In the Spring and Autumn Period, the so-called state-owned six positions: princes, scholars, hundred workers, merchants, farmers, and weavers.

In the era when the government-run handicraft industry was the mainstream, there were few private handicraftsmen, and it was easy to manage.

What kind of handicrafts you want to do is directly in charge of the government-run industrial and commercial food officials. From wheels, bows and arrows, to copper-tin weapons, and even luxury jade glass beads and crystal cups, there are special craftsmen responsible for the production.

It was only with the gradual dissolution of this system that the social productive forces developed, and many private craftsmen appeared in the big cities.

Shi's elder brother is a typical private handicraft industry, which is not directly under its jurisdiction, but it is also subject to various taxes. There was no right to grant land, and there was no right to serve in the military, but since the scale of the war increased decades ago, craftsmen have also been required to serve in the military.

This is a great test for the rulers of various countries, because the system of the old era cannot be copied, and the system of the new era is not yet perfect. Managing and collecting taxes is never a simple matter.

There is a city and a city.

Cities are not necessarily cities, especially in the Spring and Autumn Period, which developed by sucking up the agricultural products of the nearby Jingtian villages, and concentrated the surplus wealth of society in the cities.

The advent of craftsmen, the construction of roads in various countries, the emergence of currency and the exchange of surplus products finally transformed the city from a full-time ruling castle into a real city.

But with that comes new problems arise. When the handicraft industry was profitable, a large number of people "changed their careers", from farmers to craftsmen and merchants.

This problem has already appeared at the time of the Five Hegemons, so countries hope that "father and son will work in succession and from generation to generation".

On the one hand, because the war required a large number of farmers.

On the other hand, it is also because the private craftsmen are not very well managed. Taxes, military levies, military service, and labor are not as easy to manage as the peasants trapped in the land.

More officials and a higher level of government were needed to manage yeoman farmers and craftsmen, and more officials were needed to manage the farmer.

The Song State did not have such a comprehensive management talent, so it collected monetary taxes on all kinds of craftsmen as well as military taxes in kind.

For example, a carpenter who makes wheels may need to pay one wheel per year; A leathermaker may be required to pay a portion of the carapace every year.

This is all for the needs of the war, and it is a tax, not a tax. When necessary, these people will be recruited to specialize in production.

This is not a comprehensive tax, but only a professional tax, and therefore it is difficult to promote the development of commodity exchange.

At that time, Guan Zhong's policy in Qi was to levy gifts in kind from wealthy merchants and nobles, such as those holding hundreds of bonds in their hands must pay a carriage, so that the rich merchants and nobles could not do it themselves, but would buy it. It not only increased the military endowment, but also promoted the development of handicrafts, and also promoted the prosperity of the market and the exchange of goods.

The Song State was completely different, except for the collection of professional endowments in kind. It is impossible for a carpenter who makes a wheel to buy a wheel and hand it in, and it is impossible for a leathermaker to buy some carapace and hand it in. Although the military endowment was also collected, the development of the handicraft industry was curbed.

Duke Song should not be stupid, but Duke Qi Huan has the right and ability to have an army to collect taxes and adjust from small nobles and wealthy merchants; Duke Song even asked the state of Chu for help even when he sat down in his seat, and he dared to collect taxes from the nobles and wealthy merchants, and he had already been driven away.

Of course, the consequences of Qi Huan's public management of Zhong doing so were also cruel. Not to mention the fact that Tian's benevolence and small fights attracted the peasants to flee, the official mountains and seas and the adjustment policy were not implemented at all in Tian's fiefdom, and the power of the small nobles of merchants was borrowed to strangle the money bags of the Marquis of Qi, and they also got the support of the small nobles and rich merchants, so that many coups gradually seized power, and Jiang Qi was finished.

Expecting Song Gong to reform is a dream.

It's not good to dream, so you have to face the reality, Mozi said that the problem is indeed very serious.

Without settling the physical endowment, it is impossible to hire those craftsmen to do certain things.

There are seven types of work: wheels, bows, bows, houses, craftsmen, cars, and catalpa. If you are a private craftsman, you should be able to do it as a carpenter and mill, but if the work is too scattered, it is difficult to pay in kind.

Shi Shi thought about it for a moment and asked, "I have heard that Mr. is a good hand at making carriages?" ”

Mozi was not humble, and said with a smile: "Compared to making a car, although I am old and stiff, there should be no one in the world who is faster than me." ”

Shi said: "Then this matter is not unsolvable. For timber tapping, we only use those craftsmen who are involved in making cars. Many people divide labor and help each other to benefit each other, and the fu that may have been completed in a month may be completed in ten days by dividing labor for mutual benefit. ”

"In the name of Mr. and the voice of the axe, it is not difficult to gather the three workers of cars, public opinion and wheels near Shangqiu. People seek profits, and we build mills to make a hundredfold of profits, and share the profits so that they can earn more than at home, so naturally. ”

Among the seven craftsmen, Yu is the carriage. Needless to say, cars, wheels, and bows. The craftsman is the builder; Lu is to build a house concretely; Azusa is a carpenter's toolmaker.

The car, the wheel, and the wheel are enough, and the rest are basically not used.

Shi explained a little again, now the Mo family has a part of the gold in their hands, and they also have their own machinery workshop.

No one is in charge of the Mo family's machinery workshop, and no one collects taxes. It is so grandiose to produce all kinds of weapons to defend the city. In the past, there was an appointment with the Song Dynasty, and the Song Gong didn't care; The great nobles were reluctant to provoke; Petty aristocrats and officials could not afford to mess with.

The machinery workshop is equipped with all kinds of tools, which is far more efficient than those small craftsmen, and the Mohists also have the ability to manage production, and the concentration of people in production can improve efficiency.

Mozi thought for a while and said, "They are not ink masters, so what should they be called?" ”

"Artisans will. Fellows, the same kind of people get together. "Car Attack" once said that there will be an interpretation. Originally, I wanted to use the name of the trade association, but the word "hui" cannot be used together with the Son of Heaven, so I used the name of the craftsman association. ”

In different eras, whether the same thing is progressive or reactionary, it is completely different. The guilds were progressive until the productive forces were so developed that they hindered the continued progress of the productive forces; When the productive forces developed into a free-hand factory system, the guilds were reactionary.

At the current level of productivity, the Mo family can organize a carpenter's guild or the rest of the craftsmen's guild.

It can not only improve production efficiency, but also serve as a reserve army for the ink makers, who were originally the main force of the ink craftsmen before they joined.

After the advent of iron tools, new technologies could be quickly disseminated through guild organizations. The speed of technological innovation is faster than the decay of guilds and the formation of interest groups.

With the appeal of Mozi and axe in the carpenter industry, it is easy to form such a guild. Unless the public loser class is revived, no one can compete with it.

As for the next step in infiltrating the guild organization after the guild is formed, that's another story.

It also happens to give the ink man who is secretly operating, an identity that is openly covered.

If it weren't for the fact that the Mo people had the discipline to strictly prohibit the of those nobles seizing power and coup d'état, maybe the wooden door of Mozi would be broken by the nobles in three or five days, and the gifts would be piled up.

The Song State doesn't matter, but it is a bit difficult to go to those countries that have begun to try to change the law and centralize power, and then directly use the identity of the ink.

This matter is not related to the general righteousness of the ink master, so according to the procedure, there is no need for the seven enlightenments to gather and discuss, as long as these people who are in charge of the mill production decide.

After stating the benefits and losses, the axe said: "I think it's okay." Get together and divide the work, and it won't take long for these people to pay their own contributions. After we are done, we can go with us to build the mill, otherwise it will be extremely difficult to do without manpower. ”

"Furthermore, if this line is formed, it can also exchange skills. Mr. is a great skillful of the world's things, and more people can learn them. Although my skills are not as good as Mr. Muzi's, I can be regarded as having some means, and it is okay to teach these people. ”

Mozi pondered for a moment and said, "Medium! That's it. However, this thing is still appropriate to be done, and I and Axe Jujin are busy making utensils. Although you are skillful, but your hands are not skillful, you will say that you will not do it. You secretary, you don't seem to have a specific job, but you have to be busy with everything. ”

Shi hurriedly said: "If Xingyi is to build a city of paradise, I am a piece of mud for Xingyi, and I will move it wherever I am." Since the disciple chose to stay in the Mo family, he naturally has no regrets, and the more he does, the more he can do righteousness. ”

Mozi listened to the words where to use and where to move, smiled and shook his head slightly, asked Shi to take the bamboo slips, and wrote down the order of the giant and let Shi be in charge of this matter.

Sign your name under the bamboo slip, hand it over to the contempt Qi Sui to keep it, and let go and concentrate on pondering the things that sound like they are drawing on the ground or speaking.

This is the first time that he has been in charge of a giant as a real ink master.