Personnel arrangements have always been a major event, and the general trend has been decided, and Li Mao's second fire in office has come to an end, and he is finally relieved. The third fire burned by Li Mao's new official was to eliminate the negative impact of this mutiny on Gushan Town as soon as possible.

Gushan Town can leap from a geographically remote garrison town to a population of tens of thousands, connecting the economic and trade center of Cao, Yan and Pu Prefectures, relying on the sense of security brought by the tall city wall, because of this sense of security, the rich businessmen and tycoons of the surrounding states and counties are willing to spend a lot of money to buy land in Gushan Town, the land of Gushan Town is hot, and the city bureau gets the money, so that it has the ability to improve infrastructure, open trade roads, build docks, subsidize public welfare, and gather popularity. Now that all the myths have been uncovered by a mutiny, if the negative effects are not eliminated sooner, the fall of Lonely Mountain will be as short as its rise.

How to win the trust of the people, Li Mao thought about it a lot.

After careful preparations, Li Mao decided to launch a huge propaganda war to block all negative news that was not conducive to attracting investment in Gushan Town, and exaggerate the performance of Qing naval officers and men in protecting the people in this mutiny.

False propaganda needs to make up stories, and making up stories requires talented literati, the talented people of Gushan Town first recommended the clerk, followed by Hu Nanxiang, Li Shigu hired the clerk with higher qualifications than Li Mao and whose merits were not inferior to Li Mao in the rebellion as the Jiedu Army, and appointed him as the Sima of the Gushan Town March, and hired Li Mao, who was less qualified, as the Jiedu Guard, and was promoted to the deputy envoy of the Qing Navy and the town envoy of Gushan Town, and became the boss of the house of the clerk, and put the two in the same city, so that the two were suspicious of each other and beware, which is the art of using power. It is undoubtedly a very enjoyable thing for the users of power, but it is undoubtedly a kind of torment for the parties.

It's just that Li Shigu ignored the fact that in the process of quelling the rebellion of Shang Helai, Wen Cheng had already taken the initiative to adjust his position with Li Mao in his heart, from a slight downward view before the counterinsurgency to a downward view in the flat eye, so when he was officially appointed, although Wen Cheng was inevitably a little lost, he soon adjusted his mentality and took the initiative to talk to Li Mao about the matter.

The two sat down and drank a pot of wine, and the clerk wiped his mouth and said, "Since someone wants to see our jokes, we'd better not let him down." Li Mao comprehended, the next day when the military academy was promoted, the two had a small collision on the compensation for the loss of the military and civilians in the city, although in the end the two shook hands and reached an agreement on the compensation standard, but in the eyes of outsiders, the rift between the suppression envoy and the marching Sima has been buried.

After a period of time, some people found that Wencheng's wife Wu often sent people to Li Mao's family to send some food, and invited Zhang Xuan, Qingmo and others to the house from time to time to have a banquet, seemingly trying to save the previous relationship between the two, but soon, Wu broke off contact with the Li family, and in official affairs, Li Mao finally handed over the responsibility of making up the story to the Confucian official Hu Nanxiang.

Although most people can't understand Li Mao's true intention of spending a lot of money to hire a bunch of pens to make up stories, judging from the fact that Li Mao mentions this matter every time he is promoted to the hall, he attaches great importance to this matter. Through this trivial matter, it is not difficult to conclude that the rift that already existed between the former ally Li Mao and Wen Cheng has not only failed to bridge, but is intensifying and expanding, and any family and friendship between people in the face of interests is worthless.

Hu Nanxiang's writing and spirituality are appreciated by Li Mao, but he is still young, not experienced enough, easy to look at affairs superficially, and the things he writes are beautiful, but Li Mao always feels that he is still a little immature, but with his pen power, he can't change a word, and this check must be completed by the clerk in the end. Now act as a messenger for the two families is Xiao Ru, she will take Zhang Xuan's youngest daughter Lingtong every day when she goes to the street to buy vegetables, Lingtong and Wu's nurse Qi Auntie's niece Yue Nu play the most familiar, Xiao Ru to pass the things to Lingtong, Lingtong and then transfer to the Yue Nu, although the Moon Nu is small, but the officer is very stable, after getting something, always send things home first and then come out to play.

Xiaoru is also a careful person, every time she has something important to pass on, she only leaves with confidence when she sees the moon slave enter the door of the Wen family's house. He called Hu Nanxiang and pointed out in front of him where he needed to be revised, where he needed to be re-polished, where he needed to be re-polished, where he needed to be overturned and started again, and then handed over the re-transcribed manuscript to Hu Nanxiang.

The manuscript was transcribed by Xiao Ru, she was Su Qing's companion when she was a child, and she had read books for a few years, Su Qing was a strong person, and she had to compete with others for everything, including her own homework, under her strict supervision, Xiao Ru grew up fast, could read, write, and occasionally chant limericks, but in the shadow of Su Qing, she had been trembling and did not dare to show it.

Hu Nanxiang has seen Li Mao's handwriting, more than strength, lack of beauty, see the re-transcribed manuscript handwriting is beautiful and neat, he knows that it is not Li Mao's handwriting, he has heard of Xiaoru's name, suspecting that Xiaoru has modified, and his heart is even more shocked, he found that all the revised places are indeed more profound and clever than what he wrote.

The story is there, how to tell it, Li Mao has experience, and he is very relieved that this matter will be handed over to Qingmo to operate.

It will take time to eliminate the negative impact of Gushan Town, the essence of propaganda is a kind of misdirection, and most of the people who can be misled are short-sighted and incapable of independent thinking, these people are easy to deal with, but for the local elites, such as the gentry and wealthy merchants in Gushan Town, it is not easy to blind them, and Li Mao has to sacrifice sticks and candy at the same time to deal with them.

The residents of Gushan Town soon discovered that countless "wangbai" had popped up on the streets and alleys of the city overnight. In order to squeeze more oil and water, the eunuchs hired a large number of idlers as eyeliner, these people were called "Wangbai" by the residents of Chang'an, they nominally monitored the market situation in order to purchase cheap and high-quality tribute for His Majesty the Emperor, but in fact they detected the whereabouts of the traders, so that they could continue to squeeze oil and water.

The "Wangbai" wandered around the streets and alleys, but when they saw that there were "rumors" spreading slander against Gushan Town and the authorities, they immediately reported it to the city defense battalion, unless they were indeed pure and flawless, otherwise the city defense battalion had the means to make you obediently confess their guilt, and the city defense camp would not embarrass you after admitting guilt, but only "persuaded" you to "voluntarily" participate in the maintenance and repair of public facilities in the city. After work and before dinner, the scribes of the city bureau will give you a lesson, asking you to understand that you are a native of Gushan Town, your fate is closely related to the fate of Gushan Town, you should cherish the reputation of Gushan Town as you love your own eyes, Gushan Town is ruined, officials can pat their butts and leave, what should you do, leave your family and business and pat your ass and get out?

If you are enlightened, well, complete the 20 volunteer work and put your handprint on the pledge "Promise not to spread rumors", and then you can go home and be reunited with your loved ones. If you can't or won't come to your senses, that's okay, Gushan Town has experienced a mutiny, and the public facilities have been seriously damaged, and you have the opportunity to serve the residents of Gushan Town.

A good atmosphere of public opinion in the city was quickly created, and in the face of the "wangbai" scattered throughout the city, the residents consciously developed a good habit of living by keeping their eyes on the road and keeping their mouths shut.

The harsh repression has made some people dare not speak out, but to eliminate the resentment in their hearts, they need to give some sweetness. With the relocation of most of the Qing Navy to Yunzhou, the military families have gradually relocated, and the goose and duck down factories supported by military families have become unsustainable due to the lack of labor. Since the opening of this factory, the income handed over to the city bureau is not more than 10,000 yuan, but the income brought to the families of the army is huge, Li Maoneng was promoted from the city bureau envoy to the deputy envoy of the Qing Navy and the town commander, and the garrison did not have major fluctuations, in addition to the prestige established in the quelling of the chaos and the strong support of the clerk Cheng and Zhu Zhenyuan, this factory also contributed a lot.

The military family members who have received tangible benefits are still willing to help him speak, and their words have affected their husbands and brothers to a certain extent, prompting them to acquiesce in the fact that Li Mao is on the throne.

Li Mao calculated that if workers were recruited from the society to continue to run the factory, it would be very difficult to manage, and the military dependents had been with the army for many years, had been influenced by the military culture, and were relatively strong in organization and discipline, and were easy to manage, and the workers recruited from the society would undoubtedly need to spend more energy to train and manage them from scratch.

Li Mao decided to resell the factory to the gentry and wealthy merchants in the city, this is a goose that can lay golden eggs, and the sacrifice of this "goose" can not only seal the mouths of the gentry and wealthy merchants, but also allow them to fight for dragons and tigers, and consume excess energy, lest they collude and vent their anger on the authorities.