The funerals of the dead are for the living.

After enjoying the special honor, the status of the new army in the Qingzhou system was once again improved.

Of course, this is not enough.

In order to celebrate the hard-won victory and to publicize the strong combat effectiveness of the Qingzhou Army, on August 15 of the 14th year of Jianxing, Xu Shiyang held a victory celebration meeting in Quancheng, which was positioned as the capital of Qi Province.

The conference asked all the owners of Wubao and the representatives of Wubao people under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou, all those who were willing to come to Quancheng to participate, and the 100,000 male and female migrant workers at the beginning to participate.

For this reason, Xu Shiyang leveled a vacant land in Quancheng as a square - thanks to the fact that at this time, even the former provincial city of Quancheng was in a severe depression, and Xu Shiyang leveled this large square that can accommodate more than 100,000 people without the need for demolition work.

A rostrum was specially built on the west side of the square for the high-level use of the Marshal's Mansion, but this rostrum was temporary, just rammed with some soil with a wooden skeleton, and it is estimated that it will be demolished again after use.

In order to cover up the simplicity of the rostrum, Xu Shiyang specially approved a batch of red cloth and used it as a carpet to cover the entire rostrum.

Jie Du envoy, well, Xu Muhe, who was about to be promoted to the governor of the capital, led a group of powerful representatives and staff members of Qi Province with a more distinguished status to stand on the rostrum, quietly waiting for the start of the conference.

In fact, Xu Muhe didn't quite understand the significance of holding this so-called conference.

Preaching victory? To those small people? Is that necessary?

However, he knew that his son valued the people's hearts the most - the real people's hearts at the bottom, not the "people's hearts" of the representatives of the local gentry and wealthy families.

Since Xu Shiyang thinks that this matter is beneficial, let's cooperate with him.

However, after actually coming to the scene, Xu Muhe found that this "celebration of victory" was indeed a bit interesting.

There was a sea of people at his feet, the people of Wubao near Quancheng and the migrant workers from the entire Qi Province, plus the militia to maintain order, there were 120,000 or 30,000 men, women and women's football in total, all of whom looked at the rostrum with eager eyes.

These are my people! ’

Xu Muhe's vanity, which felt extremely satisfied, couldn't help but secretly open the speech that Xu Shiyang gave him and read it carefully.

This manuscript is completely vernacular, without any quotations, and if he really wants to say it, he may make his Jinshi a joke in the literary world, so he was very resistant to his son's manuscript before.

But looking at the current scene, well, in the face of so many flat-headed people, if the speech is crepe, it is estimated that most of the people below will not understand it at all.

Under the rostrum, Xu Shiyang wore the general dress that the textile factory had just tailored for him, and rode a white horse into the square, he stopped in front of the rostrum, saluted the core figures of Qi Province above, and then shouted loudly with all his strength:

"Lord Jiedu, the new army has been assembled, please instruct!"

Whether it is the words or actions, it is completely plagiarized from his previous life.

According to the process, Xu Muhe responded loudly in front of a row of loudspeakers erected on wooden shelves: "The parade begins!" ”

"Yes!"

Somewhat different from the celebration process in the previous life, the leader's speech was arranged by Xu Shiyang in the back, in order to let the army and the victory display leave a good impression on the people first, and then the words of the festival envoy will be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In fact, Xu Muhe, as a political leader, allowed Xu Shiyang to devote his main energy to military and industrial layout, and the father and son cooperated quite well.

This may also be a catalyst for Xu Muhe's political ambitions – if he can convince his son who wields military power, why not give it a try?

Of course, Xu Shiyang firmly opposed, and Xu Muhe temporarily dispelled the overly radical idea, but correspondingly, Xu Shiyang also needed to make some compensation elsewhere.

For example, emphasizing Xu Muhe's political status in front of so many people, lest some people mistakenly think that the Qingzhou Festival will make the power struggle between father and son incompatible, and I am afraid that something unbearable will happen.

This kind of rumor will do more harm than good to stabilize the minds of the people of Qi Province.

With the light drumming of Dong Dong, the first team to appear was a military flag and military band composed of drummers from various battalions.

The main standard-bearer in front is Lu Zhishen, this guy is tall, wearing bright armor and holding a military flag to look more burly, and on both sides of the back are equally tall flag guards.

Further back is the military band, these people are not very skilled in playing the "March of the Grenadiers", stepping in the eyes of Xu Shiyang is too messy, but in the eyes of this era has been very neat steps, head held high into the venue.

In order to make "March of the Grenadiers" look like that as much as possible, Xu Shiyang specially prepared a piccolo for the military band - deliberately canceled the flute membrane in the traditional Chinese flute, making the flute sound lack the elegance of the traditional Chinese flute, but with a touch of empty taste, which is more in line with the temperament of the army and gives people a serious sense of fighting.

A classic is a classic after all, and as soon as the light and melodious grenadier march appeared, it overwhelmed the noise of the crowd of onlookers, and everyone craned their necks to look at the procession marching in the square:

The Banner Drum Corps was followed by eight phalanxes of infantry field battalions, recruits, militia representatives, and migrant workers, for a total of twelve foot phalanxes.

Then there are two cavalry battalion phalanxes, an artillery phalanx and a militia heavy weapons phalanx that was deliberately added - the militia's heavy weapons are actually not very good in actual combat, but many weapons look thick enough and large in caliber, and the propaganda effect is definitely good.

In front of the rostrum, there were several strong men with loud voices, each holding a loudspeaker, and introduced each team passing by the rostrum at the square at the highest volume, introducing the glorious history, brilliant achievements and heroic deeds of the team.

Row after row, a full fifteen phalanxes passed through the square in a neat manner, and thousands of pairs of big feet and hundreds of horses' hooves (mixed with some mules) stepped on the ground, clattering, as if beating on the hearts of the people.

All the onlookers, including most of the people on the rostrum, were dumbfounded, they did not understand the practical significance of a neatly formed army to an army, but they instinctively understood that a well-formed army must be very combative.

No wonder this army was able to defeat the Tartars from all over the division.

In the same way, someone suddenly realized that there were also militia phalanxes and migrant workers phalanxes in this team, that is, exactly the same as most of the people present, without any difference.

This made most of the people at the scene who had at least participated in the construction of the defense line feel a sense of honor.

Of course, the Qingzhou Army has not yet reached the height of the people's soldiers, but at this moment, the people present truly realized that the army in front of them is indeed a powerful army of their own people!

After fifteen phalanxes showing the might of the Qingzhou army, there were two teams that seemed strange to people.

The group that walked in front of it consisted of only about thirty people, and they wore the uniforms of the Qingzhou New Army, but they did not carry any weapons, but each of them leaned downward, holding a military flag upside down.