Chapter 352: An Unexpected Duel
Zhou Yu didn't have the heart to joke with this group of unobtrusive jokes, so he hastily sent the three of them back to rest, planning to hold a speech in the square at dusk when Ilek City was crowded.
The speech was addressed mainly to new recruits, young men of school age to be drafted, and ordinary people.
The Governor patiently prepared all day, and went through the manuscript over and over again in his heart, in order to be able to speak freely and unscripted.
Philina did not show her actual face, she was afraid of stealing the limelight from the Grand Duke, but she was curious about the strange theories and words of the beater, so she disguised herself and pretended to be a peasant woman to blend in with the crowd.
"People of the Southern Continent, you have worked hard."
The Grand Governor stood on the pre-set rostrum, waved his hands to silence the crowd, and he was about to begin to speak.
"First of all, I want to salute you. Your hard work has nurtured this ancient city-state, irrigated the southern continent, and made it a place of great treasures and outstanding people; Your bravery and tenacity have repelled the demons and monsters that have come back again and again, and have made them fearful and changeable; Your unity forges the Great Wall of Steel and the Defenses that will keep Thorasia from falling and territorial integrity. ”
"Today, we must not only pay tribute, but also remember and look forward to. Remembering the loved ones, friends and strangers who died in battle, some were slaughtered, some were killed, some fell without warning under the butcher's knife of the enemy. ”
"We may not remember whose sons, whose husbands and whose fathers these men were, but the blood they shed for the southern continent, for the city of Electric, for Thorathia has not dried up, Mother Earth can see it, you can see it, and I can see it even more. The new blood has not dried up, and the enemies of the country dare not forget! ”
"But now that our situation has changed, Her Majesty has been freed and has become the spiritual leader of Thoraxia, who has called on all her people to take up steel swords and spears to fight to the death against the invaders. Now we have a steely guard, with golden armor and high morale, who have won many battles against the thieves. Now that we've restarted Pachua, all creatures here must unite to overcome stubborn enemies for the sake of Thorasia and the Elven Grasslands. ”
"Admittedly, we still have a long way to go, a lot of battles to fight, and a lot of lost ground to regain. But... ”
"You say that!"
Just as the Governor was in high spirits and triumphant, a voice from the crowd interrupted him. Not only Zhou Yu, but everyone's eyes were looking for the thousands of heads around the rostrum, who was so blind and dared to interrupt this now purple figure of Soracia when General Tianmu Hunt was reciting the battle inscription.
"Who?"
With a wave of the steel knife in his hand, Taishan and Bang Shuai immediately jumped off the stage to take people.
"Wait!"
Zhou Yu stopped the two of them, squinting his eyes, and with his rebellious agility, he had quickly locked down who was calling: a young man no more than twenty-five years old at best, dressed in a green linen scarf, with dark skin, dressed as a peasant, and carrying a vegetable basket in his hand.
"This little brother, but you have something to say?"
"Haha, I have something to say, I'm afraid that you, the unashamed general, won't dare to listen to it!"
He was full of energy, and his words were loud and loud. The crowd of onlookers was still enthusiastic just now, and when he interrupted him like this, they made a noise and whispered. There is no need to guess, they must be talking about what this kid is coming from, and what they are questioning.
"Oh, what am I afraid to hear? If this little brother comes to power, you and I will make it clear, so as not to let the people be suspicious? ”
"I'm afraid you won't make it!"
It was really unexpected by Zhou Yu, the young man put down the vegetable basket and took off the linen headscarf wrapped around his head and put it on it, and the dozens of people in front of him had already dodged a passage, and he strode forward with one hand and jumped onto the rostrum.
Hey, such beautiful skills, Zhou Yu couldn't help but be a little impressed by him. With such a dexterous foundation, it is a great loss not to be a soldier.
"Little brother is really a hero!"
Zhou Yu offered such a sentence, first, to explore his details, and secondly, to show his generosity to the onlookers.
"Stop talking nonsense, I'm going to argue with you today."
The Metropolitan Governor was a little embarrassed, a good speech was interrupted just at the beginning, and it was still such a hard stubble. If you don't accept it, the thousands or so of onlookers will say that we are not angry, the morale of the whole city will be hit, and it will be difficult to recruit troops in Electric in the future.
Take it, which heroic surname are you, my dignified general of Tianmu Hunting, the first warrior of Saurasia, one wrist wrestler for a while, a sumo wrestler for a while, do you need to do something else? Do you think this is the Colosseum, are we all Russell Crowe?
"Okay, but little brother, I am busy with state affairs and limited time, so I will give you a stick of incense. Whether you can get what you want or not, give me how to get here and how to go back, understand? ”
There was a hint of ruthlessness in the eyes of the Metropolitan Governor, governing the country is different from fighting with brothers, you will always meet freaks of all shapes, some of them are unclear, and some are too clear; Some people have ghosts in their hearts, and some people are unfounded. It can't be one-size-fits-all, nor can it be indecisive, the best way is to adapt measures to local conditions, teach students according to their aptitude, do special things, and draw inferences from one example.
"Haha, admit it before you even start? What a disgrace to Her Majesty, how can you be worthy of the prestige of the first warrior of Thorasiah? ”
Zhou Yu was not annoyed, he looked at him with a smile, thinking in his heart what the origin of this kid was, and he was so unfazed and calm.
"Cowardice? It's up to you to convince me. If you convince me, what is there even if you admit it? Face, worthless things, don't do it! ”
"Okay, I'll ask you. As you said just now, the people of the southern continent have suffered so much, why do you still start a war and let them continue to die. Even if you win in the end, will you be the one who will die? Is it your family, your friends? No! You're just a coward from above, who will only talk about it and trick others into doing their best for you! ”
"Oh?"
Zhou Yu rubbed his chin, it turned out that this kid had this theory.
"Also, even if the drunken flower city is defeated, it will be protracted and scorched, and the people of Saurasia are not living and are in ruins, how can they get on the right track without a hundred or ten years? Generations, generations of lives and happiness have been buried by you, the executioner, are you worthy? ”
"Oh? I'm not worthy? ”
"Yes, not only are you unworthy, you are also a sinister and ruthless person, not even as good as the previously deceased Prince Sima. He tried to take the throne with all his might, but he did not kill the people or cause trouble, but he used some high-ranking methods. Unlike people like you, who are mean, shameless, and indecent, they will only let others die to achieve your sinister goals. ”
"Uh-huh, go on!"
The Metropolitan Governor thought quickly as he scanned the crowd in the audience. The ambitions that had just been ignited by these people were quickly eaten away by these few paragraphs, one by one frowning and thinking deeply, and even some people nodded involuntarily, seemingly agreeing with this kid's statement.
His gaze retracted, sweeping to the pillar of incense that Tuda had just lit, and it was only a third of the way through. The Metropolitan Governor had to admire the eloquence and thinking of the young man in front of him, not only a little bold but also a little insightful, and he could see the essence behind many problems.
Indeed, the ruling class is like this, and they must find ways to drive the ruled class, the toiling masses, to move, whether it is to provide for them or to go to war, without which it is impossible to achieve their political aims and great visions with just a few hands or dozens of hands.
If you want to persuade the people to follow you willingly, one is to rely on faith, one is to rely on narrow nationalism, and the third is to rely on organization and propaganda. Unfortunately, these three channels are not suitable for the ecological environment of Sorasia now, and the foundation is very weak.
"Also, I have one last thing to say, Pseudo-Heavenly Makari General. There are heavens outside the sky, there are people outside the people, don't think that you can win this battle by luck, the blind cat killed the mouse to save the queen, and moved out some ancient steel weapons! ”
"Even if the Water King is ambushed, there are the Earth King Mound, the Fire King Chi, and the Wind King Hurricane, and behind them there is the King of Destruction. None of them are easy to mess with, and no one will sit idly by and be captured, the battle of Thorasia has just begun, and the hard life of the common people has just begun. You, executioner, are bound to have blood on your hands, not the enemy's, but ours! ”
The incense was just halfway burned, and the young man shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and circled around the rostrum, full of provocation. Obviously, he thought that he had only used half of the stipulated time limit to make this pseudo-champion who was useless and capable of being speechless and useless.
The people in the audience were obviously bewitched by this guy, and the noise was loud. Some raised their fists, and the crowd was furious; Others disagreed with them and quarreled with them. The forces quickly divided into two factions, each occupying half of the country, and confronted each other.
"Live, not war!"
"We ask for peace!"
"There is no shame in surrendering!"
Raising his fists, his eyes turned red, as if he wanted to eat someone.
Incitement, it's still too simple, especially at this stage of prehistoric civilization. The minds of the people are empty, there is no theoretical basis and no examples to support them, as long as what you say has three points of truth, they will expand it to ten points, and then follow it with all their lives. This is why Zhang Jiao, Zhang Xianzhong and others were able to quickly gather hundreds of thousands of supporters back then.