Kai Fu Han

Chapter 449 Overreaction
On July [-], while returning and passing by Beihai, Liu Xinqi met Li You. Li You presented Liu Xinqi with his own painting "Recovering Beihai".

A huge painting eight feet in size.

The painting covers half of Beihai City and the field army of the Xinghan League outside Beihai City. It is very majestic.

The Xinghan League's field army formation outside the city was very powerful, the artillery was roaring, the gate tower of Beihai City was collapsed due to bombardment, and the panicked defenders were on the city wall.

The whole painting vividly shows the essence of this war and the huge gap between the enemy and ourselves.

Liu Xinqi was very satisfied after receiving the painting. Even in later generations, Liu Xinqi had never seen such a huge hand-painted meticulous painting with his own eyes.Moreover, this painting is in color. Although it is not as bright as an oil painting, it is also different from the black and white of an ink painting, with some other colors.

For example, the roar of artillery, the red flames of the muzzle, the green fields, the khaki city walls, etc. are all very light in color and the connection is very harmonious.

What makes Liu Xinqi most satisfied is the name of this painting.

"Recovering the North Sea"

The word "recovery" defines Liu Xinqi as being on the side of justice.

"Thank you. When I get back, I will frame it with an eight-foot glass frame and hang it in my office." Liu Xinqi said.

"It's a humble honor." Li You bowed.

This painting actually contains a very subtle meaning of flattery. Liu Xinqi is painted very carefully, slightly larger than the surrounding soldiers, and invincible.Anyone who looks at this painting carefully will eventually be drawn to Liu Xinqi in the painting.

Liu Xinqi had no intention of giving money to Li You, because as long as Liu Xinqi hung this painting in his office, the entire Xinghan League would know that Liu Xinqi appreciated Li You's paintings.By then, the prices of Li You's paintings will definitely soar, which will naturally bring him endless wealth.

After resting for a night in Beihai, Liu Xinqi continued his journey back to Penglai. He drove non-stop and finally arrived at Penglai on July 21.

After returning to Penglai, Liu Xinqi first met with Luo Cheng and Lu Ren. After confirming that there were no important matters, he returned home.

Had a lovely dinner with my mother and wife.In the evening, the young couple's long separation was better than the newlyweds. After the team building, Liu Xinqi finally relaxed completely.

"According to what you said, tonight you... am I going to be pregnant?" Zhou Yue asked softly, lying on Liu Xinqi's chest.

"Well, it's possible. Now that our Xinghan League has established a foothold in this world, and you are an adult, of course you can get pregnant," Liu Xin said.

Zhou Yue was very happy and couldn't help laughing.

"why are you laughing??"

"I'm happy." Zhou Yue said: "I really want a child. All my friends in Liujiabao have already gotten married, and some of them are already pregnant with their second child. The older children will run away. Every time I see I’m so envious of those kids.”

"You reminded me of this. I won't go out for the time being when I come back. It's time to pay more attention to people's livelihood." Liu Xinqi plans to legislate the minimum age for marriage and childbirth.

Marriage and childbearing at a young age is not only bad for women's health, but the mortality rate during childbirth is also very high, much higher than that of adult pregnant women.

From a social perspective, it is very uneconomical to raise a person until he is fourteen or fifteen years old, but because he is anxious, he gives birth three or four years early and dies.

The next day, Liu Xinqi came to work at the alliance headquarters in high spirits.Xu Zhong was the first to report his work. Xu Zhong returned to Penglai earlier than Liu Xinqi.

"The Kingdom of Jin had already shown signs of action before, but after receiving the news that the Puppet Qi Daming Mansion was attacked, they once again stood still. I guess they were frightened."

Xu Zhong reported to Liu Xinqi the main recent intelligence information on the mainland.

"I guess they were afraid of pushing us into a hurry, so we took the Jin Kingdom to the capital." Liu Xinqi said with emotion.He finally deeply understood the foundation of the "nuclear" peaceful world in later generations.

If "nuclear" cannot be dealt with, it will be impossible for countries with "nuclear" to fight.It is the same now. The Kingdom of Jin will not act rashly until it has figured out how the Puppet Qi was attacked and has no proper response method.

"Yes, this time it can be considered as a warning to the monkeys. Even the discussions in Zhao Guochao are not as intense as before, and those ministers who clamored to cross the river to take over the Jingdong and East roads have also shut up." Xu Zhong replied.

"Then cherish this hard-won 'peace', develop the technology of our Xinghan Alliance, and strive to make the enemy's army surrender without any thought of resistance the next time we meet them on the battlefield.

"There is one more thing you need to decide."

"What?" Liu Xinqi looked at Xu Zhong's face and became more serious, knowing that this matter really made him difficult to make a decision.

"Do you still remember Li Gang who you visited when you went to Hangzhou before?" Xu Zhong asked.

"Remember, what happened to the former left prime minister of Zhao State? He passed away?" Liu Xinqi asked.

In this era of underdeveloped medical care, the average age of people is not high. The last time he saw Li Gang, Liu Xinqi saw that he was very old and wondered if there was something wrong with the old man.

"No. Li Gang came to Penglai, and Xu Han brought him." Xu Zhong replied.

"What! Last time I asked him to come, he didn't come. Why did he take the initiative to come this time?" Liu Xinqi was confused.

"This is a brief summary of their tracking records. You will understand after taking a look at it." Xu Zhong laid a stack of paper on the ground, which was as thick as one finger.

After receiving it, Liu Xinqi opened it and looked at it, and found that it was the record of the agents tracking Li Gang and the two of them. However, this was not a detailed record, but a filtered and summarized version.

After flipping through the pages quickly, Liu Xinqi understood: "Are you wondering whether to let the two of them go back to Jiangnan?"

"Yes, according to the spies' records, Li Gang has completely discovered our Xinghan Alliance and knows too much." Xu Zhong said: "I always feel that it is inappropriate to let them return to Daojiangnan like this."

"You are overreacting. Although the system of our Xinghan League is superior to that of Zhao State, it is not suitable for the current Zhao State." Liu Xin said.

Whether a social system is suitable for the society at that time is determined by many factors.

To give the simplest example, in feudal society, the main limiting factors for why the enfeoffment system was applicable were the speed of information transmission and the distance of resource transportation.

It takes more than a month for a message to be transmitted from the national border to the rights center. Add in the response and reply time, and it is estimated that it is already three months later.The speed at which this kind of problem is dealt with is truly hostile. It is estimated that by the time the order arrives, the border will have been penetrated by the enemy.

The same is true for dealing with emergencies within the country, so we can only enfeoff and disperse the power centers to various parts of the country to increase the speed of information processing.

(End of this chapter)