Chapter 814 Five Million Recruitment Plan

On February 12th, the day before the Lantern Festival, a piece of news caused a sensation throughout China.

Qiyue Wuyi, the Protector of Southern Border, issued an announcement that Shanhai City will recruit five million players at one time for the Nine Royal Cities, and they will be distributed to the three major provinces, 16 counties, 81 prefectures, and more than 400 counties.

The recruitment this time is still mainly based on life professional players.

The difference is that Shanhai City is unprecedentedly open to casual players. According to the announcement, as long as they meet the conditions, the elderly who are willing to settle in the counties and counties of Shanhai City will enjoy the basic welfare protection of the territory.

Local governments will provide free housing for these players, distribute necessary living supplies every month, guarantee their basic living needs, and spend a happy old age in the game.

The announcement clearly stated that the number of casual players is one million, accounting for 20% of the total number of recruits.

For this reason, the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Southern Border Protectorate will allocate 4 million gold coins at a time to implement this resettlement plan. Basically, Ouyang Shuo took out all the profits from the sale of weapons and equipment.

At the same time, the Southern Border Protectorate will also lend three million gold coins to the Four Seas Bank to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan. Coupled with the additional funding from the counties and counties, the total resettlement funds will exceed 10 million gold coins.

If housing costs and subsequent welfare expenditures are included, it will be an astronomical figure.

As soon as the news came out, everyone's first reaction was: "Shanhai City is crazy!!!"

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Of course Ouyang Shuo wasn't crazy.

This plan was drawn up after a day of discussion between him and the Civil Affairs Department.

The content of the announcement is just an outline. Next, the Financial Secretary, Supervision Office, Industry and Development Planning Department, Universal Bank and other departments will cooperate with the Civil Affairs Department to formulate a detailed resettlement plan.

Counties and counties should also formulate supporting resettlement plans according to local conditions, and report them to the Civil Affairs Bureau uniformly.

The entire resettlement will be a huge systematic project, and it will take at least one or two months to complete the initial resettlement work. It will take at least half a year to really land and get on the right track.

And this is just the first step in Ouyang Shuo's immigrant plan.

There are nearly 100 million players in China. Ouyang Shuo's ambition is that Shanhai City will have at least 30% of the players, which means 30 million players. Let them live under Shanhai City's rule and get used to Shanhai City's management.

Of course, the premise is that the territory of Shanhai City needs to be further expanded.

Five million people is the immigration ceiling calculated overnight by the Civil Affairs Department. If it increases further, it will not only have a fatal impact on the industries of the counties and counties, but will also be a huge burden on the counties and counties' finances.

On the surface, this is a loss-making business.

It is not.

First, casual players account for only 20%.

The recruiting target this time is mainly based on families. Those with elderly and children at home usually have several life professional players, and even some elderly people are life professional players themselves.

Humans generally live longer in the 22nd century, and people in their 50s and 60s can be called middle-aged. Therefore, the grandchildren of real elderly players have already grown up, and even the great-grandchildren who lived a little longer have grown up.

Use one casual player's quota to trap four life professional players, it's worth it!

Otherwise, Ouyang Shuo wouldn't have the confidence to recruit four million casual professional players at once. After all, the opening of the underground world is imminent, and the gap in the raw materials of the royal city will soon be plugged.

Second, increase the population and promote fiscal growth in the territory.

The development of the wilderness territories is uneven. The three major provinces won by Shanhai City are far from saturated. In addition, they have experienced repeated wars, resulting in an embarrassing situation where the land is sparsely populated.

Especially the first-level county government offices are mostly forcibly promoted from the third-level county towns. On average, the population shortage in a county city is 300,000, and the population shortage at the county level alone exceeds 4 million.

With the destruction of the stele of the territory, the population growth of the counties and counties basically stagnated. No matter how fast the newborns of the aborigines grow, they cannot be counted on, and their contribution to the population of the counties is almost zero.

According to the latest statistics from the Civil Affairs Bureau, at the end of the third year of Gaia, the total population of the territory was only 25 million.

The three major provinces occupied by Shanhai City are already close to the territory of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. You know, the peak population of the Ming Dynasty once exceeded 150 million.

The Qing Dynasty was even more terrifying, reaching 436 million.

In comparison, Shanhai City is too pitiful.

But Ouyang Shuo didn't dare to introduce too many players at once. Once the ratio between the number of players and NPCs was out of balance, it would have a destructive impact on the fragile governance system of each county.

The only way is to introduce one batch first, and then introduce the second batch after slowly digesting them.

The process of digestion is also the process of rapid development of counties and counties. According to the calculation of the General Administration of Finance, as long as Shanhai City absorbs these 5 million immigrants, its fiscal revenue can increase by at least 30%.

In this way, the initial investment of 10 million gold coins is very cost-effective.

It is also for this reason that after winning [Yunnan City-State], Ouyang Shuo changed the strategy of Shanhai City from the inside to the outside, and did not plan to take action against [North Sichuan City-State] and [Shunan City-State] in a short time.

Let alone make articles on Jiangchuan Province and Southern Fujian Province.

Ouyang Shuo's purpose is very simple, that is to use the stele of the territory to constantly brush up the characteristics of the refugees and reserve as many aborigines as possible. So that the next time players are introduced, the opening can be opened a little bigger.

Third, appropriately reduce the military-to-civilian ratio.

After this round of army reorganization, Shanhai City alone has sixteen army field corps, with a total strength of 1.12 million, which doesn't look too scary. However, if the five fleets of the navy and the garrison divisions in each county are counted, the total force is close to 1.9 million.

Based on a total population of 25 million, the military-to-civilian ratio has reached 1:12, which is already very close to the dangerous value. The one-time introduction of five million players this time will also allow the territory to breathe a little easier.

The above three points are still secondary factors. Ouyang Shuo's core purpose is to carry out the advice given to him by the grandfather last time, to drag grassroots players onto the big ship of Shanhai City as much as possible.

Only in this way, will not become an abandoned child.

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No matter how Ouyang Shuo thought about it, the Nine Kings Cities had completely quarreled because of Shanhai City's announcement. There are those in favor and those against.

The underground world is about to open, and ambitious players naturally don't want to leave the royal city at this time.

But there are also some players who are tired of all kinds of bloody battles that the various guilds have fought around the satellite city during this period, and are willing to move to Shanhai City to live a peaceful life.

This is especially true when there are elderly people or children at home.

The real competition for satellite cities has not yet begun, and the various guilds have already killed their eyes. I also want to know how far the official battle after the Lantern Festival will go.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that blood flowed like a river.

At that time, I don't know how many players will be reincarnated, and the three years of hard work will be in vain.

No matter what, Shanhai City's recruitment order is still very marketable. After Shanhai City won [Yunnan City-State], players in China have recognized Shanhai City's dominance.

Going to Shanhai City to settle down is safer than staying in Wangcheng.

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Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo's study.

Apart from recruiting five million players, Ouyang Shuo is still preparing other means to deal with the upcoming threat of [Silver Hand].

In the study room sat the two giants of intelligence agencies, Shen Buhai and Black Snake.

Previously, Ouyang Shuo had divided labor between Shanhaiwei and Black Snakewei, but the division was not complete. It is precisely because of incompleteness that not only caused the intersection of the two major intelligence agencies, but also resulted in redundant personnel and waste of funds.

To make matters worse, because of cross-competition, there are monitoring blind spots and dead ends. For example, the intelligence error in the last Yunnan battle was due to the eagerness of the two intelligence agencies to perform, but they lost their minds and lost their composure.

After that black incident, the three major intelligence agencies conducted a thorough introspection.

After reading their investigation report, Ouyang Shuo also blamed himself.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of [Silver Hand] to cast a net on Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo is going to completely separate the two intelligence agencies this time, leaving no hidden dangers.

"All the business of Black Snake Guard in China, including the cultivation of dark lines and secret work, will be handed over to Shan Hai Wei." Ouyang Shuo's first words made Black Snake turn pale with shock.

"Your Majesty?"

The black snake's face was pale, thinking that the emperor was holding accountable for the last black incident.

"Could it be that the Black Snake Guard has lost the trust of the Lord?" Black Snake felt bitter in his heart. Once the intelligence agency lost the trust of the Lord, the only option was to disintegrate.

Even Shen Buhai was a little surprised and uncertain.

Ouyang Shuo waved his hands, signaling to the two of them to be calm and calm down, and asked Shen Buhai, "After Shanhaiwei takes over these things, do you have the confidence to do a good job in the intelligence investigation of aliens?"

Shen Buhai is a rigid person, he really thought about it seriously before he replied: "There will be an adaptation period, after adaptation, there should be no big problems."

The current Shanhaiwei is no longer in the start-up stage, and there are also strange people in its members. Moreover, the monitoring of the Black Snake Guard also allowed Shan Haiwei to accumulate some experience.

It's just that it's really not an easy task to take over the whole set.

"How long?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

Shen Buhai was also unambiguous, and said, "Two months."

Ouyang Shuo stretched out three fingers, and said calmly, "I'll give you three months alone. If you mess up, you will know the consequences."

After hearing this, Shen Buhai felt chilly in his heart.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, if you can't do it, I will offer you my head voluntarily." Shen Buhui issued a military order.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, looked at the Black Snake who had calmed down a bit, and said, "The Black Snake Guard needs to cooperate with the Shanhai Guard and complete the handover work as soon as possible. Is half a month enough for you?"

Black Snake's voice was dry, but he hadn't lost his judgment yet. After calculating in his heart, he replied, "Enough."

If you really want to handle the handover, it is mainly the roster and contact information of the informants, secret agents and other members, a full set of intelligence files, and finally the major intelligence stations.

Many materials can be handed over at the Shanhai City headquarters.