Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 90 New Version 0.2.55
【Career Focus Segmentation】

Several old versions of "career focuses" have changed and new sub-branches have been derived.

Military combat has officially expanded to include main battle groups, guerrilla squads, hidden agent teams, undercover battle groups, etc.

The development of village-based work has been promoted to "grassroots governance", which has led to the development of subdivided positions. The reputation thresholds required for different positions are different, and ordinary people can only start as grassroots village cadres.

Because there were not enough people, Li Mu picked out the taller ones from the shorter ones and appointed several of them for promotion.

"Exploration and Lurking" and the new "War Group Unit" are combined into "War Zone Division".

With the main base where Li Mu is located as the core, the area is temporarily divided into four combat zones: east, south, west and north.

The "West" is the Henan & Shanxi-Shaanxi war zone, which currently has the "First Legion - Beggar Army" configured with combat power.

The "South" is the Hubei & Jiangxi war zone. Currently, there is a guerrilla squad active there. As the number of players increases, it will be promoted to the "Second Legion".

The "East" refers to the Huaidong and Jiangbei war zones. Currently, there are only a small number of undercover agents engaged in commercial smuggling activities through river boats in the Huaihe and Yangtze River basins.

The "North" is the Shandong & Hebei-Liaoning war zone. Currently, there are only a few players riding hot air balloons flying in the North China Plain, and several have landed on their own and are lurking in Shandong villages.

The suffix of each legion is left to the players to choose.

The number of players in each legion must not be less than two thousand. The Beggar Army is a precedent for the rules, and there must be at least one legion.

In addition, the leader will give each legion different server-wide gain effects based on current needs.

For example, the Beggar Army currently needs to take control of the grassroots government affairs in the counties of southern Henan.

There are originally a large number of combat players, and just a few hundred of them stepping forward and going to the grassroots level are enough to fill the cadre vacancies.

But the reason why combat players are combat players is because they don’t like farming, working, or tinkering with official documents and files.

Their only thought is to kill all the evildoers and make the world flow with blood, otherwise they would not lock onto "military combat" as soon as they enter the game.

When talking about grassroots government affairs, combat players can also speak very clearly.

Things like "If you don't occupy the grassroots, gangs and cults will fill it", "Grassroots governance is the magic weapon of the new regime and must be used", "Why doesn't anyone go to the countryside to work at the grassroots level? Can't they bear this little hardship?" and "Counties and prefectures that have not undergone social reform are feudal colonies."

But when he really goes to the countryside to handle government affairs, they are like passers-by being interviewed on the street and asked to donate money.

If you had one million, would you donate it? Yes.

If you had a hundred dollars, would you donate it?
No, because I really have a hundred dollars.

And "Battle Crazy Scourge" really just wants to fight.

Too few people can gain pleasure and a sense of accomplishment from slow-paced games like production, construction, and farming. After all, the audience of mainstream games is for combat and excitement.

This is like "sweet rice dumplings" and "salty rice dumplings". There is nothing wrong with the taste itself, but the people who eat it want to get satisfaction from their favorite taste.

So Li Mu adopted an incentive approach to encourage more players to become "grassroots cadres" -

He designated the six months from now to the beginning of next spring as the "grassroots governance period."

Any player who focuses on "grassroots governance" during the period and accumulates a certain amount of service time will receive an additional 50% reward bonus and three system mall lottery tickets.

As long as it is produced by the main base or put on the system, it can be won through lottery tickets, from ordinary flip-flops to rare bulletproof shields and even limited edition custom clothing.

Although the prize pool of the lottery is very attractive, the diligent grassroots work discourages a group of combat players who are eager for quick success, and the lottery mechanism also discourages some non-African players.

Even so, there are about two hundred new and old players joining the "grassroots governance".

Other players continued to flock to the main battle group and guerrillas, and the actual number of members of the "First Legion: Beggars" reached 2300.

There were also three or four hundred people scattered around fighting guerrilla warfare and lurking for assassinations.

……

One evening, a team of horse-drawn carts loaded with supplies crossed the hidden mountain roads and quietly arrived at Luoshan County, the "capital" of the Qihuo Army and the geographical center of the controlled area.

This is a team composed entirely of civilian players, with a total of two hundred people.

The player in charge of reception was the first to run to the carriage and take a look.

Some were props distributed by the system, some were basic office materials for cadres, and some were iron farm tools produced at the main base...

"Didn't the chat group boss say that in ancient times, counties and villages needed at least 20 per 10,000 people as cadres to be considered an ideal Steam Dynasty? Otherwise, we would regress to the Ming and Qing dynasties. You two hundred people can only fill one county at most, but we have taken over five prefectures and counties."

"There's nothing we can do. The audience for farming is too small, and the audience for grassroots cadres is even smaller. We've been calling friends everywhere, recruiting people offline, and we can only get this few people together."

"There are over 3,000 players in total, so why can't we find grassroots cadres?"

"How about you be my assistant?"

"No, no, no!" Upon hearing this, the combat player's face immediately showed surprise and panic. He quickly waved his hands to refuse, as if someone was forcing a sale on the street.

"See, this is the crux of the matter. Everyone gets indignant when it comes to grassroots governance, but when it comes to actually doing it, no one wants to." The cadre player sighed, "But we have ways to make do."

"What method?" The combat player suddenly smiled.

"Two hundred people will be divided equally among the five prefectures and counties to establish the framework of the county government first." "Willn't the grassroots level in the villages remain the same?"

"No, the county government team we've established isn't going to sit in the county seat and act like a boss. Instead, we're going to form a 'mobile team' that will patrol the area every fifteen days along a fixed route—"

“Like a bus?”

“Well, it can be said that, apart from the cadres who need to stay in the county town, everyone else is scattered within the jurisdiction—administrative cadres, circuit courts, public security police, and so on.

This ensures that we can use limited cadres to cover as many grassroots villagers as possible, but..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that the mobile team is often on the move, and the expenses for fodder for donkeys and mules, as well as personnel, will be very high. This is why we need the assistance of your combat team."

"That's no problem. Besides, from now on, administrative, judicial, and taxation matters will all be handed over to you civilians. Funding arrangements will be your responsibility—hey." The combat player slapped his head. "Why does it feel like we're occupying the front, and you're sprinting in to take it all away?"

"According to the main storyline, we all work for our leaders. If you don't want to feel like you're being 'sidelined', then why not give up your military career and join us in the grassroots?"

"Well, forget it then."

The combat player instantly became dispirited, thinking that this clerical work was really indispensable.

As for achieving independence, breaking away from the control of the leaders, and pursuing autonomous development, that is also impossible.

You must know that new equipment, weapons, armor and ammunition for production teams, equipment workshops, research laboratories, etc. can only be provided by the main base which has complete basic tools and technical personnel.

Most of the craftsmen taken in by the Beggars' Army were secretly sent to the main base in exchange for "merits", and the combat players were left to start from scratch, as they were impatient.

After all, those who are patient are all working in the main base.

Moreover, the guide is related to the main storyline and has the right to judge with a red name.

If someone has evil intentions and is about to put them into practice, he will find a red name above his head. At this time, even the best brothers around him will draw their swords and chop off the red name.

The rewards for some special red names are tripled, and they also come with rare item rewards.

If becoming a "special red name" does not carry the risk of being banned, all players would want to become red names and get themselves killed.

"When do you plan to go north to attack Runing?" asked the cadre representative.

"It's not decided yet. These past few 'official military transport convoys' have allowed us to take away a lot of supplies, including countless Tiger Crouching Cannons and General Cannons. We even got three Red Barbarian Cannons, and countless horses, donkeys, and mules."

The brothers discussed it and decided that, not counting the allied forces and the civilians defending the city, the total number of troops we have exceeded 30,000, and there are already 4,000 soldiers in the former government army camp.

Taking advantage of this update, we can also conduct a military reform and overhaul the existing military model."

"How many people are there?" Several cadre representatives immediately took out notebooks and charcoal pencils from their backpacks.

"I can't remember, it was all discussed in the chat group."

"Based on your impression, we've taken over administrative finances and taxation, and we also have to calculate military expenditures."

The cadre player stared at the surrounding combat players, but no one could fluently describe the specific framework.

"Uh, let me think about it. Never mind, I'll go offline and ask."

As soon as these words were spoken, several combat players chose to log off and fell to the ground in the inner hall of the government office with a thud.

However, this time the players were very slow to log in, and it took a full ten minutes before the brothers who had been offline returned one after another.

They got up from the ground, their eyes full of wisdom, their heads filled with knowledge. "I asked a few big guys in the live game but no one responded. In the end, I bombarded a buddy I knew with questions -

This military reform will first reorganize the army of 200 people and form seven infantry regiments. Each infantry regiment will be expanded to 800 people, consisting of 2000 players, auxiliary soldiers from the former battalion, and ordinary militia.

The First Infantry Regiment consists of 4000 players and is the most powerful spearhead unit. The Seventh Infantry Regiment consists of only militiamen and is an auxiliary force for engineers and craftsmen.

"Hmm." The cadre representative wrote rapidly on the notebook with a charcoal pencil, then raised his head and asked, "Your battalion soldiers are indeed fully reorganized, but what about the remaining 300 players and 10,000 militiamen?"

"A few bosses suggested that the 10,000 militiamen receive intensive training in the rear, with the remaining 300 players acting as instructors."

"Hmm? Why would those three hundred people be willing to do such boring work?"

"If you lose at finger-guessing, you have to accept the loss... Training is more free than farming, and occasionally I can lead the militia to the surrounding areas to eliminate evil. These days there are too many bandits, pirates, and robbers, so there are plenty of opportunities to fight."

Based on the financial and food practices of the beggar army, the cadre representatives made some calculations and roughly worked out that the tens of thousands of soldiers, a combination of strong and weak, would require more than 180,000 dan of military rations and more than 300,000 taels of military pay a year.

According to the current tax supply of the five states and counties, there is a slight surplus.

If a fierce war breaks out, the continuous supply of more food and ammunition will not be enough.

But it's not a big problem. The money and grain squeezed out of the old taxes in the prefectures and counties should be enough to cover the cost once the cadres and players are in place one by one and the money and grain squeezed out by the new method are in place.

As night fell, a brilliant firework exploded outdoors, marking the beginning of the Qihuo Army's celebration banquet for all its comrades.

The combat player looked proud, gave a thumbs-up and nodded outdoors, "Our celebration party is about to begin, how about going to have fun together?"

(End of this chapter)