"Where is the ...... in the Central Plains of Bloody Wo"

March.

In the Chengdu Plain, a small village south of Jiading called Chen Village, civil works that began last winter have reached a certain scale.

There is a two-story small building in the courtyard at the east end of the village, which was completed one step first, and in the room on the first floor, Ning Yi is reading the messages from yesterday one after another. Juan'er, who is at the other end of the desk, is responsible for sorting out and filing these things one by one.

Although it is located in the south, this seemingly remote village is now the most well-informed place in the whole world, and all kinds of information from the Jin Kingdom, the Central Plains, and the Wu Dynasty are coming every day, and the urgent messages are mostly brief, and the follow-up supplements are relatively detailed.

The three major battles that are going on in the Central Plains are now the focus of close attention, of course, the siege of the Daimyo's Mansion has lasted for a long time, and the battle of Xuzhou is still in the initial stalemate, and there is not much information. The situation in Jindi is really three changes a day, the person in charge of Jindi will summarize the information every three days, so that people will bring it over, this day seeing the news of the infighting under Lin Zongwu, Ning Yi frowned, and then threw the information away.

"Blind good stuff!" He cursed under his breath.

Since the Huaxia army returned to the southwest, the efforts to open up the trade road have been to the Jin land from the beginning, and later killed Tian Hu, Tian Shi, Lou Shuwan and others took power, many advanced crossbows, cannons and even equipment principles The Huaxia army has given priority to assisting there, coupled with Tian Hu's ten-year operation, the Jin land's family goods are actually quite rich.

The division of Jin Land after Tian Shi's death was actually the re-snatching and distribution of these resources, even for guys like Lin Zongwu who had festivals before, Lou Shuwan and even the Huaxia Army used considerable strength to let them take the position, and even lost some of the benefits that they could get. Who knew that this fat chair was slapped in the face before it was hot, which made Ning Yi feel unlucky when he saw this name.

"What?" Juan'er leaned in.

"It's better for me to help a dog than to help him!" Ning Yi clicked on the information, pouting unhappily, Juan'er laughed, he had been managing the Huaxia Army for a long time, he was entangled in affairs, and his majesty was getting worse, and only when a few family members were alone, he could see his relatively unscrupulous appearance.

Of course, it is also possible that he did it on purpose.

After a few messages from Jindi, there was also news from the south, in the direction of Huainan, Han Shizhong's army had begun to accept the displaced people who came down from the north one after another-this was the remnant of the "hungry ghosts" who were led by Wang Shitong and traveled thousands of miles, of course, it is more likely that the Central Plains family was ruined and the refugees who were coerced - after such a long disaster, their number is actually not much.

"Hungry ghosts", a catastrophe that lasted for more than a year and affected the lives of millions of people in the Central Plains, finally came to an end, and the survivors were about 50,000 to 100,000. This number is also decreasing, because the total number has dropped significantly, the southern government under the instruction of the prince Junwu launched a rescue and reception work for these already hungry refugees.

To Ning Yi's relief, Jun Wu did not blindly let these people into the southern society, but ordered the government and the army to carry out centralized treatment, on the one hand, to prevent diseases, and on the other hand, to avoid the huge impact on Jiangnan society caused by these refugees who had lost everything and most of them had eaten people.

It is conceivable that if these miserable people are rashly put into the society of ordinary people, they can do something for the sake of eating and drinking, feeling that they are morally disordered and have lost everything. After experiencing the baptism of plunder and fighting, it will be difficult for these people to integrate into society like other refugees in a short period of time, joining small workshops or working quietly in some other places.

Such a fact has nothing to do with compassion.

Regarding Wang Shitong's deathbed request, Fang Chengye also added it to this message, and brought it together.

In the matter of Wang Shitong, Fang Chengye made a review, and in the first half of last year, Fang Chengye should have mobilized his forces to kill him. But first, Fang Chengye has a certain sympathy for Wang Shitong, so that such a will to act is not resolute; Second, Wang Shitong himself is extremely intelligent, although his goals are reckless, but he has always been very strict in controlling the hungry ghosts and his own side. The two reasons were superimposed, and in the end, Fang Chengye did not find a good enough time to start.

By the second half of last year, the Jurchens had already gone south, and by this time the Central Plains had already been devastated. The front-line personnel of the Huaxia Army thought that the hungry ghosts might still be able to play a certain role in blocking Zong Bi's team, and the plan to assassinate Wang Shitong, which had a low success rate, was temporarily shelved.

Looking backwards and forwards, it may be a better choice if Fang Chengye had mobilized front-line personnel to kill Wang Shitong at all costs in the first half of last year.

Millions of living beings, in the end, occupy not many positions in intelligence. Ning Yi watched it twice and sighed, in fact, if he could really predict the development of everything, it would be more convenient for him to kill Wang Shitong and disperse the hungry ghosts in Zezhou. One of the prerequisites that Fang Chengye failed to launch the plan was actually because Wang Shitong himself was a good person, and after the formation of millions of hungry ghosts, the success rate of wanting to assassinate him internally was too low after all.

"Let's file the things about the hungry ghosts in the library, maybe someone can learn a lesson later."

Juan'er silently put the information aside.

The matter of the hungry ghost has been covered in the coffin, and what has been passed over can only be regarded as a summary, after this information, it is a small number of valuable and may just be lively lace news in various places, the situation in Lin'an City, the most popular information among the various Qinglou tea shops is one, and the matter about Long Qifei is also in the meantime, Ning Yi threw it aside after reading it, and ended the first work of the morning.

This was followed by a meeting on the policing system.

Since the occupation of the Chengdu Plain last year, the number of people under the rule of the Huaxia Army has expanded beyond one million. To rule such a large area, it is not enough to have tens of thousands of troops that can fight, and in the past few years in the three counties of Hedeng, although some affairs officers have also been trained, they are still not enough after all.

In the past Wu Dynasty, or the entire Confucian system, the ruling place has always been the game of imperial power, which is compatible with the political resources of feudal society. However, for the Huaxia Army, it is no longer wise to attribute the place completely to the squire, because the program of the Huaxia Army integrates some democratic ideas, stressing civil rights and people's wisdom, but at the same time, the practice of fighting local tyrants and dividing the land is also not suitable for the current situation.

In later generations, after a hundred years of humiliation, coupled with the support of a series of rather rigorous theories and programs of Capital and Marxism-Leninism, this thorough change has been able to come out of a relatively stable framework. At the moment, the Wu Dynasty has been arrogant for two hundred years, and the humiliation has only been ten years, and too radical methods can easily turn into a carnival that cannot be stopped, even if it does not follow in the footsteps of Fang La, it is actually difficult to produce good results, which has always been what Ning Yi wants to avoid.

At present, Huaxia Army's mention of "Huaxia" requires people to reform and become self-reliant, have their own power, and defend their own power, but for a while, it cannot be deeply understood by the people at the bottom. After all, in the past thousand years, scholars have shouldered all social responsibilities, and the hard work is a deeply rooted division of labor. To make the army "self-reliant", military law can be used, and the people can awaken but cannot be forced, so although the mention of "Huaxia" can inspire people in a difficult period like Xiaocanghe, it is difficult to become the core concept of promoting everything in the peaceful southwest.

So, what is it that can become the core concept in the southwest at this time? What Ning Yi chose was still the spirit of contract.

The retired or wounded veterans were transferred to various villages to become the spokesmen of the Huaxia Army, the power of the local gentry was restricted, and the basic human rights and legal spirit implemented by the Huaxia Army in the three counties of Hedeng were written into simple regulations, which were supervised and implemented by these veterans.

And in order to prevent the squires from corrupting the veterans too quickly, it is extremely necessary to carry out constant ideological work. And this model is actually similar to the early sheriff model in the United States.

From a practical point of view, the current situation of the Huaxia army has always been a military government maintained by the concept of a modern army, and in the threat of the Jurchens and the corruption of the Wu Dynasty, it has relied on its achievements and military discipline to maintain its strength and efficiency for a certain period of time. But if after this kind of efficiency gradually falls back - that is, the recent generation of Huaxia Army will inevitably return to the reincarnation of life after the completion - if the concepts that Ning Yi put down, whether it is democracy, human rights, feudalism or capital, cannot be formed, then the entire Huaxia Army will inevitably fall apart.

So far, Ning Yi has spent the most effort on the spirit of contract and basic human rights. Talking about contracts, having human rights, and doing business are actually preparing for the industrial revolution and even the first round of capitalism. Because no matter whether other isms will take shape or not, the germination of the industrial revolution promoted by Gewu is a truly palpable future for Ning Yi.

In the short period of time, it is also of practical significance to make this public security system operate as steadily as possible and completely complete the control of the Chengdu Plain. The Huaxia army had about 60,000 troops in the three counties of Hedeng, and now nearly 10,000 have gone to Xuzhou, and more than 50,000 people—even with a certain amount of militia—are only enough to ensure the rule of the Chengdu Plain. In the situation of the Jurchens going south, if he really wants to do something in the future, Ning Yi must pull out enough new forces from his hands as soon as possible.

The security resources selected from among the veterans are relatively sufficient, and with the beginning of this spring, the 198 teachers of the literacy enlightenment level in the reserve of Hedeng have also been distributed to various places in the Chengdu Plain to carry out a certain period of mobile classes to teach literacy and arithmetic.

And the medical resources in the military were released as early as last year. At the same time, the commercial department of the Huaxia Army has been actively contacting local businessmen since last year, agitating, matchmaking, and helping - in the vicinity of Liangshan, the commercial activities carried out by the Huaxia Army in the past have also had dealings with many people, at this time, the real trouble is the tense situation on the periphery of the Chengdu Plain, but with the increasing threat of the Jurchens, after the Huaxia Army issued a truce document, in March, the tension on the periphery has actually begun to ease, and the commercial situation on the Chengdu Plain has begun to warm up one after another.

These various things have made Ning Yi now begin to enter a state of continuous rotation again, in the afternoon and evening...... Listen to reports, hold meetings, and meet with people to meet...... When I returned home at night, most of the children had fallen asleep, and the yard was not necessarily noisy, and at this time the meeting with several wives was still quiet, and sometimes I sat under the eaves with Yunzhu and talked to her about the news from Lin'an......

"Ah, now the Oiran there is called Shi Daidai, a woman from the Western Regions...... Alas, the world is declining, and the name is too unsophisticated......"

Sometimes I make an appointment with Tan'er, Xiaochan and others to cook noodles for supper, although the time is late, he does it himself, but he is not tired.

Sometimes he asked Jin'er to come over and press his head, sometimes he bullied Hongti, or he was bullied by watermelon...... This is the most relaxing time of his day.

Actually, there aren't many.

Although the southwest is calm, sometimes he wakes up from his dream late at night, and what he smells in his nose is still the smell of gunpowder in the dream.

"What's wrong?" The wife who is sleeping lightly will also wake up.

"Nothing...... You didn't make a trick, and I didn't build a house. ”

This is a bit regrettable, but for the two of them, it is a very warm memory. Then the wife will talk about the children.

“…… When the battle is over, let them go and build it. ”

The topic gradually changed, and when Ning Yi looked at the moonlight outside the window, the smell of gunsmoke had not yet dissipated......

……

On the north bank of the Yellow River, in the drizzle, the sound of soldiers clashing together sounded intensively, and a war was going on.

Arrows rained down, horses neighed, shields collided with spears, and an army of believers with yellow turbans in their arms slaughtered into the formation ahead.

"Wow-" On the front line of the battlefield, a running figure was like a Buddha covered in blood, and with a thunderous roar, this figure crashed into the crowd in front of him, holding knives in both hands, and slashed all the way in the direction where the opponent's handsome flag was. These surrendered Jurchen Han soldiers were dashed by the blood-stained giant, turned and fled, the giant almost fought his way out of the weak resistance, and several soldiers who ran slowly were rolled on the ground by him.

In this encounter, the odds of winning the surrender army were not high, the side of the striker was scattered, the defeat was suddenly apparent, and the general under the command of the commander rode his horse to escape, and the giant covered in blood rushed along the crowd, and his body was faster than the galloping horse.

In the rain curtain, one person and one horse, one in front and one behind, in this chaotic battlefield narrowed the distance, the general on the horse turned back and gave an arrow, the figure waved out, the arrow was thrown away in a blink of an eye, seeing that the other party was getting closer and closer, the general was bold, and shouted: "I surrender, spare my life......"

However, the other party roared and rushed forward.

This is the first person in the world, Lin Zongwu.

The huge figure leaned on the war horse from the side, and then heard a bang, the water splashed, and the war horse was knocked out by force in the run, and the general on the horse flew and rolled in the mud, the general was dizzy, and before he could get up, Lin Zongwu rushed to his side, grabbed his neck, and suddenly threw him up.

The body of more than 100 catties flew to the side like a cannonball, smashed into a small group of fleeing soldiers, and when he landed again, his body was already twisted into shape, Lin Zongwu rushed over, grabbed the steel knife and slashed wildly, leading the soldiers under his command, chasing and killing all the way......

This small victory and massacre boosted morale a little, the believers searched the battlefield, and when they returned to the village in the mountains more than ten miles away, the sky had already begun to dark, and the stockade was full of soldiers and family members who believed in the Great Light Sect, and the backbone of the army had begun to publicize today's victory. When night had fallen, and the rain had stopped, he left the tent and walked through the stockade with a smile on his face, and it was only when he reached the darkness on the outskirts that the smile was retracted.

He went into the shadows.

Although he is huge, as the first person in the martial arts world, the ruggedness of the mountains can't stop him, and there is nothing dangerous for him. During this period of time, Lin Zongwu was accustomed to watching this stockade in silence in the dark, looking at these believers of his.

In the small square behind the stockade, some believers were practicing martial arts, and some children were also babbling and practicing next to them.

At some point, Lin Zongwu returned to the village, and he came out of the dark corner and appeared in front of a child who was wielding a wooden stick, and the child was startled.

“…… Tathagata...... Uncle? ”

It wasn't until he saw it clearly that the child called it like that.

The child's name is Mu Anping, the son of the crazy Lin Chong, after learning the truth, Lin Zongwu already had an idea about the placement of the child. However, at that time, he was still busy with the situation in Jindi, thinking about occupying a place in the world, and the whole thing was delayed, and now, these busyness have passed.

Lin Zongwu touched his head and sighed.

"From this day forward, your name is Ping'an, and you are my disciple...... I'll teach you martial arts, and one day, you'll be the first person in the world. ”

At this moment, there was no big pomp, no grand congratulations, even the children in front of them were still blinking in ignorance, not quite understanding what was happening, the bonfire in the village was bright and extinguished, and all kinds of sounds were noisy and chaotic, just like the world, dancing in the rain......

……

Boom –

Daimyo's house.

Catapults are moving.

In March, the fighting continued, the originally strong city walls were full of holes, the defense line at the head of the city was precarious, and this tragic siege battle was about to come to an end......