Chapter 36: Mobilizing the People
Yang Song was sitting in the study, looking at the small map.
Ever since Di Qing Lusu and the others led the infantry brigade to the north, he would watch their progress every day.
He also hoped that the infantry brigade could reach its goal quickly, but the reality was that there was no hurry at all, so he could only spare part of his time every day to pay attention to it.
"Hey, there are no satellites or telephones in this world. It's really inconvenient! It's still too slow to rely on carrier pigeons to transmit information!" Yang Song was most upset about this.
The homing pigeon has been domesticated for some time, and it was obtained from the batch of strategic materials rewarded by the system.
Every cavalry team that goes out to investigate has two homing pigeons. And this time Di Qing and the others also brought a lot with them.
The supplies and engineering team that Yang Zhong was asked to prepare have been prepared and will set off tomorrow morning. But he still can't go!
The second engineering team is led by Li Zhu from the Military Industry Bureau. He will build a pass at the entrance of the mountain pass, making it stronger than Shanhaiguan Pass and Hulao Pass.
The construction engineering team formed during the period of public ownership in the territory lost a group of skilled workers after the implementation of private ownership, and now they have been mobilized and recruited back due to the need to build access roads.
This time, not only these construction workers, but also most of the people in the territory were mobilized.
Because the territory is still in a semi-military state, all the young people in the territory must undergo military training during their leisure time, that is, the militia.
This is the time when their efforts are needed!
This time, instead of letting them go to the battlefield, they were asked to build roads and bridges, carry supplies, and use all the strength of the territory to open this passage!
You know, with the productivity of this era and without all kinds of construction machinery, whether it is building roads, bridges or passes, it is a big project, and it cannot be completed overnight!
Under Yang Li's propaganda, this is an action that affects the life and death of the entire territory.
A temporary high platform was built in the middle of Apocalypse Square in front of the Apocalypse City Council Hall. Yang Li stood on the high platform in person, holding an iron trumpet in his hand and shouting at the people who were watching.
"People of Tianqi City, fellow villagers, the lord's mobilization order has been issued. The lord asked every household to send a young man to build roads and bridges in the north."
"Some folks will ask, why did you go north to build roads and build bridges?" Yang Li stood on the stage and spoke clearly, using easy-to-understand words to express the feelings of the people.
"Yeah, why?"
"Why do you have to go to that inhospitable place in the north to build roads? If you want to build roads, you have to go to our village to build them!"
"It's just that the road between our village and the neighboring village hasn't been built yet!"
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The people watching below were very sympathetic after hearing this, and asked repeatedly. The scene was so chaotic that in the end they couldn't hear what was being said.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, I will tell you now why the lord wants us to go to Shankakali in the north to build roads." Yang Li reassured.
Looking at the noise that gradually subsided, he continued: "Of course this is for us people! Then why is it for us people?"
"Of course, a big mouth has appeared in the mountains in the north. The people on the other side look very vicious. I don't know if they are good people or not."
"In order to stop those people and prevent them from coming over, the lord wants to build a wall on that big hole. Do you want to build this wall?" Yang Li guided the people.
"Hey, really?"
"Are they more terrifying than the savages in the south?"
"Then we must build the wall!"
"What should I do if I can't stop it?"
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"Okay, okay, the wall must be repaired, so~, we need to build the road first!"
"Think about it, in the deep mountains and old forests, the big hole is also there, so if you want to build the wall there, you must have a road!"
"Do you know, wasn't there an earthquake a few days ago?" Yang Li saw that the people in the audience were completely attracted by what he said, and continued: "That's because God is helping!"
Most of the people in the audience didn't believe this. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Yang Li wouldn't believe it himself.
The lord once told him that if you want the people to believe what you say, you must first believe it yourself! Otherwise, how to convince the people? The most important thing is the truth!
So what Yang Li said now is true. He said to the people who were noisy again: "Don't believe it, it's true, God is helping us!"
"Then how did God help us?" Yang Li really wanted to send a big red envelope to the person who asked this question! If he hadn't known that he was not looking for a trustee, he would have thought he was a trustee!
"That's a good question, fellow villager! How did God help us? If I tell you, it will scare you, that is~" Yang Li deliberately prolonged his voice when he said this, and waited until the people stretched their necks to wait for him to say, then he continued
road.
"That means God helped me open a road. We just need to level it and build a few bridges. Then the road will be repaired!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the people in the audience suddenly started making noises.
"That's a lie!"
"Yes, yes, it's a lie when you first hear it!"
"fraud!"
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"Hey, hey, don't you know me? Who told you that no taxes were collected for three years before? It was me! Who told you that those savages in the south came to kill people? Or me! Who told you that the lords were going to pay taxes?
We have money, and we have to divide the house, ah, who is it, it’s me!”
"You don't even believe me anymore!" After saying this, Yang Li had an angry expression on his face, and he didn't know whether it was true or pretending.
After finishing speaking, he looked at the people in the audience who were speechless and continued: "You guys think, what is the benefit of me lying to you? My food and shelter are given by the lord. Isn't that one of you the same as me?
Everything was given by the lord!"
"Now that I ask you to work, you won't believe it!" Yang Li also used the topic on stage.
"Mr. Yang, why don't we believe you? Do you think so?" It was the commoner who just asked the question who first affirmed Yang Li.
Hearing this, Yang Li began to doubt himself, wondering if he was really asking for help!
"Yes, yes!"
"We believe Mr. Yang!"
"Who just said that Mr. Yang is a liar!" This is a very thick-skinned commoner. Yang Li still remembers that he was the one who called the liar the most enthusiastically just now. Now he is as if nothing has happened and does not care about his own affairs. It is really embarrassing.
Yang Li was impressed!
"Haha, okay, okay, I don't care if you believe me or not, you will believe it when you see it with your own eyes!" Yang Li concluded on the stage.
"Starting tomorrow, the territory will summon you. You must obey the arrangements! Bring your tools and go to the north to build roads~!"
Apocalypse City's propaganda and mobilization is actually not limited to this square! Other villages and towns also have people from their propaganda bureaus to carry out propaganda and mobilization.
Chapter completed!