"Prime Minister Gui Tian, what do you mean by this?"
Yin Asan glared at Gui Tian and snorted coldly, "Mr. Gui Tian, please watch your tone."
"You should know that you're speaking to the leader of the world's number one White Elephant Empire. We possess the world's top military power and technology, our population is the largest globally, we drink cow urine daily to boost our immunity, our military personnel can dance on motorcycles, and we pray day and night for the Deity's protection... can you do that?"
"Do you understand now who you're talking to?"
Looking at the proud Yin Asan, Gui Tian, the leader of Gui Tian Country, clicked his tongue in disbelief, "Baka..."
His gaze seemed to look at an idiot.
"Can your White Elephant Empire stop boasting? If you're so great, why don't you reflect on why your seat is always at the end in these meetings!"
"You say Great Xia likes to brag, but I think it's you who loves to boast. Military power number one... when it comes to crash numbers, you truly are number one..."
Hearing this, Yin Asan, the leader of the White Elephant Empire, stood up abruptly, ready to retort.
Seeing this, Gui Tian quickly waved his hand, "Forget it, I don't want to argue with you on this issue right now."
"I just want everyone to know that Great Xia isn't boasting this time!"
"Their conscription effort has already begun, just half an hour after the public announcement!"
"Now, I have a video here, released by the people of Great Xia on the foreign internet, showing the current situation at a conscription point."
With that, Gui Tian uploaded a video.
"Please watch this video, and you'll understand Great Xia's determination this time, and realize the situation we're in!"
In no time.
Leaders from Western countries all clicked on the video.
Red flags fluttered!
Golden stars soared high.
It was a dazzling red flag, flying high under the scorching sun.
And below.
A sea of people!
Crowds surged!
Firecrackers boomed, gongs and drums resounded!
On a temporary stage, a young woman in a green military uniform stood under the blazing sun, shouting loudly, "Comrades, one person enlists, the whole family is honored!"
"Now, the country needs you!"
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"Great Xia is in peril, comrades, only with a country can there be a home! Please sign up enthusiastically!"
"By the way, let's talk about something practical. This time, Great Xia offers great benefits for soldiers, two hundred thousand a year, increasing by thirty percent annually, rank promotion every two years, with no cap!"
"The state fully reimburses medical expenses for soldiers' families!"
"Housing and household registration issues resolved!"
"I'm not lying to you, this time, it's indeed dangerous! But have our ancestors of Great Xia ever feared danger? How can we be afraid now!"
"Our lives will undergo a complete transformation at this moment, gaining extraordinary value!"
"I implore you all, fight for Great Xia!"
That propaganda officer, clearly just a young girl in her early twenties.
Under the scorching sun, sweat soaked her green uniform.
Her voice was hoarse, yet she continued to shout with all her might, disregarding her image.
It seemed as if an incredible force was supporting her.
This force was present in Old Jin, in Chen Yan, in Lin Fan, and in every citizen of the Great Xia Nation!
A fervent heart to protect the nation, pure and sincere patriotic feelings!
The crowd in the square was dense, many were young men in their late teens or early twenties.
Some were lost about the future, some were troubled by unsatisfactory work, and others were frustrated with a stagnant, lifeless life.
And at this moment.
An opportunity presented itself before them!
Enlist!
Protect Great Xia!
Besides studying, working, buying a house, and getting married, there was another kind of life, one that was arduous yet supremely honorable!
A life that might not make one rich, but would earn a group of true comrades!
In an instant, the scene became incredibly lively.
"Count me in!"
"I'll defend Great Xia too!"
"Danger? Great Xia is in danger? Then... then I must step up!"
"Regret enlisting for three years, regret not enlisting for a lifetime! The biggest regret of my life is not having served, now... the opportunity has come!"
One by one, figures eagerly signed up.
A young man, carrying a bag and following his company leader, hurried past, his numb eyes suddenly showing a flicker of emotion upon seeing the scene in the square.
"Boss," the young man stopped, "I have something to tell you."
"Tell me later, hurry up, Mr. Zhang is waiting for us at the hotel to discuss the deal." The middle-aged boss turned around, fiddling with his beads, and said coldly, "Stop dawdling, later you drink more, make Mr. Zhang happy, and secure the contract for us!"
"Boss," the young man put down his bag, and the usually compliant him suddenly shook his head, "I'm not going."
"You're not going?!" The middle-aged boss jumped up, pointing at him and scolding, "I pay you three thousand a month to do what? Huh? Saying you won't go just like that? Do you still want your salary this month!"
"Heh." The young man smiled and shook his head, "First of all, let me tell you, I don't like drinking! I don't like this life of constantly bowing and scraping, socializing with others!"
"Screw being a salesman, I've had enough!"
"Three thousand a month, look over there, how much does the country pay us!"
"I'm going to enlist, to do something truly valuable!"
The young man, filled with passion, threw his bag at the middle-aged man and shouted, "I don't want to die at a drinking table in this life, if I'm a man, then I want to hold a gun, and die on the battlefield for Great Xia!"
With that.
The young man ran directly towards the registration point in the square.
The middle-aged boss stared in shock at the passionate back of the young man, suddenly feeling a long-lost, youthful fervor boiling up again!
"Damn!" The middle-aged boss took out his phone and directly called Mr. Zhang.
"Mr. Zhang, the contract is off for today."
"The reason..."
"Great Xia's conscription, the nation is in danger!"
"Although I'm just a shrewd businessman, but... I'm going to enlist! Damn it, don't ask me why, I don't know either, I'm clearly thirty-five, but when faced with this, my mind just gets hot!"
With that, the middle-aged man also chased after the young man's back.
"Boss, don't chase me, you can't stop me, today I'm definitely going to..."
"Stop what, wait for me, let's go together. Without me as your boss, what if you really die on the battlefield?"
This was just a small, insignificant story in the square.
And such stories were everywhere!
A pair of parents were driving their child to study abroad, on the way to the airport, they passed by here.
The chubby kid sitting in the back seat had fair skin, clearly never having suffered, holding an Apple phone and bobbing his head to foreign rap, immersed in the noisy bird language.
The well-dressed mother beside him was peeling an orange while advising, "Study well abroad, strive to stay there, get a green card. We'll give you thirty thousand Free Nation currency for living expenses every month, and if there's a chance, your dad and I will immigrate too, I've heard the air in that beautiful Free Nation is better than here..."
The father driving frowned, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes.
"Screech!"
He slammed on the brakes, stopping right by the square!
The chubby kid, still playing on his phone, was oblivious, and the mother peeling the orange looked up, "What's wrong?"
The man said nothing.
"Bang!"
He got out of the car with a cold face, opened the back door, and slapped the Apple phone out of the chubby kid's hand.
"Get out!" The man pointed to the ground, his voice low.
The chubby kid, dressed in foreign brands, looked up in surprise, "Dad, what are you..."
"No more going abroad, from today, I'll first teach you what patriotism is!" The man pointed to the ground, enunciating each word, "Get out, from today, you're going to enlist first!"