Chapter 780 – Hai Rui Hai Qingtian
During the time when the system was calculating, Ouyang Shuo felt that each second was a torture. In reality, only 10 seconds had passed before a System Notification sounded out in his ear.
“System Notification: Congratulations Player Qiyue Wuyi, thanks to the buff of your luck stat, this wish has not crossed the upper limit of 100 thousand and can be fulfilled. Will you make this wish?”
“Yes.” Ouyang Shuo’s voice started to tremble.
Along with the deduction of 100 thousand gold Ouyang Shuo, there was a ‘Shua!’, and four white lights appeared in the hall. When the white lights faded, four generals appeared.
“Where is this place, the netherworld?”
Shihu and the others obviously did not understand what was going on. They turned around, only to see Ouyang Shuo smiling brightly.
“Monarch?”
They could not believe it.
Ouyang Shuo smiled, “This is Shanhai City; you have all been revived.” He gave a brief explanation of the prayer matter to the four generals.
Although they could not really understand, at least there was one thing that they knew – they were alive!
“Greetings Monarch!”
The four of them all kneeled on one foot. Soon afterward, their expressions became rather down.
Ouyang Shuo understood their thoughts and laughed, “Get up. The boys have all been revived a week ago. They are all at Consonance City and are waiting for you to return.”
“Really?” A bright light shone from their eyes.
They really did not expect that they could escape death and be revived once more.
Using this chance, Ouyang Shuo decided to sense the condition of the fate dragon. To his shock, it was seemingly wilting after the short connection. He was so shocked that he immediately broke the connection with the fate dragon.
It seemed like this prayer succeeding had all to do with the fate dragon.
However, when he saw that the usage of the buff consumed a huge amount of the fate dragon’s energy, and its body had started to fade once more, Ouyang Shuo did not dare to use it for the Recruitment Hall.
After all, Ouyang Shuo was someone who could weigh the pros and cons of something.
As he walked out of the Silver Prayer House, Ouyang Shuo said to the four of them, “Now, sneakily rush back to Consonance City to report to Marshal Huo Qubing. Remember, do not let anyone see you before you enter the barracks.”
“Yes Monarch!”
Shihu and the others all solemnly bowed before they turned and left.
Along with the four of them returning, the Guards Legion Corps 1st legion had truly risen from the ashes.
Looking at those four well-built figures, Ouyang Shuo let out a pleased smile. Although he had paid a heavy price, at least he did not let down the mountain barbarian tribes and the Guards Legion soldiers.
Shanhai City, Recruitment Hall.
When Ouyang Shuo walked out of the Recruitment Hall, there was a middle-aged scholar besides him. Although this man looked exceedingly cold and handsome, he had eye bags below his eyes, and his cheeks were caved in. At first glance, one would know he was not someone easy to get close to.
This person was the talent that Ouyang Shuo had summoned, one of the 24 ministers of the Ming Dynasty, Hai Rui.
Name: Hai Rui (King Rank)
Title: Hai Qingtian
Dynasty: Ming Dynasty
Identity: Shanhai City Civil Servant
Occupation: Civil Servant
Loyalty: 75
Command: 35
Force: 30
Intelligence: 70
Politics: 80
Specialty: Upright and Honorable (Raises territory honesty level by 40%, raises tax collection by 5%, raises people sentiment by 10%.)
Evaluation: He was born a commoner and worked his way up. He gained a reputation for his uncompromising adherence to upright morality, scrupulous honesty, working against poverty, and fairness.
The famous name of Hai Rui was like lightning to the ears; he was a truly famous official of the Ming Dynasty. While he was alive, although he was a part of the four rules, the time he was actually in office was not much.
In the 20th year of Jiajing, he participated in the official examinations and was appointed as a clerk of education. He looked down on corruption and sought to deal with corrupt officials, earning him the love of the people. He dealt punishments to the rich and corrupt, stopping them from taking bribes and forcing them to return the money to the people.
However, since Hai Rui was too stubborn and strict, he was seen as someone who did not know the rules of the official field. Even Zhang Juzheng, who was a famous minister at that time, did not like him.
Hai Rui’s specialty mainly buffed the honesty of the territory and the people sentiment. It also helped increase the taxes and tax revenue of the territory.
On the topic of Hai Rui, he actually had a little bit of relationship with Shanhai City.
Hai Rui was born in Qiongzhou Prefecture and wrote the Ruling Li Strategy and also the Making Peace with Li Strategy.
The Li here referred to the Li race natives of Qiongzhou Prefecture.
Hence, Ouyang Shuo was planning to push him to Qiongzhou Prefecture. His clean and honest image would be of great help to the rising voyage trade of Yashan City.
As for the current Qiongzhou Governor Tian Wenjing, he could be sent to Yunnan Province.
Hence, Hai Rui’s appointment would have to wait till after the Battle of Yunnan had ended.
Ouyang Shuo was going to temporarily place him in the Internal Affairs Bureau to let him familiarize himself with the territory structure and the territory law system.
After personally sending Hai Rui over to the Internal Affairs Bureau, Ouyang Shuo returned to the Governor-General Manor.
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During dinner, Song Jia talked to Ouyang Shuo about the progress of the Mountain and Sea Entertainment Holdings. With the help of the Black Snake Guards, their poaching job was going extremely smoothly.
Thanks to the great recruitment sign of Shanhai City, basically everyone accepted Song Jia’s invitation unless they were truly determined not to come out. Their current members already had the ability to start filming Huo Qubing.
Speaking of which, Song Jia laughed, “Luckily, the team in charge of filming Huo Qubing has not been formed. If not, and we filmed it outside Yongren City, it would look really bad.”
“Regarding the matter of Huo Qubing, let’s shelve it for now. It’s the crucial moment of the Battle of Yunnan, so let’s not make him any busier.”
Song Jia could sense Ouyang Shuo’s unhappiness, so she changed the topic, “Wuyi, what are your thoughts on the information piece?”
After their marriage, Song Jia basically stopped interfering in underworld matters. Recently, she had not spent much time with Dongli Sword Sect because she was worried about the entertainment holdings.
The current sect was led by Lin Yue and had over two thousand disciples.
Even so, her wuxia heart had not faded. Along with the information piece being published, her cold heart suddenly ignited once more.
Song Jia was really looking forward to the wuxia map.
Ouyang Shuo smiled, “I wanted to talk to you about this. During these two days, there will be people coming over to set up sect dojos, a total of 15. I think you should inform Lin Yue to contact them and form relationships.”
“What sects are there?” Song Jia was curious.
Ouyang Shuo stated the 15 sects that he had chosen; Song Jia felt confused when she heard these names. Some of their names appeared in dramas and novels.
Out of all the sects that Gaia had brought into the game, most of them were not as magical and godly as mentioned in novels. Naturally, they were not as famous.
Normally, those basic kungfu arts in novels like Tan Leg could become their own sect. Hence, even Ouyang Shuo did not have much knowledge regarding most of these sects.
“It seems like I have to do my homework on this.” Song Jia was a really smart girl and immediately understood where Ouyang Shuo was going with this.
Asking Lin Yue to come into contact with the sects was naturally to try and send the Dongli Sword Sect into the underworld.
With the way Ouyang Shuo did things, he would aim to make the Dongli Sword Sect into an unparalleled existence since he wanted to enter.
It would be impossible in real life.
But this was the game. With Shanhai City as its shield, along with its relatively lengthy existence, such a goal was not impossible.
Thinking about this, Song Jia got really excited.
However, considering her current status, she could only act behind the scenes and let Lin Yue take charge. Even though she was behind the scenes, she still needed to have an understanding of the situation.
When Ouyang Shuo saw that Song Jia understood what he meant, he smiled, “Wuxia novels have a legendary sunflower queen, so why can’t you be one.”
“Of course.” Song Jia smiled.
Ouyang Shuo said, “I have to remind you, Feng Qingyang’s Qingyang Sword Sect is the top sect in the wilderness. It also has their aristocratic family supporting them. For Dongli Sword Sect to rise up, they would have to face this strong enemy.”
“Do not worry. Even if you did not say it, I would have reminded Lin Yue. Since our two sects have the word sword in our name, and we are both sword sects, let’s battle it out with sword techniques.” Song Jia said.
“So confident?” Ouyang Shuo felt that it was weird, “Both you and Lin Yue are not known for swords. Do you have a secret weapon?”
“Temporarily not.”
Song Jia gave him a mysterious smile but did not reveal anything.
Ouyang Shuo nodded and did not ask anymore. As long as Song Jia knew what she was doing, it was fine.
