The World Online

Chapter 178: Cultivating Poison

One could describe Ouyang Shuo's strategy toward the territories at his border as cultivating poison.

Ouyang Shuo had always viewed Lianzhou Basin as something he owned. He wouldn't allow any others to corrupt it. The other territories in Lianzhou Basin weren't even on the same level as the Shanhai County.

After all, destroying their territories would mean losing that important growth stat. Hence, Ouyang Shuo naturally wouldn't be too rash. Instead, he just watched closely as these territories developed. They were similar to a blood-making machine which provided the Lianzhou Basin with refugees.

He had to wait for the basins to start and connect with Shanhai City. Only then could he possibly spy on and see some of the secrets of his territory. After that, Ouyang Shuo would make a move and remove them from Lianzhou Basin.

To protect the secrets of Shanhai County, Ouyang Shuo needed to create a manmade empty region between the county and the other players' territory. This would prevent other players from infiltrating his territory.

This region was similar to the cans used to raise venomous insects, which separated it from the master.

Of course, to raise venomous insects, one needed to have absolute strength and also great cultivating methods. Otherwise, the insect you raised might kill you instead. Ouyang Shuo wanted to be the insect rearer of Lianzhou basin, but this was something the sky blade alliance definitely wouldn't agree to.

Without a doubt, Ouyang Shuo rejected the request from Beihai County to build affiliate territories.

As for the monetary request to build the city wall, they could only collect the profits early. These were the earnings in the first half of the 6th month from Langshan mine and Northern Saltpan.

Shanhai City earned money quickly but spent it even quicker.

Ouyang Shuo used red ink to jot down his thoughts on Gu Xiuwen's letter. As for the monetary request, he would provide 500 gold. Beihai County would have to solve the rest themselves.

Following this, the clerk Bai Nanpu followed Ouyang Shuo's annotations and informed the various divisions and departments, which would settle it themselves.

Now, Ouyang Shuo didn't need to run to their offices when he had something to announce or inform. He wouldn't need to ask them to make a trip to his office. When he reached county level, he had pushed for a more orderly and fast administrative process.

An example would be what had just happened. After Ouyang Shuo finished his annotations, Bai Nanpu would convey Ouyang Shuo's intentions to Cu Yingyu. She would naturally send people to collect the profits from the first half of the 6th month and give a portion to Beihai County.

After he settled the matters concerning Beihai County, Ouyang Shuo picked up the documents that the Qiushui Town head Zhao Dexian had sent him.

Zhao Dexian raised in the letter that they had built the mountain barbarian settlement. That small-sized mountain barbarian tribe had moved into the settlement. Zhou Dexian had sent the needed living items and farming tools.

Tian Wenjing was a genius. After building the settlement, he gathered many of the mountain barbarian tribes. In the name of giving them a tour, he brought them to view the settlement.

They saw many green brick houses, granaries filled with grain, chickens, ducks and other poultry in the courtyard, bunches of vegetable lands, the vast plains outside the settlement....

All this amazed the barbarians viewing the mountain.

Compared to their tough lives in the mountains, this settlement looked like paradise on earth.