"Xiu Niang, take care of the children. Third brother and fourth brother, take care of your parents. Father, mother, my son is gone."
It was just dawn and he had already had breakfast. Li He, who was well-equipped, glanced at the three sleeping children, went out to the courtyard, knelt down and kowtowed to his parents, looked at the reluctant parents, and shed tears. With his wife gritting his teeth and his two brothers nodding their heads, he jumped on his horse and headed south without saying a word.
The relatives left the yard and stood at the door, looking at the figure in the distance. They were speechless for a long time. The wife named Xiuniang finally burst into tears. Because they all know that this may mean goodbye forever...
Liu Bo rode his war horse along the small road in the countryside and onto the broad and solid road. This road was built by them together back then.
He has four brothers and two sisters. It was Zhang Chun who was dragged to the grassland during the chaos. Later, he was rescued by the general and moved to Changchun, where he settled down in different places. His eldest brother had some strength. After a year of militia training, he was honorably recruited into the army and served in Xingwuwei, which was stationed in Changchun, very close to him.
He was two years younger at the time. Because of his good health, he was selected into the Navy and has been training for more than four years now. This time he went to the sea and drew two thousand and five thousand out of five thousand people, and he won.
After the warship is built, it's time to set sail and head for unknown overseas lands. The general did not hide it from them, saying that if they went on this trip and had a narrow chance of death, many people might not be able to come back, or even everyone might not be able to come back. So before leaving, the general asked them to rest for half a month and go home to spend the last possible time with their families.
He didn't know how others felt. In the past time, he had no special feelings. However, until today, until today, when he was about to go south to the sea, his heart was clenched for no reason.
He reined in his horse and stood on the hilly slope, looking back at the small village in the distance, vaguely looking at his relatives at the door of his home, and the endless fields with smoke rising from the kitchen. At this moment, he realized that perhaps this was the last picture of his hometown and family in his life, and his eyes became wet without realizing it.
Standing still for a moment, he looked greedily at every place in his hometown, until a breeze blew from nowhere. The wind made him uncomfortable with the tears on his face, but it also woke him up, and he wiped it fiercely. With tears on his face, he endured his pounding heart and rode south.
He will definitely come back alive. Even if he doesn't come back, if he can find the good seeds that were given to him in the general's dream and return them, so that the good seeds can spread all over the land of China, then he is back...
Along the way, we met the military brothers who were heading south. They all laughed and pretended to be free and easy, and went straight to the naval barracks in Tuhe. After an inspection, it was confirmed that the entire army was back in the army, and they trained for another week.
After high-intensity training, their physical condition was restored. Twenty-five hundred sergeants set out on the sea, sailing toward the unknown with fearless passion, which eliminated Xiumu's laziness at home and even dispelled his lingering homesickness.
The food for this week is quite good. Except for the relatively vegetarian breakfast, lunch and dinner are all meat, and you can feel full every time. Eating like this for a week feels a bit like eating without a meal.
Finally, the supplies were loaded onto the ship. There was a massive amount of food, beans for sprouting, modules of soil for growing vegetables, various vegetables and grain seeds, equipment for distilling seawater to collect fresh water, coal for heating, spare armor, and storage. Crossbow arrows, various tools, spare clothes, cloth, medicinal materials, and everything else. Taking into account various situations, everything is ready.
This morning, the people of Tuhe, the celebrities and scholars of Wenchang Pavilion, doctors and students of medicine, and businessmen from all over the world all gathered near the pier. There were three floors inside and three floors outside. It was really a sea of people.
At the dock, five huge warships were moored.
On the pier, on the Bohai Sea, a huge altar was set up. There were flags all around, including the Five Elements Flag, the Navy Flag, the General Tianwu Flag, and the Territory Flag with the Golden Dragon rising to the east on the sea. Big flags were raised high and fluttering in the wind.
Under the altar, 2,500 fully armed naval officers stood majestically. Above the altar, there is a long table with three animal heads and five grains of rice. Eighteen Taoist priests set up altars to pray for blessings.
General Wang was dressed in pure gold armor and held an eight-sided Han sword. Along with the Taoist priests, he walked in all directions, pointing his sword in all directions. Then the sacrificial inscriptions were recited, burned to the sky, and the heads of three animals were thrown into the sea to calm the waves.
After a set of rituals was completed, General Wang stood on the altar and said loudly: "From ancient times to the present, the people have no food and clothing, no rich products, and no abundant real estate. Today, I have two thousand five hundred warriors to open up the three thousand years of China's history. First of all, it is brave and heroic to go to the sea and sacrifice one's life to seek a future for our country. You have to leave your parents and leave your wife without knowing whether you are alive or dead. It is all the fault of Wang Yan alone.
You are brave and brave, and will shine through the ages. I will send historians to compile a history and list it in a separate volume. Your names and lives will be recorded clearly. You will not return for fifteen years. A tomb will be erected for you in the Martyrs Cemetery, and there will be tombkeepers to protect you. Today, I am doing this for myself, for Liao and You, and for the Chinese people. "
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yan lifted up his skirt and armor and knelt down on his knees with three bangs.
The dock was extremely quiet at this moment, with only the flags blowing in the sea breeze rustling. The onlookers, scholars, businessmen, schoolchildren, etc., as well as the 2,500 naval soldiers under the altar, were all stunned.
Although kneeling down is not a special etiquette, it is absolutely unheard of for a man of General Wang's status to kneel down and kowtow to a sergeant in front of so many people.
The next moment, the sound of fluttering armor leaves was heard, and 2,500 naval soldiers knelt down in unison, kowtowing. Then, the onlookers all knelt on the ground, and no one stood.
The voices of 2,500 naval soldiers rang out: "We have no regrets! We vow to return to China with better seeds!"
This scene is foolish, because everyone kneels down and kowtows. Among the spectators, there must be many people who don't want to kneel down, but when they see others kneeling down and kowtow, he has to kneel down and kowtow. Of course, this scene is also sincere, passionate, and worth remembering, also because of the kneeling and kowtow.
General Wang is indeed trying to win people's hearts. The kneeling now is not a sign of ceremony. It's just that these people kneeling know that they are going to die, but there is not a single deserter.
He stood up with his sword in hand and called for everyone to get up. Without any more nonsense, Cang Lang drew his sword and pointed to the east: "Get on board! Set sail!"
As his words fell, two sergeants took a deep breath and blew the desolate horns.
Immediately afterwards, drums sounded and the musicians played sonorous music. Zhendao led a group of male and female dancers to dance to the music.
Whoever plays it will be victorious. The dancers dance in triumph.
Departure is victory!
Amidst the farewell songs and dances, Wang Yan watched 2,500 sergeants boarding four large ships, and with the louder sound of horns, they slowly sailed away from the port towards the unknown sea.
The first test warship did not set off together. That ship was used to train the navy. It would go out to sea from time to time to fish. The income from fishing was considered to be the navy's, so that their conditions could be better. At the same time, this ship will also be responsible for some subsequent modification tests of the new ship.
Research on sea vessels has been ongoing, and various materials have been prepared. Including the four ships this time, they are all more or less different. Because inspiration breaks out at any time, if you have the opportunity, just implement it.
There are still sea ships under construction in the dockyard, and the next batch of voyages will set off in one and a half to two years, with still 2,500 people. New naval soldiers have also been recruited, and this time they are all people from Youzhou, all children aged sixteen or seventeen. They would train for many years, and after marrying and having children, they would go on a long voyage.
Each batch consists of four ships and 2,500 naval soldiers. The interval between each batch is one and a half to two years. This process will continue until a ship comes back and gets what it wants.
They wanted to draw sea charts, find out the patterns of ocean currents and monsoons, and look for new crops. Once these are completed, the route will be stabilized, and then we will study the issue of how to obtain resources.
If China is unified, overseas territories will not be used for a long time, and only resources will be used. After all, there are only 50 million people in Han Dynasty now, and the war has begun in the past two years, and droughts, locust plagues, floods, and plagues are also happening continuously. When he unifies, the population should not be too large. This is inevitable.
Although during peacetime, he vigorously promoted the construction of sanitation and medical systems, he also brought back potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other seeds. Maybe they had been cultivated and improved several times, so people had no worries about eating and drinking. The population will grow very fast, every 20 years, exponential growth, but it will take time.
On the other hand, if you don’t sweep one house, how can you sweep the world? The land under our feet must be developed before we can think of conquering other territories and settling our own people.
This is not a problem that can be solved in a short time. Anyway, he has a lot of trouble in his life. It is estimated that he can reach Central Asia in the northwest, Siberia in the northeast, and Indochina in the south. At this point, he will live to be 120 or 30 years old. The limit of control is reached, time is the biggest opponent...
The sergeants on the deck were all waving. They were extremely silent, and some of them choked up. No one looked at the road ahead, everyone was looking in the direction of the dock.
The same was true for Liu Bo. There had never been a moment when his heart was so empty. He did not have a high level of education, but he was forced to read in the army. He could add, subtract, multiply and divide. He could read a book by himself and understand the meaning with only a smattering of knowledge. He couldn't use some sentences to express his mood at the moment. He only knew that he was reluctant to give up.
Leaving the village in Changchun, he knew that he might never be able to go back. After leaving Tuhe Pier, he realized that this was really leaving.
He just watched like this until the river became a little bit, until he couldn't see it anymore, then he sat dejectedly on the deck. When he turned around, he saw that the brothers were all of the same virtue.
They looked at each other, but suddenly laughed, laughing at everyone's lack of success. On weekdays, everyone is clamoring loudly, but now that they are really gone, the one who clamored the loudest shed tears...
When the people on the voyage left, people were still talking about and looking forward to it at first. But as time went on, except for those whose families had people on the voyage, they no longer talked about it. They just thought they were dead, but they looked forward to being alive.
The departure of the voyage navy had no impact other than adding some talk to the people in Liao and You and adding some jokes to other people who had heard about it.
Liao and You continue to operate. After spring plowing, there are still other jobs in the fields, road construction hired by the government, water conservancy facilities construction in progress, and things produced by brick kilns and glass kilns for Youzhou. The people built houses, had all kinds of goods, and constantly moved them around within their own territory. They also needed militia and military training, so they had no time to spare.
Likewise, other places are not idle either. The latest news is that after Yuan Shu fought two battles, he led his troops to withdraw. Dong Zhuo wanted to do whatever he wanted, and the Han Emperor and courtiers wanted to do whatever they wanted. Let them fight on their own. He didn't care. Yuan Shao, Han Fu, Gongsun Zan and Wang Yan's boss did not start a fight, and Gongsun Zan was made into a skeleton for others to play with. They all had their own ideas and development, and of course they could not fall behind.
Liu Bei took his two good brothers to stay in Xuzhou temporarily. Tao Qian welcomed them very much, and the Mi family got married. It doesn't matter whether she is the original Mrs. Mo, because whoever marries her is Mrs. Mo. Wang Yan's fourth bedroom was given to him by the Mi family, who gave birth to a son earlier this year. In this way, he and Liu Bei have become a connecting bridge.
Regarding Gongsun Zan's death, no one at Liu, Guan, and Zhang was surprised. No one knew Wang Yan's despairing power better than they did, because they knew the exact situation in Liaodongfang, and he was not an opponent of the same level. But it is inevitable that I still feel a bit sad. The days when my classmates slept in bed are still vivid in my mind. The care and support from Zhuoxian in the past are also very close to my eyes.
A good person was turned into a skeleton. They have all been to medicine. There are many skeletons there, and there are even processed corpses with exposed muscle tissue. Everyone has a name and a detailed past description. They are all powerful people, and most of them have not survived. They were disposed of after dying of cold and starvation in the winter.
In Wang Yan's words, it is to contribute to the people, and it must be used after death and cannot be wasted. Liu Bei believes that no one likes to contribute like this...
Cao Cao returned to Chenliu again, and the team he had gathered earlier was defeated. This time, he lost a lot of family wealth and found support from wealthy families. The next step is to eliminate the surrounding Yellow Turbans and strengthen ourselves. If nothing unexpected happens, his initial trajectory will not change much. He will still be welcomed into the main Yanzhou, and he will still have to fight Tao Qian.
Overall, it was quite peaceful and no big fights broke out.
Only here in Jizhou is not so peaceful. Because Wang Yan forwarded the letter written to him by Yuan Shao to Han Fu. Everyone would have to react a little when seeing such a letter, not to mention Han Fu was very wary of Yuan Shao.
But he still didn't know what to do, because Yuan Shao didn't give it for free, and besides, he didn't dare to kill Yuan Shao...
I would like to express my daily gratitude to the good brothers who vote monthly for their support.
Thank you to all the brothers who recommended me for your support,
Thanks to the big brothers who read silently for their support.
