In Jiangning in November, there was very little morning fog, but today it was foggy. [Full text reading]

The fog was so thick that when I stood in the yard, I couldn't see the branches and leaves at the top of the big tree overhead. The morning breeze is like a little boy who blows the morning mist that covers his knees, blows it, blows it away.

The skirt always fell, and the little boy always persevered, until the sun could not stand it anymore, and began to dispel the morning breeze and morning mist with a thousand rays of light.

Chen Zhongguo's old housekeeper was like an old ape, nodded his forefoot, came to the bedroom, and asked the nurse on duty last night in a low voice: "Is the old man awake?" ”

"Not yet, I'm sleeping soundly." The nurse skillfully pulled out a maza, helped the old housekeeper to sit down, and said, "Since I came, I haven't seen the old man sleep so well, maybe it's colder and more comfortable." ”

Nurses are regular staff members in the Health Bureau under the Ministry of Health, the salary of public institutions, the salary of civil servants, and the benefits of both the public and the Chen family, just like the eunuchs in the palace sent to the princes and nobles in ancient times.

The old butler sat down "oh" and gently pounded his legs. He is also 65 years old, and it is said that it is time to retire, but Chen Zhongguo mentioned it several times, and he said that he could still persevere. In fact, he also did a good job, the old Chen Zhongguo couldn't do without him, sometimes when he didn't want to speak, he could understand it with a look.

He looked at the sky outside, took out the pocket watch in his outer pocket, and said, "Xiao Wang, take a look at the door again, the old man likes the morning mist the most, and it is about to disappear."

"Hey." The nurse answered, and came back after a while, saying, "You can rest assured, the old man slept well, and he snored very loudly." ”

"Is Dr. Lee watching?"

"Look, Dr. Li only sleeps 3 hours a day, and guards it all night, I just asked, he said it's okay, the old man has a hard time sleeping, let me not disturb.

"Oh, oh, that's good." The old butler grinned, revealing two old yellow teeth.

The nurse just raised his head, and quickly lowered it, thinking to himself, no wonder the old housekeeper is toothless with a smile, this occasional tooth is scary, how many years of old smoking gun must be.

While he was thinking about this, the old butler picked up his horse and went to the bottom of the corridor, and said, "I sniff a cigarette." ”

He has quit smoking for several years, and he usually carries a "big front door" in his arms, and he doesn't know which year's goods, and he sniffs when he is anxious, as if he is smelling his own good things.

The nurse smiled and said, "Then you can rest for a while, you can get up early." ”

"Hey, it's been two or three hours, I can't sleep for a long time, the old man is so good, it's good."

After speaking, the old butler leaned against the wooden pillar in the corridor and closed his eyes to recuperate.

The morning fog has finally lifted.

Dr. Li walked out of the courtyard lightly, and the small door creaked.

When the old butler heard this, he raised his head and smiled, and said first, "It's winter, and the oil is dry." ”

"Not really." Dr. Li replied, greeted with a smile, and said, "It's all up." The old man just woke up, in good health, no problem, and is washing. ”

"Okay, okay." The old butler pushed the big front door and asked, "Then I'll go in now." ”

"Uh-huh." Li Zhun left with a smile. Normally, the health care practitioner's work this morning is over, and after breakfast, he will measure a few values, and it will be the evening's work. Although life is like this, when the leader is not in good health, if the health care doctor does not stay up all night, he has not fulfilled his responsibility, and now there is no problem, and Li Zhun can also go and sleep well.

The old housekeeper rushed in, just in time to see Old Man Chen boxing in the small backyard. It is said that it is handed down by the older generation of the Chen family, that year, the peasants in the south of the Yangtze River fought for rest, the landlords seized the tenants, and there were often big fights, so the children of the family had many habits.

Mr. Chen is very slow, not so much to exercise as to enjoy the long-lost boxing, since a serious illness after the age of 72, he has not had a full boxing.

That is, four or five minutes later, Chen Zhongguo stopped slowly, crossed his hands in front of his lower abdomen, looked up at the sun, and took a long time before taking a máo towel from the tree shelf in front of him, wiped the tears on his face, and said with a smile: "Are you up?" ”

"It's been a while since I've been up." The old butler didn't need to take out his pocket watch to know that it was nine o'clock in the morning, two or three hours later than usual.

Chen Zhongguo let out a hearty laugh inexplicably, and said: "I remember, it rained heavily that summer, and I couldn't sleep with soreness. ”

"You remember that." The old butler touched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

"Ah Yi's salvia is good, and I remember everything clearly."

"It's funny to talk about it." The old butler came over to report it. While serving the tea to Chen Zhongguo, he said: "In the past few days, your old man's body has become more bāng, and some people have heard about it, so they have come to the house to ask, wanting to know if you are really good or fake. There are a few pieces of salvia left, and it seems that there are two pieces, which have been circulated. I was in a hurry, so I asked Chen Yi first, and he said that it was okay, let the cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods crawl away, I just cared. ”

Chen Zhongguo drank tea quietly, he knew that he was not in good health, and it was not easy for dozens of people in the old mansion to take care of it like an iron bucket.

The old housekeeper took a breath and continued: "Later, I heard that the two pieces of salvia were passed on to several laboratories or something, but I didn't hear that anything was found, and some people tried it, and it was said that it was the curative effect of salvia." ”

Chen Zhongguo laughed, he was actually curious, his body knew by himself, let alone salvia, even the king of ginseng would not have this effect. But Chen Yi didn't say anything, so he didn't go to the bottom of it. Whether it is for him or for the Chen family, getting well is the greatest wealth, and other people's bodies, let them go.

If he can really live for another 20 years, Chen Guoliang should be able to sit firmly in the position of general, Chen Rongjie can also be expected to be a vice governor or governor, and even the eldest grandson Chen Ye can achieve Chen Rongjie's current position. Chen Yi...... Chen Yi can do what step, Chen Zhongguo can't predict, he used to hope that Chen Yi can be an authentic scholar, preferably beyond what Havard Oxford, but now it seems that although Chen Yi has won any awards, his willingness to do academic is not strong, but if he starts from the bottom of politics, it will cost him his talent, and he is really a little aggrieved.

Chen Zhongguo thought of those officials of the Chen family again, to be precise, the Chen family is just a representative, like a flag. Those former superiors and subordinates, disciples who have received their own favors, demobilized and non-demobilized soldiers who have gone out from their hands, as well as their relatives, nephews, classmates, fellow villagers, in-laws and relatives, are the flagpoles that make up the Chen family, and with these basic strengths, the banner of the Chen family can fly......

If you want to return to the top, you must regroup, and you must first let the basic strength of the Chen family glow with the brilliance of battle and be ready for battle.

Chen Zhongguo was suddenly shocked, this time when he returned to Jiangning from Xijing, he was actually ready to make compromises, and the main purpose was to protect the Chen family and the Chen family -- it was easy to fight vigorously and happily, but it was not easy to reap happiness.

But now, his heart is full of fighting spirit, and he is far less leisurely than he is at home.

Wouldn't this be better, Chen Zhongguo straightened his waist and said, "Ah Sheng, you go and invite the Buddha Lao, Ou Lao and Zhou Lao." ”

Fo Ou Zhou is his think tank, outsiders jokingly call Chen the three grooms, the previous Jiangning officialdom shock, the first two came forward, suppressed Xiaoxiao, stabilized the situation, and helped pick the fruits of victory.

Chen Zhongguo has not officially invited them to appear for a while.

The old butler regretted in his heart and went as he said.

……

When Chen Zhongguo, who had been supplemented by a divine "gift", regained his confidence, Chen Yi's confidence skyrocketed.

Due to the advantages brought by the divine arts, when he walked into the subway, it was exactly the opposite of the last Satsuma Cylinder situation, the genetic completion did not change, and the range of the light curtain doubled. It means that the people on the earth, such as Yong Yinmori and Yun Wuyunba, can move freely within a radius of 40 kilometers, while the earthlings on the western continent can move within a range of 50 kilometers or even 60 kilometers.

Not to mention the former, for the latter, it means that the students in the Xijiang Water Village can break through to Damara City and even occupy it.

This kind of thinking constantly eroded Chen Yi's thoughts, but he didn't explain it to anyone, but only bought a large number of various materials and transported them to the Western Continent as much as possible.

Kang Qiushi from the equipment procurement department, Fang Zhong who was in charge of asset investment, Luo Xiaoshan who took the initiative to demolish the factory, and Mo Shaoqiu, who owned an overseas leather bag company, were all sent out by Chen Yi to buy materials as much as possible and send them to Jiangning.

Thanks to the Jiangbei port under construction, all kinds of materials suitable for hiding and not suitable for hiding can smoothly enter the Jiangjing storage area with the help of cargo ships and railway systems, and then be sent to the Binjiang central warehouse through the above-ground and underground transportation roads, and loaded into the water and land god compartment that can actually carry 80,000 tons under the command of the natives of the western continent or in person......

God is pitiful, if it really fills the Chinese battlefield in World War II.

Of course, this amount of material, even if it was only used for military purposes, was not enough to support the British or Russian battlefields of that year. And the natives of the Western Continent, except for being less knowledgeable, are not inferior to the Japanese devils of the year. People's bows and arrows are more penetrating than the 38-type rifles, and the attacks of other fighters' skill-level knights are much more accurate than grenadiers, and there is no problem for people's dragoon cavalry to defeat the thin iron Japanese tanks one-on-one...... Jiang Gong's suppression of bandits was successful.

To put it simply, in Chen Yi's understanding, although the natives of the Western Continent seem to be inferior, they are also the result of unequal information. If it was not 3,000 heavy infantry, but 3,000 light cavalry, the untrained troops, would have been able to rely on 24 heavy machine guns to win, it is really difficult to say. On the other hand, if the temple ignores it and is willing to fight for the Xijiang Water Village with human lives, and report the impact of the belief of sacrificing hundreds of fighting skill level knights, the destruction of the Xijiang Water Village is almost certain.

Because of this, Chen Yi tried his best to provide the Xijiang Water Village with Milan anti-tank missiles - but to be honest, it can definitely inflict huge damage on the Xijiang Water Village, and it may make them suffer for a hundred years and not be able to turn over, but if it is a big battle of life and death...... The small water village still has only the life of destruction,

Not to mention the magic knights who have mastered divine arts.

Of course, this kind of absolute situation will not occur when both parties are rational and thinking in a normal situation. The forces of the temple had a war they needed to participate in, and it was beyond the control of the nobles of Marat. The nobles of Mara City have a life they need to enjoy, not just a detour who does not give up an inch of land, and whether the temple soldiers and martial arts knights of Mara City are willing to fight for an enclave with their lives is really worth considering. As for the Knights...... Even if Mara City really survived, the temple would probably be reluctant to send it out.

War is always a game of participants, and it is impossible to have a foolproof defense, and the defense that makes the opponent lose more than it loses is the most stable defense. If every small island in the Pacific could be built into Iwo Jima, Japanese militarism would still be in vogue.

As long as Chen Yi was given enough information, which was now available, he knew that it would be impossible to fully confront the natives of the Western Continent with equipment at the level of World War I and World War II, even if it was just to sweep away Mara City. Because of this, he continued to buy the Milan anti-tank missile from the East German arms broker Medro - the best weapon for drakes, elephant cavalry, and brawling knights. On the other hand, he was likewise looking to buy better defensive weapons, such as real tanks.

It's not easy, but it's not impossible. Medro was very interested in Chen Yi's proposal, but just like his habit of telling lies before, he would not sell a large number of new weapons and equipment unless Chen Yi's purchase intention was determined and the risks were assessed. Mo Shaoqiu must also have a way, he can get small arms and wheeled armored vehicles for the third world market, then he will definitely be able to get modern tanks for the third world market. Again, the issue is cost and safety.

The real purpose of arms control worldwide is not to control the arms trade, but to increase the profitability of the arms trade and to increase the transaction costs of non-"Member States".

For example, now, Chen Yiming knew that Mo Shaoqiu had engaged in the act of being an arms broker, but he did not ask after all, and he knew that Medro had the goods, and he did not want to satisfy his behavior of waiting for the price to be sold - otherwise there would be endless troubles.

Although more than 100,000 tons of supplies were provided several times in a row, as well as 100 newly recruited trainees of each term, plus 30 Mexicans, Yu Weichao was overjoyed. But as far as Chen Yi's request is concerned, these are obviously not enough. In addition to his self-confidence, his newfound faith has also made him accustomed to keeping his plans deep in his chest rather than telling them what he says.

It was not until November 20, when the road of the Xijiang Walled City was 5 kilometers away from the city of Mara, that Chen Yi ordered to "help" the city of Mara to build a ring road, and to obtain the understanding of the nobles as much as possible.

Only then did Yu Weichao know why the "Lord" had expanded the number of inspection teams three times in a row and continuously trained them in mobile combat capabilities.

Mara City, Yu Weichao doesn't know how many times he has sent people to check, and he also knows a lot about the army in Mara City. But the more you know, the more you fear those who are at the fighting skill level.

It is true that he was once a member of the secret organization, but in the final analysis, he is a counter-elite scholar who is interested in social reform, and although there are thousands of tons of supplies, Yu Weichao still asks: "Lord, what if it provokes a backlash from the temple's armed forces?" ”

"Didn't the policy research office you built report that as long as we don't directly attack Mara City, the temple forces won't directly attack us?" Chen Yi questioned Yu Weichao instead.

The military force of Mara City was divided into two parts, one part was the armed forces of the nobles of Mara City, and they were few in number and could only be responsible for law and order. The other part was established by the armed forces of the nobles of Mara, but by the armed forces led by the temple, their strong force was mainly prepared for the temple war, and the nobles of Mara could be requisitioned with the tacit consent of the chief priest, but the amount of loss must be replenished, and it must not affect the temple war.

It was a war involving the sacrifice of the lives of the temple.

The third heavy infantry battalion of the last attack, in fact, is the temple armament. The loss of a full 3,000 people has not been replenished to this day, and the chief priest of the temple was furious, threatening not to allow the temple to go into battle unless all the nobles of Mara City were dead.

Yu Weichao also knew this, but he was really afraid.

It's war, and war is the most unruly thing.

In the face of Chen Yi's questioning, he could only answer with a small attitude: "After all, the Policy Research Office is a new department, and Cui Ying and Zhang Zhonghe are not authentic policy researchers. ”

The Policy Research Office is actually the decree-promulgating body of Xijiang Shuizhai now, which is equivalent to the legislative body of Xijiang Shuizhai. As powerful as it sounds, just like China's legislature, in any non-democratic country, the power to legislate and ultimately interpret is ultimately in the hands of the supermarket...... Wrong, it's in the hands of those in power.

Yu Weichao used his scholarly demeanor to give birth to this institution, but it could only be used as a lawyer's office. Still few people pay attention.

Chen Yi stared at Yu Weichao with sharp eyes.

The latter clenched his neck tightly.

"Order the inspection team to dispatch, you, and I, go to the front of the highway and take a look."

"Yes." Yu Weichao hurriedly replied. Compared with the natives, Chen Yi now seems to make him more nervous.

The inspection team was quickly assembled, with a total of 150 men, all cadets from the martial arts hall, and then the 100-numbered native army, whose numbers were strictly limited.

On Earth, the inspectors who used armor and bows were now armoured, and new convoys of wheeled armoured vehicles, riot trucks, and Humvees and armoured trucks made up of machine guns and heavy machine guns.

Chen Yi held his neck high and got on the command-type Saxon wheeled armored car, and Qin Dajiang, the leader of the vehicle team, also gave up his Humvee gun car and came to Saxon.

Ginmori hesitated and got into the belly of the armored car.

After two months on Earth, he didn't have much chance to ride in a car, and he saw a lot of them, but they looked like armored cars, which was still too weird.

"If I become a knight of divine arts, I will find the temple and ask for a fief, why bother to ......fight it myself" He stood beside Chen Yi, grabbed the steel stabilizer bar tightly, and said: "You are too làng fee, such a car is enough to build a good knight's spear, 30 meters long, which can be used by the earth dragon knight." ”

Yin Mori Yong spoke his native language, which only Chen Yi could understand in the car.

Chen Yi just shrugged his shoulders and said, "After seeing Jiang Ning, do you still have a feeling for the knight's spear?" ”

"Of course, the Cavaliers are the strongest warriors in the world......"

"Oh...... I've never seen you TV, have you? ”

"TV?" Poor Isamu Gin Mori was locked up in the backyard of the martial arts hall, with little touch to anything good except for the brick walls and cement.

"Haven't read a book yet?"

"I don't have the talent to speak languages." Isamu Gin Mori is limited to using 3 konjac, and it's not a good thing, and his envy is like a pool of fire overflowing with oil, burning violently.

Chen Yi smiled faintly and said to Qin Dajiang, "Let's go." ”

"The engine starts." Qin Dajiang commanded on the intercom.

Diesel and gasoline engines rumbled.

Yu Weichao stood behind Chen Yi, looking around with his neck tilted, he had actually only entered the armored car once.

The soldiers on the turret gripped the handles of their guns, and there was never peace around the road, except for small groups of enemies, and all sorts of beasts passing by. When they came last year, they didn't know that the forests on both sides of the road were not allowed to pass, and many of the beasts were killed by the soldiers in the tree fort, so that the convoy could hear the sound of gunfire along the way. It took about one hour for the convoy to reach 35 kilometers of West Malaysia Highway safely.

Chen Yi got out of the car directly, and the startled Qin Dajiang grabbed the pistol and followed.

"Has the capital construction team been attacked?" He asked the current team leader, Liao Yi.

"A single knight, poison arrow, rocket has all been encountered." Liao Yi had palpitations, and took Chen Yi forward from the first floor to the construction site where the stones were being laid.

At the time of the fighting skill level, Chen Yi had never been to the front of the highway, and asked at this time: "There is a danger to life, can the engineering team still insist on construction?" ”

Liao Yi felt that this was a compliment to himself, and said with a smile: "The main thing is injury, and there are very few direct deaths." ”

The dead are all indigenous, and the medicines and medical treatment they receive are completely different from those of the earthlings.

Chen Yi asked noncommittally: "How many were injured, who?" ”

"Of the seven, only one is a cadet." Yu Weichao answered first.

"The remaining 6 are indigenous?"

"The natives were injured 21." Liao Yi hesitated for a moment and replied, "The six injured people I just mentioned are all Latins, and they are more ...... Good at using machinery. ”

Chen Yi was silent. Of course he knew what was going on, it was nothing more than a dangerous place for foreigners to go first. If he believed in "justice", he might have interfered. But now it's just a matter of not talking.

Yu Weichao was worried about blame, and hurriedly said: "Our current construction progress is very fast, as long as we go three kilometers forward, we can see the wall of Mara City." The only problem was that we ran into a river. ”

"Huh?"

"If we want to build a bridge, the army of Mara City on the other side may not let us do it easily." Stepping over a pile of stones used to build toilets, Yu Weichao pointed ahead.

It was a great rushing river, fifty or sixty meters wide, and on the opposite side of it were 300 cavalrymen lined up in a neat line, with perhaps more to come.

"They didn't even allow us to cross the river." Liao Tiao's teeth itched with hatred when he talked about this, and said: "There was a Mexican who went to the river to catch fish, and they were also hit by an arrow, and his thigh was directly pierced, and he is still lying in the water village." ”

"What about them? Come here? There is a reason why Chen Yi asked, the highway was basically completed by widening and strengthening on the basis of the original dirt road, and it was impossible for the residents of Mara City to cut off contact with the outside world.

Liao Yi shook his head and nodded, and said, "They have opened a new ferry, right over there, and then bypass us, from a small road to the back 5 kilometers." ”

"Or use our highway?"

"Yes, but we're not allowed to continue building."

Chen Yi Shen got up. The ring road around Mara City had to be built in order to control the resources of Mara City and its surroundings without capturing it, and at the very least, to find the presence of platinum mines and more natural rubber trees.

In order to achieve this goal, it is best to build a new bridge without violent conflict.

"Do we have the technology to build bridges?" Chen Yi slowly asked the contractor team to secretly Liao Xuan.

"That big knight, the one we captured, Silva, he will. With the native method of the western continent. It is a kind of stone suspension bridge, which we replaced with reinforced concrete, and has already made a small one, no problem. Liao Yi paused as he spoke, and then continued: "Sir Silva, say that he has a way to deal with these knights. ”

"Oh? What is it? ”

Liao Yi blinked twice, he thought that Chen Yi would be willing to meet Silva.

He could not hesitate to reply, "It is the market, and he said that the nobles of Mara City liked the market." If there is a market, clean, as clean as our Xijiang Water Village, selling things like what we sell on our Xijiang Water Village, and attracting the nobles in the city to play, then they will definitely be impatient to ferry back and forth, and there will be cavalry searches. If we had not been aggressive in the act of war, at least the middle and lower class of the minor nobles and burghers, the lords of the manors, would have volunteered to ask us to build bridges. ”

"Huh?"

Yu Weichao was in control of the finances, and immediately came to his senses and said: "Isn't it that where the market is built, the bridge will be built?" Do you have to change the place of the road? ”

The market must not be built under their feet, and the original road plan must be changed. Change means money, and a lot of money.

Chen Yi was very interested in this, and said with a smile: "You can try it completely, but what exactly is sold, let Sir Silva come up with a list." Liao Yi, you are responsible for building this market......"

"Yes." Liao Yi's legs were folded together excitedly, in the Western Continent, work means power, and a market for selling earth goods sounds very powerful.