The Mohists believed that the earth under their feet was round, and they also knew that the further north they went, the colder it became, and the theory of the geography of the world could perfectly explain why it was colder the farther north went.

But the world is too big, and there are too many other factors.

Therefore, when Solushen stood in this warm, not cold, towering city with huge temples, and asked how far away he was from the hometown of those people, he did not know that if the earth under his feet was a ball, the land of the Central Plains at the same latitude as him was actually a bitter cold border land like Jinyang, which was much colder than Ephesus, which had a Mediterranean climate where the sea breeze blows.

Middle Earth, Zhao State, Jinyang.

Several young ink artists also asked similar questions, but they asked, "How far is this from Takayanagi where we are going?" ”

The leader of the team was Qu Jiang, he asked Zhao Ren beside him, and replied: "There are still more than 600 miles." ”

"More than 600 miles?!"

Those young Mo people who grew up in Peidi or Song Land, and who had never walked out of their hometown for hundreds of miles before the Mo family came, couldn't help but exclaim, only then did they know the vastness of the world, but they heard that it was vast and thousands of miles, and they knew that it was difficult and far away to really walk.

Three years ago, when Meng Zhuze joined the alliance in the first battle of Lushui, the "name" of the Mo family was not recognized by Zhou Tianzi, and it did not need to be recognized by Zhou Tianzi. However, as an important independent political and military force, the Mohists have been recognized by the princes of various countries.

In August of last year, the Qi State could not go south, and wanted to expand, so it attacked the most important part of the Lu State.

The most Yi is in the upper reaches of Surabaya, close to Qufu, and on the south bank of Surabaya, not far from the Zou State in the Mohist sphere of influence, which is unacceptable to the Mohists.

The state of Lu asked for help, and the state of Wei was still licking the wounds of the war in the past few years, but the Mo family immediately sent troops to aid Lu on the grounds that the state of Qi had violated the "alliance of Meng Zhuze", which once again made the princes look sideways. After aiding Lu, he immediately withdrew his troops, which also made the princes feel at ease.

At the time of this battle, the Mo family had already begun to send people to the Zhao State to negotiate. Some of the local scholars of Zhao who secretly joined the Mo family began to contact Gongzizhang in a private capacity.

On the bright side, by virtue of the prestige of the first battle between the water and the most battle, and visited Gongzhong Lian and Xun Xin, and finally the Mo family sent military instructors and some ink scholars to Zhao for legitimate reasons such as "in order to benefit the world from nomadic plunder, and the nomads captured the Zhao people as slaves, which is disliked by the emperor".

This is a disguised appearance, and at the same time it is clear that the appearance is not in the Central Plains, but only in the side.

The reputation of the Mo family is so loud, although there is no name of prince, but when it comes to governing the country and conquest, except for removing the Mo family's dislike of the nobles, there is really no one who can do it. Even if there is a genius like Wu Qi, there is only one person, how can he compare with the Mohist organization that has 6,000 registered now?

The Mo family was originally a form of inheritance of disciples, such as Mo Zhai's personal disciples, and the re-transmission disciples of Yu Huali and other disciples.

However, with the reorganization of Shangqiu that year, the organizational form of the Mo family has changed, but now, the division of Mo people within the Mo family is still obvious.

Taking the Battle of Shangqiu as a division, there were only five or six hundred ink scholars before the Battle of Shangqiu, and they were all teachable disciples who had been practicing righteousness for more than 50 years. This is the old ink person, if suitable, it is the last batch of old ink people.

From the Battle of Shangqiu to the Battle of Huangshui, the Mo family has expanded from five or six hundred to three or four thousand in the past ten years, half of whom are locals, and half of them are rangers who are beneficial to the world.

Finally, after the Battle of Lushui, Mo Zhai stepped down as a giant, and after he became a giant, he began to expand the local people in an organized way, plus more than ten years of operation in Pei County, the first few batches of children from the township school have grown up, and these people are called new ink people.

Nowadays, most of the old ink scholars are in their forties and fifties or even sixty, and those in their thirties are already in the minority, and most of the young ink scholars joined when they were in charge of the Xuanyi Department and the organization.

This division can be seen clearly in the matter of the Mo family sending people to Zhao State this time.

The two people who led the team were Qu Jiang and an old Mo man who "served Mo Zhai", Qu Jiang was from Chu and the other was from Qi, avoiding the situation that Zhao people went to Zhao Land.

And the remaining more than 80 people, more than 50 people are local young people in Sishang, and more than 20 people are travelers who originally joined the Mo family in the battle of Shangqiu.

All of the young people have served as a volunteer teacher for three years, and some of them have worked as various officials in the township office and the county government, or some have become teachers.

Among the more than 80 people selected this time, they basically cover all walks of life of the Mo family in Sishang, all of them are young people who may not be proficient in business, but the mastery of some knowledge is trained according to the means of the Mo hometown school, which is far better than most nobles at this time.

Lou Fu and Lin Hu in the north of Zhao constantly harassed the north of Zhao State, and there were basically no nobles there, the Central Plains was so big, and no nobles were willing to go to those bitter cold places.

On the one hand, the Mo family said that they did not want to participate in the disputes in the Central Plains, and it was impossible for Zhao Hou to be determined to reform and use the righteousness of the Mo family, so even if he was out of office, he would not be an official in the center, but voluntarily went to the north.

On the other hand, the nobles of the Zhao State were also full of vigilance about the Mo family, and they didn't want them to participate in power at all, even if the Mo family was very talented, but ...... Letting the Mo family participate in politics is equivalent to sitting in the middle of the Ding and letting the Mo family take the fire.

So after some bickering, it happened that Lou was annoying, so the Mo family agreed to go to Gaoliu in the north, and Qu would be guarded by Gaoliuyi.

Takayanagi was originally the land of Daikoku. The acting king is Zhao Xiangzi's brother-in-law, and when Zhao Xiangzi invited the acting king to dinner, he asked the cook to smash his brother-in-law to death with a spoon and seize the land of the dynasty.

At this time, it is Gao Yanagi, and later generations are Yang Gao, and then it may be called ...... Datong is really a border plugged land.

This time to Takayanagi, these ink artists carried a lot of things and a lot of tasks...... For example, transporting horses to Sishang.

However, before that, they still carried out a series of synonymous propaganda: this time it was not to help Zhao fight the war, but to benefit the people of the world. Although Zhao still had feudal politics, it was still more advanced than Lou Fu and Lin Hu, who captured slaves and controlled all the horses by the clan leaders. Therefore, the Mo family did not go to help Zhao Guo fight, but to benefit the world in the end.

After the publicity, more than 600 young people volunteered to sign up, and 50 were finally selected.

This team has been trained for more than a year, and even though they have served in the army, they have conducted a series of targeted training in order to adapt to the situation in the Northland.

A series of training for the grasslands, including horseback riding, chariot formation, and digging forts, may have been easily defeated in later generations, but now this is a tactic far superior to that of the nomads, and it is enough to win.

This time, I went north, carrying corn and potatoes and other seeds of crops suitable for growing there.

There were nine hundred muskets and a large amount of gunpowder, four cannons, and six muskets that could be mounted on a chariot and several dozen pounds.

He also carried a large number of stirrups and farm tools, which would be transported in a steady stream later, some of which were supported by the Mo family, and the other part was obtained by Zhao Guo in exchange for mining rights. After obtaining the mining rights this time, another way was adopted, in the form of raising shares, integrating the shares of the super-rich from various countries, who had long wanted to get involved in some of the Mohist industries.

Before going to Zhaodi, Qu Jiang and the others were also informed of the basic policy of going north this time.

When asked about the policy after going north to Takayanagi, Shi told Qu General that the situation there was special, but on the whole it was carried out in the way of "having taxes and no taxes".

The land is vast and sparsely populated, and it is a mixed place in the Central Plains of Yidi, where there are many serf slaves who fled under the rule of the nobles of Zhao State, and the people are fierce.

Therefore, some local institutions were maintained, and at the same time, the Mohist organization was continued to be developed there.

Free local slaves, give them household registration, divide the land, and form village communities. The land of the village community is divided every 20 years, and it is presided over by the elected people, including pasture land.

Those who own private property should play a sideline game without violating the policy of Zhao and admit their possession of private land.

The original village community and tribe also carried out in the way of the village community.

When the youth of the village community reaches the age of eighteen, they must serve for four years and bring their own horses. There are only military levies, and there are no taxes.

The Mohists organized them to protect their land and property from being plundered by nomadic herders, and at the same time provided technical support and control of salt and iron.

In return, they were required to perform military service, but all remaining servitude was exempted except for military service.

If there is such a thing as building water conservancy, it must rely on the organization and propaganda ability of the Mo family, and it will be carried out spontaneously, and the Mo family will provide part of the financial support.

Qu Jiang also expressed doubts at the time, because the Mo family's administrative method of going deep into the grassroots was destined to require a large amount of money and money, otherwise it would not work at all. You can't help Zhao defend the border fortress without limit, but let the people in Sishang pay for it.

Shi means that trade can be opened in the Bazaar in Takayanagi, which is controlled by the Mo family. Resell spices such as iron pots, "tea" from Hai Duong, and chili peppers in exchange for horses and skins from nomadic tribes.

If they rob, they will fight. After leaving, build a fortress similar to Tengdi near Takayanagi to defend it, and if necessary, to divide the various tribes.

For example, in trade, after fighting a few times to let them know that it is not easy to rob, they will issue some special certificates, and the tribes with this certificate can trade, and those who do not are not allowed to trade, and the joint plunder of Takayanagi has become an internal struggle between nomads for the certificates.

When the time comes, you can use the advantages of stirrup cavalry, chariot formations, and gunpowder weapons to counterattack.

On the grassland, there is no need to worry about things such as Zhou etiquette, surprise of friends, and sideways glances of princes. Kill the chieftains, break up the tribes, free the slaves, organize farming, publicize the contradictions between the tribal leaders and the tribal herders, and attract the fugitive......

Slowly encroaching on chariots, fortresses, and gunpowder, changing customs, not recognizing the special status of tribal leaders, disintegrating tribes with class struggles, expanding manpower, and forcibly promoting the Mohist script, customs and culture of the Central Plains.