"Defend Greater Yangzhou!"

"Born as a Tang Dynasty man, and die as a Tang Dynasty ghost!"

Such big red banners can be seen everywhere in the Yangzhou territory. Yixing Society's years of operation in Yangzhou are showing its energy bit by bit. This is the first time in Yangzhou that these common propaganda and mobilization methods are common in the Tang territory of the northern region. And as soon as they are launched, they are overwhelming and cover-oriented indiscriminate bombing.

In the teahouse, inn, canteen, and even on some lively streets, you can see some storytellers waving and complaining about the sins of the fake Liang at any time. In their mouths, Zhu Wen and his family were all evil traitors, and they were the most sinister scumbags in the founding of the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years.

Of course, in addition to scolding, they also added many facts, such as Zhu Wen's Xuanwu army burned, killed, looted, raped, and abducted in Luoyang, Chang'an and other places, such as the fact that they plundered the wealth of the people in Guanzhong and drove the people into slavery. These things were not made up. As a business city, the news of Yangzhou was already very well-versed. When Zhu Wen captured Chang'an, Luoyang, there were countless things, and these tragic things were also known to Yangzhou people with great detail with the merchants coming and going. Now these storytellers have only expressed them in a more vivid way.

Some storytellers also seized Zhu Wen's private life and criticized the Zhu family's virtues as useless. These people added countless dirty jokes and described these things with their perfect tongue as if they were there, which made countless people applaud it.

These things seem to be of little use, but in fact, they have created a Zhu family of pseudo-liang in the hearts of Yangzhou people. If they defect to him, the fate will only be extremely miserable. If Yangzhou wants to ensure that he lives a good life as he is now, he must try his best to resist the attack of pseudo-liang.

Gong Yunda, the former general of Huainan, was unfaithful, filial, unkind and unrighteous, betrayed the Tang Dynasty and defected to the pseudo-liang, and was even more a role that everyone could punish him.

On the busiest streets in Yangzhou City, the most popular place is the recruitment place. There was a table, several officers and dozens of soldiers, and the front was crowded.

"Sir, will you pay fifty coins on the spot whenever you are hired?" A big man pressed the table with both hands and asked loudly.

"Of course, once you are hired, you will be paid 50 yuan on the spot for a settlement fee." An officer smiled and said, "But you also need to be eligible for admission. Do you know the rules of our recruitment?"

"What rules? I have strength!" The big man waved his huge fist. "I can't read, but I can't recognize it."

"I won't record my only son!"

"The weak will not be recorded!"

"There are already soldiers in the family and will not be recorded!"

The officer stood up with a smile and read it loudly again.

"I comply with the rules!" said the big man happily, "I came from Yong'an. Although my father is still there, I still have two brothers. I have not gotten married or have children. As for my body, I see that I am stronger than you. I am fifty-talented, and our family can't earn so much in a year!"

"Brother, after taking these fifty taels, he is a soldier, and he has to work hard." The officer smiled and said, "You must be clear about all this."

"Where is this world where isn't it? Didn't the storyteller on the street tell me? Isn't it better for everyone to let the soldiers of Zhu Zhe come over. Sir, if you have become a soldier, do you have military pay?"

"Of course, it's always the same month!" said the officer: "If you make merit and get promoted, then there will be more. A hero, there is a stone lock there, and you can pick it up ten times, then you will be considered qualified."

"Simple!" The man walked over with a laugh, raised the stone lock with one arm, and easily walked up and down ten times. He walked back amid the cheers of everyone.

"Okay, I really have the strength to do it. Come on, if you sign this agreement, you will become my soldier!" The officer smiled and pushed a piece of paper in front of the man.

"Why do you have to sign these things?" The big man was a little suspicious.

"This is a rule, proving that what you tell is the truth. If you find out that you tell lies in the future, you will be fired." The officer smiled and said, "This is called a book of integrity. If you are illiterate, then press your fingerprint!"

"Press it!" The man pressed his finger prints readily. The officer waved his hand, and immediately a soldier walked over with a set of clothes and handed them to the man. On the clothes were a redeemable note covering Longsheng Money House.

"With this credential, you can exchange 50 coins of copper coins in Shenglong Money House!" The officer smiled. "You can wait first. When you have enough teams of ten people, you will take you to the military camp."

Such recruitment is actually being held in various parts of Yangzhou. Li Hao is preparing to form an army of 20,000 people in Yangzhou with 5,000 soldiers as the core, including 5,000 naval troops.

For the ambitious Li Hao, this time in Yangzhou, what he wants is not only to defend Yangzhou, but also to further expand outward on the basis of defending Yangzhou.

This was the first time he took on a heavy burden alone. Li Ze gave him great autonomy and the bottom line was to defend Yangzhou. He let him play the rest freely. With Li Ze's words, Li Hao had room for operation. In places like western Zhejiang and Xuanzhou, Li Hao was salivating.

If Li Hao was so ambitious, he would have no material foundation, but in Yangzhou, it would be completely different.

"Don't worry about money!" After Qin Xinming took off his armor, he transformed himself into a dough-packed smiley shopkeeper. "Yangzhou is Shenglong's base camp, and Jin Dong's family's wealth is here. When he left, he had already entrusted all of it to me. Moreover, Yangzhou was originally a business world, and not to mention commercial benefits, it was enough for daily commercial taxes."

"As soon as the war comes, this part of the income will be greatly reduced!" Mei Jiu said.

"As long as our navy can control water transportation, although it will have an impact, it will not be able to move the wilderness. I am afraid that our navy will not be able to stop the Huainan navy now!" Su Bao was a little worried: "General Li, there are hundreds of ships in Huainan."

"Just leave the war to me, don't worry!" Li Hao smiled proudly and said, "Although I only have ten ships now, our Tang Dynasty warships are not comparable to those small fishermen in Huainan."

"I hope so!" Su Bao was still uneasy, but he was unwilling to refute Li Hao's face in person. "Don't worry about money, but grain is a big problem. Everyone, our Yangzhou is a net import of grain. Since we cleaned Yangzhou, Baoying wiped out Gong Hao's part, and the grain price in Yangzhou has changed three times a day. Yesterday, my family went to buy grain, but it has increased three times compared to the previous period."

"Tomorrow, open warehouses and release grain to ensure that every grain shop in Yangzhou has enough grain to sell and suppress the price of grain." Li Hao said.

Mei Jiu was surprised: "General Li, these foods are Yangzhou's combat preparations, so is it inappropriate to release them like this?"

"What's wrong!" Li Hao said coldly: "Just calm the price of grain. If the food price is stable, people's hearts will be stable."

"In this way, it will cause the common people to store a large amount of grain."

"What does it matter if the common people store grain?" Li Hao smiled and said, "As long as it is not a big family, Tunji Juqi, if there is Tunji Juqi, one will take the opportunity to raise the price, one will be killed. As for the common people, they buy it home and just hide it at home. There are only so many people at home, and there are only two meals a day, so they only eat so much. Mei Zhizhou, what are you afraid of?"

Mei Jiu smiled bitterly and said, "Li'er is this Li'er, but how many households in Yangzhou are there? If everyone stores grain, then all our food will be released. Without the food stored, everyone will still panic!"

"Soon, a large amount of food will enter Yangzhou." Qin Xinming said on the side.

"Where did the food come from? Did it come from Wuyi?" Mei Jiu asked happily.

"Of course not, it was transported from Lingnan." Qin Xinming said: "Isn't Lingnan Xiangshuai's granddaughter appointed as the queen of our Tang Dynasty? Our navy fleet will return from Guangzhou Port soon, and there will be dozens of merchant ships accompanying you, half of which are loaded with grain, and all of them will enter Yangzhou. Mei Zhizhou, do you think that when these grains enter Yangzhou, will Yangzhou people still panic?"

"In this way, I'll feel relieved!" Mei Jiu said overjoyed.

"As long as the sea is under our control, Yangzhou will never be out of food!" Li Hao said proudly. "Master Mei, we will fight a few more battles next and let the Huainan army appreciate our power, the hearts of the Yangzhou people will be completely at peace. As for you, even if you organize the people and merchants to do whatever they should do."

Mei Jiu nodded and said yes.

"Su Biejia, the recruitment work is going well. The planned 15,000 soldiers will be completed on time. I will allocate 100 officers to your command, and you will be responsible for leading them to conduct the most basic military training for these new recruits. They will have the most basic military skills in the shortest time. They do not expect them to fight against the enemy immediately, but at least they must play a role in defending the city, patrolling, and maintaining public order." Li Hao said: "In addition to these, the logistics supply and support of the entire army also requires you to work hard. Especially where is the Yangjin Shipyard, you must really keep a close eye on it."

"Don't worry, General Li, these things are what I have always been responsible for, and I will never miss the situation." Su Bao said.

"After the Battle of Baoying, Huainan has been in silence. Of course, they will not stop there. The longer the silence, it means that the next battle will be more fierce. But as long as we defeat the Huainan army again, we will enter a strategic stalemate next. Therefore, I hope you all will be more energetic in this battle."

Li Hao stood up and stretched out his fist: "Everyone, encourage each other!"

Even Mei Jiu, a literati, stretched out his fist and touched everyone hard.
Chapter completed!