The conference soon ended, and the peaceful southern part of the Luolong Mountains began to become less peaceful. The emergence of a god and two countries forced the city-states that had been developing steadily in the early agricultural society to consider things other than slaves and enjoyment.
In the wonderful autumn and winter, when the people of Luogu Kingdom in the north were enjoying the joy of harvest and the pain of labor, the two big countries in the south were sharpening their knives against them.
"Wang Er, do you also want to listen to that storyteller's story?"
On the streets of Luogu City, returning farmers greeted each other. Now their greetings have changed from "Have you eaten?" to "Have you gone to listen to storytelling?"
Not only Luogu City, driven by the salt and iron trade of Yan State, the ideology of Yan State based on economic influence is gradually penetrating into the city-states in the southern part of the Luolong Mountains.
The Yan Guo Daily not only became a popular reading material in Yan Guo, but also gradually became a popular reading material in the entire Luolong Mountains area with the help of the continuous spread of Yan Guo caravans and storytellers.
In the city-states that had just entered the agricultural era and had few entertainment activities, Yan State's newspapers gradually became one of the main entertainment activities and gradually spread outward.
Correspondingly, Yan State’s storyteller organizations are basically distributed in every city-state in the Luolong Mountains.
Not only the small city-states, but also the large rural areas around the city-states have a certain influx of personnel.
Of course, it is impossible to support such a large organizational structure relying solely on the population of Yan Country. Most of the personnel are trained locals from other countries.
This manipulation of public opinion is a major move aimed at the plan of peacefully annexing the surrounding city-states without alerting the surrounding major powers.
Of course, some countries have noticed these subtle changes in public opinion, but for these societies that are still in the slave era, who would pay attention to these things? Even those who noticed them would be limited by their insignificant status and lack of influence.
These propaganda campaigns are in line with Yan State's trade. If one wants Yan State's hard currencies such as salt and iron, relevant compromises must be made.
"Today we will explain the divine war that Yan Nation just won."
In the first teahouse in Jin State, south of Yan State, the storyteller began the newspaper reading session that these people were most looking forward to.
"Just a few months ago, Yan Nation cooperated with the gods in a divine war and achieved a significant victory, conquering two races. You have all seen these races: the giant bugs in the Yan Nation caravan and those beautiful elves."
As the storyteller began to explain, the previously noisy teahouse suddenly became quiet. Although they had heard this story countless times, they still listened with great interest every time the storyteller told it again.
"At that time, the main force of the elves had been lured out, and the city was filled with water. Our Yan army charged directly and broke open the city gate in one fell swoop. The elves had never seen such a scene before and were terrified. Our Yan army's trap camp immediately began to charge, violently rushing towards the other side's temple..."
"Sir, go on!"
When he got to the exciting part, the young storyteller took a sip of water and looked at the people downstairs.
"Sir, let's finish it all at once today. It's too uncomfortable to leave it halfway."
"Yes, sir, you were only halfway through your story yesterday. You are really making me uncomfortable."
There were many slave-owning nobles in the city shouting downstairs, but no noble dared to act wildly in this place. This was naturally due to the certain military deterrence in the early days and the tough attitude of the Yan State behind it. More importantly, after several months of long-term propaganda, the strength of the Yan State had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and in the surrounding areas, no one dared to take action against the Yan State.
"Okay, I'll finish telling you all today."
Seeing that the audience was so anxious, the storyteller who was originally about to end had no choice but to continue explaining.
"The King of Yan State led the charge, draped in a white robe, killing anyone who stood in his way and even killing any god who stood in his way. He led his army into a fierce charge. The Yan State's trap camp was now clad in black armor, invulnerable to weapons. The elves' frantic shooting didn't harm the Yan State army at all."
"Seeing the Yan Nation's army so powerful, the elven god immediately became anxious and launched a divine descent. At this time, our Yan Nation's King Duan Tianming did not panic at all. He suddenly jumped and directly selected the god who was about to shoot. Then, the army joined in the battle and confronted the elven god."
"That god was still a god even if he was weak. Duan Tianming fought it alone, not letting the soldiers behind him intervene to avoid casualties. That god directly launched a level one meteor shower, shooting an arrow across the sky, creating a large amount of sparks, in an attempt to distract my king. However, the soldiers in my Xianzhen Camp were naturally extraordinary, and they directly gathered their military spirits and forcibly..."
"Well, to know what happens next, please listen to the next episode."
After the storyteller finished, the people downstairs were still savoring the story. This story was truly intoxicating.
"Duan Tianming is so powerful that he can actually fight against gods with his mortal body."
"That General Luo Wu is also very strong. He directly resisted the siege of tens of thousands of Zerg and was able to capture a large number of Zerg."
"The moon in Yan Country is definitely rounder than ours, and the air in Yan Country is definitely sweeter than ours."
"Ah, I really envy those Yan people. I wish I could have a country like Yan one day."
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In this era when everyone is relatively simple, the only source of information for ordinary people without education is hearsay, and the most important thing is that they can actually believe many things.
The stories told by the storytellers were about 50% true and 50% false. Their main purpose was to exaggerate the powerful image of Yan State and lay the foundation for Yan State to truly absorb people from surrounding countries in the future.
In fact, for these ordinary people, the most important thing is to have enough food, warm clothes and safety, and these Yan people can really do it. Many things are based on reality. This is the confidence that Duan Tianming dares to promote it like this.
Storytelling like this spread rapidly in the surrounding areas. In an era when everyone was imprisoned on the land, as long as a news blockade period was intentionally established, the information could be spread later to areas that Yan State did not want to spread it.
Of course, these are not temporary. The truth is to improve our strength as soon as possible. The relevant layout has been in place for several months, and the remaining work must be started as soon as possible.
It's time to give those slave-owning aristocrats some barbarian shock. This is truly a wonderful era.
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