After the six people who went to Wuyue left, they were left with the few Chu people who were born near Yiling and Yunmeng.

Mozi said first: "You have also known about your trip to Bashu, and Shi has also told you. Qu Jiangzi and a few people will go with you and go to Yangcheng first. Qu Jiangzi and the others have to go to Yangcheng first to replace the ink master who went with Meng Sheng, and by the way, teach the meaning of the ink master, as well as those words, and explain what the ink master is doing in Peiyi now. ”

"After you arrive in Yangcheng, Meng Sheng will arrange some more people for you and go to Bashu together. This time, it is the one who takes the lead. When I arrived in Bashu, it was still the previous rules, and if there was anything, I would discuss it based on the general righteousness, but I had the right to veto. ”

"Along with you, there are three tanners from the Craftsmen's Guild, so get acquainted with them on the way. They are not yet ink masters, but they are very close to the righteousness of ink scholars. ”

After Mozi finished speaking, Gongzaoye handed over a few gourds from behind, which contained the spirits produced by the Mozhi Distillery, and handed them to the Zaoji Qisui who was on the side and said: "These spirits, the most high-quality, were bought by a few of us who were familiar with Meng Sheng with private money, and you sent them." ”

"Meng Sheng's father was shot in the leg by the Jin people in the Yongqiu Battle that year, and the land of Chu was damp, and these spirits could alleviate it the most. It's also good to soak some herbs to treat soreness. ”

He stretched out his hand to take it and said with a smile: "Meng Sheng's father went to Yongcheng with Mo Aoyang of Chu to fight in Yongcheng in order to control the Song Dynasty. Now that the Chu people are about to besiege the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that if Meng Sheng knows, he will inevitably leave Yangcheng to help the giant defend the city. Between father and son, I am afraid that there will be a gap. ”

Gong Zaoye sighed: "Since you are the ink man, of course, it is subject to the order of the giant." Who made him the Inkman? ”

Everyone also knows the crux of it, and they can't help but feel a little embarrassed.

At that time, because the Duke of Song was powerful and Sicheng was a good Jin, he even wanted to establish provisions similar to the constitution of the nobles with the Song Convention.

For this reason, the Duke of Song, who was not yet deaf enough to believe in the astrology of the Mandate of Heaven, personally made a pilgrimage to the king of Chu and asked the king of Chu to send troops to help.

The Chu people were also happy to meddle in the internal affairs of the Song and Zheng countries at such an opportunity, and they just seized the opportunity to go north to the Central Plains after recuperating after being destroyed by the Wu State.

So in order to deter Sicheng, he built cities in Yongcheng and Huangchi, preparing to meddle in the internal affairs of the Song Dynasty.

This was intolerable to the Jin people, so Han, Zhao and Wei were the three families, and Wei Si, Zhao Huan, and Han Qizhang personally led troops to fight.

The two sides of Jin and Chu fought in Yongqiu Huangchi, Chu Mo Aoyang was invincible in the battle with the Jin people, and Meng Sheng's father, as a Chu nobleman, was also shot by the Jin people in that battle, leaving old wounds.

Later, the Jin people continued to fight back, and the Chu people couldn't resist after all, and gradually gave up control of Zheng, but because the Song State was located closer to the southeast, it led to the chaos of the current Song internal affairs: no one on either side of Chu and Jin could completely control it, but everyone was secretly supporting the nobles within the Song State to get close to themselves.

It is clear to the Moshi that the upcoming battle to defend the city is nothing more than a continuation of the great war twenty years ago: whether the new round of overlords is Chu or Jin depends on who does better in this article that is about to revolve around Song Zheng.

Meng Sheng's father, who was for the hegemony of the Chu people, participated in the hegemony war of the Chu people, but as a son, Meng Sheng firmly believed that the righteous war of the Mo people was not an attack, and Meng Sheng would eventually stand on the side of the Mo people after twenty years, which the Mo people never doubted.

Even if he has been friends with the son of Yangcheng Huan Dingjun of Chu at this time since he was a child, even if his father was also a general under Mo Aoyang back then, when it comes to righteousness and injustice, he has to make a choice after all.

Seeing that everyone was a little emotional, Shi stood up and joked: "Bring some strong wine, but I am also afraid that when Meng Sheng talks with his father, when he fights for righteousness and non-attack, he will drink more wine and get drunk and not mention it, so as not to hurt the relationship between father and son." ”

"Originally, Gongzao wanted to let Qu Jiang take him, but although Qu Jiang was familiar with Meng Sheng's father, his temper was too hard after all. I was afraid that Meng Sheng's father would question, and after Qu Jiang became a son, he would not help his family, but would refuse Chu instead of attacking and righteous...... Without waiting for Meng Sheng to argue, the two quarreled first. ”

When everyone heard this, they also knew that it was possible, and they couldn't help laughing.

Qu will be the concubine of the Duke of Chu at this time, and the uncle of Qu Yi, Qu Yuan's grandfather and later hindered Wu Qi's reforms.

Although the division of Shen Xi is no longer the main force of the Chu people's northward advance because of the Chu people's strategic eastward movement and the opening up of Huaibei, it is still an important support for the Chu people to fight against the Three Jin Dynasty.

Everyone can also understand the details of Mozi's arrangement, so that Qu Jiang has a deep meaning to go to Yangcheng at this time.

After all, it is better to keep the business and the hill as good as possible, and it is better not to let Meng Sheng, Qu Jiang and others participate as much as possible.

It is said that the ink man loves the fatherless, but in fact it is a misunderstanding of Confucianism, and the dialectical ink writer who loves himself and loves others has long been clear.

Many Mozi people can do the thing of going to Yangcheng, but Mozi chose Qu Jiang, just to separate him and prevent him from participating in the upcoming battle of Shangqiu to defend the city.

At that time, it is not possible to say that Shen Gong will also participate in person, after all, the division of Xi is still an important military force of the Chu State.

When the time comes, the father and son will be hostile to each other in the battle, and they will not be able to bear it.

Rather than this, it is better to let Qu Jiang go to Yangcheng and fight with Meng Sheng's father, Huan Dingjun and others.

Zao Qi Sui also understood Mozi's arrangement, and only said: "If you want to come, Qu Jiang also understands the hard work of the giant." ”

He didn't tell a lot of truth like before, because these people in front of him were better at reasoning than him, and since these people didn't say it, he could only hold back the desire to speak, so he said it lightly.

Shi smiled and said: "The ink master knows that you are willing to argue with others, but this time I went to Bashu, but I couldn't argue with others." The language is not comprehensible, and after two or three years, the language will be understood, and I am afraid that you will not like to talk anymore. ”

The people who accompanied him all thought that he didn't understand the language and couldn't argue with the Ba people and the Shu people, and we were miserable. But since the giant son and the Seven Enlightenments decided that he would take the lead, there was always a deep meaning, how could they not know?

He laughed, and he wanted to say something but couldn't help it.

Shi also advised: "The giant also told you before the incident, you went to Bashu to make a profit. If you boil salt there, the price of salt will be low, and the local people will be profitable. It is a good thing that you can pay money to those who have inked and use it for righteousness elsewhere. ”

"After all, you have learned it after a few months of learning to obtain well salt by means of taking well salt from bamboo tubes, cowhides, and wheels. Qi Sui is also a bamboo craftsman, and the rest of you are also a carpenter, and a leatherman from the craftsmen's guild. ”

"Bashu boils salt into a business, there are many salt ponds and salt wells, you take gold with you, and you can quickly accumulate money and gain a firm foothold."

"Along the river, sell in Chu, the income will be abundant. If you do a good job, the ink can take the opportunity to go deep into Chu and sell salt in Yiling, Yunmeng and other places. ”

"Bashu is good at the style of witch wishes, you go deep into witches, fish, Ba, Chengdu and other places, and you must also be familiar with the form of their witch blessings. In the past, my master, Mr. Tang Han, traveled to Shu, where people often became fish and turtles, and the wind of sacrifice would be prosperous. You don't have to worry about this matter for now, just do a good job of well salt first. ”

"On weekdays, there are many words, and there are not many words in Bashu, which is the right time. When this matter is over, more people will be sent here to Bashu to assist, and you can come back to listen to the righteousness of the giant, and each has a rotation. ”

These ink scholars who went to Bashu with the Emperor of the Beginning of the Year all thought of the exquisite and simple method of extracting well salt from the bamboo tube cowhide that they had seen before, and they had studied the art of boiling, and knew the solubility of the suitable, so they were full of confidence and felt that it was not difficult to make money by mining well salt in Bashu.

One can benefit the Bashu people, and the other can concentrate the money on the Mo people and do some great things that benefit the world.

is the only one who thinks a little too much.

He is a secretary of the book, who has been following Shi for a long time, and often listens to Shi Shi talk about the situation in the world.

Those general maps of the world that are said to have been drawn by Mr. Tang Han when he traveled all over the mountains and rivers were things that alarmed the world at this time, but they were common for the secretary of the secretary.

Thinking of the picture that was suitable for painting before, and thinking of the giant who arranged for people to go to Wuyue, and arranged for them to go to Bashu...... I'm afraid it's not that simple.

Song Di, Wu Yue, Bashu...... These three places just surrounded the edge of the Chu State.

In the future, Ruomo has a reputation in Wuyue, and to the west is Zhongli, Shouchun, and Xia Cai.

And Bashu goes down the river, which is Yiling, Ying, Yunmeng......

If it's really for the sake of selling salt for profit, I'm afraid it's not the case.

He remembered that he had said that the method of drying salt in the sun was just for profit, and it was more convenient and more profitable to take advantage of the power of the ink in the Qi country and the internal strife of the Tian clan to seek sages, and at the same time, the Tian clan had broken the policy of the mountains and seas, and it was also possible to make profits by drying salt in the Qi country, and it was more convenient and profitable.

Once you think about everything, you will always feel that there must be a deep meaning in it, and you feel that you should not think too much for the time being, just arrange your own things first.

For the time being, he didn't think about the possibilities in the next few decades, and when he thought about what he wanted to do now, he didn't think it was too difficult.

Although it is not so easy to use the means of extracting salt brine from the leather tube bamboo wheel, it is not too difficult to think that it is not too difficult to know the general situation, and they are all the best craftsmen among the ink makers, and there is a suitable "summary analysis and improvement method".

But if you want to gain a foothold there, you will inevitably encounter a lot of things, he first asked Mozi: "Sir, those who go to Wuyue are followed by people who have learned crude medical skills, do we also follow a few people?" Bashu heavy witch, there must be someone familiar with medicinal herbs, follow a person can also learn to identify medicinal herbs with the locals, compiled into a book, the future will benefit the world. ”

"We can't do this after all."

Hearing this, Mozi shook his head and sighed, "Wait." I have to teach those children slowly, and I think it may be available in three or five years. Right now? Peiyi is not enough. The method of township schools is very good, but it always takes three or five years. In three or five years' time, you may be able to do things there, and then we will talk about it. ”

Zao Qi Sui asked again: "Then what if the King of Shu and Bazi hire us as officials?" ”

Mozi smiled: "In three or five years, I'm afraid of difficulties." As long as you don't lobby full-time, you have to do the well salt matter and pass the message afterwards, then it is possible. At that time, there will be more ink writers, and they will have their own decisions. Don't think about it yet. ”

"If I don't think about it, what if someone has ink to do it?" ”

Shi Da laughed and said: "The success of the ink is based on a group of ink people. Without the Mo family, what can a single ink artist do? Or if he is victorious, gather thirty or fifty people to make a name for himself, can one victor be able to do the methods of the Mo family? ”

He dispelled the worries of making a small bag of chili seeds from behind him and said: "Bashu is wet, this bag of seeds can be planted there, in case the salt is not successful, you can also accumulate money by planting this thing." ”

When he turned around to leave, he suddenly asked, "How should those merchants from Sanjin, Wei, Lu, Qi and other places come to ask for grain seeds?" This matter is not related to me, I want to know, and I can learn from this in the future. To sell or not to sell? If it is sold, Sanjin Qiang will still have to fight an unrighteous war. If they are not sold, they will not be able to benefit all the people. ”

Shi waved his hand and said, "Benefit the world." For the benefit of all the people of the world. A sword can kill or save people, so don't you make a sword? Qi Sui, the mountains are high and the road is far away, everything is careful, remember to benefit the people of the world will not be confused. ”