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Chapter 76: Jiafang Division

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March 2 is destined to be an extraordinary day.

"System Announcement: Congratulations to player Dichen for becoming the second lord in China to be upgraded to a second-tier township, rewarded with 1000 points of merit!"

As Ouyang Shuo expected, Handan Town followed Shanhai Town, and it only took six days to be promoted from a first-level township to a second-level township.

The surprises don't stop there. In the next three days, Chun Shenjun, Feng Prison Huang, Bai Hua, Feng Qingyang, and Zhan Lang respectively promoted their respective territories to the first-level townships, and China ushered in the first wave of township upgrades.

Baihua's Lingxi Town has become the fifth territory in China to be upgraded to the first-level township, and has become a dark horse. The status of the original Six Overlords of Handan was challenged one after another by Ouyang Shuo, Xiongba and Baihua, and it has long been fragmented and completely become history. However, Dichen or Lord Chunshen, who exist as individuals, are still powerful and cannot be ignored.

Just as everyone's eyes were on Xinjin Township, Beihai Village, a subsidiary territory of Shanhai Town, had quietly been promoted to a first-class township. On the day when Beihai Town was promoted, Ouyang Shuo immediately put all the more than 200 fishermen who still belonged to Shanhai Town under the management of Beihai Town. At the same time, the fourth phase of construction of the Beimu Salt Field will be launched, and the scale of the salt field will be expanded to 5,000 mu. Beihai Town, a small bay town, is gradually being built into the territory's salt industry base, fishery base, and navy base.

After stabilizing Beihai Town, Ouyang Shuo began to build a second subsidiary village. He plans to build the new subsidiary village on the other side of the canyon, beside the swimming river, and stand side by side with Shanhai Town on both sides of the canyon, firmly guarding the only mouth of the Lianzhou Basin.

The affiliated village is named Shuishui Village, and the village head is Zhao Dexian. Sun Yannong, the former deputy director of the Department of Agriculture, succeeded Zhao Dexian as the director of the Department of Agriculture.

Just like the establishment of Beihai Village, Zhao Dexian took away 50 grassroots government officials and skilled personnel from Shanhai Town. The military sent Zhang Daniu, the former deputy squadron leader of the infantry squadron and the first infantry squadron, to Yushui Village to form a garrison.

This time, 350 farmers and 100 loggers were transferred with Zhao Dexian. The east side of the canyon where Shuishui Village is located is at the junction of Lianzhou Basin and Lingnan. It is densely covered with forests and rich in timber resources. Therefore, the future swimming village will be built into the agricultural base and forestry base of the territory.

On March 5th, the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, at nine o'clock in the morning, at the mayor's office of Shanhai Town.

"Tomorrow's Lantern Festival, how are the preparations going?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

As the first Lantern Festival in Shanhai Town, Ouyang Shuo attached great importance to it and personally served as the leader of the preparatory team. The specific work was in charge of the Department of Culture and Education, the Department of Materials, and the Department of Public Security. The Department of Culture and Education is responsible for preparing lantern riddles, the Department of Supplies is responsible for making lanterns and prizes, and the Department of Public Security is responsible for maintaining order and security at the scene.

"Respond to my lord, everything is ready." It was Xu Shuda, the deputy head of the preparatory team who answered.

As early as after Ouyang Shuo visited the Jiaozhou Temple Fair with Binger in real life, he had the idea of preparing a temple fair in Shanhai Town. It is a pity that to organize a temple fair, too many materials are needed, and many folk performances are involved. With the current conditions in Shanhai Town, it is not enough to organize a temple fair.

Until one day, when he was chatting with Xu Shuda, the director of culture and education, he inadvertently brought up his regret. Xu Shuda is worthy of being a Jinshi, and has served as an instructor for a long time. He has a very thorough understanding of traditional Chinese culture and various folk customs. He immediately stated that although there are no conditions to hold a temple fair, there are still conditions to hold a Lantern Festival. Suddenly, Ouyang Shuo decided that Xu Shuda would take the lead, cooperate with the Department of Supplies and the Department of Public Security, and officially launch the Lantern Festival project.

The reason why Ouyang Shuo put in so much effort and spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to prepare for this Lantern Festival is due to his reasons. A Lantern Festival not only helps to boost the hearts of the people, but also helps to enhance the cultural index of the territory. Among the four indexes of the territory, the cultural index is notoriously difficult to improve. Therefore, in order to lay a solid foundation for upgrading the county in the future, he will not miss any opportunity to improve the cultural index.

Holding all kinds of traditional festivals, whether it is the Spring Festival temple fair, the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, the Dragon Boat Race at the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival moon appreciation or the Chongyang Mountain Climbing, is a good opportunity to enhance the cultural index.

After dealing with the matter of the Lantern Festival, Ouyang Shuo left the manor and went to the weapon workshop. Three days have passed since the "Mingguang Armor Manufacturing Technical Manual" was handed over to senior blacksmith Wang Zircon. He was eager to know the latest research progress of the weapons workshop.

Mingguang armor appeared in the Three Kingdoms period and is considered to be one of the well-protected armors in the cold weapon era. It is extremely complex to make and is one of the most expensive armors in history. Originally, only officers and nobles could equip it. In the Tang Dynasty, the strong national power allowed this expensive armor to be equipped with elite troops, which greatly improved their protection ability.

On the back of the chest of the armor, there are oval-shaped metal armor plates, which are called round guards. They can reflect dazzling light under the sunlight, hence the name Mingguang armor. The round guard of the Mingguang Armor has a perfect arc, allowing arrows to slide on it, thereby protecting soldiers. Even a composite strong bow equipped with the armor-piercing cone with the strongest armor-piercing ability cannot penetrate the round shield of the transparent light armor.

A complete set of Mingguang armor weighs thirty-six kilograms, so it is more suitable for cavalry. If it is paired with the horse lance, which has the most fierce attack power in the cold weapon era, it will be almost invincible. Ever since he got the "Mingguang Armor Manufacturing Technical Manual", building such a heavy cavalry and recreating the glory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty has become the top priority in Ouyang Shuo's heart.

Unfortunately, as soon as he entered the weapon workshop, Wang Zi gave him a slap in the face, "My lord, through the research on the Mingguang armor, I have a clear understanding of the manufacturing process of this set of armor. Based on the current weapons workshop Conditions, there are still many difficulties in producing Mingguang armor on a large scale, and adults need to coordinate."

"Please tell me!" Ouyang Shuo knew that the system would not allow him to obtain the Mingguang Armor so easily.

"First of all, in addition to the iron armor part, the entire set of Mingguang armor is also leather armor, which requires the cooperation of a tailor. Secondly, the manufacturing process of Mingguang armor is extremely complicated. With the current number of craftsmen in the weapon workshop, only the iron armor part of the armor needs at least Five days. In the end, Mingguangkai has a very large demand for iron ore, and with the current scale of the mining farm, it may be difficult to meet the supply demand for iron ore."

Wang Zircon is naturally extremely excited about being able to preside over the production of Mingguang Armor, and he also cherishes this opportunity very much. Because of this, it is even more necessary to present the difficulties encountered and explain clearly to adults.

"How many craftsmen are there in the weapons workshop?" Ouyang Shuo didn't rush to answer Wang Zi, but instead asked.

"Returning to my lord, including me, there are one senior blacksmith, one intermediate blacksmith, four junior blacksmiths, and five blacksmith apprentices." Originally, there should be more apprentice blacksmiths and junior blacksmiths, but the two affiliated villages took them away one after another. There are only two groups of apprentices left now.

Ouyang Shuo's brows were furrowed. The manufacture of Mingguang Armor involved the coordination of multiple departments such as the weapon workshop, tailor shop, mining field, combat readiness department, and household registration department. Wang Zirone alone obviously couldn't complete such a complicated task. The best way is to set up a new department to be responsible for the production of armor.

The plan has been made, Ouyang Shuo said with a smile: "I already understand the current difficulties. At two o'clock in the afternoon, you bring Xu Kun from the workshop to the Lord's Mansion to discuss important matters."

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo summoned the heads of various departments involved in the production of Mingguang Armor to discuss matters in the Lord's Mansion.

They are Tian Wenjing, director of the Material Reserve Department, Zhao Youfang, deputy director of the Combat Preparedness Department, Yuan Shaoping, the junior iron mine director, Zhou Haichen, the household registration director, Zhao Dewang, the construction director, Mu Qingsi, a master tailor, Wang Zi, the weapon workshop supervisor, and Xu Kun, his deputy.

"I called everyone here today. There is only one thing, and that is to fully cooperate with the production of Mingguang Armor. For this reason, I decided to set up the Kobo Division to take care of armor, ribbons, tendons, miscellaneous work, and craftsmen. The director of the original weapon workshop Wang Zi is the director of Jiafang Division; master tailor Mu Qingsi is the senior advisor of Jiafang Division." Ouyang Shuo cut to the chase, directly announcing the establishment of the new department and related personnel arrangements.

"In order to cooperate with the work of Secretary Jiafang, I will announce a few more orders. Zhao Dewang!"

"arrive!"

"The Construction Department needs to build a large-scale workshop that combines the functions of a tailor shop and a weapon workshop within three days, as the workplace of Jiafang Division."