Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 422 Guo Ponu's Guarantee
Half a quarter of an hour later, Guo Kang led a group of people and left the house.

There are still many valuable things that have not been taken away.Many civilians asked him if he could give more time for everyone to bring their things.Even the recruits feel somewhat pity.

But Guo Kang said that he must leave immediately.

"If you want to stay here to get things, I don't care. But if you want to avenge me, don't bother with the property here." He said sharply to everyone: "I know this is a loss for you, but if you want Fighters still need money, you can only choose one of the two. But I only need a fighter who has vision and understands the importance."

In the end, the recruits stayed.Most of the other civilians were also willing to follow him.There are also some people, although they feel embarrassed or even evasive, they still decide to stay.

Guo Kang didn't make things difficult for them either.He asked everyone to take away the collected gunpowder and firearms.The rest of the belongings will be left to them as thanks for coming to cheer this time.

After everyone got together and dispersed, the team, led by the guides, went straight to Alexander's residence.

This time, the destination is far away, located in the "Golden District", which is the area inhabited by the rich and nobles in the west of the city.But everyone is excited, and they don't feel far away.

However, when they reached the central road in the city, several inspectors and guards still hesitated.

"My lord, if you cross this road, you will be in another area." One of them said to Guo Kang, "Should we tell everyone to stop and we can just go there?"

"Ah?" Guo Kang didn't know what it meant: "Why?"

"The things in the slums are generally not taken care of by the top. But when you get there, someone will pay attention." Another person said: "The people who live there are all big shots. If they are frightened, there may be a series of incidents. troublesome."

"It's just a road, not the Rubicon River." Guo Kang said with a smile, "What are they doing?"

As he spoke, he took the flag from a big recruit next to him, strode onto the road, and waved the flag back: "Follow me!"

Seeing this, everyone no longer worried about anything, and followed up one after another.

Guo Ponu quickly chased after him and ran to Guo Kang's side.

"Did you really not think about it, or did you deliberately want to make trouble?" She asked in a low voice.

"If you don't make a fuss, you can't do anything." Guo Kang said bluntly: "Didn't you realize that this kind of opportunity is so rare?"

"You think it's a big fuss, but in fact, compared to the trouble we want 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 applied by the Empress Dowager and General Cao, and after the approval of Bai Saihan, the Ministry of War sent it down. According to the requirements of the document, the target population for conscription is the Ross people. The Cao family did it first. You see, I am here to call on the people to join the army, which is actually in full compliance with the regulations."

"Can someone still blame me? Accusing the conscription work is too good?" He turned his head and pointed to the back: "I want to give credit for making everyone join the army so enthusiastically."

"Did the document come down yesterday?" Guo Ponu thought for a while.

"That's right. So, with the organization, these people are not mobs, but the regular army I recruited, as well as the reserve soldiers who are going to join the army." Guo Kang continued, as if he had already prepared: "Our team The army itself does not have the right to enforce the law in Dadu, but today, didn’t dad give me the flag of the Commander in Chief? You see, this is what it is.”

"We first investigated the violation of military discipline, and then exposed the possibility of cult organizations and rebellion. Therefore, in the name of the special envoy of the Warmaster, I urgently mobilized the recruits in the brigade, and even feared that there would be insufficient manpower, I successfully called people who were going to join the army Come to help. This is what I should ask for credit for."

Guo Ponu hesitated for a while, feeling that what he said was indeed reasonable.

"But you have to think about it. These people never follow the rules." She still reminded: "They will use their own strength to put pressure on us outside the rules. If they make trouble together later, Dad will probably do the same. Trouble. What do you think should be done?"

"That's right. Aren't I working on it now?" Guo Kang leaned over his head and said in a low voice.

"Huh?" Guo Ponu didn't react this time.

"Let's give them the strength beyond the rules first..." He put his fingers together and waved his palm.

"How did King Wu of Zhou deal with Yin Shang back then? Instead of attacking directly, he kept killing his minions. What we are doing now is the same thing. The more minions we eliminate, the more leaders we execute. The more criminal evidence there is, the more favorable the strategic situation will be."

"So, come on, sister." He patted Guo Ponu: "We must not only use violent means now, but the more violent the better-the more enemies we kill now, the more troubles will be on Dad's side." few."

"We have a fundamental conflict of interest with these people. It is simply unrealistic to expect the two sides to compromise directly. Even if we want to save face in the end, we must first beat them up and beat them to the ground before there is a need for dialogue." Guo Kang Said firmly: "Don't worry, if we do well enough, then the enemy will not only not fight, but will have to beg for mercy directly."

"In this case... there will indeed be people who will swallow their breath and admit it because they have no confidence. But there will definitely be people who jump the wall because of the huge loss and lose their minds." Guo Puonu reminded: "If they go all out, they will have to go all out. ,what to do?"

"Isn't that better?" Guo Kang's eyes shone with a strange brilliance: "People who can protect this kind of cult will hinder civilization. Of course, the fewer the better. I'm afraid they won't show up. "

"Besides, if someone actively violates the rules, wouldn't it be more reasonable for us to do what we do within the rules?"

"Uh..." Guo Ponu was speechless for a while.

"Besides, if someone is going to jump over the wall in a hurry, then we have to knock out all the teeth in the dog's mouth first." Guo Kang shrugged.

"However, don't worry, what I said about Sima Yi just now is to set the tone first, so that it will be easier to deal with later." He looked at Guo Ponu, and comforted him: "How could these people have the ability of Sima Yi?" ? It’s just a group of silverfish in the imperial court. They dare not really rebel.”

"Okay..." Guo Ponu looked at the two crosses surrounded by everyone in the team: "No wonder, you are imitating King Wu of Zhou..."

"Ah?" Guo Kang didn't respond.

"I remember that when King Wu of Zhou conquered Chaoge, he hung King Zhou's head 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 head of the hanging god; he also pointed to the heads of Sergey 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've said it all, I just don't like reading books, and I'm not a fool..."

"No, no, it's nothing. I didn't think of this allusion myself. I just wanted to make it easier..." Guo Kang could only explain: "But it doesn't matter, anyway, I will hang up more later. How could there be only these three ah."

Seeing that he obviously had a comprehensive plan, Guo Ponu nodded and said nothing more.

However, after walking in silence for a while, she couldn't help but ask again, "Can you tell me? Are you really not afraid, or do you just don't care?"

"What's the problem?" Guo Kang asked with a smile.

"I used to think you were stuffy and didn't have enough contact with everyone. You looked like a timid and introverted person." Guo Ponu hesitated, but decided to tell the truth: "But today I found out that you are actually very timid. Big, even too big."

"If a man wants to succeed in his career, he must not be cowardly. This is what you told me." Guo Kang asked back: "Be courageous, isn't it good?"

"But your behavior doesn't seem like you're really brave, it's more like you don't care at all." Guo Ponu pointed out directly: "At first you seemed timid because you didn't care about everything around you and didn't want to cause trouble. Now you seem bold, It’s also because you don’t care about anything, not even your own life.”

"Now that I think about it, you have always given me a feeling of... alienation. Not only alienated from me, but alienated from the world." She said: "I was very angry about this when I was young, and felt that you were too ignorant. But Thinking about it now, it was 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, and I didn't want you to play with those things. It's not that I can't accept your hobbies, but I think they are... weird."

"Strange?" Guo Kang was a little surprised.

Before Guo Ponu, he was not very happy with Guo Kang's behavior of going to the church and tinkering with various things.Before, Guo Kang only thought that it was simply that she didn't like that she didn't do business properly, but she didn't expect such a thing to happen.

"Ah, this word may be a bit heavy." Guo Ponu added: "To be more precise, it's a bit against harmony. I just feel that those things don't belong to us—even yourself, give me this kind of impression."

Guo Kang thought to herself, she is quite perceptive.

"No wonder you don't want me to do those researches." He probably understood Guo Ponu's mentality: "What about the other people, Theodora and Shi Huizhen? They also think the same way?"

"Theodora is definitely not." Guo Ponu directly denied: "I guess she is purely jealous, and doesn't want you to put all your energy on those things instead of her—unless you clearly say it is for her."

"Although this woman pretends to be honest and innocent, she actually has a strong desire for possessiveness and power. Like her ancestors on both sides of her parents, she is a robber and a pirate." Guo Puonu accused mercilessly, and finally persuaded : "It's better to stay away from her if it's okay. Boys should also take good care of themselves."

"Uh..." Guo Kang felt that what she said was a little too much.But Guo Ponu seemed a little excited, and he didn't know how to persuade him, 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?"

"Her? What kind of mentality does she have. It's just that she is cheap." Guo Ponu said without hesitation.

"..." Guo Kang was really silenced this time.

"Tell me the truth." Guo Ponu lowered his voice again: "I don't think you even feel afraid of this evil god. Even if other people know that this is a false god, they will be somewhat afraid. You can do this To this extent, I am afraid that only fanatical believers who have a firm belief in the Heavenly Father. So if you cut off the statue directly, everyone will be shocked."

"This... 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 the same-it's not like I haven't seen them." Guo Ponu didn't believe it, and shook his head: "You may not have noticed it yourself, and those other friends and acquaintances probably haven't noticed either. But we are too familiar with each other, and I can still see the clues of this kind of thing."

"I'm more...uh, I have some ideas, more similar to that kind of atheist heresy." Guo Kang had no choice but to continue to give in, admitting: "In short, it's not a strange thing, right?"

"Atheism is also a kind of belief." Guo Ponu rejected his explanation mercilessly: "It's not a matter of which belief you have, but any belief is too indifferent."

"Then what do you think?" Guo Kang didn't know what to say.

"It's impossible for a person not to believe in anything. If you don't believe in anything, it means that you believe in..." Guo Ponu tapped his breastplate: "Myself."

"Huh?" Guo Kang really didn't think about this.

"Do you regard 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 respect for the heavenly father is only superficial and etiquette." She said: "You feel that you are here to correct all this, so there is no euphemism at all; I felt like I was destined to be successful, so I was confident. I think that made sense."

"Sometimes I feel like you are a weirdo." Guo Ponu stretched out his hand, and this time he successfully bypassed the earguards of the helmet, pinched Guo Kang's exposed face, and tugged a few times: "Seriously Yes, this sense of alienation with a bit of aloofness is no longer like a normal person. How did dad pick you up?"

"This is too exaggerated..." Guo Kang muttered as he broke free.

But thinking about it carefully, Guo Ponu's questions really hit the key points.

Whether Guo Kang believed in God or not, he himself did not know.

Believe it, he himself doesn't take it seriously; but if you don't believe it... To be honest, time travel has happened, what else can you not accept?One day, an old man with a white beard will come and claim to be the Heavenly Father, Huo Hua, so he won't be too surprised...

"I think it doesn't really matter whether there is a God or what God looks like." He thought for a while and said truthfully: "What is God and what is his intention? The church has been arguing for thousands of years, and it is not clear. There is a wider gap in understanding 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 no matter whether God has a personality consciousness or not, whether it is a pure natural law or something else, He actually did not actively interfere. wishes."

"Confucius said that when dealing with ghosts and gods, one should respect them and then stay away from them. Because these ghosts and gods actually have no influence. But according to Xunzi's thinking, instead of admiring heaven and yearning for him, it is better to treat him as an object and livestock, so as to control him. Instead of obeying Heaven 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 thought of the great Confucianists must be how to capture and control the god, so that the god can obey the will and orders of people and be used by people. He finally said: "Everyone has beliefs, it is true; many people believe in foreign things, it is also true. But these are the beliefs of the most orthodox Central Plains scholars."

Guo Ponu was silent for a while, then nodded.

"As for me, what I believe in is probably human civilization." Guo Kang raised his head and cast his eyes to a remote place: "Since I have come here, whether it is because of some natural law or the will of the gods, I must be To do something. And once I have made up my mind, I will do my best because that is what I am.”

"Then don't worry." Guo Ponu also nodded: "We don't know whether our world is Zhuang Zhou's world or the butterfly's world, but in the world, all these are real and meaningful. of."

"I have been angry with you and respected you; I have fought with you and helped you kill enemies; I have experienced joy and regret in these relationships. But I think it is 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, and what you want to do, I just hope you can spend more time with me. So, even if you don't care about safety or life, you must protect yourself. Please You, think it's for me, can you?"

"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, so don't be brave. Dad wants you to take over the duties 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, "Don't mess around when you're injured?"

"What and what..." Guo Ponu said speechlessly, "You are the commander, so don't rush around. Do you understand?"

"Okay, okay." Guo Kang could only quickly respond.

Thanks to his gag, the inexplicable sadness that Guo Ponu had just dissipated a lot.But 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 on like this.

(End of this chapter)