Table Tennis, Table Tennis—

The sound of swords colliding sounded densely above the school ground, and occasionally lighted and fired in the air. With the chilling spring, two figures in single clothes scrambled to kill each other, fighting lively.

Liang Siyi and a group of soldiers were watching nervously around them. From time to time, they could hear cheers from the soldiers, but her eyes were focused, and she pressed her fists on her knees with her hands, her expression was a little nervous.

At some point, the competition on the school ground stopped because of the broken sword. When the two of them set apart, her nervous expression faded from her face. Everyone also heard heroic laughter.

"Haha, it's so good! It's so good--"

The one who fought with You Hongzhuo almost all his strength on the school ground was Chen Fangda, the burly "Little Ming King".

Since the first time with You Hongzhuo a few days ago, I found that the two sides were evenly matched and could be an opponent, similar competitions have happened more than once in front of me. Over the past few days, Chen Fangda will find You Hongzhuo as long as he has completed his official duties, and often greets Liang Siyi, who is preparing for a marriage: "Girl, lend it to you for men!"

As for Liang Siyi, who had led troops to fight, he was tired of the series of girls preparing for the wedding. When Chen Fangda greeted him, he often followed Luo and let a group of sisters and aunts of the chaos to mess with the new house prepared for her and You Hongzhuo.

However, the competitions of real swords and guns on the school are often dangerous. You Hongzhuo and Chen Fangda are similar in martial arts. When they fight, they may inevitably have scratches and scratches, and even if they are accidentally injured, they may be even more serious. Although Liang Siyi has experienced the sea of ​​blood on the battlefield, he is nervous at this time. He always complains that the two of them are too fierce to kill. You Hongzhuo said: "It is too much weapon to compete with the third brother."

Chen Fangda laughed: "The martial arts on the battlefield are inevitable. You will have to decide the outcome with one sword... You don't know, thinking back then, my sword skills were also exquisite, but now, if you are sophisticated, you won't be able to fight..."

He likes martial arts. Over the past ten years, his fine fighting rules have completely turned into a big opening and closing in the battle formation. In the past, he was still restrained when the chaotic army was short of supplies. Now his life is better and he no longer has to go hungry. He always vented his excess energy in the competition every day.

After the competition was over, both of them were steaming, so they went to the house on the side of the schoolyard with Liang Siyi to rest, and exchanged their experiences in practicing martial arts. Chen Fangda often talked about his stories on the road to practicing martial arts.

For example, he was smart since childhood and had great talent for martial arts. Unfortunately, his family was poor and he ate less, so he was not tall enough. When he was nearly thirty years old, the Jurchens went south and were moved by Wang Juyun to join the chaos master. After that, he changed his path of a golfer, so he could only tie You Hongzhuo, and he sighed that he was forced to become a prostitute all the way. Of course, he was a heroic person. When talking about it while laughing, You Hongzhuo only found it interesting.

While chatting, Chen Fangda would also talk about many major events in the city in recent days, including the plan of the chaos army to advance westward. This time, the chaos army was led by him, and the butler An Xifu was responsible for handling various meticulous tasks. At this time, all plans had been basically done. The marriage between You Hongzhuo and Liang Siyi was scheduled to be at the end of February in a few days, and by the beginning of March, the vanguard would officially start to the northwest.

"This time, the female prime minister was led by General Shi'an Town, and in addition to ours, the Chinese army would also send a team of people. The monkey who came over a few days ago and met Zou Xu in the teahouse. Although there were not many people, with the reputation of the black flag, it would be of some use when negotiating surrender..."

"Is it dangerous?" You Hongzhuo asked.

"...The danger should not be great this time." Chen Fangda thought about it before answering, "Although Mr. Ning sent a letter last month, mentioning that we should be careful of the grassland people in Xixia, in fact, we were originally worried about these guys, so we went to the northwest. We have already made preparations for it. As for the situation in the northwest, the female prime minister has actually sent people to investigate since last year, and some of the grievances and grievances have been clearly understood..."

"...that's probably...the eleventh year of the Wu Dynasty's Jianshuo, that is, August and September of the last year of Jianshuo. When the Jurchen Eastern Army was about to break through Lin'an, Nianhan had already gone down here. He took a breath and fought with Liao Yiren. In the northwest prefecture, a former Wu Dynasty official named Chen Shiqun colluded with the grassland people who had conquered Western Xia for several years. He broke through the last few cities in the northwest and killed the Zhe Keqiu family..."

"...These barbarians who came from the grassland, which was the one who was hired by the Liao family at the end of that year, had a blood debt... It was the beginning of the second year. They used a trick to deceive Qixian, where General Li Guotang was guarding, and massacred a lot of people. But later, these barbarians relied on their light cavalry to go like the wind, and only destroyed the wheat in Jin land without fighting, which made us a little bit of a headache. They only felt that Liao Yiren was completely crazy... Before they could retaliate, they killed Liao Yiren's whole family and left..."

"... Although it caused some trouble for us at that time, the light cavalry advanced and left without distinguishing between enemy and us. This is the tactic of the bandits and the desperate people. Moreover, if we put aside the blood debts of Qi County, it actually made the war in Jin area less time, so we didn't pay much attention to them afterwards... Of course, the female prime minister remembered this matter. After that, a grassland merchant came from Xixia and wanted to discuss cooperation with us, so the female prime minister refused them..."

"... Last year, people were sent to the northwest to investigate and found that although the grassland people handed over some of the prefectures and towns of the Zhe family to Chen Shiqun after destroying the prefectures, this person was unable to secure the position of the Zhe family. Just two months after the grassland people left, his men mutinized, killed Chen Shiqun, and fought..."

"... The northwest was slaughtered by the Jurchens for several rounds. The only place to be preserved was slaughtered by the grassland people for another round, and the supplies were also plundered. Later, after another year, only some horse bandits and small forces that set up camps to defend themselves were left. These forces were very weak and could not withstand the sweep of the army. We are willing to take over, and with the black flag of the Chinese army as a guarantee, the guy who can't even eat enough should not refuse..."

Regarding this Northwest Strategy, whether it is Jindi or the internal division of the chaos, Chen Fangda must have discussed it repeatedly for several rounds. He was confident when talking about it. You Hongzhuo thought for a while and said, "If there is anything to do with me..."

Chen Fangda smiled and said, "Yes - that's it, I'll play a few more rounds with my brother before going to war. Oh, my brother-in-law doesn't know. I wanted to be a hero like Zhou Tong. I've been plagued by mundane affairs these years and I've lived a really good life. You also know that the fighting style on the battlefield is straightforward. It can't practice fancy moves or real masters. I've been fighting with my adoptive father, Shi Daxia and others over the years, and it's a bit like the martial arts world..."

"...But the adoptive father is old after all, and Shi Daxia is escorting the female prime minister. He has a heavy task. After all, I don't have a deep relationship with him, so it's hard to keep pulling him to me. Brother-in-law, you are different. Our martial arts skills are the longest fighting between us. When we fight, we are the most refreshing. I feel that I have improved again in the past few days, so when I practice martial arts, we must have a long-standing enemy. We will be the old enemy in the future..."

When Chen Fangda talked about martial arts, he chatted and talked lies for a while. You Hongzhuo laughed and lost.

"There is no need to be a arch enemy..." he said, "However, I was in the southwest and saw the Chinese army training, which was quite their composition. I have learned some skills. I have talked to Lao Taishan before..."

You Hongzhuo returned from the southwest and learned a lot of special training skills in the southwest. When he talked to Wang Juyun, Wang Juyun mentioned the idea of ​​hoping that he would occasionally join the army to teach, but his marriage with Liang Siyi was about to be close, so there was no hurry to arrange this matter. Now considering that Chen Fangda was about to go to the expedition, You Hongzhuo also roughly explained the situation in the southwest. Chen Fangda listened carefully. After a while, You Hongzhuo stopped and waved his hand slightly.

"...In fact, General Xue Guangcheng, who came with the technical team, also told us that there were many discussions with the female minister in the past. We took some of the firearms of the Chinese Army and learned a lot, but later we found out that we can't use the best things here for the time being..."

"Why is this?"

Chen Fangda sighed: "The most powerful thing about the Chinese army is not to train one or two soldiers or elite scouts, but to use various methods to enlighten most of the soldiers... What we are talking about here is to teach them to read, teach them how to learn military tactics, and even teach them the principles of being a human being. Let them go to the battlefield not even to eat wages, but to fight when they are hungry. Many of the things in the middle, we or the female figures, can't use them for the time being..."

Unlike the passion and magnanimity he had when talking about martial arts before, Chen Fangda talked about military affairs and had a serious look when he turned his fingers.

"......... During this period, my adoptive father discussed with me several times. What are the techniques of the Chinese army? First of all, we have the technology of papermaking, but the next idea he used is, one is to have equality for everyone, two is to remember the bitterness and sweetness, three, he incited the hatred of the soldiers against the Jurchens... The second point we can barely use these things, and the third point can be used even more, but when you really want to use them, you will find that there are not many people in our army who can speak these words."

"In front of you... a bunch of righteous brothers and brothers, we are a family, but Xiaoyou, how many people can say beautiful words? What is more loyal is nothing more than not drinking soldiers' blood. The promises that can be made in normal times are just a large piece of meat and a big bowl of wine. Now the situation is a little relaxed, and the soldiers and generals are coming out. Now, most of us can take the lead in rushing on the battlefield. Maybe there are too few people who can speak..."

"...Mr. Ning has used this matter for more than ten years, from Zhuji to Xiaocanghe. He personally taught people one by one, and then led the next one. In the end, almost all the big-headed soldiers could tell such words, and then picked out such talents from the middle..."

Chen Fangda said, lowering his voice: "This is the first thing that women can understand and want to do, but first, time and second, ideas are not enough. Mr. Ning has used it for more than ten years to put aside Confucianism and teach a group of people from scratch. They killed the emperor, so that the Confucians can also use their own ideas. What are we using here? Call out all the Confucian scholars who know literacy, and the people who teach are also the ones who teach, the king, the king, the parents and the teachers..."

"... And in Jin, how many great tribes have been in power over the years. Even if the female minister is in power, they still need to unite. Then everyone can't be equal. You can't be equal to everyone. Why should you be equal to the army and think about the country and the world for the grand clans behind? How many people can you let leave the team and fight bravely after the enlightenment..."

"... So these things are not easy to do, but of course they are not not to do. Since last year, the female star has arranged many people to follow the Chinese army's teachers and primary school students, and some of them have sent to the southwest for some big clans, some of them have done their jobs in the classes we run, and some of them have promoted and cared for some generals and schools in the army with good sensibility and good character... In short, these things are moving forward step by step..."

After Chen Fangda's words, he also showed his intention and professionalism as a general. You Hongzhuo was solemn and bowed: "What the third brother said is reasonable." He thought the other party was rough, but at this time he was already convinced.

Chen Fangda smiled and waved his hand: "Hahahaha, that's all the female prime minister and his adoptive father said. If I were to my personality, I would ignore these bad things early in the morning."

After pausing for a moment, he said, "But you don't have to worry too much. There has never been any military training like Mr. Ning in this world. As long as it is not compared with the black flag in the southwest, it is not bad for the Tiger King's army or our chaotic army. Let's go to the northwest and look at it. After going through this hurdle, our chaotic army's territory is really abundant. You have to learn the methods in the southwest carefully."

During the competition, Chen Fangda occasionally talked about these trivial matters. When he was sweating, he went to the bathroom of the barracks to take a shower. After that, he changed his clothes and often it was afternoons, when You Hongzhuo and Liang Siyi were walking around in Weisheng City.

The Jindi city, which has experienced many years of war, is full of vitality in a series of open public opinion. Merchants from all over the country have begun to gather, and most of the people on the streets and alleys have joy. The two people who are about to get married talk about the past and the future. Although the prosperity of Weisheng is not as good as the southwest, or perhaps it is not as good as the traces of the past that are faintly revealed in some cities in the south of the Yangtze River, the people here are like weeds, tenacious and rough, and their emotions also appear purer. Both of them who have walked through the world like the feeling here more.

Walking around and stopping in the streets and alleys that were not familiar to the past, buying some new and interesting food, chatting, competing or outing in the warmer spring, and when they walk to an empty place, they always hold hands, whether for reality or the future, their hearts are filled with happiness.

Chen Fangda came to You Hongzhuo for several competitions. Some extroverted brothers in the chaos teacher would always drag him to participate in the party. Wang Juyun occasionally mentioned his martial arts skills. After so many days, at the end of February, he married Liang Siyi.

Everyone had a lively and grand wedding. Not only the people in the chaos, but also the female prime minister, Shi Jin, many members of the Chinese army and many heroes from the martial arts world came to watch the ceremony.

Due to the large number of people joining in the fun, many people are making fun of the bridal chamber project. Seeing that You Hongzhuo has not many helpers, everyone in the chaos took on his identity as a family member under the leadership of Chen Fangda and stopped others from making fun of the new couple. A group of people were playing and making fun in the yard of the bridal chamber and laughed for a while.

Many years ago, the young man who had lost his family in the mountain village and fought all the way never thought that one day, so many people would come so happily to congratulate him on his marriage.

The unrest master headed to the northwest, and was scheduled to be on the second day of March of this year.

The newly married You Hongzhuo and Liang Siyi bid farewell to Chen Fangda who led his troops to the expedition and many brothers of the chaos. When the army left through the city gate, they and a large group of people watched everyone leave on the city wall.

The burly Chen Fangda carried the Peacock King's swords and rode his horse to the distance. Finally, he clenched his fist with one hand to signal everyone behind, looking majestic and arrogant.

Wang Juyun, with white hair, stood in front of him, and did not say much. The general died in a hundred battles and the hero returned for ten years. No matter how small the war was, there would always be people in the middle. The chaos in the past experienced too many sadness of the departure of his relatives year by year. Even if he made sufficient preparations, those who truly understood the war would not cheer for such a battle.

As the army gradually drifted away, You Hongzhuo mentioned to Wang Juyun again: "Sir Taishan, is there anything... I can do..."

Wang Juyun looked at him calmly and kindly. After a moment of silence, he said: "Xiaoyou, do you think Jin has become peaceful? Will you be able to rest assured in the future?"

"...Huh?" You Hongzhuo shook his head, "Of course not."

"Yes... It has been sixteen years since the Jurchen first went south. In these sixteen years, the only one who won the battle against the Jurchens was the southwest. Now the new king of the Jin Kingdom was fighting with the old ministers. The Chinese army in the southwest brought various ideas and hope. It seemed that everything was fighting for spring, but in fact, Xiaoyou, everything was just a mirror and a water moon. The prosperity of Jin we see today will sooner or later be tested in the next round of war with the Jurchens. We will have ten or hundreds of wars next. These things will probably be burned sooner or later."

The old man looked at You Hongzhuo with kind eyes, but what he said was extremely fierce words. Then he reached out and patted his shoulder.

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You Hongzhuo thought for a while: "But now... there is no shortage of Rangers, maybe..."

"You are wrong, Xiaoyou... There must be all kinds of people in this world, leaders like Mr. Ning and female prime ministers, officials who wait, generals like Yu Yulin and Chen Fangda, craftsmen who study and study things in the Chinese army, teachers who enlighten them, and heroes like Shi Jin and Zhou Tong..."

Wang Juyun took You Hongzhuo's shoulder and moved slowly on the city wall: "When the world... when it's winter, foreign aggression attacks, many people like Chen Fangda and others have no choice. Even women like Si Yi have to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. But when the situation was still abundant, everyone would be better able to find their most potential. Because you were in a similar mood with Chen Fangda and wanted to help him in the army, you might just become a third-rate general, or decades later, a scout captain. But if you continue to improve your martial arts, one day in the future, you might become a grandmaster like Zhou Tong. At that time, you will lead another team of scouts and cooperate with good generals, and you may be able to do something unsuccessful..."

The old man paused, then sighed slightly: "Actually, I can't be considered a good leader. The Manichaeism set, plus the adoptive son and daughter of Guangcheng, was a temporary solution back then. In fact, it would lay the root of disaster in the future and make the achievements of the rioters limited. But Xiaoyou, there is no way..."

"You look at the many flowers and trees in the world. They always bloom in spring and grow vigorously in summer. In autumn, they not only leave offspring, but also store nutrients in winter. In winter, they don't care about so many... I learned the Manichaeism rebellion in spring and summer, so in winter, I can only take out this set of things to keep warm. As for you, Si Yi..."

"...What you have to do is to absorb nutrients when you are rich and in spring. Since you have your own talent, you have to work hard and strive to do things that others cannot do. This is the best preparation for everyone to spend the winter in the future... Do you understand?"

The white-haired old man asked with a smile. You Hongzhuo and Liang Siyi thought about it and both nodded solemnly. Wang Juyun laughed.

"Okay, okay." He said to the surroundings, "You are all like this, you must do your best."

The voice of everyone's promise sounded on the city wall.

The spring wind blows, and You Hongzhuo looks downward. The army ahead is gradually moving away. On the land of spring, the leaves are green and everything grows. Even unknown wild flowers appear colorful. This is not only the spring in Jin, but also the second spring in his life. This time, he has a wife, family, brothers, and a majestic elder who can point him out the way forward.

The cold winter passed and the warmth of spring came. Not far from the city wall, the female prime minister, representatives of the Chinese army, Zou Xu from Bianliang, and representatives of many merchants were also smiling and watching the army go away. People chatted and laughed and were having a happy future in front of them.

Thunder Clouds are coming soon...

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Thunderclouds are coming soon.

In the southwest, in the office of Mahachi, Ning Yi woke up from his sleep. Spring thunder sounded outside the window, and the rain was about to fall.

Perhaps he didn't want to disturb him to sleep, the secretary did not come in to light the lights, and the heavy rain was coming, making the room look a little dim. He rubbed his forehead and lit the candle himself.

There are roughly a round of official duties on the table, and there are also information compiled from various places. Most of the most recent news is about land reform. After the initial 100-village pilot, many working groups have been split in February. The working groups of ten people have spread to a wider range of small and medium-sized villages, and have entered a large-scale deployment step by step. The activists selected in the first 100-village pilot have now entered the civil service training in different aspects after classification.

All work is trivial and complex, and the general information does not have much tendency to the early stage of land reform. It seems to be just a vast amount of data. However, finding problems and finding problems is still a central aspect that cannot be relaxed for a moment.

It seemed that I thought of something in my sleep, but when I opened my eyes and forgot it, Ning Yi looked at the various books on the table, raised the candle, and walked to one side of the study. Several large maps were hung there, the most conspicuous of which was the land reform diagram depicting the entire southwest village. Many villages were densely packed with flags and even numbers.

This is what he has seen the most in recent days.

But in addition to this map, there is also a map of forces from the Central Plains, Jiangnan and even the entire world. Ning Yi held a candle and walked around.

In the southeast, the little emperor's power seizure is still in progress, rough, simple but also fierce. The big clans under his rule began to resist in groups of ways. These are all due to their own meanings and have little to do with the southwest.

After the beginning of spring, the Fair Party in Jiangnan entered a formal war atmosphere. He Wen followed the steps and accumulated strength at hand. The savings of the other companies were almost empty. Shi Baofeng and Xu Zhaonan targeted Tie Yan and Wu Qimei in Lin'an when the attack on He Wen were not very good. It is estimated that in the near future, the small court in Lin'an would become history, and they would make small fuss. On the contrary, He Wen has been following the steps in the past few months, which is very organized. Maybe he can really get rid of a fair party that is disciplined.

Bianliang... Dai Mengwei was busy calling the world's Confucian scholars and people from the Green Forest to have a party in the old capital, and is now posting invitations. According to the information sent by Lou Shuwan, Zhan Wu and others, what is really meaningful is probably the fact that Zou Xu wanted to hold Lou Shuwan's thighs - this is unstoppable. As long as he is willing to give money, Lou Shuwan has no reason to push this kid out, and even on his own... Well, he still wants to save face. The Chinese army is no longer barefoot and starts wearing shoes. After all, it is impossible to have a deal with Zou Xu. There is no need to think about this.

In Jin, the actions of planning for the northwest should have begun to be implemented - this is something that must be done. I also wrote a letter to ask them to be careful of the Mongols in Xixia. Although it is hard to say how much they should be careful, with the abilities of Lou Shuwan, Wang Juyun, Fang Chengye and others, there should not be too many variables...

He thought about this and could never recall the clues in his dreams. Until he turned around and was about to leave, he suddenly raised the candle and illuminated the places in Bianliang and Jin for a few times.

"Zou Xu..."

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"If I were him...what would I do..."

...

The vigilance in the dream seemed to come from this. This was a question he hadn't thought about for a long time, because the situation was obvious. As long as the land reform could go smoothly, he basically didn't have to consider what other forces were doing.

It was just now that I thought about it, but I couldn't grasp anything.

At this moment, the secretary knocked on the door and reported to him that a team that had gone to the Jin Dynasty to carry out the mission was now back.

"Have Chen Wenjun brought it back?"

He asked.

Outside the door, the secretary answered.

Behind him, the heavy spring rain had already poured down on the Maha Pool...
Chapter completed!