In the summer of the eleventh year of Jianshuo, at the west end of Zhang Village, three buildings of considerable size were built. Each building has three floors. The structure is of cement and red brick. glass windows. Three buildings with a line of characters surround the square in front.
Because of Ning Yi's presidency, the style of the building is completely different from the houses in this world, but the glass inlaid on the windows is of great 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. Building 1 displays various current scientific and technological achievements and principle demonstrations; Building 2 is a large number of debate records of various collections and the development of thinking in the Chinese military, as well as a memorial hall for major events along the way; Building 3 It is a work building. It was originally planned to be allocated to the management of the Huaxia Army Commercial Department to display relatively mature commercial products, but at this time, the role has been slightly modified.
The Huaxia Army has come a very difficult journey. In order to support themselves, commercial means have played a big role. On the other hand, although the concept of "equality" has been used as the basis for the shaping of the Huaxia Army's thinking over the years, in terms of reality, the spirit of contract is advocated, and research based on the study of objects guides the industrial revolution and the bud of capitalism. A way to go.
Based on these ideas, after leaving Liangshan, it is very necessary to build a set of such exhibition halls and memorial halls to introduce the outline of the Huaxia Army to others. The face of the army is open to the outside world.
After leaving the Liangshan area, the entire Huaxia military system was very busy for a time, taking over various places, expanding the army and training troops, and the infrastructure in various places also had to keep up, and the construction of the face project was relatively delayed. In the design and construction of these three buildings, Ning Yi did not consider the transition of aesthetics, and directly applied the concise, grand and practical style of later generations. With his background as an unscrupulous real estate developer, the housing project went smoothly. At first glance, it also seems quite a "future" impact.
It was only by the summer of this year that the three buildings had been built and the showrooms had been covered. The Jurchen disaster was imminent, and the buildings that were originally intended to focus on commercial affairs first moved towards the direction of political propaganda.
In response to the arrival of the Jurchen, the Huaxia Army on the entire Chengdu Plain was advancing. The area that was not occupied by the Huaxia Army at the time was led by Zizhou, but in addition to Zizhou, there were dozens of small and medium-sized towns in the north of Chuansi Road, which had already received the ultimatum from the Huaxia Army.
At this time, although the outside world did not seem to have a large-scale battle, the atmosphere was not gentle. The elites of the Huaxia Army are divided into several groups, and the force is pressed forward and supplemented by lobbying and persuasion. In July and August, these towns have surrendered one after another. Under such a background, no one thinks that the Huaxia Army will continue to show mercy to the stubborn opponents. Everyone understands that if they continue to play the diehard, before the arrival of the Jurchen, the Huaxia Army will be defeated. He will ruthlessly flatten everything in front of him.
Except for a few small-scale resistances that were probable, following the surrender of Zizhou in August, Chuansi Road, except Jiange, the inevitable exit, has gradually entered the territory of the Huaxia Army. Delivery is in full swing.
However, the Huaxia Army did not adopt a one-size-fits-all policy of replacing the officials who were originally responsible for the governance of various places. After a simple written test and intention test, some qualified officials who did not have much resistance to the Huaxia Army entered the training one after another. stage.
The whole training process is quite simple, and the place is in several places with Zhang Village as the core. First, visit the general outline of the three buildings in Zhangcun, and then enter the factory, agency, urban area, and military camp for on-site comparison, and then return to Zhangcun for another round of general introduction. At this time, you can ask questions or ask the people in the building Data reference, and finally enter a simple written test.
The whole process takes about seven days. The purpose is to let these officials understand the basic conceptual framework of the Huaxia Army, the governance operations and future expectations. It does not matter if they cannot fully agree with the general direction, as long as they can understand and cooperate. As long as you enter the system, there will naturally be a lot of learning, supervision, recognition, and cleaning mechanisms in the future.
The sun in late autumn was still bright. Standing in the showroom on the second floor of Building No. 1, Liao Qibin couldn't help but cast his gaze towards the window next to him. Glass bottles and other things have long been available on the market, but they are quite precious. Later, the Huaxia Army improved this thing to make it more transparent, and even painted mercury behind the crystal glass to make mirrors. Because this thing is fragile, Sichuan It is difficult to transport Silu Mountain. In the outside world, the high-quality glazed mirror produced by Heiqi has always been a treasure in the eyes of large families. In the past two years, some places have become more accustomed to using it as a must-have item in marriage.
But here, such clear and brittle colored glaze was directly used as a window, the sunlight trees outside, and the pedestrians near the river in the distance were unobstructed. It felt a luxury.
However, after coming to Zhangcun for six days, due to the visit along the way, Liao Qibin had some more complicated feelings in addition to the initial sense of luxury in front of him.
"...Still back to papermaking. On the first day, you only knew the general idea. After walking around for the past few days, you have a good idea, and this matter is much simpler. In this room, the improvement and efficiency of the papermaking method. , each edition is recorded here. At the same time, you can see that there are also improvement steps for the previous hundreds of years of papermaking... We specially mark the year... Up to now, the efficiency of the papermaking method has increased twelve times, which is only It's more than ten years of improvement, and it's still going on... But before that, the process of improving the method of papermaking lasted for hundreds of years, and it's not as diverse as our ten years of results... "
"... This is not because the accumulation in the market has exploded to a certain extent. All these progresses only happened within the Huaxia Army. This is the power of the study of objects..."
Liao Qibin turned his gaze back to the speaker in front of the crowd. The man was in a wheelchair, his face was not old but his hair was half white. Liao Qibin did not dare to ignore this person's identity. His name was Qin Shaoyu, and he was a child of the Qin family who almost followed Qin Siyuan to disaster. Now, as the face of the Huaxia Army, he manages these three buildings. Each group of people will return to Zhangcun on the sixth day and will be led by him to explain. Some people's questions will also be answered face-to-face.
It has been more than ten years since Ning Yi killed Zhou Zhe in a rage. During these ten years, Ning Yi was regarded by the Wu Dynasty as a great rebel nailed to the pillar of shame, but his criticism of Qin Siyuan's merits and demerits was not. It's always changing. Due to Zhou Yong's reign over the years, his sons and daughters have guided public opinion, essentially affirming Qin Siyuan's achievements to a large extent.
The old man took up the responsibility of fighting against the Jurchen and saving the world. His eldest son Qin Shaohe, who would rather die than give in to defend Taiyuan, is also a hero. It's just that after repelling the Jurchen with such difficulty, the treacherous officials in Jinghan's court, out of fear of Qin Siyuan, joined forces to frame loyalty, the emperor was deceived by the treacherous officials, and what he did was wrong.
This kind of public opinion has restored Qin Siyuan's reputation, but of course, even so, Ning Yi has no king and no father, and in the public opinion of the Wu Dynasty, he is also a man of unforgivable rebellion. When people talk about it, they only say that he should deal with the court. Shang Cai Jingtongguan and other treacherous officials should never kill the emperor.
In this way, Qin Shaoyu has become the best person to discuss with the people of the Wu Dynasty. When Cheng Zhouhai came to negotiate and pulled Song Yongping, Ning Yi took Qin Shaoyu over to fight with him. At this time and place, Qin Shaoyu's identity can naturally shock everyone. After he introduced papermaking to everyone, he also introduced the development of the glazed industry. After that, he conducted research on various facilities and raw materials such as ships, bridges, roads, cement, and steel.
After walking on the second floor, there is a spacious hydraulic lift at the end of the building. Qin Shaoyu is in a wheelchair and can only get up and down through this facility similar to the "elevator" of later generations. Someone wanted to help him push the wheelchair, but he also waved his hand to refuse, all actions, All on their own.
"That year... It was also a few years after the Jinghan Dynasty. When my uncle came back to be the prime minister, I went to Beijing to hang out with a bunch of scoundrels. If I have friends who have been to the capital back then, I may still remember a friend in Bianliang at that time. The villainous young man 'Hua Hua Tai Sui', at that time I was useless and wanted to follow others to run amuck in the capital, but not long after Ning Yi arrived in the capital, my uncle asked me to receive him..."
"... The current Mr. Ning, as everyone said, was also a wonderful person at the beginning. He was a son-in-law and treated people kindly, but even if he was 'Hua Hua Tai Sui', he would not be able to please him in front of him. Later, many things happened, and I followed him. I learned something. In the eleventh year of Jinghan, the Right Prime Minister's House presided over the disaster relief in the northern region. Mr. Ning made a plan, and mobilized a large number of merchants from all over the country to sell in the disaster area, driving down the price of food... The scene at that time was really exciting..."
"I look like a man, everyone, don't look at me as old and half-grey, it's actually because of my lack of aptitude. All of you who come into contact with the Wu Dynasty are like dragons and phoenixes. I don't dare to neglect, as long as I learn more. , spend more time…”
"In the Huaxia Army, what you said about equality is actually quite simple. You have seen it. After understanding the way of making paper and printing books, the efficiency has increased by more than ten times. The rest of the industry, even planting, fishing and hunting, There are also ways of continuous improvement. The supply of chickens on farms, eggs and chickens has greatly increased... There is a way to improve everything. The sage said that the people can let it go, but it cannot be made known. It is impossible to make it known to everyone."
"But now, as you have seen, we may one day make everyone in the world have a book to read, and after reading a book, everyone will have the hope of understanding. At that time, there must be complete equality between people. Although it is difficult, it is to be expected that the distance is shortened.”
Qin Shaoyu pushed the wheelchair forward with both hands and walked forward on his own. Someone asked, "When everyone becomes an official, who will farm?"
Hearing this question, Qin Shaoyu did not panic, his movements did not slow down, he smiled and said, "If everyone can study, there must be a different face in the world, those who are officials are no longer superior to others, but only There are government officials who are equal to others. Some are fishing and hunting, some are farming, some are doing business, and some are teaching. At that time, there will naturally be people who are good at management and planning, and they will be transferred to management positions. It is based on this principle that government officials in the military are strictly forbidden to speak viciously and bossily towards their subordinates.”
"Of course, there have been many discussions in the Huaxia Army about this matter. There are also a lot of discussions in Building No. 2 over the past few years. Mr. Ning has also explained and imagined several times. , you can borrow it for discussion."
Qin Shaoyu smiled: "Of course, the world is difficult, and the road ahead is not easy. Based on the development of the study of objects, time and many things will be turned upside down. Even the many ideas in Building No. 2 are only accumulated in ten years. Not necessarily, nor is it the answer. If you have more ideas after reading it, the Huaxia Army will have such discussions on a regular basis. Let's start the debate... Next, let's look at some ideas and results about plant selection and breeding..."
The three buildings in Zhangcun were visited on the first day they arrived. Many theories were not understood at the time. After a few days of visits and explanations, they actually had a general outline in their hearts. . On the sixth day, and then looking back, after Qin Shaoyu explained in series, the current and future picture of the entire Huaxia Army was gradually drawn up, and everyone was shocked and gradually deepened.
After Qin Shaoyu talked about the large amount of data retained in Building No. 2, some superficial questions were not brought up by everyone. Not long after, everyone moved to Building No. 2. The first floor preserves the achievements and construction history of the Huaxia Army along the way. In fact, it also displays things about Qin Siyuan's time as prime minister, and even Qin Siyuan's death and the situation of the Wu Dynasty. Ning Yi's murder of the king, etc., many details were disclosed in detail, of course, Qin Shaoyu politely avoided this part at the moment.
As he walked in his wheelchair, he said: "In the first few receptions, people have always asked, Huaxia Army has made these things so colorful, and many things can only be seen in these beautiful houses, including The glazed windows, the steel and other things used to build these three buildings, after all, not everyone can afford to use... But here, I hope you can pay attention to the fact that our Huaxia Army has been in the worst conditions since more than ten years. struggling in the environment…”
"We are in Xiaocang River, and we are developing with Qingmu Village with difficulty, reclaiming and building... Soon after the arrival of Xixia, we are in the northwest, defeating Xixia, and later against the attack of almost the entire Central Plains army of millions, including Jurchen... We beheaded Lou Shi, beheading without losing his words, turned to Liangshan from the northwest, and similarly, it was extremely difficult to open a road in the mountains..."
"In such an environment, we still keep so many things going. How long will it take us to leave Liangshan and come here? Will the situation stabilize for a year? Friends, the Jurchen has come and conquered the Central Plains, Jiangnan, who defeated the entire Wu Dynasty, came to the southwest. Imagine the Jurchen conquering the land of Shu, what would you look like..."
Qin Shaoyu pushed his wheelchair and walked in a historical picture: "Look at these developments and imagine, if we defeat the Jurchen, if we are in a larger place, it is not as remote as Xiaocanghe, not like A barren place like Dengsan County is like a place like the Chengdu Plain, and it doesn't need to be bigger! What will it look like if we develop for three years and five years, think about it, who will the whole world be? I believe that someone who can stop me from China and restore the clothes of my Han family is also what my uncle dreamed of back then..."
Sunlight poured in from the window. After everyone visited the second building, it was noon. Qin Shaoyu led the original more than 20 officials of the military dynasty to the dining hall to eat. Lunch is a self-service mode with simple but delicious dishes. After lunch, Liao Qibin walked outside to bask in the sun, but his mind was still a little confused. He went to the post of county magistrate through official channels, which is naturally the same. A dragon and a phoenix among people, a few days are enough for him to see a big outline, but it still takes time to digest this shock.
Not long after, officials and officials came out to speak to him in a low voice. The most talked about was the matter of the war not long after, whether the core of the war was in Jiange, or in Zizhou, whether the Huaxia Army could hold up, or whether it was Jurchen. In the end, the world can be won, and these issues are the top priority of the discussion.
During this time, everyone talked about Mr. Ning again. From this square, you can see the side of the courtyard where Mr. Ning lived. It is said that Mr. Ning was still in Zhang Village at this time. Some people talked about the traffic in Zhang Village and the traffic in the Chengdu Plain.
"...Since the Huaxia Army entered Chengdu, it has helped disaster relief and business convenience. The most important thing is to build roads. Now, with Zhangcun as the center, the main post roads have been renovated and extend in all directions. Mr. Ning sits in Zhangcun. , is the best choice. At the beginning of the war, even if there are people in the back who are thinking about ghosts, the response here is the fastest. Don't you see that this place was a wasteland a few years ago, and now four bridges have been built... "
In the discussion of the people, they can't help but admire these things. Those who can come here, even after a few days of visiting, they no longer understand the Huaxia Army. Of course, they will not say it right now, as long as they are not the Huaxia Army in the end. This official, even if he is under surveillance for a while, can always escape in the future. Moreover, if you really don't talk about ideas, but only about methods, Ning Yi's ability to create such a foundation is really convincing.
After talking like this for a while, Qin Shaoyu came over from not far away and participated in a small-scale discussion. He smiled and enjoyed the late autumn sun with his uneven white hair, and then smiled and talked about this topic that everyone cares about: "You guys earlier In Mr. Liaoning? It's a pity I can't see him today."
Everyone was surprised: "Could it be that I still have the possibility to face Mr. Ning?" Some people even moved, if they really had a chance to see that person, they would take a risk...
However, Qin Shaoyu smiled and said: "Everything has been arranged here, the battle is ahead... He left for the front line in Zizhou yesterday."
Qin Shaoyu's words were calm, and when Liao Qibin heard these words, he thought of the chilling and tiger-like figures who visited the Huaxia military camp in the past few days. Going to the front line? If the Jurchen kills them and surrounds Zizhou... Sichuan is a thousand miles away... I'm afraid I won't be able to respond..."
They had not fully joined the Huaxia Army at this time. Although Liao Qibin knew that this matter should not be asked in detail, he still couldn't help but say it slowly. Qin Shaoyu narrowed his eyes and glanced at him: "It's okay."
He said: "As long as the Fourth Sichuan Road is still there and the Huaxia Army is still there, Zong Han... will not be able to surround Zizhou."
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Ning Yi left Zhang Village on the afternoon of September 23, September 24. In fact, he was about to arrive in Zizhou.
After blocking Yan Zonghan's army, the battlefield should be determined as much as possible on the 100-kilometer distance between Jiange and Zizhou. This is a plan that has been made earlier. Of course, the most ideal development is to block the enemy in the sword pavilion. If the sword pavilion cannot be surrendered and cannot be captured, the front line will be set in Zizhou.
Although it is said that from Zizhou to the south, the Chengdu front line has been the site of the Huaxia Army for two years, but in fact, beyond Zizhou, the Chengdu Plain is endless. Even if he can defeat Wan Yan Zonghan head-on, the hundreds of thousands of his army will be led by the famous Jurchen generals who still have excellent command ability, and it will easily become a bad deal, and even people will take advantage of their military strength to occupy various small cities. , and then drive the people to fight around, or even do something like a breach in Dujiangyan. Under the circumstance that the Huaxia army is tight, I am afraid that it will eventually be beaten.
Ning Yi's departure was because two news came one after another on the 23rd day.
One of them is that in the Jiangnan area, a rescue operation closely related to lobbying Si Zhongxian failed.
The other is a well-planned assassination operation that broke out in Zizhou, extending to Ning Ji's side. Ning Ji was once caught by the opponent's assassin.
It was not until he was taken captive to the suburbs of Zizhou, where several assassins converged, that the only thirteen-year-old Ning family member cut the rope with a knife hidden in his sleeve, causing a sudden attack. Before the help came, he chased the assassins all the way, beheading six people by various means.
Ning Yi, hiding from Xiaochan, set off on the same day and headed for Zizhou.