"Okay, Hong agreed." Hong Chengchou heard the four conditions proposed by Liu Rushi, and there was basically no risk. The only risk was the last one. However, if she wanted to see someone, let her meet. It would be okay to ask Kou Mei for her to play with her, because she could control it.

The most important thing is that if she doesn't agree, she won't write a letter.

"Thank you, Mr. Hong!" Liu Rushi happily curled his blessings, and said nothing more. He got up and walked to the desk. After a while, a short letter was finished.

The letter stated the meaning of lovesickness, and said that he lived in Hongfu without worries about food and clothing, was in a happy mood, and only hoped to be reunited every day.

Hong Chengchou had seen it and stood up and left with great satisfaction.

...

"The Tartars are about to come. I heard that this time they are coming out, with a total of 300,000 troops heading south from Jiangxi and heading straight to our Guangzhou City."

"Three hundred thousand? More than four hundred thousand."

"Oh, what should I do? Can so many Tartars Yongli Master resist it?"

"Impossible! I heard that Jiangxi Zhang only has 50,000 soldiers. Although we have grenades and mines, the strength of the troops is too disparity and it is impossible to resist it."

"What should I do? We have finally lived a few days of stable life, and this is the end?"

"Yes, don't think about anything. Live one day and have fun for one day. At most, three months will be the end of the good days."

"If people don't have long-term plans, they will have immediate worries. If you don't say anything else, hurry up and save some food. When the war comes, the price of food will increase. On the day when you are surrounded by Guangzhou, you may not be able to buy rice if you have money."

"Yes, yes, that's right. Go and buy some rice to save. No matter whether the battle is won or lost in the end, don't starve to death."

...

Guangzhou, as the imperial capital of the Southern Ming Dynasty, was once so peaceful, peaceful, so prosperous, full of hope and longing. It is a place that thousands of knowledgeable people yearn for.

However, with the continuous hype of news of the Qing army invasion, the number of Qing soldiers was deliberately increased and the number of Ming soldiers was deliberately reduced, which made the city full of fear and anxiety. With the birth of this anxiety, the people did not think about how to defend their homes, but were bewitched and frantically bought grain and rice.

The price of grain started to rise three times a day, from the initial one stone of rice and one tael of silver, it soon soared to five taels of silver and one stone. Moreover, it was still priceless. Major grain shops sold rice in less than half a day every day and said it had been sold.

Most people's shopping psychology is like this when buying goes up or down. The more the rice price rises, the more people want to buy it, the more they want to buy it, the less they can't buy it, and they become more anxious.

At the 23rd July Dawn, the cabinet members and the advisors were there.

"Your Majesty, Guangdong is ripe for three seasons, and it is not short of food. The people are extremely stupid. It is simply funny to believe those rumors." Wu Bing said after listening to Chen Bangyan's report.

Zhu Youlang said: "But first, don't say that the people are stupid. The source of information they have obtained is relatively simple, and basically rely on hearsay and word of mouth. This must be someone deliberately creating panic. The purpose is to make Guangzhou chaotic first. We should not blame the people for listening and believing, but should reflect on the ineffective measures of the court's appeasement. If the court prepares for the future and conducts positive publicity and guidance in a timely manner, such a thing will not happen."

"Yes, Your Majesty is responsible for it. I am the chief assistant and have not prevented any troubles. It is my dereliction of duty. Please give up your crime." Wu Bing bowed and said.

"But first, you have the responsibility for this matter, and Ling Bin is also responsible. The Public Security Bureau and the Jinyiwei have the responsibility. You have not prepared for the future, and when there is a turbulence, they have not received enough attention and are taken advantage of by the thieves. After the fire starts, they are pushed to the people, and it is really difficult to waive the blame. It's just a matter of suing them, so take it as a warning." Zhu Youlang said.

"I think this matter must be something that someone is secretly pushing, and I dare not do it openly, so I will engage in conspiracy. Since they are engaged in conspiracy, I will deal with it openly."

After Zhu Youlang finished speaking, he quickly returned to the village, Dai Rufeng and Ma Jixiang came and issued three decrees.

First, Guizhuang will carry out positive publicity in the newspaper, clarify facts, encourage the people's hearts, inspire the people's enthusiasm for resisting Qing Dynasty, and enhance their confidence in victory.

For this reason, Zhu Youlang also specifically instructed Guizhuang to use easy-to-understand vernacular texts to let the people understand what it means when they hear it.

Second, order Dai Rufeng to quickly find out the source of the rumors. Those who deliberately spread rumors must not be lenient, and one will catch another;

Third, he ordered Ma Jixiang to quickly find out whether major grain merchants had hoarded and made a fortune in the country. If so, all grain and illegal income would be confiscated.

...

Zhu Youlang's response measures were very tough and timely. He returned to the village, Dai Rufeng and Ma Jixiang's actions were also very fast, and the results were seen the next day.

Guizhuang returned to the bookstore and immediately wrote a commentary article in person, titled "The enemy will lose, I will win."

Commentary first, objectively analyzed the Qing army's invasion, clarified that the total strength of the Qing army was 200,000, not 300,000, and 400,000. Secondly, the advantages and disadvantages of both the enemy and us were analyzed, and finally concluded: "The Qing army promoted unjust soldiers and lost the hearts of the people; when they went deep into the mountains and rivers of Jiangxi, their strengths of field battles could not be played out; and our pilgrimage is in power, and the subjects are in concert, and they have the advantages of grenades and mines and firearms. The right time, place, and people are not in the enemy. Not to mention that there are only 200,000 soldiers, even if there are a million invaders, they will definitely be buried in the vast ocean of people's war."

There are two other articles published together with this comment, one is the heroic deeds of Wenzhi in the Battle of Chongyangxi, and the other is the heroic deeds of Yang Guodong in the Battle of Quanzhou.

After these three articles were written, Gui Zhuangming typed and printed overnight. The next morning, the "Ming Ming Weekly Supplement" was distributed to subscribers and various sales outlets.

The strong wind blows are afraid of the strong sunshine.

As soon as the "Ming Ming Weekly Supplement" was released, the people rushed to read it, impressed by the rational analysis of the commentary article "The enemy will lose, I will win", and was also infected by Wen Zhi and Yang Guodong's heroic deeds. The haze brought by fear was swept away and replaced by strong hero worship and passion for hard work.

The Public Security Bureau also acted very quickly. Dai Rufeng sent all his subordinates out and pretended to be ordinary people to go deep into the food shops, taverns and docks. He found a few people who spread rumors very vigorously. Then he followed the clues and quickly found out the source of this demonic wind.

"Your Majesty, I have found the rumor-monger Huang Xiong, the second steward of the local gentry Huang Youlin." As soon as Dai Rufeng had a result, he ran to Qinzheng Hall to report.

"Catched?"
Chapter completed!