Chapter 61 Parents Enter the Capital
The next day, commentary articles about "The Last Military Expenditure of the Tang Dynasty's Anxi Army" began to appear in newspapers.
Although the war last year was a complete victory, the monkeys in southern Xinjiang are still provocative, and they attacked Thailand, which is friendly with China. In this environment, after the publication of "The Last Military Expenditure of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty", it was immediately liked by many people.
In China, every man has a dream of fighting on the battlefield. Although they cannot go to the battlefield for various reasons, they still like to learn about war.
"The Last Military Expenditure of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty" depicts the tragic and heroic spirit of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty in defending the border to the death and the military duties, which deeply touched them.
The dream of a great nation has always been the lofty pursuit of intellectuals, who admired the grand events of the Han and Tang dynasties. When the Han and Tang dynasties rose, they were elated; when they fell, they were sad and depressed.
Therefore, they can empathize more with the tragic heroism of the Tang Dynasty's Anxi Army.
Inspiration suddenly came to me like a spring, and I felt suffocated if I didn't write something. So, in the next few days, a lot of newspapers published commentary articles on "The Last Military Expenditure of the Tang Dynasty Anxi Army", and most of them were positive reviews.
It was mentioned in every newspaper every day, which made people very curious about "The Last Military Expenditure of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty."
As a result, the sales of "Contemporary" exploded.
The one million copies printed in the first period were quickly sold out. Bookstores across the country began to urge for stock, and the contact phone of Contemporary Magazine was almost blown away. The phone was put down one second, and it rang again the next second.
Although the operator was used to seeing people urging for delivery, this was the first time he had seen such a large-scale demand. He immediately reported it to the editor-in-chief Wei Junyi.
The old lady was knowledgeable and said, "This is a good thing. Contact the printing factory immediately and have them print another 200,000 copies. Then send them to all parts of the country as quickly as possible. Send them to the faraway places first. If they are still not enough, ask the printing factory to print more copies."
After the operator left, the old lady was very happy. Since the founding of Contemporary, sales have been rising steadily, from hundreds of thousands to one million copies, and now it is rapidly moving towards the goal of two million copies.
"It seems that it was right to let He Qizhi collect the manuscripts for Liu Hongmin. This young man is very talented."
A few days later, Renming Daily also followed suit and began publishing commentary articles. As a weathervane of national politics, many people who had disdained The Last Expenditure of the Tang Dynasty's Anxi Army also opened Contemporary to read the novel praised by Renming Daily.
When political history comes on the scene, it will give rise to various study sessions. The various departments and units are better off. The military and police departments finally see a novel praising soldiers, and immediately call on military and police departments across the country to study it.
Fortunately, "The Last Military Expenditure of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty" has only more than 20,000 words. As long as you know the common characters, you can finish reading it in one or two hours. As long as you write a review after reading it, the brothers in the military and police departments can be liberated.
In such an atmosphere, Liu Hongmin took Zou Shifang and others to the Beijing Railway Station by car.
A train from Checheng slowly pulled into the platform.
Liu Hongmin and his colleagues kept staring at the crowd leaving the station, and soon they saw a rural couple with two children, carrying a lot of things, slowly walking out of the exit.
"Dad! Mom!"
Liu Hongmin immediately waved his hand, and then ran over with Zou Shifang and a few others.
"It's my son!"
Mother Liu waved her hands excitedly, but there were too many things in her hands, so she had to put them down as soon as she raised them.
"Why are you so excited? I didn't even know it was a son!"
Although Father Liu was also very excited, he still maintained his father's dignity.
"elder brother!"
Liu Hongjun and Liu Hongying immediately put down their things and rushed towards Liu Hongmin.
"Xiaojun, Xiaoyingzi!" Liu Hongmin reached out and stroked his brother's head, then picked up his sister.
Liu Hongjun looked at his brother helplessly, wanting him to stop doing this, but he didn't dare to say it. Liu Hongying was overjoyed, "Brother, Yingzi misses you so much!"
"I miss you too!" Liu Hongmin held his sister and walked towards his parents, saying distressedly, "Why did you take so many things?"
“They were all given by relatives.”
Mother Liu smiled and said, "We were afraid that you wouldn't be able to eat the food at home, so we brought it all here for you."
"Auntie, let me help you get it!"
Zou Shifang and others also rushed over and took the package.
"These are my friends."
When Father Liu heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Thank you so much for troubling you."
"Uncle, you are too polite. Hongmin usually takes care of us, so it is our duty to help him."
Father Liu thought they were being polite and immediately said, "How can he take care of people? He's like a stubborn donkey. It's good that he didn't make you unhappy."
"No, the Red People have a very good relationship with us!"
Zou Shifang and the others looked at each other. It was true that no one knows a son better than his father! Liu Hongmin's bad temper was exactly the same as what his father said.
"Dad!" Liu Hongmin interrupted his father, "Let's go home first and talk about it after we get home."
"Yes, yes, yes, go home first. The food has already been cooked. If you go back late, the food will be cold."
The old couple did not think much about it, they just thought that Liu Hongmin had asked someone to cook a meal at home to welcome them.
They hung the packages on the bicycles, and several people carried one each and rode towards Shichahai.
"This is the capital city! It's so huge!"
Mother Liu was filled with emotion. This was the first time she had traveled far away since she was born. She had thought Checheng was already very big, but she had never expected that Beijing was even bigger than Checheng.
"Of course, this is the capital, the largest city in the country."
Father Liu's eyes were too busy to take care of everything, but he remained firm on his words.
Zou Shifang smiled and asked, "Uncle, have you ever been to the capital before?"
Father Liu smiled awkwardly and said, "Not really, but I have been to many other cities."
Zou Shifang said "oh" and wanted to ask which cities Liu's father had been to. At this time, Liu Hongmin laughed beside him, saying that his father had only been to the county town at most, which was not as big as Tieling.
Father Liu immediately glared at him and said unhappily, "What are you laughing at!"
Liu Hongmin immediately shut up and kicked several times, surpassing Zou Shifang. He didn't dare to talk back to his father, or he would be beaten!
Zou Shifang also realized that he had said too much and immediately changed the subject.
"Uncle, you must go shopping in Beijing this time. There are many fun places in Beijing. I will accompany you when the time comes."
"Sorry to trouble you when the time comes!" Father Liu agreed, but he felt that Zou Shifang was a little too enthusiastic, which made him a little unbearable.
Zou Shifang thought that Liu's father was shy, so he started to talk about the good places in Beijing. From raising the national flag to climbing the Great Wall, from Shichahai to Liulichang, he talked about all the places he knew.
Father Liu was fine, but Liu Hongjun was moved by what he said.
"Brother, I want to go play too."
(End of this chapter)
