Ideal vs. Reality...... What are you good at and what you want to do...... What's important? This is a problem that many people have encountered.

Xiao Lang is now in the same trouble: intellectually, he admits that Dr. Feng's assessment is completely correct. The role I can play in the technical mouth is unmatched in the whole team. Walking this road, the future will be bright, and it is also the best choice for the big collective.

But on the other hand, what boy did not have the dream of commanding thousands of troops and conquering the world when he was a child--in Xiao Lang's original era, this could only be a dream. However, at the end of this Ming Dynasty, he can really have this opportunity. And Xiao Lang has also worked hard to get closer to this aspect, but now it seems that this road is still much more difficult than he originally expected, and it is not that he can go all the way to the world smoothly by mastering the force beyond the times. And he seems to lack a little luck - or according to the word Pang Yu usually likes to hang on his lips: luck!

Although the two words are only reversed, the meanings are very different. Those who have been able to achieve great things throughout the ages seem to be blessed by a mysterious kind of good luck. Or even if he is a heroic man for a while, he must be lucky when he first starts up, and when this good luck runs out, that is, when he dies and the country mourns - such as Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the conditions in all aspects at the beginning of the army were no worse than Zhu Yuanzhang. A battle of Poyang Lake decided the ownership of the Central Plains for hundreds of years, where is Zhu Yuanzhang better than Chen Youliang? It's just a little bit of luck.

――During this time, Xiao Lang was trapped in the ward, and he could only chat with Xie Xi Pang Yu and others who came to visit the patient on weekdays. Say anything under boredom, according to Pang Yu's statement: Your old Xiao was assassinated at the critical moment when he started the army, and the upward momentum was interrupted, which shows that you Xiao lacks the luck to achieve great things. If you want to take the road of military politics in the future, it is inevitable that you will get twice the result with half the effort. Of course, you can also say that this is "the true fate is mine" or "the death is auspicious" - how others interpret it depends on your future achievements. But what you think in your own heart depends on how ambitious you are.

When he bragged to his face, Xiao Lang scolded Pang Yu with a smile, saying that he was jealous, and he just didn't want to have another force to come out and squeeze out the resources of the big collective. But in the dead of night, after careful consideration, Xiao Lang had to admit that although this statement was nonsense, it really affected his confidence.

――Is he really suitable for taking the road of military politics? Or do you want to be honest, walk down the Cotai Avenue that can already be seen and touched, and be a technical expert who is of the greatest use to the group and whose own value can be fully reflected?

If it is a teenager who thinks that he is the protagonist of the starting point novel, he must shout "My life is up to me!" And then how to toss and how to trouble, how to come, anyway, is there a halo of the protagonist? But Xiao Lang is not a child after all, and the toss during this period of time has also made him fully realize the complexity of managing military and political personnel, which is definitely not comparable to painting drawings in the mechanical group or dealing with steel machines.

A few days later, Xie Xi took an opportunity to ask him how he felt about his health. Are you comfortable traveling by boat? - Let's get ready to retreat, Xiao Lang said with a bitter face that my body is still empty, if you want to slip away, you might as well wait for me to be strong before running. Xie Xi had no choice but to laugh and give up—even though Old Jack had told them that Xiao Lang's injury no longer affected his activities. But since I still want to stay a few more days, it's up to him.

Anyway, according to Pang Yu's psychological analysis of him: this guy has actually made a decision, but he doesn't want to accept his fate in his heart, and he still wants to struggle again, so there is no need to fight him at this time.

After thinking about it, Xie Xi mentioned another thing:

"By the way, there is one more thing that I should let you know - the Ming Empire intends to put Huang Long, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, in prison for punishment, and most of them will have his head cut off."

Xiao Lang was stunned:

"Why did you kill him?"

Xie Xi shrugged his shoulders:

"Of course, we can find out a bunch of crimes, but we all know the real reason in our hearts - you were assassinated and injured this time, and the Ming court will always give us an explanation. They can't find trouble with the Manchurians, but they can't only use Huanglong to top the cylinder. ”

"Who are you going to replace after killing him?"

"At present, there are two candidates: one is Li Weiluan, Huanglong's deputy, and the other is Shang Kexi, the general of Guangludao, who is now asking for our opinion. They seem to think that using Huang Long's head to calm your anger and allow us to meddle in the selection of the new commander of Dongjiang Town is the best way to make amends and appease. ”

Xiao Lang first snorted twice, and finally slowly turned into a low laugh - but it was full of sadness:

"Well, very well—to kill a general who fought unyieldingly and finally died in the end, and replaced him with one of the future four great Han kings of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this is how they treated loyal and good generals...... Tsk tsk, Pang Yu is really right, the talent of these Ming Dynasty civil officials is all focused on infighting, and the timing of dealing with their own people has changed. But once you encounter someone who really shows that the chariot and horse are the enemy, they immediately become soft eggs. ”

Xie Xi laughed and spread his hands:

"That's why we resolutely can't become 'our own people' with them...... Well, you disagree? ”

"Of course not!"

"Okay, then there is one more article: the Ming Dynasty intends to make you the chief military officer, do you accept it?"

"Accept a fart! Lao Tzu didn't come to Lushun to work for the Ming Dynasty, let them get out, how far and how far they go! ”

Xiao Lang slapped the table and roared, but Xie Xi looked at him this time, and said again:

"Old Xiao, this is not something to be said casually. No matter how much you look down on the Ming Dynasty, they are 'orthodox' and occupy a righteous name. And among the things they can give, that is, the "name" is the most useful. The main reason why our three regiments were able to open up Weihaiwei was because I had the title of 'Weihaiwei General' -- and this time they were going to give you the title of General Lushun. Of course, these official positions are meaningless, and in the final analysis, it depends on our own troops. But with this name in hand, if you really want to form the Sixth Regiment in the future and come back to open up the Lushun base, the big collective will not be able to stop it. ”

Xiao Lang smiled and tapped his fingers on the table:

"Thanks for the reminder, old man. But you really can't see what you mean by putting these two messages together to tell me? According to Pang Yu, I just lack the luck of being a politician, but at least I still have political sensitivity. You, the technique is still too rough! ”

Xie Xi smiled a little embarrassedly, but Xiao Lang didn't think much of himself, no matter how he relieved Xi and put down his pregnant wife, and came all the way to this Liaodong land to replace him to support this winter, this responsibility is indeed worthy of admiration. As for the shortcomings in terms of strategy and strategy, his own brothers helped him make up for it.

When he thought of this, Xiao Lang suddenly felt a little in a trance - he had always felt that his talent and resourcefulness were definitely not under the dismissal, and there was no reason why he couldn't do what he could do, so he learned that he also went to the road of military politics. But now it seems that the gap between himself and him is not in terms of talent, but precisely the lack of some of the most essential things...... Of course, it is definitely not the "luck" that Pang Yu said, he Xiao is a standard materialist!

My mind drifted slightly, but I quickly returned to the current thing:

"Your first news really angered me, but if you can make me hastily refuse the reward of the Ming Empire just because of this, you will underestimate me too much-Lao Jie, you have been busy with this and that every day during this time, and coming to me to brag and fart when you have time is just a kind of leisure and relaxation for you. But as for me, I am either in the hospital bed or in the room all day, and the limited time to go out for a little wind every day is limited by the doctor. Do you think that for so long, I will just eat, sleep, sleep and eat like a pig, and don't think about anything? ”

"When the body is immobile, only the mind is free - I am always thinking, I am always thinking. Thinking about all kinds of questions, the most important of which is the possible reaction of all parties after the battle of our Lushun: our internal, the Houjin, and the Ming Empire. Of course, the possible reward of the Ming Empire is also under consideration, and how to deal with it has long been considered. The news you just brought only strengthened my mind. ”

"Don't have anything to do with the Ming Empire - that's my attitude, Lao Jie. You just said that what the Ming Empire can give now is nothing more than a name, but is this thing really that important to us? If I want to return to Lushun in the future, the first thing to solve is the problem of troops, and the second thing to convince is the committee. Lao Tzu didn't ask them to agree to send troops to Lushun this time! ”

"At least the case could have been more justified in convincing the committee."

Xie Xi felt that he seemed to be stupid, and he was actually helping Xiao Lang find a reason - he obviously didn't want Xiao Lang to accept it. It's just that now that it's a discussion, you can't completely follow the other party's words.

Xiao Lang said twice and nodded at him:

"If I take over this general rank, I will be two levels higher than your general, and I will suddenly become the biggest Ming Dynasty official among us modern people - you don't say it, you still have some mind in your heart. That's why you came here to use such a small trick to dispel my thoughts? ”

Jian Xi just laughed dryly, but Xiao Lang shook his head again:

"Actually, you really think too much, serving as an official of the Ming Dynasty may seem to you some kind of glory, or some kind of useful cover. But for me, it's a shame, a shame in the outright! Your honey, my arsenic, nothing more than that. (To be continued.) )