Yin Guyue, who was reading the newspaper, suddenly let out a strange sigh. Xia Linguo, who was handling official duties, raised his eyebrows slightly and ignored him.
"Mr. Xia, don't you want to ask me why I feel so?"
"No one in the world is miserable, and all sentient beings suffer."
Yin Guyue put down the newspaper and said, "Mr. Xia, come with me."
Xia Linguo was obedient and put down his official duties and followed him out.
He knew that if he ignored this person now, it would only cause more entanglements and nagging, so it would be better to make a quick decision and send this person away.
The two walked to the balcony and looked at the small town at the foot of the mountain, which was built on the barren mountain. The sun was shining at this time, and the whole town was bathed in golden light.
The cool breeze blew and hundreds of copper bells rang.
This is the southernmost part of Dongyang District, Tongling Town.
Tongling Town was originally a town that relied on copper mines. The Jing family has many factories here. When the copper ore is collected, it is directly transported to the factory for rough processing, providing one-stop service.
However, the copper resources were exhausted many years ago, and this place became an agricultural manor town. The workers also turned into farmers, growing tobacco, grain, and mulberry for the Silver Blood Chamber of Commerce.
Many people have spent most of their lives here, but it's not that the welfare here is very good. In fact, their lives may not be as good as those of workers in Xuanzhu County.
After all, the workers in Xuanzhu County still have a lot of spiritual food, such as going to the bookstore to listen to books for free, going to the card game hall to watch people playing cards, and even going to the gangster casino to gamble a small amount of money. Although life is hard, there is also a lot of fun.
.
But there is nothing here in Tongling Town. Many people work as soon as they open their eyes, and sleep as soon as they close their eyes. They seem to be driven by the biological instincts in their bodies, living in a haphazard manner, resigned to the situation, and live and die.
For them, Lin Haijun's arrival may be the biggest thing they have ever encountered in their lives.
Although the factory is abandoned, there are still many old factory sites in the town, which are usually used to store agricultural products.
When Lin Hai came, these factory sites became temporary military camps. Xia Linguo's temporary office was the director's office on the second floor of the copper smelting factory.
Yin Guyue supported the rusted railing, pointed into the distance and said, "Look."
In the distance, a few dirty children carrying small baskets were playing in the street. From time to time, they peeked at the gun-wielding soldiers at the entrance of the temporary military camp. If the soldiers looked at them, they would disperse in a hurry and hide behind
Continue to peek around the corner.
Xia Linguo took a look and said: "A few children who collected wild vegetables to help support the family. After Lin Haijun came to Tongling Town, he did not disturb these ordinary residents. He even killed the manor owner and defenders and distributed food to them. Naturally, they
He is very curious and interested in us.”
Linhai's decision to kill the landowners to distribute food was naturally not out of revolutionary considerations, but out of practical needs. First of all, the manor owners and defenders here must be killed, otherwise it would be too late if they caused any trouble; secondly, Linhai
The navy cannot let the poor people here starve to death because of their arrival.
Although Linhai can beat Heyang's army violently, Linhai is ultimately an army that defends against sea barbarians - their previous enemies were aliens, monsters, and natural enemies.
They are not an army that specializes in killing people.
If they attack the same heavily armed army, they will not have much psychological pressure. Just like two wild beasts fighting for territory, they can accept such a life-and-death struggle.
But killing an unarmed compatriot is different.
Even if it was just because of their invasion that ordinary people were displaced and starved to death, many Linhai sergeants could not accept it. Many young people who joined the Linhai navy not only wanted to make a living, but also because being a Linhai sergeant was a very honorable thing.
thing.
In order to encourage more young people to join the border army to fight against the barbarians, Linhai Navy not only provided sufficient material support: guidance on combat tactics, military pay, pensions... Any ruling district that needed to fight against the barbarians would use publicity to treat soldiers with great courtesy.
In the name of righteousness, a teacher of justice, a soldier who defends the country.
It can be said that in the Morrowind District, if you become a naval officer, you are a good man and an iron lady; if you become a captain, it is simply a glorious achievement that will be written down in the family tree.
Lan Yan wanted to attack Dongyang to extort Yin Xue, but the biggest voice of opposition was not from the civil service system of Xingke County at all, but from the top and bottom of Linhai Navy.
Because Lin Haijun is not a poor person who can't survive. Although their life is not much better, they are not very dissatisfied.
Rather than having a big fight with the general, they care more that the flag of the Linhai Navy cannot be tarnished.
They just want to retire and return home so that they can tell their children and grandchildren about their military life without any worries.
Xia Linguo didn't know how Lan Yan persuaded the generals, but it was obvious that he did it: he only defeated the army along the way, did not kill prisoners of war, did not hurt the people, and did not commit any crimes.
Of course everyone wants to grab money and resources.
But wouldn’t it be wonderful if I could plunder in the name of justice?
You must know that Lan Yan's dispatch of troops this time also has the name of dispatching troops.
He used the Heyang Army's brutal suppression of the Xiaojiushan miners' riot three years ago as an excuse to accuse the Heyang Army of having "some" corrupt officers who were bribed by wealthy businessmen, and even some backstabbing elements lurking in the military system. He led the charge
The soldiers entered the country just to hold joint military exercises with the Heyang Army and help eliminate the maggots from the Heyang Army...
Although Lin Haijun must have gone overboard, the shit on He Yang Jun's body is also real. Anyway, there is a mess everywhere now, and Yan Jing doesn't care at all. Lin Haijun only needs to give an excuse that can make him feel at ease.
Will suffice.
Since they plan to follow the path of a righteous teacher, Lin Haijun must treat the people well. Anyway, they are not short of food for the time being. Distributing food to the people will not only gain reputation, but also the morale of Lin Hai Hai.
and.
With Lan Yan's methods and following the path of a righteous teacher, what he can gain... may not be less than that of an unjust teacher.
Yin Guyue pointed to the children in the distance and said, "Do you think they are happy?"
Xia Linguo shook his head: "I don't understand what you said."
"They live a very happy life." Yin Guyue continued: "Although they don't have enough to eat or wear, they have almost no entertainment except giving birth to children, and the oldest person is only 46 years old... But they still live a very happy life.
Because everyone around us is the same, everyone is the same.”
"The owner of the manor here is just a dog sent by the Silver Blood Merchant Guild. He is served by a few village girls and gets meat for every meal...that's all."
"They will never leave this place in their lives. They work here all day long, marry and have children, and then die of old age... But it doesn't matter, because they have never seen the sky elsewhere, so they can be happy on this land.
.”
"But the people in Xuanzhu County are different." Yin Guyue handed the newspaper to Xia Linguo: "Look, what is published here - 'Should poor people have children?'
'A dull and boring day in the upper class', 'How I built a family from scratch and earned the 100th gold dollar'..."
"The last novel is simply outrageous. He wrote about a future world where everyone is equal, everyone can receive compulsory education from the country, people who work more than eight hours will be given extra money, and people even have national pensions when they get old."
When Xia Linguo heard this, he turned to the last page to read the novel and casually replied: "Isn't this pretty good?"
"What a fart!" Yin Guyue scolded directly: "This newspaper is very popular in Xuanzhu County. Even an eight-year-old child and an eighty-year-old woman can read it. It is published every week and everyone circulates it - that's why I said Xuanzhu
The people in the county are miserable."
"They could have had children happily, worked happily, and died happily like the people here - but after they read this newspaper, they became unhappy."
"They will question social injustice, be angry about their own experiences, and hate the superior officials and businessmen. But they can't do anything. This resentment will only destroy themselves, make them completely lose their expectations of life, and even cause them to die.
"
Yin Guyue clicked her tongue and exclaimed: "I heard that this newspaper was published by the Yinxue Jing family. It is worthy of the Yinxue Society. It seems that they want to completely break the backbone of the lower class and turn people into machines with no desires or desires."
Xia Linguo suddenly said: "I don't think so."
Yin Guyue glanced at him curiously: "Oh?"
Xia Linguo: "Why do you think those angry people can't do anything?"
"Otherwise?" Yin Guyue asked back: "Although Heyang Army can't defeat us, the power of the firearms army cannot be surpassed by the sheer number of people. As long as the Dongyang army, government, and business remain united, no matter how much trouble the bottom class makes
, they are all just waves that can be extinguished with a flip of a hand."
"Well, isn't there a story in the newspaper? A group of people are trapped in a closed iron room. There are many sleeping people inside who are about to suffocate to death. They could have suffocated to death like this without suffering. Now wake these people up and let them
If you suffer the pain of dying for nothing, even if it has meaning, it only has a negative meaning."
Xia Linguo: "But this story also says that since someone wakes up, it cannot be said that there is no hope of destroying the iron house."
Yin Guyue shrugged: "But people can't tear down an iron house, and Dongyang civilians can't stand up to the Silver Blood Society."
"It's hard to say."
Xia Linguo waved his hand and the light blast swept across, breaking the iron railing directly!
"Brilliant, there is light."
After a moment of silence, Yin Guyue blinked and her eyes sparkled: "That's great, I'm almost convinced by you, Mr. Xia! It's really interesting to talk to smart people!"
Xia Linguo, who had never had any negative emotions in his life, could hardly help but feel a little regret this time.
What a disaster. If I had aroused this guy's interest, if I had known about it, I would have just talked to him casually.
"Come on, the people from the Silver Blood Association are arriving soon. Mr. Xia, come with me to pick up the guests!"
"Thinking too much." Xia Linguo looked at the sunny sky: "They won't come until at least the evening."
"Then I will continue chatting with you!"
Stay with your mother... Xia Linguo said calmly: "Don't you have anything else to do?"
"Lan Yan sent me to pick up the Silver Blood Society."
"anything else?"
"Gone."
"Then what do you usually do?"
"I went to train with Lan Yan, run errands for Lan Yan, and competed with Lan Yan. Alas, I suspect that Lan Yan secretly went to the Red Dream Field by himself, purposely not calling me. I haven't touched a woman for a long time, and I was so depressed the past two days.
While marching, I couldn't help but play with my fifth girl..."
Xia Linguo glanced at him: "For example, now, General Lan doesn't need you around, what would you do at this time?"
Yin Guyue blinked: "When Lan Yan doesn't need me to follow, I will..."
“Telling others bad things about him lasted all day long.”
