People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 387 The end, the beginning

When all the money and food were distributed, the people here were all moved to tears of gratitude. Many of them, despite the soldiers' attempts to stop them, knelt down and kowtowed to Lu Meng and Li Zheng to express their gratitude.

Feeling the pure love and gratitude of the people, Lu Meng couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. Isn't this exactly the original intention of his career?

The powerful and aristocratic families are the source of suffering for ordinary people. Only when this class is completely eliminated can the people have a foundation for stability and prosperity.

"Thanks so much, Brother Li. If you hadn't arrived in time, we wouldn't be able to find the way forward. This plague alone would have brought us disaster."

Seeing that the soldiers were handling their work in an orderly manner, Lu Meng also took Li Zheng to patrol the countryside.

We must root the team in every village, mobilize the power of the broad masses of farmers, and lead them to devote themselves to the cause.

This is the power of the masses, which is what the leader calls the most powerful force in the world, a force that can change the world.

In the past, he had no way of organizing the people's power, but now, every time he passed through a village, he would leave a small team there to take over and organize the people's production and life.

With the establishment of the organization, the vast rural areas gradually became the foundation of the Runan Army. After several months, the Runan Army had changed from an aimless roaming army to a military entity with an organization and a base. There was actually a huge difference between the two.

"This plague is indeed a huge test for our team. Fortunately, the brothers have withstood the test in the end." Thinking of the fierce and terrible plague that hit in the past few months, Li Zheng was also frightened.

Lu Meng also sighed: "Yes, this is really a catastrophe. Cao Cao and Liu Bei are incompetent. They failed to stop the plague and killed countless people. They really deserve to die!"

Li Zheng glanced at the soldiers busying around and laughed: "We were able to lead the people to carry out health prevention and control, and finally avoided the plague disaster. This has proved that the operation of the organization is effective. In the future, even if there is no leader to launch an attack to support and contain us, we can take root here. Neither Cao Cao nor Liu Bei can easily destroy us."

The rural areas are so vast that they are actually a vacuum of government power. Whether it was the Han Dynasty or any previous dynasty, the villages have always relied on local tyrants and clans for self-governance, and the government has no ability to extend its power to the villages.

Since there is a power vacuum, it means that as long as the Runan Army is dispersed and rooted in the countryside, the government will have to put in a lot of effort to encircle and suppress it, and it will be difficult to achieve any results.

The reason why rebellious armies or bandits were difficult to suppress in ancient times was because the cost was too high and the process was difficult. The government could not maintain a large army to blockade all villages for a long time, and the space in between was enough for the Runan Army to survive.

After having a foundation, the Runan Army can develop slowly, and eventually conquer counties one by one and erode the enemy's territory.

It has to be said that there is indeed a world of difference between the practices of the makeshift team and the experience gained through training and refinement. After Li Zheng's guidance, the appearance and condition of the Runan Army can be said to be completely new.

After finding a shady spot under a tree, Lu Meng pulled Li Zheng to sit down and they started chatting with a smile.

"I heard that even the Emperor of the Han Dynasty surrendered in this war. Although the leader has not yet conquered the south, that day should not be far away. Anyone who is not blind can feel what the current situation is like."

As he spoke, Lu Meng sounded excited, leaning against the tree trunk as if he was daydreaming about something.

Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, and also looked into the distance, which was the north where Xuan Xia was: "Yes, that day will not be too far away, we are almost successful." Lu Meng laughed: "That's great, but I don't know what the world will look like after we succeed. By then, everyone in the world should be able to live a good life."

Li Zheng nodded heavily upon hearing this, his expression full of confidence: "Of course, this is exactly what countless of our brothers have been pursuing. From now on, the people of the world will be in charge, and no one will be able to ride on their heads anymore!"

The two looked at each other, smiled slightly, and were full of expectations for the future.

Although the surrender of the Han emperor may sound light and insignificant, it actually had a strong impact on the change of people's hearts.

This is like a landmark turning point, which concretizes the current situation and allows everyone to clearly realize the current situation of Xuanxia's prosperity and the Han Dynasty's decline.

When Lu Meng and Li Zheng heard the news, they were all excited. They finally felt the footsteps of victory clearly, and they had absolute firm confidence in the success of the natural education cause.

They had no doubt that Xuan Xia would win, and that it would happen soon.

But they were still a little nervous about what the world would be like after victory. Would the world after liberation really be as beautiful as they imagined?

They are very confident about this, but they can't help but have some doubts about the unknown future.

Whether liberating the world is the end of a cause or the beginning of a cause is a big question.

After a while, Li Zheng regained his composure and his thinking became more rational and less emotional. After a pause, he said, "The leader said that no matter a thousand years or ten thousand years have passed, conflicts and struggles will always exist. I think even if our careers are successful, we cannot slack off."

"Do we have to fight forever?" Lu Meng was not discouraged after hearing this, but became more motivated.

Li Zheng smiled and said, "Perhaps the road ahead is still very long. According to the leader's words, the mission of our generation is to lay the foundation. As for what the world will look like in the future, we can only trust the wisdom of future generations."

Lu Meng nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, who can control what happens in the future? We should not think too far ahead. If we can accomplish our careers in this life, we will have done our duty. If the future generations go astray, we can only blame ourselves for not being firm enough."

Li Zheng smiled dumbly upon hearing this, then shook his head: "Being born in this era may be our greatest luck. Following the leader, we will personally witness and experience the greatest historical change."

Both of them leaned against the tree, in silence, imagining what the new era after victory would be like. They placed all their beautiful thoughts on it, hoping that day would finally come.

In the silence, a bird flew up from a tree, causing the two to look up.

At this time, the sun was directly overhead.

(End of this chapter)