"Guo Gongzi is awake, Guo Gongzi is awake!"

In the excited shouts of the cowardly Xue guards standing guard, Tuhuan and the others rushed into the house where he was resting.

Guo Kang had already sat up and was drinking the soup sent by the guards. Tuhuan took Shi Ke, Li Xuanying and others into the room. Soon, the relevant personnel in the other palaces who reported their work and waited for the audience also heard the news. Qiao Feng, Cao Jian, and even a few people from the church quickly came over.

"What's going on?" Guo Kang was even more surprised than them: "How long have I been sleeping here?" ”

"It didn't take long, it was half a day." Tuhuan told him: "You are recovering quite quickly, Hulu Buhua and your sister are still asleep." My mother told them to rest, and they slept until now. ”

"They played a few extra games, and they were definitely more tired." Someone laughed.

Everyone laughed.

"Jokes are jokes." Shi Ke said: "Your recovery ability is indeed quite powerful. Those two looked tired, but they were far less injured than you. It's not easy for you to recover so quickly. ”

Of course, everyone knows this. Therefore, after laughing for a while about the complicated relationship between Guo Kang and others, he began to get down to business.

"You sleep comfortably now, I'll help you clean up the follow-up, but I'm too busy." Shi Kexian said: "Fortunately, there is nothing big now. The city has almost stabilized. ”

"Thank you for your hard work." Guo Kang thanked everyone, and then asked casually, "By the way, what about your second sister?" ”

"She? Shut it up. Shi Ke said helplessly: "The bunch of witnesses we found, no matter which side they were, all said in unison that she had rebelled. I don't know what she did to spur people like this...... But then again, she's going to have to make trouble outside anyway, so it's locked up......"

"Then let's let it out." Guo Kang hurriedly said, "I can guarantee her." Her previous actions were basically directed by me. Even if there is anything out of line, it is a problem of my poor command. ”

"I kind of know why so many people are so willing to follow." Shi Ke sighed with emotion: "However, I think it's better to wait for a while, and then release her when this matter is completely dealt with." ”

"Huh? Why? Li Xuanying asked: "Even if it is dealt with according to the law, it is not a big deal for her." I'll bail her out. ”

"Don't. I didn't know the situation before, but after asking about it, I also support closing it first. Shi Ke waved his hand again and again: "You know the law, but I know my sister." Now that the city is not stable, let her out, and the devil knows what will happen. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and in the end they had to skip the incident.

"Guo Gongzi, Guo Gongzi." Qiao Feng also hurriedly squeezed over: "My sister was also arrested." You were there, so you knew she was there to help. Please be sure to avenge my grievances! ”

"Don't worry." Li Xuanying said to the side: "Mr. Qiao is the first to rush to support, faster than us." If you have anything to help with, we will definitely hold the field. ”

"Huh? What's wrong with her? Guo Kang asked unexpectedly.

"When she returned, she was captured by the princess." Qiao Feng reclaimed: "She had to go to the palace with you, I thought there was nothing to do, so I left her alone and went to help Her Majesty's nuns clean up the mess and make a record or something." As a result, I found out that the princess had detained her after the team was closed, so I hurried here to ask for a meeting. I've already explained the situation to the others, but they weren't there at the time, so I'm rushing to you and hoping you can do me a favor. ”

"Who's your sister?" Shi Ke asked curiously.

"It's Joanna who took his family buddies to rescue Guo Gongzi." Finding that everyone had forgotten who she was, Qiao Feng hurriedly reminded.

"Then what are you doing with her?" Li Xuanying was very puzzled: "Didn't she help us." ”

"Is there something else?" At the head of the bed, Father Peter, who was holding the medicine, asked: "Just now, Taiji asked the Patriarch to organize people to help the victims, but the monk who came to report told us that someone has already started to act. It seems that this Joanna girl arranged for her subordinates to use their own property to gather the displaced people and hire them to repair the trestle. ”

"That's a good thing, too." Li Xuanying said.

"yes." Shi Ke said, and began to chant again: "By the way, our trestle bridge has also been trampled on, and it just so happens that this time we can completely repair it......"

"Don't talk about your trestle, let's see what's going on." Li Xuanying said helplessly.

"Needless to say, it must be jealous again." Tuohuan was not very surprised: "I woke up late and didn't see her, but I estimate that this matter is also inseparable." ”

"My sister started to be jealous of Sister Po Nu in a daze, and I couldn't stop it. She couldn't beat others, and she tossed for a long time without any result. Later, he ran to fight with the little Persian girl, and was teased again. I guess I was holding my breath in my heart, and when I saw that your sister was a bully, I went to provoke her. ”

"So?" Shi Ke said with some surprise.

"What else could it be." Tuhuan was speechless and said, "Forget it, I'll go back and release the people." ”

"Oh, what about the little Persian girl? Every time I went to Guo's house before, I could basically see her on the rooftop, claiming to be Akang's sister every day. Li Xuanying thought about it: "Why is she gone?" ”

She said that she had completed the task given by Guo Kanganda, and she was happily celebrating her achievements there, and what did she drink...... Fermented grape juice drank too much. Tuhuan replied, "Now I sleep soundly!" ”

"Ah...... That's not his sister, but like you......" Li Xuanying muttered.

But next to him, Qiao Feng breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly thanked them for a while.

"What about Xiao Zhu's officials?" Shi Ke asked again: "I seem to have seen him once before." ”

"He wants food...... Uh, fundraising! Tuohuan hurriedly said: "I'm very busy now, I don't have time to come over for the time being." ”

"That's ......"

Everyone talked for a while, but before they finished speaking, Cao Jian in the back also hurriedly squeezed in and knelt down in front of Guo Kang's bed: "Brother Guo, it's all my fault this time......"

"Don't do this, don't do this." Guo Kang hurriedly stood up and pulled him: "In this matter, I have done more than you in the part that crossed the line." If I really want to say it, I should apologize to everyone. ”

"You're too presumptuous." Tuohuan said, looking at everyone: "If it weren't for you acting impartially, I don't know how long I would have covered up so many problems." We all have to thank you. ”

Seeing him say this, even the onlookers nodded in agreement.

"I'm serious." Guo Kang pondered for a moment and said, "This time, although I can find a reason at every step, I am not afraid of people saying that I have no virtue and violate the law. But it is also a surprise to many people, beyond the scope of habit. I know this myself. ”

"We're all a little selfish, and as long as it doesn't break the rules, it's fine. What Brother Cao did, strictly speaking, did not violate the rules of the army. Guo Kang shook his head and said: "If it was really serious, I would have rejected it directly, and I wouldn't think about screening it, but there would be no follow-up." ”

"To be honest, we do this every day. Which pillar country hasn't stuffed anyone into the army? Even I myself will definitely be arranged by the elders of the family to go on the expedition. When the time comes, they will certainly equip me with reliable soldiers and arrange for their protégés to assist me. We're used to this kind of thing, so we don't think about it. ”

The crowd was silent for a moment.

"I don't want to oppose this habit, because in our current situation, this kind of system can improve combat effectiveness." Guo Kang continued: "And I think that how the system itself is regulated may be secondary. We have seen many examples of seemingly backward systems being able to defeat more advanced enemies. So the crux of the matter is not here. ”

"So what do you think is the key?" Tuohuan asked.

"The book of war is very clear." Guo Kang replied: "There are five biggest factors that affect victory or defeat: those who can accurately judge whether they can start a war can win or not. ”

"Those who know how many troops they have on both sides and take countermeasures against them can win, and what we are talking about here is a specific understanding of the situation of the enemy and us before the war, and what is tested is the reconnaissance before the war and the calculation and planning of the campaign by the general's staff."

"The whole army of the whole country, with the same will, can win, here is talking about the enthusiasm of everyone to take the initiative to participate in the war, the test is the cohesion of the country and the fighting will of soldiers and officers;"

"To be fully prepared to deal with the unprepared and to achieve victory, here we are talking about the preparatory work in terms of personnel, materials, tactical arrangements, etc., and what is tested is the degree of attention to the war and the vigilance of the war situation;"

"The chief general is proficient in military affairs, proficient in contingency, and the monarch does not intervene, can achieve victory, here is talking about the general's command ability, the test is the personal ability, the personnel training system and the level of state managers."

"What we're focusing on is the third point here." Guo Kang reminded them: "Our military law has always been strict, and some unqualified people are stuffed in, as long as they can pass the training, theoretically they are not unable to go to the battlefield." But how to solve the third problem? Even if they have developed basic combat skills, how can they work together with us? Such a person, even if he has combat effectiveness, will only be a greater scourge. ”

"You want to join the army, I have no objection. Even if you didn't say it, I would have cooperated with your family. Whether it's you or your uncle, there are many things to entrust to you - the land of Rus is so big, we may not be able to develop it in a hundred or even three hundred years, and everyone has an opportunity. ”

"If you have any doubts, you can just give it to me, won't you?" He patted Cao Jian and said.

"yes, when you think about it, there's so much going on." Tuhuan also agreed: "Not only the construction of water conservancy and the reclamation of fields, but also a lot of things about mining, coal mining, and iron smelting. The place north of Crimea, there are very few people, and we didn't pay much attention to it before. But I only know from reading what he said that there are very rich resources, and most importantly, various industries can support each other. If it works, the potential is too great. ”

"So, that's not a problem. The key is what he said, whether we can 'have the same desire'. He said to Cao Jian: "As long as everyone's overall aspirations are the same, and they all want our country to be strong, it will help improve combat effectiveness." In this case, it is all negotiable. ”

Cao Jian held his hand and nodded.

"If it's serious, I hope that everyone will find out who we are." Seeing this, Guo Kang took advantage of the situation and continued: "There is a phrase engraved on the temple of Delphi called 'Know thyself', and Socrates took it as the core of his theory. We all learned these things cursorely, and we should still have an impression. ”

"It's a philosophical question. It needs to be clarified in order to further understand other issues, such as who our own people are. He said, "So, have you ever wondered what role we play as mortals, as members of society?" ”

"You talk about it, you talk about it." Li Xuanying hurriedly urged.

"There are poor people and rich people in society, and there are people who do this kind of work and that kind of work, and it can be said that it is very complicated. So, we have to figure out which side we are on, who we are based on, and who we are doing things for. Guo Kang said.

"In general, the managers of the state should be on the side of those who have the resources. In those places, the barbarian chieftains had native soldiers and manors in their hands; Those old Greek aristocrats had literary knowledge and management experience; Those Italian merchants had ships, and they had distant sources and outlets. It stands to reason that we should treat them as our own people and act for their own interests in exchange for their support and help to maintain the country. ”

"But everybody knows that if we do, we're doomed." He spread his hands: "There are too many lessons from the past, and the Greeks have failed several times. We have to be warned that we can't go down this path again. ”

Several people were nodding their heads, thinking that this did make sense. After all, people don't like these kinds of people very much.

"We are not the same as the barbarian countries, and we are not the same as the Greeks and Persians." Guo Kang continued to analyze: "We were able to rise not by the support of the tribal chiefs or those old nobles, or even by the whims of most of the citizens of the capital, or the temporary products of the legionnaires for a salary increase, but by their own efforts. ”

"Our ancestors, together with the citizens of that time, worked on weekdays and went to war during wartime. All the time, it has always been. No matter how cunning the Greeks are, they can't shake our foundations, and no amount of ferocious barbarians can destroy our existence, because we have always had a common desire with countless people. They are not capable of defeating so many people, and can only be defeated by us. ”

"The reason why the Wang family suffered such a big loss is here. We are leaders of citizens and soldiers, not the heads of merchants, gang members, and cult priests. He deliberately emphasized: "Can you run Rome well with those people?" This kind of thing should be common sense! ”

"That's why I want to say, everyone, even if you are the children of Taiji and Zhuguo, please know yourselves. Otherwise, I am afraid that similar situations will continue to happen. Our enemies may not have given us so many opportunities. ”

"Yes, those few of them forgot who they were, and instead of striving for military merit or improving people's livelihood, they pondered crooked ways!" Tuhuan also understood, and immediately agreed: "We, Rome, are a country of legions and citizens, not a country that these nonsense people can touch. The head of our Rome is Caesar, not a tribal king, not a cult monk, not a merchant governor. I don't know if this kind of thing is still worthy of leading the Romans! ”

"I think that before, many people actually understood this truth, but Guo Kanganda made things clear again." He turned his head and said to everyone: "This time the toss is so bad, everyone must also remember this lesson, so as not to lose in vain." ”

"You go ahead and rest, change your medicine. In the past few days, it is estimated that there are still a lot of things for you to worry about. He told Guo Kang: "As for the current matter, I'll help you settle it." ”

Everyone responded one after another, comforted him again, and then left with him, driven by Dehuan.

(End of chapter)