warring states careerist

chapter 130
Only Jiao He's words made him feel that this person is unusual, and the person who can say such words obviously has the essence of Yidun's first pot of gold.

Yi Dun couldn't make a fortune in the state of Lu back then, so he had to ask Tao Zhugong for advice.

Tao Zhu and Duanmuci were basically of the same age, and Confucius was mostly active in the state of Lu, but Duanmuci's way of making a fortune could not be learned by Yidun.

Because Duanmuci is a speculator, buying low and selling high requires strong capital support.

However, Tao Zhugong started his business as a business, and rarely engaged in speculation, so Yi Dun couldn't learn Duanmuci's methods, so he had to ask Tao Zhu.

Tao Zhu said that you have to have the first pot of gold first, but you are too poor now, why not go to Xihe to engage in animal husbandry.The civil strife in Jin was just the time when horses were needed, and the animal husbandry could multiply and increase.

So Yi Dun came to Xihe, started by breeding a few horses, and got the first pot of gold by taking advantage of the urgent need for horses in the domestic turmoil in Jin.

As a military supply, horses are easy to trade with nobles, and then they devote themselves to the salt cooking and jewelry industries, and finally become a rich man who can rival Duanmuci and Tao Zhugong.

What Jiao He meant was that he hoped to buy some seeds from Mo Zhe, as well as the planting methods of these seeds, so as to make a fortune.Just like Yidun relied on a few horses to reproduce, the first pot of gold still needs to be mainly managed.

This is a fairly mature way of thinking. Jiao He also said that the Mohists benefit the world first. This kind of thing can not only benefit, but also benefit the people of the world.

Shiqi asked: "How do you know the meaning of Mohism?"

Jiao He was prepared, and immediately replied: "I travel between Jin and Zheng, Yang Zhu, Liezi and others often give lectures, there are not many Mohists there, but I often hear them criticize Mohism, so I know. "

"I am a businessman only for profit. However, if I gain profit, the people in Jinzheng will also benefit from planting these new grains. Because they think it is feasible, they will go from Taoyi to Peiyi."

"Besides, Taoyi, Anyi, Luoyi and other places have wheat flour mill bean food. Now that the price of wheat bean has risen sharply, it is no longer the food of the untouchables. How can you not know the name of the Mohist?"

This can be said to be seamless, basically there are no loopholes.Yang Zhu and others were originally hostile to the Mohist, and the Mohist took advantage of the previous opportunity to broadcast their reputation, which is normal to hear.

Jiao He said again: "Nowadays in Jin, who doesn't know about Sangu Jiahe? In the past, Tang Shuyu was granted Jin and won Jiahe. It can be seen that although pearls and jade are expensive, they are still not as good as Jiahe. Pearls and jade can be exchanged for cities, and Jiahe can be a marquis. Among them Profit, a businessman cannot but be aware of it.”

This matter has also been discussed internally among the Mohist, and he said conveniently: "What you said is right, this is indeed something that benefits the world. It is not impossible to sell new valleys."

When Jiao He heard this, he was secretly delighted. He never expected Mo Zhe to agree so readily.

He has seen a lot of new things in Peiyi along the way. The golden wheat is all over Pei County. It is May at this time. How could there be such a scene here in previous years?

Besides listening to the conversation between Shi and Wei just now, Jiao He also knew that beans should be planted after planting winter wheat. Of course, it is best to plant Moyu with few seeds, but if it can be planted here, can it be planted in Sanjin?Can Xihe be planted?
There is also the art of plowing and fertilizing the field of composting and fermentation, etc., which are difficult for ordinary people to explain clearly.

Before coming to Peiyi from Weidi, I thought it would be an extremely difficult task, but I didn't expect it to be so easy.

At this time, advanced technology, organizational skills, etc., can rejuvenate the country and destroy the country.

Qu Wuchen passed on chariot battles, Wu Zixu built cities to reform the military system, Fan Li's military reforms, Yue Nv passed on swords, Chen Yin taught archery, Gongshuban changed to warships, etc., etc., are all means to use technological advantages to strengthen the country in the short term, and they are all temporary. Rise and fall.

Planting, of course, is a skill.

Perhaps some nobles looked down on them, but Wu Qi, who guarded Xihe, and Li Kui, who presided over the reform, knew the difficulty of it, and it was not something that could be solved with seeds.

Especially with Wu Qi's reform of the recruitment system, the improvement of this kind of planting technology is even more important.Different from the feudal conscription system of blood aristocrats, the recruitment system needs a strong economic foundation to support professional soldiers.

It's just that Jiao He really didn't expect the other party to agree so happily, he thought he needed to explain the truth himself.

What he didn't know was that Shi could wish for this new planting technology to spread all over the world.

One is that it can indeed benefit the world and reduce the number of famines in the world; the other is that under this kind of conspiracy, the economic foundation of the blood aristocracy will continue to disintegrate, and the emerging landlord class and self-cultivating peasant class will continue to rise; It is the basis for the development of the urban handicraft industry and the exchange economy. Without the agricultural foundation, the technological advantages he has mastered cannot be exchanged for more benefits.

Most importantly, the faster countries like the Central Plains and the Three Jins rise, the sooner the Three Jins will disintegrate, and the Central Plains War, Qi Chuqin's containment of the Three Jins' hegemony, and the official separation of the Three Jins will also be faster.

The more chaotic, the greater the opportunity for the Mohist, and it can also give the Mohist more time to develop.

Under a stable system, it is too difficult for Mohists to do things.

It's not easy for him to express his own thoughts, so he can only use the argument that this thing can benefit people in the world to persuade Mohist to obtain support and consent.

Whether it is spies and spies with malicious intentions or businessmen who are purely for making a fortune, they are all very welcome. I wish they would spread these new technologies tomorrow.

Without the great development of agriculture, how can there be more urban handicraftsmen, the backbone of Mohism?And once the new productive forces develop, how can the old production relations be so easy to gain a foothold?Under the reform and restoration, more people will agree with the morality of the Mohists.

He thought about it, so he and Jiao He carried the drunk Wei back to the accommodation in the village pavilion.

Shixian asked: "I have heard that in the north of the Three Jin Dynasties, the land can already be bought and sold? There are many people who use the land to make a profit?"

Jiao He knew that the Mohist was well-informed, and also heard that there were two masters who had traveled all over the world before becoming a Mohist. He was not surprised by the news that Shi knew, and only said that it was true.

After all, the Sanjin was a powerful country at this time, and the commodity economy developed rapidly, basically at the same level as Taoyi in the Song Dynasty.However, because of the support of state reforms in the land sales of the Jin State, the land issue is different from that of the Song State.

Jiao He said: "Although there are sales and purchases, most of them are to pay off debts. During the Three Jin Dynasties, there are fixed rents, and there are lenders who cannibalize people. When the times are not good, they have to buy and sell land."

The earlier the reform, the sooner the land annexation under the well field system and the land system will break. Although the situation in Jin is not serious, it has already begun.

Mencius once commented on the fixed-rent system of land rent in kind that became popular decades later: Once there is a famine, the fixed rent is indispensable, so when the rent is paid by the end of the year, even the parents cannot support their parents.

Not only the disadvantages of the clan system have emerged, but even usury has become extremely popular.

Mencius also said that if the fixed rent encounters a bad year, you need to ask others to borrow usury, which will lead to poorer and poorer people, and eventually throw their corpses into the ravine.

Later generations of Lord Mengchang often lent money, and the interest was increasing. People in Xue Di could not afford to pay the interest, and most of them fled.

The society seems to be still in the old era, but the dawn of the new era has first shown itself in the form of disadvantages.

The one-stop collapse system of rent fixing, debts, loans, bankruptcy, and escape in feudal society has appeared at this time, and it has become a major social problem.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Mencius, Xunzi, and Han Fei to mention usury and the bankruptcy of small farmers just a few decades later.

Hearing what Jiao He said, he didn't pay much attention to it, this kind of thing would happen soon after thinking about it, it's meaningless to lament, it's better to find a way to change it.

He said: "If this is the case, it can be seen that the land price is not expensive? There are many people who owe money and sell their land. They have no way of living and can only rent servants to make a living. This is an opportunity to make profits and benefit others. You That's a good question."

Jiao He hurriedly pretended to ask for advice, and then he talked about the way bankrupt peasants became rich by working as cheap labor and operating landlords.

I just want to say that the Mohists can’t control the affairs of the three Jin lands. The Mohist can’t solve such things as housing loans cannibalism or land annexation, but they can always keep those who lost their land from starving to death, which is considered righteous. thing.

Jiao He also understood the meaning of Shi, which was nothing more than buying land near cities or rivers, planting crops, and exchanging crops for money.

At the same time, hiring farmers who have lost their land and are forced by usury to use them as field labor will not only prevent them from starving to death, but also make it possible for them to accumulate wealth.

As for river transportation, it has already formed a scale at this time. After Qin attacked Chu from Bashu, he went down the river, so that "three hundred miles a day"; and the tax-free pass issued by E Junqi in the era of King Huai of Chu, even more means tax-free Material shipments cannot exceed 150 pieces...

All these existing or as yet unexisting facts support the appropriate point of view: it is absolutely profitable to do commercial agricultural production in places where the Sanjin is conveniently transported by rivers, or directly near the city walls.

But the premise is to have superb planting technology.

One wholeheartedly wants to send out the transformation of planting technology as soon as possible, so that in the future, large-scale sales of ironware can be affordable by enough people, and the handicraft industry can be developed while selling at a high price.

The other is to spy on the farming technique that Wu Qi, Li Kui, etc. thought it was a secret thing, and Mohists would treat it as a treasure and not easily show it to others.

The two sides hit it off.

Jiao Helian claimed to agree with Shi's idea, and he very much agreed with Shi's words about bankruptcy, joint efforts, and management.

Shi Ze said: "It's just that the matter of farming seems simple, but it is extremely difficult. Like rice without water, how can it be harvested? Like wheat with frost, wouldn't you be hungry? Besides, Mozhe directly sells you new grain seeds such as black jade, If you don’t know how to plant, how can you benefit the world? Even if it’s yourselves, wouldn’t it be hard for you to suffer losses?”

Jiao Hexin said that I just wanted to know the details, but you said yes.

Shi also explained the morality of it. Among Jiao He's repeated praises, Shi said: "The Mohist has written the art of farming on the grass. However, what can be told must be taught to the children of the township school. Fortunately, the There are not many characters... Mohists have dictionaries such as scriptures and punctuation, as long as they know the characters, there will be no ambiguity."

"There are quite a few people like you... I think you might as well live here first and learn characters? You can also observe these local farming methods, and in the future you can go back to plant and grow rich, and you can spread it to the world..."

Jiao He was stunned there, and asked for a while, "Stay here to learn writing?"

(End of this chapter)