A beam of light once again appeared in the summon space, transforming into a person.
Fang Xuanling looked like a scholar, refined and gentle. Upon seeing Zhou Yan, he immediately bowed and said, "Your humble subject, Fang Xuanling, pays respects to the Lord."
"Rise!" Zhou Yan said.
He spoke to the two of them, "The territory has just begun to develop. In the future, we will rely on the two of you to work together to expand and strengthen the territory."
"We will certainly do our best," the two replied promptly.
With two top-tier talents now at his disposal, all matters of the territory could be delegated to them.
He led them out of the [Heroic Hall] and then introduced them to the current state of the territory. As they listened, they began to strategize.
When the introduction to the territory's affairs was almost complete, Fang Xuanling quickly said, "Lord, other than that, there are no major issues with the territory. It's just that the personnel, coordination, military, and all other aspects of the territory need further refinement."
Zhou Yan replied, "I had also prepared some things previously, but there wasn't a detailed plan yet. Since the two of you have arrived, all matters of the territory will be entrusted to you. Please propose any ideas you may have."
Fang Xuanling immediately said, "Lord, I do feel that some matters should be handled promptly. For instance, the rank of each person, and the responsibilities of each position, whether it's in logistics or among the military officers, should be assigned based on their abilities..."
Xiao He agreed with Fang Xuanling's sentiment and added, "Lord, what Fang Xuanling says is absolutely correct. While everything in the territory seems fine on the surface, I've noticed that all the major and minor affairs require your and the mistresses' decisions. I believe this is a great waste of time. A reasonable implementation method should suffice."
The two of them had excellent insights into internal affairs, and Zhou Yan had long recognized this issue but found it impossible to handle everything on his own.
He quickly said, "Then all the positions and affairs of the territory will be entrusted to the two of you. I have a list of official positions here. You can take a look first."
"Please inform us, Lord," the two replied.
"Let's go to the [Spiritual Qi Courtyard] first. I have an organizational chart of official positions there. You should be able to understand it once you see it."
Zhou Yan led the two to the [Spiritual Qi Courtyard] and handed them the detailed list of official positions and responsibilities he had written.
He had used the six ministries system of the Ming Dynasty as a reference for these positions.
The Lord was naturally the person with the greatest authority in the entire territory. Below him were eight core ministries: the Ministry of Personnel (Personnel Department), the Ministry of Revenue (Finance Department), the Ministry of Rites (Ceremony Department), the Ministry of War (Defense Department), the Ministry of Justice (Judicial Department), the Ministry of Works (Construction Department), the Ministry of Agriculture (Agricultural Department), and the Military Affairs Department (Overseas Expeditions).
Further details were then broken down into many specific positions within these eight departments.
However, since many departments were not immediately necessary, they could be set aside for now. These departments were needed now and would be useful in the future.
After the two of them reviewed the document, they nodded to each other and said, "It's entirely feasible. However, we'll need to assign suitable personnel and plan the specific tasks for each person."
"These matters will be entrusted to the two of you. Except for the Military Affairs Department and the Ministry of War, which I will arrange myself, all other matters of the territory will be handled by you. I will assign people to help you familiarize yourselves with everyone's abilities and talents so that you can quickly provide me with a list."
"Yes."
The two nodded immediately, feeling very pleased. The Lord entrusting such important matters to them demonstrated his high regard for them.
Subsequently, Zhou Yan assigned Siteng and Hua Yuerong to assist the two in understanding all matters of the territory, and to consult him if they had any questions.
Regarding military matters, he believed he understood them better than anyone else.
After all, he had read so much military information, and his knowledge of the territory in various aspects was incomparable to any hero.
Moreover, he was very familiar with the strengths of each summoned general and could maximize their talents through appropriate appointments.
Then, Zhou Yan built another [Spiritual Qi Courtyard]. This place would serve as their meeting and administrative area in the future.
As there were no other suitable buildings available at the moment, this would suffice as a temporary solution. He anticipated that a better building for handling internal affairs would appear later.
He then took out another item, a diamond-quality [Ziwei Treasure Chest].
This item relied on luck, and he felt that with his current luck value, he should be able to obtain something excellent.
He opened the [Ziwei Treasure Chest].
With a flash of light, he opened his eyes again and found a building appearing in his hand.
It was an RRR-quality building, the [Ziwei Palace].
He seemed to have seen this building somewhere before. After some thought, he recalled seeing a similar building in a certain part of the Ziwei Academy. It appeared to be a place where the academy head and elders held discussions, and it was generally inaccessible to ordinary people.
His luck was indeed excellent; this was a top-tier building, and once evolved, it would grant him a special building.
Territory notification: "Constructing [Ziwei Palace], [Ziwei Palace] evolves into [Heavenly Emperor's Imperial Palace]."
Territory notification: "Territory area insufficient, automatically converted into a building."
Zhou Yan: "(*ﾟﾛﾟ)!"
He looked at the [Heavenly Emperor's Imperial Palace] in his hand. The entire building exuded colorful light and was incredibly vast.
He casually checked the building's information.
[Building: Heavenly Emperor's Imperial Palace]
[Level: 1 (Requires upgrade)]
[Quality: Unknown]
[Special Attribute 1: Territory Spiritual Qi +1000%]
[Description: Legend says this was the imperial palace built by a certain Heavenly Emperor.]
The Heavenly Emperor's palace.
So what!
Whatever comes into my hands, Zhou Yan, is mine! ︿(￣︶￣)︿
The territory isn't big enough? Hah, it's a joke. How could it not be big enough?
His territory spanned ten million square meters; he had simply stored it away. Therefore, constructing this [Heavenly Emperor's Imperial Palace] was absolutely no problem.
He expanded the area of his territory and then began to relocate the existing buildings.
This [Heavenly Emperor's Imperial Palace] would undoubtedly be placed at the very center of the territory.
He notified the people in various buildings to evacuate temporarily and then began to organize the entire territory's buildings in a rational manner.
Residential buildings were grouped together, hotels and inns formed a street, barracks were placed in a cluster, entertainment facilities were grouped, and spiritual fields were set aside separately...
After completing all of this, he placed the [Heavenly Emperor's Imperial Palace] directly at the center of the territory.
From now on, this [Heavenly Emperor's Imperial Palace] would be his residence.
This [Heavenly Emperor's Imperial Palace] was indeed enormous. Even at level one, it occupied approximately one million square meters.
It occupied one-tenth of the entire territory's area.
Keep in mind that the Ming Dynasty's imperial palace was only over 700,000 square meters.
He couldn't help but imagine how large the [Heavenly Emperor's Imperial Palace] would be once it reached its maximum level.
Fortunately, the territory had added various buildings to increase movement speed, along with the high-tech hover bikes he had purchased. These would greatly improve everyone's travel speed.
His territory could no longer be called a territory; it was more like an imperial city now.
With a bit more effort, by increasing the population and adding more buildings, it could completely become a city on par with ancient imperial cities.