The city of Pantai was bleak, with few people walking on the streets.
After the explosion at the General's Mansion, Ali Bai began to take action.
The operation went very smoothly. No one in the military camp could explain the strange death of Ishbu, and no one would think that he would be assassinated.
Taking out the forged military orders, Ali Bai successfully took over the military camp and doubled the military pay.
After that, they secretly collaborated with Fang Zhengyi to search for food everywhere in the city and control prices!
At the same time, a clearing operation began outside the city, and all the people, livestock and other materials were gathered into the city.
The news of the sudden death of the Jin Kingdom's core officials could not be concealed. Fang Zhengyi's invitation letter was known to many people.
After learning about the collective death of important figures, many family officials were shocked. When they reacted, they did not dare to move at all... There was no other reason. Alibai's army was in hand, and they had already captured a few who were the quickest to respond and resisted. The most intense petty official.
Your Majesty is fighting at the front again. No one can solve this problem. The best solution is to wait.
They watched anxiously as Ali Bai led his troops to take over the granary and bank account of the dead official, but they were helpless.
The city is now filled with public dissatisfaction.
Prices have skyrocketed, and all kinds of daily necessities have increased tenfold!
Ordinary people originally had the habit of storing food. However, before the mobilization of the Utu army, they had cut off a wave of people in order to fight against the enemy. As a result, many people had no food in their hands and were living one day at a time.
Now only big families and big grain merchants have grain to sell.
The small family did not dare to move lightly, and the big family and the grain merchants were controlled by Ali Bai.
Various vicious incidents such as robbery, arson, and theft began to increase gradually.
The opportunity has gradually approached the point where Fang Zhengyi is satisfied.
On this day, a huge stage began to be built on the main road of Pantai City.
The stage is so big that it almost covers the entire main road, making it impossible to pass normally in the front and back.
The platform was empty and a large amount of supplies were stored. The houses on the left and right sides of the street were also requisitioned in advance to store supplies.
Fang Zheng was inspecting the construction site, and Ali Bai accompanied him and asked, "Teacher, is it really necessary to use such a large area? Aren't we going to demolish it in the future?"
"No, it's very necessary. This is where the largest number of people can gather. You'll give your first speech here. You'll have to decide whether this place will be demolished or not." Fang Zhengyi said, turning to look at him: "I gave it to you yesterday. How are you preparing the manuscript?"
Alibai hesitated for a moment: "It's okay...it's acceptable."
"Acceptable? What is acceptable! If you have to speak in front of thousands of people, you must show your best attitude, kingly aura, and leadership style. If you don't have it, you need to keep practicing. You go back and continue practicing. Well, every action and the tone of every sentence I wrote above must be carefully considered, you still have one day." Fang Zhengyi frowned.
He is striving for perfection now, and there can be no mistakes at all.
If Alibai does not have enough control over the masses, there will be problems if Utu sends people back to the city.
Alibai nodded after hearing this and asked dubiously: "Thousands of people, are there really so many people coming?"
"Didn't we send soldiers to go door-to-door? People all over the world like to watch the excitement, and people will watch when they spit. You are also a second prince, so you have some confidence in yourself, okay?" Fang Zheng glanced at him sideways. Seeing that he was still hesitant, he said, "If you have any other questions, I will help you solve them together."
Ali Bai forced a smile: "No... I'm just... nervous. There are so many people, and I'm afraid I'll say the wrong thing."
"Hey, why are you nervous?" Fang Zheng sighed, turned around and walked in front of Ali Bai, and said sternly: "Disciple, you could be said to have followed the rules in your life before, but now the situation has changed."
"Let's not talk about you, let's talk about being a teacher, right? In fact, being a teacher is just like you. When I was young, I wanted to follow the rules, and then reach my ideal status step by step."
"But what happened next? The world gave you, teacher, a slap in the face. I died and then lived again. Only then did I realize that there are no bullshit rules in this world. Before that, I had been setting up my own life. limit."
"Don't be afraid of making mistakes. How wrong can you be if you prepare a manuscript? Be brave. The most important thing is to show your momentum and let the people see that there is hope for people like you. You have to be domineering and fierce. It has to boil, it has to burn! You can do it, the army is already under your control, the only thing left to succeed is this shiver tomorrow, go ahead!"
"Okay!" Alibai's blood boiled when he was told that. He nodded heavily, turned around and left. The moment he left, he turned back with a look of confusion on his face: "Teacher, what does it mean to be dead and alive again?"
"That's a metaphor, don't get hung up on it."
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The day goes by very quickly.
The time for the public speech to the people was chosen in the afternoon. If it were not for the follow-up procedures, Fang Zheng would have chosen it in the evening.
At night, people are depleted of energy and tend to enter a perceptual state.
However, considering that the lighting method was too poor and disorder was prone to problems, we gave up in the end.
People had already gathered in front and behind the huge stage.
Countless people looked curiously at this huge stage that took two days to build.
They received a notice one day in advance that there would be a show that everyone loved to watch here today.
But he didn't say what it was specifically. I just knew that the second prince came in person.
Anyway, if you are idle now, you are idle, and if you are hungry, you are still hungry. Why not come out and take a look.
The people were talking a lot.
"The second prince came to the stage in person and built such a big stage. Do you know what he is going to do?"
"Hiss...it's such a big stage, do you know!"
"It's not like we're going to have Wolf Fighting III..."
"There is no way the second prince can act in person!"
While the people were discussing, Alibai was already dressed in military uniform and walked onto the center of the stage with his back straight and surrounded by soldiers.
A microphone position was set up in the center with a large speaker on it.
When he was in place, the soldiers who came after him immediately walked to the edge of the stage and started to hold hands, blocking the people from the periphery.
There was a space left at the edge of the stage. There were three soldiers, each holding a stack of wooden boards, in three directions: left, center and right, with their backs to the people and Ali Bai facing.
Fang Zhengyi was also below, commanding three soldiers.
The boards those soldiers were holding were 'teleprompters'.
Yesterday, I went back and thought about it, and I felt that Ali Bai was still unreliable, so I made a temporary human flesh PPT for them to follow Ali Bai's rhythm and turn the pages for prompts.
When everything was ready, Fang Zhengyi made a gesture to Ali Bai from below.
Ali Bai kept taking deep breaths, and when he saw Fang Zheng's signal, he straightened his back and walked to the speaker.
Pressing his hands gently, the people gradually became quiet.
"Today we stand here, on the land of Dajin Capital, the land watered by our ancestors with their blood and dignity..."
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