In the summer of the 11th year of Jianshuo, three buildings of considerable scale were built at the west end of Zhangcun, each with three floors, a cement and red brick structure, the outer layer was painted with white lime, and the windows were inlaid with transparent glass. Three buildings are lined up around the plaza in front of them.

Due to Ning Yi's presiding, the style of the building is completely different from the current houses in this world, except that the glass embedded in the windows has a lot of value. Perhaps out of some bad taste, the three buildings were simply named "Zhangcun Building No. 1", "Building No. 2" and "Building No. 3".

The building is open to the public, and the No. 1 building displays various scientific and technological achievements and principle demonstrations; Building No. 2 is a large number of debate records of various collections and the development of thinking in the Chinese army, as well as a memorial hall of major events along the way; Building No. 3 is a working building, which was originally intended to be allocated to the Ministry of Commerce of the Huaxia Army for management and display relatively mature commercial products, but at this time, the role was slightly modified.

It was not easy for the Huaxia Army to come along the way, and in order to support itself, commercial means played a great role. On the other hand, in the shaping of Huaxia military thought in recent years, although there is a basis for the mention of "equality", in terms of reality, advocating the spirit of contract and guiding the industrial revolution and the germination of capitalism based on the study of Gewu is also a road that must be taken.

Based on these ideas, after leaving Liangshan, it became very necessary to establish a set of such exhibition halls and memorial halls to introduce the outline of the Huaxia Army to others, and the Ministry of Commerce could also rely on such a display to attract more business, and at the same time disclose the appearance of the Huaxia Army to the outside world.

After leaving the Liangshan area, the entire Huaxia military system was very busy for a while, taking over various places, expanding the army and training, and the infrastructure in various places also had to keep up, so the construction of the face project was relatively delayed. In the design and construction of these three buildings, Ning Yi did not consider the aesthetic transition, and directly applied the concise, atmospheric and practical style of later generations.

It was only in the summer of this year that three buildings were built and showrooms were filled, and the Jurchen military disaster was imminent, and the buildings that were originally intended to focus on commercial affairs first went in the direction of political propaganda.

In order to cope with the arrival of the Jurchens, the entire Huaxia army on the Chengdu Plain was advancing. Although the areas that were not occupied by the Huaxia Army at the beginning were led by Zizhou, in addition to Zizhou, there were more than a dozen small and medium-sized towns north of the entire Sichuan Fourth Road, all of which had already received an ultimatum from the Huaxia Army at that time.

At this time, although it seems that there has not yet been a large-scale battle from the outside world, the whole atmosphere is not gentle. The elite of the Huaxia Army was divided into several units, and the troops were pressed forward while supplemented by lobbying and persuasion. In July and August, these towns surrendered one after another—and against this backdrop, no one thought that the Huaxia army would continue to show mercy to the recalcitrant men, and everyone understood that if they continued to play the role of diehards, the Huaxia army would be ruthless in everything before the Jurchens arrived.

In addition to a few small-scale resistances in the probability, with the surrender of Zizhou in August, the Sichuan Fourth Road, except for the inevitable exit of the Sword Pavilion, has successively entered the territory of the Huaxia Army, and the delivery of various powers and government affairs is in full swing.

However, the Huaxia Army did not adopt a one-size-fits-all policy of replacing officials who were already responsible for administering various localities, and after conducting a simple written test and intention test, some qualified officials who did not have much resistance to the Huaxia Army entered the training stage one after another.

The whole training process is also simple, and the place is in several places with Zhangcun as the core. First of all, visit the general outline of these three buildings in Zhangcun, and then enter the factory, the organ, the urban area, and the military camp in turn, and then return to Zhangcun for another round of overall introduction.

The whole process lasted about seven days, and the purpose was to make these officials understand the basic conceptual framework of the Huaxia Army, the governance operation and future expectations, and it did not matter if they could not fully agree with the general direction, as long as they could understand and cooperate. As long as you enter the system, there will naturally be a large number of learning, supervision, recognition, and clean-up mechanisms in the future.

The late autumn sun was still shining, and standing in the showroom on the second floor of Building One, Liao Qibin still couldn't help but cast his gaze towards the window next to him. Glass bottles and the like have long been on the market, but quite precious, later the Huaxia army improved this thing, so that the color is more transparent, and even in the crystal glass behind the coating mercury to make mirrors, because this thing is fragile, Sichuan four road mountain more difficult to transport, in the outside world, the black flag produced by the high-grade glass mirror has always been a treasure in the eyes of large households, in the past two years, some places are more accustomed to it as a necessary item in marriage.

But here, such a clear and fragile glass is directly made into a window, and the sunlight and trees outside, and the pedestrians near the river in the distance can be seen at a glance, which makes Liao Qibin, who has been serving as the county magistrate of Zizhou and Yunxian before, feel a kind of luxury.

However, six days after coming to Zhangcun, due to the visit along the way, Liao Qibin had some more complicated feelings about the things in front of him in addition to the initial sense of luxury.

“…… Still back to papermaking, the first day you only know a rough idea, after a few days of walking, you know in your heart, this matter is much simpler, in this room, for the improvement and efficiency of papermaking, page by page are recorded here, and you can see that there are also hundreds of years of papermaking improvement steps...... We deliberately marked the year...... Today, we have increased the efficiency of the papermaking method by a factor of 12, and this is only a dozen years of improvement, and it is still ...... But before that, the process of improving the method of making paper continued for hundreds of years, and it was not as diverse as the results of our decade......"

“…… This is not that the accumulation of the market has reached a certain level of explosion, all this progress only happens within the Huaxia Army, this is the power of the study of things......"

Liao Qibin turned his gaze back to the speaker in front of the crowd, who was in a wheelchair, his face did not look old, but his hair was already half white. Liao Qibin did not dare to ignore the identity of this person, his name is Qin Shaoyu, but he was a Qin disciple who almost followed Qin Siyuan to the disaster, when the strongman came, he was broken legs, because the Huaxia Army has survived to this day. Now these three buildings are managed by him, and every group of people who return to Zhangcun on the sixth day will be led by him to explain, and he will also answer some people's questions in person.

It has been more than ten years since Ning Yi killed Zhou Zhe in a fit of rage, and in the past ten years, although Ning Yi was regarded by the Wu Dynasty as a great rebel nailed to the pillar of shame, but the criticism of Qin Siyuan's merits and demerits has been changing. In recent years, due to Zhou Yong's power, his pair of sons and daughters have guided public opinion, which has essentially affirmed Qin Siyuan's merits to a large extent.

The old man took on the responsibility of fighting against the Jurchens and saving the world, and his eldest son Qin Shaohe was a hero who would rather die than give in to defend Taiyuan. It's just that after repelling the Jurchens with such difficulty, the traitorous ministers above the Jinghan court joined forces to frame the loyalty because they were afraid of Qin Siyuan, and the emperor was deceived by the traitors and did the wrong thing.

This kind of public opinion restored a lot of reputation for Qin Siyuan, but of course, even so, Ning Yi had no monarch and no father, and he was also a rebellious person in the public opinion of the Wu Dynasty.

In this way, Qin Shaoyu became the best person to communicate with the people of the Wu Dynasty, when Cheng Zhouhai came to negotiate and pulled Song Yongping, Ning Yi pulled Qin Shaoyu over to fight with him. At this time, Qin Shaoyu's identity can naturally deter everyone, he introduced the development of papermaking to everyone, and then introduced the development of the glaze industry, and then there are ships, bridges, roads, cement, steel and other facilities and raw materials research.

After walking on the second floor, at the end of the building is a spacious hydraulic lift, Qin Shaoyu is in a wheelchair, and can only go up and down through this facility similar to the "elevator" in later generations.

"Back then...... It was also a few years after the Jinghan Dynasty, my uncle came back to the prime minister, I went to Beijing, and a group of gentlemen and gentlemen, if you have friends who have been to the capital back then, you may still remember a wicked young man in Bianliang at that time, 'Hua Hua Tai Sui', I had no interest at that time, and wanted to follow others to run rampant in the capital, but soon after, Ning Yi arrived in the capital, and my uncle asked me to receive him......"

“…… Mr. Ning, who everyone thinks of now, was also a wonderful person at the beginning, and he treated people kindly as a son-in-law, but even if he was 'Huahua Tai Sui', he couldn't please him in front of him. Later, many things happened, I followed him, learned something, Jinghan 11 years, the right prime minister's mansion presided over the disaster relief in the north, Mr. Ning made suggestions, mobilized a large number of merchants from all over the country to sell in the disaster area, and suppressed the price of grain...... It was a very exciting scene......"

"I am a man, don't look at me old, half a head of white hair, in fact, because of lack of qualifications, every day I come into contact with everyone from the Wu Dynasty, all of them are dragons and phoenixes among people, I don't dare to slack off, as long as I learn more things, spend more time ......"

"In the Chinese army, and you say equality, in fact, it is also simple, you have seen, paper-making, printing, after understanding the way of things, and now the efficiency has increased more than ten times, the rest of the industries, even planting, fishing and hunting, there are also ways to continuously improve, the supply of chickens on the farm, eggs and chickens has increased greatly...... There is a way to improve everything, in the past, you studied with great difficulty, and became a person on the human level, some people understand reason, some people do not understand, so the sage said, the people can make it, but not make it know. Just because everyone knows it, it's impossible. ”

"But now, as you see, we may one day make everyone in the world have a book to read, and after reading a book, there is hope for understanding. At that time, although it will be difficult for people to be completely equal, it is expected that the distance will be shortened. ”

Qin Shaoyu pushed the wheelchair forward with both hands, and someone on the side asked: "When the time comes, everyone will be an official, and who will farm?" ”

Hearing this question, Qin Shaoyu was not flustered, the movements of his hands did not slow down, and said with a smile: "If everyone can study, there must be another look in the world, people who are officials are no longer superior, but they are just government officials on an equal footing with others, some people fish and hunt, some people farm, some people do business, some people teach, at that time, there are naturally people who are good at management and planning, and they will be transferred to the position of management. It is based on this principle. ”

"Of course, there have been many discussions in the Huaxia Army about this matter, and there are a lot of discussions about these years, which have also been preserved in Building No. 2, and Mr. Ning has also explained and imagined several times, if you are interested in this, you can borrow and discuss."

Qin Shaoyu smiled: "Of course, the world is difficult, the road ahead is not easy, based on the development of the study of things, many things in time, will be turned upside down, even if there are many ideas in the second building, they are only accumulated in ten years, not necessarily, not the answer, if you have more ideas after reading it, the Huaxia Army will regularly have such discussions, if there are profound views, it will even be passed on by Mr. Ning to answer in person, and even start a debate...... Next, let's take a look at some ideas and results for plant selection and breeding......"

The three buildings in Zhangcun were visited by everyone on the first day they came, and many of the theories that they did not understand at the time actually had a rough outline in their hearts after visiting and explaining in the following days. On the sixth day, after Qin Shaoyu explained in series, the present and future picture of the entire Huaxia Army was gradually constructed, and everyone's hearts were shocked and slowly deepened.

After Qin Shaoyu said that a large amount of information was retained in Building No. 2, some superficial questions were no longer mentioned. Soon after, everyone turned to Building No. 2, and the first floor of it preserves the achievements and construction process of the Huaxia Army all the way - in fact, it also displays the things about Qin Siyuan's time, and even the subsequent death of Qin Siyuan, the situation of the Wu Dynasty, Ning Yi's murder of the king, etc., many details are disclosed in detail, of course, this part, Qin Shaoyu still politely avoided it for now.

He walked in a wheelchair and said: "In the first few receptions, in fact, people have been asking, the Huaxia Army has blown these things so flowery, and many things can only be seen in these beautiful houses, including the glass windows, the steel and other things used to build these three buildings, not everyone can afford to use them after all...... But at this point, I hope you can pay attention to the fact that our Huaxia Army has been struggling in the harshest environment for more than ten years......"

"We are in Xiaocanghe, and Qingmu Village is developing with difficulty, reclamation and construction...... Soon after, Western Xia came, and we defeated Western Xia in the northwest, and later resisted the attack of almost the entire Central Plains with a million-strong army, including the Jurchens...... We slew Lou Mur, and we turned to Liangshan from the northwest, and in the same way, we opened a road in the mountains with great difficulty......"

"In such an environment, we still maintain the development of so many things, and when we leave Liangshan and arrive here, how long will it take? When the situation stabilizes, is there a year? Friends, the Jurchens came, conquered the Central Plains and Jiangnan, defeated the entire Wu Dynasty, and came to the southwest. Imagine what it would be like for the Jurchens to conquer Shu......"

Qin Shaoyu pushed his wheelchair and walked in a historical scroll: "Look at these developments again, imagine that if we defeat the Jurchens, if we let us be in a larger place - not as remote as Xiaocang River, not as barren as Dengsan County - just like the Chengdu Plain, it doesn't need to be bigger!" Think about what kind of appearance we will become after three years of development and five years of development, think about it, when the whole world comes, who can stop my Chinese people and restore my Han family's clothes - I believe that this is also the picture that my uncle dreamed of back then......"

Sunlight was projected through the window, and after everyone visited the second building, it was noon, and Qin Shaoyu led more than 20 officials of the Wu Dynasty to the canteen to eat. Lunch is a simple but delicious buffet mode, after lunch, Liao Qibin walked outside to bask in the sun, his mind was still a little chaotic, he walked to the post of county commander through formal channels, to say that it is naturally the dragon and phoenix among people, a few days is enough time for him to see a big outline clearly, but to digest this shock, it still takes time.

After a short time, officials and officials came out to talk to him in a low voice, and the most talked about was the matter of the big war not long after, whether the core of the war was in the Sword Pavilion, or in Zizhou, whether the Huaxia Army could hold on, or whether the Jurchens could finally win the world, these issues were the top priority of the discussion.

During this period, everyone talked about Mr. Ning again, and this square could be seen from a distance on the side of the courtyard where Mr. Ning lived, and it was said that Mr. Ning was still in Zhang Village at this time. Some people talked about the traffic in Zhangcun and the traffic in the Chengdu Plain.

“…… Since the Huaxia Army entered Chengdu, it has helped disaster relief, and it is convenient to help travelers, and the first priority is to repair roads, and now with Zhangcun as the center, the main post roads have been renovated again, extending in all directions, and Mr. Ning is in Zhangcun Town, which is the best choice. At the beginning of the war, even if there were people in the rear who had evil intentions, the reaction here was the fastest, you don't see that a few years ago this place was a barren beach, and now there are four bridges......"

In the midst of everyone's discussions, they can't help but admire these things, those who can come here, even after a few days of visiting, no longer understand the Huaxia Army, of course, they will not say it now, as long as they are not the official of the Huaxia Army in the end, even if they are monitored for a while, they can always get out in the future. Moreover, if you really don't talk about the concept, only talk about the means, Ning Yi's ability to create such a foundation is really convincing.

After discussing like this for a while, Qin Shaoyu came from not far away and participated in a small-scale discussion, he smiled, enjoying the late autumn sun with his jagged white hair, and then smiled and talked about the topic that everyone was concerned about: "You guys were talking about Mr. Ning before? It's a pity that I can't see him today. ”

Everyone was surprised: "Could it be that we are still in front of Mr. Ning?" "Some people's minds even move, and if they really have the opportunity to see that person, they will take a risk......

But he saw Qin Shaoyu and said with a smile: "Everything here has been arranged, and the big battle is ahead...... He left for the front line in Zizhou yesterday. ”

Qin Shaoyu's words were calm, Liao Qibin heard this, and remembered the figure of the slaughtering and tiger-like soldiers who visited the Huaxia Army barracks in the past few days, and his heart was terrified, and he was stunned for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Ning...... Go to the front? If the Jurchens came to kill, they besieged Zizhou...... The land of thousands of miles on the four roads of Sichuan...... I'm afraid the response will not be enough......"

They had not yet fully joined the Huaxia Army at this time, and although Liao Qibin knew that it was not appropriate to ask about this matter, he still couldn't help but say it slowly. Qin Shaoyu squinted his eyes and glanced at him: "It's okay." ”

He said: "As long as the Sichuan Fourth Road is still there and the Huaxia Army is still there, Zong Han ...... It can't surround Zizhou. ”

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Ning Yi left Zhangcun on the afternoon of September 23, September 24, and was actually about to arrive in Zizhou.

After blocking Yan Zonghan's army, it was a plan that had been set earlier to determine the battlefield as much as possible on the 100-kilometer distance between Sword Pavilion and Zizhou. Of course, the ideal deployment is to block the enemy at the Sword Pavilion, and if the Sword Pavilion cannot be surrendered and difficult to take, then the front line will be set in Zizhou.

Although it is said that from Zizhou to the south, the first line of Chengdu has been the territory of the Huaxia Army for two years, but in fact, beyond Zizhou, the Chengdu Plain is endless. At that time, even if he can defeat Yan Zonghan head-on, the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command will run around under the leadership of the Jurchen famous generals who still have excellent command ability, and it will be easy to become a bad score, and even people will occupy various small cities with their superiority in strength, and then drive the people to fight everywhere, and even do things like breaking Dujiangyan, and when the strength of the Huaxia army is tight, I am afraid that it will be beaten out in the end.

Ning Yi's departure was because two pieces of news came on the twenty-third day.

One of them was in the Jiangnan area, where there was a rescue operation closely related to lobbying Si Zhongxian, which failed.

And the other is a well-planned assassination operation that broke out in Zizhou, which extended to Ning Ji's side. Ning Ji was once caught by the other party's assassins.

It wasn't until he was taken captive to the outskirts of Zizhou that several assassins converged, and the thirteen-year-old son of the Ning family cut the rope with a short knife hidden in his sleeve and suddenly attacked. Before help arrived, he pursued the Assassins all the way, killing six people by various means.

Ning Yi hid from Xiaochan, and set off on the same day and headed towards Zizhou.