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Li Zheng closed the last page of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and breathed a sigh of relief.

Is this book a martial arts novel? Yes and no.

He has also read other martial arts novels written by famous people, which are all about fighting, similar to The Water Margin. But The Legend of the Condor Heroes is different from any martial arts novel he has read!

The light skills, martial arts skills, moves, and gentle and lingering emotions in it have all gone beyond the scope of traditional martial arts novels.

So is this book vulgar and without connotation? No.

This is an excellent literary work, even the supporting characters are vivid and have flesh and blood. Among them, the protagonist Guo Jing is wise and foolish, loyal and brave. He defended Xiangyang for more than ten years as a commoner, defeated the Mongolian cavalry, and brought peace to the Song Dynasty. He is a well-deserved hero!

He has a hunch that The Legend of Wukong, How the Steel Was Tempered, and The Legend of the Condor Heroes will become best-selling books in China!

So he handed the three books to his friend in Guangzhou and set off for Xuzhou, Shandong, which was the next target of the Japanese invaders.

However, when the three books became popular all over the country a month later, and even Shandong newspapers began to reprint these novels, he was still deeply shocked.

Except for "How the Steel Was Tempered", the authors of "The Legend of Wukong" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" are all unknown. Even if the content is good, the good wine will not be popular in the alley, and the publishing house will not rashly print them into books. So the publishing house where Li Zheng's friend worked contacted a local newspaper in Guangzhou and published the first few chapters of "The Legend of Wukong" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in a serialized manner to see the market reaction.

"Guangzhou Novel News" is just a local newspaper in Guangzhou, and its influence is not comparable to many national newspapers. But such a newspaper has recently quickly become well-known across the country with the two novels "The Legend of Wukong" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"!

Not only did the books circulate among the locals in Guangzhou, but they were also reprinted in newspapers in other provinces. For a time, the streets and alleys, men, women, young and old were discussing these two books. Compared with the mixed reputation of "The Legend of Wukong" due to its slander of gods and Buddhas, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has received overwhelming praise.

This kind of martial arts novel rooted in Chinese traditional culture is very popular among Chinese people. Not to mention that the mountains and rivers are drifting, the Japanese invaders are pressing, and the country is in crisis. The story of Guo Jing and Huang Rong fighting against the Mongolian army really gives deep comfort to the desperate people at present. Among them, Guo Jing's patriotic feelings have inspired countless people, making them determined to emulate Guo Jing and become a hero for the country and the people.

Later, the publishing house saw the positive response from the masses, so it simply struck while the iron was hot and published "The Legend of Wukong", "How the Steel Was Tempered" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" as books. For a time, Luoyang paper was in great demand, and there were long queues in front of countless bookstores, and they were often out of stock. The publishing house urgently reprinted two more copies to meet the needs of the masses. Among the three books, the most popular and popular one is The Legend of the Condor Heroes. Even Chinese people from Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Myanmar take a boat to Guangzhou to buy The Legend of the Condor Heroes!

It can be said that these two books have become popular books in China. If young people have not read these books, they will be laughed at. Even among the older generation of cultural people, this book is often talked about.

Li Zheng saw that Mr. Zhao Zhuoxuan, a leader in the cultural world, wrote an article in a newspaper specifically for The Legend of the Condor Heroes, titled "Reading The Legend of the Condor Heroes: I dare not forget my country even though I am in a low position." 》

"I have always disdained to read martial arts novels. In my opinion, martial arts novels are vulgar, vulgar, and promote bloody violence. The core of the story is simple and crude. There is no connotation except fighting, killing, and revenge. It is not a work that can be accepted by the public. Therefore, I have always been contemptuous of martial arts novels. But this was before I read "The Legend of the Condor Heroes."

"The entire book of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has more than one million words, with complex scenes, magnificent momentum, and full characters with flesh and blood. The whole book revolves around Guo Jing, a chivalrous knight with a legendary life. Although Guo Jing was a Song Dynasty man, he was born in the desert and raised by Mongolians. He even became a Mongolian princess for a time. As the consort of the emperor, it can be said that the Mongols have been very kind to Guo Jing. However, when the Mongolian army marched south and the Southern Song Dynasty was in danger, Guo Jing, a commoner, stood up and sacrificed himself to defend the city. Since ancient times, it has been difficult to be both loyal and righteous, but Guo Jing resolutely abandoned the "righteousness" to the Mongols and chose the "loyalty" to the country. This noble and selfless patriotic sentiment is enough to make countless "guides" and "fence-sitters" today ashamed! "

Then the old man extended the topic to the condemnation of traitors. There are not many comments about The Legend of the Condor Heroes, but with the identity of Mr. Zhao, if he said that The Legend of the Condor Heroes is good, then at least half of the people in the literary and art circles dare not say anything.

Nothing else, it is actually that this old man is a master of arguing with people. He is sharp-tongued and knowledgeable, and ordinary people really can't antagonize him.

With this old man endorsing The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Legend of the Condor Heroes is completely unstoppable in China.

Li Zheng truly realized that The Legend of the Condor Heroes would become a classic handed down from generation to generation because of two small things.

One was that he heard the storyteller in the teahouse tell a story that turned into a segment of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and a group of idle and rough men kept cheering. Those people were uneducated, but they could tell a lot about Guo Jing, and many young men expressed their desire to learn from Guo Jing, and they also wanted to join the army to fight against Japan and drive the little Japanese out of their country.

Another incident was that he happened to see two little boys playing and playing in front of the bun shop he often went to.

"Hey! Look at my dog-beating stick skills!" The little boy, about 17 or 17 or 18 years old, with a tiger-like head and a tough head, shouted and struck at the little friend standing in front of him.

The little friend calmly shouted: "Look at my Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms!" After saying that, he stretched out his hands to catch the long stick with his bare hands!

"Ouch! Pillar! Pillar! You can't do it like this!" The proprietress looked up and saw this scene and was almost frightened to death. She ran very fast with her little feet and inserted herself between the two of them. She grabbed the stick from her son's hand with one hand and twisted it hard with the other. She picked up his ear and said, "You kid! Have you ever hit a friend like this? What if you beat someone's Shengzi to pieces?"

The child whom she called Shengzi waved his hand and said in an old-fashioned manner: "I am competing with Brother Zhang. A man, a little injury is nothing!"

'Brother Zhang', whose ears were pinched by my mother, also looked aggrieved and said: "Mom! You don't understand! After I practice magic and become a hero like Guo Jing, I can drive away little Japan!"

‘Drive little Japan away. ’ The child’s simple and simple concept shocked Li Zheng and made him unable to calm down for a long time.

A book that can be understood by the people and arouse the patriotism of adults and children. Even if it is not recognized by the mainstream cultural circles, it will definitely become a classic that will be handed down from generation to generation!

The "Legend of Wukong" that Li Zheng liked was not as lucky as "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". First of all, this book has caused dissatisfaction among many old scholars because of its complete subversion of "Journey to the West". Secondly, the book's "slander" of gods such as the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother has attracted resistance from many religious figures and believers, who strongly demanded that the government classify the book as anti-Japanese.

But no matter what, this book is widely praised among most young people. He Xiaowen, a talented woman from Peking University, wrote an article: "The Biography of Wukong - a 'rebellious' literature that is anti-traditional and anti-feudal and superstitious."

The woman said in the article: "Each of us was once Sun Wukong, until we were all burdened with the curse given by fate. We became obedient and obedient, and lost the vitality of our youth and the courage to challenge the rules. We voluntarily became the maintenance I am a part of this decadent rule, but I don’t want to be bound by the curse. I don’t want to lose the courage and courage to pursue freedom and equality! I am willing to fight against this unfair and cannibalistic world to the end like Sun Wukong! Liu, even if he died as a martyr, he would have no regrets or regrets."

"Mr. Liang said: 'So today's responsibility does not lie with others, but with my youth. The wisdom of youth will make the country wise, the wealth of youth will make the country rich; the strength of youth will make the country strong; the independence of youth will make the country independent; the freedom of youth will make the country free." If the young people make progress, the country will progress; if the young people are better than Europe, the country will be better than Europe; if the young people are strong on the earth, the country will be strong on the earth.'"

"We young people are the hope of the country! We are responsible for the rejuvenation of the nation and the future of the country! Here, I ask the young people to learn from Sun Wukong, not to learn from the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother, and not to envy this sanctimonious god and Buddha. We have We have our own way to walk, we have our own way to protect, and we have our own truth to defend! Give me freedom or die!”

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The whole article was impassioned and passionate, and many people responded at once. Many people started fighting with the opponents in newspapers and periodicals. Li Zheng looked at the words that were immature and superficial, but passionate and passionate. Although he was already middle-aged, he could not help but be excited and burning with passion.

Maybe it's like what Boss Le said - men will remain young until they die.

As for the book "How Steel Was Tempered", it is relatively niche, and it has not had the same phenomenal impact in China as the previous two books. The socialism advocated in the book made the National Government a formidable enemy and even became a dictator in many regions.

However, Li Zheng knew that this book was spreading rapidly among groups in another place, and their enthusiasm for this book was no less than that of others for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of Wukong".

That's Yan'an.

Although the thoughts there are immature, Li Zheng believes that they contain terrifying power that can change the country.

What will happen to China in the future? Li Zheng didn't know, he thought he couldn't see it either.

But as long as the people of this land are descendants of the Han and Tang people, they will still be the descendants of those who expelled the barbarians and rebuilt the country and created a great country and civilization.

Then no matter how many times it is destroyed, no matter how many times it sinks.

People in this country can still stand up.

Because this is China, and they are Chinese people who have lived in China for five thousand years.

On May 19, 1938, the city of Xuzhou was captured, and Ta Kung Pao war correspondent Li Zheng died in battle.

The author has something to say:

The newspapers and characters featured in this chapter are fictitious.

In the last chapter, I saw readers questioning that the information the protagonist gave to the country could not be used, saying that the country did not have machine tools and equipment, and that the country was poor and weak, so that great powers could easily copy it.

I agree with this.

But I chose these inventions for a reason. First, they were born in an era not far from the protagonist's current era, proving that they can be manufactured with the current technological level. Secondly, even if the country does not have the manpower and material resources to manufacture, at least the country has mastered the relevant technology and will not fall into a passive position in exchanges with Western countries. You must know that the West has pricing power over their production and inventions. In addition, Technical fortress, if you don’t understand technology, then you can only hold your nose and buy their products at high prices.

And things like penicillin and nylon, which are highly profitable and relatively easy to manufacture, can make a country rich quickly. In the future, even if foreign countries crack the technology and copy it, at least we can make some money in the early stage. The country can use technology to conduct various transactions with other countries, and can also use a lot of money to buy technology from other countries. It can be said that these data are very useful.