warring states careerist

Chapter 284
As for attracting landless people and farmers from some cities to come to Peiyi to serve as soldiers, it is completely like recruiting mercenaries.

In terms of the world, the Mohist family can be very rich. As long as the Mohist family agrees to let go of their hands and feet, a steady stream of wealth can be concentrated here.

"Biography of Huo Zhi Biography" records the huge wealth that accumulated tens of millions at every turn.

Under the conditions of great unification, the power of the super-rich may not be able to be revealed, but if there are tens of millions of super-rich at this time, it can shake one side.

Lord Mengchang earns [-] yuan a year from usury loans, and with the income from some land fiefs, he can support [-] diners.

If you let go of your hands and feet, taking advantage of the Jin-Chu struggle for hegemony and the upcoming Central Plains War for more than ten years, not to mention the annual money of [-], it is not a problem even if it doubles.

However, the difficulty lies in the Mohist theory of both love and non-attack. If some things cannot be sold, it can be regarded as "helping the warlike king of the world".

The Propaganda Department, which is well-informed about this point, has already started to blow the wind in advance, just wanting to convince these high-level Mohists that they can not only talk about the purpose, but also talk about ideals and morality.

Gao Sunzi once had a dispute with Shi because of strong alcohol, thinking that it was a waste of the world's food for the enjoyment of a few people, which was beneficial to the princes and nobles, not to the world.

Chiu Lin glass has an idea, even though it has been blown three years in advance, it is still extremely difficult to convince everyone.

Pei County is not coastal, but the Yansi River goes down to the Huai River estuary, where there are a lot of aquatic plants, and after being burned, it becomes high-quality soda ash, which was also the best source of alkali for glass manufacturing before the emergence of the Lublin method.

Shi cannot do without the Mo family, without the organization of the Mo family, he can't do anything.

But in the Mohist school, if you want to succeed, you have to be reasonable, make it clear that this is for the benefit of the world, and then get the support of the Mohist people to do it.

In addition to Qilin, there are many, many things that are like this.

If you can only choose one of the two, you would rather choose a well-regulated Mohist than an opportunity to become rich in business.

Now the guns, cannons and stirrups have been shown to everyone.

The corresponding military system reform has also been said.

For the rest, it is necessary to state the future route and purpose of the Mohist school, at least to clarify the short-term purpose.

With Pei County and Pengcheng already in hand, the Mo family now needs a goal within five or ten years.

Everyone heard the implication of Shi's previous words, and Shi also understood that there are some things that must be said today.

If even these people can't be persuaded, some things really can't be said when the Mo family gathers together.

Because of some words, if they are made clear now, the Mo family will soon fall into the siege of the kings of the world.

He looked at the crowd and said with a smile: "Young master and fellow disciples, I heard that there are two kinds of schemes in the world."

"One is a conspiracy, like a trap set by a hunter. It needs to know the movements of all the beasts to succeed."

"One kind is for the sun, like the warm sun in spring, it doesn't want to melt the ice and snow, it just comes out to shine on the earth when it has nothing to do, and the ice and snow will melt naturally."

"Now that firearms have been produced in saddles and stirrups, and iron implements have been used for farming, just like the warm sun in spring, it will melt the ice and snow."

"It's just that this process may be a bit slow, and what we have to do is to use this spring like warm sun to do things to make it faster."

"In the end, it will be beneficial to the world. Otherwise, if the methods of firearms, iron weapons, improved seeds, and composting are exhausted now, our Mo family will die. Anyway, it will benefit the world after a long time..."

He has already talked about the relationship between productivity and production relations, the military system and the level of agricultural production. Everyone is convinced of this point. In the long run, as long as the world will benefit one day.

However, in the long run, everyone will die. It is meaningless to say that, and it is naturally impossible for the Mohists to do so.

The meaning of appropriateness is always the same, which is to develop technology, and then when the technical level is sufficient to support the "promised land", let the world's political affairs, laws and morals meet the corresponding technical level.

This is an opportunity.

In the eyes of everyone in the Mohist school, it is good to take advantage of the situation. From the previous battle of Shangqiu to the subsequent attraction of soldiers from all over the world, as well as the elimination of soldiers in the Central Plains that almost led to it, they are all taking advantage of the situation.

But this time, the opportunity to take advantage of is not the balance of power among countries, but the hidden trend of productivity that really affects the world.

If this trend can be leveraged, it will be considered in line with this unseen change in a thousand years.The reforms of various countries all take advantage of this situation, but they don't know it, but rely on their keen instincts to do so.

Mo Zi listened to Shi Conspiracy and Yang Mou's argument, and said with a smile: "Since you talked about Yang Mou, you might as well explain it more clearly."

Shi took a step back and said with a smile: "Then please be a fief aristocrat, and put 'benefit' first, and don't talk about benevolence and justice. If you, a fief noble, talk about benevolence and justice, why should we Mohists and Confucians promote benevolence and justice in the world?" ?”

Mozi nodded and said with a smile: "Listen to you. I am now a fief noble."

Shi turned to Gongzao and said: "Then please be a farmer who was born to rent the land on the private land of the nobles."

Gong Zaoye also laughed and said, "Although I don't know much about farming, apart from farming, I know everything a farmer does."

After thinking for a while, he said, "Young man, you now have tens of thousands of acres of private land, renting it out to farmers, and paying the rent every year. This has been the case since your grandfather. In addition to these private fields, there are also closed fields."

Mozi nodded and said, "There are many such people in the Song Dynasty. Many nobles borrowed the benefits of the public land for private use, and forced others to reclaim private acres in the name of working on the public land."

Shi nodded, and said to Grandson Gao beside him: "You are now a businessman who has learned from Peixian County. You are not a Mohist disciple, and you don't talk about benevolence and righteousness, but only about interests. Businessmen value profits and despise separation. It has been like this since ancient times."

Grandson Gao also nodded in agreement.

Shi said: "Nowadays, wars are raging everywhere, and Jin and Chu are vying for supremacy. Those who can get huge profits are food, cloth, copper and iron."

"It doesn't matter whether it's copper or iron. Now Grandson Gao has learned from Peixian County that he has learned cotton seeds and the method of ridge farming and cattle farming. He has money, so he buys a plowshare to farm cattle."

"Then, the giant pretended to have [-] mu of private land. Originally, thousands of households had to cultivate it to rent and pay the rent, and the annual income was [-]."

"With more loans, it is difficult for the farmers to make a living after paying the rent. The surplus money in their hands cannot buy cattle and iron tools, let alone the method of ridge farming, and they can only cultivate with stone tools and bone tools. Year after year, they become more and more impoverished. .”

After Shi finished speaking, he glanced at Gaosunzi and said: "Gaosunzi has now learned farming in Pei County, and has money to buy iron tools for farming cattle. After careful calculation, the giant's [-] mu of private land only needs to hire three hundred cultivators. account."

Farming assistance has already appeared in the Warring States Period, and it is an agricultural hired laborer who works full-time for others to cultivate land.

After the Daze Township Uprising, Chen She "taste farming with others".

When Han Feizi commented on the "seeking profit" of people in the world, he also said: those agricultural hired laborers work hard, and the master treats them well.Entertain them and give them money so they can work and vice versa.

Shi looked at Mozi with a smile, and said with a smile: "Grandson Gao wants to make a profit now, so he asked the giant that the annual tax on your private land is only 15 mu per mu, and farmers can't pay it back at every turn. Therefore, he paid [-] yuan per year. , rent and plant your private acres, will you agree?"

Without waiting for Mozi to answer, he said again: "I am the Mohist of Peixian County. Now I know the will of heaven and I have done many things."

"Such as Qilin, which can transmit light but is isolated from wind and rain like ice, porcelain that is as white as snow and tinkling like gold and copper... etc. These are all expensive. Others have them, but you don't. You are getting more and more expensive. I think you're short of money."

"With the popularization of ironware, the rent you collect remains the same, but the food you collect becomes cheaper and cheaper, and the Mo family only collects money to sell you utensils such as Qilin pottery. You are even more short of money. .”

Mozi glanced at Shi, thinking about what Shi said just before the performance, "Put profit first", and said: "Since Gao grandson paid 15 yuan, it is a one-time payment. How can I not rent it?"

Grandson Gao also thought about it from the perspective that Shi said, and asked, "It's just my 15 yuan, can I really benefit?"

Shi nodded and said: "Yes, it can be profitable. The rotation of iron oxen can increase or even double the output."

"You have obtained the fine cotton varieties from Peixian County again. Disputes among countries are raging, and cloth is urgently needed. Cotton can be spun into cloth in Peixian County, and the efficiency is several times that of hemp, so cotton cloth is urgently needed. You will definitely make a profit."

Grandson Gao thought for a while and said, "If that's the case, then I will rent the giant's private mother. It's just..."

He glanced at Gongzaye beside him, and said with a smile, "It's just that the [-] mu of private land originally required a thousand households to rent and plant it. Now that I have iron oxen and plowing carts, I only need [-] households to own the farm. Ye...you don't need to farm anymore, go do something else."

Gong Zaoye knew that he was pretending to be a farmer renting the private land of the aristocrats. After hearing what Gao Sunzi said, he faced the giant and said, "Young gentleman, please have a heart of benevolence and righteousness. If I don't farm, how can I live? It's to reclaim wasteland, and I'm not in Peiyi, and I don't have money to buy ironware..."

Mozi shook his head and said, "You can't give me money. I'm afraid that if you don't leave, I will send private soldiers to drive you away in order to rent it to Grandson Gao."

Gongzao Ye looked bitter and said, "But where can I go? How should I live?"

He then pulled out the poultry slipper on the side, and said: "The poultry pretends to be a weaver and obtains a new loom from Pei County. At a time when ironware is popularized in the world, farmers have surplus food and exchange it for day-to-day prosperity, and countries are in urgent need of cloth for war. Accumulate money, buy twenty new looms, and there is a shortage of manpower."

When Qin Huali heard this, he looked directly at Gongzaoye and said, "Gongzaoye, you have no land to cultivate, why don't you go to the city and weave with me. For the sake of profit, I only take care of your two meals a day, and take less money from you. "

Gong Zaoye thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Even if I only have two meals, I will go. Is there any other way?"

He looked at Shi, Shi finally smiled and said: "There is another way, it just depends on whether you are willing to go."

(End of this chapter)