In terms of politics, Ouyang Xuan's thoughts mainly focus on several aspects. The first aspect is to occupy Wanjiaping as soon as possible. The location of Wanjiaping is too important. If the terrain in the mountains is compared to a human being, then Wanjiaping is the throat. Only by controlling Wanjiaping can the Pili Army advance, attack, retreat, and defend in an invincible position. In addition to its important geographical location, there are thousands of acres of grain fields around Wanjiaping, as well as a lot of reclaimable wasteland, as well as iron and coal resources. In particular, the quality and reserves of coal are the best in this mountain. As for the three villages in Yanfeng, they only need to take a political offensive. As soon as Wanjiaping is captured, these three villages will definitely come to join them. Currently, the young and middle-aged people who escaped from Yanfeng Sanzhai are very enthusiastic about military training. According to what they said, the mountain people in Sanzhai are secretly looking forward to the Thunderbolt Army coming to drive Xiong Ben's minions Zhongmai from power.
The second aspect is Ouyang Xuan's decision to adjust the management structure and management personnel of economic development. In the past two months since entering the mountains, Liuliba's industrial and mining industry has expanded very rapidly, and many problems have arisen in management. In addition to problems with the management structure, the former fire chiefs of the grain collection team in charge of industry, mining and commerce have not been able to march and fight. problem, but it is beyond our capabilities to manage the economy. Ouyang Xuan plans to upgrade the industrial, mining and trade teams into companies, which will be subdivided into specialized factories or workshops. In conjunction with the adjustment of the Perak Army personnel, the management will also be adjusted to allow professionals to do the professional work. thing. Specifically: the industrial team was upgraded to an industrial company, with Li Saner, the former deputy captain of the industrial team, as the manager. It consists of an artillery foundry, a gunpowder workshop, a pottery workshop, a carpentry workshop, and an agricultural tool workshop... The mining company has various mines. Outside the cave, there are blast furnace steel mills, coking plants, charcoal kilns, etc. The manager is Shi Jian, the owner of Datong Village recommended by Lu Dezhi. Dang Shijian is nearly fifty years old. His family has been miners for generations and he also runs an iron mine. This time he has taken the initiative to invest in the mining company. The trading company is managed by Zhu Tiaozi, deputy captain of the trading team, and is divided into a short-distance trading branch and a long-distance trading branch. When the mountain road is clear, the focus will be on long-distance trade. The engineering team was upgraded to an engineering company, with multiple construction teams under it, with Lu Wen'an still in charge.
In addition, Ouyang Xuan proposed that the training team be included in the Perak Army garrison camp, and the militia military training originally undertaken should be changed to train platoon leaders and other low-level officers; the scale and authority of the guard team should be expanded, directly led by Ouyang Xuan, mainly Responsible for the security of important institutions and personnel, military intelligence collection and counter-espionage. The captain is Dong Hu; a council is established in parallel with the military and political conference. The council members are composed of village leaders and elders of each village. Lu Dezhi serves as the speaker. Its function is to collect opinions and suggestions from the people and regularly negotiate on the development of the mountains; it also establishes an Education Research Institute, which consists of two institutions: school and research institute. The school, with Lu Dezhi as the principal concurrently, provides urgently needed literacy, arithmetic, manufacturing, mining, etc. Much needed knowledge and technical training. The director of the institute is mainly responsible for researching technologies required by the military, industry and mining. Du Daquan serves as the director, and is equipped with relevant incentive mechanisms. Ouyang Xuan, the director of the institute, was initially planned to be Yang Xiucai, but since he was in charge of various affairs and could not do without Yang Xiucai, the newly joined Du Daquan was appointed. During the purchase of salt in Qiongzhou, Ouyang Xuan saw that Du Daquan was well-educated, quick-thinking, and practical in his work. He was really a useful talent, so he secretly kept it in mind.
Regarding the political aspects proposed by Ouyang Xuan, no one had any opinions. On the issue of occupying Wanjiaping and restoring the peaceful world in the mountains, it seems to everyone to be a matter of course. Some impatient people even think that troops should be launched to attack the Xiong Ben gang now. As for the personnel adjustment, Ouyang Xuan took it for granted. For one thing, these company commanders, managers, speaker, etc., Ouyang Xuan only calls them management positions, not high-level officials recognized by the court. From the perspective of others, they can be seen from the perspective of others. Seen as Ouyang Xuan's staff. Who should be appointed as his staff is within the scope of Ouyang Xuan's power as the inspector of Liulizhai. He has not violated the laws of the imperial court. Secondly, in the eyes of everyone, especially the mountain people, the Chongqing Mansion has never given the Pili Army No funding or food is needed, but it is left to fend for itself. It was Ouyang Xuan who led the group to build artillery and grenades to repel the bandits, and then went out to Qiongzhou to solve the problem of salt shortage, so they gained a firm foothold in the mountains. If it weren't for Ouyang Xuan's fantastic ideas and correct decisions, where would the great situation be today? In short, what Brother Xuan does is not wrong.
This meeting is known as the "Liuliba Meeting" in history. This meeting further established Ouyang Xuan's status as the leader of the Perak Army. It was after this meeting that the Perak Army officially appeared on the political stage in the late Southern Song Dynasty as an emerging force.
"All beginnings are hard". After the meeting, there was another wave of "mass production and mass training" in the mountains. The heavy work of job handover, personnel deployment, material transportation, and production management has kept the newly appointed officials and persons in charge extremely busy. Ouyang Xuan is no exception. His time is also full. In addition to going to industrial and mining companies during the day to study improved artillery and production issues in industry and mining, he also has to go to school to teach in the evening. If the Perak Army wants to defeat the Mongolian Army, which is at the peak of its combat power in the cold weapons era, it must rely on advanced science and technology such as firearms to win.
Of course, in addition to vigorously developing the military industry, Ouyang Xuan paid more attention to the establishment and improvement of scientific research mechanisms. There is no difference in IQ between people in the Southern Song Dynasty and people in the 21st century. The only difference is their vision and vision. As long as they are given guidance on research directions and key knowledge is taught, people in this era will do as well as modern people if the conditions are met. At this critical time when the Education Research Institute was founded, Ouyang Xuan needed to be hands-on. In addition to grasping the research direction and explaining key technical points, he also needs to train the personnel and teachers of the Education Research Institute through words and deeds, and cultivate "seed" personnel. The personnel of the institute were all recommended by industrial and mining companies and various villages according to Ouyang Xuan's requirements. They are all young people with flexible minds and literacy. Only 10 people were selected in the first phase, and Du Daquan accompanied Ouyang throughout the process. Xuan studied with the class. In addition to the part-time teachers of the literacy class taught by Lu Dezhi and Yang Xiucai, the other teachers of the manufacturing, industrial and mining courses are all part-time teachers from industrial and mining companies, and select articulate technical backbones as part-time teachers. Since both students and teachers work part-time during the day, training for various courses in the school is conducted at night.
