345 Prefecture System and Enfeoffment System (1/2)

Compared to Mu Guiying, Fan Lihua was a little better and was regarded as one of the four heroines.

Legend had it that Mu Guiying and Fan Lihua were both students of the Li Mountain Old Mother. Other disciples included great women such as Zhong Wuyan, Zhu Yingtai, Bai Su, and the like.

When Gaia built the in-game world, the Li Mountain Old Mother was just a small presence.

While Ouyang Shuo was taking a look at Fan Lihua's stats, a system notification sounded out by his ear.

”System Notification: Congratulations player Feng Qiuhuang for becoming the 2nd player in the China region to upgrade to grade 1 prefecture, rewarded 4200 merit points!”

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”System Notification: Congratulations player Bai Hua for becoming the 3rd player in the China region to upgrade to grade 1 prefecture, rewarded 4000 merit points!”

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When the system notification rang out, the players in the China region were very calm.

After Feng Qiuhuang and Bai Hua were given their titles, the players had already predicted for their two territories to upgrade. If it wasn't for the Battle of Lianzhou, they probably would have been even faster.

What was interesting was that Fallen Phoenix Prefecture was actually quicker than Consonance Prefecture.

Feng Qiuhuang had her ways!

While Ouyang Shuo felt it was interesting, the four sisters felt a little depressed. They were highly confident in taking 2nd place in China, but instead they were usurped by the lone player Feng Qiuhuang.

Hence, one should never underestimate their opponents.

Feng Qiuhuang had given the four sisters such a lesson.

The prefecture grade, to an ambitious lord, was the starting point. Only after upgrading to a prefecture would it mean that your territory had taken root and started building its foundation.

Be it the raiders in the wilderness or the uprising army, to take down a prefecture was harder than climbing the heavens.

Prefecture, the start of being an overlord.

Gaia’s 2nd year would also become the year of prefectures.

If at the end of the 2nd year, your territory had not upgraded to a prefecture, this would mean that you had lost your ability to rule the world.

The jump from county to prefecture was a rise in the entire substance of the territory. It not only represented the change in rank, but it represented that the territory would change from one small city to a whole prefecture.

And for the lords, while they would gain more power, it also meant that they would face greater challenges.

Talents, especially those of high rank, would become more and more important.

As the lords were basically young men, to control and lead a prefecture was highly difficult. Even people like Di Chen, without those around them helping, would not be able to manage.

This was true much more for others like Gong Chengshi and Xunlong Dianxue. They were normal people in real life and when they played the game, it was only for fun.

As for the experience and skill necessary to manage a territory, one could only slowly learn.

A grade 1 county was still manageable.

When it reached the prefecture grade, as long as you didn't pay attention, it might totally backfire.

Gaia had a good grasp in this area, accurately predicting things that would happen.

Its end goal would be to develop a batch of leaders for the real world. If a lord could last until the end, it would be 10 years of hard work. From a village to a town, to a county to a prefecture and finally setting up a country, this training would be able to make a raw diamond into a polished one.

The Shanhai Alliance members were considered lucky in such an aspect.

With such a model lord as Ouyang Shuo leading the way, they just needed to copy him and basically they wouldn't make any huge mistakes.

Of the ideas Ouyang Shuo pushed out in his territory, some he created himself but mostly they were things lords personally went through and developed in the last life.

In the end, Ouyang Shuo was just standing on the shoulders of giants.

For him to be able to last all the way until now, this was because he relied on his last life. His knowledge and mental strength far exceeded his peers. Moreover, he had a huge batch of historical people helping him.

After Shanhai Prefecture upgraded, Ouyang Shuo decisively made changes and pushed for the prefecture system, the reason was obvious.

The Battle of Lianzhou was a show of strength.

Even if Ouyang Shuo wasn't there, the commander unit had Baiqi and Du Ruhui; the various major generals were all famous generals and had the ability to think under pressure. Furthermore, they had an administrative system that ran efficiently and smoothly.

How would they lose?

Hence, the further behind one got, the more one needed to rely on teamwork.

The lord was the navigator of the ship.

In the last life, towards the strategies of running a prefecture, the lords didn't agree on a single system.

In short, there were two methods that could work.

The first would be the prefecture system that Ouyang Shuo was pushing for. It was suitable for most territories. Its positives were that it was able to raise the lord's power, but it needed large numbers of exceptional talents.

If everything was smooth, it would prosper, but if not, riots and unrest would easily occur.

The 2nd method would be the enfeoffment system that was equally popular amongst players.

In the last life when the enfeoffment system appeared, many people chose it. One type of people were the various powers represented by the Six Tyrants of Handan. They were huge, and the internal power struggles were highly complicated.

To balance out all of this, enfeoffment was an acceptable choice.

The reason why it didn't work now was because a county was too small, and enfeoffment was pointless. Hence, various large powers had reached a tacit understanding.

Before reaching prefecture grade, they would fight against outsiders.