As the downfall of the Republic of China, there was a Taoist priest named Uncle Jiu

According to the theory of war mechanics, the combat effectiveness of an army depends on its strength, maneuverability and impact, and both maneuverability and impact are related to speed. The faster the speed, the greater the impact.

The prototype of Gu Zhou's blitzkrieg relies on high-speed and deep surprise attacks, and the impact produced is extremely large in military history.

Some people have even begun to study this tactic.

At 1910:3 on March 18, 4, Gu Zhou took two regiments to the east, two regiments to the west, and a division to the south as the main offensive force. A line of defense composed of people.

Its rapid and deep advance force quickly tore apart the slightly old and huge Guangzhou Army. By March 1910, 3, the Battle of Guangzhou was declared over.

The enemy suffered 8000 casualties and 2 were captured.

However, the assault division under Gu Zhou only suffered more than [-] casualties. It can be said that from this day on, this brand-new tactic began to be engraved in the military history of the world.

In one week, three prefectures were captured.

But at this time, the offensive still didn't stop. Gu Zhou added another division, and continued to attack the city with a pincer-shaped offensive.

Huizhou Prefecture, Zhaoqing Prefecture, Jiaying Prefecture, Chaozhou Prefecture, and Luodingzhou were captured in three days, five days, two days, and six days respectively.

On April 1910, 4, Gu Zhou's new round of expansion ended.

In just half a month, more than half of Guangdong Province became Gu Zhou's territory.

Lianzhou Prefecture, Gaozhou Prefecture, and Shuizhou Prefecture, the three westernmost prefectures in Guangdong Province, shivered in the face of the behemoth crawling beside them.

However, Qiongzhou Prefecture, which is across the sea from Shuizhou, is also known as Hainan in later generations, which is a little less tense.

After all, Gu Zhou has no navy under his command.

'This meal' Gu Zhou was very full, and he didn't plan to eat any more in a short period of time. He would eat it after he had completely digested it.

Anyway, those four mansions are almost under his control and can be eaten at any time.

After the expansion, Gu Zhou officially announced the start of road construction.

After detailed planning, Gu Zhou plans to build three vertical, three horizontal and six official roads, and three railways tentatively. It is estimated that after the completion of the construction, the speed of traffic in Guangdong will increase by at least three times.

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"It's better to be in Qingshan Town. I have lived here for most of my life. I have been a county magistrate for a few months. To be honest, I feel uncomfortable. I want to do something, and I have to take into account the identity of the county magistrate. It's not like in Qingshan Town. You can do whatever you want, it doesn’t matter if you roll around on the spot〃”

Gu Dahai resigned as the county magistrate and formally retired. When he returned to Qingshan Town, he was full of emotion. Those who didn't know thought that it had been ten years since he left Qingshan Town and went thousands of kilometers away.

Gu Zhou is now the number one person in the country, and he is about to control the entire Guangdong Province, so there are many talents who come to him.

You must know that during the Qing Dynasty, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Hebei ranked among the top three in taxation, so these three provinces are particularly important. The three provinces in the central and western regions may not be comparable to Jiangsu and Guangdong.

Some of the people who came to seek refuge were officials of the Qing court, scholars, and some returned from studying abroad, and they were more grassroots.

As long as he is capable, Gu Zhou will not be held accountable in the past. He will be given a period of probation, and if he is satisfied, he will be entrusted with a heavy responsibility.

There are also many talents that Gu Zhou personally discovered. Among the recruits, he unexpectedly found a certain founding marshal who was born in Hunan and was carrying two kitchen knives to make a revolution.

He is only 14 years old this year, but because of his precocity, he lied that he was going to be a soldier.

There is also a certain founding marshal No.1 who was born in Sichuan and was admitted to the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall in Kunming last year. He actually knew Zhang Muzhi and was drawn into the army by him. Now he is Zhang Muzhi's deputy. Wait until the next round of expansion , you can lead the army alone.

Gu Zhou still felt that there were not enough talents when he came. After discovering the revolutionaries with two kitchen knives, he suddenly woke up. Many talents in the future are still unknown. If he can have more under his command, wouldn’t it be a big profit ?

So he sorted out his subordinates comprehensively, and sure enough, he found a lot of talents with a long history.

Gu Zhou, the man who started the revolution with two kitchen knives, didn't take care of him specially, but after the new round of expansion is over, according to his merits, he is already qualified to be promoted to the head of the group.

With professional talents, Gu Dahai sent several telegrams to Gu Zhou to allow him to resign. After five times, Gu Zhou agreed to his resignation. He couldn't wait to return to Qingshan Town that day. The old man Xun was like a bird being let loose.

Gu Zhou couldn't help laughing: "'Third Master, why do you say that like I want you to go to jail."

Gu Dahai patted his thigh: "You're right. I'm not expected to be the county magistrate. Sitting in that position is really like going to jail."

Gu Zhou was noncommittal: "But it turns out that the county magistrate, San Ye, did a good job. Just not being greedy, he is better than 90.00% of the officials in the Qing court. He can also do practical things and leave professional things to professional people to do." , don’t meddle indiscriminately, after these few items, the entire Qing court, 98 county magistrates out of [-] are inferior to you (Wang Li’s).”

Gu Dahai laughed heartily, his beard trembled wildly, and said modestly, "If you say it like this, it seems that the officials of the Qing court are all rich and rich."

Gu Zhou shrugged his shoulders, and asked back: "If it weren't for all the wine bags and rice bags, how could the people in this land be made miserable by them? Can imperialism oppress at will?"

After hearing the words, Gu Dahai suddenly fell silent for a long time, then stretched out his hand and patted Gu Zhou's shoulder heavily: "Thanks to you, otherwise Qingshan Town would also be in dire straits. It has only been more than half a year, and Qingshan Town has changed a lot."

"Patriarch, old patriarch..."

People who passed by called the two of them respectfully.

The two walked through the streets and alleys of Qingshan Town, and they nodded their heads. Gu Zhou nodded hundreds of times.

To this day, it has become a kind of 'privilege' to be able to call Gu Zhou the patriarch, which means that they and Gu Zhou are members of the clan and have a close relationship.

Chapter 262 We Only Trust the Patriarch!

"I still remember that in Qingshan Town a year ago, there were low and dilapidated houses everywhere. Now, more than half of the people in Qingshan Town are building houses, and there are new houses everywhere."

"Every road is broken. When it rains, it is muddy and difficult to walk. If you walk a little faster, you will be splashed with muddy water. Now all the roads are paved with floor tiles. When it rains, even if you run wildly, you will only splash a little rainwater. That's all."

"Qingshan Town, it's too remote. It's hard. It's a luxury to eat enough. Everyone has a disheveled face and is as thin as a bamboo pole. Now, look, everyone has a ruddy complexion and a fat body."

Gu Dahai sighed.

Gu Zhou said with a smile: "Finally, I have lived up to your high expectations, haven't I?"

"It's more than that. My idea at the time was to feed the people of Qingshan Town. It has already exceeded my expectations."

"The iron and steel factories have been set up, and the stocking factories have been set up. There are thousands of jobs in these two factories alone. The salary is good enough to feed and clothe a family. Eating meat is no longer a luxury. Saving food and expenses is enough. We can build a new house.”

Maybe it's because of getting old, Gu Dahai became rambling, Gu Zhou just listened with a smile 650, occasionally responding with a sentence or two.

After visiting half of Qingshan Town, suddenly, there was a noisy voice in front, and someone shouted:

"Get lost! You are not welcome in Qingshan Town!"

"Fuck! You are a priest of a foreigner even though you are Chinese, you lackey! If you don't leave, I will take your skin off!"

"What the hell is God? Dogs don't believe in it, so they are qualified to be compared with the patriarch of my Qingshan Town?"

"Get out, get out, we people in Qingshan Town only believe in the patriarch, and don't touch porcelain with gods or gods. There is no need to compare."

Gu Zhou followed the prestige and saw not far away, a five or sixty-year-old missionary wearing a gray robe and a cross was being pushed by a large group of people.

The priest raised his hands, indicating that he was not malicious, and kept explaining, but his voice was insignificant compared to the voices of a dozen people, and no one listened to his explanation.

"What happened?"

Gu Zhou walked over and asked.

As soon as he saw Gu Zhou, within a second, the shouting and cursing suddenly disappeared.

"Patriarch."

"The patriarch is here."

"Patriarch."

Gu Zhou pursed his lips: "What's the matter with him?"

A young man respectfully said: "Patriarch, a priest came from somewhere, saying that he wanted to preach, and he wanted to tell us their teachings so that we can believe in God."

"Of course we don't believe in the so-called God, but we didn't care much and drove him out."

"I don't know that he persevered and went to preach from family to family. When he arrived at my house, our family was worshiping you..."

Having said that, the young man paused, glanced at Gu Zhou quietly, and said angrily:

"He actually said that worshiping you is worse than worshiping God, and that God would bless his believers. I was furious at that time and beat him out with a stick."

Gu Zhou couldn't laugh or cry, it turned out to be such a thing.

Now that he is in Qingshan Town, there are thousands of families living in Buddha. In the whole Qingshan Town, nine out of ten households enshrine the statue of Gu Zhou.

After all, they didn't violate any laws, morals, or rules.

Why, you still don't allow people to respect you?

Later, a new industry appeared in Qingshan Town.

Specialize in the statue of Gu Zhou.

There are wooden statues, iron statues, bronze statues, and gold statues.

Some of them are well-crafted, the carvings are lifelike, and the business is booming, and the orders have been scheduled for ten and a half months.

However, Gu Zhou also added a new law. It is fine to enshrine his idol at home, but it is absolutely not allowed for anyone to use his name to pretend to be a ghost and deceive people. Once caught, they will be severely punished!

Gu Zhou was afraid that someone would use his name to spread (agfc) cult teachings.

"Forget it, a foreign priest may not understand, so just do what you have to do."

Gu Zhou waved his hand.

What he said was the golden rule, everyone dispersed after hearing the words.

"You can go too, Christianity has no place to survive in Qingshan Town, go elsewhere to preach."

In terms of belief, Gu Zhou can't guarantee it in other places, but he can guarantee it in Qingshan Town. Even the ancestors of the Sanqing, the Jade Emperor, the Tathagata Buddha, and Guanyin Bodhisattva combined cannot compare with his finger.

The practical purpose of Chinese people's worship of gods is very strong.

I just want the gods to bless me to have a good life.

what?

It's better to worship here and there, so-and-so god, you can go and rest wherever you come, I won't worship.

Our national beliefs are generally pragmatic.

Chinese civilization, or to be precise, Han civilization is a civilization without belief and religion.

What is religion?Religion is a set of value systems, codes of conduct and etiquette norms centered on faith.

What is faith?

Faith is the unwavering belief in a supernatural, supernatural existence.

For example, believing in a certain scientific truth is a law of nature and cannot be called belief.

Or believe in a certain moral creed, which is a norm of social behavior and cannot be called belief.

Without the Creator God, we have no ultimate creator, and without ultimate care, we have no concept of the other side, so we have no faith.Do we have anything to believe in?Yes, we believe in God, Buddha, etc.

But our nation's belief in these things is pragmatic. For example, in the rural areas, we saw shrines enshrining Guanyin Bodhisattva, Taishang Laojun, Tathagata Buddha, land father-in-law, Mazu, and our own ancestors.

A variety of beliefs means no belief, and believing in everything is equivalent to believing in nothing.

There is a saying in our nation called "faith is spiritual", which translates to believe if it is spiritual, and not to believe if it is not effective.

Some people say that you have to worship a certain temple, it is very spiritual, and so on, which further shows that our national worship is pragmatic.

Therefore, the civilization of the Han nationality is characterized by ghosts and gods but no religion, worship but no belief.

Such a characteristic has been produced since the Western Zhou Dynasty, because the Western Zhou Dynasty laid a foundation for our civilization: people-oriented, rule the country with virtue, establish order with rituals, and achieve harmony with joy.

Qingshan Town has worshiped all gods in the past, but it was useless. Should Qingshan Town be poor or poor.

After Gu Zhou came, the lives of people in Qingshan Town improved visibly, from an area that was despised in the past to an area that is envied.

The thinking of the people in Qingshan Town is still very simple and simple. The patriarch has made our lives better, and he is our god.

Other eastern gods, western gods, don't touch porcelain.

Sorry, we don't know each other well.

We only believe in the patriarch.

Chapter 263

The priest made a sign of the cross on his chest: "Are you the patriarch of their faith? Sorry, I offended you."

"Those who do not know are not guilty."

Gu Zhou waved his hand.

The priest did not move: "My name is Wu Sheng. I was born in Guangxi. I immigrated to Nanyang with my parents when I was a child. I converted to my Lord when I was 20 years old. When I was 40 years old, I went to the Vatican to study."

"I know that there are many lost people on this land who need God's guidance, so I volunteered to come back to preach."

"I know Marshal Gu is the most honorable person in Guangdong. I wonder if Your Excellency Marshal is interested in learning about our teachings. Maybe the Lord can guide you to a brighter road."

Gu Zhou shook his head slightly: "Then do you know my other identity?"