Shi Ji's army was responsible for building the bridge, and the burden of relocating the people fell on Tao Ji's shoulders.

Since ancient times, poor mountains and rivers have produced unruly people. The customs of Jiaozhou are much more fierce than those of Central Plains and Jiangdong. Tao Ji issued a decree in the name of the governor of Jiaozhou, requiring that all military and civilians be moved to Panyu New City within seven days. Those who violate the order will be punished according to delayed military operations and will be executed without mercy.

However, the people of Jiaozhou do not buy it. Military orders are governed by the army. The civilians are never bound by military laws. If they do not relocate, they will be beheaded. Who believes it?

Tao Ji initially used relatively mild methods, using intimidation and inducement to make the people voluntarily relocate. First, Tao Ji sent people to spread rumors, claiming that the Wei army's atrocities in Jian'an County. Even the former emperor of Wu, Sun Hao, was roasted by the Wei army. In Jian'an County, the Wei army killed people like hemp, cannibalism, and was so terrifying.

Sun Hao was indeed roasted and eaten, but it was not the Wei army who ate people, but the barbarian mountain Yue people in Jian'an County. These mountain Yue people live a life of eating raw meat and drinking blood, so eating people is naturally nothing.

However, in order to promote the brutality of the Wei army, Tao Ji put the atrocities of the Shanyue people on the Wei army and claimed that after the Wei army captured Jieyang, the Wei army massacred all the soldiers and civilians in Jieyang. The Wei army was extremely short of food. After killing people, they even turned all the people into dried meat strips to serve as military rations. The atrocities of the Wei army were innumerable.

In order to confirm the Wei army's atrocities of cannibalism, Tao Ji also ordered these intentions to be arranged in detail, which was vivid and the people could not believe them.

Tao Ji's propaganda really scared many people in Panyu. Jiaozhou was originally a deserted place, and there had been no large-scale unrest for hundreds of years. The melee between the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era did not affect Jiaozhou at all. When the people of Jiaozhou who were used to stable life heard the news that the Wei army had reached Panyu, they were all panicked.

Many people, especially poor people who have no industry in Panyu City, believed it when they heard this news, packed their bags and fled Panyu City. Under the guidance of the Wu army, they crossed the floating bridge and headed to Panyu New City.

For these poor people, even their luggage is empty, with only a few torn clothes at best, and there is not even a little valuable thing. At this time, there is no pressure to move them out of Panyu City.

What's more, the news that the Wei army was about to massacre the city was very circulated in Panyu at this time. Based on the principle of rather trusting the existence of it than trusting the absence of it, leaving Panyu seemed to be the wisest choice.

Moreover, this has no loss for them. If Panyu is fine in the future, they can still come back. Most of these are for selling their hard work to make a living. There is no big difference between them in the old city and the new city.

The government even had some promises to them, so that everyone who went to the new city could get a hu of grain of rice, and also had the errands of cutting bamboo to build a city defense, which was also necessary to pay them.

In other words, when they go to the new city, they only have a lot of opportunities to make money. For these poor people, it is a rare opportunity. Many people flock to the new city and even trot all the way, fearing that they will go too late and that the opportunity to make money will be taken away by others.

However, for the rich and wealthy merchants in Panyu City, they may not believe in the rumors that the Wei army would massacre the city.

First of all, most of these people belong to the upper class among the common people. There are a large number of shops, houses and industries in Panyu City. If they move at this time, they will only take away things like gold, silver, fines, and soft. The large amount of real estate can only be abandoned in vain.

When the situation in Jiaozhou was stable, many scholars and merchants would buy land when they were rich, so the housing prices in Panyu City have always been the highest, and those shops and real estate have also become the most valuable products in Panyu. When other places use grain or cloth as equivalents, Panyu is real estate as equivalents. To measure whether a person is rich or not, it depends on how many properties he has and how many shops he has in Panyu City.

Now, an order from the government's relocation has made all the real estate in Panyu City worthless in an instant. Many people are crying and crying. You should know that the land price in Panyu City is worth every inch of land. In order to purchase these real estate and shops, many people are losing everything, but in the end they are wasted. How can people be willing to do so?

Among them, some people are shaken by their thoughts. In their opinion, no matter how high the value of real estate is, it cannot compare to life. If you really lose your life, no matter how many real estate is, it will be useless, so you have to give up what you should give up.

Among them, the scholars are the main ones. Most of them hold official positions in the government. Knowing that chaos is coming, if they want to save their lives, they should follow the army honestly. That is to protect themselves. As for land, money, they are just outside their bodies. As long as they can survive, they should be theirs in the future, and there will be no less.

If you really can't come back, then giving up now is also a wise move. In the years of war, saving your life is the most important thing. Even the imperial court is ready to give up Panyu City. Are those who are guarding the real estate industry stupid?

But speaking of this point, it means that people who are different from each other and wise have their own opinions. For people from the scholar family, it is definitely correct to follow the court. Their interests are bound to the court government, and they prosper and lose together.

But for the vast majority of businessmen, they may not be willing to follow the government.

There are many people in Jiaozhou doing business, and they are also a relatively wealthy class in Jiaozhou. Just a few days ago, the imperial court sold official positions and most of the official positions fell into the hands of wealthy businessmen. This shows that the merchants in Jiaozhou are generous.

In addition to the scholarly families, most of the owners of real estate and shops in Panyu City are occupied by wealthy businessmen, and at least more than 70% of Panyu City Real Estate. It is no exaggeration to say that they are the real owners of Panyu City.

At this time, the government suddenly ordered to move out of Panyu City. Wouldn't that have killed these merchants?

Therefore, the main thing that has been resistant to the order for migration comes from these big merchants. Most of their assets and business are in Panyu City. If they want them to give up all this and move to the barren land of Xincheng, these people will definitely not do it.
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