Over the years, I have not gained much benefit, but I have endured a lot of suffering, and a large number of citizens have experienced strong emotional fluctuations due to Gaius' words.
The surrounding security officers and city defense forces responsible for maintaining order all chuckled in their hearts and had a bad premonition.
Looking at the black citizens in the square, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva, their mouths were dry and nervous:
If so many people are stirred up by Gaius and flock to the Senate, the State Council, etc., showing serious violent tendencies, will they stop or not, shoot or not?
Although there was an order from above that they must not be soft-hearted, and they tried to dissuade their families, relatives, and friends from coming to this citizens' rally in advance, the city was definitely not small, and it was the largest city in the gray soil, and it was not too big to say it was big.
If you want to shoot an acquaintance, everyone will hesitate and be soft-hearted.
Besides, Is Gaius lying?
No, in the eyes of these citizen security officers and soldiers of the City Defense Army, every word of this general speaks to their hearts, which is the reality they usually see and hear.
Gaius did not follow the thoughts of those present, and took the opportunity to talk about how the great situation of the "original city" was slowly eroded and destroyed, and instead said:
"Many of you should no longer have your own land."
This sentence is like a spark falling into a frying pan, instantly setting the mood around.
People were shouting loudly in different parts of the square:
"We want land!"
"We want land!"
Gaius stretched out his left hand and pressed it down, signaling everyone to be quiet first and listen to himself:
"There are many reasons why you have lost your land:
"Some encounter extreme weather, food production is greatly reduced, and they have to borrow from some people and institutions, and the interest accumulates day by day.
"Some people have a bumper harvest of grain, but the people who occupy a large amount of land deliberately start a price war, so that in addition to filling your stomach, you will gain more than you lose in other aspects, and you will have to pay taxes in full.
"Some have relatives in the family who have serious illnesses; some have encountered robbers; some are helping others guarantee that there is a problem; Some have encountered sudden disasters...... In short, I was forced to borrow money and fell into a vicious circle.
"And what does the Senate, and the person in charge of the State Council, say?
"To say that this is either your own fault, your own problem, or normal competition, or misfortune worthy of sympathy but cannot be helped from the point of view of the law."
Listening to Gaius' speech, many people recalled what happened to them or their parents.
Each of these can be applied to oneself or one's own family.
Under the repeated propaganda from above, they did think that it was mainly their own reasons, so they became even more aggrieved and angry, and could only hope that the "original city" would continue to expand outward, so that they could use the fire in their hearts in exchange for new land.
At this time, Gaius deliberately paused for a few seconds before saying:
"No, they are lying!"
His voice was amplified, and with the help of the microphone, it shook the ears of everyone present buzzing and their hearts were turbulent.
Gaius looked around and said:
"It's true that some people have to sell their land because they are alcoholic, lazy, or indulgent, but that's just a few.
"The vast majority of citizens will be forced to sell their land when their food production is reduced, and they will slowly embark on the road of selling land after a bumper grain harvest, but they can only last a few more years.
"In this reality, no matter what you do, your land will eventually be concentrated in the hands of some people.
"Are you a little confused about the reason? I tell you why!
"When you encounter extreme weather, food production is reduced, and you need relief, where are the Senate and the State Council?
"When the grain harvest is bumper, the price falls, and official acquisition is needed to maintain stability, where are the Senate and the State Council?
"When those unreasonable interests accumulate again and again and become exaggerated enough, where are the Senate and the Government Council?
"When you only need to reach out once to get through the difficulties and enter a virtuous circle, where are the Senate and the State Council?
"Some of them are busy buying cheap land, lending you money through spokespersons, and arranging people in newspapers, on the radio, and on TV accusing you of not being able to run, refusing to study, and not being good at farming!"
Gaius paused for a moment, and the entire Hope Square was silent, silent until the sheriff Wall and other noble descendants suspected that a huge whirlpool was brewing.
At this moment, they felt as if there was fire in the eyes of the security officers and city defense soldiers around them.
Gaius, who had always been serious and expressionless, dyed his face with excitement:
"They are busy attending banquets, using up a cow and multiple sheep every time, busy counting Ore, buying exquisite clothes and accessories, busy worshiping evil gods, indulging their desires, and entangled naked!
"They are busy colluding with cults, colluding with our number one enemy, colluding internally and externally, and stabilizing their power!
"Everything in the 'First City' was bought by all our citizens with their heads and blood, and the power of the Senate was given by us through the Citizens' Assembly, and they treated us like this?
"We are the masters of the 'First City', and we need strong representatives to eliminate those moths and supervise their every move!"
Gaius shouted hoarsely, causing a fanatic light in the eyes of every citizen present.
Just when Wall thought the powder keg was about to explode, Gaius changed his mind:
"I think you have heard that the elder Varo colluded with the 'Salvation Army' and the 'Anti-Intellectual Cult' to harm the 'First City', but he was protected by some people in the Senate and could not be convicted for a long time."
As soon as Gaius finished speaking, a deafening call rang out in the square:
"Severely punish Valo! Severely punish Varo!"
Belch...... Wall was a little surprised to hear this.
He didn't expect that his father-in-law's final target was only a Valo who was about to be stripped of his status as a senator, not Beuris, the consul and commander-in-chief, not those upper echelons in the Senate who were either conservative or neutral and refused to radically change the status quo.
This is good or that...... At least the conflict can be controlled to a certain extent and will not bring major turmoil...... Wall breathed a sigh of relief.
But he didn't dare to be too relieved, because this was just the current situation, if those in the Senate refused to compromise, things would naturally become intense, affecting the whole city, and could no longer be controlled.
…………
The Red Giant Wolf District is close to somewhere in the Golden Apple District.
Shang Jianyao put on his sunglasses, walked a few steps quickly, bent down and took out something from the crack in the wall of a building.
That was the pass for Phokas to find someone to put here.
After placing the pass under the windshield, Bai Chen drove the car and turned into the Golden Apple area.
Soon, they encountered the first temporary checkpoint.
Those city defense soldiers confirmed the authenticity of the pass, and let them go without any search.
"Huh......" Long Yuehong in the back row exhaled slowly.
"Don't talk!" Shang Jianyao reminded with a "cautious" face.
"I didn't want to say it." Long Yuehong couldn't help but retort.
"Garibaldi" Giuseppe, one of the two, looked left and right, and didn't understand why he was arguing about this.
At this time, Jiang Baimian looked in the rearview mirror and said deliberately:
"Giuseppe, after meeting that person, our future actions are likely to unfold in the wind and waves, do you want to find a place to get off the car in advance and take shelter, and then go out of the city with us when everything calms down?"
Not to mention compared with Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao, even if Long Yuehong is drawn, Giuseppe is not his opponent and is not suitable to participate in this kind of action that emphasizes personal ability.
Giuseppe thought for a moment and said:
"Just put me down when you enter Emperor Street.
"I have a friend who is a guard captain nearby and can take me in for a while until the turmoil is over."
If there is no turmoil, the "old tune group" will not have follow-up actions.
"Okay." After Jiang Baimian nodded, he looked ahead, not speaking for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.
This made Long Yuehong feel a little drummed in her heart, and couldn't help but ask:
"Team leader, what are you thinking?"
Jiang Baimian withdrew his gaze, nodded gently and said:
"I am taking advantage of the last leisure time to review the changes in the situation in the original city and speculate on possible developments."
"That's right......" Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief.
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Baimian added:
"The more I think about it, the more I feel that we have some blind spots, very important blind spots......"
"It's true that we all think that something is overlooked." Shang Jianyao raised his hand and touched his chin.
This...... Long Yuehong's body tightened again.
Bai Chen, who was driving, said tentatively:
"The attitude of that consul and commander?
"The attitude of the awakened people of the 'Mind Corridor' and above in the original city?"
"These are all factors that must be analyzed in the model at the beginning......" Jiang Baimian shook his head, "I have deliberated on this matter many times when I decided on the plan, but I have never found any blind spots.
Speaking of this, she took the opportunity to teach the team members:
"When thinking about a problem and reaching a dead end, you can try to jump out, analyze your own accumulation of your own experience, and bypass it."
"Hmm." Long Yuehong said he learned it.
The jeep moved slowly, and there was silence inside, and everyone was seriously thinking or deliberating about the subsequent changes in the original city.
Nearly ten minutes passed, Jiang Baimian suddenly sat up straight and blurted out:
"I was reminded of our experience at Redstone Set.
"My wife and I have been watched by the 'Aunt You' of the year."
When Long Yuehong and Bai Chen were a little dazed, Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and slapped his left palm:
"Yes, what we ignore is the year!"
Jiang Baimian said "hmm" and said in a low voice:
"The changes in the situation in such a small place as Hongshiji are watched by the chiefs, how can the civil strife of the largest force in the 'original city' ignore the attitude of the detainees?"
…………
Somewhere in the Golden Apple area.
Beuris, the archon and commander of the "First City", walked alone into a secret room with thick curtains and an extremely dim environment.
(End of this chapter)