Chapter 73: Buying Hearts and Minds

As soon as the soldier shouted, almost all the gates opened. ~Top~Point~Small!~Say~~

Then a group of old and young masters rushed towards the material distribution point at almost desperate speed, and even the aunts did not let their eyebrows go, rolled up their cuffs, threw up their arms and ran towards the material distribution point, all of them looked like sprinters.

"I'm coming!"

"Don't squeeze it, Li Wazi, what are you squeezing? Don't you kid know that you respect the old and love the young? ”

"Ouch, Uncle Zhang, it seems to be you who squeezed it, obviously I arrived first."

"My mother, whoever stepped on my foot, let me go."

"Since your feet have been trampled, what are you still squeezing forward, go to the side and rest."

Soon, the front of the distribution point was crowded together.

In order to grab a higher position, some people desperately squeezed forward, and some people were obviously inferior to others in physical strength, so they lined up and scolded those strong young people.

Some of them played with intrigues and began to play tricks.

It's simply eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers.

Seeing this, the soldiers on the side couldn't help laughing anymore and laughed one after another.

Even Lu Yan couldn't help but smile and leaned back together, but Jia Xu shook his head lightly.

"Lord, are you going to learn from that Uncle Liu?"

Jia Xu said.

Big-eared thief?

"Isn't there anything wrong with learning from Uncle Liu?"

Lu Yan said with a smile.

His own soul comes from the posterity of democracy, and even the most authoritarian regime will pretend to listen to the will of the people.

Winning the hearts and minds of the people has almost become an instinctive act of his, and he does not need to think about it at all.

"It is still force that fights the world, and what Qin annihilates the Six Kingdoms does not rely on the will of the people, but on force. The Three Kingdoms were finally unified by Wei, not by popular support, but by force. There is still the Later Jin Dynasty to destroy the Northern Song Dynasty, and they have never won the hearts of the people. The so-called winner of the hearts of the people wins the world, but it is just a deception of the village husband and foolish woman, and I hope that the lord will think twice. ”

Jia Xu said.

"I know."

Lu Yan said with a smile.

There is also the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the hearts of the people in the world are obviously in the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty was still destroyed.

In addition to that, there is the massacre of Native Americans by the white man.

From the perspective of the people's heart, the people's heart is still on the side of those Native Americans, but they are not almost slaughtered in the end.

As long as the force is strong enough, even if the people's hearts are not on your side, as long as the policy is appropriate, you can still dominate the world.

But those views of later generations have long been integrated into his soul, even if he knows that many of them are brainwashing, he can't give them up even if he wants to.

If these things are abandoned, then is he still him?

Even if it is hypocrisy, he intends to carry it out to the end.

Seeing that Lu Yan didn't seem to listen to his words, Jia Xu could only shake his head.

However, from now on, Lu Yan is definitely the biggest potential stock of Daming. As long as you follow him, at least you can eat fragrant food, and there is no problem with drinking spicy food.

In order to avoid a stampede, Lu Yan hurriedly ordered someone to go to maintain order.

In the end, the second place was occupied by a young and strong young man.

He withstood the black hands and squeezing from the rear alone, and finally succeeded in getting 50 taels of silver and cane sugar and other materials.

Although he was beaming when he left, he still couldn't help but glare angrily at the guys behind him who had hacked him.

Not only was someone desperately squeezing him just now, but at least several hands were desperately pinching the flesh on his waist, and he dared to guarantee that the flesh on his waist had already been pinched to bruise.

A couple about forty years old hugged him and cried with joy, and now the money for his daughter-in-law was gone.

The people behind saw that there was no hope for the second place, so they asked, "How much silver can the third place get?" ”

"Twenty-five taels."

A soldier replied.

Hearing that the third place also had silver to receive, the crowd suddenly heard a burst of slashing shouts.

"What about fourth place?"

"13 taels."

A soldier replied.

When people heard this, they were overjoyed.

Although he received less than 50 taels of silver, he still had at least some silver to receive.

This pirate leader is really squandering money.

Lu Yan didn't know that in the minds of these people, he had been elevated from a pirate to the level of a righteous bandit.

After the silver was divided, many people were beaming.

The silver and the cane sugar are fine, and the pepper and cloves are really expensive.

All of them are Nanyang specialties, and ordinary people can't afford to eat them, so if they can be sold to those rich people, it will be a lot of wealth.

Many children are clamoring for candy, and some adults feel sorry for the children and give them some candy in small amounts.

All of a sudden, the whole town was filled with all sorts of children's whistling.

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"I've decided to take the pirates."

Huang Banya said solemnly.

"Are you crazy? With these 100 taels, our lives are better, why should we be pirates? ”

The thin lady looked at Huang Banya in disbelief.

"Do you think we can keep the 100 taels? Those Li Zheng casually put us on the charge of being a bandit, and we can swallow the 100 taels. ”

Huang Banya said.

"But...... But they all took it, and it wasn't our family. ”

Listening to his words, the thin lady finally realized the seriousness of the problem, but she said with some disbelief.

"Do they take as much as we do? We took 100 taels of silver, do you think those Li Zheng will not covet these 100 taels of silver? ”

Huang Banya said.

When the thin lady heard this, she felt that even in the eyes of those Li Zheng, 100 taels of silver was definitely a big number.

But do you want to give back the 100 taels of silver?

Thinking of this, the thin lady felt extremely reluctant.

That's 100 taels!

She never dreamed that she would have such a large sum of silver.

"I'll ask if they accept people."

Huang Banya walked out after speaking, and the thin lady wanted to stop him, but in the end she didn't stop him.

When Lu Yan was chatting with Jia Xu, a soldier ran over.

"Report to your lordship, someone just wanted to join us."

Hearing this, Lu Yan couldn't help but be interested.

"Bring him here, let me see him."

Lu Yan said.

Soon someone brought Huang Banya over, and Huang Banya knelt down with a plop when he saw Lu Yan.

"Little Huang San, I am willing to follow him into the water, and I hope that the leader will take him in."

"Why do you want to be a pirate?"

Lu Yan asked.

"The villain wants to keep the 100 taels of silver, if the small people continue to stay in Magong Town, the little one will definitely not be able to keep the 100 taels of silver, and he will be framed as a bandit and thrown into prison."

Huang San was very honest and didn't lie at all.

Hearing this, Lu Yan was a little crying and laughing.

He didn't expect Huang San's reason to join was so bizarre.

"I don't think there's a problem, whether you and I plan to be pirates or go farming."

Lu Yan thought for a while and said.

"Can you still plow the land?"

Huang San asked curiously.

"That's right, if you are a pirate with me, you will be in charge of food and shelter every month, and in addition to this, there will be 2 taels of silver, and the salary will be doubled in wartime. In the case of cultivated land, adults and men will be divided into 20 acres of land, and the elderly and children will be divided into 10 acres of land. If you don't pay grain within two years at the beginning, you only need to pay 10% of your grain after two years. ”

Lu Yan thought about it and said, he had already thought about this belly case.

For the time being, in order to attract the population, it is better to divide the arable land. Later, they will divide the wasteland and let them reclaim it themselves.

Hearing this, Huang San hesitated, originally he planned to take refuge alone, but after listening to this plan, it seemed that the more people who took refuge, the better.

If he can take his mother-in-law and children with him, he will be able to share at least 30 acres of land.

This is an unimaginable wealth for his family.

"Can I talk to my family?"

Huang San said.

"Absolutely."

Lu Yan said.

After Huang San left, Lu Yan ordered his own conditions to go out and recruit people on a large scale.

Hearing such generous conditions, many people are very moved.

The conditions on Penghu Island are not very many, there are typhoons here all year round, and the income from arable land is not good.

Even if you fish, you can't make much money, and there is no refrigeration equipment these days, and the fish can't be sold in the mainland.

What's more, they are all fishermen on Penghu Island, and the local population is limited, so even if they eat all the fish, they can't eat much, but there are a lot of fishermen.

And it is impossible to sell fish to the mainland, and the sea ban policy is there.

Therefore, the fishermen here are all very poor, and there are not a few fishermen who join the pirates.

The development of the facts was beyond Lu Yan's expectations, and soon some fishermen asked to join, and even the whole family took refuge.

This made him overjoyed, so he generously let people take the silver, pay a month's salary first, and recently robbed a lot of merchant ships, but there was no shortage of silver in his hand.

Seeing that they had done nothing, they received a month's salary, and now the fishermen became even more enthusiastic.

Soon, hundreds of people joined Lu Yan's team, including not only the elderly, but also women and children.

Lu Yan didn't care about this at all, and the large number of people needed to develop Taiwan was needed.

Only adult males can have major problems.

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After spreading his glorious image among the fishermen, Lu Yan finally led his men and horses to the front of the military fort of the Penghu Ming army.

At this time, a large number of soldiers had surrounded this military fort, and dozens of Hongyi cannons were also transported, lined up outside the military fort.

Seeing those Hongyi cannons, the people in the military fort felt even more stressed.

Seeing this, Lu Yan felt that the time was almost up.

Then he said, "Send a soldier and tell them that there is only one hour to consider, and if they do not agree after an hour, we will attack the city." ”

Penghu Water Village must be done, this place is too close to Dayuan Bay, and no matter how far back and forth, he needs to pass through here, he doesn't want to be entangled with Penghu Water Village all the time.

"In addition, order the artillery to prepare for fire, and give the other side a warning first."

"Yes, my lord."

At this time, in the military fort, in order to cooperate with Lu Yan, those sentry officers and generals were arguing fiercely.

A black-faced sentry said: "Now that the enemy has mobilized a large number of artillery pieces to come to the outside of the fort, once the artillery bombards the city, it is impossible for us to hold this place." ”

"That's right, the border army has always been our Ming Dynasty's strong soldiers, and we can't be their opponents."

The other sentinel said with some alarm.

They all went to see the artillery outside the fort, it should be Hongyi's artillery.

Hongyi's artillery has always been known for its long range and great power, and the artillery of their fort cannot be their opponent.

Hong Jiyuan did not express his position, but observed them quietly.

If he was a bandit, he was undoubtedly the most responsible, so he was eager to see the attitude of the sentinels here.

The development of events was not beyond his expectations, and those sentinels really did not want to fight the enemy.

After all, the number of enemies is at least more than a thousand, and this number of enemies is not something they can deal with, so it is better to inform the governor, and then let the governor mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress.

Moreover, the enemy is very well arranged, as long as you cooperate with the enemy, you can be promoted and make a fortune.

On the contrary, if you go against the enemy, you may die without a place to be buried.

As long as you understand what's at stake, you can make an informed choice.

"I think we can give them some supplies for the sake of the old robes, and then show them righteousness and persuade them to quit with kind words."

The black-faced sentinel said.

Give out some supplies? Good words to dissuade you from quitting?

Everyone else looked at him with strange eyes, obviously afraid of the enemy, and he could still speak so well, no wonder he could be promoted to sentry.

Hong Jiyuan kept his face calm and still didn't speak.

Just then, a pro-soldier ran in.

"Report to your Excellency, the enemy has sent someone to spread the word, and we still have half an hour to think about it. If they still don't say yes by then, they will bombard the city with heavy artillery. ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but change color.

As if to confirm the words of the pro-soldier, there was a rumbling cannon sound outside.

The faces of the people were even more pale, and the enemy had attacked the city, didn't they say that they would attack the city again in half an hour?

But after this burst of artillery, there was calm outside.

It didn't take long for another soldier to run in.

"My lord, the enemy concentrated more than thirty artillery pieces and shelled the western wall of our military fort, and our military fort was bombarded to a corner."

Hearing this, the sentinels were even more frightened.

Just one bombardment knocked down a corner of the fort, so once the enemy bombarded the fort non-stop and fiercely, how could they resist the enemy.

"All the pro-soldiers go down! Then arm at a distance of 20 steps from this house! It is forbidden for anyone to approach, and anyone who dares to trespass without permission will be killed! ”

Mo Jiyuan said to the soldiers who came in to report the news.

It's time to make a decision!

Soon, all those pro-soldiers retreated, and then faithfully carried out Mo Jiyuan's orders.

"Everyone knows the current situation, our enemies are not ordinary enemies, they are likely to be the elite of Liaodong, and they have mobilized dozens of heavy artillery pieces outside the fort. Now, I hope that after this statement, you will keep it a secret and faithfully carry it out. If anyone dares to spread the news here, don't blame me for not recognizing people with the knife in someone's hand. ”

Speaking of this, Hong Jiyuan slashed at the long table in front of him with a knife.

The sharp knife easily shaved off a corner of the long table.

Seeing this, the sentinels all nodded solemnly.

But it's not the first time they've done this kind of thing, such as Li Dan, the biggest pirate in the Wa Kingdom.

In fact, they also have a secret collusion with Li Dan, so they don't have any psychological pressure at all.

"Whoever is against cooperating with those pirates, please stand up."

Hong Ji said coldly, and at the same time glanced at these people with a slightly murderous gaze.