February 5, 6th year of Gaia, Chinese New Year's Eve, Shanhai City.

It's Chinese New Year's Eve again, because of the influx of a large number of players, this year's Shanhai City is becoming more and more lively, unprecedented, the streets and alleys, the tourists are weaving, endless.

Hundreds of stages, dozens of temple fairs, countless fireworks, a dazzling array of exotic goods, and various acrobatic performances allow players who have just settled in Daxia to see what the foundation of the First Dynasty is.

"You can't see such a shocking scene in the royal city!" Players can't help but sigh.

In the summer palace, as in last year, the royal family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is lively, and the preparations are staggered. Compared with last year, this year's clan is less restrained and more confident.

In the past year, many clansmen have successfully passed the probationary period assessment and entered the yamen, and some have even held important positions and began to be active in the Daxia officialdom.

Despite this, everyone's respect for Ouyang Shuo has increased unabated.

For the clansmen, Ouyang Shuo is also a combination of grace and power, and in a year, there are a few "gentlemen", after being found out by the Supervision Bureau, Ouyang Shuo was mercilessly beaten into the "cold bench".

At the end of the banquet, Ouyang Shuo invited the clan elders to the Imperial Garden for a drink as usual, while the younger generation was like wild horses on the loose, plunging into the rich nightlife of Shanhai City.

On Chinese New Year's Eve this year, Gaia did not do any more activities.

In five years, players have already adapted to the game world, and there is no need for Gaia to "join in the fun", players naturally have various celebrations, which is full of New Year's flavor.

Gaia can also be regarded as a "successful retirement".

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On the first day of the first lunar month, Daxia held a grand and solemn ceremony to worship the heavens with the etiquette of the Son of Heaven, sacrificing the three emperors and five emperors, and declaring the orthodox status of China.

The whole ceremony completely follows the ancient etiquette, so that the witnesses feel like they have experienced a cultural baptism.

At the ceremony, Ouyang Shuo did not invite the kings to watch the ceremony after all.

Great Xia has not really established absolute authority in the Huaxia region, and inviting the kings to watch the ceremony at this time is not ripe, and there is a suspicion of deliberately showing off, which may cause the kings to be disgusted.

Even so, after the sacrifice was over, Ouyang Shuo still sent an envoy group to give the sacrificial flesh to the dynasties one by one, which was not only to declare the prestige of the Son of Heaven, but also to show goodwill.

As for whether to appreciate it or not, it is different.

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The following week is another Spring Festival holiday.

It was not until February 13 that the yamen opened again, heralding the beginning of a new year.

As soon as the imperial court opened, a large number of major events were announced, including the promulgation of and the comprehensive promotion of industrialization and farmland reclamation.

The plan of the year lies in the spring!

Although the winter has not yet passed, Daxia has woken up again and is operating rapidly, and with the implementation of many major strategies one by one, Daxia will usher in a new round of transformation and upgrading.

After the decree was issued, Ouyang Shuo did not stay in Shanhai City anymore, but officially started a one-month inspection trip, preparing to complete the inspection of the field legions in a month.

Even during the Spring Festival holiday, the army did not have all the holidays.

Not to mention anything else, just the monsters that kept emerging from the monster lair were enough for the Great Xia Army to drink a pot. As Ouyang Shuo had a hunch, during the Spring Festival, the beast tide did not weaken at all.

On the contrary, it is still intensifying.

During Ouyang Shuo's inspection, he could often encounter sporadic monsters in the wilderness, and these fish that slipped through the net were a huge hidden danger to local security.

The dragon hunters, who were not very eye-catching in the past, are even more elusive, attacking lone pedestrians, or sneaking into villages to hunt poultry, which is full of destructive power.

The imperial court had instructed the Governor's Yamen to immediately activate the reserve at the county level and the militia at the village level as an effective supplement to the encirclement and suppression of the monsters.

In this way, the situation has improved slightly.

There were sixty-four field legions in Great Xia, all over the dynasty, and for a month, Ouyang Shuo could only patrol in a fancy way, even so, it made the soldiers excited.

Especially those veterans who followed Ouyang Shuo to fight in all directions before, they hadn't seen Wang Shang for a long time, and this time they could shake hands with Wang Shang again, have a meal, and chat, which was enough to bring tears to their eyes.

These veterans are the soul of the Great Xia Army.

Ouyang Shuo also sighed with emotion, there are some things that loyalty can't carry.

After Gaia's "Super God", even if you arrive at the Planet of Hope, the game world will not stop running, but will continue to evolve, improve, and get closer and closer to a real world.

Especially for the robot family, the game world is a giant hatchery, and as the game world evolves, the intelligence of NP will only get higher and higher, so as to achieve autonomous evolution.

At that point, the game world will be the real world for AI.

Ouyang Shuo only hoped that no matter how the future changed, whether they could be embodied in the real world could see themselves as a part of Great Xia, and that was enough.

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While Ouyang Shuo was inspecting the army, the Silver Hand was also quietly moving.

After the destruction plan failed, the Silver Hand did not give up at all, and then launched the encroachment plan, and the preferred target was placed in the Moroccan province of Great Xia.

Although Great Xia has fully opened up all ports and shipping lanes, with the arrogance of the silver hand, it is still not happy that the key shipping lanes are controlled by Great Xia.

The European and American continents have always been the confinement of the Silver Hand, and Great Xia is really not allowed to have influence in this region, which is simply a humiliation for the Silver Hand.

Before the disintegration of the Federation, they were still afraid of the academic faction, but now, the two major organizations have the intention of joining forces to kick Great Xia out of the competitive sequence.

At least in the matter of Great Xia, the two organizations already have a considerable tacit understanding.

Coupled with the fact that the former federal president is losing power in the organization, the blue badge has gone another "wrong way", which is really not good news for Great Xia.

Because of the existence of the teleportation array, it is not easy for the Silver Hand to break through the Moroccan provinces, and they must be fully prepared to face the crazy counterattack of Great Xia.

The first one is to cut off the Great Xia Atlantic Fleet.

The Atlantic Fleet is the biggest bargaining chip for Great Xia to exert influence in the Atlantic, and it is precisely because of the existence of this fleet that the European lords have not dared to go too far.

This time, they weren't ready to put up with it anymore.

On 1 March, the joint operation began.

Within a month, the Dawson fleet of the Dawson Dynasty, the Royal Fleet of the Gangdo Dynasty, the Spanish Armada, the Gallic Fleet of the Gallic Dynasty and the Portuguese Fleet, under the cover of joint escort at sea, quietly assembled and took advantage of the opportunity of the Atlantic Fleet's routine patrol at sea to encircle it in one fell swoop.

Five to one.

Even if the Atlantic Fleet was on guard, and its combat power was extraordinary, and it formed the first magic-powered submarine formation in Great Xia, it still couldn't be defeated.

As soon as the battle began, Álvaro notified Ouyang Shuo, who was patrolling the army, through the communication compass. Even so, Ouyang Shuo couldn't do anything.

Not only was it separated by a vast ocean, but it was also a naval battle, and the Great Xia army could not support it at all.

What Ouyang Shuo could do was to end the inspection trip in a hurry, quickly return to Shanhai City, and urgently discuss countermeasures. With Ouyang Shuo's understanding of the Silver Hand, since he did it, it would never be possible to give up halfway.

The first thing that came to his mind was the safety of the Moroccan province.

Here, Great Xia was still discussing countermeasures, and over there, the fleets of the two sides were fiercely fighting at sea.

Ouyang Shuo had instructed Álvaro to allow the fleet to retreat if he could not be defeated, withdraw to the port first, and then think long-term.

There were torpedo nets in the harbor, and the enemy fleet did not dare to trespass.

The question is, how can the Combined Fleet set this trap with all its own intentions, and how can the Atlantic Fleet easily break free, and the entire sea area is a battlefield, and there is no way to withdraw at all.

In Jack's words, it is "to use the way of others and the body of others to give Daxia a profound lesson, so that Ouyang Shuo realizes who has the final say in this world." ”

Jack has always been haunted by the destruction of the Freedom Fleet.

This is the largest super sea battle in history, which lasted three days and three nights.

The waters near Morocco, bleeding and drifting, almost became a red sea, and the wreckage of countless warships was washed on the beach of the Moroccan province, which is shocking.

In this battle, the Silver Hand Super Combined Fleet, after paying huge casualties, finally defeated the Atlantic Fleet in one fell swoop, making the fleet completely history.

Captain Álvaro and Vice-Admiral Lymond were all killed.

It is reported that the Spaniards tried to persuade Álvaro to re-lead the Spanish Armada, but Álvaro refused, and he only said: "I am already a native of Daxia, and I would rather die in battle!" ”

This was a gloomy day for both the Great Xia Navy and the Great Xia Dynasty.