Chapter Seventy-Six: Is It Worth It?
This one-sided massacre ended in the annihilation of the attacking side.
Chen Kan witnessed the whole process of their death, and his face was a little pale.
He thought that in the absence of any hope, those people should retreat and then make other plans.
But unexpectedly, they chose to die all of them.
He didn't understand, what kind of faith was supporting them, knowing that there was no chance of success, but they would send them to the door one after another to find death?
What kind of benefits did Zhu Jixi give them, so that they could send him to death without hesitation?
Chen Kan's values have been greatly impacted, he can't understand the people of this era, in order to save a wasted person, take so many lives, this is a very cost-effective thing.
"Is it worth it?"
His heart swelled, but Chen Kan forcibly held back.
After sitting in the room for a day and a night, Chen Kan stepped out of the deck again, and after being isolated from the world for a long time, it was easy to force good people into madmen.
After being stunned for a long time, Chen Kan accepted the reality.
This is a world where if you don't kill people, you will be killed, and at the same time, it is also a world with many good morals such as courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame.
Even people like Zhu Jixi have so many people who are willing to die for him, and Chen Kan suddenly has more confidence in life.
If you can't go back, then accept this world.
From today onwards, Chen Kan plans to live a good life in the Ming Dynasty seriously.
Time passed minute by minute, maybe the people who were still loyal to Zhu Jixi had died, or maybe they had given up on Zhu Jixi, until Chen Kan saw the tall walls of Kaifeng Mansion from afar, and the fleet was not attacked again.
To Kaifeng Mansion, it means that the waterway of this line is over, and the next step is to start trekking through mountains and rivers.
Declined the warm hospitality of Kaifeng Mansion, Chen Kan watched Shi Wen lead people to invite Zhu Jixi to the prisoner car.
Bidding farewell to Song Qing and seeing the sailor warship turn around and go back, Chen Kan went on the road again.
In the early Ming Dynasty, martial arts became a trend, and scholars respected the six arts of gentlemen, especially the three ways of riding and archery, which were included in the compulsory examination of the imperial examination.
Really let the powerless scholars occupy the court, that was after the change of the civil fort and the rise of the cabinet.
After Kaifeng Mansion and crossing the Yellow River, it is Zezhou Mansion under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Buzheng Division.
Zezhou, known as Jincheng in ancient times, is the southeast gateway of Shanxi, since ancient times it is a place where soldiers must fight, known as "the gateway of the three Jins, the first rush of Taihang." The reputation is the main road connecting Guanzhong, Henan and Shandong.
After crossing the Yellow River, the scenery on the land changes abruptly, and after seeing more of the delicate scenery of the green in the south of the Yangtze River, I suddenly came to the north, and it was inevitable that I was attracted by the roughness and heroism of the north.
In the endless dry fields, dense wheat stalks are piled up into hills.
Farmers are replanting autumn grain in their fields.
As the main crops cultivated in the north for thousands of years, soybeans and millet are still the main food rations of the people.
As for wheat and rice, they still appear on the table of the landlord as a valuable grain.
Some of the wheat and rice grown by the common people had to be used to pay taxes to the government, and some of them had to be taken to the market to exchange for some necessary daily necessities, and it was difficult for the peasants to afford this fine grain.
Looking at the busy scenes of farmers on both sides of the official road, Chen Kan's mind suddenly thought of the sentence "Those who are all over Qiluo are not silkworm farmers." ”
The people on both sides looked at the huge convoy with a look of fear on their faces.
But the look of fear disappeared after the army was gone, and bending down to continue to be busy, was the only option they could choose to survive in this world.
Chen Kan knew very well why they had such expressions after seeing the army.
In the past few years, the country has been at war everywhere, and there are armies coming and going at any time, and more often, the damage caused to them by the army is far more serious than that of bandits and natural disasters.
They have been through so many misfortunes that they have become numb.
Their numb faces and frightened eyes pierced Chen Kan's heart deeply.
Riding on horseback, I couldn't help but think of the two kinds of grain that were only introduced in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, potatoes and corn.
With these two crops with extremely high yields, these people can have a little more hope of surviving in the face of wars and natural disasters.
"Zheng He went to the West, do you want him to go to the Americas to find these two things?"
In Chen Kan's mind, another plan gradually took shape.
The Age of Discovery is coming, how can the Ming Dynasty, as the most powerful country in the world, give up this opportunity for rapid development?
Not to mention that he also traveled to the Yongle Dynasty, a dynasty with full congenital conditions.
It's just that the sea ban is a bit troublesome, Zhu Di is now shouting every day to restore the ancestral system, and Emperor Hongwu's decree that he can't go to the sea has been taken out by those Confucian scholars and discussed it again and again.
If you want to take the lead in the Great Voyage, it is obviously not enough to rely on a Zheng He to go to the West, and you have to find a way to invalidate this decree and promote the people of the Ming Dynasty to set off an upsurge of treasure hunting in the sea.
When I returned to Beijing, I had to find out about this matter.
Just when Chen Kan was in deep thought, a brocade-clothed lieutenant stepped forward and came to Chen Kan's side and whispered, "My lord, Zhu Jixi wants to see you." ”
A smile appeared on Chen Kan's face.
Stepping into the boundary of Shanxi, Zhu Jixi can't wait.
Beating the horse to the side, Chen Kan quietly waited for Zhu Jixi's prisoner car to come forward.
The people guarding the prisoner car now are Shi Wen with Xing Fang and Fang Xu, and these people are Chen Kan's henchmen.
They were also one of the few people in the entire Jinyi guard who escorted Zhu Jixi who knew about Chen Kan's plan, and in front of them, Chen Kan didn't need to hide anything.
Zhu Jixi in the prisoner car was still bound by heavy iron chains, perhaps because he had returned to a familiar place, his complexion was much better than when he came out of Jingshi.
Gathering in the gap of the wood, Zhu Jixi looked at Chen Kan and asked, "What did you think about what this king told you?" ”
Chen Kanlema approached the prisoner cart and replied lightly: "The person I sent out hasn't come back yet, so I still can't trust you." ”
Hearing this, a trace of shame and anger flashed in Zhu Jixi's eyes.
After answering the words, Chen Kan turned his horse's head and sped up and walked to the front of the team.
"Call the yellow dog to meet me!"
With an order to the Jinyi lieutenant beside him, Chen Kan fell into deep thought again.
Chen Kan has always chosen to be with Zhu Jixi, just thinking about how to get some more benefits out of him, but now it seems that if he doesn't let go and wants to take out something more, I'm afraid there is no hope.