Qiongzhou Island has a tropical climate, there is no winter at all, and the products are abundant enough, making it easy to prepare New Year's goods.
In order to gather people, Yang Xuan held a grand beach bonfire party.
Just like in Tumu Fort before, let the workers prepare the show.
But this time the scale was much larger than that, and it was placed along the beach for several miles.
This bonfire party is going to start on the night of New Year's Eve and last for three days.
In order to spread the word, Yang Xuan also organized a propaganda team. This propaganda team was composed of the leader of Sangxi and a group of children, women and children. They went into the mountains and forests every day beating gongs and drums.
Promote this year's beach bonfire party, with food, drinks and fun, and the most important thing is, it's all free.
When the Li people and other residents in the mountains and forests heard that there was free food and drink, they all came at once.
Even before the New Year's Eve, they have already begun to occupy territory on the beach.
How could you miss such a good thing like eating and drinking for free? Although Qiongzhou Island is rich in products, life can only be considered tight.
When Qiu Jun saw this situation, he was a little panicked.
"Mr. Yang, there are too many people here. Please don't cause any trouble."
"I'm holding this bonfire party just to win over people. The more the better, Mr. Xue Xian will maintain good order."
Xue Xian on the side was constantly arranging manpower, so busy that his forehead was sweating, and he could only smile awkwardly when he heard this.
"But, how much will it cost to have so many people?" Qiu Jun frowned as he looked at the dense crowd on the beach.
A rough estimate shows that there are not 10,000 but 8,000 people on this beach. If we really wait until the New Year's Eve and add in the people of Qiongzhou, as well as those workers and slave laborers, I am afraid that 20,000 people will not be able to hold back by then.
Twenty thousand people feasted and drank for three days. This is not how you spend your money.
Yang Xuan patted Qiu Zhizhou on the shoulder and said, "As long as it can win the hearts of the people, the money is worth spending."
With that said, he said to Xue Xian who was beside him: "Master Zhenfu, we are also going to start recruiting troops. There are only more than two hundred people, which is really not enough."
When Xue Xian heard this, his eyes lit up: "How many people should we recruit?"
Yang Xuan pouted: "How many people should be in the Qiongzhou Guard System?"
Xue Xian replied: "According to the system, the local guard station must have at least a thousand people."
"Then we'll recruit a thousand people and wait until they're full."
Xue Xian suddenly showed an expression of joy. As a military attache, the more people under his command, the better. However, since he was demoted to Qiongzhou Island, the guard station has not been full, and even the hundred or so people before have been reduced to Qiongzhou Island.
They were pieced together from here and there, and most of them had committed crimes and were exiled from the army.
If Yang Xuan hadn't spent money to rob people, the soldiers of Qiongzhou Guard would have been no more than government officials.
Now that he had the opportunity to replenish his manpower, Xue Xian couldn't help but be excited. He didn't even bother to wipe the sweat off his face and ran away while jumping on the ground.
Qiu Jun shook his head and sighed: "Mr.
Yang Xuan smiled and said: "Master Qiu, this is called the expression of personal value. If Master Qiu can also find the direction of struggle, he will be like Master Xue."
Qiu Jun looked towards the coast, and could vaguely see the outline of the other shore in the distance: "The direction of my struggle is on the other side of the sea."
Yang Xuan comforted him: "If there is a chance, as long as we work hard, we will definitely achieve what we want."
Qiu Jun nodded and said nothing.
Obviously, Yang Xuan's words could not comfort him. After all, even the third prince was sent here, so what did he mean as a mere magistrate?
Yang Xuan probably guessed what Qiu Jun was thinking. This Qiu Jun was a man with political ambitions, but he was sent to Qiongzhou and wasted eight years. Now that he is nearly fifty, what hope does he have?
"Master Qiu, you can't just look at things from one side." Yang Xuan said, "Master Qiu, you might as well look at the other side."
"The other side?"
"Yes, the other side." Yang Xuan pointed to the south: "There is also vast land and people there."
Then he pointed to the west: "There are some over there too."
Finally, pointing to the east: "There are some over there too."
"Compared to the entire world, Dasheng's current territory is just a small part of the world. Our goal will be the stars and the sea."
"Stars and sea?"
Qiu Jun's thoughts had already traveled across the ocean following Yang Xuan's words, but were brought back again by this sentence.
"Ahem, you're talking nonsense."
Yang Xuan was too lazy to do any more ideological work for Qiu Jun. This Qiu Jun was a capable person, but he had suffered a huge blow. He could not be persuaded by words alone. He had to be brought in step by step.
…
In Yingtianfu Imperial City, East Palace.
"There's no news about Yang Xuan yet?"
An eunuch bowed forward and said, "Prince, Princess Lizhu has left seclusion. There are no Dasheng people among her entourage, and Yang Xuan is not among them."
With a bang, the prince threw the tea cup in his hand: "This Yang Xuan is so ignorant."
This eunuch was promoted recently, because Taifu Kong Weiyang often raised objections due to his disobedience, and the prince didn't bother to look at his stinky face, so he simply promoted a eunuch.
The eunuch's surname was Wei. This was the first time he saw the prince so angry. He was so frightened that he trembled all over and knelt on the ground: "Prince, please calm down."
"Go and tell Wang Jin."
Inspector Wei hurriedly ran away. Wang Jin was the head of the Prince's Western Police Department, No. 1, and he did the dirty work for the Prince. Yang Xuan ran away, and the Prince had no choice but to let him arrest people.
Although this Wang Jin was a eunuch, his appearance was extraordinary and even somewhat heroic. However, the sinister look in his eyes ruined the overall image and made him intimidating.
Of course, in front of the prince, he still looked obedient and submissive.
This time the prince assigned him such a task, which gave him a little headache.
After all, the Western Police Department was established less than a year ago and has eyes and ears all over Yingtian Mansion. However, when it comes to the fifteen states of Dasheng Dynasty, it is still far behind.
It is really difficult to find someone all over the world.
Not to mention that Yang Xuan might have gone to the grassland.
But His Highness the Crown Prince opened his mouth. What else could Wang Jin do? He could only do his best to investigate.
The first step was to check the Yang Mansion, but apart from the servants, there was no one close to Yang Xuan in the Yang Mansion, so we had to check Yang Xuan's property.
Yang Xuan has a lot of properties, but they are basically either related to the third prince or Prince Hui. The rest are shares of Shengfa Company and are all members of the royal family. Who can he check? Wang Jin can't offend any of them.
Started.
Even if the food is extremely delicious, there are still people from Prince Hui's Mansion taking care of it.
Helpless, he could only follow the route taken by Lizhu at that time. After all, Yang Xuan left with Lizhu at that time.
At that time, Livzon was going through a lot of circles in Da Sheng, and some people investigated this matter.
Of course, it was not that he had never thought that Yang Xuan would seek refuge with the Third Prince, but Qiongzhou Mansion was a place of exile. If Yang Xuan really wanted to hide there, it would be difficult for Wang Jin to capture him.