The three-guarantee referendum is a major event and a major assessment of the community administrative system. If the referendum can be organized well, the administrative system will be mature and sound. Therefore, the final referendum was scheduled for March 15th and the results will be announced before April.

There is no doubt that those who are qualified to vote are citizens, but according to the six-person law of interpersonal relationships in later generations, two strangers can be connected through six people, and there are not only six friends. Citizens with voting rights in the community are not only big businessmen, officers and administrators, but also craftsmen, teachers, doctors and other middle and lower classes. Almost everyone has familiar citizens, while ordinary leaders use various means to influence the voting results.

"As Gu Jiang said in Jiangnan, every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Now the country is in trouble, and all the people in the world are united..." In the study of the Ming Consulate, Chen Bangyan wrote down his thoughts on paper. However, halfway through the writing, a loud bang came. A ball of black ink stained a small piece of paper.

"Did you put a quiet desk in such a huge consulate?" Chen Bangyan sighed as he heard the noise coming from outside.

These noises were naturally not from servants in the consulate, but from protests from the people outside the consulate. After Chen Bangyan settled in the consulate, he accidentally saw the newspapers in the conference room. There were four or five kinds of newspapers. In addition to the Taiwan Daily, which was torn apart on the street that day, there were many newspapers produced by private newspapers, the Businessman Newspaper, which was full of recruitment and trading information, and the Shilin Newspaper, founded by exiles. As the voting date approached, all of these newspapers were talking about the three-venue referendum.

The city teahouses are the territory of the people at the bottom, and Chen Bangyan and they were unable to have public debates. The reason is very simple. These people are no match for Chen Bangyan at all. Not to mention the vulgar local accent, they often add vegetables and leaves to dirty water, and sometimes they are filled with old fists. Chen Bangyan has never been beaten, but he saw that many exiles were beaten by the people and their noses were bruised and swollen.

Newspapers that can advertise widely have become the base of scholars and officials. As long as they are willing to spend money, they can express their own opinions in the newspaper. Supporters and opposing people are endlessly debated. In the past, daily newspapers, five-day newspapers and even monthly magazines have now become one-day prints. As the vote is approaching, they have temporarily become two prints in one day. Although there are no swords and swords, their sharp edges have been revealed in their words.

Supporters were called traitors, opponents were called rebellious, and both sides were making noises in the newspapers. Chen Bangyan joined the battlefield. Although his writing was sharp and his words were powerful, he still should not be the direction of public opinion. Chen Bangyan could only write quickly and report to various newspapers to gain more supporters.

"Go, deliver this manuscript to the newspaper and try to print it out in the newspaper that comes out in the evening!" Chen Bangyan called the servants after writing a chapter and ordered.

The attendant didn't answer the article. Chen Bangyan looked up and saw that the attendant had obvious bruises on his face. He was obviously beaten. The attendant knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Master, the young man dare not go. As soon as he left the museum, the troublemakers fought against the villain. Now the embassy has been closed. In addition to Lord Shen's fifty servants, there are two hundred Eastern Front Guards outside!"

Chen Bangyan opened the curtains and saw thousands of people gathering outside, under the banner, which read the killing of the traitor Chen Bangyan. They all shouted in unison. Among the crowd were barefoot farmers, naked coolies, and students and apprentices in uniform. In anger, many people began to throw bricks into the embassy. Hundreds of soldiers from the Taipei garrison battalion were working together to maintain order, but they were just blocking the crowd. These protesters had become a huge powder barrel, and a spark would be ignited.

"This must be a provocation by someone with ulterior motives!" Chen Bangyan said in disbelief with his hands trembling.

Chen Tingyang walked in, his face was bitter, and without saying a word, there was a young man in a cloth robe standing behind him. Chen Bangyan had already seen him, Zheng Cai's younger brother Zheng Lian, and an envoy sent by the Lu Jianguo. Chen Bangyan has always been cold to such powerful ministers.

Zheng Lian walked to the desk, picked up the manuscript and took a look, and snorted coldly: "Mr. Chen, your manuscript can't be reborn. If you publish it on the newspaper again, please move out of our embassy!"

"I'm arguing with rebels, what do you have to do with you!" Chen Bangyan scolded.

Zheng Liancai didn't care about Chen Bangyan's reputation and retorted without hesitation: "You are an old man who doesn't know the current situation and cannot follow the trend. If you continue to make trouble like this, who will wipe your butt for you? Old man, now the southeast and southwest rely on the east fence to help the war and support food and money to stabilize the situation. Your nonsense annoyed Dongfan. If the east fence doesn't help me, what should I do?"

Chen Bangyan wanted to say something else, but Zheng Lian cursed again: "Put your useless truths, Your Excellency Li Mingxun is already kind and magnanimous. If it were me, someone would have eaten my food and scolded my ancestors for smashing my pot. I would have cut him alive, and I would have tolerated you so presumptuous!"

Chen Tingyang persuaded: "Mr. Chen, you can't do this anymore. You have already aroused public anger. Do you know that the nearby shops and vegetable markets no longer supply rice, grain, meat and vegetables to our embassy. If the Taipei Chief Executive had not sent 200 soldiers to come yesterday, the embassy would have been smashed by the people outside."

After hearing this, Chen Bangyan was furious and said, "It must be someone who is instigating me!"

Chen Tingyang shook his head helplessly: "This is what the people want, but you don't want to admit it. Lord Chen, please do it yourself. Chen first agreed that this embassy was originally handled by Chen and Jianguo Duke. Jianguo Duke gave most of it. Anyone who naturally listened to him. Your Highness the Superintendent also reminded Chen that this trip would not seek to make achievements, but to let it go."

Zheng Lian was not a good-tempered person. He waved his hand and four servants came in. Zheng Lian said: "Cut off all the pens, inks, papers and inkstones in this room. Don't let Lord Chen touch those objects before the referendum. Take a good rest for a few days."

Chen Bangyan no longer had any articles published in the newspaper, but it did not have much impact. The closer he got to the referendum, the more disastrous the arguments he supported were. Although Chen Bangyan had some subtle words in his heart, he no longer had the chance to express it.

The embassy was calm. In a few days, most of the people outside retreated, and at least no one threatened Chen Bangyan's life.

The referendum is getting closer and closer, and under the surging public opinion, there are huge waves.

In Yilan City.

The Zhao family came from Guangdong. After the opening of the port in Hong Kong, they had trade with the community. Later, they opened Yilan. The Zhao family invested a huge sum of 10,000 mu of land on the Yilan Plain, which was still a wasteland at the time. Now these 20,000 mu have become a huge plantation. The head of the Zhao family is now a member of the Yilan Administrative Region. In addition to the five father and son, there are hundreds of clans who are dependent on them. They also hired hundreds of immigrants as growers, and are considered a prominent family in Yilan.

In the dining room, the female family of Zhao cleaned up the dishes. The head of the Zhao clan called out the four sons, took out four deeds and handed them to his son, and said, "These are four deeds of three hundred acres of fields, including mulberry gardens, rice fields, and sugarcane fields. You four will take one of them and press the handprints. Tomorrow, you will go to Yilan City’s household registration to complete the procedures. You will be all citizens."

As soon as this was said, the women in the room stopped and looked at them with a gaze. They knew that their father-in-law had always been in good health and had the intention of taking a concubine a few days ago. How could they divide the property today? They could only divide it, but they only divided a thousand acres of land.

The four sons of the Zhao family are thirty-two, and the younger ones are seventeen or eighteen. They are all ages, but these sons are all unfair and have no selfless wealth. They have never had any shops outside, so they pay less taxes, so they are not considered citizens. With these 300 acres of land, they have enough taxes and can easily purchase citizenship documents.

The eldest son knelt down immediately, and then several younger brothers knelt in front of the hall. The eldest son asked: "Did Dad want us to be citizens so that we can participate in the voting on the 15th?"

The head of the Zhao family nodded slightly, and the eldest son said, "The son knows that his father is obsessed with his hometown. This time he becomes a citizen, he must follow his father's thoughts and support the additional expedition."

"Don't do this!" The head of the Zhao family shook his head and said, "For your father, letting you become citizens this time, so that you can do whatever you want. When you came to join the club in the national crisis, it was decided by your father to protect the clan. Now that you are getting older, you should have your own ideas."

Xu Weiran's home.

"Uncle, please have tea." Xu Weiran respectfully placed the tea in front of his future father-in-law and said carefully.

"Weiran, have you decided on tomorrow's vote?" the old man asked with a smile.

Xu Weiran said: "I've thought about it."

The old man said: "You'd better make the right choice, otherwise you will probably not be able to do the marriage with your little girl."

Xu Weiran knew that his father-in-law and his family wanted to make him object. Although he had decided to vote against him, there was a difference between voluntary choice and being coerced. Xu Weiran said: "I know, I know!"

The old man did not move the tea and said, "This vote is a secret vote. No one knows which vote is from. I don't know what vote you vote, but one thing is that if two hundred people support the additional vote this time, then please marry someone else."

Xu Weiran was so scared that his legs and feet were weak. He finally said it was a marriage. How could he surrender like this? He hurriedly said, "Uncle, you can only decide your own things. You can't care about others. If others support you, you will have no choice."

The old man snorted coldly and said, "Don't lie to me. Although I am not as good as you, I can still recognize words. I have read all the newspapers these days. I understand that most of the people who support the additional suffrage are you scholars. Humph, and they are also slandering in the newspapers. If you make a big mistake, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

After saying that, the old man turned away, Xu Weiran sat on the ground, looked outside and said, "I'm wronged, who did I provoke whom."

March 15th finally arrived. Taipei was extremely lively on this day. The vast municipal square was crowded with people. Supervising representatives from various countries also appeared on the square in their official robes. Chen Bangyan represented the Ming Dynasty. Even though the Ming Dynasty has lost most of its territory, the lean camel is bigger than a horse. As the envoy of Emperor Yongli, Chen Bangyan still sat in the most noble position.

"Mr. Li, I'm afraid there are 40,000 to 50,000 people in this square. Do you Taipei have so many citizens? You can't have evil villains mixed in. You should vote for fake votes!" Chen Bangyan asked coldly.

Ah Hai sat in the main seat and smiled and said, "That's not possible. The club has more than 320,000 registered citizens, and nearly 100,000 in Taipei, which is the largest voting site under the rule of the Senate. However, the Municipal Square is only the largest voting site. There are four voting sites in the city, and nine voting sites are placed in important towns and industrial and mining sites. There are probably only more than 10,000 people who can vote here. Each citizen must vote according to his household registration!"

Chen Bangyan said: "Then how come there are so many people?"

"This time it is a public vote. Envoys from various countries can supervise, and the people as stakeholders can naturally supervise." Ah Hai explained calmly.

"China has been in the past five thousand years and the country has been in dynasty for three hundred years. It has never been heard that national affairs have been decided by the people. Hum, delegating power in such a random way is a disaster to the country and the people!" Chen Bangyan said coldly.

Ahai smiled on his face, but said, "That's your Ming Dynasty, not us! You have your rules, we have our laws, and your rules have made the country lose their power, so naturally we can't learn it anymore!"

Two sheds have been placed in the square. Below the shed are small wooden houses closed on all sides. Only one door and one window are transparent. According to the rules, citizens must collect tickets from the administrator, then enter the house and close the door, put the handprints on it as support or objection, and then fold the tickets through the window and place them in the locked box. Only then will they be considered complete.

As the bell rang, Ah Hai, as the first person in Taipei, naturally cast the first vote and set an example for nearly 100,000 citizens in Taiwan. The same procedure as ordinary citizens was completed, and the voting continued.

Except for Ah Hai, the voting order is all composed of queuing by themselves. The second citizen got up early and was a craftsman. He walked to the administrator, handed over his identity card, and after comparing his identity, he received a ticket. Before he could enter the voting room, he heard the crowd shouting: "Zhou Qi, don't forget what you promised us!"

"Yes, Zhou Qi, our brothers are watching you, don't be confused!"

Zhou Qi smiled, walked in, voted, and then came out, and said to several people who supervised him: "Don't worry, I voted against it. I earned my money to support my family and love my wife. I didn't have a single point in the tax I should pay, so why should I pay them three salary!"

"Okay!" The square was filled with joy.

Zhou Qi was considered elegant. After the third person received the ticket, someone shouted: "Boss Wang, you are a swearing. Be careful of the children in your wife's belly. If you lie to us, your son will be out of luck!"

"Not only is my son not a good man, but he will also be struck by lightning. Boss Wang, God is watching you too!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely vote against it. If I regret it, it will be thunderous and I will give birth to a son!" With everyone's cheers, Boss Wang had no choice but to make another vow before entering to vote.

The fourth man was obviously a smart shopkeeper. After receiving the ticket, he walked in, then pressed his handprint, but suddenly ran out, opened the votes and said, "Look, I voted against it, everyone can see, the obvious people don't say secret words, let's not dig it out!"

Everyone saw it and shouted loudly at that time, but the man shouted loudly: "I have something to say, please listen quietly!"

Everyone calmed down and wanted to hear his high opinion, but this guy was full of energy and shouted in his biggest voice in his life: "I am Chen Sansheng from Chen Ji Grocery Store on Blacksmith Street. This month, all the goods in our grocery store will be sold for 20% off. Everyone will buy them!"

Li Mingxun, who was sitting on the terrace of the municipal building watching the fun, heard this, spit out the tea and scolded: "What a clever guy, I'm here to advertise. This bastard really has a way to do it. Now he's going to make money!"

The square was filled with people, and the people shouted to buy the groceries from Chen Sansheng's house after the vote. Ah Hai's face changed and he said to the security officer around him: "Where is the referendum, be serious."
Chapter completed!