In Tianjin's Gonghe Street, Gonghe Square, Gonghe Bridge, and Gonghe North Street in Jiangbei, it is already full of citizens wearing their best clothes. The main streets and squares, which have been built for more than a decade, have been renovated to hold the triumphal ceremony. The streets are wide and smooth, with a bluestone pavement. There are also rows of carefully manicured birch trees on both sides of the street – trees that were planted ten years ago and are now somewhat mature.

And the city of Tianjin also faintly has the appearance of a commercial metropolis in the future!

Since three days ago, the citizens of Tianjin have learned from the daily newspaper that the future head of Zhou will return to the capital in triumph. He returned with a cavalry division, an infantry division, and 1,800 yellow-headed Jurchen mercenaries who bought and sold for the Republic. There will be a triumphal ceremony through the main city of Tianjin!

At that time, citizens will be able to witness the invincible Republican Army. If you look good enough, you can see the true face of His Excellency the Great Head of the Republic.

This is a grand occasion that Tianjin has not had in the past 15 years!

Therefore, on the day of the triumphal parade ceremony, that is, on the first day of October in the third year of the Great Song Dynasty, almost 10,000 people in Tianjin were empty. The welcoming queue went all the way to Xuanwumen (formerly Beimenmen) in Beicheng District, Tianjin, waiting for Wuhaogu to return to Tianjin from Yanjin Road......

The anxiety and excitement that used to be a long time ago, even apprehension, seems to have a happy outcome today. This million-level war, which was triggered by Yelu Yanxi's hard work, finally has a result that the citizens of Tianjin are overjoyed about.

Not only did they win the war, but they also won their country!

You must know that Tianjin is an industrial and commercial city, and the majority of industrial and commercial people make up the majority. Of course, they know the difference between Tianjin and the Great Song Dynasty. Here, private property is absolutely respected and protected.

Even the property of many Liao relatives and nobles in Tianjin City has not been violated in any way because of this war! Of course, this is not a distinction between friend and foe, but a spirit of contract. Tianjin was originally a mutual market co-founded by Song and Liao. As the founders of the city, their rights should not be taken away.

Moreover, at the beginning of the Song-Liao confrontation, the Senate, which was still in Jiehe Shang City at the time, passed a bill to ensure the safety of the property of the Liao relatives and nobles (at that time, I didn't expect that there would be a real fight).

Just because you have won the battle, you can't just throw the bill aside!

Wu Haogu would never do such a stupid thing - through the protection of the property of the relatives and nobles of the Liao State, Tianjin can make the merchants of the whole world believe that it is absolutely safe to put money in Tianjin.

The principle of protecting private property also made some businessmen who originally did not agree with Wu Haogu really regard Tianjin as their hometown and the soon-to-be-established Zhou State as their motherland.

Because they know that there is no second place in the world that can protect them like Tianjin.

So they were also afraid that Wu Haogu would be defeated by the Khitans! At that time, even if Tianjin did not fall into the hands of the Great Liao, it would be controlled by the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, the elderly merchants, like the children who grew up in Tianjin, were worried about the war day and night.

For a long time, all kinds of temples in Tianjin, as long as they are open, will always make a profit for people who pray for the blessings of the front-line soldiers.

As the good news of the victory came one by one, the people of Tianjin were also excited. The invincible Great Liao has been defeated, what else can we worry about?

As for breaking away from the Great Song Dynasty and establishing a country on its own, it made the citizens of Tianjin full of longing for the future.

A republic! All citizens are masters of the country! Living in such a country, who would worry about being bullied and oppressed by a petty official with sesame mung beans?

Of course, some of them are also a little worried that if the Song and Zhou countries fight for the world, and the war continues for many years, their business will not be as good as it is now.

But it's all about the future, at least for now, and there's no need to worry about it.

Zhang Xizai, Su Dalang, Lin Chong, Huang Shusheng, and other high-ranking officials of the Youzhou ruling government, who were waiting outside the Xuanwu Gate to greet Wu Haogu, were also in a happy mood.

Speaking of which, they are also quite stressed during this time! This time it's a big battle of 300,000 people fighting on the front line! What is the population of Youzhou? How can such a large-scale war be supported? If it is changed to a road in the Great Song Dynasty, it is really unthinkable.

But Youzhou, with Tianjin as the core, was stunned! There was no shortage of supplies at the front, and the economy in the rear did not collapse.

After the 2 million stone of grain extorted by Mi Youren from Ji Yi was finally transported to Tianjin, the once tight food supply was also alleviated.

And now that the war is over, most of the government soldiers and knights (cavalry) have been discharged from active duty and returned to their estates. The agricultural sown area in the spring of Mingneng will definitely increase significantly compared to this year.

It is impossible to reach 50 or 60 million mu, but it should be no problem to break through 30 million mu. Considering that the newly planted land is very fertile black soil. One acre is worth three or four acres of Yan land...... By the autumn of next year, Youzhou, no, it should be the grain of the Zhou State can not only be self-sufficient, but also have the spare strength to export grain to the Song State and the Liao State...... If the Führer does not plan to march to Kaifeng or Datong at that time!

Thinking of Wu Haogu's ambition, several high-ranking officials felt a little upset in their hearts. He doesn't seem to have the ambition to dominate the world! Is it just to be the head of a small country for the rest of your life? The head of a small country, how can he not be as good as the lord of the world, right?

After Wu Haogu approached Tianjin, he left the brigade and led a few guards to advance. Now that he has arrived outside the Xuanwu Gate, he turned off the horse in a very chic posture and stood in front of Zhang Xizai, Su Dalang, Lin Chong, Huang Shusheng and others.

When a few of them saluted, they smiled and said: "Everyone, you are fighting on the front line, and you are maintaining the situation in the rear, raising food and salary, and dealing with the Song State, which is really hard." Without you and all the citizens of Tianjin supporting everything in the rear, this battle would definitely not be able to fight a single Zhou State. Therefore, I should thank you, the citizens of Tianjin, and the people of Yandi! ”

No one expected that Wu Haogu would say such a thing. Zhang Xizai, Su Dalang, Lin Chong, Huang Shusheng and others felt warm in their hearts at once, and hurriedly bowed.

Lin Chong said: "In power, if you really want to thank the citizens and the people, you can take the front page of the major newspapers in Tianjin, and then let Xiao Su (Su Yan) write an article of thanks." ”

"Good! That's a good idea. Wu Haogu hammered Lin Chong's chest, "Sect Leader Lin, your credit this time is not small!" When the triumphal parade is over, let's get together. ”

When Wu Haogu was talking to several senior officials, Chen Jian, the commander of the First Cavalry Division, had already arrived with the cavalry brigade. He also dismounted, and also came to Wu Haogu, and made a bow. Wu Haogu said loudly: "Jian Chen, come here!" ”

Jian Chen immediately strode forward, and Wu Haogu patted him on the shoulder, "You come and command!" We must let the people of Tianjin see the most powerful appearance of our Republican Army! ”

"Whoa!"

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"Long live the Führer! Long live the Führer......"

When Wu Haogu's posture on a horse first appeared in the eyes of Tianjin citizens, Xuanwumen suddenly broke out with the biggest cheers. The entire Tianjin city really fell into madness at this moment. All began to shout long live!

Although Wu Haogu did not mean to be the emperor, in the eyes of the citizens of Tianjin, his current status was no different from that of the emperor. Completely worthy of the word "long live".

And Tianjin soon became the capital of the Zhou state. I heard that even the Great Song Dynasty officials admitted it, so there is nothing to say. Wu Haogu is the "long live" of the Zhou State.

At this moment, it was not only the wealthy businessmen or the "little citizens" who studied in the elementary schools and universities of Tianjin, but also a large number of ordinary people, most of whom were ordinary people without citizenship, or workers, or small traders, or peasants on the outskirts of the city—tenant farmers and hired farmers who actually farmed the land, not the owners of the estates.

Do not think that these toiling masses are the enemies of the bourgeois regime in Tianjin and Youzhou, and that they are oppressed.

Maybe the history books will say so in a few hundred years. But at that time, they identified with the republican regime of the Zhou State to a degree no less than those small citizens.

The reason is simple, although the Zhou State is a capitalist state where the minority oppresses the majority, and the people are divided into seven classes (including the common people).

However, the living standards of the common people of the Zhou State were relatively high, better than them under the rule of the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty. The income of the working people of Tianjin is not necessarily higher than that of the working people of Kaifeng Prefecture, but they can really save money. Because the comprehensive price level of Tianjin is not even one-third of that of Kaifeng Prefecture, and there is no exorbitant tax. What civilians need to bear is the Ding tax, which is not much. Renting and buying a house are relatively cheap, and there is no situation where you can't afford it.

Moreover, living in Tianjin can really see the upward channel!

Although Youzhou and Zhou did not conduct the imperial examination, they were accused by many scholars and doctors of the Song State of cutting off the way to rise from the cold door. However, the rising disciples of the imperial examination belong to the scholars, and the vast majority of working people, even scholars, cannot be admitted to the Jinshi. This ascent that everyone can participate in is only a flash in the pan.

But in Tianjin, the ascent channel of civilians is palpable and visible. In the first battle of Liaodong, the farmers of the government soldiers fought no less than 200,000!

200,000 civilians who have nothing, all of them have successfully counterattacked and become citizens who own farms, how is it not an upward channel?

As for the chances of turning around financially, that's even more! Merchant ships always recruit people, and overseas colonies, such as the Andong Prefecture and the Nanyang Prefecture, also have many opportunities. There are also newly opened commercial markets, such as Lushun City, Yingkou City, and Jinxi City, which also have many opportunities to earn high incomes. With money, it is not difficult to become an alternate citizen or a temporary citizen.

With citizenship, future generations have the opportunity to receive a better education and to be able to hold public office themselves.

Such a real small step up, compared to the mirror-like Chaowei Tian Shelang, isn't it much better to ascend to Tianzi Hall?

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