Chapter 487: Weighing the Pros and Cons

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After Chen Hoard's heavy and helpless explanation, everyone finally understood the inner worries of this powerful figure who ruled half of China.

The line taken and the strategy adopted by Chen Ho basically followed the analysis and prediction of China and the whole world left by Saitoichi -- first playing the fashionable banner of anti-imperialism, anti-feudalism, and national democracy at the right time, joining the Kuomintang, and using the cloak of a new warlord to paralyze and borrow domestic and foreign forces to survive in the cracks. He also discarded overly radical and unrealistic slogans, immersed himself in education, industry and agriculture, and trained the troops to strengthen the armed forces, while secretly supporting and cultivating the workers' and peasants' forces and spreading revolutionary ideas. When the wings are full, they will use the lower field to retreat into advance, lure the snake out of the hole, mobilize the forces of the workers and peasants to eliminate the old forces who are eager to usurp power through a military coup, form a revolutionary party, and formulate a revolutionary program, so as to launch a fierce agrarian revolution from the bottom up, disintegrate the local clan forces and the pro-foreign comprador forces, and comprehensively eliminate the accumulated evils of the old era. In 1931, he made full preparations in advance and broke out a medium-intensity war with Japan in Northeast China, and by virtue of the favorable time, place, and eventual victory, he uprooted Japan's power in northern China, and took advantage of the victory to consolidate his rule, abolish most of the unequal treaties, secretly form an alliance with Soviet Russia, and take advantage of the Western economic crisis to secretly communicate with the United States to vigorously introduce industrialization.

It was now 1939, Chen Ho had unified the north of the Yangtze River, including Xinjiang, Inner and Outer Mongolia, and northern China, and the internal government decrees of the territory were unimpeded, all industries were prosperous, and the output value of industry and agriculture was more than that of Japan, and although the navy was still inferior to Japan, the size and strength of the Sixth Army were more than three times that of Japan. A proper Asian power. Japan's full-scale war of aggression against China, which originally broke out in 1937, is now completely gone, unless Amaterasu God descends and leads the so-called eight million gods to kill the Sea of Japan. Otherwise, there is probably no possibility for the generation of young Japan's ambitions to be realized, but the Korean Peninsula, which has already been swallowed, may be forced to spit out again.

Will be a poor and weak. Chen Ho's achievements and prestige have reached a very high peak, and if it is placed in normal history, it is not a problem to unify China, but now he only occupies half of the rivers and mountains north of the Yangtze River, and even Tibet south of the Yangtze River is not under his control.

The reason lies precisely in those outside of normal history. Saito couldn't calculate the factors based on historical knowledge.

In addition to the Longhu Mountain Heavenly Master Sect, which was originally located in Jiangxi, many sects that were originally based in the north have also switched to the south, and even the consistent path that originally had an ambiguous position and bets on both sides has now completely turned to support the south, and it has spared no effort compared to the Heavenly Master Sect, which has always maintained a relative position!

The key reason for this lies in the fact that Chen Ho's pragmatic line and hard-line style have touched too many interests of those traditional sects. Many Taoist Buddhist temples are themselves the largest landlords, and their power is rooted in the folk clans. Closely linked to the interests of the elites of the old era. Chen Ho wants to integrate people's hearts, promote equality for all, and promote the concept of the industrial age, which will naturally touch their ideological control. It was denounced by these people as "the people's hearts are not ancient, the desire for profit is consumed, and the morality is degraded." "Other than that. There is also a contradiction that the two sides cannot reconcile at all - the environmental pollution caused by Chen Ho's vigorous development of heavy industry will hinder them from cultivating with the aura of heaven and earth for a certain time!

Although Chen Ho can also clearly realize their power. Great concessions and preferential treatment have been made to these people, but it is difficult to satisfy their appetites. And Chen Ho tried to slowly integrate them into the system of government control. They also believe that they intend to annex them with government power.

Compared with the northern regime, the southern government seemed to have no lower limit in recruiting monks, and allowed high officials and privileges lightly. As for traditional culture and the landscape environment, the southern government, which itself is composed of a large number of elites of the old era and has no sense of industrial development, is naturally "protected" in place. All in all, it was precisely because of the relative conservatism and backwardness of the south that the southern China under their rule retained a kind of "original ecology" that most monks felt comfortable and friendly. Many of the rotten rules of the old era, which the new regime in the North could not tolerate, can also be tolerated in the South to the greatest extent.

For example, the Tao has attracted a large number of civil officials and military officers in the south to join the religion, and widely disseminated to the southern officialdom a method of cultivating the so-called "official authority" by borrowing the people's natural reverence for officials. Those who have a deep cultivation of "official authority" naturally have an invisible threat in every word and deed that shocks people's hearts, and even follows the law, ghosts and gods are easy to disobey, and their subordinates dare not disobey in the slightest. When the battle came, he just hid in the rear, and the sentence "Brothers give it to me!" was enough to make his subordinates go to the soup and go to the fire. And this method is actually to make the people worship officials as officials or even gods, and follow the path of combining politics and religion. The new regime in the north, which instills a sense of equality for all, suppresses bureaucratic forces, and treats officials as civil servants serving the people, is simply intolerable, so it is inevitable that the consistent way will completely tilt towards the south. As for the Tantric Buddhism in Tibet, it is clear that the system of serfdom is backward, and it is obvious that it is not in the same pot as the new regime.

Of course, there are also some monks from poor backgrounds, who can sympathize with the suffering of the people, and who are familiar with the general righteousness of the country and the nation, stand on the side of the northern regime, and Yimei is the best among them, and even in terms of the Heavenly Master Sect, there are also a small number of disciples such as Zhang Enbo, whom Wang Zong met in Europe back then. Coupled with a large number of martial arts masters brought out by Gao Xiang, who is a celestial, Chen Ho will not be crushed by the south in terms of mortal strength, but it is difficult to forge ahead.

In addition, there are some monks who hold the attitude of "people don't offend me, I don't offend people", they don't help each other, and only care about cultivating behind closed doors, Shi Jian is one of them, in addition to the Liankong who has always been Taoist, it is rumored that he has also left the religion and is missing. However, according to Chen Ho's estimate, if they have to choose to take sides, these people are more likely to choose the south.

Yimei once told Chen Ho that since the Emperor of the Dome completely cut off the Heavenly Path, the Kyushu Barrier did not collapse all at once, but gradually weakened. In twenty years. The heavenly machine will also be disordered because of this, making people unable to see the general trend of the world. The monks have no concerns about this for the time being, so it is inevitable that they will choose to side with a regime that can better protect their interests.

At present, China is divided between the north and the south. While the secular power in the North is strong and the mortal power is weak, the South is the opposite, just maintaining a balance. In addition to this, the southern government also won the support of Europe, the United States, Japan and other powers in a tame posture of betraying national interests. For example, since the setback in Northeast China, Japan has focused its aggression on Southeast Asia, and the southern government has vigorously supported it. If necessary, the opening of airspace and territorial waters and even the use of routes to transport troops to the Japanese were also done.

Since most of the monks were unwilling to bear the cause and effect of the wanton slaughter of mortals, it was okay for them to deter the north from making a rash move, but it was unlikely that they would cooperate with the southern government to attack the north. Moreover, the southern monks were originally also full of sects. There are many contradictions between them, and there are also conflicts and frictions with foreign religions that infiltrate China through the influence of compradors in the south, and it is impossible to truly unite as one.

The mentality of the cultivators and the archway they set up are just like what Zhang Yuanfang, who once used one person and one sword to intimidate thousands of warships in the north and did not dare to cross the river lightly, said: "The north and the south are originally one family, as long as each cultivates benevolence and government, the world will return to the heart, and China will naturally be unified." Why bother to fight recklessly, so that brothers are at odds with each other, and flesh and blood kill each other. Shame on outsiders?"

For these monks, they are not trying to create division, but to prevent the ambitions of the north from killing each other. On the contrary, it has made great merit and completely ignored the fact that thousands of poor people in the south risk their lives every year to cross the Yangtze River to the north through the blockade of the southern government, and also ignore the fact that there are thousands of poor people in the south who cross the Yangtze River to the north. The fact that foreign ships are still able to come and go freely and show off their might. In fact, the incident of the northern warships gathering to cross the river three years ago was because the southern marine police repeatedly crossed the line and shot people fleeing the north. and the southern government's shield for foreign ** ships that had provoked the artillery on the north shore. After Zhang Yuanfang's two cool words came into Chen Ho's ears, he only turned blue with anger. But there was nothing to be done for a while.

Although the strongest among the southern monks is Zhang Yuanfang in the early stage of the Yuan Infant, he also has a brother Zhang Yuanxu who entered the Yuan Infant Stage earlier and has been in retreat, and may have cultivated to the middle stage of the Yuan Infant. In order to maintain the balance of the high-level forces of the two sides as much as possible, Yimei also retreated more than a year ago to impact the Quadruple Thunder Tribulation.

Yimei's family was victimized by evil spirits driven by evil cultivators since he was a child, but fortunately the elders of Maoshan at that time rescued him in time and survived. Therefore, he made a grand wish since he was a child: "I wish to make everyone in the world free from the harm of evil cultivators and demons!" Since then, he has traveled all over the world and saved countless people. This is also a way of merit cultivation, unlike "please God**" to strengthen the belief may make the heart lost, but the unity of knowledge and action, the heart is accessible, so that the gratitude and admiration of many rescued people unconsciously turn into the power of merit and strengthen the original spirit. Therefore, although Yimei's qualifications are at the bottom of the four elders of Maoshan, he has now been exposed to the Four Thunder Tribulations earlier than Shi Jian.

In addition, in order to counter the southern monks, Chen Ho concentrated his forces to form a "special department" to study various military industries against the monks, and vigorously spread martial arts in the military and the people. In addition to the will of Wang Zong, it is also because the people in the martial arts are more secular than the monastic world, and they are more restricted by the world, and it is easier to integrate into the government system.

However, he soon also realized the hidden danger of the widespread spread of martial arts - and the number of bloodshed among the people increased greatly. Although he quickly curbed the spread of folk lethal martial arts, as well as carried out a series of registration and supervision of martial arts practitioners, and formulated strict laws and other measures, as a martial artist himself, he still had a keen premonition of a series of bad signs with his years of administrative experience.

Compared with the monks who maintain a certain posture, the cultivation of a martial artist itself has to actively devote himself to the world, accompanied by a large number of actual battles, and a martial artist who does not shed blood or hurt others can basically only achieve physical fitness, and it is difficult to be called a real martial artist. In addition, even northern China under the rule of Chen Ho has not yet reversed the situation that "the overall quality of the people is still very low", the burden on the people is quite heavy, the contradictions between various old and new forces emerge one after another, and the regulatory system is still difficult to put in place.

Through Guò's efforts for several years, Chen Ho took most of the civilian masters under his command with an iron fist, so that the actual combat martial arts was limited to the military and police, coupled with the detailed military martial arts training materials and high-level martial arts secrets left by Wang Zong, plus Gao Xiang's guidance, in the past few years, the military has emerged twelve congenital masters, including Jing Lin and others. There are countless strong hands below the congenital. However, among the twelve innate masters, two have defected to the south so far. One more has been executed, and there are many defectors below the congenital level. The contrast with the frequent defections of the poor of the South to the North is ironic.

The first master who defected was a reckless and straightforward man, loyal to Chen Ho, and made a lot of meritorious contributions. However, this person changed his lover's affection, and in a fit of rage, he killed the empathetic lover and his rival, and the two of them were brutalized on the street. Chen Ho was furious when he heard this, and wanted to put him to death according to the law. However, this person said that Lao Tzu has done so much credit to you, and that he is a dignified and congenital master, and now you have put Lao Tzu to death for a pair of adulterers and adulteresses, and you do not remember the slightest old feelings, what justice can there be? After crossing the river, this person was reused in the south, like a fish in water, and the sound of dogs and horses was inexhaustible. Once in the downtown drag racing, after being stopped by the traffic police, under the pretext that his life was threatened, he casually slapped the traffic policeman's head into a rotten watermelon, and finally it was gone!

The second defected innate master created a kind of Yin Damage Palm Power similar to the "Heart-Destroying Palm", and the person who hit his palm power was no different within a few days. It was not until seven days later that he died violently, and the body was completely undetectable according to the current post-mortem methods. He secretly eliminated dissidents for his official career and killed more than 100 people in military and political circles. In the end, before the defeat, he realized in advance that he had defected to the enemy. Now it is said that he has become one of the deputy directors of the Southern Military Administration, and has assassinated countless political enemies and dissidents for the southern government.

The third innate master himself did not commit any crimes. Because of his brother's embezzlement of huge amounts of public funds, he pleaded with Chen Ho many times to no avail. actually started to rob the prison, but was stopped by three congenital masters sent by Chen Ho in advance. Although he was outnumbered and killed, he broke more than a dozen beams and pillars with his palms before he died, causing most of the entire prison building to collapse, making dozens of prison guards and prisoners who could not be evacuated become the burial companions of their brothers.

In fact, the innate masters are enough to perform the performance of receiving shells or demolishing buildings with their bare hands, and Chen Ho is unable to restrain them by relying on conventional military forces. As for the celestial beings whose strength is far above the innate level, and even Jin Dan, Yuanying Monk, and Thunder Tribulation Ghost Immortal, with the military level of the current ghost and god world in the thirties, there is no solution at all. Chen Ho only had a rough idea before, but now that he witnessed the battle between Wang Zong and Gao Xiang, he was deeply shocked.

"I can give good treatment to monks and warriors: those who want profit can ensure that they will be rich and prosperous throughout their lives; if they want power, let them hold important positions or make false names; if they want to be famous, they can be regarded as grandmasters and their exploits can be widely publicized; and if they are dedicated to seeking the Tao, I can try to provide them with an environment and resources suitable for cultivation. But in any case, murder pays for life, and the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and they cannot put themselves above the masses of the people, let alone enjoy hereditary privileges for generations. Otherwise, what is the difference between the northern government I led and the Manchu imperial power that connived at the Sakya's wanton behavior?

But now it seems that the old-fashioned form of government in the south, in which everyone is nominally equal, the noble and the low, and the privileges enjoyed by the noble families and the generations are inherited, is indeed more attractive to them.

The more ordinary people have the power they have, they will inevitably put their own status and interests and even those of their relatives and friends above the general public. If they continue to do so, they can form a privileged class dominated by a minority and difficult to overthrow by the majority!"

When he said this, Chen Ho smiled bitterly and solemnly thanked the subordinates who came with him: "You are all like-minded with me, and you are the people who think about the interests of the people and the future of the country. However, among all mortal groups, there is always only a small fraction of those who have attained enlightenment like you. There is a saying that 'there are individuals who betray their own class, but there is no betrayal of their own class.' In terms of class nature and class interests alone, I really don't see any hope that the whole mortal community will be on our side.

I can trust you, and these words that have been stored in my heart for a long time may as well be confessed to you in front of the two masters. If you can't accept it, you can say goodbye to me at any time, and I will only send a generous amount of travel expenses, along with your family members, and there will be no embarrassment in the slightest!"

The people who accompanied him to watch the battle were all staunch supporters of Chen Ho, so naturally they would not leave because of this. Immediately said that he did not dare. Jing Lin sighed: "I can't wait for the big handsome to see far-reaching, I don't know the hard work of the big handsome." I'm ashamed. That being the case, Jing Lin is willing to be a celestial man in his life. ”

Chen Ho smiled bitterly. He also knew why he was so contradictory. Those who are clearly loyal to their revolutionary ideas want them to become human beings, but where can he limit others who have different intentions towards others?

After smiling bitterly, Chen Ho said again: "I also know that there are still Shinto Onmyoji in Japan, and there are also mortal forces such as the Holy See, wizards, and blood clans in Europe and the United States. Maybe I should throw away the ideals of the past. Become the spokesperson for the interests of all classes, feed them with the fat of the people, turn a blind eye to some of their behaviors, and expect them to become more enlightened and cooperative, no longer hinder social progress, and prey on outsiders like Europe, the United States, Japan, and other countries, and pass on their suffering to foreign people as much as possible. ”

Subsequently. Chen Ho said sincerely to Wang Zong and Gao Xiang: "The two masters are both noble and upright people, as celestials, they can also think of the common people, and do not claim to be inhuman. However, I have faith in the character of the two masters. But it doesn't mean that I have faith in the virtues of all celestial beings in the future. If the future betrays the three celestial masters instead of the three innate masters, then China will no longer destroy just one or two buildings, but one or two cities.

Maybe the apprentice is also a rat eye. The pattern is too small to accommodate people, or perhaps it is a vain desire for power. I don't want others to share my authority, after all, I have been in power for nearly 20 years. There was no universal suffrage, and everyone in the south scolded me as a dictator, and there were many criticisms in the north, so I was not wrong...... However, in any case, the disciples are not happy to see Huaxia add another celestial ...... in terms of their current shallow cognition."

Chen Ho was excited in his heart, and he couldn't help but be a little logical when he spoke. Gao Xiang could only smile bitterly when he heard this, and he was speechless for a while. He was bold and upright by nature, righteous and righteous, and thought of the country's honor and disgrace. But he asked himself: If one day he kills someone by mistake or his relatives and friends commit a heinous crime, he is afraid that he will not be able to honestly prostrate himself or sit back and watch his relatives and friends subjugate the law. Putting one's own interests and the interests of relatives and friends above others is not only a natural one, but a human nature that the vast majority of people have, but heaven and man have the power to realize it. He is not a saint, and he will inevitably have selfish intentions after all. Chen Ho's words were heart-wrenching, so that he really had nothing to say.

When he said this, Chen Ho knelt down to Wang Zong again, "The apprentice's martial arts, the meritorious deeds and even his own life are thanks to the master's kindness, if the master feels that the apprentice is disobedient, just take back a qiē, and the apprentice will never complain......"

At this moment, Wang Zong raised his hand to stop him, and a kind of irresistible but irresistible aura stopped Chen Ho from kneeling.

Jing Lin and the others looked at it tightly, if it was someone else, it would be normal for them to bow down to Chen Ho. But Wang Zongshi is Chen Ho's teacher, and the master is not bowed down by the apprentice, which actually implies the meaning of expelling the other party from the teacher.

Alice watched quietly not far away, she was quite appreciative of what Chen Ho said, but she also knew Wang Zong's personality and knew that he would definitely not do anything to this apprentice.

I only heard Wang Zong ask: "You have vigorously carried out education and established countless schools, and in each school, do students need to kneel to the teacher?"

"Oh, you don't have to, just bow and say hello. Chen Ho was stunned and subconsciously replied.

"So since it is a new era, according to the etiquette of the new era, you are the leader of the new era, why do you still kneel in the era?" Wang Zong's words did not sound like the intention of expelling Chen Ho from the division, and Jing Lin and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Zong then said: "You can confess this to me, which shows that you have always stood on the side of the common people, have not forgotten your roots, and have never succumbed to the powerful, and I appreciate this. However, you are limited to your horizons, and you do not know the background of the mysterious forces at home and abroad, nor do you understand the historical exhibition trends.

Do you know that the power of the Western Holy See is not only the power on the surface? Twelve years ago, the city of Cairo was destroyed not by the overtly advertised exchange of fire between the British and the local rebels, but simply because of a thousand-year-old mummy that had received the grace of Anubis. As the Kyushu Barrier gradually fails, how can you resist them? Have you ever known that in China itself, there is also the Qin Ancestral Dragon that may wake up at any time and return to the world from the Netherworld with tens of millions of Qin army iron horses?"

Chen Ho heard the cold sweat falling, and said abruptly: "Foolish ......"

"Everyone has their own positions and prejudices. What I'm saying is based on what I've seen, and you don't have to accept it all. Wang Zong waved his hand. In fact, he still has a lot of things that he can't explain due to the rules: a world with high-end combat power at the level of heaven and man is of great significance for resisting wanton invaders or reincarnators. Just like the biochemical world. A Nanyang team that is only a second-tier combat force at most has already put the human race in that world in danger of extinction. And in the world of ghosts and gods, even if the demon team enters, there are a lot of scruples, according to the main god's prompt, there are still reincarnators of the Xihai team in this world, but there are no major changes because of this, this is the difference between having high-end power and not having high-end power. Of course, high-end power also has two sides, in addition to defending against external enemies, it is also cruel to use it for internal suppression or power struggle, like the world of "Legend of the Son of Heaven". As long as there is a single king, even if there is a million troops in the Western Zhou Dynasty, one person can kill them all, and use the "Heavenly Demon Gong" to kill more and more powerful, in that kind of world, even if ordinary people are united, there is no possibility of controlling their own fate, and a qiē is decided by a few high-end powerhouses. Chen Ho's worries about high-end power are not groundless.

Moreover, the problem of the world of ghosts and gods is that the secular scientific and technological forces are too weak to form an effective counterbalance to the high-end forces for the time being. If it's X-Men World. Even a fourth-level mutant whose strength is close to that of a celestial person has to be very careful.

After a pause, Wang Zong said again: "In fact, to become a celestial, qualifications, understanding, perseverance, chance, luck, and accumulation and inheritance are all indispensable. The innate breakthrough to the heavenly man is far more difficult than the acquired breakthrough to the innate ten times more difficult. Even if the whole people of China practice martial arts from today, the Heavenly and Human Exercises are widely spread. Within a hundred years, there are only a handful of people who have achieved heaven and man.

Of course, what you say is also true. The whole people practice martial arts, and the hidden dangers cannot be underestimated; The secular must also be without checks and balances.

Therefore, you are right to curb the spread of ferocious martial arts among the people, and next, I will prepare several sets of simple and easy-to-learn exercises for you that will help strengthen your body, heal your wounds and strengthen your body, remove poison and disease, and cultivate your mind. These exercises are not very lethal, but they can become the foundation of any martial arts, and they will not prevent you from further recruiting and selecting talents and training suitable people to practice martial arts.

Not only that, but I can also create a set of exercises for you that can only be successfully practiced if you follow the corresponding revolutionary ideas, and if you turn your back on the ideas, you will most likely go mad?"

Chen Ho's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he muttered, "Is it really so magical?"

Wang Zong nodded indifferently, in fact, this is the mental martial arts of the Fengyun World, just like the nameless "Heavenly Sword" way, if you open the killing ring in vain, it is inevitable that your strength will plummet, and even go crazy. With his current cultivation, as long as he can appreciate and experience the corresponding beliefs, he can also create something like the 'Proletarian Glory Finger' and the 'Historical Wheel Progressive Leg Method'.

"Furthermore, do you know that within ten years, a terrible weapon capable of killing the celestials and destroying the city and the earth will be developed. If you follow Mr. Qi's advice, sooner or later you will be able to take this weapon into your hands. At that time, ordinary people will have no shortage of checks and balances against heaven and man. When Wang Zong said this, he took the "Martial God Bracelet" in his hand and said, "As for me, I can also provide another means of restraint." In any case, I can guarantee that in the future, no celestial being will be able to act arbitrarily and treat the people as nothing. ”

Chen Ho let out a long breath, and a smile appeared on his face: "Listening to what Master said, most of the disciples' worries have gone. ”

Wang Zong shook his head: "Don't be too easy, how to coordinate and balance the rights and interests of monks and warriors and ordinary people in the future, how to integrate the forces of both sides, and how to make both sides satisfied are all things that need to be solved by you." Lao Qi and I can't give you any more guidance on this, so you can only rely on yourself to find out. Sandwiched between the two, the slightest mistake may be shattered and ruined, and you must have the corresponding awareness. ”

Chen Ho smiled indifferently, he had already realized enough, and there was no need to speak generously at this time, but he replied calmly: "Although the apprentice has shallow knowledge, if he doesn't have a little responsibility, he can't go all the way to the present." Now I also ask the master to teach martial arts. ”

"To learn my martial arts, you need to follow my agreement. Wang Zong said to Jing Lin and a few others, and at the same time turned the "Martial God Bracelet", and in the flow of Jinmang, the relevant words of the "Three Covenants of the Martial God" were presented out of thin air one by one, brewing an invisible sense of deterrence.

"Oh, that's right!" Wang Zong suddenly remembered something, and asked Chen Ho: "Tell me about the exercises and names and appearances of those two people, and when I have time to travel south, I will clean up the portal." ”

Chen Ho shook his head: "Master Gao also wanted to take care of those two people. Although it is not difficult to kill this person, if he explodes and clashes with Zhang Yuan in Nanjing, he is afraid that many innocent people will be affected, and it will be too dangerous for the master. ”

"Nanjing has obviously regarded the two of them as a thousand gold to buy bones, if you don't kill them, they are two good examples for those who have different intentions!" Wang Zong raised his head and looked at the southern sky, and smiled coldly: "Don't worry, the innate martial artist who knows the characteristics of his exercises will not escape my induction." And if I don't want to fight, I won't be able to. (To be continued.) )