652 Empire Glory (1/2)

TWO Chapter 652-Empire Glory

Translator: ryangohsf

Editor: Nora

Ouyang Shuo had no time to pay attention to the events within the country.

After they completed the relay, the Black Snake Guards arranged reports about the occurrences in China, handing it over for Ouyang Shuo to read. After he read it, he did not make any instructions.

Even the Yizhou Island dispute was something that he did not intend to participate in. Since Shanhai City had decided to consolidate their power, they would remain quiet all the way

”The matters of our allies, it's a battle they have to deal with themselves!” Ouyang Shuo sighed.

On the contrary, Zhang Yi's letter had perked Ouyang Shuo's interest.

On the matter of alienating the four city states, apart from using monetary bribes, planting false evidence, and destroying relationships, they also made use of the Four Seas Bank.

The Four Seas Bank was already on the right path and the savings had broken the 50 million mark. Such a huge amount of funds naturally needed to be loaned out. Apart from internal usage by the alliance, the bank was officially opened to other Lords.

Even if guilds, Chambers of Commerce, or the like needed money, they could borrow from the Four Seas Bank if their reputation was good.

With input and output, the Four Seas Bank had obtained huge interests.

The main people borrowing were still Lords.

To any Lord with ambition, the territory funds were never enough. How would the lords of the four city-states be any different? They obviously needed to loan money too.

Zhang Yi made use of this point to display his skills.

As expected from the head of the school of diplomacy. His eyes and senses were sharp.

7th month 10th day, Somalia, Friendship City.

After half a month of construction, the desolate valley was now totally different. The stones bases of the city wall circled around the foot of the mountain.

The north side of Courage Port was brand new, with the east and west harbors both constructed. The merchant ships did not need to stop on the bay ocean surface and everything became really orderly.

Tent after tent stood in the valley.

Somalia in the 7th month was sweltering, and the coolies and artisans did not need houses. Using a few pieces of cloth to build a simple tent was enough for them.

At the center region of the tents were temporarily erected canteens. To ensure the quick progress of the construction, Ouyang Shuo specially instructed the officials in charge to give them the best food.

They did not just ensure that they were full but also that they were getting enough nutrition.

”Every meal has meat!” This was the greatest joy to the artisans.

With such great treatment, they would obvious out their hearts to it. The construction progress was a full five days faster than he had expected.

The construction on land was on the right path.

The officials sent to help from the territory as well as the talented individuals and migrants would arrive in around 10 days.

Ouyang Shuo was not prepared to wait for their arrival.

Seeing that more than half of the 3rd year of Gaia was over, Ouyang Shuo needed to complete his voyage as soon as possible.

Before leaving, Ouyang Shuo did three things.

First, he built a Friendship City city protection regiment. After the barracks were built, Ouyang Shuo chose some strong warriors from the coolies to change occupations to sword-shield soldiers.

Ouyang Shuo chose a bunch of officers from the navy sword-shield soldiers to act as majors of the regiment. As for the colonel, a lieutenant from the Divine Martial Guards would take the role.

With that, the defense of Friendship City could be said to be settled.

Even when including the recruited artisans and coolies, the merchants, and talented individuals who had rushed over, the population had not crossed 100 thousand.

At this point, a regiment was enough to instill law and order.

The second matter was to nail down on the exact planning of the city. Ouyang Shuo wrote down his thoughts toward Friendship City in a document and left it for the architectural team that was rushing over.

The position of Friendship City was rather obvious, it would be a pure Capital of Trading.

Courage Port was not the best port in Africa, not even in the Gulf of Aden. But it was the most open and best equipped in the region.

The Friendship City that Ouyang Shuo had planned only had east and west regions. In the middle, it would be separated by a massive street. The east would be the business district, where the docks, resource distribution center, coolie market, settlement center, and banks were located.

All in all, the business district was designed around ocean trading, and its goal was to make trading here efficient, fast, and safe.