After adjusting the Material Reserve Department, Ouyang Shuo then announced the second thing.
He looked around and said with a smile: "Because the winter break has not passed and the construction of the territory has come to an end, I decided to start a large-scale project. The manpower and material resources consumed by this project will be astonishing. Therefore, I deliberately Bring it up and discuss it with everyone.”
Cui Yingyoumian smiled, "Brother, if you have anything to say, just talk about it directly, and don't go around the bush."
Ouyang Shuo glared at her and said, "The current fence in the territory was built when it was a first-level village. The defense of the fence has already been challenged when wild beasts attacked the city last time. It will soon be upgraded to a first-level township." , so it is very necessary to upgrade the fence."
Both Zhao Dewang and Zhao Dexian nodded involuntarily. They led people to build this fence. Thinking of the years when Shanhai Village was just started, I have a lot of emotion, and I am naturally impressed.
As the director of the Construction Department, Zhao Dewang was the first to speak out, saying: "There are two ways to upgrade the fence. One is to demolish the existing fence and rebuild it on the spot. The other is to keep the existing fence and build a new one on the periphery. A new fence. I wonder what your lord thinks about it?"
"The existing fence is built according to the standards of the third-level villages. Seeing that the territory is about to be upgraded, it can no longer meet the requirements, so it must be demolished. My opinion is that it should be directly followed by the standards of the third-level villages and towns, that is, the side length is 3 kilometers square, build a new wall." Ouyang Shuo responded.
"Since that's the case, what material will the new wall master plan to use? Earth wall, brick wall, or brick-soil mixed wall?" Zhao Dewang has presided over the construction department for so long, and has already gained some insight into engineering construction.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said: "These three materials are too common. This wall is to be preserved permanently. Even if the city expands in the future, it can also be used as an inner city wall. Therefore, I decided to use pure stone materials to build this wall. The fence. The specifications of the fence should be designed with reference to the city wall. The city wall should be nine meters high and five meters wide. I estimated that the entire fence needs to consume nearly 600,000 units of stone. I will give your construction department a month. Are you confident? Complete this huge project?"
Zhao Dewang's scalp was numb, and he said slowly: "According to the requirements of adults, an average of 20,000 units of stone materials are consumed every day. Only 400 people have to be specially arranged for the quarry to meet the supply demand of stone materials. , the construction department needs to employ at least three or four hundred craftsmen."
Ouyang Shuo looked at Gu Xiuwen and asked, "In terms of personnel deployment, can the household registration office arrange it?"
"Reduce the population of other industries, and it can barely be arranged. More importantly, it will be upgraded to a first-level township soon. At that time, there will be sufficient personnel." Gu Xiuwen is full of confidence.
"That's good!"
"Brother, as the head of the Financial Secretary, I need to remind you. Such a huge manpower consumption, the salary alone is a huge sum, you have to be mentally prepared." Cui Yingyou interjected.
"The reason why I put off this project until after privatization is to provide villagers with an opportunity to earn extra money. Now it's just in the winter break, and neither farmers nor herdsmen have anything to do, so they can just participate in the construction of the city wall Come on. With the current financial situation of the territory, it can still be supported." Ouyang Shuo explained with a smile.
Cui Yingyou nodded and said nothing more.
At this time, Fan Zhongyan stood up on his own initiative, and said, "Since my lord is so ambitious, why not do it more thoroughly. My subordinates suggested that three gates should still be set up for the new city wall. A tower should be built for each gate. At the same time Build turrets at the four corners of the city wall to further improve the defensive function of the city wall.”
"That's right. In addition, my subordinates suggest that the excavation of the moat can be started now. Bring in running water from the upstream Friendship River, dig an eight-meter-wide moat, and then lead it into the main stream of the canyon on the east side to form a complete inland river system. This will not only help improve the The defensive power of the city also facilitates the villagers in the city to get water, killing two birds with one stone." Tian Wenjing was not to be outdone.
After listening to the suggestions of the two important ministers, Ouyang Shuo made a final decision and said: "The suggestions of the two are very good. We will make a good project plan according to this. The Administration Department will be fully responsible, and the Material Reserve Department and the Finance Department will cooperate."
Everyone nodded. They felt a little excited to participate in such a huge project. It is conceivable that after the completion of the project, the defense capability of Shanhai Village will be improved several levels.
After the discussion was over, everyone dispersed.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, all skilled personnel were invited to the meeting hall of the lord's mansion to participate in the signing ceremony of the material reserve department and the entrustment agreement of the shop.
The ceremony was presided over by Tian Wenjing, the newly appointed Director of Material Reserves, and Ouyang Shuo was invited to attend. Lu Guangzhi, the shopkeeper of the high-end carpentry workshop, and Mu Qingsi, the shopkeeper of the super-class tailor shop, sat in the front row.
On behalf of the Chariot and Horse Division, Zheng Shanpao signed a wooden cow and horse entrusted processing agreement with the wood workshop. On behalf of the Materials Department, Du Xiaolan signed an agreement on commissioned garment processing with the tailor shop.
Witnessing the signing of these two huge orders with their own eyes, the technical talents who were invited to participate in the conference became full of confidence and could not wait to do a big job right away.
The role of role models is huge. The senior fisherman Kang Shu expressed on the spot that he would like to sign an agreement on the purchase and sale of cured fish with the Material Reserve Department as a representative of the fishermen. Before privatization, the fishermen had contributed nearly 20,000 units of cured fish to the territory, all of which are now stored in the territory warehouse.
After privatization, cured fish cured by fishermen are mainly exported through the primary market. Ouyang Shuo didn't intend to earn the difference, so he bought it at a price of 12 copper coins per unit after deducting the 20% transaction tax collected by the primary market. The territory mainly obtains profits by collecting commercial taxes.
After the purchase and sale agreement was signed, everyone dispersed.
After finishing the work, Ouyang Shuo called the Material Reserve Department and asked them to arrange for people to transport all the cured fish to the primary market for sale. In addition, 160,000 units of bacon were marinated from the 310,000 units of meat obtained earlier. Except for the reserved 60,000 units of bacon, the rest were also sold together.
20,000 units of cured fish plus 100,000 units of bacon, 15 copper coins per unit, a total of 180 gold coins were sold, 20% of the transaction tax was deducted, and the actual collection was 144 gold coins. It has to be said that while the market provides trading convenience for the lord, it is also sucking the blood of the lord.
Now, there are 246 gold coins in Ouyang Shuo's storage bag. Taking advantage of the money, he decided to be ruthless and spent 120 gold coins to buy the dark gold-level tailoring kit that he had promised to give to Qing'er.
[Name]: Tailoring Toolkit (Dark Gold Level)
[Attribute]: Increase tailoring efficiency by 25%, increase tailoring skill proficiency by 15%
[Evaluation]: A tailor's dream equipment, a must for a master tailor.
After returning from the market, when passing by the tailor shop, Ouyang Shuo gave Qing'er the tailoring tool bag he just bought, which made the little girl very happy.
Back at the Lord's Mansion, it was already 6 o'clock in the evening, Ouyang Shuo simply went back to his room and went offline.
Early the next morning, Ouyang Shuo went to the barracks to change jobs for six recruits. Of the five wounded who were seriously injured in the last extermination of the bandit battalion, except for one who died, the other four were also arranged to retire.
Although the cavalry squadron suffered a lot in annihilating the bandit battalion this time, it was not without gains. Not to mention a large number of weapons and equipment seized, ensure that the cavalry squadron has enough spare equipment.
More importantly, after going through this fierce battle, most of the original fifty veterans have been promoted to the fifth rank. The five fire chiefs including Zhang Daniu and Zhao Sihu were promoted to the seventh rank of elite soldiers in one fell swoop.
Even the new recruits recruited this time are mostly promoted to the third rank of soldiers. Some of the outstanding ones were promoted to the fourth rank in one fell swoop. These recruits with outstanding performance were naturally given priority to be appointed as fire chiefs by Shi Wansui. After this battle, all seven vacant fire chiefs were filled.
Among the seven fire chiefs, there were two outstanding ones. Shi Wansui introduced them emphatically to Ouyang Shuo. One named Zhou Feng, twenty-three years old, was appointed as the second commander of the second cavalry team. Another named Liao Kai, twenty-five years old, was appointed as the third commander of the first cavalry team.
Back at the Lord's Mansion, Tian Wenjing was already waiting for him in the office. Ouyang Shuo poured himself a cup of tea first, and said with a smile, "Sir, you don't come here for anything?!"
Tian Wenjing was expressionless, and said, "Your Majesty, you made fun of me. That's how it is. Yesterday I inspected the animal husbandry in the territory. I found that the whole animal husbandry is a bit monotonous, with only pigs and cattle."
"Indeed, what's your opinion, sir?"
"No. The opinion of my subordinates is that in addition to large livestock such as pigs, horses, cattle and sheep, small poultry such as chickens, ducks and geese can also be raised. I don't know what the master wants?" Tian Wenjing said.
Ouyang Shuo patted himself on the head vigorously, with a depressed expression on his face, "Oh, why didn't I think of that. My thinking was completely misunderstood. I only thought about how to domesticate livestock from the wild, but ignored these small poultry. Fortunately, Mr. Give me some advice, or else I’ve missed a big deal. Sir, do you think that this kind of poultry should be raised on a large scale in the territory? Or is it better to distribute it directly to each household?”
"In the final analysis, the territory is still a relatively closed circle. If it is a large-scale breeding, it is difficult to find a market, and the profit is not high. According to my subordinates, it is better to distribute it directly to each household and allow the villagers to freely breed it. It enriches the table of the villagers." Tian Wenjing said calmly.
As expected of Tian Wenjing's rich experience, he had just taken over the Material Reserve Department, and he was able to check for gaps and make up for it, and offered him advice. Arita Wenjing is in charge of the Material Reserve Department, so he can completely relax.
"Okay, just do what you want. You arrange someone to go to the market with me. I'll go buy chicken, duck, geese and various eggs, which will be sold at the grain store by the Material Reserve Department." Ouyang Shuo said bluntly.
Tian Wenjing nodded, got up and went out to make arrangements.
Ouyang Shuo came to the market again. An egg costs 3 copper coins, a duck egg costs 4 copper coins, and a goose egg costs 5 copper coins. He bought 20,000 eggs, 20,000 duck eggs and 10,000 goose eggs in one go, and spent a total of 19 gold coins. He specifically asked the staff of the Material Reserve Department to tell them the prices of all kinds of eggs, and sell them to the villagers at half the original price, and it is strictly forbidden to increase the price without permission.