Lu Yuan glanced at everyone and then walked to a nearby table.
He stood on the table and shouted at the crowd's waving fists.
"I'm not asking you to go to the battlefield. Of course I know about being cannon fodder. We don't even have weapons to fight them head-on. What we need to do now is occupy strategic locations and protect our homeland."
As soon as Lu Yuan said this, everyone started whispering among themselves.
These words sounded quite agreeable, unlike what Lu Yuan had previously said about sending them to the battlefield as cannon fodder.
The people below the stage began to whisper among themselves, speculating about what kind of order Lu Yuan would announce next.
Lu Yuan continued, holding the microphone, "I just came back from the military headquarters and received some news. The Blue Star people have occupied several strategic points within the military headquarters."
So all we need to do now is take these strategic points, then deploy our weapons to attack the Earthlings, and that will drive them away.
However, the people at the military headquarters don't seem to trust us much, so I'm planning to help everyone out of my own pocket. If anyone wants to sign up, they can come find me. Of course, everyone who participates in this operation will share all the rewards!
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, the people present began to stir. They hadn't expected Lu Yuan to propose such a method of distributing all the rewards equally.
This is definitely a very generous reward. You know, after the last time the Jiang Lanxing people were defeated, they obtained a lot of spoils, which were divided equally among the entire military.
At that time, the soldiers were divided according to their rank, and even the lowest-ranking soldiers received several hundred kilograms of grain, as well as some canned meat and other similar items.
Those are canned meats! Everyone knows how delicious canned meats are, but now, let alone poultry and livestock, they can't even eat rats. The domestic livestock have all been taken over by the Earthlings.
In the human survivor center, only those with exceptional mental labor skills can afford to eat pork.
This resulted in everyone's physical condition deteriorating drastically. Without the intake of protein and vitamins, people relied solely on ordinary fiber and other things to maintain a normal life for energy, causing them to become increasingly thin. Where would they find the strength to fight against outsiders?
Upon hearing that all the spoils would be divided up, everyone present couldn't help but lick their lips.
That's a supply for the Earthlings! If we could actually get those things back, any one of them could sell for an extremely high price.
However, many people felt that Lu Yuan's words were unreliable. After all, in their eyes, these politicians' favorite thing was to deceive the public, and they no longer trusted these people.
Then Chen Biao, a representative from the crowd, stood up, looked directly at Lu Yuan, and asked, "You say you'll just split it equally, but do you think the military will agree to that?"
"Hehe, if they're unwilling, I'll just pay for it myself. We'll grow a lot of medicinal herbs, and if they don't give them to us, I won't give them to them either! Don't worry, they won't dare to go against me like that. They still need our medicinal herbs, our water, our vegetables and fruits!"
Chen Biao nodded slightly, then continued, "So you're willing to take these things out and divide them equally? What if you don't divide them equally later?"
Lu Yuan laughed and pointed to his house: "Isn't this easier? My house is over there. If you feel that I have embezzled any part of it, you can just return my house and take the things. I don't have any other place to live besides here. Do whatever you want with me and I'll accept everyone's supervision!"
Chen Biao fell silent immediately after hearing this.
He turned to look at the crowd behind him, and everyone was staring at him with blank expressions.
Chen Biao knew that these people were just waiting for a leader to make a decision, and that person was himself.
If you make the wrong decision, and something goes wrong, you'll be the one to take the blame.
"There should at least be some document! Or something as collateral!"
Lu Yuan didn't know what to use as collateral, so he pointed to the land outside: "These lands will do as collateral. They're all under my name. From now on, these lands will belong to you for planting crops. I'll take 10% less from you. You can sign the contract or documents now, as long as you agree to my terms!"
Upon hearing that this was feasible, Chen Biao slapped his thigh and turned to look at the crowd in front of him: "Brothers, I think we can do this business with him."
Lu Yuan doesn't seem like one of those despicable politicians. I trust them, and if you're willing to trust him, then sign with me!
Immediately, the crowd moved, and one by one, they raised their hands in agreement.
Lu Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. These mobs could be cute or they could turn on you in an instant. Their tempers and personalities were really hard to control. They would only trust him if he offered them real money.
So Lu Yuan called everyone back to his residence, and those who needed to enlist in the army followed him to sign the registration form.
This time, Lu Yuan had made up his mind, and the efforts he made to protect his homeland were genuine.
So he took some cans, mashed the golden fruits into a paste, mixed it with other things, packed them one by one, and then found some boxes to put them in, making a total of more than a hundred boxes.
After finishing all this, Lu Yuan received more than a thousand self-recommendation letters that very evening. Everyone was willing to share the spoils of war equally, even though they had some concerns beforehand.
When they later heard that they were only going to capture some strategic points and would not need to go directly to the battlefield, everyone became much bolder, and the number of people who signed up exceeded Lu Yuan's expectations.
Looking at the list in his hand, Lu Yuan calculated that there would be enough cans of food for each person, roughly one can.
So the next morning, Lu Yuan summoned his assistants and gathered all the people on the list in an open space.
No one knew what Lu Yuan wanted from them, and they wondered if he wanted to go directly to the battlefield. Some of them stood there nervously, looking around.
Seeing Lu Yuan leading a few people carrying stacks of boxes over, everyone curiously craned their necks to look.
Everyone looked surprised, wondering what was inside the box.
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