The World Online

At this very moment, a system notification sounded out in his ear.

”System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, God Rank Swordsmith Ou Zhizi has moved into Shanhai City, territory title Blessed Land of Artisans has upgraded into Land of Artisans, congratulations player!”

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The moment the notification sounded out, the entire China region was shocked once more. The players did not expect Shanhai City to even find the secretive Ou Zhizi. Moreover, they even convinced him to move in.

As expected from the best territory in China, strong!

In the global channel, people exclaimed in awe.

Of course, some people were jealous, salty….

All in all, it was impossible to not have some unhappy people.

Ouyang Shuo naturally would not bother about the bustle. He directly went to take a look at the stats of the title.

Title: Land of Artisan (God Rank)

Specialty: 20% increase in reputation of territory, 20% increase in skills familiarity speed, 20% increase in success rate for breaking through bottlenecks, 45% increase in attraction to skills talents.

Unique Specialty: Spirit of the Artisan (25% increase in beneficial effects to artisans)

Evaluation: the final title for artisans, cannot be upgraded.

Compared to the title of Blessed Land of Artisans, the various stats of Land of Artisans seemed to have doubled.

A God Rank title was truly overpowered.

With these buffs, along with the Land of Philosophers title, Ouyang Shuo felt more and more confident about the industry plan that Liu Mo had raised up.

After all, the base for developing an industry system required a large batch of trained artisans.

When he saw that Ou Zhizi was so excited about steel, Ouyang Shuo laughed. He left the Chixiao Sword and the Qilin Golden Seal before departing.

After returning to the manor, Ouyang Shuo met one person alone - Honglu Temple Zhang Yi.

Similar to the clerk office, Honglu Temple was an independent presence and under the direct control of Ouyang Shuo. After a period of construction, the structure was finally completed, and everything was roughly in place.

Based on Zhang Yi’s words, they were all ready and were just waiting for the Lord to give his orders.

History really had many shocking similarities.

During the Warring States Period, after Wei Yang pushed out Legalism, the Qin Country made use of its power to become the helm of the Seven Warring States. Their strength shocked the six countries east of Tong Pass, and they did not know what to do.

Su Qin from Luoyang set out to suggest working together to fight against the Qin Country. The basis of the strategy was for the Six Warring States to work together and help one another.

333 B.C., Su Qin successfully persuaded everyone. The six countries worked together and formed the Anti Qin Alliance. The six countries agreed to an action plan to go against the Qin Country. The six countries that were connected to the Qin Country used their collective strength to survive for hundreds of years in front of the strong Qin.

After which, King Qin Huiwen used the Lianheng plan to break Su Qin’s Hezong plan.

The origin of Zong and Heng was such that the north and south directions were termed as Zong, while the east and west were termed as Heng. Qin Country was located in the west, with the other six countries in the east. The six country alliance became a north-south direction alliance, hence it was called Hezong. Meanwhile, the east-west direction alliance of the six countries was called Lianheng.

In the wilderness, Shanhai City took down Chiyou City and Taiping Country in one fell swoop, suddenly becoming strong. It immediately caused the Lords of the neighbouring provinces to feel uneasy and establish their united city-states. The four provinces had formed a Lianheng situation.

Such a situation was really similar to what Qin Country faced in history.

As such, he needed Zhang Yi to appear again and show his skills.

Of course, in the wilderness, the players presented an uncertainty factor, which would make breaking the Lianheng situation numerous times harder than breaking the Hezong of the six countries in history.

Ouyang Shuo did not expect Zhang Yi to break the situation in one shot.

However, he did not have the patience to stay locked in a stalemate like Qin Country in history for so many years.

”I hope that the Honglu Temple can break a small gap out of the four province encirclement.”

Ouyang Shuo looked at Zhang Yi and stated his desires.

Zhang Yi looked up and said, ”Toward the four city-states, I do have some understanding. It is not hard to find their individual weaknesses if we compare them to the six countries of history.”

”Oh? Please elaborate!” Ouyang Shuo was hooked.

In truth, Ouyang Shuo did not think much about these four neighbors. As for Zhang Yi, he had spent so much time in the Honglu Temple, so he definitely had some thoughts about the subject.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo was really interested in what he had to say.

”The Lingnan City-State is enemies with Shanhai City due to the Battle of Zhaoqing. It was that battle that made the Lords realize the threat Shanhai City posed. When they regained their calm, they hurriedly formed the first city-state in the wilderness,” Zhang Yi said.

”Since that’s the case, they should be the most united group. Where’s the weakness in that?” Ouyang Shuo asked.

”Their weakness is Yuan Ping,” Zhang Yi replied.

”Yuan Ping?” Ouyang Shuo did not understand.

”That’s right.” Zhang Yi nodded, “During the Battle of Zhaoqing, it was the disappearance of Hefu that allowed Yuan Ping to claim his current position.”

”I feel that Yuan Ping is an ambitious person. However, he is also arrogant and has an agenda against you.” Zhang Yi’s intelligence work was truly well done, “When the city-state was just established, all the Lords would be of one mind. But as the situation stabilizes, Yuan Ping would want to obtain much more power from within.”

”This would cause those Lords who were close to Hefu to feel annoyed. The old and new factions will then start to compete with one another.”

”Hefu has already left, so how could his allies win against Yuan Ping?” Ouyang Shuo asked.

No matter how noob Yuan Ping was, he was still from an aristocratic family.

Compared to other Lords, his ambitions, abilities, connections, and methods were much higher. To take care of Hefu’s old forces should not be a difficult matter.

The wilderness was incredibly merciless. No one would carry the flag of a loser and continue forward.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo was really doubtful about it.

”If no outside force enters, it might be as you said.” Zhang Yi’s expression suddenly turned hard to read, as he cupped his fists, “That’s why we need the Lord to mobilize the Black Snake Guards to help us to put on a good show there.”

When Ouyang Shuo heard this request, his eyes instantly lit up, and he smiled, “Let’s follow what you say. On the side of the Black Snake Guards, I will personally organize and coordinate them to help you.”

”Thank you, Lord!” Zhang Yi was delighted.