Half a quarter of an hour later, Guo Kang led a group of people and left the house.
There are still a lot of valuable things here that haven't been taken away. Many civilians asked him if he could give them more time to bring their things. Even the new recruits felt it was a bit of a pity.
But Guo Kang said that we must start immediately.
"If you want to stay here to get things, I won't care. But if you want to take revenge on me, just ignore the property here." He said sternly to everyone: "I know this is a loss to you, but if you want to Fighters still cost money, so you can only choose one of the two. But I only need warriors who have vision and understand the importance of importance."
In the end, the recruits all stayed. Most of the other civilians were also willing to follow him. Others, although they felt embarrassed or even evasive, decided to stay.
Guo Kang didn't make it difficult for them either. He asked everyone to take away the collected gunpowder and firearms. The other belongings will be left to them as a thank you for coming to cheer this time.
After everyone had gathered and dispersed, the team, led by the guides, headed straight for Alexander's house.
This time, the destination was relatively far away, located in the "Golden District", which was the area in the west of the city where rich people and nobles lived. However, everyone was in high spirits and did not feel that it was far away.
However, when they arrived at the main road in the center of the city, several prosecutors and guards still hesitated.
"Sir, after crossing this road, there is another area." One of them said to Guo Kang, "Do you want everyone to stop and we can go there?"
"Ah?" Guo Kang didn't know what it meant: "Why?"
"The superiors usually don't care about things in the slums. But when you get there, someone will pay attention." Another person said: "The people living there are all big shots. If they are frightened, there will probably be a series of Troublesome."
"It's just a road, not the Rubicon River." Guo Kang said with a smile, "What are you afraid of them doing?"
As he said that, he took the flag from the hand of a big recruit next to him, strode onto the road, turned around and waved the flag: "Follow me!"
Seeing this, everyone no longer worried about anything and followed him one after another.
Guo Ponu quickly caught up and ran to Guo Kang's side.
"Did you really not think about it, or did you deliberately want to cause trouble?" she asked in a low voice.
"Nothing can be accomplished without making a fuss." Guo Kang said bluntly: "Don't you realize that this kind of opportunity is rare?"
"You think this is a big fuss, but in fact, compared to the trouble we have to solve, the movement this time is already very small." Guo Kang said: "Although what I did was violent, when it was really investigated, it was all Within the rules.”
"The establishment of this brigade was approved by the Empress Dowager and General Cao, and was approved by the Ministry of War. According to the document, the target group for conscription is the Russian people. The Cao family was the first to recruit here. You see, I am here to call on people to join the army, which is actually in full compliance with the regulations."
"Can anyone still accuse me? Accusing the recruitment process of going too well?" He turned around and pointed behind him: "I want to repay everyone for being so enthusiastic about joining the army."
"The document came down yesterday, right?" Guo Ponu thought for a moment.
"That's right. So, with the establishment, these people are not mobs, but the regular army I recruited, and the reserve soldiers who are ready to join the army." Guo Kang continued to talk, as if he had been prepared for a long time: "Our team The army itself does not have the power to enforce laws in Dadu, but today, didn’t dad give me the War Commander’s flag? Look, that’s it.”
"We first investigated the violation of military discipline, and then exposed the possibility of cult organizations and rebellion. Therefore, in the name of the Warmaster's special envoy, I urgently mobilized new recruits in the brigade. Even fearing that there would be a shortage of manpower, I successfully called on those who were ready to join the army. Come and help. This is why I should ask for credit."
Guo Ponu hesitated and felt that what he said did make sense.
"But you have to think about it. These people never follow the rules." She still reminded: "They will use their own strength outside the rules to put pressure on us. If they make trouble together later, my father will probably do the same. Trouble. What do you think we should do?"
"Yes. Aren't I doing it now?" Guo Kang leaned over and whispered.
"Huh?" Guo Ponu didn't react this time.
"Let's first give them their strength outside the rules..." He put his five fingers together and waved his palm.
"How did King Wu of Zhou deal with the Yin Shang Dynasty back then? Not to attack directly, but to continuously kill his minions. What we are doing now is the same thing. The more minions we eliminate now, the more leaders we execute, the more we collect The more evidence there is, the more favorable the strategic situation will be."
"So, come on, sister." He patted Guo Ponu: "Now we must not only use violence, but also the more intense the better - the more enemies we kill now, the more trouble dad will have. few."
"We have a fundamental conflict of interest with these people. It is simply unrealistic to expect both parties to compromise directly. Even if we want to retain some dignity in the end, we must first beat them to pain and defeat them before dialogue is necessary." Guo Kang He said firmly: "Don't worry, if we do well enough, the enemy will not only not resist, but will directly beg for mercy."
"In this case... there will indeed be people who will admit it because they have no confidence. But there will definitely be people who will jump over the wall and lose their minds because of the huge losses." Guo Ponu reminded: "If they risk their lives, they will have to fight hard. ,what to do?"
"Wouldn't that be better?" Guo Kang's eyes flashed with strange light: "Those who can protect this kind of cult are holding back civilization. Of course, the fewer the better. I'm afraid they won't show up. "
"Besides, if someone can actively violate the rules, wouldn't it be more reasonable for us to do it within the rules?"
"Uh..." Guo Ponu was speechless for a moment.
"Moreover, if someone is going to jump over the wall, then we have to knock out all the teeth in the dog's mouth first." Guo Kang shrugged.
"But don't worry. When I talked about Sima Yi just now, I set the tone first to facilitate subsequent processing." He looked at Guo Ponu and comforted him: "How can these people have Sima Yi's ability? ? They are just a group of silverfish in the imperial court. They dare not really rebel. "
"Okay..." Guo Ponu looked at the two crosses surrounded by people in the team: "No wonder, you are imitating King Wu of Zhou..."
"Ah?" Guo Kang didn't react.
"I remember that when King Zhou Wu conquered Chaoge, he hung the head of King Zhou under the white flag and the heads of his two wives and concubines under the red flag." Guo Ponu pointed to the cross made of spears. The hanging heads of the gods; he pointed to the heads of Sergei and his mistress hanging on the cross made of bamboo poles next to him, and commented.
"You can still remember the stories in the classics." Guo Kang was very surprised.
Guo Ponu rolled his eyes at him: "I told you, I just don't like reading, and I'm not a fool..."
"No, no, it's nothing. I didn't think of this allusion myself. I just did it for convenience..." Guo Kang had to explain: "But it doesn't matter, there will be more later. How can there be only these three? ah."
Seeing that he had clearly made a comprehensive plan, Guo Ponu nodded and said nothing more.
However, after walking in silence for a while, she couldn't help but speak and asked again: "Can you tell me? Are you really not afraid, or do you just don't care?"
"What's the problem?" Guo Kang laughed.
"I used to think you had a dull temperament and didn't have enough contact with everyone. You seemed like a timid and introverted person." Guo Ponu hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth: "But today I discovered that you are actually very courageous. Big, even too big.”
"If a man wants to succeed in his career, he must not be timid. This is what you told me." Guo Kang asked back: "Have courage, wouldn't you?"
"But your behavior doesn't sound like you're really brave, it's more like you don't care at all." Guo Ponu pointed out directly: "Originally you looked timid because you didn't care about everything around you and didn't want to cause trouble. Now you look bold. It’s also because he doesn’t care about anything at all, not even his own life.”
"Now that I think about it, you have always given me a feeling of... alienation. Not just alienated from me, but alienated from the world." She said: "When I was a child, I was very angry about this and felt that you were too ungrateful. But Now that I think about it, it’s also my fault.”
"I don't know what you think, but I, as well as my parents, have always cared about you." She grabbed Guo Kang's hand and looked at him sincerely: "I didn't want you to play with those things at the time, either. It’s not that I can’t accept your hobbies, it’s just that I think they are very...weird.”
"Weird?" Guo Kang was a little surprised.
Guo Ponu had always been unhappy with Guo Kang's behavior in going to the church and tinkering with various things. Guo Kang had only thought before that it was just that she didn't like him not doing his job properly, but he didn't expect it to happen like this.
"Ah, this word may be a bit strong." Guo Ponu added: "To be more precise, it's a bit inconsistent. I just feel that those things don't belong to us - and you, too, give me this impression."
Guo Kang thought to himself, she is quite keen.
"No wonder you don't want me to do those studies." He probably understood Guo Ponu's mentality: "Where are the other people, Theodora and Shi Huizhen? Do you think the same way?"
"Theodora is definitely not." Guo Ponu directly denied: "I guess she is just jealous and doesn't want you to focus on those things instead of her - unless you explicitly say it is for her."
"Even though this woman pretends to be honest and kind, she is actually very possessive and power-hungry. Just like her ancestors on both sides of her parents, she is a bandit and a pirate." Guo Ponu accused him mercilessly, and finally advised him. : "No matter what, it's best to stay away from her. Boys should also protect themselves."
"Uh..." Guo Kang felt that what she said was a bit too much. But Guo Ponu looked a little excited. He didn't know how to persuade her, so he could only forcefully change the topic: "What about Shi Huizhen? She often comes to mess with my things. What kind of psychology is this?"
"She? What kind of mentality does she have? She's just mean." Guo Ponu said without thinking.
"..." Guo Kang was really silenced this time.
"Tell me the truth." Guo Ponu lowered his voice again: "I see that you don't even feel afraid of this evil god. Even if other people know that this is a false god, they will be a little afraid. You can do this. At this level, I am afraid that only the fanatical believers who have extremely firm faith in the Heavenly Father will be shocked. So if you cut down the statue directly, everyone will be shocked."
"Well... I'm really not that superstitious." Guo Kang thought for a while and explained: "Compared to the people here, I am more like a Central Plains person."
"This is not a matter of superstition. People who are not superstitious will believe in other things. Even the orthodox Central Plains people are like this - it's not like I have never seen them." Guo Ponu did not believe it and shook his head: "You may not have noticed it yourself, and other friends and acquaintances probably haven't noticed either. But we are so familiar with each other, I can still see the clues to this kind of thing."
"I'm more... uh, some of my thoughts are more like atheistic heresy." Guo Kang had no choice but to continue to give in and admitted: "Anyway, it's not a strange thing, right?"
"Atheism is also a kind of belief." Guo Ponu mercilessly rejected his explanation: "It's not a question of which belief you have, it's that you are too indifferent to any belief."
"Then what do you think it is?" Guo Kang didn't know what to say.
"It's impossible for people not to believe in anything. If you don't believe in anything, it means you believe in..." Guo Ponu knocked on his breastplate: "Myself."
"Ah?" Guo Kang really never thought about this level.
"Do you think of yourself as a god?" Guo Ponu asked bluntly.
"You regard yourself as a god, so you are not afraid of other evil gods at all, and your reverence for the Heavenly Father is only superficial and ceremonial." She said, "You think you are here to correct all this, so you have no intention of being tactful; and I feel that I am destined to succeed, so I am confident. I think this makes sense."
"Sometimes I wonder if you are a monster." Guo Ponu stretched out his hand, and this time successfully bypassed the ear protection of the helmet, directly pinched Guo Kang's exposed face, and pulled it a few times: "To be honest Yes, this kind of aloofness and alienation makes you no longer look like a normal person. How did dad pick you up?"
"This is too exaggerated..." Guo Kang muttered as he broke away.
But if you think about it carefully, Guo Ponu's questions really hit the key points.
Guo Kang himself didn’t know whether he believed in God or not.
You believe it, he doesn't take it seriously himself; but you don't believe it... To be honest, time travel has happened, what else can't be accepted? He wouldn't be too surprised if an old man with a white beard comes one day and claims to be Heavenly Father Huo Hua...
"I think it doesn't matter whether there is a God or what God is like." He thought for a while and said truthfully: "What God is and what his intentions are, the church has been arguing for thousands of years, but they still can't explain clearly. The gap in understanding is even greater between different religions and denominations.”
"But what we can be sure of is that God has not actively intervened in so many things that have happened since ancient times. Doesn't that mean that regardless of whether God has personal consciousness or not, whether it is a simple natural law or something else, He has not actually actively intervened. will.”
"Confucius said that when dealing with ghosts and gods, you should respect and stay away from them, because these ghosts and gods will not actually have any influence. According to Xunzi's idea, instead of praising God and yearning for Him, it is better to treat Him as objects and livestock to control Him. Instead of obeying God and praising Him, it is better to grasp His laws and use Him." He gave an example: "I think he is much more proud than me."
"So I think you still underestimate the people of the Central Plains - even if there is a god, the first thing that the great Confucians think about is definitely how to catch this god, control it, and let the god follow human will and orders and be used by humans. He finally said: "Everyone has faith, and it is true; many people believe in foreign things, and it is also true. But these are the most orthodox beliefs of Central Plains scholars."
Guo Ponu was silent for a while and nodded.
"As for me, what I believe in is probably human civilization." Guo Kang raised his head and cast his eyes towards the distant place: "Since I came here, whether it is because of some natural law or the will of the gods, I will definitely I have to do something. And now that I’ve made up my mind, I’m going to do my best because that’s what I’m all about.”
"Then don't worry." Guo Ponu also nodded: "We don't know whether our world is Zhuang Zhou's world or the world of butterflies, but in the world, everything is real and meaningful. of."
"I've been angry with you, and I've respected you; I've fought with you, and I've helped you kill enemies; I've experienced happiness and regret in these relationships. But I think it's all worth it." She grabbed Guo Kang's hand, frowned, and said in one breath.
"I still only have that request. No matter where you come from, who you are, or what you want to do, I just hope you can stay with me more. So, even if you don't care about safety or life, you must protect yourself. Just please You, think of it as doing it for me, okay?"
"Don't worry, I'm not stupid." Guo Kang comforted.
"Hey." Guo Ponu shook his head: "You have been stupid several times. Remember, I will be there when you need to rush into the battle. There is no need to show off. Dad wants you to take over the responsibilities of the War Commander in the future. Do you think the War Commander should Pay attention to what?"
"Uh..." Guo Kang really didn't think about this question, so he replied casually: "You are injured, don't you want to treat it randomly?"
"What the hell..." Guo Ponu said speechlessly: "You are the commander, you don't have to rush in. Do you understand?"
"Okay, okay." Guo Kang could only respond quickly.
Thanks to his gag, Guo Ponu's inexplicable sad atmosphere just now dissipated a lot. However, she still held Guo Kang's hand, as if she was afraid that he would run away, and refused to let go. Guo Kang had no choice but to let her go and continue walking.
(End of chapter)
