People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 465 Dying

If it was someone else who said that there were countless living people and food crops on a distant strange continent, Liu Hong would definitely think that this person was talking nonsense. After all, how could the people here know about things happening thousands of miles away?

But the person who said this was Xu Chen, so Liu Hong had no choice but to believe it.

No matter what his attitude towards Xuan Xia and Xu Chen was, at least as a Confucian scholar, he still had a sense of impartiality in his heart. If such a huge grain crop really existed, he would have to go and get it back even if it meant going through mountains of swords and seas of fire, let alone oceans.

There was no need for Zhou Liang to say anything now, Liu Hong was already moved.

If my abilities can be put to good use in such a great and important matter, then it would be truly worth it. After all, it would be much better than being buried with me.

Even if Zhou Liang didn't want to learn now, Liu Hong would force him to learn.

But at this time, Zhou Liang saw Liu Hong's face changing constantly, and his heart was uneasy. He just thought that Liu Hong was unwilling to teach him, and his heart suddenly became anxious.

It won’t be too long before I go out to sea again. I may only have a year or even less time left. If I can’t study hard quickly and hinder my plans to go out to sea, that would be disastrous.

In his anxiety, Zhou Liang immediately remembered a sentence that the prime minister taught him when he just arrived.

"If you are willing to accept me as a student, I swear that I will respect you as my father for the rest of my life. I will be grateful for your kindness forever."

What Zhou Liang said was not an exaggeration. In this era, a master is half a father. Although this concept will gradually disappear with the development of universal education in the future, people cannot completely get rid of traditional concepts at least for now.

When Liu Hong heard this, he smiled visibly, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Zhou Liang's words indeed eliminated the last doubt in his heart. This promise also meant that his investment in Zhou Liang would not be in vain. In the future, when Zhou Liang became successful, he would be able to look after the Liu family based on their teacher-student relationship.

Liu Hong thought that Zhou Liang looked simple and honest, but he actually understood the ways of the world.
The relationship between teachers and students is not just about imparting knowledge, but more importantly, it is about mutual support and care. I have helped you now, and after you become successful, you should repay the favor. It is just a mutual benefit and win-win situation for everyone.

As for whether Zhou Liang would be able to achieve success in the future, Liu Hong had no doubt about this. The fact that this guy was personally recommended by Xu Chen and Cai Wenji showed that his talents had been valued by them and his future prospects were limitless.

At this point, Liu Hong had made a decision. He stood up, patted his clothes, and then glanced at Zhou Liang and said, "Go back and pick another day."

When Zhou Liang heard this, he was confused at first, but then he realized that this was a promise he had made.

Pick a date and come back, obviously to find a good time to formally hold the apprenticeship ceremony.

Now that this matter has been settled, Zhou Liang's heart is finally at ease. As long as he works hard to learn astronomy, astrology, and calendar, he will definitely be able to develop a set of navigation skills, and then he will be more confident in going out to sea.

The deal was done, and Xu Chen and Cai Wenji were naturally happy. Cai Wenji was happy because she could help Xu Chen, and Xu Chen was happy because he had a better chance of going to sea.

Everything is fine on this side. Whether it is Xu Chen's grand plan to go out to sea based on the long river of history, or Xuan Xia's constantly improving economic structure, they are all moving forward step by step.

As long as we continue to move forward in this way, it seems that the reality that has replaced the picture in Xu Chen's mind can be realized.

He wanted to spread the Chinese civilization outward, and all the surrounding coastal areas would be included in the Chinese territory. Even if the more distant continental lands were not conducive to direct rule due to distance restrictions, he would spread the seeds of China to gain as much living space as possible for his own ethnic group and civilization, and also lead the external indigenous people to develop together.

This land must also realize the fairness and justice it deserves, at least to allow all life in the world to escape from material scarcity and enter the industrial society.

As long as Xu Chen could see these things with his own eyes before he died, he would have nothing else to ask for.

He is like the coachman of the times, controlling the direction of this huge civilization with trepidation, fearing that one wrong step would lead to the fall of the horse and the people. Now everything is developing in the expected direction, which is the most reassuring thing for Xu Chen.

But as things are in this world, when some people are happy, others are sad.

Soon, it was autumn, and the people welcomed the most important autumn harvest time of the year. During this season, countless farmers could be seen working hard in the fields throughout the land of Xuanxia, ​​and an atmosphere of fulfillment and satisfaction lingered in every corner of this land.

However, while others are celebrating the harvest, some people are waiting for their own death.

Not long after the autumn harvest, with the issuance of government orders, the many crimes of the Wei monarch and his ministers finally came to the moment of final execution. Hundreds of people were all escorted to the Beijing vegetable market.

For the common people, watching an execution is a very satisfying and exciting thing, not to mention that there are hundreds of people being beheaded at the same time.

What’s even more exaggerated is that there was a former emperor among them. Although this emperor was self-proclaimed and the title has little substance, at least he did serve as the emperor for a while.

The entire street in the vegetable market has been completely cleared out by the government. All criminals will be escorted here and the final punishment will be carried out by the firing squad.

People knew the news early on. When the Beiping government began to escort the criminals, the streets were lined with Beiping citizens. The Wei emperor and his ministers were escorted here and were cursed by the people along the way.

The people of Xuanxia did not hate the rulers and ministers of Wei State very much. They just hated all the old rulers equally. These people were the source of suffering for the people for most of their lives.

The Wei monarchs and ministers began to accept the reckoning, and the people were all celebrating. They wished that every powerful and noble family in the world would die.

Walking in the front of the group of sinners is the biggest sinner Cao Cao, but Cao Cao now looks a little embarrassed.

Being imprisoned in prison for half a year was already very humiliating. Along the way, he was also greeted by the people with vegetable leaves and rotten eggs. When he actually arrived at the execution ground, Cao Cao was so dirty that it was unbearable to look at.

Cao Cao no longer cared about these things. He only knew that he was going to die soon.

He tried his best to search the crowd with his eyes, hoping to see the familiar faces of his relatives, but the bustling crowd made him dazzled. Until he was forced to kneel down by the Yellow Turbans, he could not find a single one.

Even if I am going to die, please let me see them one last time!

This was Cao Cao's roar and plea to God in his heart before he died.

(End of this chapter)