The plan proposed by Lin Yi is code-named wildfire, which means igniting the prairie fire that is fighting in the grassland.

The success or failure of the wildfire operation is related to the future orientation of Shanhai County's nomadic tribe policy and the progress of the construction of cavalry troops in Shanhai County. Its importance is self-evident.

The Military Affairs Office will work with Lin Yi to formulate more detailed plans to ensure that there are no accidents.

Ouyang Shuo just returned from Youyi County and plunged into government affairs again.

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On July 20, the formation of the Cavalry Battalion of Lushui County was completed, and Liao Kai was appointed as the official of the Cavalry Battalion. The transfer fee of the Cavalry Battalion was naturally deducted from the income in the first half of July.

Three days ago, Ouyang Shuo and the Dali Cui Chamber of Commerce reached their first deal on the super trading platform.

Beimu Salt Field produces a total of 2.5 million units of salt in half a month. According to the market price of 20 copper coins per unit, the Cui Chamber of Commerce needs to pay 5,000 gold coins. After the system deducts 10% of the transaction tax, Ouyang Shuo actually got 4,500 gold coins. After deducting the operating cost of Beimu Salt Field, there are still 4,100 gold coins left.

The system is updated. After the transaction tax is halved, Beimu Salt Field can save 1,000 gold coins in tax revenue every month.

As for Langshan Mine, naturally, I still handed over 4,000 gold coins without any impact.

The mineral experts in the expert group have entered the Langshan Mine and began to guide the Langshan Mine how to mine, mineral processing and refined gold ore more scientifically and reasonably. It is initially expected that the production of the Langshan Mine will increase by at least 10% in August. The technical guidance of a mineral expert can increase the income of at least 800 gold coins per month for Shanhai County. This is the value of the expert group, and their improvement of the territory is comprehensive.

In the first half of the month, 8,100 gold coins were deducted from the 750 gold coins for the transfer fee of the Cavalry Battalion, and the 4,400 gold coins were added to the teleportation fee of Sihai Money House, and only 2,950 gold coins were left.

Through the teleportation array, the cost of recruiting a player to the territory is very high and very luxurious. If you are a family and a professional player, you will have to consume 5 gold coins to teleport.

Ouyang Shuo has not calculated the cost of providing each player with a set of ordinary courtyards.

For example, Di Chen and others recruited players to settle in the territory before, and basically chose new players and arranged for them to be born directly into the territory. Only these major forces have the strength and can use such huge human resources in reality.

After the interstellar immigration, they did not have such convenience. They could only pay the transmission fee honestly like Ouyang Shuo. This was undoubtedly another heavy burden for Di Chen and the others.

According to Fengqiuhuang, on the eve of immigration, major forces concentrated in their own territory and deployed a large number of new players to avoid teleportation costs. As for the specific number of people, it is unknown.

The remaining 2,950 gold coins in the first half of the month were not warmed up in Ouyang Shuo's hands. He used this fund to purchase 2.95 million units of grain through the Cui Chamber of Commerce.

In this way, in the second half of this year, Shanhai County basically doesn’t have to worry about food. The price paid is that Ouyang Shuo just purchased additional food and consumed nearly 9,000 gold coins.

Ouyang Shuo could not imagine what price other territories would pay for their food after the price of grain increased. You should know that other territories do not have 40,000 mu of fertile land in Shanhai County, and more grain needs to be purchased.

The only thing that is to be gratified is that other territories do not have such a huge population base, as well as such a terrifying speed of refugees refresh.

If the funds are sufficient, Ouyang Shuo even considered whether to resell grain. While the price of grain has not increased, buy a batch and wait until the price increases before selling.

Ouyang Shuo had already informed all the members of the Shanhai Alliance in advance, including Song Wen. As for whether they had funds and had stockpiled enough food in advance, Ouyang Shuo could not help.

No matter how big a family and a business are, Shanhai County does not have that much funding, and it also supports five or six territories.

Furthermore, they are just allies, and Ouyang Shuo is not a philanthropist. No matter which territory it is, if you want to borrow money from Shanhai County, you must allow Sihai Money Village to open a branch in their territory.

On the other hand, Ouyang Shuo is preparing to wait until the end of the month, after the profits in the second half of July are collected, he will add an additional reserve for the Mulan Town Branch of Sihai Qianzhuang.

As for the funds purchased by the Materials Department, it has been resolved. The meaning of Anyingyou is to take out part of the funds she had in Sihai Money House to purchase surplus grain from the farmers.

The surplus grain in the farmer's hands does not need to be purchased in one go. You can buy part of it every month, and after it is sold, you can purchase another batch, which will go on and on like this. Otherwise, purchasing this batch of grain at one go will require tens of thousands of gold coins, which is simply the biggest waste of funds.

On average, a farmer cultivates 10 mu of land. Calculated by 350 units per mu, it means 3,500 units of grain, paying 117 units, leaving another half a year of food, and selling 3,200 units of grain, making a profit of 3 gold coins and 20 silver coins. After deducting the commercial tax generated by selling grain, the actual profit is 3 gold coins and 10 silver coins. Two quarters a year, the annual income is 6 gold coins and 20 silver coins. After deducting the cost, the final profit is about 5 gold coins.

If a farmer is more diligent, raises poultry such as chickens, ducks, geese, or even raises a pig, he can make dozens of silver coins in a year to subsidize his family income.

Therefore, in fact, the farmers' income is not low, and they are almost as high as the annual salary of an ordinary fifth-level soldier. The difference is that the soldiers are responsible for food and accommodation, and there is room for improvement in military pay.

The reason is that, first, the farmers have enough arable land, and they are calculated based on fertile farmland. Second, the taxes set by Shanhai County are already at the lowest level in history. Third, in terms of grain procurement, Ouyang Shuo did not buy low and sell high, and squeeze the farmers.

This is how many of these people create high income for farmers in Shanhai County.

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In the past month and a half, Mulan Town has developed rapidly with the support of Sihai Money House.

Using the funds loaned from Sihai Money House, Mu Guiying successfully formed the Mulan Town Urban Defense Battalion. With the city defense battalion, Mu Guiying attacked everywhere and wiped out bandits in the territory.

Suppressing bandits not only trains troops and eliminates hidden dangers in territorial areas, but also brings a steady stream of population, materials and funds to Mulan Town, greatly improving the situation in Mulan Town.

In addition, Mulan Town has also built a stone city wall, and its defense has increased greatly. The privatization of the territory has been completely completed, and it is no longer the semi-finished product. The territory's private economy has begun to sprout, slowly accumulating potential, and waiting for a big explosion in the future.

The current development momentum of Mulan Town is almost a replica of Shanhai Town before.

A week ago, Mulan Town had been successfully promoted to a third-level township. After the promotion, the miners of Mulan Town unexpectedly discovered a large silver mine in their territory, which was another source of wealth. Although the silver mine could not be comparable to the gold mine, if they had to mine it with all their strength, they could at least get more than 200 gold coins per month.

The biggest obstacle to Mulan Town’s promotion now is Mulan Yue’s title.

In the Battle of Zhuolu, Mulanyue gained 2,500 merit points and promoted her title from a third-class viscount to a first-class viscount. In addition to the bandit suppression during this period, Mulanyue's merit value had reached 5,000 points, but she was still 1,400 merit points away from the third-class Count.

Fortunately, Mulan Town has just been promoted to a third-level township, and it will take some time before the population of 1,000 people is full. Perhaps, the future Zhennan Pass battle can make Mulan Yue nag enough meritorious values.

Take a step back and say that if another battle is triggered during this period, all problems will be solved.

The rapid development of Mulan Town has made the siege lion very jealous. In the current Shanhai Alliance, only his Black Lion Town is still a second-level town. Due to lack of funds, the siege lion dare not recruit too many players to settle in the territory because it cannot afford the high teleportation fee.

In desperation, the siege lion finally let go and invited Ouyang Shuo to open a Sihai Qianzhuang branch in Heishi Town.

Ouyang Shuo naturally had no reason to refuse. The financial situation of the territory has improved recently. The Langshan Mine and Beimu Salt Field have increased the income of nearly 2,000 gold coins out of thin air every month. With these additional income, it is enough to support him and open a Sihai Money Bank branch in Heishi Town.

Ouyang Shuo replied to the attack on the city lion. By the end of this month, as soon as the funds from Shanhai County are in place, he will send people to Heishi Town to open a Sihai Money Village branch to make him prepare in advance.

Ouyang Shuo's ambition is to open Sihai Money House to major territories. Even if it cannot become the only money house in other territories and control their economic lifeline, it must become one of the main money houses in other territories.

To realize this ambition, the first step is to naturally drive the branch of Sihai Money Village to the territory of every ally. Now that Mulan Town and Hei Shi Town have been captured, Xunlong Town is probably a matter of time sooner or later.

As for Lingxi County and Luofeng County, specific opportunities are needed to successfully settle in. Especially in Luofeng County, even if Feng Qiuhuang agrees, the family behind her will not agree.

The reason why Lingxi County can still support it is not unrelated to the [Qingfeng Pavilion] in Dali Prefecture. The gold-making group of [Qingfeng Pavilion] has always been behind the scenes, silently supporting the development of Lingxi County.

Lingxi County and [Qingfeng Pavilion] gradually formed a symbiotic relationship, and the cooperation agreement signed with Shanhai County and Shangxue Rose Group was somewhat similar.

The only difference is that Lingxi County does not have such developed military industry as Shanhai County.

It’s not that Ouyang Shuo is despicable, taking advantage of others’ dangers to attack his allies. Because this is a win-win situation in itself and it is also conducive to enhancing the unity of the Shanhai Alliance.
Chapter completed!