate from course, Ouyang Shuo has a long way to go.

Especially with the surging wave of industrialization, Great Xia is bound to make changes, mobilize all resources, give birth to internal power, optimize the industrial structure, and consolidate the foundation of the dynasty.

In addition, with the rise of the emerging class and the emerging aristocracy, how to balance the forces of all parties, so that they are free from internal friction and unified externally, is also a huge test for Ouyang Shuo.

The Nuoda Dynasty, the territory is not thousands of miles away, and the subjects are hundreds of millions, Ouyang Shuo does not want to observe the people's feelings, even if he wants to inspect the territory like before, he can't do it.

What Ouyang Shuo can rely on is the civil official group and the military general group in Great Xia.

Historical Talent Department, Aboriginal Department, Player Department, Commoner Department, Family Department, Han Dynasty Department, Tang Dynasty Department, Foreign Relatives Department, Royal Family, Han Nationality Department, Foreign Race, Central Department, Overseas Department......

At present, in Great Xia, from the confrontation between the two major super groups of civil and military, to the duel between different dynasties and provinces, it is already a faction within a faction, a system within a department, and it is intricately intertwined, and they jointly weave a big net.

Ouyang Shuo is entrenched in the central node of the big network.

Today, Ouyang Shuo is only in his early thirties, and throughout the Chinese dynasties, he is definitely the youngest of the founding emperors and the one with the heaviest burden on his shoulders.

Don't look at the great Xia all the way forward, Ouyang Shuo sits in the capital, with the assistance of Wenchen inside, and the military generals outside, he can enjoy the glory alone, who can understand his hard work.

As long as Ouyang Shuo was in the capital, he would review the recitals until late at night almost every day, sleeping all night, exhausting himself, and not daring to relax in the slightest.

It is not too much to describe it as "walking on thin ice".

Such hard work is not only a rare experience, but also an unshirkable responsibility.

Ordinary players, even top players like Scarlet Romance, would never have imagined that an emperor like Ouyang Shuo would not be on the same level as them for a long time.

In fact, they are two completely different worlds.

Ouyang Shuoqiang is not only outstanding in talent, but also in the past six years, day and night.

The environment is the most tempering person.

Ouyang Shuo's position is what countless heroes dream of, but can't ask for, which is equivalent to Gaia mobilizing a lot of resources in the game world to cultivate Ouyang Shuo's talents.

Hundreds of historical talents, hundreds of millions of subjects, and even a huge group of players can be regarded as Ouyang Shuo's sparring partners, driving Ouyang Shuo from a civilian boy to today.

This is both an opportunity and a steelmaking furnace.

Hundreds of refining into steel, you have to always.

Although Ouyang Shuo did not forget his original intention, he also had to shoulder the burden of spreading Chinese civilization to the world and making it the source of hope for planetary civilization in the future.

With such a heavy burden, Ouyang Shuo is also a mortal, so he naturally has been afraid.

From the fifth year of Gaia, Ouyang Shuo's rebirth advantage no longer exists, he must muster up the spirit of twelve, study carefully, figure it out day and night, and continue to point out the direction for the Great Xia Dynasty.

Always worried that due to his own decision-making mistakes, he would bring irreparable losses to Great Xia.

Outsiders only know that Daxia is smooth sailing, like heavenly help, but how do they know that in order to formulate a development strategy for the dynasty, Ouyang Shuo once had insomnia all night and suffered day and night.

Only his wife, Song Jia, can understand a thing or two.

For this reason, Song Jia has resigned from all external positions, gave up her dream of rivers and lakes and entertainment of the pope, and is willing to be the woman behind Ouyang Shuo, acting in the harem, and creating a small world for Ouyang Shuo to rest.

The husband and wife are close to each other.

The road of the emperor is never just about flowers and wine, but also about thorns, torment, loneliness, trade-offs, and the representative of all things that abandon personal selfishness.

Just as Ouyang Shuo was deep in thought, a crisp voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Brother! It was like a clear spring, washing away the dullness of the room.

It was like a touch of sunshine, throwing into Ouyang Shuo's heart, making the corners of his mouth unconsciously show a smile.