Chapter 89 Refugee Camp
On March 13, after five days of preparation, the First Cavalry Squadron led by Lin Yi and the First Infantry Squadron led by Zhao Sihu joined hands to wipe out an intermediate bandit camp in the territory, and seized a large number of materials and 216 gold coins.
Ouyang Shuo immediately spent 150 gold coins to transfer his post to the completed Cavalry Second Squadron, and officially appointed Li Mingliang as the acting squadron leader of the Cavalry Second Squadron. After leaving the military camp, he rushed to the intermediate market and spent 20 gold coins to buy a construction drawing of the gold ore refining workshop, preparing to hand it over to the construction department to start construction as soon as possible.
The negotiations between the Material Reserve Bureau and the Xuanniao Tribe went very smoothly. With his perfect tongue, Tian Wenjing successfully persuaded Shi Xiong to give up his tribal tradition. The 1,500 young and middle-aged people in the tribe will become full-time miners in the Langshan Mine. The price paid by Shanhai Town is to provide 100,000 units of grain to the Xuanniao Tribe for free every month and guide the Xuanniao Tribe to grow vegetables.
What Ouyang Shuo didn't know was that the reason why the negotiations were so smooth was directly related to the acquiescence of the great wizard behind it. Otherwise, with Shi Xiong's conservative personality, how could he be persuaded so easily?
The Langshan Mine Ground Guard has also been formed, with two squadrons, commanded by two of the tribe's best hunters, Shi Bao and Shi Lang. Ouyang Shuo took out a batch of seized weapons and equipment from the arsenal, armed the two garrison squadrons to improve their combat effectiveness.
The good news is more than that. Just like Ouyang Shuo predicted, Du Chun's Sanhua wine brewed by mountain spring water in the Lianzhou Basin was systematically rated as a specialty of Shanhai Town and was named Lianzhou Sanhua wine. It can be sold to the public through grocery stores, and the transaction tax is only half of the market.
On average, 3 units of grain can produce 1 unit of Sanhua wine, while 1 unit of Sanhua wine is priced at 1 silver coin. After deducting material fees and labor costs, 10% of the transaction tax will be deducted, and the net profit will be 40 copper coins. Such a huge profit is enough to make Ouyang Shuo crazy.
Without saying a word, Ouyang Shuo shamelessly included the winemaking workshop in a non-private industry, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the Finance Department. At the same time, in order to maximize profits, he continued to upgrade the winemaking workshop to a large workshop with a scale of 1,000 people.
Large winemaking workshops can produce an average of 50,000 units of Sanhua wine per month, and the profit per month is 200 gold coins. In addition to economic benefits, Sanhua wine also brings unexpected surprises and leads to territorial characteristics.
[Lianzhou Sanhua Wine]: Shanhai Town’s specialty, the attraction rate of special talents for good wines increased by 15%.
With such a great gain, Ouyang Shuo certainly would not treat Du Chun, the hero, as well as directly offering a monthly salary of 1 gold coin, making him instantly a high-paying class in Shanhai Town. More importantly, with the Sanhua Wine Brewing Technology, Du Chun broke through to a master-level winemaker in one fell swoop and became the second master in Shanhai Town after Qing'er.
On March 14, while investigating information from the bandit camp, the Military Information Department discovered a refugee camp fifteen kilometers away from the center of the territory. Sangouzi did not dare to delay and immediately reported to Ouyang Shuo.
"Refugee camp? This is strange. How big is it?" Ouyang Shuo asked in surprise.
"Ask the words of the master, there are about 1,500 people."
"How did they survive in the wilderness so many people? Are there people like leaders?"
Ouyang Shuo didn't know much about refugee camps. This kind of camp is a rare product in the wilderness and is difficult to encounter. Those who can survive in the wilderness are either down-and-out refugees, wandering around and waiting for the call of the player's territory. Or they are secluded villages, like Zhaojiagou where Zhao Dexian was before, which is a paradise and isolated from the world. The last one is a wilderness wolf like bandits and bandits.
The refugee camp does not belong to any of the above three situations. It is said that it is a refugee and has a fixed place. It is said that it is a paradise, and it is exposed naked in the wilderness, without any concealment. It is said that it is a bandit or a bandit, but it does not have enough combat power. It is simply a four-way person.
The formation of every refugee camp is a coincidence. Either you are lucky enough to find a certain food storage point and have enough materials to support their lives. Or you are powerful figures who lead these refugees and form enough self-protection to ensure that they will not be looted by bandits or bandits.
"Your guessed right. There is indeed a leader in this refugee camp named Ge Hongliang. He was 35 years old. He once advised military affairs in the army. Later, he was a capable man. He forced a group of desperate refugees to organize together, trained into an army, and stationed in the wilderness, and barely survived." The Military Intelligence Department did a very meticulous intelligence work this time, and investigated Ge Hongliang clearly.
"Even if they can resist bandits or bandits, they may not survive easily, right?" Ouyang Shuo said confidently. Indies like the Player Lord with their own golden fingers are not easy to survive in the wilderness, let alone a group of indigenous people who have no market to trade remotely. How to survive.
Sangouzi looked full of admiration and nodded and said, "Your Majesty, you guessed it right again. Because there are no grain seeds, lack of farm tools, and cannot grow crops, the refugee camp can only make a living by hunting and fishing. This lifestyle of relying on the weather is very unstable and often depends on wild vegetables to satisfy your hunger. What's more, since the aliens like you, established their territory in the wilderness, the number of wild beasts in the wilderness has dropped sharply, and their livelihood has become even more difficult. At present, they are almost unable to support themselves, and they are about to become bandits."
Ouyang Shuo nodded and said with a smile: "This is an opportunity for us. To put it inexplicably, if we can merge this refugee camp, it will save a lot of time."
"It is a blessing for the refugee camp to be merged by Shanhai Town. Why should adults take care of themselves?" Sangouzi said with a smile. Since participating in the short-term training class of Lianzhou College, this kid's speaking skills have improved greatly. It seems that the training class of Lianzhou College is still very successful.
"Have the Military Information Department had any contact with that Ge Hongliang?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
"Yes. I briefly talked with the leader Ge Hongliang and gave him a brief introduction to the situation in Shanhai Town, saying that you are the most respectful and polite. Hehe. I saw what he meant, obviously I was a little moved, but I just couldn't let go of my figure, so it was hard to speak out on my own initiative." Sangouzi said with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll go there myself." Seeing that I had almost finished the understanding, Ouyang Shuo said.
This time, when I went to the refugee camp, I brought peace, not war, so it was not advisable to bring too many troops. Ouyang Shuo only brought a small team from the Military Intelligence Department, plus a cavalry squadron.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo and his party rushed to the refugee camp. The entire camp covers an area of about 1 square kilometer, with only wooden fences as protective walls. On both sides of the camp gate, two archery towers stood on them, and two sentries stood on them. Seeing Ouyang Shuo and his party, they were a little nervous and shouted loudly: "Who is coming?"
"The Lord of Shanhai Town is here to visit, please inform me!" Ouyang Shuo rode on the black whirlwind and said loudly.
The sentry was startled and remembered the command of the leader in the morning, and immediately replied: "Please wait for a moment, and I will report to the leader now."
"Please be troublesome!" Ouyang Shuo ordered everyone to dismount and wait at the door.
Ten minutes later, a middle-aged scholar walked out of the camp. The man was of medium size, thin, with wide shoulders. Although his face was covered with dust, his eyes were extremely sharp, and he was wearing a coarse linen. Behind him, there were about a dozen men, including young men and fifty-year-olds, all of whom were coarse linen, with pale faces and thin skin.
Before the people arrived, the middle-aged scribe had already spoken: "Lord is here to visit, welcome, welcome!"
Ouyang Shuo used his eyes to signal Sangouzi standing beside him. Is this person Ge Hongliang? Seeing Sangouzi nodding slightly to confirm, he smiled and said, "Please forgive me if you come here to visit!"
A group of people following Ge Hongliang saw the powerful equipment of the cavalry squadron, and their eyes were unconsciously filled with fear, and they seemed extremely awe.
"Please talk inside!" Ge Hongliang said with a smile.
Ouyang Shuo nodded, and only took Lin Yi and Sangouzi to order others to station outside the camp. When they walked into the camp, the residents inside walked out of the house and looked at Ouyang Shuo and his party curiously. Most of the residents were similar to wilderness refugees, and they couldn't even wear decent coarse linen clothes, ragged clothes, and pale and thin skin.
When he went out, Ouyang Shuo specially changed into leather armor, wore a sword around his waist, and dressed as a general, making him look even more heroic. Lin Yi and Sangouzi on both sides were also fully armed. Compared with the people in the refugee camp, it was a very different story.
Ouyang Shuo looked at the equipment of the refugee camp army, which was only very simple leather armor and javelin spear. He could not imagine how Ge Hongliang resisted the invasion of bandits with this group of poorly equipped troops. His attention to Ge Hongliang was once again raised to a higher level, and he was a very strategic person.
When they entered the camp meeting hall, everyone sat down in groups. Except for Ge Hongliang, there was only one old man and one young man left, and the rest of the people had already left consciously.
"I'll introduce it to the lord," Ge Hongliang pointed to the old man and said, "This is Mr. Xu, the logistics manager of our camp, who once served in the Ministry of Revenue." Then he pointed to the young man, "This is Sun Tengjiao, the military chief of our camp, who once served as a squad leader in the army."
Ouyang Shuo greeted him and introduced Lin Yi and Sangouzi to each other with a smile. When introducing Lin Yi, he noticed that Sun Tengjiao, who was sitting opposite, had a look of fighting. As for Sangouzi, he had already dealt with them in the morning, which was a good introduction.
When Ge Hongliang heard the identity of Sangouzi's military intelligence director, his eyes lit up and he knew it.
Chapter completed!