After all, life is indeed precious, but the price of freedom is even higher!
Thus, Xu Yang had to give them hope, to offer them a vision and a goal for struggle and toil.
Using a not very pleasant but quite vivid metaphor, it was — "drawing a pie!"
He would paint them a fragrant and tempting pie, one that they could actually taste, motivating these people to work for him even more actively.
As for whether a portion of them were truly loyal or not, it didn't really matter.
Under the temptation of freedom, whether loyal or not, they would all be motivated to work more eagerly.
That was sufficient.
Xu Yang wasn't looking to exchange sentiments of love with them, whether their feelings were feigned or sincere; as long as they didn't slack off, everything was negotiable.
Regrettably, while he thought this way, the group of followers did not. Frantic and anxious, they all showed their loyalty.