Chapter Seventy-Eight: White Bone Smelting and Melting Blood (5)
If it is said that it is a month, everyone will believe that it can really be a month.
I don't know how to do it, so I don't know how easy it is; I don't know how easy it is, so I don't know how long it will take. It can only be as long as the person who knows needs it.
After the question of how long it would take was solved, Mozi asked, "How many people are needed?" Who is needed? ”
"Twenty people. Rare potters, fine stonemasons, ordinary charcoal burners, tanners who can break the skin. As for carpenters, it's casual to have a legendary carpenter like you. ”
When Mozi heard this, he shook his head with a smile.
I didn't understand what Mozi meant, and said strangely: "Isn't there a rare potter in the world among the Mozi?" ”
"Yes. You've got all of them. But you're missing one person. ”
Shi was taken aback, looked at Mo Zixin and said, Do you know?
But when you think about it, there are a lot of them, and even if you know, these few people are enough.
But he didn't want Mozi to smile and said: "When Meng Sheng returned to Yangcheng a few days ago, you said that someone must go with him." Have you forgotten about yourself? Knowing the will of heaven can benefit people or deceive people. You need one person to see how you do it all the time. This has nothing to do with trust, it is that you say that the person who makes the offer, or even the world, cannot be bypassed by you. One day in the future, if you rebel against ink and use this to collect money and gather people, someone will expose you. ”
The inkers laughed loudly, and Shi himself laughed, and said, "It's my negligence. I always felt that I was so determined that I didn't think to watch out for myself. ”
Mozi Zhengse said: "Who doesn't think they are such a determined person? This is the rule, not to be messed with. I'll just follow. Be a carpenter. Axe Jujin is now busy with the affairs of the mill and the craftsman's association in Shangqiu, and you said that you want a legendary carpenter, that is, me. ”
If a person has the ability, no matter how arrogant he says it, it will make people take it for granted instead of wanting to wash his ears.
None of the people present really felt that there was anything wrong with Mozi himself saying that he was a legendary carpenter, and Mozi had always thought that he was very powerful, and he often thought that if other schools attacked him, he would hit a stone with an egg, and everyone had long been accustomed to it.
Immediately, Mozi ordered a few people and made up sixteen, all of whom were craftsmen.
Even if Shi only wanted a casual cobbler, he stood up with a good leathersmith whose means were no less than those of his brother's muntjac.
After these people stood up, Bird Slippery also stood up and asked, "Sir taught us the art of lever specimens. Now we are the target, and those big clans are based on witches. Appropriate power can pry the foundation of witch wishes, but it cannot pry the foundation of the clan. The rest is still up to be discussed. ”
Hearing this, Slippery said, "Yes." The first is to connect the people of the village community to help each other and benefit each other; the second is to let the people of Peidi know that we are doing righteousness; the third is to prepare some manpower as soon as possible for things such as straw and silk; Fourth, to prepare for next year. ”
"The disciple thinks that the big clan is powerful, so he will not move first. When the matter of witch blessing is about to be over, and everyone's hearts are waiting for me, we will do it again. After the wheat is planted in the autumn, the mill is built, the cattle and horses are rented, and the Shiwu is formed, the next thing will be done. ”
Mozi seemed to have thought about it for a long time, and replied: "There are quite a lot of industrialists and businessmen in Peidi. Those who are engaged in handicrafts do not believe in witches. They don't feed on their farmland, and it doesn't matter much if they are in trouble or not. I have a good reputation among craftsmen, and there are many people in the market who consider themselves ink writers like you, so it is easy to recruit people to prepare straw silk. The farmers didn't have the time to do that. ”
recalled the actions of the village community near Shangqiu, and it was the stone of the mountain that could attack jade, so Mozi named Chengzi and said: "This time I came from Shangqiu, and I prepared more salt." You take people to go deep into the villages and communities fifty miles away from Peidi, sell salt at a reasonable price, and make them into soldiers, sparing no money. ”
Ji Chengzi was proficient in the method of Shiwu, and Mozi was a little clear of him, and asked, "What does Mr. mean...... Gathering people with low-priced salt? In the name of preventing people from buying low and selling high, they used the excuse to organize the people of the village community into Shiwu, buy salt according to Shiwu, and by the way, adapt to the means of the village community? ”
Mozi smiled: "When it comes to the name of Shiwu, you can understand it best. That's it. Organized as Shiwu, and bought salt together. If you can't afford it, send it and repay it later, and it's not profitable. The city will get us enough money, and what we need now is the trust of the people to preach righteousness. ”
"And in the village community you will be carpenters or stonemasons, and you will do as is suitable. Within half a year, everyone in the village community will definitely trust. Then pick those who may become inkers, and lose righteousness. It is appropriate to take some more seeds and plant them in one place for thirty miles, which is attractive to people to see. ”
"Half a year later, the seeds are harvested, and it is appropriate to pry the witch blessing again, and the theory of the Promised Land will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Between the Shiwu, and then use it to plough the cattle and horses, and the Shiwu will become. But this Shiwu should learn from the Shangqiu Village Society, and each of them should choose the person who is closest to the Mo, so that the upper and lower are synonymous. ”
After talking about it, Mozi called the names of more than 70 people and asked them to follow Cheng Chengzi to do this.
The commanders of these people or themselves received the orders one by one.
"As Shi said, the great clans are powerful, collude with each other, violate the law, and use punishment privately. These people will not move for the time being, and everything will be done as usual this year, and everything will be said until next year. Those more than 20 people who are proficient in crops should first follow the appropriate inquiry about the planting methods, and then choose a piece of land to plant, just near the peidi. ”
"Gongzaoye, you take Luo Huali and others to go deep into the market. First of all, I helped to busy the tofu wheat flour ink truck, so as to make friends with the industry and commerce. Thou shalt not reveal thy swordsmanship, and thou shalt not fight with others. ”
"Gao Sun Tzu supervised the trip of the ink inspectors, and traveled between the villages and communities, but if there are those who do not do justice, they will be caught and disposed of."
"As for taxes, measurements, fields, mu taxes, etc., they will not be moved for the time being, and they will still be how they were. In the future, in the name of the six kings of the Shangqiu clan, in the name of sorting out the fields and collecting excess mu tax, these big clans will be moved again. The six secretaries of the Shangqiu clan will not contribute, but they will not object, we need to do it ourselves, and we need the heart of agriculture and industry here. ”
It's just that in an instant, Mozi has already explained all kinds of matters.
It is suitable to say that he can solve the matter of Wu Zhu, and the rest is what Mozi is good at, he is a giant, and he is the first giant, and no one dares to disobey his words.
When everyone thought that this was the end of the matter, Mozi said, "You have also learned a lot of eight-stroke characters as you go. It seems that the straw thing is ready to be done. When we gather before the wheat is planted in the fall, I want to teach you those official books. Whoever does not can be punished will be punished. ”
"If you want to go out, you have to spend eight days first, and the means of the village community to learn. Shi also took the secretary of the book to copy some commonly used words on the bamboo slips, and each person distributed a copy. You're tired these days, so be sure to finish copying it in eight days. There must be the following words: numbers, acres, wheat, ink, farm tools, cattle and horses, ......"
"In addition, you have to tell more stories, so that those who go to the village community can use the stories to attract people. The story should also contain a little meaning. Eight days later, even if these people are not as well known to you, they will be like you for at least half a year. Anyone who can write 200 words now will follow the appropriate writing in the next few days. ”
"What else is there not to understand? Or is there anything else who thinks it's unjust for me to do so? Or is there something missing? You can make up for the inquiry. ”
Everyone looked at each other a few times and said, "Respect the Giant Order." The disciple has nothing to add. If you don't want to, you can't. ”
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Eight days later, a brand new wooden hut had been built on the banks of the Surabaya River, crude, but the utensils inside were made of gold.
Each of the dozens of ink writers who were about to go to the village community received several numbered bamboo slips with more than 200 characters written on them.
Many ink writers with a low level of education do not know so many words now, let alone write.
However, each ink artist took turns to walk in front of Shi Shi and recite an article that sounded absolutely not like such elaborate words as "Shangshu" and "Book of Zhou", but an article that seemed to be full of nonsense.
"One man, two cows. Three hectares of land were planted. There are a total of 300 acres of land, and one acre of land needs four catties of millet to grow, and if you plant wheat, you need five catties. This man had a family, and there were six members of his family. Later, there was one ink man, that is, seven people. Seven people are less than cow legs, and two cows have eight legs ......"
There are more than 200 commonly used words in total, compiled into a small story that has no deep meaning, and is copied on bamboo slips, one by one.
From the present of the bamboo slips to the present, I am afraid that such crude words have never been written on the bamboo slips, which is simply a great insult.
The stories are very common, and they are all colloquial.
These ink writers have been reciting for seven or eight days in a row, and sometimes they talk about a person with two cows, six mouths and eight legs, and so on, and they have already memorized them proficiently.
Listen to these people recite them one by one, and then take out a wooden tablet and point to a word casually and ask, "What is this?" ”
The person who asked was originally a bone maker, and because he came to Peidi with Gongzaoye, he didn't learn much before.
As soon as he asked like this, he took out all the bamboo slips, as if he was talking in a dream, and recited the ripe chapters that had already been memorized.
When you read a word, you will point down with your finger.
Later, after confirming that it was the word, I counted it again to confirm.
I counted it twice like this, and it took a long time, so I didn't have to rush it, so I waited there slowly.
It took a long time for the bonesmith to say, "This is a pie word." ”
"Are you sure?"
The bone craftsman felt that he had counted twice, so he was confident, not afraid of the appropriate fraud at all, and smiled: "It's decided." One is that I counted it twice, and the other is that the word must be related to food. You've taught this. Secretary Shi, am I right? ”
Shi nodded and smiled, returned the bamboo slip and saluted, "That's right." See you in autumn. May you no longer have to memorize the numbers by the time you say goodbye. This is necessary for the righteousness of the future, didn't you already say it, sir? ”
The bonesmith returned the salute, "When I say goodbye, I will no longer need points." There is charcoal, there are stones, there are walls and wood, as long as you are willing to learn, there is always a way. ”
Mozi stood behind Shi, listening to the conversation between the two and smiling.
The bonesmith saluted Mozi again, and Mozi asked, "Are you familiar with those stories?" ”
Most of the disciples wrote it down. Although it is not as engaging as it should be, it is always possible to speak to those people. I also understand the origin of composting and digging toilets; Making simple bone tools is my business. ”
"Then go ahead. Don't forget your original intention, don't forget to do righteousness. Come here in the autumn, and I'll teach you how to read words. Isn't it often said, don't do it with righteousness, don't accumulate steps, and don't go thousands of miles. It can not only persuade learning, but also practice righteousness. ”