The disciple who had sent the message had arrived from the city, where they were now discussing the matter of the Rendi Alliance.

Mozi knew that only when there was a need to defend the city, the princess would listen to his opinion.

But this kind of thing involves the interests of many people, even if he meets Song Gong or Si Chenghuang, it will not change the outcome of the matter.

He heard that Emperor Si Cheng was going to discuss the matter of those seeds, and he didn't know what Emperor Zang was going to do, but he knew that it was definitely not because of the fact that he broke the arm of the little nobleman.

"What else did he say?"

"I didn't say anything else, I just said that I would ask Mr. to see it, and said that Shi had said that those grain seeds were one grain and one gold, and he thought it was true, and such treasures could be exchanged for such gold, and he was willing to exchange gold for grain."

Mozi thought about it for a while, he thought that Emperor Sicheng wanted to use these new grains and rice to favor the Song people, but after thinking about it, it was not quite right.

These seeds are excellent and have a high yield, but it will take more than ten years to spread all over the Song Dynasty.

If you want to be in the city, since you are in the position of Sicheng and grasp the power, you only need to make some changes to make the Song people remember, so why bother to go near and seek far?

He couldn't figure out why Si Chenghuang wanted these seeds, and he spent a lot of money to buy them.

It is said that this kind of son is suitable for ownership, and it is not considered to be an official, and it can be handed over or not.

He felt that it was better to ask Shi's opinion on this matter, so he called someone to call Shi.

Hurrying over, Mozi gave a general explanation of the situation.

Listen to it, and my heart said that it is good to be able to exchange for gold, but it is best if it can be exchanged for land.

The commodity economy of the Song State had already developed in the Taoyi generation, and a large amount of private land could be bought and sold, which was different from the land system after the Qin State reform.

Although the Qin State changed the law, it emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, and the commodity economy was not as developed as the Central Plains. When Wang Jian destroyed Chu before he defiled himself, he asked the king of Qin to give more land instead of buying more land himself, which can also explain the problem.

Because the Song State is located in the center of various countries, the armed forces are not strong, but the economy is still developed, and Taoyi is a place where merchants gather, and buying and selling has become a trend, and there are some private fields that can be bought and sold, especially in the hands of nobles.

I don't know what Si Chenghuang bought it for, but I heard Mozi say that the other party is willing to pay a lot of money, and I think that people like Si Chenghuang will not lie to Mozi.

If you have money, you can do things, and public land cannot be bought and sold, but some private land is prevalent. At that time, Wu Qi's family also had a lot of money and a wide land, and finally sold it in order to study.

When he thought about it, he couldn't help but smile.

Seeing him smiling, Mozi asked, "Do you want to sell?" ”

"Yes, the disciple wants to sell some."

"Emperor Sicheng, I don't know what to do like this. In your hands, you can always do righteousness. ”

"Sir, sell some for the better of righteousness. Money is needed for everything, and the Mo scholar needs to pay a part of the salary to support those who can't study to eat coarse rice to study with his husband. If the money of the officials can be used in this way, why can't we make our own money? ”

Mozi knew that Shi had just become an ink master, and the meaning of the ink master he had heard before was also relayed by others, so he didn't understand some things.

But after hearing that Shi Shi said that selling money was for better righteousness, a smile still appeared on his face, and he explained: "Being a minister with others is to persuade the lord to do righteousness." ”

"Yes, have you heard that in the past, Duke Wen of Jin liked scholars to wear bad clothes, so Duke Wen of Jin's subordinates all wore ewe skin sewn fur, hung swords around cowhides with loopholes, and wore hats made of broken silk to go to and from the court and see the king. Gou Jian liked warriors, so he set fire to the boat, personally beat drums to let the warriors board the ship, and trampled on each other, and more than 100 people were burned to death. ”

"Since what the monarch likes, the subordinates will do, so if these officials can persuade the monarch to like to do righteousness, then there will be a lot of subordinates who do righteousness? Compared with this matter, it is like the flesh of a fish and the bones of a fish, after all, we have to eat the flesh of the fish, but without the bones of the fish, there is no fish, and there is no meat. ”

Listening to Mozi say this, Shi knew that this was an irreconcilable line difference between himself and Mozi.

Giant sons such as Bird Slippery, Meng Sheng, Tian Xiangzi, and Belly are all loyal executors of this route, and he disagrees, and history has proved that this road is not passable.

However, if he can't become a giant one day, he can't openly oppose and revise this sentence, especially if he has just become a ink man, it is even more difficult to refute.

So with this sentence, he said, "Sir, how many kings have so far persuaded the ink man to do righteousness?" ”

When Mozi heard this, his face was a little gloomy, and he sighed when he thought of the victory.

Silence is better than sound, and silence is better than words.

Shi said: "Sir, then do you think I am doing righteousness in this village community?" ”

Speaking of this, Mozi finally showed joy on his face, he rarely praised his disciples, but once he got into his eyes, he was not stingy in praising them.

"What you do here is, of course, a righteous act."

He bowed down and said, "Sir, there is a man who thinks that he can pick up a piece of gold by walking, so he walks around every day with his head down; Some people only have 100 acres of land, and think that if they work hard to plant, they can harvest 20 yuan a year, and then their descendants will have a piece of gold after ten generations. Of course, gold can be found, but planting can also be harvested, shouldn't we do both? ”

Mozi smiled: "That's the truth." When you do righteousness here, you accumulate small righteousness into great righteousness. ”

Shi sighed and said, "But Xiaoyi also needs money to do it." Sir, I was able to gather the people, not only because of the Promised Land, but also because of the cows. Just like these farmers, why should they serve in the army? They are not scholars, and they will receive no reward. ”

Mozi pondered the key point, and said after a moment's silence: "Because these lands are owned by the king, not only will they be punished if they don't go to war, but they can also be punished for confiscating their land." The cow is yours, so you can punish him by not allowing Sang Sheng to use the ox, and he and the people in the village community won't feel that this is wrong. ”

Shixin said, sir, you have finally thought of the question of the ownership of the means of production.

If you want to speak with power, you must have the means of production in your hands. The ownership of land is nominally in the hands of the monarch, so if the Mo people want to develop, they can only monopolize a part of the non-land means of production, otherwise no one will benefit, and who will pay for it?

If you want to get things done, you can't do without idealists.

If you want to get things done, you can't rely on idealists.

If it's just hope or speech, it won't last. It is necessary to make people profitable, and he can have such power in the village community, thanks to a large part of the two pieces of gold that Gongsun Ze lost to him.

Now Si Chenghuang wants to exchange money to buy some seeds, and he doesn't care what he does, not everyone will plant them, and it's useless to buy them back.

But those who sell can make a profit, they can dig a bigger first pot of gold, so as to expand their power, so that they can do the rest of the things, gather more and more people to join the Ink Makers, and also allow the Ink Makers organization to have enough operating funds.

When money appears as a general equivalent, when money can buy land, ploughing cattle and the rest of the goods, it is difficult to do anything without money, especially to do what he wants to do.

Seeing that Mozi was still thinking, he took the opportunity to say: "Sir, a group of people walked and saw a rabbit, and the group immediately scattered to chase and fight; And there are many rabbits in the bazaar, and no one will snatch them directly unless they are crazy. This is true for everyone. ”

This truth can be relied upon. Why do they think those cows are Mohists, or mine? It is because people have accepted the principle of ownership, which is greater than many of the rest.

"That's why they respect my opinion, and in fact some people just respect the cow, but it just so happens that the cow is mine."

"Since the sir thinks that what the disciples do in the village community is also doing righteousness, then we can do more of these things, and accumulate small righteousness into great righteousness. Sir has also heard rumors about Promised Land, if those things are in the hands of the king......"

Shi didn't say the result directly, but said with a smile: "It's like now that one stone per mu is produced, so ten acres of land have to pay one stone of millet tax." If those crops with a yield of two stones and three stones per mu are planted, will the monarch only receive one stone for ten acres of land? ”

"If Sir thinks it is okay, then I will now hope that Sir will give all these seeds to the king, and I am willing to be a small servant of the harvest."

Mozi laughed when he heard this, he didn't know what he meant by what he said, and he also believed that what he said was true.

He has dealt with many kings, how can he not know what kind of person the king is?

When he said this, he was asking a rhetorical question, and he replied with laughter.

After laughing, he said: "In this case, come back to the city with me tomorrow, and meet the Emperor Sicheng with me, the city dolphin, and the bird slippery." Born as a dolphin businessman, proficient in nine numbers, and knowing how to bargain, I am not good at this kind of thing. This kind of son is yours after all, or Tang Han and Mr. Nasai, you still have to go, my Mo family is not greedy for such credit, so that the two of them are not famous. ”

Although he agreed, Mozi said with a straight face: "But if Emperor Sicheng wants these seeds to do unrighteous things, don't say that one grain and one gold, even if it is a hundred gold and a thousand gold, it is not something that can be sold." Back then, the king of Yue and I had a fief of 500 li, and I said that if I didn't listen to my words and didn't do righteousness, then I would exchange the righteousness in my heart for a fief of 500 li, so why should I go to Yue to sell it? Could it be that in the Song Kingdom, I sold my righteousness, and I still couldn't exchange it for a fief? ”

When the country is vast and sparsely populated, and the number of people in the country is small, the highest value is the population rather than the land.

The 500-mile fief of the Yue State is just like the 50-mile fief of the Song State.

Shi is very sure that with Mozi's reputation, if he really sells the righteousness in his heart, the fief of fifty miles can still be sold.

When he saw Mozi's permission, he was overjoyed.

He fell on the thigh of the Mo family, and jumped directly from the son of a shoemaker to a figure who could meet with Emperor Sicheng.

Although he may not be able to interject and has no right to decide, and he is only the representative of the nominal owner of the seed, "Mr. Sai and Tang Han", it is still very different from before he was on this thigh.

It's not that he has seen the cronyism of the powerful, but that he must sort out the ministers and the situation within the Song State before the inevitable thing of the King of Chu's siege of the Song Dynasty happens, and prepare in advance for the future.

However, there is still an inconvenience in this, Shi hesitated for a while, and finally told the truth.

"Sir, the day after tomorrow is the fifteenth, the night of the full moon. Those in the neighborhood who have heard the story of Promised Land will come to gather. I have promised these hundreds of people that it is not good to lose their trust. Sir, can you put off the time a bit? ”

Mo Ziqi said: "What are you talking about?" ”

"Sir, those people asked more than a month ago...... Nuwa has a body, and acquaintances make it? Do you want to know whether people's beauty and ugliness and faces are destined by heaven? Or can it be explained by the Celestial Will? Why do people look like their parents, but not quite the same? ”

"I want to talk about Nuwa Fuxi's creation of people, this matter is very important, hundreds of people are very concerned and have asked dozens of times. When this matter is made clear, the words of Tianzhi can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the village community, and no one can shake it; This matter is not clear, the theory of Tianzhi can be a millstone, but it cannot make people believe in the mysteriousness, knowing, learning, knowing, and interpreting all things of Tianzhi. ”

"If even people can explain it, people will think: What else can't be explained?"