On the fifteenth day of the first month of the seventh year of Gaia, the king division.

Under Jiang Shang's operation, the rumors about Zhili Province have been suppressed, and only the undercurrent is surging. The first Jingzhao Ita Wenjing also officially took office yesterday.

In order to show his support for Jingzhao Mansion, Ouyang Shuo personally inscribed the "Zhengda Guangming" plaque of the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion. In this way, the Jingzhao Mansion of Great Xia is by no means different from the Jingzhao Mansion of the Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, in order not to cause excessive heated discussions and groundless speculation, the imperial court announced the positioning of the new city, that is, "the frontier area of the industrial revolution, the pioneer city of steam civilization and the manufacturing base".

The court also said that the master plan for the new city is being prepared and is expected to be implemented by March. At that time, the imperial court will also formulate a supporting access mechanism according to the new city plan.

In this way, it can be regarded as calming down the heated discussion about the new city in Beijing.

It should be noted that although the new city is an industrial area, it does not mean that any factory can be built here, just like the steel mills and coking coal factories built in the past, which have been moved out of the city this time.

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After nearly three months, the largest army reorganization in Daxia finally landed, and the newly formed five major group armies were already in place and were set out for their garrisons one by one.

With the formation of the Yulin Army in place, the Privy Council made a major adjustment to the garrisons of the Praetorian Guard, the City Guard, and the three directly subordinate group armies of the Yulin Army.

Needless to say, with the establishment of the Jingzhao Mansion, the entire Jingzhao region was the defense area of the Praetorian Guard. In this way, it also freed up the city guards to expand their defense area outward.

The First Regiment of the City Guard Army garrisoned the satellite city of Beihai City and guarded the south gate of the Beijing Division.

The Second Army of the City Guard Army is still stationed in Mulan Fortress and guards the north gate of the Beijing Division.

The 3rd Army Corps of the City Guard Army was stationed in Yunnan Province, the 4th Army Corps was stationed in South Sichuan Province, and the 5th Army Corps was stationed in Lingnan Province, which together formed the outer barrier of the first circle of the Beijing Division.

The newly formed Yulin Army took over the defense areas of the northern Sichuan Province, the southern Hunan Province, the Jiangchuan Province and the southern Fujian Province to form the outer barrier of the second circle of the Beijing Division.

In this way, the Xiangjiang Army was freed up to concentrate on preparing for the battle of Chinese unification.

With the Hedong Army marching to Hedong Province and the Fengxiang Army marching to Liaojin Province, together with the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Yingyang Army stationed in Xihai Province, the 1.4 million army jointly built the northern defense line of Great Xia.

The Mongol Empire could no longer invade the borders of Bactria .

Finally, there is the African theater of operations.

With the Greedy Wolf Army and the North African Army going to Africa, the North African Garrison Prefecture only has two provinces to support four group armies and 1.4 million troops, which is really overloaded.

For this reason, Ouyang Shuo had to instruct the Privy Council to send batches of grain and grass to the African theater.

Even so, it is a palliative rather than a cure.

Based on this, Ouyang Shuo issued an edict ordering the African Theater Command, which had already been organized, to immediately mobilize and start launching the war of the century to occupy East Africa.

The first targets were South Sudan and Kenya.

The total number of players in South Sudan is 1 million, the total number of players in Kenya is 4 million, and the combined forbidden armies of the two countries are only 250,000.

In addition, the aftermath of natural disasters on the African continent is still unsettled, and there is an extreme shortage of food.

For this reason, Ouyang Shuo ordered that half of the grain stored last year be directly taken out and transported to the North African town guard, and it must take advantage of the natural disaster to quickly take the East African region before the European and American dynasties reacted.

With a decree, the million-strong army was immediately operational.

At the same time, on the route from the North Gulf to the Gulf of Aden, 1,000 cargo ships belonging to the [Huaxia Shipping Group] were escorted by the Indian Ocean Fleet to transport grain and grass materials back and forth, in an endless stream.

Great Xia, who had been sleeping for three months, showed its fangs again.

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The Royal Palace, the Imperial Study.

Although the war in East Africa was full of gunsmoke, Ouyang Shuo didn't pay much attention to it, and the affairs of the battlefield were fully entrusted to the Military Aircraft Department and the African Theater of Operations, and he did not interfere in it.

Professional things should be done by professional people.

As the emperor, Ouyang Shuo's focus is still on the interior of the dynasty.

Gaia's cessation of the refreshment of displaced people means that population growth has entered a super slow period, but a series of reforms such as industrialization, collectivization and enterprise system are accelerating, and there is an urgent shortage of talents.

If there is no large amount of fresh blood to replenish, it will definitely affect the speed of the imperial court's strategic advancement.

In the absence of population growth, the only way is to improve the quality of the population, or to make full use of the available human resources.

And the most wasteful group of human resources is undoubtedly a huge group of players.

As the Great Zhou Dynasty continued to decline, 90 million of the 100 million players in Huaxia lived under the rule of Great Xia. Most of them, in fact, have been outside the imperial system.

A rough inventory, so far, which players has Daxia absorbed into its own system?

First, recruit elite guild players into the army.

Second, a group of players run farms and shops in the imperial court, which can be regarded as half a foot into the imperial system.

Third, a small number of players who have won Ouyang Shuo's trust, such as Meng Zhida, were lucky enough to enter the Great Xia officialdom, including professionals recruited by schools, banks and other institutions.

In addition, the rest seems to have little intersection with the imperial court, and the utilization rate is less than one percent.

It's a big waste.

Uncover the external identity of the players, this group of people are engaged in all walks of life in reality, and together weave a complex and well-organized social network, which is competent for all social production affairs.

In other words, every player counts as a talent.

But why hasn't anyone noticed this?

One after six years of transformation, not to mention the lords, even the adventurers themselves, have also completed an identity change, and as the game deepens, they gradually forget their own work in reality.

Six years is enough time for a person to change his way of life.

Second, there was a constant influx of homeless people in the territory before, and lord players naturally subconsciously made the most of the homeless people, treating them as people, and for adventure players, they always felt that they were separated by a layer and could not get close.

It's like Ouyang Shuo took a respectful attitude towards the adventurous player group at the beginning.

Of course, the reason why they are not close is not a problem on the side of the lord player.

For adventurers, how can they easily turn the corner and enter the game world together, why should they live under the rule of the lord player and obey the lord's management?

It wasn't until the sixth year of Gaia that this resentment gradually disappeared.

The disappearance of anger is not because the player wants to open it, but because the situation dictates it. One is that the general trend of the world has been decided, the royal city has disappeared, the glory is no more, and the player has no choice but to defect to the dynasty.

It's impossible for the adventurous player community to break new ground outside of the territory.

Second, with the real-time update of achievement points, the interests in the game are closely related to the vital interests of players in reality, so that everyone no longer dares to play with the mentality of the game.

It's paradoxical, but it's a reality.

Since the game is equated with reality, it is understandable that the player will give in for the sake of profit. People are social animals, adaptability is not ordinarily strong, and they can quickly adjust their mentality.

There is no essential difference between living under the rule of the dynasty and living under the rule of the royal city, strictly speaking. The only difference is the mentality.

Under the rule of Wangcheng, although players are subject to various laws and regulations, in their hearts, they still regard Wangcheng NPCs as virtual existences, and in the final analysis, they still serve them.

To put it bluntly, there is a natural sense of superiority.

Under the lordship, this sense of superiority disappeared and was replaced by a sense of frustration.

"There is too much difference between people and people."

Perhaps it is because this gap is so huge that when players realize that no matter how hard they struggle and try, they will not be able to make up for such a gap, and their hearts seem to feel better again.

It's easy to understand.

Just like in the real world, people have a heart of comparison.

A person, facing a classmate who is only slightly better than himself, may be envious and jealous, and will subconsciously compare; But in the face of the richest man in the country, he can't be jealous or compare no matter what.

Because the two sides are not at all on the same order of magnitude.

In the face of the richest man, ordinary people may ridicule and worship, but they will never be able to compare. Because there is no comparison, there is naturally no so-called frustration.

In the game world, the situation is the same, compared to ordinary players, an existence like Ouyang Shuo is even more exaggerated than the richest man in the world.

Therefore, recently, players living in the territory of Great Xia have gradually had a preliminary identification with Great Xia, at least there is no more unnecessary frustration and resentment.

In this way, the value of players was opened to the imperial court and favorable conditions were created.