Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6524 Everyone’s Thoughts
Huang Tao took the relevant information and arrived in Chengdu in an urgent manner, traveling 800 miles. By the time Huang Tao arrived, Liu Bei had already criticized Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang several times.

Faced with Liu Bei's criticism, Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang could only say "yes, yes, yes", "okay, okay, let's change it". As for the real situation, they would talk about it later. Anyway, Liu Bei couldn't keep an eye on them all the time.

Therefore, when Huang Tao came, what he saw was a situation where several big guys were arguing with each other. However, after Huang Tao appeared, Liu Bei stopped communicating with Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang and turned to look at Huang Tao. After all, Liu Bei knew what this man's position was.

"Huang Tao, what important matter has happened in Chang'an that has brought you to Chengdu at this time?" Liu Bei looked at Huang Tao with a frown and asked with some confusion.

"Captain, this is the intelligence compiled by Doctor Fa. It contains all the causes and consequences." Huang Tao handed the document bag to Liu Bei very carefully.

The information Huang Tao brought was very detailed and was compiled by Fa Zheng. Liu Bei was extremely angry after reading it. After being angry, he felt that Kushan was really crazy.

The intelligence personnel did not collect intelligence, but came to the Han Dynasty specifically to disrupt the social morality. What kind of beastly behavior is this? Is there something wrong with the Kushans?

"Have we started to remove them now?" Liu Bei asked Huang Tao.

"See, I was just saying that this is not about the two of us. We run a legitimate gambling house and we can't do anything stupid." Yuan Shu, who was right next to Liu Bei and had been peeping at Liu Bei, started muttering to himself after realizing what was happening.

Liu Bei turned his head and glared at Yuan Shu, but did not refute. It seemed that Yuan Shu's casino was indeed quite formal, but precisely because of its formality, it did not make much money.

"Relatively independent." Liu Bei nodded when he heard that. In fact, a group of people appeared in his mind, and their performances roughly matched those after being disturbed by the secret nail. But if he thought about it carefully, those people didn't seem to have any special performances except that they were a little irritable and liked to fight.

If the first and second generations of the secret technique of Kushan could recruit a group of people to perform it, then starting from the third generation, with the addition of the strong control ability of more than ten seconds and simple communication ability, ordinary members of the Kushan secret technique room would have to spend some time and energy to use this secret technique.

Liu Bei glanced at Sun Qian. Sun Qian was a little embarrassed, but he still said with certainty, "I have at least four or five humanoid mixers under my command who were probably hit by the mystic nails, but it seems that there is no effect. The effect of this thing is not strong."

As for the fourth and fifth generations, the difficulty of performing them is greatly increased.

The problem is that Chen Xi has been working hard to build a sergeant class. Although most veterans will return to their hometowns after retirement, there are veteran taverns specially prepared for the soldiers, playgrounds specially for veterans to entertain and exercise, training grounds for veterans to vent, and some special targeted places.

This is also the reason why the Kushans prepared so many secret nails to annoy the Han Dynasty, but the Han Dynasty has not discovered them until now. Apart from the fact that they were indeed hidden, the rest were all the Han Dynasty's own fault.

"We are removing them now. In fact, the majority are the first and second generation. These two types of secret nails are almost ineffective now." Huang Tao explained, "As for the third, fourth and fifth generation secret nails, they are a minority. On the one hand, the technology is more advanced and more difficult to manufacture. On the other hand, there are fewer prisoners."

The simple folk customs and the martial spirit of the whole nation are all reasons, and of course, fighting against dust is also a reason.

“It shouldn’t have much of an impact, because the mainstream are the first and second generation mystical nails. The core effect of this type of mystical nails is to provide spiritual suggestion, but most veterans don’t have much contact with ordinary people and are relatively independent.” Huang Tao recalled and spoke.

"Look at what generation of secret nails it is." Huang Tao said quickly. Sun Qian is a big shot.

The problem is that the Han Dynasty is not stupid. After discovering a team like the Kushans, those who dared to go out were all elite backbones and were not easy to catch.

As a result, the more time goes by, the fewer high-end mystic nails there are. There are very few veterans like Queen Xiao who are unlucky enough to encounter a third-generation mystic nail and a fourth-generation mystic nail at the same time. Although a veteran who has undergone six levels of smelting and can lead troops is eye-catching in itself, it is rare for him to directly attract two high-end internal spies to come and make plans for him.

Even if the secret nail could give hints a hundred times a day, the veteran who was hinted would wrestle with his teammates on the training ground until dark every day, and would be so tired that he would fall asleep as soon as he lay down, so he would not have the energy to cause any trouble.

Human beings are creatures with limited physical strength and energy. No matter how powerful the secret nail is, if a person is as tired as a dog, it is impossible for him to move and cause trouble.

"Now that you mention it, I feel like a few of my subordinates have been hit by the secret nails as well." Sun Qian came in and took a look at the information circulated to him, and spoke with a sigh.

During Rahul's period, the Han Dynasty had a mix of wins and losses, and even suffered a major defeat. After Rahul's fall, if the Kushans wanted to capture Han prisoners, they could basically only use their internal energy to lead a team to capture lone people.

If you don't know some things, you won't think about it this way, but knowing that such a thing happened, Huang Tao will naturally consider it from this aspect. In addition, these people were captured and then had the secret nails hammered into them, so Huang Tao can naturally match some things up. After all, when it comes to networks, Huang Tao's network of veterans is also very large.

In this way, even if some temper tantrums occur, it is just a very normal situation. If you fight with ordinary people, you might go to jail, but when veterans fight with veterans in the parade ground, it is not a fight, but a competition of skills, and there is no need to worry about it at all.

Considering that the more comprehensive the functions of the Arcane Nail are, the easier it is to detect, the difficulty of subsequent technical optimization and usage are increasing. It is basically impossible to be like the first and second generation Arcane Nails. I arrange them for every prisoner. I do this to disgust you, not for victory, but just to show my strength!

In addition, there are functional departments that specialize in handling veterans' affairs, which are semi-independent of local governments, and this is the case at the state, county and other levels. Naturally, the social circles of veterans are limited to veterans themselves. Although they still communicate with local people, they generally hang out with brothers of the same background.

"Has it had any obvious impact on social customs so far?" Liu Bei handed the information to Liu Zhang, then looked at Huang Tao and asked.

"There should be a fourth-generation secret nail, but it doesn't seem very strong." Sun Qian said after thinking for a while.

Can it be strong? No matter how powerful the suggestion is, it still depends on the basic law. The mixer has become numb from mixing concrete. Until now, those guards who have been acting as human mixers have been standing in the same place like human stakes all day, constantly using their elite talents to mix and mix.

I get up in the morning, wash my face, drink a bowl of soy milk, eat five large pancakes, and start stirring. After lunch, I take a break, drink a bowl of sugar and salt water and continue stirring until the sun goes down. Then I eat some food, drink some wine, and fall asleep. The only time I can take a day off and rest is during the Chinese New Year when I go home.

What double days off, what days off, Sun Qian really pays overtime. As most of the brothers were born in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, who have suffered from hunger and experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it is impossible for them to take a day off. As long as they are not killed by work, they will work themselves to death.

Such a little hint is not enough to resist the temptation of salary. I have a wife, children and mother at home who are waiting to be supported. I have to work hard and work myself to death!
As for why Sun Qian realized after reading the information that some of his subordinates were hit by the secret nail, it was actually very simple. Sun Qian also received letters from some veterans' wives every year.

The protagonists of these letters are mostly old soldiers who seem to be more irritable after they have taken a break at home, adjusted their condition and are no longer so tired. The wives of these old soldiers are worried that their husbands have encountered some difficulties, so they write to inquire.

After all, most of the veterans' wives these days are more knowledgeable about the ways of the world than the veterans themselves, and most of them can read and write. Therefore, even if they have a few quarrels with their husbands, it is normal for them to write to inquire about their husbands' reputation after the veterans leave home to work.

After all, they worked hard all year round to make money outside, and at the end of the year they would bring back a large package of salary, plus all kinds of strange food and drinks. Even if there were occasional quarrels, these women would be understanding. Sun Qian had received a lot of letters of this type over the years. Even if he couldn't call out the names of every soldier who behaved like this, he had a rough idea of ​​them. Now with this information as evidence, he could basically tell how many of them were unlucky children who were hit by the secret nail.

As for why the wives of the veterans who wrote to Sun Qian did not discover it, on the one hand, high-level secret nails will only have obvious changes after being activated, and there will be basically no effect if they are not activated, while low-level secret nails only have suggestive effects.

These old soldiers who served under Sun Qian would inevitably talk about the year of non-stop work and the generous pay when they returned home. Considering the fatigue they naturally showed when they just came back, the wives were not blind and would not think that their husbands were affected. Instead, they naturally believed that their husbands were just a little irritable because they could not relieve the fatigue of a year's work.

After all, family is the last harbor, and it itself carries some meaning of soothing the soul. A little irritability will not make these well-educated women feel angry, but will make them further understand the fatigue of their husbands working outside.

Sun Qian had received such a letter before. He could understand it at that time, and he understands it even more now.

After listening to Sun Qian's explanation, Liu Bei sighed and became more aware of the difficulties faced by ordinary people. Even though he and Chen Xi had tried their best to reduce the cost of living for ordinary people, the vast majority of veterans who had experienced hardships still hoped to live a better life.

“So, the ones who will really be affected by the suggestion are the old soldiers who have a rich life and don’t have much pressure?” Liu Bei said with some emotion.

“In fact, most veterans with families will not be affected even if they are hinted by the secret nail, because for most ordinary people, being alive and living decently with their wives, children and mothers is much more important than those things.” Huang Tao said with some sigh.

Unlike Liu Bei, Liu Bei did know a lot of veterans and knew how they lived in that era. He also lived in the reign of Emperor Ling in the same miserable way as ordinary people. But Liu Bei at least had food to eat, while ordinary people did not even have tree bark to eat.

Huang Tao had been through all of this, so he knew very well what these people wanted, wealth and power. To be honest, with Huang Tao's ability, it would have been no problem for him to get a high title or a fiefdom on the battlefield, but Huang Tao gave up. It was not that he did not want to fight for a future for his son, but that he was really satisfied with his current life. Even if he could take a step further as long as he reached out, he had no intention of fighting for it.

The last time Huang Tao went to the Ganges, it was just to repay Liu Bei's kindness. As for continuing to fight on the battlefield, he would go if the country called him, but he would not take the initiative to go if the country did not call him.

How nice it is to be a royal guard in Chang'an. You can earn some money, eat your favorite food, drink your favorite drinks, watch your son and daughter grow up every day, and if they want to learn martial arts, you can teach them yourself. If they want to learn literature, your wife can teach them. As for better options, maybe there are some, but for Huang Tao, he is already satisfied.

Even speaking from his conscience, Huang Tao felt that he had already been more dignified than he had ever imagined. As for the fiefdom of the Ganges River, someone had hinted at it to him, and even with his qualifications, if he went there, he could get the fifteenth level of nobility no matter what, but it was meaningless. As long as he was alive, it was good enough.

Perhaps there is no shortage of young people in this world who are striving for their own ambitions, but Huang Tao, who has traveled to the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest of the Han Dynasty countless times, can say with certainty that most people in this world are intermittently ambitious and continuously live a life of idleness and waiting to die. If they could live a decent life of idleness and waiting to die, most of them would not even be intermittently ambitious. Middle-aged people are such creatures.

Once you recognize the reality, you will almost recognize yourself.

"Most veterans are not actually fighting for themselves. Single veterans like Yuanwu are of course happy, but most veterans still pursue stability." Huang Tao said with some emotion.

It's just like in later generations, it's not that people don't want to get married, but that they can't afford to get married; it's not that people don't want children, but that they can't afford to have children. Give young people a house in the city, a job that requires little work, pays well and is close to home, and a car that doesn't have to be very good, but is enough for them, without any loans, and they will find a wife on their own.

Even if you just want to play for fun, after playing for a while you will naturally find a destination.

What's more, in the third century, most of the veterans also sought stability. The influence of suggestion did make them have other ideas, but when it came to the reality, when they thought about the lives of their wives, children and elderly mothers, this suggestion really could not withstand the mountain of reality. They had to continue moving bricks and plastering.

"Did Xiaozhi say when it would be done?" Liu Bei expressed his understanding and naturally turned the topic to how to eliminate the secret nails.

"It will probably take a quarter. We are currently checking the files and screening out the people who may be involved. They will be transferred to Chang'an for removal. It is estimated to take a quarter." Huang Tao answered calmly. Fa Zheng had already answered these questions before he came. He even prepared for the questions that Liu Bei might ask.

"Is that so." Liu Bei nodded. As long as it didn't cause a big impact, it would be fine. As for the moral atmosphere, he could only strengthen the management of the moral atmosphere in the future. As for Huang Tao's statement that it was so easy, Liu Bei was actually somewhat skeptical, but he didn't show it.

Liu Bei was not stupid. He knew that this matter must have had an impact, but it was not convenient to ask about it at this time. He would just retrieve the relevant files for review when he arrived in Chang'an.

The facts were similar to what Liu Bei had estimated. When Fa Zheng told Chen Xi about this, he had actually been somewhat evasive. Chen Xi had guessed it to some extent, but in such matters, Chen Xi would not delve into it. He only warned Fa Zheng to clean up the subsequent finishing work. As for the other things, Chen Xi would not keep a close eye on them.

As for Huang Tao, his standing level is after all relatively low. In addition, Huang Tao has experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, witnessed the tragedy of cannibalism, and seen what hungry people would become. Moral gentlemen, propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame are all nonsense when hungry. Even the books of sages cannot make hungry people stay there and wait to die.

Just like Li Ermu did not think that the seven-foot thick snow was a snowstorm, the cruelty these veterans had experienced was too dark compared to Liu Bei and Chen Xi. For them, the current slight moral issues were not a problem at all.

Deaths in armed fights and families wiped out in gambling may sound scary, but to be honest, compared to what these people have seen, it's nothing.

Therefore, Huang Tao does not think that Kushan's actions will undermine the trust among veterans, nor does he think that certain actions will lead to the corruption of social morality.

Considering Huang Tao's experience, this is nothing.

Even from Queen Xiao's perspective, after experiencing the betrayal of her brother, her wife's infidelity, and accidentally killing her brother who carried her out of the pile of dead bodies and shared life and death with her, Queen Xiao did not fall into despair. In fact, after Queen Xiao confirmed the existence of the secret nail in Yuan Wu and Yang Qiong's civic domain, the only thing left in her mind was probably revenge.

This operation seemed to have destroyed the trust among the old soldiers, but after the Han Dynasty determined the cause of the problem and had a solution, not only would the old soldiers not lose trust with each other, but even some things that were originally regrettable could be stepped up and saved.

Take Huang Tao as an example. Before this incident, Huang Tao had given up the idea of ​​going to the Ganges. But now that this incident has happened, with Huang Tao's friends all over the world, he can at least catch dozens of brothers who have participated in weddings and children's full-month banquets and find that there are secret nails in their civic areas.

What should Huang Tao do? As the most capable fighter among these brothers, could he just watch his brothers being plotted against and not fight back?

Even if it was just to vent his anger on these brothers, when the war broke out again on the front line, Huang Tao would not be able to stay in the rear as before.

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