warring states careerist

Chapter 54
On the way to have breakfast with a group of Mozi, Shi also told Mozi the pi calculated by the later ancestor Chongzhi.

The method is correct, and it is unnecessary to spend several years on calculations.

Mozi still decided to check it himself, draw a circle with a ruler, measure the circumference, and then check whether the value is accurate.

If it is accurate, it can be used directly. If it is not accurate, it will take some time to recalculate according to the appropriate circle cutting method.

In front of Shi's house, the Mohists who came first and then came together, were drinking soy milk and eating wheat cakes outside, attracting a group of people to watch and ask what it was.

Shi Shi asked Liu Zhi and Lu Hua to hold some wheat cakes, broke them and distributed them to these people, and took the opportunity to sing poems such as Shi Shi deleted the last line after consideration and the Promised Land with a tendency to resist.

Such a deliberate meal made the reputation of wheat flour and tofu soy milk spread throughout Shangqiu in just one day.

While drinking soy milk, I dipped in the soy milk and roughly drew the idea of ​​a hydraulic mill on a wooden board. With the talents of Mozi and a group of carpenter disciples, it was not difficult to make it.

"Sir, I think so. Once Sumai is promoted in the future, it will always be ground. The power of a cow and horse is too slow, and the water is endless and never stops. It is just usable."

"At that time, we will gather the strength of all people and build a mill every few hills. Whether it is wind or water. With this mill as the center, just like in that village, preach the will of heaven and the righteousness of Mohist, or do sacrifices In this way, the hearts of the people are united, and it is easy to spread some farming methods that conform to the will of heaven."

He wanted to build one "village committee" after another with the water and wind mill as the center. Of course, the mill must be in the collective hands of everyone in the village and managed by Mohists, not privately owned.

When the population is large and the land is small, water-powered wind mills cannot be promoted at all; and when the population is large and the productivity suddenly explodes, all kinds of simple machinery can be fully rolled out.

With the fierce war of the Warring States Period, manpower will only become more and more expensive, and simple machines that can save manpower will be urgently needed by all countries, and it will finally give the bottom people the opportunity to be regarded as human beings.

It is impossible for the nobles to do this kind of thing, and they have no ability to do it. They can only rely on Mohists to gather people to do it, and then spread it out.

Let the Mohists become the second power at the grassroots level, a hidden invisible king, and an invisible king who transcends the limitations of fiefdoms and national borders.

Mozi had seen everything that Shi was tossing about in that village, and he also knew that Shi's methods were skillful, and he understood the key point after a little thought.

If Sumai is promoted, it is best to have moyu, ghost fingers, sweet potatoes and potatoes as rotation crops.

If Sumai is popularized and the wheat is not ground into flour, it will still be a food worse than corn and glutinous rice.But with the cake in his mouth, Mozi knew that the taste of wheat after grinding was stronger than that of sticky corn.

Using methods suitable for the village community and using the mill as the center of preaching to gather people can obviously spread the meaning of the Mohists among some village communities more quickly.

As a public property, the mill can promote the mutual benefit of the people in the village community, and can also strengthen the cohesion of the village community.

The Mohist school does not lack masons or carpenters, what is lacking is the methods and means of using carpenters and masons to do righteousness, which just enriches this point, and masons and carpenters do not have to be used only to make equipment for defending the city.

As for the lack of people, Mozi was not worried.

Everyone's desire to pursue a paradise is strong. One person in a village can bring out three or five people. Calculated by a mill in thirty miles, it will be as fruitful as planting crops in a few years.

Gathering the strength of everyone to build a mill requires prestige and sufficient organizational skills.

When the power of the crowd can be gathered to repair the mill, its prestige and organizational power can also be gathered to do other things.

Perhaps what Mozi was thinking at this time was still the suitable sword of rewarding and punishing the world.

But what he didn't think clearly was that, when it was time to reward and punish the kings of the world, why would these people who made swords with their bodies want a king with noble blood on their heads?

How can the next giant who holds the sword think like Mo Di?
Then why doesn't the ink man who is a sword blade do justice by himself instead of asking the king to do justice?
When the sword has its own soul, is it the person holding the sword who decides where the sword goes?Or does the sword choose its own master?
Mozi would never have thought that the mill in Shi's eyes was just a reference.

There is a public mill, and there is a public oil mill.Cotton has been popularized, and there must be places for collective ginning and dyeing.Salt iron is not a monopoly, there must be places that sell salt iron.With ironware, there must be a special blacksmith shop.All these, there are still places to learn farming, composting, and weaving.

These are all concentrated in one place, organized by the Mohists, and what is the village community outside the city if it is not an invisible political center?

The nobles retained the tradition of village self-government for military purposes, which also provided enough opportunities for such people.

In Shi's view, sufficient wealth can be accumulated by relying on salt drying, iron casting, and textiles.Before it is confirmed that the table can be flipped, the activities of Mozi only need to be obtained from the handicraft scissors.

The profit, the farmer cannot see.

The collection of taxes, military tax, silk tax, millet tax and other clear taxes can be done by the king and nobles, and the resentment is also borne by them.

One goes down and the other goes up, one is evil and the other is good, so let’s see the aftermath.

Not every country can monopolize official mountains and seas with salt and iron like Qi Huan Gong Guan Zhong, and with that half of the ability, there will be no such thing as nobles seizing power and vassals being too strong.Under the feudal system, the number one enemy of the monarch is always his own group of relatives who are like princes and generals, and it is not the turn of the bottom.

These things that Mozi didn't think of, for Mozi, it means that there is no need to think about them.

But within the things that come to mind, there are many more realistic things that need to be considered.

Shi Cone, who was next to Shi and had worked as a millstone with Shi, first asked his own question.

"Shi, you have a very good idea. Those water-powered millstones are not difficult to make, considering the carpentry skills of my husband and I. You have a mind but not a hand, and I have a hand but a heart. These things are not difficult. But , You always need money to do these things, where does the money come from?"

He wasn't the only one who asked this question, Gong Zaoye and others on the side also agreed.

Meng Sheng said from the side: "Since I have such a righteous heart, I still have some land, and after selling it, I will support him."

Gong Zaoye laughed and said, "Although you have some land, compared with the righteousness you need to do, it is worth a penny to nine cows. He spent nearly two yi of gold in a small village. If he wants to use this method , I don’t know how much gold it takes. He doesn’t have much money, but the money he spends is not comparable to that of ordinary taxis.”

Meng Sheng also knew that according to Shi's method of spending money to do justice, the little land in his family is really nothing, so he said kindly: "Shi, I have been friends with the son of King Huanding of Chuyang City since childhood." , He is a person who values ​​love over money, and you can borrow some from him."

When Shi heard this, he hurriedly refused, just saying no.

Aristocrats like Huan Dingjun and Yan Zhongzi have money and status in their hands, and they use this to win people's hearts and make them think well.For them, it may be just a thousand pieces of gold, but for those who have received favors, they will have to pay back with their lives.This is righteousness, the righteousness that promises a thousand pieces of gold.

Gong Zaoye snorted coldly and said, "Meng Sheng, don't mention that Lord Huan Ding, this man despises money for the sake of righteousness? It's just to exchange money for the attachment of these chivalrous people. .”

Shi didn't know what Gong Zaoye had experienced before, but several conversations showed that he was quite disdainful towards those nobles, so he didn't ask too much.

Meng Sheng shook his head and didn't answer, nor did he argue. He felt that everyone had their own judgment and their own reasons.

While chewing the dry biscuits softened by soy milk, Mozi smiled and listened to the disciples arguing here, without speaking, just listening.

He knew that if he really knew the method of smelting evil gold, and with those cotton boll ghost cloths, money would not be a problem.

Not only can it solve the dilemma that Mohists can only rely on those who contribute their salaries to officials, but they can also do bigger things than before, and their influence will be greater.

Tao Zhugong, Zigong, Yidun and others in the past were all in positions that could make kings stand against each other.Mozi felt that now there is a great righteousness that can make the nobles stand up to each other. If they have the benefits of farming, maybe their own theories will be easier to implement, and they can indeed cooperate with those methods of farming to benefit the people of the world.

Shi swallowed a mouthful of chewed biscuits, and suddenly asked the people around him: "You said that if you sell these tofu and dry biscuits to those nobles, you may benefit?"

Many of the people around him were from minor aristocrats, and some of them were from high-ranking officials. Although they didn't talk about Zhongming Dingshi's family, they could still join the circle of high society.

Meng Sheng first said: "It's okay to make a profit. The wheat flour is fine and the tofu is soft and smooth. They are really delicious."

All the minor nobles also nodded in agreement, but Shi Zhui, who was not a noble, said, "However, whether it's tofu or wheat flour, as long as you make a millstone, anyone can make it."

Shi stretched out two fingers, shook his fingers and said: "Cone, that's not the case. If the threads under the millstone can't be made, the wheat flour can't come out. This is the first. Second, although tofu is simple, you only need to make it It’s hard for them to do it even if people don’t say it. Besides, people in Shangqiu eat wheat flour, maybe people in Linzi will know this way ten years later. In ten years, a lot of things can be done.”

"Gong Zaoye just said that compared to the money we need to do righteous deeds, Meng Sheng's property is like a drop in nine cows, but accumulating ten thousand hairs is a drop in the bucket. So even a dime cannot be underestimated. Take Shangqiu as an example, seven miles across, according to a There is a tofu shop here, which can accommodate more than ten shops."

"Since I can make a profit, I will get half of it within five years, and it will belong to them after five years. Or I can get it at one time. It seems that Shangqiu does not earn much, but how many big cities like Shangqiu are there in the world? Linzi, Qufu, Taoyi, Luoyang, Jinyang, Tang, Quwo... There are not many such cities."

"Only three or five people who are familiar with these cities can sell these fishing techniques, or the Mozi who live there can do it themselves. This thing is new, and others don't know it. Every year, a hundred cattle are sold. It can be exchanged."

"I also have the method of brewing strong wine, and I also have those vegetable seasonings, plus wheat flour, wine, tofu, and vegetables. There are many nobles and merchants in the giant city and the big city, which happens to be beneficial."

"Firstly, you can raise money to do righteousness; secondly, you can feed the people; thirdly, the world can know that this is my Mohist's method to show my name as a Mohist; fourthly, it will be easy to sell cloth such as ghost cloth in the future... ...five..."

When he said five, he came to Mozi with his own food and said, "Sir, I think so. I take the food shops in those giant cities and cities as the place where my Mo family stays. If there is any unrighteous thing , so that we can know in advance. If we Mozhe go to other countries in the future, we will have a place to rest, eat and live."

Mo Zi hummed, and said in his heart that this is the method of defending the city by anticipating the enemy first, and it can be regarded as careful work.

Everyone applauded one after another. On the one hand, they applauded this meticulous method, and on the other hand, there was one more person who was good at managing goods and farming among the applauding and ink scholars.

There is no such person as Zigong among the Mohists. Shi Jiatun is proficient in business contracts, but his business skills are not strong.

Restaurants and restaurants seem to be inconspicuous small businesses, but later Tai Shigong wrote "Biography of Huozhi", in which there are Zhangs who made 1000 million yuan by selling vinegar and wine, and Zhang who became Zhongming's family by treating diseases of cattle and horses. Here, there is Yongle, who has accumulated thousands of dollars by working as a shopkeeper along the streets...

At this time, it is not difficult for anyone with some ability, some wisdom, good at management, and grasping opportunities to become a wealthy businessman.

These Mozi who have followed Mozi for a long time have not changed their righteousness in their hearts, but they still hope to improve the days of hungry and full meals.

They also don't want to live a good life. After a meal today, they feel that it is very good to eat a dry biscuit and a bowl of soy milk every day, and they don't need any bells and whistles.

Now that there is one more person among the Mohists who seems to have the ability to make money, they are of course happy, and they think in their hearts: "It's really good, if you go to those big cities in the future, it can be regarded as a place to eat and rest."

This is not contrary to righteousness.

But Shi thought about more than that, so he said: "There is one more thing. Everyone knows about your talent, but they don't want to listen to me. I think that in those huge cities, the people who spread Mohism The righteousness of these Mohists is not revealed, but as secret Mohist. If there is an opportunity in the future, they can also persuade the king to do justice, and the king does not know that he is a Mohist, and he will not even want to listen."

Mozi has never thought of this kind of secret method.

Shi said very frankly: "The names of these secret Mohists are registered in the book, and they still belong to the Mohist, but outsiders don't know them. I, the secretary, will record and register them in the book, and the giants will personally grasp their identities. Only those who know their identities A Mohist in the town."

"If something happens in the future, you can know it in advance. Once there are young men who are chivalrous and righteous in the city, you can also rely on the righteousness taught by those food shops. The words of the world, Junmo, what do you think?"

He said it frankly, but in the final analysis the most important point is: if Mozi allows, then all the rosters of secret Mozi will be handled by himself, the secretary.

After the behavior registered in the book became a routine, the bright inkman was also handled by him, the secretary.

What exactly is the responsibility of the secretary, he must fight for it himself.He doesn't engage in conspiracy, he can only be aboveboard.

(End of this chapter)