Chapter Sixty-Eight: Standing on a Single Horse (Part I)

I thought that the Mo Shi would only talk about righteousness, but I really didn't expect that this young man named Shi didn't talk directly to them about righteousness.

Shi knows that the political situation in the Song Kingdom is chaotic now, in history, the Duke of Song went to the alliance, but he died before he arrived, and Gongzitian changed the yuan that year, which should be this year.

Emperor Sicheng has family ambitions, and the other surname in the three surnames is now weak, and Gongzi Tian is a middle two character who feels that he is after Xuanniao: Chao Zhou Tianzi can, and it is impossible to make a pilgrimage to a small viscount Chu, and he can't kick Sanjin and punch Barbarian Chu, and he was whipped up hard, but unfortunately it was too late.

In this case, the ink man tosses casually, and within five or six years, these nobles will not have the mind to care about the ink person. This is to survive, grow and develop in the gap between the contradictions of the aristocracy.

Although the nobles were busy fighting for power and intriguing at this time, they did not have time to deal with these affairs of the ink makers, but they should not be too straightforward in talking to these craftsmen, so as not to cause some unnecessary trouble.

So, after Shi came back from outside, the craftsmen such as Shi first listened to Shi and chatted about some common words.

They are all craftsmen, with different professions and similar dreams, but the misfortunes they have experienced are always the same.

Only then did he know that his two elder brothers had died, and when he thought of his son who was almost fateful, his feelings became much closer in an instant.

Speaking of the great hunger of the previous year and the recruitment of the palace repair room in the previous year, the spokes also sighed a few words.

When it comes to the equality of the ministers of heaven who are not attacked, virtuous, and noble, and lowly, he feels that the ink man really wants to do righteousness.

These ideas are exactly what these craftsmen dream of, and instead of talking to them about things they don't care about, they are selectively telling the stories they want to hear.

He himself is a craftsman, and the things in his family are what most craftsmen have experienced, and a little communication can make these people feel close.

This sense of closeness was originally just the closeness of the same fate and similar professions.

Later, it quietly became a sense of closeness to the ink artist, and under the silence of moisturizing things, the spokes and others did not notice it at all. It's a concept of stealing, but it's very skillful, and these people don't notice it.

Shimi had already said that he was almost done, so he finally got down to business.

"It is said that the ink man does righteousness in the world, and he thinks he is happy in his own suffering, but this is not the case. It's like a bat hanging upside down, but the beast who doesn't know it will always think that the bat must be suffering for itself, otherwise why would it have to hang upside down? If we are only suffering for ourselves, then what righteousness are we doing? Isn't the world bitter enough now? ”

A few people asked curiously, "Then what is going on with you ink masters?" Tell me about it, right? ”

Shi shook his head and said, "Today's matter has nothing to do with the ink master, just to let you benefit from each other, so I won't talk about this today." ”

A few people were a little disappointed, but they didn't think about a question: if they really don't want to talk about it, and they don't want to talk about it in the future, why should they mention that the ink artist is not self-suffering?

People like Xiao Zhi are silent, although they have the heart to listen, but as Shi said, they still hope to know what is mutually beneficial.

No one noticed that the names of the people who had spoken out before the scorn of the person who had been in the back of the body were quietly written on the bamboo slips he carried with him in simple or complex words, with a few hollow ink dots marked on the back.

Or that these people are at risk of turning ink.

After everyone calmed down, Shi said again: "My brother is a shoemaker, although he is different from you, but the life he dreamed of is the same. Those who do our craftsmen say that it is gratifying to chase tithes. Now I will give you a tithing and a trivial, and it is not forbidden, will you do it? ”

When he talked about the righteousness of the ink man before, he didn't make a sound, and at this time he said first: "Of course I do, who doesn't know Mo Zhai's skill?" At that time, the wooden kite flew into the sky and shocked Shangqiu. Even when it comes to riding in a car, fortunately, there is only one Mo Zhai in the world, otherwise where would we carpenters live? ”

This is a fierce praise of the ink master, and everyone also said: "As long as you don't break the ban, how can you not do it?" The benefit of tithes is half that compared to the benefits of tithes. ”

"yes, exactly. The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. The essence of the meaning of ink is to benefit each other. You all know about the wheat flour of the other day, and you all know that there is a lot of profit. If profit is counted, in fact, what is the profit of tithes? I'm afraid it's a hundredfold. ”

Among the Mo, it is said that knowledge is power and money. But to communicate with these craftsmen, not to mention the value of the knowledge itself, it can be said that it is a hundred times more profitable.

Everyone knows about the wheat flour incident a few days ago, but it is the first time that they have heard the ink man personally say that he has made a hundred times more profits, how can they not believe it?

In an instant, all kinds of surprises, sighs, and exclamations of surprise appeared on the faces of these people.

Shi Dao: "Ordinary people think that we ink artists suffer from ourselves, so what are we doing with money?" Not for the sake of righteousness? There are different ways to do righteousness, follow us to do these artisanal works, we can benefit from doing righteousness, and you can also gain from it, and it is higher than what you get every year. Besides, others may be in arrears, can I not keep my promises? ”

This is indeed true, with the reputation accumulated by hundreds of ink artists before, these four words of keeping promises can not only be believed by the nobles, but also by these craftsmen.

There was a humane in the crowd: "In these years, even the city of the king and the boss has been untrustworthy, but if we want to say a word from the ink master, we believe it." ”

"Yes, we can trust it."

As soon as he heard that he could get the three of Lesh, his heart was already on fire.

Seeing that these people already believed in the things that were profitable, they said: "Speaking of doing righteousness, not mentioning the things of wheat flour that benefit the world, it is you who help the inkers to make wooden utensils together, and we pay you, but those wooden utensils that benefit the world have really appeared." Then you say, "Are you also doing righteousness in your own way?" Is there anything to hesitate about, if you can gain and do what is right? ”

There are different ways of saying everything, and for these non-ink craftsmen, profit tugs at their heartstrings the most.

However, in addition to material gains, spiritual enjoyment is also necessary, and it can also imperceptibly make them gradually accept the idea of doing righteousness, and also reverse the view of outsiders that doing righteousness will inevitably cause self-suffering.

In this way, these craftsmen were praised and greatly gratified spiritually. And it is not only spiritual satisfaction, but also material foundation.

This big pie with profit as the skin and righteousness as the filling was thrown, and everyone's minds became more active, and they discussed the debate of uprising and profit.

After discussing for a while, Shi said again: "Now your mind has been decided, but there is an imminent matter. This year's military levy has not yet been paid. If you don't pay the military tax, you will be punished, as you all know. That's why I said that the craftsmen will be said before. Everyone works together to specialize in the arts, and its effect is multiplied, which is one of the mutual benefits. Everyone gathers, communicates, and learns from each other, which is the second benefit of each other. ”

When most people agreed, he asked a question that he cared about.

"What would this craftsman be like? Isn't it the same as the engineering officer? ”

Shi Da laughed, "Of course not. You have worked so hard to finally stop being subordinate to the Winter Official, do we ink masters want to send you back? ”

What these craftsmen fear most is to lose their easy-to-obtain free identity and become those government-run handicraftsmen again, even if they refuse to change their names, because the shadow left before is too deep.

The words of the spokes aroused the displeasure of several people, who felt that this was an insult to the ink who did righteousness.

But most people didn't say anything, after all, this is also something they care about.

Hearing Shi say this, everyone's last hanging heart also let go. It sounds like there are only good and no harm. If someone else said this to them, even if it was a princely doctor, they might not believe it, but since it was the Moshi who said this, they were sure of it.

This is the credit accumulated for decades, and this credit is worth thousands of gold, which can be poured into the city.

"Since everyone thinks it's okay, I'll talk about it. When you join the craftsman association, you must always have a leader. If you have the ability, you will move, and you will not avoid relatives and enemies. If this is the case, then I say, how about inviting Zi Mozi and the axe to be the leaders of this carpenter's association? ”

No one refuted this view.

The name of Mo Zhai and the axe is unknown to everyone in the carpenter industry? Moreover, both of them are ink practitioners who have been righteous for many years, and they are the most just, and they can't trust others if they choose others.

But Hui Hui was still not at ease, and asked, "Then if you quit this craftsman association, what is the punishment?" ”

Shi pretended to be strange and said, "How can there be a punishment? How can we be qualified to take care of the affairs of the priests? Besides, you are not the ink person, and the ban of my Mo family cannot control you. Just keep the promise. But what about the punishment...... It's not nothing, but it's just that this punishment is not something you can have now. ”

Everyone was puzzled, and said with a smile: "Those who will join the craftsman's association in the future, if the ink artist has any things that benefit the world such as grinding plates, of course, he will be in the church craftsman association." If there is any great benefit, it is also the first thing to come to the craftsman's association. If you quit in the future, then there will be no more, do you think this is a punishment? ”

Everyone laughed, and the spokes finally let go of their last heart and praised them repeatedly.

Shi took the opportunity to say: "It's just that Zi Mozi is a giant of the Mo family, and he is busy with righteousness. The axe is also an indispensable person in the Mo family. However, the ink maker can choose one person to replace the two as the leader of the craftsman association. Everyone discusses everything, and we will discuss specific matters in the future, but this leader must be a member of my Mo family in the early stage, and it is also for justice and profit, what do you think? ”

"This craftsman will first pay everyone the seniority of the year according to the profit of everyone's annual income. This year, I will learn the methods of those wooden tools first, and complete this year's military endowment first. The next year, you will be able to make your own profits, and if you have anything to discuss together, there will be no more competition within the craftsman's association. Based on this year, if the profit exceeds this year, the tithe will be paid every year from the profit for the common money of the craftsmen's association, and the tithe will be used for righteousness. What do you think? ”

This is another benefit that is not in the hands of the present, and everyone is not distressed when they throw it out, anyway, it is not bad to calculate the year this year. According to this year's profits, if there is no change, it will basically be the same in a hundred years.

This profit beyond this year has not yet appeared, and it is only two-tenths of the surplus profit, and if the profit is not as good as this year, the craftsman will naturally dissipate, and there is no need to pay the tithe public expense, nor the tithe money for righteousness.

In the eyes of such a person, it is indeed only beneficial and harmless, and there is really no reason not to participate.

And those who want to ask more about the righteousness of the ink writer, they want to have the ink person resident in the future, so they can ask more, if it is with the mind, why don't they become the ink writer?

Even if this matter was settled in this way, with similar methods and rhetoric, and these people joined, and soon the private carpenters in Shangqiu City knew about this news and joined one after another.

The silent Xiaosheng took the initiative to ask again.

"Suitable, who can be the leader of this craftsman guild?"

Shi smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically: "In the past, Sun Wuzi could have the courage to pull out a thousand jun and pierce Yang in a hundred steps?" The leader of this craftsman's guild needs not a person who is skilled in woodwork, but a person who is a person who understands ink and has a righteous and sharp tongue. It was a drop of indigo that fell into the white water, so why did it have to be the purest water? ”