Chapter 147 Commencement Ceremony
The next morning, colorful flags fluttered on the embankment of Nanshan Temple.
A high platform was temporarily built in front of the dike, with two hundred ring chairs placed under the stage, and guests who came to congratulate him, as well as officials and gentry from the county.
Up and down the embankment, the high platform is surrounded by the people of Kunshan County, and they can't see it at a glance.
They were all civilians who participated in the construction of the dike. Today, the chiefs of the village heads did not take them to start construction, but came to Nanshan Temple and said they would attend the mobilization meeting.
The villagers whispered in curiosity, and no one knew what the mobilization meeting was.
Many people also saw that there was an indifferent stone wall standing in front of the platform, with uneven surfaces and different sizes of stones used, just like children's playful works.
The guests were facing the wall and were even more curious. But in front of so many people, it was hard to go forward to study it, so they could only wait for the master to reveal the answer.
After Chen Shi, County Magistrate He, who was the emcee, came on stage, held the iron microphone and shouted loudly:
"Dear Lord Chen, Lord Zhang, all the guests, the whole county's elders and fellow villagers, the mobilization meeting for the start of Shitang, Kunshan County is now on!"
The head of the village chief had already received the order, so he quickly took the lead in applauding. The people also followed suit and clapped hard.
"Next, please ask the master to give me a lecture!" After the applause stopped, County Magistrate He shouted at the top of his lungs, then bowed his waist sideways, and presented the microphone with both hands to Magistrate Zhao who came to the stage.
Mr. Zhao rarely dressed up today, wearing a black gauze hat with wings, a blue Wenqitu official robe, a robe with a robe on his chest, and a plain silver leather belt around his waist, making him look first-class.
When the common people saw him appearing on the stage, they were immediately fascinated and shouted in a tsunami: "Old parents, old parents, old parents!"
The applause and shout suddenly became ten times louder.
The guests who were sitting in the audience were really shocked.
Chen Tongzhi covered his chest and shivered, and looked at the judge Zhang Tong's side, and saw the deep shock from the other party.
This is Suzhou, where people are full of troublesome people! The people don’t want to be over the government. Not to mention the magistrate, the magistrate wants to make the people set up a scene, but when will it be an embarrassing and unhappy situation?
County Magistrate Zhao has only been in office for a month, right? Why is it so popular among the people?
When did these beggars in Kunshan be so easy to fool?
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The shouts went straight into the sky and could be heard clearly on the river surface.
On the Xiaoze River, guests' boats were densely parked.
On the double-decker passenger ship with Wu Ji's flag, Zhao Liben stepped on a chair, holding the mast on the roof of the ship with one hand and holding a monocular telescope in the other, stretching his neck to look at the venue, looking at it without blinking.
Seeing that his son had received such heartfelt support from the people less than a month after he took office, the old man sighed and blew his eyes straight into the corners of his eyes.
Zhao Hao stood by nervously, fearing that the old man would fall off the chair by accident.
"Grandpa, why are you doing this? My father is also very good for you to attend." Mr. Zhao felt helpless. He also wanted to go and see the fun, but the old man came, but he just didn't meet his father.
What can he do? He has to stay here with his grandfather.
"What do you know in every family of your child?" Zhao Liben snorted and snorted: "If he really wants to see me, he will admit his mistake. If he breaks off a relationship with that vicious woman, of course I will choose to forgive him."
"Uh..." Zhao Hao was unable to comment on this.
"This is a contest, let's see who can't hold back first." Zhao Liben sighed and said, "Good grandson, don't learn from your father, you must listen to grandpa's words."
"Haha, why did it come to my head?" Mr. Zhao laughed and quickly changed the subject: "My father started talking."
"Slipped head." Zhao Liben glanced at him and continued to look at his son with a telescope.
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On the high platform, Zhao Shouzheng put the microphone to his mouth, and the field immediately became quiet.
"For a hundred years, Kunshan has been suffering from frequent floods and is suffering from disasters every year. In the rich fish and rice land, the people are poor and displaced. They are also labeled as "Beggar Kunshan"! Suzhou is known as the paradise on earth. Our Kunshan is in the hinterland of Suzhou, but we have been labeled as such a hat. It is a shame! It is simply a great shame for the people of the whole county!"
Zhao Shouzheng's face turned red and said passionately to the tens of thousands of people on and off the dike:
"I have said many times that I came to Kunshan to take off this hat for everyone! Now I want to ask you if you want to take it off?!"
"Think! Think! Think!" The people were infected by the passion of Mr. Zhao, and raised their arms together, and there was another tsunami of mountains and seas.
"Now, the opportunity is on us!" Zhao Shouzheng stepped on the stone wall and pointed at his feet and said:
"Jiangnan Company invented a divine soil called 'concrete' that can quickly bond stones of different shapes to help us build a solid embankment in a short period of time! Although it is not as decent as Wujiang County, it is much stronger than them!"
"As long as we all work together and work hard for a month, we can build an indestructible long embankment in the north of the Wusong River to block this year's storm and flood, and let our Kunshan County usher in the first autumn harvest in thirty years!"
Hearing the word "Autumn Harvest", the people of Kunshan cried. In their perception, it was the time to beg for food in the neighboring county.
"We must keep the autumn harvest! Eat our own meal!" The long-time arm of the village shouted slogans at the right time, and the emotions of the people were ignited again. They raised their arms high and shouted loudly at the top of their lungs.
"Yes, we want to ensure the autumn harvest and eat our own food!" Zhao Shouzheng also ignited, and shouted at the top of his lungs:
"It's not just the autumn harvest this year, but also next year and the year after tomorrow! We want to make the flood forever and turn Kunshan back into the land of fish and rice. We want to live richer than them! We want Kunshan to become a paradise on earth that everyone envies!"
"Okay, okay, okay!" The people were excited and they jumped straight, almost shaking the embankment.
"Okay! People are united, and Mount Tai will move! As long as we are united, we will definitely turn our dreams into reality!" Zhao Shouzheng's voice broke. "Now I announce that the county and Jiangnan Company will jointly establish the 'Kunshan Development Company', and are fully responsible for the construction of the embankment!"
Gu Dadong, chairman of Kunshan Development Company, and vice chairman Bai Shouli, came to the stage together and jointly unveiled the "Kunshan Development Company" sign covered by red silk.
Then Gu Dadong took a big banner from Zhao Shouzheng. When he and Bai Shouli spread the red flag, the word "decisive battle" on the top was shining brightly under the strong sunlight!
Gu Dadong waved the flag vigorously towards everyone.
Every time the red flag is waved, the people of Kunshan shout:
"decisive battle!"
"decisive battle!"
"decisive battle!"
The shouts of shouts formed an exciting battle song, injecting high enthusiasm into everyone's souls!
Mr. Zhao on the boat in the distance narrowed his eyes slightly and enjoyed the unprecedented sense of accomplishment.
He felt that he had found some methodology.
Chapter completed!