Chapter 574-Territory Structure Adjustment
Translator: ryangohsf
Editor: Nora
As tens of thousands of eyes watched on, a stunning number suddenly jumped out.
"One million gold!"
The bidder was Blood Romance.
When Moon Shines Over the River heard this price, his face froze up, and he was the first to back out of the chase. The funds in his hand were not only to support the development of the guild. He also needed to care about Consonance City, so he could not continue his gamble.
"1.1 million gold!"
Yanzi Lisan gritted his tooth and chose to follow up.
In the end, it was a battle between Blood Romance and Yanzi Lisan.
"1.2 million gold!"
Blood Romance naturally had no reason to give up.
"1.25 million!"
A tinge of struggle filled Yanzi Lisan’s eyes.
Everyone could see that this bid had already reached his limit.
Now, it all came down to whether Blood Romance would continue to bid.
"1.35 million gold!"
As expected from the number one adventure gamemode player in the China region, Blood Romance had increased the bid by one hundred thousand gold. Then, Blood Romance said to Yanzi Lisan, who stood a distance away, “Brother Yan, this will be my final bid."
Evidently, Blood Romance did not want to continue this battle without a limit.
1.35 million was already a sky high price. Even Lin Jing could not take out so much gold.
As expected, the Blood Evil Mercenary Guild had an amazing foundation.
When Yanzi Lisan heard these words, he sighed and backed out of the bid reluctantly.
……
In the blink of an eye, the auction had reached the last item.
The final item had finally been revealed - a talisman.
"Emperor Rank Historical General Summoning Talisman. After use, there is a 100% chance of summoning an emperor rank historical general. Base price is one hundred thousand. There is no buyout option. Please make your bids," the auctioneer said.
The summoning talisman was even rarer than the substitute doll.
Not only was the summoning talisman an emperor rank talisman, but it was also a type specific one, lowering the randomness.
After the baptism of the War Blood Set, the players were much calmer when they saw this item.
The ones who really needed this item was the Lord players.
Or put it another way, those that lacked a general that could help them lead the lines needed this item.
However, all the Lords that had the power and the funds came from Yanhuang Alliance.
Amongst the Yanhuang Alliance, Di Chen had Lianpo, Chun Shenjun had Tian Dan, and Xiongba had Wuqi; they were all famous generals of their times. Zhan Lang had Zhao Zhuang, so he did not desperately need more generals.
As for Feng Qingyang, he was utterly uninterested in this aspect.
Hence, the one who really craved for the summoning talisman was Sha Pojun. Especially after he obtained the Mongol Iron Cavalry Training Manual. He needed a general to lead and command his army.
Unfortunately, within the alliance, the number of people who were close to him were little, and no one would let him easily get what he wanted.
Although Di Chen and the others had famous generals in their territory, they did not mind adding another one. After all, when compared to Shanhai City, their general lineup was incredibly lacking.
After a hard chase, Sha Pojun finally obtained the talisman for 650 thousand gold.
The entire auction officially ended.
The 10 items were sold for a total of 5.25 million gold.
This auction was destined to be a tale of riches that would be forever etched in history.
After the auction ended, the auctioneer announced a shocking piece of news.
As they say, good things do not cross three.
This year's auction would be the last system auction in the China region.
In future years, it would be impossible for players to purchase valuable items like those displayed during this auction.
When the players heard this news, all of them instantly exclaimed.
Only Ouyang Shuo remained exceedingly calm.
As someone experiencing a second life, he had already predicted this event.
He also knew that in the 4th year, although there was not a Jingdou Auction, Gaia would organize a worldwide auction.
At that time, everyone in the world would fight for ten precious items. Just the thought alone would make one's blood boil.
After setting the time for the gathering of the Shanhai Alliance with Bai Hua and the others, Ouyang Shuo left the auction house.
Of course, he did not leave Jingdou.
Since he came here, he naturally needed to have a conversation with his allies Ji Yinghu and Mengyun Tunding. The location was still chosen to be the office of Shanhai City in Jingdou.
The three of them chatted for an entire afternoon before they dispersed.
That night, Ouyang Shuo left Jingdou and returned to Shanhai City.
The next day, after half a month of discussion and planning, the new structure plan for the Nanjiang Governor-General House was officially out and announced. It signified another step forward for the territory governing system.
The entire plan involved three reorganizations.
Firstly, they would upgrade the four departments.
The Administration Department, the Financial Department, the Internal Affairs Department, and the Military Affairs Department all became bureaus.
Behind this name change was an actual practical use.
Firstly, the Internal Affairs Department had the science, education, culture and health department, while the Military Affairs Department had the combat logistics department. As such, their names would cause some mix up and blurred lines.
After making these a bureau, these worries would cease to exist.
Secondly, the three grades of government offices: prefecture, House, and county, would follow the structure of the Nanjiang Governor House. Only the Military Affairs Department remained an exception.
Hence, there was also an unclear definition and positioning between the other departments and the Nanjiang Governor-General House. After the change, the four new bureaus would become unparalleled and unique presences.
Although the names of the departments changed after the upgrade, the title of director was not changed.
Ouyang Shuo had thought about naming them ministers.
Helplessly, although he had the power to open up Houses and grant people power, he did not have the right to name people ministers.
To term them as ministers privately was already crossing the line. Ouyang Shuo naturally did not dare to officially name them ministers.
Only after setting up the country could he really take such action.
Secondly, expanding the four departments.
After destroying the Taiping Country, the territory had seven prefectures of land.
The current structure of four departments and seventeen divisions was not enough to maintain the territory’s rule.
For example, the Meritorious Service Division.
Based on his starting idea, they would be in charge of the territory ruling of officials. In truth, the division was only in charge of the examinations of officials and minor officials, which was completely different from actually controlling the officials’ style of governing.
Ouyang Shuo wanted to try and revamp this style of governing, so he had no choice but to directly affect the administration director.
That was the case.
If one expanded the Meritorious Service Division, one would not face such a problem.
A similar problem happened in the Science, Education, Culture, and Health Department. Ouyang Shuo wanted to push out the basic public facilities revolution, but he knew the Culture and Education Division could not handle it. Hence, he could only give it an upgrade.
There were many similar administrative problems.
Hence, they needed to expand the four departments.