On the Gonghe Street in Tianjin, there are Republic Square, Gonghe Bridge, and Gonghe North Street in Jiangbei, there are already citizens wearing their best clothes. The streets and squares that have been built for more than ten years have been renovated to hold this triumphal ceremony. The streets are wide and flat, with bluestone pavements in Yishui. There are rows of carefully pruned birch trees on both sides of the street. These trees were planted ten years ago, and now they are a bit full of ingredient.

And the city of Tianjin also looks like a commercial metropolis in later generations!

Starting three days ago, Tianjin citizens learned from newspapers published every day that the future head of state of Zhou would return to the capital in triumphal. The other ones who came back with him were also a cavalry division, an infantry division, and 1,800 yellow-headed Jurchen mercenaries who were buying and selling for the Republic. A triumphal ceremony will be held to cross the main urban area of ​​Tianjin!

At that time, citizens will be able to witness the style of the invincible Republican army with their own eyes. If their eyes are good enough, they can still see the true face of the great head of republic.

This is a grand occasion that has not been around for the past fifteen years since the establishment of Tianjin!

So on the day of the triumphal military parade, on the first day of October of the third year of Zhenghe of the Song Dynasty, Tianjin, there were almost 10,000 people. The welcome team lined up to Xuanwu Gate in Beicheng District, Tianjin (the original Beikaimen), waiting to return from Yanjin Road to Tianjin City Wuhaogu...

The anxiety, excitement, and even uneasiness that had been in the past for a long time seemed to have a satisfactory result today. This war of millions of people triggered by Yelu Yanxi's hard work has finally been a result of one person being overjoyed by Tianjin citizens.

They not only won the war, but also won their own country!

You should know that Tianjin is an industrial and commercial city, and the majority of industrial and commercial people account for. Of course, they know the difference between Tianjin and the Song Dynasty. Here, private property is absolutely respected and protected.

Even the property of many of the relatives and nobles of Liao Kingdom in Tianjin was not violated by this war! Of course, this is not a kind of contractual spirit. Tianjin was originally a mutual market jointly organized by the Song and Liao dynasties. As the founders of the city, their rights should not be deprived.

Moreover, at the beginning of the confrontation between the Song and Liao dynasties, the Senate of Jiehe Market was still passing a bill to ensure the safety of the property of the Liao people (I didn't expect that I would really fight).

Now you can’t just win a battle, just by leaving the bill aside!

Wu Haogu would never do such a stupid thing by protecting the property of the relatives and nobles of the Liao Kingdom. Tianjin can make businessmen all over the world believe that it is absolutely safe to put money in Tianjin.

The principle of protecting private property also made some of the merchants who did not agree with Wu Haogu truly regard Tianjin as their hometown and the Zhou Kingdom that was about to be established as their motherland.

Because they knew that there was no second place in the world, and they could protect them like Tianjin.

So they were also afraid that Wu Haogu would be defeated by the Khitans! At that time, even if Tianjin did not fall into the hands of the Great Liao, it would be controlled by the Song court. Therefore, the elderly merchants were also concerned about war day and night, just like their children who grew up in Tianjin.

For a long time, as long as the doors are opened, all kinds of temples in Tianjin will always make profits for the people who pray for the frontline soldiers.

As the good news of victory came one by one, the people in Tianjin were also very excited. The arrogant Liao Dynasty was defeated, what else can we worry about?

As for separating from the Song Dynasty and establishing a country, Tianjin citizens were full of longing for the future.

A republic! All citizens are the masters of the country! Who would still worry about being bullied and oppressed by a small official with sesame and green beans?

Of course, some of them were also a little worried that if the Song and Zhou dynasties fought for the world and the war continued over the years, their business would not be as easy as it is now.

But these are all future problems, at least for now, there is no need to worry.

Zhang Xizai, Su Dalang, Lin Chong, Huang Shusheng and other senior officials of Youzhou government who were waiting outside Xuanwu Gate to welcome Wu Haogu were also in a happy mood.

Speaking of which, they are under a lot of pressure during this period! This time, it was a huge battle between 300,000 people on the front line! How many people in Youzhou are? How can they support such a large-scale war? If it were the same path as the Song Dynasty, it would be really hard to imagine.

But Youzhou, with Tianjin as its core, has survived! There is no shortage of supply on the front line, and the economy in the rear has not collapsed.

After the 2 million stones of grain that Mi Youren blackmailed from Ji Yi was finally transported to Tianjin, the once tight grain supply was also alleviated.

And now that the war has ended, most of the palace soldiers and knights (cavalry) have been lifted out of service and returned to their own manors. The agricultural sowing area in Mingneng Spring will definitely increase significantly compared to this year.

It is impossible to reach 50 to 60 million mu, but it should be no problem to exceed 30 million mu. Considering that the newly added sowing land is very fertile black soil. One acre is worth three to four mu of Yan land... By next autumn, Youzhou, no, it should be that the grain of Zhou State can not only be self-sufficient, but also has the spare energy to export grain to Song State and Liao State... If the head of state does not intend to march to Kaifeng Prefecture or Datong Prefecture at that time!

Thinking of Wu Haogu's ambition, several senior officials felt a little unlucky. He seemed to have no ambition to unify the world! Could it be that he would be the head of a small country for the rest of his life? Why is the head of a small country not as proud as the leader of the world, right?

After approaching Tianjin, Wu Haogu left the brigade and led a few personal guards to go first. Now he has arrived outside Xuanwu Gate, and flipped off the horse's back in a very casual posture, standing in front of Zhang Xizai, Su Dalang, Lin Chong, Huang Shusheng and others.

After they bowed, they smiled and said, "Everyone, you are fighting on the front line. You are maintaining the situation in the rear, raising food and paying, and dealing with the State of Song. It's really hard. Without you and all Tianjin citizens in the rear to support everything, there would definitely be no Zhou State in this battle. So I should thank you, Tianjin citizens, and Yan people!"

No one expected that Wu Haogu would say such things. Zhang Xizai, Su Dalang, Lin Chong, Huang Shusheng and others felt warm in their hearts and hurriedly bowed.

Lin Chong said: "In power, if you really want to thank the citizens and the people, you can book the front pages of major newspapers in Tianjin and then let Xiao Su (Su Yu) write an article of thanks to the public."

"Okay! This is a good idea." Wu Haogu hammered Lin Chong's chest, "Teacher Lin, you have made great contributions this time! When the triumphal parade is over, we will gather together."

When Wu Haogu was talking to several high-ranking officials, Chen Jian, the commander of the First Cavalry Division, arrived with the cavalry brigade. He also got off the horse and arrived in front of Wu Haogu and bowed. Wu Haogu said loudly: "Chen Jian, come here!"

Chen Jian immediately strode forward, Wu Haogu patted his shoulder, "Come and command! The people of Tianjin must see the most powerful appearance of our Republican Army!"

"Here!"

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"Long live the head of state! Long live the head of state..."

When Wu Haogu's figure riding a horse first appeared in the eyes of Tianjin citizens, Xuanwu Gate suddenly burst out with the biggest cheers. The entire Tianjin City was really crazy at this moment. Everyone started to shout long live!

Although Wu Haogu did not mean to be emperor, in the eyes of Tianjin citizens, his current status is no different from that of the emperor. He can fully afford the word "Long Live".

Moreover, Tianjin soon became the capital of Zhou. I heard that even the officials of the Song Dynasty admitted it, so there was nothing to say. Wu Haogu was the "Long Live" of Zhou.

At this moment, those who cheered and shouted long live the head of state were not only wealthy businessmen, or "little citizens" studying in primary schools and universities in Tianjin, but also a large number of civilians, most of whom were ordinary people without citizenship, workers, small vendors, or farmers near the suburbs of the city, who were real tenants who farmed, hired farmers, and not the owner of the manor.

Don't think that these working people are enemies of the bourgeois regimes in Tianjin and Youzhou, and are oppressed.

Perhaps this would be said in history books hundreds of years later. But at that time, their recognition of the Zhou Republic regime was no less than that of those young citizens.

The reason is very simple. Although Zhou State was a capitalist country with a few people oppressing the majority and also divided the people into seven levels (including seven levels of civilians).

However, the living standards of the common people in the Zhou State were relatively high, better than those under the Song and Liao dynasties. The income of the working people in Tianjin may not be higher than that of the working people in Kaifeng Prefecture, but they can really save money. Because the comprehensive price level in Tianjin cannot even reach one-third of the Kaifeng Prefecture, and there is no heavy tax. What civilians need to bear is the tax on duty, not much. Renting and buying a house are relatively cheap, and there is no situation where they cannot afford it.

Moreover, you can really see the rising channel in life in Tianjin!

Although neither Youzhou nor Zhou State had the imperial examination, it was accused by many scholars and officials of the Song State for cutting off the path of rising poor families. However, the people who were promoted to the imperial examination were academic masters, and most working people, even scholars, could not be admitted to the Jinshi. This path of rising that everyone can participate in is just a mirror and a moon.

However, in Tianjin, the rise of civilians is tangible and visible. In the battle of Liaodong, the farmers of the government soldiers won no less than 200,000!

Two hundred thousand civilians who have nothing all counterattacked and became citizens who own a farm. Why isn’t it an upward channel?

As for the chances of economic turnaround, there are more! Merchant ships will always recruit people, and overseas colonies, such as the Andong Prefecture, and the Nanyang Protectorate, also have many opportunities. There are also newly opened commercial cities, such as Lushun, Yingkou, and Jinxi City, also have many opportunities to obtain high income. With money, it is not difficult to become an alternate citizen or a temporary citizen.

With citizenship, descendants have the opportunity to receive better education and can also serve in public office.

Such a real small step is much better than a silly man who is like a mirror and a moon, climbing to the emperor's hall in the evening?

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