"This old man is a senior in the martial arts world. He is very old and virtuous. Be careful that he calls Master Lin over and smashes your stage..."
"If the fat man really dares to come, even if you and I don't do anything, he won't be able to walk out of the southwest alive. Old Qin and Chen Fan can take care of him anywhere."
The night was gentle, and the carriage drove slowly through the streets of Chengdu. Ning Yi and Xigua looked at the night and chatted in low voices.
"Li Heng, tell me, what did Fatty do after the defeat in Jin?"
"Zhan Wu wrote back and said that Lin Echan had accepted a disciple. In the past two years, he had not paid attention to the teaching affairs and the congregation had given up and concentrated on raising children. Speaking of which, this fat man had great ambitions in his life and talked openly about his desires and ambitions in front of others.
Now I may have opened my eyes a little and finally admitted that I only have the ability in martial arts and am old, so I put my hope in the next generation." Ning Yi smiled, "Actually, according to Zhan Wu, Lou Shuwan has
I thought about asking him to join the delegation from Shanxi and come to the southwest this time to give us a show of strength."
"...What a great idea." Xigua thought for a moment and knocked his fist on his palm, "Why didn't you invite me?"
"From a political point of view, if it can succeed, it will of course be a very interesting thing. The fat man wanted to take advantage of Lou Shuwan and join forces to get the name of 'The Fairy Lady', but was tricked by Lou Shuwan.
, the two sides have been deceived, and the two sides have formed a rift. The fat man did not take the risk to kill her, which does not mean that he has no intention to kill her. If he can take advantage of this excuse to get the fat man to step down, he can also help Jin Di
Let's fight together. Lou Shuwan can be said to be the biggest winner..."
Xigua smiled: "If Lin Echan and that Shi Jin come to the southwest together, this arena will be quite interesting. Those people in Zhuji will be excited."
Ning Yi also laughed: "It's very interesting to talk about it. The only problem is the hatred of Lao Qin, the hatred of old father-in-law, the hatred of Fang Qifu and the others, you, me, Shao Qian, Chen Fan... He will pass through Jianmen Pass
Damn it, if I really think about Chengdu, it won’t work no matter who I name.”
At the end of his words, a coldness flashed through his eyes. The long-standing grievances with Lin Echan were neither small nor big. As far as Ning Yi was concerned, the most profound one was that Lin Echan killed the old man.
Qin, but from a larger perspective, Lin Echan is just a knife in the hands of others.
After the regicide, the grievances at the green forest level gradually diminished. As for Lin Echan, Ning Yi didn't care about killing him when he could, but he didn't have much intention to actively seek revenge. If he really wanted to kill such a great master with superb martial arts, he would have to sacrifice
The reward is big, but the reward is small. If the other party finds a chance to escape and runs away, it will really become a fight to the death in the future, and Ning Yi's side can hardly be said to be safe.
For more than ten years, the two sides have maintained such a tacit understanding. No matter how vain he is, Lin Echan will never enter the territory of the Chinese army. Although Ning Yi has met him once in Jin, he does not say that he must kill him.
.However, once Lin Echan wants to enter the southwest, this tacit understanding will be broken. The fat man will offend the entire senior management of the Chinese Army. Regardless of the grudges of the year, allowing such people to enter Chengdu, Xigua, Ning Yi and others will certainly
I'm not afraid of him, but if he goes crazy, who can guarantee the safety of his family members?
Ning Yi talks about rules in the overall situation, but when it comes to the safety of his family, there are no rules at all. In Qingmuzhai, Lin Echan and Hong Ti had a fair duel, but they just suspected that Hong Ti was injured.
He was going to mobilize everyone to beat up Fatty Lin. If Hong Ti hadn't eased the situation later, he might have killed the witnesses all at once - Lou Shuwan was one of the witnesses to that chaos.
one.
"... Since the two parties are going to do business, there is no need to add such a big variable just for a little bit of enthusiasm. Lou Shuwan probably wanted to scare Zhan Wu. If he didn't do this, he is considered mature... As far as watching the show is concerned, of course I also
I'm looking forward to seeing you, Hong Ti, Chen Fan, Lin Echan, and Shi Jin fighting together, but these things... When the world is peaceful in the future, let's see how Ning Ji and his generation perform, Lin Echan
His disciple should be pretty good. Judging from Xiaoji’s determination in the past two years, I’m afraid he is also determined to pursue martial arts practice..."
He paused: "It's good to have someone in the family who can inherit your and my legacy, right..."
Xigua nodded: "It mainly depends on me. You and Sister Tizi combined can only be evenly matched with me."
"Huh? What is this?"
"Together you and I can only be evenly matched with Sister Tizi."
"...Agua, your words are a bit too vicious."
The carriage rattled past the dim light and shadow of the city at night, and the couple chatted and laughed casually. Ning Yi looked at Xigua's smiling profile in front of the car window and hesitated to speak.
Xigua must have felt such a gaze, and turned his head: "What's wrong?"
Ning Yi looked at her: "The news from Lao Niutou is not good." He took out a letter from his arms and handed it over. Xigua took it and sighed: "Anyway, it's not the first day like this.
..." Then he started to frown and read the letter.
The carriage became quiet, and Ning Yi looked at his wife with warm eyes. He would come over to Lu Liutong to join in the fun, and his curiosity about Lu Lin was only secondary after all.
During the Lao Niutou Incident nearly two years ago, Chen Shanjun and Li Ximing led more than a thousand Chinese troops to break away from here and occupied the northwest corner of the Chengdu Plain to develop on their own. Chen Shanjun cared about the people and pointed to a world of great harmony with equal means of production.
With the cooperation of the Chinese army, they annexed several nearby counties and towns, began to divide the land among local tyrants, and recovered the land and various large-scale production materials for distribution.
The whole process of reclaiming the land was not a friendly one. Although some of the big landowners and rich peasants who controlled the land could find some bad deeds, it was impossible for them all to be bad people. Chen Shanjun first started with the landlords who had bad deeds, punished them harshly, and deprived them of them.
property, and then spent three months constantly lobbying and laying the groundwork, and finally completed it all with the cooperation of elite soldiers.
Although there were bloody incidents during this period, Chen Shanjun firmly believed that this was a necessary process. On the other hand, most of the Chinese Army soldiers who followed him also had a deep understanding of the importance of equality in the means of production. Under Chen Shanjun's daily speeches, he set an example.
In the end, the resistance in the entire territory was suppressed. Of course, there were also some landlords and rich peasants who moved their families into the Chinese military territory - of course, Chen Shanjun had no intention of killing all those who were not convinced but were willing to leave.
So starting from last spring, Chen Shanjun and others created the world's first "People's Commune" in Lao Niutou. Based on nearly 2,000 armed forces, the population under the rule is about 40,000. All means of production belong to the government.
The land was evenly distributed, and the farm cattle and the iron farm tools purchased by Chen Shanjun through Chinese military connections were distributed collectively. Of course, the seeds of the problem existed from the beginning.
There are good and bad farm goods, and the land is divided into three, six, and nine grades. Chen Shanjun relied on the army to subdue the people in this area, and the army became an invisible privileged class from the beginning. Of course, Chen Shanjun was not unaware of these problems.
, Ning Yi also reminded him of these problems from the beginning.
Since the place was not big, Chen Shanjun led by example and held study classes every day to educate everyone about the meaning of equality and the vision of Datong. For the activists around him, he also divided an elite team and formed an internal supervision team.
team, hoping that they would become more morally conscious defenders of equal thinking. Although this also contributed to the formation of another higher privileged class, in the early days of the team, Chen Shanjun could only rely on these "more conscious"
People have gone to do errands.
For more than ten years, the exploration of "equality" within the Chinese Army is far from perfect. Doubts and frictions within Lao Niutou have never stopped from the beginning. During this period, the Chinese Army was first preparing for war, and then officially entered into the war with the Jurchen West Road.
The army entered the battle and paid no attention to Lao Niutou's situation, but Qian Luoning and others who were originally arranged there were also constantly observing the development of the entire situation.
Struggles over interests always took a political form. After Chen Shanjun organized activists to form an internal monitoring team, some of the excluded soldiers protested and friction broke out. Then some people began to mention the bloody incidents in the field division.
They believed that Chen Shanjun's method was not correct. On the other hand, there was another voice of doubt. They believed that the Jurchen West Route Army was about to invade the south. The split launched by people like them now seems very stupid.
Due to this pressure, Chen Shanjun also proposed a note to the Chinese Army at that time to send troops to help fight, but of course Ning Yi also refused.
The joy of dividing the land happened in the first half of last year, but in the second half of the year, various problems began to surface like a surging undercurrent. Many members of the army began to become corrupt, and similar signs also appeared in the supervisory team -
- The reason why it is said to be a sign is that conviction has become blurry and difficult, and the mountains of mutual support have gradually emerged. Last September, during an investigation, a case of extermination of a farmer's entire family was even revealed. At the highest-level meeting table
They started arguing and blaming each other.
Chen Shanjun and Li Ximing cooperated to launch two internal purges, but the specific effects are difficult to define. They can severely equalize the land, but it is difficult to launch a real purge within the army. During the two purges, several upper-level officials were convicted and fired.
, but the hidden dangers have not been eliminated.
Although a bright direction was set from the beginning, Lao Niutou's progress was difficult from the beginning. By the beginning of this year, there were quarrels on the conference table almost every day. Chen Shanjun and other leaders had no control over spring plowing.
It was already weakening, and when the Chinese army won the battle in the southwest, more people in Lao Niutou began to mention Ning Yi's name, thinking that they should not listen to Mr. Ning's words. The means of production here are equal, and they are not as good as they should be.
when it appears.
On the scene, everyone in Lao Niutou was speaking bright words. In fact, what they wanted to cover up was the imbalance that had erupted in private. Without internal supervision and purges being strict enough, corruption and interest embezzlement had reached quite serious levels.
The extent, and the specific reasons are naturally more complicated. In order to deal with this impact, Chen Shanjun may launch a more severe and thorough purge, and other parties will naturally take up counterattack weapons and begin to blame Chen Shanjun for his problems.
In such a tense and chaotic situation, Li Ximing, as the "inner ghost", may have noticed some clues, so he wrote a letter to Ning Yi to remind him to pay attention to the development of Lao Niutou.
In fact, Ning Yi only regarded Lao Niutou as a experimental field from the beginning. It is completely foreseeable that this great ideal would struggle in its infancy, but this matter has something different with Xigua.
significance.
He looked at the figure of the woman looking down at the letter by the car window.
Time is like water, and the profile of the wife in front of him has become more mature, but when she frowns, she still has the innocence and stubbornness of the past. After all these years, Ning Yi knows that what she is thinking about is
The idea of "equality" and Lao Niutou's attempt originally appeared under her persistence and guidance, but she did not get over it later. Over the past year or so, when she learned about the stumbling over there, her
There is naturally some anxiety in my heart.
"Maybe this will be better..."
"Maybe then it won't..."
Occasionally, I talked about Lao Niutou with Ning Yi a few times, and Xigua said the most, that is, these words. It was just that during the previous battle with the Jurchens, the two of them got together less and separated more, and met briefly a few times.
She always suppressed small talk and didn't say much.
At this time, the war in the southwest has been decided. Although the city of Chengdu is now in chaos, he has already made plans for all situations. He can step out of here a little and care about his wife's ideals.
"It's getting more and more chaotic..." Under the light and moonlight, Xigua frowned and read the letter for a long time before finishing it. After a while, he let out a long sigh, "... Li Heng, say,
Is it possible to survive this time?"
"If we weren't by their side, they wouldn't have been able to survive the first time." Ning Yi shook his head, "Although they were separated in name, in fact they are still small forces in the southwest, and many of them are
People will still worry about you and me. So since the first two times have passed, it's hard to say this time... maybe Chen Shanjun is ruthless and can find a more mature way to solve the problem."
Xigua thought for a moment: "...Would it have been better if we had driven them out completely?"
"Immature system models will only collapse earlier if they experience more brutal internal struggles. This is always the case for things in their infancy..."
"——You haven't really seen it!"
Xigua frowned and shouted at Ning Yi. Then she took a few deep breaths: "You always say this, always say this... you have never really seen it..."
This time, probably because the war in the southwest was finally over, she was able to get angry about it and finally exploded in front of Ning Yi. Ning Yi was not annoyed and looked outside the car: "You're right...
…There aren’t many people here, why don’t you go down and take a walk?”
"……Um."
Xigua nodded, and the two of them stopped the carriage. When they got off, they were in a quiet street with few tourists in the city. Although there were shops and houses with lights on the roadside, most of the pedestrians on the road were nearby residents, including children.
They were playing happily in the street. They walked all the way, and after walking for a while, Ning Yi said: "Does this look like that night in Hangzhou?"
"There was no one under curfew that night in Hangzhou!" Xigua said.
Ning Yi leaned over and held her hand. Two children playing in the street came nearby. When they saw the man and woman holding hands, they immediately made a sound of surprise and shyness and retreated to the side. The girl in a blue floral skirt
Xigua looked at the pair of children and smiled - she was a girl from the Miaojiang Mountains, she dared to love and hate, she was very generous, she had been married for more than ten years, and she had a calm demeanor in her.
"I sometimes think about it." Ning Yi held hands with her and said as they walked forward, "When you were in Hangzhou, how old were you? You said in your heart that you wanted to be a shepherdess and that everyone in the world could
If you could grab that steamed bun, if it were in another situation, would your thoughts still be so firm today?"
"Huh?" Xigua turned to look at him.
"Back then, on the streets of Hangzhou, it was I, Agua, who told you that the world is unified and everyone is equal. Is it possible that it is because I told you this that you have been able to continue to do so for so many years?
Why remember it so firmly? When I think about it, I feel that this matter can be regarded as our common ideal, right..."
His words were warm. After saying this, Xigua's originally rebellious expression softened, and his eyes gradually narrowed with a smile: "But didn't you say that you lied to me back then..."
"As I said before, it was a lie at that time, but it doesn't mean I don't believe it." Ning Yi said with a smile, "Looking back, I asked Tizi what she wanted, and I took it over and tied it into a bow.
Give it to her, she said she wants peace in the world...I can achieve peace in the world, but your idea is the only one we can't achieve in this life..."
"It's Chen Shanjun who can't make it." Xigua looked at him with a bit of resentment in his eyes, "Sometimes I wonder if those things would be different if you did them, but you have never done them before, so you always say
, it must be like that... Of course, I also know that it is the first priority for the Huaxia Army to defeat the Jurchens. You can't do things like Chen Shanjun and ask for stability, but... you have really never seen it..."
"What if..." Ning Yi sighed softly, "What if... I have seen it?"