Over the years, the benefits have not been obtained, but the pain has been experienced by a large number of citizens who have had strong emotional fluctuations due to Gaius's words.
The security guards and the city guards who were in charge of maintaining order all froze in their hearts and had a bad premonition.
Looking at the dark citizens in the square, they couldn't help swallowing their saliva, their mouths dry with nervousness:
If so many people were disturbed by Gaius and flocked to the Senate, Government Affairs Office and other places, showing a serious tendency to violence, would they stop or not stop it, shoot or not shoot
Although there is an order above that you must not be soft-hearted, and they have tried their best to dissuade their family members, relatives, and friends from coming to participate in this citizens' rally, but at first, the city is definitely not too small. It's not too big, after deducting the foreign wanderers, the huge slave group, and the people who participated in the army and participated in the land reclamation group stationed in other settlements and subordinate city-states, the number of citizens will be hundreds of thousands, and many people can be involved in the roundabout.
Anyone who wants to shoot at an acquaintance will hesitate and relent.
Besides, was Gaius telling a lie
No, in the eyes of these citizen security guards and soldiers of the city defense army, every word of this general speaks to his heart, and it is the reality they usually see and hear.
Gaius did not follow the thoughts of all the people present, and took advantage of the situation to talk about how the great situation of the "prime city" was slowly eroded and destroyed. Instead, he said:
"Many of you should have no land of your own."
This sentence is like a spark falling into a frying pan, instantly detonating the atmosphere.
There are people in different parts of the square shouting loudly:
"We want land!"
"We want land!"
Gaius stretched out his left hand and pressed down, signaling everyone to be quiet first and listen to himself:
"You lost your land for many reasons:
"Some people encounter extreme weather, and food production is greatly reduced, and they have to borrow from certain people and institutions. The interest is accumulated day by day. After similar things happen again and again, you are forced to sell materials to repay, and in the end the surrender of the land;
"Some have a bumper harvest of food, and as a result, those who occupy a lot of land deliberately start a price war, so that you can not only fill your stomach, but you will lose more than you gain, and you will have to pay taxes in full. Year after year, it is still the same embarked on the path of borrowing;
"Some family members were seriously ill; some encountered robbers; some were guarantors that went wrong; some encountered unexpected disasters... In short, they were forced to borrow money and fell into a vicious circle.
"And what did the Senate, and the person in charge of the Council of State, say
"Say it's either your own fault, your own problem, or normal competition or misfortune worthy of sympathy but unable to help from a legal standpoint."
Listening to Gaius' speech, many people recalled what happened to them or their parents.
Each of these can be applied to themselves or their family members.
Under the repeated propaganda of the upper level, they really believed that the main reason was their own, so they were even more aggrieved and angry. They could only hope that the "prime city" would continue to expand outward, so that they could use the fire in their hearts to 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, the ears of everyone present were buzzing, and their hearts were turbulent.
Gaius looked around and said:
"It's true that some people have to sell their land because of their alcoholism, laziness or indulgence, but they're a minority.
"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 land sales when the grain harvest is bumper, but they can last a few more years.
"With this reality, no matter what you do, your land will end up in the hands of certain people.
"Aren't you a little confused about the reason? I'll tell you why!
"When you encounter extreme weather, food production decreases, and you need relief, where are the Senate and the Council of State
"When there is a bumper crop of grain and prices drop, and official purchases are needed to maintain stability, where are the Senate and the Council of State
"When those unreasonable interests accumulate again and again and become exaggerated enough, where are the Senate and the Council of State
"When you only need to stretch out your hand to get through the difficulties and enter a virtuous circle, where are the Senate and the Council of State
"Some of them are busy buying cheap land, giving you loans through spokespersons, arranging people to accuse you in the newspapers, on the radio, and on TV that you can't do business and don't want to learn. , not good at farming!"
Gaius paused for a while, and the entire Hope Square was silent, so silent that the descendants of nobles such as Sheriff Wall suspected that a huge vortex was brewing.
At this moment, they felt that the eyes of the security guards and the soldiers of the city defense army around them seemed to have fire.
Gaius, who has always been serious and expressionless, dyed his face with excitement:
"They were busy attending banquets, using one cow and several sheep at a time, busy counting Ole, buying exquisite clothing and accessories, busy worshiping evil gods, indulging their desires, entangled in nakedness Together!
"They are busy colluding with cults, colluding with our number one enemy, colluding internally and externally, and consolidating their power!
"Everything in the 'First City' was exchanged by all our citizens with our heads and blood, and the power of the Senate was conferred by us through the Citizens Assembly, so they treat us like this
"We are the masters of the 'First City', and we need strong representatives to remove those worms and supervise their every move!"
Gaius shouted hoarsely, making the eyes of every citizen present lit up with a frenzy.
Just when Wall thought the powder keg was about to explode, Gaius changed his words:
"I think you've heard that the elder Varro colluded with the 'Salvation Army' and 'anti-Intellectualism' to endanger the 'First City', but he was blessed by some people in the Senate and could not be convicted for a long time."
As soon as Gaius finished speaking, a deafening cry rang out from the square:
"Severely punish Varro! Severely punish Varro!"
Uh... Wall was a little surprised.
He didn't expect that his father-in-law's final target was only a Varro who was about to be deprived of his status as a senator, not the consul and commander Beuris, not the upper-level people in the Senate who were conservative or neutral and refused to radically change the status quo.
This is good or not... At least the conflict can be controlled to a certain extent, and it will not cause major disturbances... Wall was slightly relieved.
But he didn't dare to worry too much, because this was only the current situation. If those people in the Senate were unwilling to compromise, things would naturally become violent, affecting the whole city, and could no longer be dealt with.
…
The Red Wolf District is somewhere close to the Golden Apple District.
Shang Jianyao put on his sunglasses, walked a few steps quickly, bent down and took out an object from a gap in the wall of a building.
That was the pass that Phocas found someone to put here.
After putting the pass under the windshield, Bai Chen drove the car and turned into the Golden Apple area.
Soon, they encountered the first temporary checkpoint.
The soldiers of the city defense army confirmed the authenticity of the pass and let them pass without any search.
"Phew..." Long Yuehong in the back row exhaled slowly.
"Don't talk!" Shang Jianyao reminded cautiously.
"I didn't want to say it." Long Yuehong couldn't help but retorted.
The "Garibaldi" Giuseppe of the two looked left and right, not understanding why they were arguing about this.
At this time, Jiang Baimian glanced at the rear-view mirror and said with consideration:
"Giuseppe, after seeing that person, our subsequent actions will likely be launched in the wind and waves. Do you want to find a place to get off and take shelter in advance, and then join us out of the city after everything has calmed down?"
Not to mention comparing with Jiang Baimian and Shang Jian Yao, even if Long Yuehong is brought in, Giuseppe is not his opponent, and it is not suitable to participate in this kind of action that emphasizes personal ability.
Giuseppe thought for a while and said:
"Just put me down when you enter King Street.
"I have a friend who is a guard captain nearby and can take me in for a while until the unrest is over."
If there is no unrest, there will be no follow-up action by the "Old Tune Group".
"Okay." After Jiang Baimian nodded, he looked forward and didn't speak for a long time, wondering what he was thinking.
This made Long Yuehong feel a little drum in her heart and couldn't help but ask:
"Leader, what are you thinking?"
Jiang Baimian retracted his gaze and nodded lightly:
"I'm taking advantage of my last leisure time to review the changes in the situation in Primordial City this time, and speculate on possible developments."
"Is that so..." Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief.
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Baimian added:
"The more I think about it, the more I think we have some blind spots, very important blind spots..."
"Indeed, we all think we have overlooked something." Shang Jianyao raised his hand and touched his chin.
This... Long Yuehong's body was tense again.
Bai Chen, who was driving, tentatively said:
"The attitude of that consul and commander
"The attitude of the awakened people at the 'Spiritual Corridor' and above in the first city?"
"These are all factors that must be put into the model to analyze from the beginning..." Jiang Baimian shook his head, "I have scrutinized this matter many times when I was determining the plan, but I never found a blind spot. , well, I'm going to do a quick review of my past experiences to see if I can find inspiration."
Having said that, 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 accumulated experience, and use analogies."
"Hmm." Long Yuehong said that he had learned.
The jeep moved forward slowly, and it was quiet inside, and everyone was seriously thinking about or scrutinizing the follow-up 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.
"Me and Hai have been watched by Zhi Sui's 'Yougu'."
When Long Yuehong and Bai Chen were at a loss, Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and gave his left palm:
"Yes, what we ignore is Zhi Sui!"
Jiang Baimian gave an "um" and said in a low voice:
"The changes in the situation in such a small place as Hongshiji are all being watched by Zhisui. How can you ignore the attitude of the Zhisuis during the civil strife that is the biggest force in the ash soil in the 'First City'?"
…
Somewhere in the Golden Apple District.
Beuris, the Archon and Commander of the "First City", walked into a secret room with thick curtains and an extremely dark environment.