276. Chapter 276: National Consciousness
In this way, under the continuous propaganda of the White Army, a large number of colonists centered on Savannah more or less accepted William's rule. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
No matter what, it will not be worse than the Britons. This was how they felt - no matter how bad William was, he would not be worse than the Britons.
Yes, another effect of the constant propaganda was the declining perception of Breton among the colonists around Savannah – not only to Breton itself, but also to the Bretons in the colonies.
The reason is very simple, the top of the colony are all Britons, and the Britons occupy all the benefits. Victorious, the spoils were all Britonians. Ignoring the fact that there were large numbers of Goths in the colonies, the new republic made Breton the official language of the republic.
They are not the same as themselves. They are outsiders, they are "non-goths" and even in some cases, they become their own enemies.
With this in mind, the vast majority of goths made the decision to "not help each other". They have become disillusioned with the Britons. But at the same time, they were equally suspicious of the newly arrived Hereford family, as well as the army of the Gothic kings of the Old World.
Until then, propaganda at the top of the republic's hierarchy still influenced their judgment. They proclaimed, "The rulers of the Old World are all tyrants and old kings." It is an evil being who sees the people as slaves".
Although the influence of the top of the republic is now fading, the influence of the propaganda of the republic will not be eliminated in a short time.
However, William was already satisfied with this. He didn't want to be like Yuri. Everywhere he goes, everyone will become his mind slaves, shouting Ula and desperately allegiance to himself or something.
Neutrality, the two do not help each other. That's enough.
At the same time, William was convinced that as his rule continued to consolidate, he would continue to win victories against the "Britons". Someday, these goths will see themselves like heroes and saviors. It's a matter of course, and it's a very simple thing.
In other words, the next step is to keep going to war.
In October, William continued to consolidate his rule in Savannah. Expulsion of "harmful elements". At the same time, the system of separation of the Goths and the Britons was carried out - of course, this separation was carried out in the same way that he had previously judged the "Goths". Those who have Gothic ancestry and who admit to being Goths - in fact, the vast majority of people in Georgia - will not be affected. The only people who really affected the decree were the middle and high-level manor owners.
William "confiscated" their plantations and drove them to "live" in well-guarded, remote, and barren "villages." William believes that the vast majority of them will not survive this winter.
It was only after this that the people of Breton began to regret that William's punishment was much harsher than they had imagined. To make matters worse, William's punishment did not resonate with other ethnic groups in Georgia. The vast majority of the Goths, as well as the very few Visigoths and Asturians who William classified as Gothic, all ignored it.
They are now beginning to regret starting this riot. They even began to hope that the "Queen's Army" in Briton would come here sooner and save them. At least those armies were also made up of Bretons. At the same time, as the "aristocracy" of Britton, they have some connections in the local area. Even if the war is defeated, at most it will only be to break the fortune and avoid disasters, and then hand over some scapegoats. The vast majority of their possessions will be saved. Even if they can't grow cotton and make a fortune in the future, they can at least grow something else. Like corn or something......
These plantations were used by William as another weapon to curry favor with the Goths, who connected them with the villages closest to them. Fifty percent of the shares of each plantation were then distributed to the villages as the common property of the villages.
These shares can be used for charity, education, health care, improving road traffic, infrastructure or people's living standards. This overjoyed the local goths. And in order to "discuss what these profits should be used for", the inhabitants of the villages everywhere were no longer so cold to the officials at all levels appointed by William.
Because they hold the power to control these profits.
That's it, they bargain, and then they come to an agreement. After the economic ties, the relationship between the two sides became more relaxed. After hearing the news that "if the neo-Gothic colonial government is defeated, then these plantations will be taken away again", the attitude of the Goths towards the government of the American Republic began to gradually change.
At the same time, William was also making high-profile announcements about his existence, his arrival, and his policies.
The status of the Goths increased. Overthrow the rule of the Britons and recover all the assets of the Britons. Fifty percent of all plantations were allocated to the nearest Gothic village.
This series of policies overwhelmed the nascent republic and the Continental Army.
Of course, the owners of the Briton estates would never give 50 percent of their shares to his poor neighbors for no reason. And the government of the republic, which is very "poor" because of the "lie" that they "resist taxes", so that they do not have any tax revenues for the time being, will definitely not be able to come up with enough money to "buy people's hearts".
North of Georgia, other colonists were affected. The Bretons, who originally got along "not bad", and the Goths, because of this, began to gradually diverge. Although this momentum is not yet obvious. But he does exist.
The Continental Army could not do anything about it. They can only continue to repeat the same old tune, declaring that any monarch from the Old Continent is evil. At the same time promote patriotism. Desperately printing those patriotic posters, giving patriotic speeches in the army, and performing those dramas with the themes of "patriotism" and "defending the homeland and defending the country".
They were doing these things before that. And in the face of William's threat, they continued this tactic, unchanged.
"Now, we have to fight not only against the evil Imperial army, but also against their even more evil propaganda that seeks to divide the Republic. What we can see in the former battlefield is not visible to the latter. But it is precisely because we cannot see it that it is even more dangerous! We must not allow this to happen - I want to emphasize that we, we come from different countries, different races, but it doesn't matter, what matters is that we are like a family, that we share a noble goal to pursue, and that we are a brand new, the best in the world, the most worthy of dying for it!"
Mr. George, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, who commanded the army on the front line, quickly made a speech like this when he heard about William.
The speech was brilliant, and it was printed at the first time, and then distributed anywhere the Continental Army could control.
It's just a pity that the empty vernacular lacks some influence compared to the silver of white flowers...... Mr. George, and his allies, seemed to be somewhat weak in their resistance.
But soon, they found another way to fight William.
That is to destroy them.
Yes, destroy them - since they cannot overcome each other spiritually, then kill the flesh that bears the spirit. This is handy for any politician. And for any army, it is also a matter of course.
It's just that now, new problems have arisen.
That is, how should they eliminate this "greatest threat to the republic".
Yes, the army. But it is a great pity that in the war of independence, which is currently underway. The performance of the Continental Army is very ...... Oops, yes, just bad. You can't expect a group of farmers who have just laid down their hoes to do well in war. When facing the regular army of Briton, the Continental Army can be said to have been defeated again and again, defeated again and again, and defeated again and again...... And when the Briton Company joined the war, some people in the Continental Army even despaired.
Breton itself concentrated an army of 50,000 men almost at all costs. 10,000 regular troops, 10,000 company troops, and 30,000 mercenaries. At the same time, the Bretons also had a naval advantage. In contrast, the number of the Continental Army ...... Only thirty thousand.
Despite the flickering of patriotism, the Continental Army claims to be able to arm a militia of 300,000 in the shortest possible time. But everyone knows that such a rabble will do nothing but eat supplies and eat you down. At the same time, the financiers behind the republic are not willing to provide any supplies and investment for an army of 300,000 men with extremely high combat effectiveness. That would make them lose money to the end.
In this case, the top of the republic, pinning their hopes on the Visigothic expeditionary force.
Although much slower than the Britons, after a period of intense preparation, the 20,000-strong Visigothic Expeditionary Force was on its way - of course, in the absence of a formal war with the Britons for the time being, this expeditionary force was under the banner of mercenaries.
A total of twenty thousand Visigothic "mercenaries". will enter the Northern Continent in November and join the increasingly chaotic war.
Unlike the chaotic, disorderly, and overwhelmingly civil war of the Ostrogothic Empire, the Visigoth, which had largely completed its centralization, was a wealthy and militarily powerful state. Moreover, the prestige of the Visigothic army was much stronger than that of the Ostrogothic Empire. In the eyes of the American leadership, the Visigothic army was more combat-ready than the Ostrogoth. Even stronger than the Britons.