Chapter 147: Buying People's Hearts
Awad humbly said that this courtesy he had given to Chen Muxing was something he would only do to the king of his country.
Chen Mu nodded, and he asked Awad to get up.
"Let's go in and talk, Mr. Awad, I also admire the courage and wisdom you showed when you invaded the West, maybe there will be many opportunities for cooperation between the two sides in the future."
Chen Mu's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and he was also very polite.
Awad thought to himself:
I thought that Chen Mu had such a powerful army, and his attitude towards me must be very domineering, but I didn't expect him to be so modest.
It will be an honor for me to work under such a hero, and I can't miss this opportunity.
Awad is now determined that he must defect to Chen Mu's hands.
Immediately afterwards, he served Chen Mu very well along the way, and in the evening, Awad prepared a grand dinner, and dozens of beauties who could sing and dance performed the folk dance of Eju at the party.
Several generals under Chen Mu had their eyes straightened, because this kind of alien open scenery had never been seen in the Central Plains.
However, Chen Mu didn't feel anything, after all, in his previous life, Chen Mu had seen a lot of more open and spicy dances, such as pole dancing.
Chen Mu's gaze looked at Awad, and he was thinking about how to knock this guy.
This guy seems to be quite obedient at the moment, and he shouldn't use any crooked brains.
However, even if he played tricks, Chen Mu was not afraid, because after his troops entered the city, Chen Mu found a few personal guards and asked them to lead an elite team to be stationed around the city.
Even if Awad wanted to resist, Chen Mu could quickly take control of the city and then disarm Awad's army, he was now a piece of meat on the chopping block, and there was no other choice at all.
After the dinner was over, Awad felt that everything should be opened, he looked at Chen Mu, and then whispered.
"Great and wise His Royal Highness the Prince, I have a major matter to report to you, so it is inconvenient for the two of us to go to the next room."
Chen Mu smiled slightly, then nodded.
"I'll bring a few of my guards over, don't you mind.
Chen Mu said lightly, the heart of defense is indispensable, although he thinks that Awad will not play any famous games, but it is good to prepare more.
"Of course, of course, I don't have any ill will towards you, and you should be more prepared."
Awad led the way, letting Chen Mu and his guards follow him into a small room next to him.
Chen Mu glanced at this place, it was a small room with a very luxurious decoration and gorgeous furnishings, there should be no one hiding here, and there could be no knife and axe hands.
As soon as they entered, Awad suddenly knelt down on his knees, and he gave Chen Mu a Chinese etiquette.
Because he has already inquired today, what is it like to kneel and kowtow to the big man in Great Xia.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, I will be your faithful servant in the future, and I am willing to give you all the lives of 20,000 people in the entire city."
"I am also willing to let you be my master, in the future, I will fight wherever you let me fight, I will be more loyal than the people of Great Xia."
Awad walked over, and then kissed Chen Mu's boots, which was their etiquette.
Chen Mu was slightly stunned, damn it, this guy actually wanted to surrender so much, he didn't have to push it at all, he fell.
Chen Mu nodded, and he asked Awad to stand up.
"It turns out that Mr. Awad also wants to embrace our Great Xia civilization, which is a good thing, and I have already had this intention."
Chen Mu smiled, and then he said to Awad.
"Don't worry, you are the first foreigner to defect to us, I will go to the court and give you the title of duke."
Chen Mu explained to Awad about the official rank system of Great Xia, as well as what was going on with the nobles of Great Xia.
Chen Mu plans to make Awad a model, and in the future, he can use it as a model to win over and take in other foreigners.
Awad was particularly excited and excited, the people of Daxia are so good, as soon as he surrenders, he can become a big official.
"Thank you, His Royal Highness the Great Prince."
Now that the chief executive of this town has surrendered, Chen Mu can do more.
He directly recruited the town's elite labor, selected those who were brave and good at fighting, and formed an army, promising that if they would later make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, he would give them the opportunity to become officials.
As for the previous Eju soldiers and ruffians, and some incompetent generals, Chen Mu told them all to get out.
Some rich aristocrats who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to do evil, those illegal traders who hoarded and lived in strange places, Chen Mu asked them to bring them to justice, and raided their homes and distributed food to those civilians who suffered heavy losses in the war.
In doing so, he suppressed the powerful landlords of the city, but it made the ordinary people feel very happy about the arrival of the Great Xia army.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Great Xia is a god in myths and legends, and he is here to save us now."
Many people said excitedly and excitedly, after all, no matter where they are, the absolute number of poor people is far more than that of wealthy families.
Chen Mu also knows this truth, first beat down the strong landlords, select those talents from the poor class, and then these people will be trained to be good in the Great Xia army, even if those powerful landlords want to fight back, they will not get the support of the people.
In the future, Aiju's pro-Xia power will become more and more powerful.
From another point of view, through this method, Chen Mu also collected a large amount of gold and silver treasures, as well as grain and cloth, and Chen Mu distributed them to his subordinates, which improved the morale of these soldiers.
On the other side, the people sent by Chen Mu to spy on the Western Army also returned.
After crossing the sea, the fleet of the western kingdom entered a port, and there seemed to be many warships in it, and the spies did not dare to approach any more.
But now at least I know that the West Kingdom has a large military base by the sea, and the strait fortress of Great Xia is east of Eju, which is not very good.
Therefore, Chen Mu decided to choose a place as a port in the north of Eju and named it Strait Port.
Then the navy of Great Xia was parked there, and the army of the strait fortress was responsible for contacting Eju and exploring oil resources.
The port was built very smoothly, and the Westerners did not come to make trouble, but just stayed in their own port.
But now Great Xia can't attack it, because the terrain here is relatively special.