Chapter 1087 Propaganda Means

Shandong has a strong folk custom since ancient times, and many people have self-organized local armed forces. It is normal to form associations to protect themselves during wars. Although the rebels of the Denglai Rebellion have crossed the sea and fled to Liaodong, the social order in the Jiaodong Peninsula has not been restored.

There has been a fundamental improvement. Various gangs that emerged during the war replaced the rebels and became a new threat to public security after the war. However, because the local garrison troops suffered huge losses during the war, it was difficult to effectively control and combat them. The civilians used

The armed defense system organized by the village as a unit became the norm during this period.

Some refugees who lost their homes during the war also chose to attach themselves to these villages that were stronger and had a certain ability to protect themselves, selling their labor force in exchange for living space. Large villages like Yangjiazhuang collected refugees sporadically after the war.

There are only a few hundred people in total, but because these refugees have solved the most urgent survival problems, they have no strong desire to change their living environment. Even if they suffer a certain degree of oppression because they live under the shelter of others, they can provide the most basic living conditions.

Yangjiazhuang is probably more reliable than an unfamiliar environment with unpredictable prospects.

It's just that Haihan, as an outsider, lacks understanding of this complex situation, and the propaganda strategy adopted at the beginning may not have immediate results. Moreover, Haihan uses cavalry as propaganda implementers. This super-standard configuration will not work in battle.

The Jiaodong Peninsula in the future is indeed too eye-catching, and ordinary people would not dare to believe that they have a good future.

The cavalry rested for more than an hour on the hillside far away from Yangjiazhuang. The cavalry took out the bean cakes from their saddlebags, broke them into pieces and fed them to the horses. The bean cakes were considered fine food and could not be fed much in a day. During the mission, the horses were still

Mainly relying on wild grass as their staple food. During this period, the people in Zhuangzi still maintained a high level of vigilance, and the suspension bridge in and out of the village was never lowered. Sun Zhen held up the telescope and looked at it for a long time, and in the end he could only sigh helplessly.

"If it were operated by your special operations battalion, how long would it take to capture this place?" Wang Jinmin came over and asked.

Sun Zhen glanced sideways at Wang Jinmin, and said calmly: "Half a stick of incense! If there are cannons available, it should be faster. Don't feel unconvinced, can we rely on your cavalry to attack the city?"

Take my advice, if you see this kind of village, you should walk around it!"

Wang Jinmin snorted and said: "Don't forget that our cavalry are also infantry when we dismount. We also know the combat skills that infantry should have! How can this small village be difficult for my cavalry camp?"

Sun Zhen shook his head and said: "You take it too much for granted. The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and you cannot simply use the combat skills you know. The combat skills you learned in the military camp may not be suitable for the current environment. Just like this

I have been practicing horse riding for more than a month, and I know all the essentials of the movements, but I often fail to ride."

"You've been practicing for so long and you still can't do it. You're stupid!" Wang Jinmin complained unceremoniously.

Arguments are arguments, but Yangjiazhuang's wariness towards the Haihan Horse Team is obvious, and there is currently no better way to gain the trust of these villagers. All they can do is leave here and go to the next goal.

The Jiahe River is the main water vein in Fushan County. Almost all the villages in this area are concentrated along the Jiahe River, even Fushan County is no exception. Therefore, it was not difficult for the cavalry to find people's settlements, and soon they were there.

Found another village to the south.

Although this village is also wary of the Haihan people coming in groups like Yangjiazhuang, it does not have as complete a defense system as Yangjiazhuang, so the panicked villagers just piled flat carts, door panels, gravel and branches

Being used as a roadblock at the entrance of the village is obviously not comparable to the trenches and suspension bridges surrounding Yangjiazhuang.

Wang Jinmin once again came to the village entrance single-handedly and repeated his previous rhetoric to the villagers hiding behind the roadblock. Of course, this attempt also failed to win the trust of the villagers without any suspense, so he had to throw Haihan's printed letter from the air again.

Notice leaflets to communicate indirectly with people in the village.

But this time it seemed to have different results. After Wang Jinmin waited for a while at the entrance of the village, someone asked him to dismount and enter the village to consult face-to-face about the disaster relief matters mentioned in the notice. Wang Jinmin immediately signaled to his companions behind him, and then went on his own

He dismounted and walked to the roadblock. Several men carrying hunting forks and sticks came out of the village. After searching the man and finding no weapons, they moved the roadblock three feet away and let Wang Jinmin enter the village.

After Wang Jinmin entered the village, someone quickly brought him to an old man, who seemed to be the person in charge of the village.

"Hunter, your notice said that there are kind people distributing relief food on Zhifu Island, but is it true?" The white-haired old man asked excitedly, holding Haihan's notice in his hand.

Wang Jinmin nodded and said: "My master is a kind man from the south. In order to save the people of Shandong, he specially transported millions of kilograms of rice and grain, and now he piled it on Zhifu Island. Is it true or false? When you go there, you will naturally wonder.

It’s clear.”

The old man asked again: "What's the point of receiving relief food?"

Wang Jinmin shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter. As long as you go to Zhifu Island and keep it, you can have a bite to eat. Don't you think this is a lie?"

Someone next to him responded: "Earlier, some people distributed food in the name of disaster relief. However, after going to the local area, they discovered that the bandits had set a trap. All the young and strong were forced to join the gang, and all the women and children were kidnapped. Only the old, weak and sick were taken away.

They were driven back, but they didn't even see half a grain of rice."

Another person also said: "Some squires said they were releasing food for disaster relief, but when they arrived, they claimed that the food had been released. After asking about it, they found out that they were acting for the government to gain a reputation as a good father-in-law."

Wang Jinmin said: "It's understandable that you are worried. My master has hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land in the south, and he is good at maritime trade. His wealth is as rich as any other country, and it is enough to save the people of Shandong. To be honest, I am the same.

I escaped from Dengzhou Prefecture after the Denglai Rebellion broke out. Now I have traveled all the way back from the south to help my fellow villagers. If you want to find a long-term livelihood, you only need to go to Zhifu Island, and my master will know how.

Arrange one by one."

The old man asked: "Even if your master has gold and silver, isn't he afraid that there are so many refugees in Shandong that they will be overwhelmed?"

Wang Jinmin said: "It's impossible to just eat and do nothing. Disaster relief is about helping emergencies, not the poor. My master provides not only relief, but also a corresponding self-rescue model."

Wang Jinmin had also received relevant publicity training before, and was relatively familiar with Haihan's immigration policy. Since these village names were willing to listen, he would seize the opportunity to publicize the policies he knew well. Now

He explained in detail the benefits of Haihan's immigration to the villagers. He also knew that what these ordinary people were most concerned about was the land policy. Although Haihan's land was in public ownership, the right to use it was private, except that it could not be used privately.

In fact, the transfer sale was not fundamentally different from the Ming Dynasty's land policy. It only transferred the land ownership nominally belonging to the emperor to the hands of the Haihan Executive Committee.

Of course, these details do not need to be explained so clearly at the moment. Wang Jinmin only needs to let these people know that as long as they are willing to follow Haihan's arrangements and immigrate to the south, they can obtain land allocated for personal cultivation according to different standards in different regions. And for generations

For rural people who work in agriculture, land is undoubtedly their foundation. In Shandong, the trend of land annexation after the Denglai Rebellion was very violent. In order to survive, people who lost their means of production had to sell their land to exchange for life-saving food. This situation

Especially in Denglai and Denglai states, the economically powerful landlords and gentry obtained a large amount of cheap land after the war. As a result, more farmers lost their ability to be self-sufficient and became completely exploited by the landlord class.

In fact, many of what Wang Jinmin said made it difficult for the villagers to believe. For example, Haihan has a huge island in the southern sea that can accommodate a population of one million, or that the local governments in the south cooperate closely with Haihan and even help organize it.

People immigrated from the area ruled by Ming Dynasty to the island ruled by Haihan. But Wang Jinmin swears and swears, and he is actually from Dengzhou Prefecture. The experience he said has many credible elements, and the villagers also

We are not sure which of what he said is true. But regarding the land policy, Wang Jinmin basically followed the script and said it with a nose and an eye. These villagers have limited knowledge and it is difficult to find any loopholes in it.

Wang Jinmin was so talkative that he finally convinced the other party. When the cavalry returned two days later, he would take a few people from this village as representatives to Zhifu Island to see the actual situation, and then they would come back to confirm the propaganda notices and policies with their own experience.

What Wang Jinmin said is true.

After Wang Jinmin returned to the cavalry, he informed everyone of the results of the negotiation, which lifted everyone's spirits. This time, it did not completely hit a wall, but it opened up the situation a little, and saw the hope of recruiting immigrants.

The cavalry team arrived at Fushan County in the afternoon, and the scene here made everyone intuitively understand why their superiors sent them out to carry out such a propaganda campaign that seemed to have slow results.

The city wall of this county town is probably only two miles in circumference, but the area of ​​the slums built outside the city is at least twice as large as that of the county town. As far as the eye can see, there are almost all low and dilapidated slums.

The ragged people can still smell the stench wafting in the air - it is probably impossible to have any public health facilities in such a dirty environment. If a large-scale epidemic suddenly breaks out here, then

It's really not surprising at all.

The arrival of the cavalry inevitably caused a small commotion. In a small place like Fushan County, the last time a cavalry of this size appeared was during the Denglai Rebellion. At present, the entire Fushan County garrison along with

Not even the civil and military officials could find ten decent horses.

In order to avoid causing a larger-scale riot, the cavalry stopped about half a mile away from the slums surrounding the city. Wang Jinmin was about to go out alone to explore when he saw a few people walking out from between the shacks.

The government servants in public uniforms stopped to watch for a moment, then walked towards the cavalry.

The detachment Sun Zhen belongs to is mainly cavalry, and the company commander who leads the team is named Liu Xian. However, he always discusses things with Sun Zhen when something happens. After all, Sun Zhen is an officer sent by the special operations battalion and a native of Shandong.

His opinion still has a relatively large reference value. When Liu Xian saw the government officials coming this way, he called Sun Zhen to get off his horse and wait.

"Han Qin, the head of the Fushan County government, is here to ask. Where does this come from?" The leading government servant walked up to the cavalry and revealed his identity.

"It turns out to be Mr. Han." Liu Xian stepped forward to greet him, and then roughly explained the identity of the cavalry and the purpose of coming here.

After hearing this, Han Qin felt a little confused. He had been working in Fushan County for almost twenty years, during which time he had also experienced the turmoil of the Denglai Rebellion. This was the first time in a long time that he had heard that someone was planning to bring Wu Yi from Shandong.

Foodless refugees were transported to the south for resettlement. This sounded like a means of relieving refugees, but it was beyond his previous knowledge.

Han Qin believed that it was normal for rich people to donate money and food for disaster relief. How could there be such a method of packing up people and transporting them thousands of miles away for resettlement? His first reaction was that he felt that he had met a group of well-dressed people.

But these poor people who have lost their homes are of little value, and Han Qin can't figure out what benefit it will bring to the person in charge of this matter by deceiving these poor people to go to the south.

Han Qin asked: "What you said is really unbelievable. Is there any other evidence?"

He saw that many of the group of people were standing with bowed legs after dismounting, which seemed to be the sequelae of long-term riding. At that moment, he felt even more suspicious about their origins - they were just riders from the south. Could it be that these tall horses were also from the south?

Shipped from the south? Judging from the murderous intentions of these people, they are probably horse gang bandits roaming in Shandong.

Liu Xian took out the printed notices and flyers and showed them to Han Qin and others. It stated that Haihan came to Shandong to recruit immigrants. But after Han Qin read it, not only did he not believe Liu Xian

Instead, I feel that this group of thieves deliberately set up a trap to lure the people, and there must be some kind of big plot. However, he knew too little information, and it was difficult to understand the other party's conspiracy for a while.

Han Qin was considered a bold man, so he immediately excused himself and said: "I can't do anything about this matter even if I talk about it. Why don't you go to the county office and report this matter to the magistrate in person? I believe he will do the same."

Support good causes like these.”

Liu Xian thought for a moment and was about to agree, but Sun Zhen, who was standing next to him, shook his head and interrupted: "Mr. Han, you are wrong. We are here to help the people, not the magistrate, so why do we need to ask for the magistrate's consent?"
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