Chapter 305 Relocating to Wood Lixin City's Enlightenment (3)
Such a skill of giving Buddha through flowers is suitable for mastering the master of the master of Luyang to spread the reputation of the Mohist school.
Duke Yang of Lu had to agree if he refused now, because this time it was his fiefdom, not elsewhere.
If the rest of the Chu city were attacked, Duke Yang of Lu would naturally not give up his interests, but now he has no choice.
According to the word "大" in the Mohist school, this is a small harm compared to a big harm, and taking small harm and giving up big harm is advantageous.
As for the means of moving the wood to establish a letter, although there was no Shang Yang at this time, Wu Qi in Xihe had already used similar means.
This is to win the trust of the people.
This method can win the trust of the people, and it also indirectly proves that the nobles at this time have no reputation in the eyes of the people, and the contradictions are so sharp that they cannot find a way to resist and can only be dissatisfied and distrustful in their hearts.
After a few more words, Meng Sheng and Hu Feizi praised each other: "It is indeed a good plan. We just need to defend the city, and we must take action ourselves, otherwise we will not be able to defend it."
Shi understood Meng Sheng's meaning. The Mo family said that they would not participate in this dispute before, which was for the world and the wandering scholars to listen to. They made them convinced that the Mo family still had hope for the termination of the war in two years. Wei Han and other countries also did not participate in the war in the Chu people, but would threaten the Mo family, or they wanted to put the hat of the war in the world on the Mo family.
If there were no Mohist figures in charge of Niu Lan, no one could implement the new city and new city guarding law in this planned plan.
After thinking for a while, he said, "I have a way. This matter is related to the various things that happened after the Mohist school, so I have to be enlightened to die."
Meng Sheng and Hu Feizi were not afraid of death, nor did they take life and death seriously at all, so they directly asked.
"As long as the city is not broken, we will cover up our faces and control it behind our backs. Even if Wei Han knows that our Mo family takes action, he will be helpless. And it can also demonstrate the reputation of our Mo family in preparation for the future."
"If the city is not broken, then nothing is happening."
"But, I didn't expect to live, and I need to predict death first. If the city is broken... you and I can only destroy our faces and burn our remaining bodies, and not give Wei Han a slander."
This kind of thing is common in the Spring and Autumn Period. When many rangers avenge others, they will die if they will eventually do so in order not to implicate their families.
If you want to achieve great things, you must have the awareness of giving your life. Shi is no longer the nameless person. If you want to gain a foothold in the Mo family, even if you are afraid of death, you cannot make others think that you are afraid of death.
If this is not done, the Mo family would not have enough prestige in Chu State for the King of Chu to be resettled, nor could they control a county in Chu, and it would be even more impossible for the princes to look at each other again.
Meng Sheng sighed and said, "Death is not enough to be afraid, I am afraid that the benefit of the world will not be accomplished."
Shi nodded and nodded, "If you agree, write these contents and ask someone to pass them back to Pei County to inform the giant."
Hu Feizi and Meng Sheng agreed, so the three of them jointly wrote a letter and handed it to Pei County overnight to pass on the decision here.
A few days later, the waiter of Mo had arrived at Niu Lanyi.
Duke Luyang made a helpless choice to hand over the loan certificate in Niu Lan and the Huangfu, the city guarding of Niu Lan. After all, this was enough to make him show the enthusiasm that he could not have on weekdays.
Niu Lan Xiaoyi is not a big city like Luyang.
Moreover, the location is relatively remote, and the Mohist family has basically no influence here. Moreover, as the fief of the nobles, it is located on the border, so it is impossible to use the publicity method like that in Peixian and other places.
This small town is the only way for the Jin-Zheng coalition forces to attack Lu Pass. Unless they follow Yecheng, they have to pass here no matter what.
Moreover, the purpose of this war was to enter the Prince Ding, and the Jin-Zheng coalition forces had to consider subsequent logistics and transportation issues, and could not bypass the place and directly break the city along the country road like elsewhere.
The population of the city is about 7,000 or 8,000 households, so it is naturally impossible for the city wall to be as majestic as Shangqiu. There is no news about the upcoming war, and people here are living as usual.
The small city is backed by a river and is a tributary of the Marine River. It is not wide and there is no risk of floods. However, it is still difficult to cross the river and conquer the city.
The city wall is a not-standard square and is a standard standard, but it is not the same as Mozi's plan for the defense system for the city wall.
Shi circled around the city wall, considered the population that can be mobilized and the approximate amount of earthwork, and thought it would be rebuilt and completely become a city suitable for defense and can bring huge damage to the siege side.
There is no need to be guarded against the opponent's shelling, which reduces the amount of engineering.
I roughly drew the figure and calculated it. When I went back, I needed to carefully draw the drawing with the ruler to give full play to the advantages of remote firearms and cross-fire power as much as possible.
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In the city, the Mozhe who came to Niu Lan took the seal and talisman of Duke Luyang and completely took over Niu Lan's civil affairs and city defense.
Take stock of the treasury, count the grain and weapons, and organize them into a book.
The people on the street were quite curious about the men who came to Niu Lan. They looked like they were just gangsters in their clothes, but they could go in and out of the treasury and even had cars.
While there was a lot of discussion in the city, another explosive news came. These guys who claimed to be Mozhe set up a shaft wood near the city gate, saying that those who could carry it from the south gate to the north gate would be rewarded with twenty taels of gold.
As soon as the news came out, it caused a sensation.
Many people helped the elderly and the young, and went to the south gate to watch.
Shi and a few people stood next to the shaft. Although there were many people watching, none of them stood up.
Even though the twenty taels of gold were placed under the city gate, many people thought this might be a joke.
Many people like to watch such jokes, especially some nobles and young men. When they are really boring, they will tempt such temptations, asking people to do something stupid, and then laugh at the people who do something stupid.
Twenty taels of gold, a huge sum of money that these farmers would never dare to imagine in their entire lives, was just placed in front of everyone, as if within reach.
But no one was willing to move, and no one even asked a question.
Faced with this situation, it is reasonable. We must rely on methods such as moving Mu Lixin to implement the laws, which shows that the reputation of the ruling class has completely gone bankrupt and has no trust from the people at all.
He was not in a hurry, just sat there waiting.
It took a long time before an old man came forward and asked after the meeting, "You call yourself Mo, are you Mo Di disciples who traveled to Luyang twenty years ago?"
Shi was stunned. He arranged a hijack, but it was not this person. He couldn't help but be curious, and he said it was exactly.
The old man nodded and said, "If this is the case, I can believe it. I am from Luyang. I met Mozi in Luyang twenty years ago. I am also a carpenter. I learned some methods from him and heard some knowledge."
After the old man finished speaking, he turned around and said to the gathered people: "Since you are disciples of Modi, you can believe their words. These people are not princes and nobles, they will do what they say. I am old and can no longer move, otherwise how could I say it to you?"
This person seemed to have some reputation in the market. As soon as the voice fell, the surroundings became lively and they asked one after another.
The old man stepped back and said, "Just ask him if you have anything to say."
After pointing at the right point, several strong men immediately said, "Can you speak really?"
Shi hurriedly said, "Originally do it. As long as you can move from here to the North Gate, the 20 golden taels will be yours."
When the rest were still skeptical, a strong man came forward and said, "I'll do it!"
A group of people shouted in a hurry: "Don't sweat, but in the end the gold was not obtained, which made people laugh!"
The strong man was also a cheerful person and said loudly: "It's just a piece of strength. Sweat a little sweat to exchange for gold. What's wrong? Today, I can't even trade some copper coins by sweating!"
After complaining, he walked to the shaft wood. Everyone shouted. The strong man lowered his body and resisted the shaft wood on his shoulders, and then slowly moved towards the north gate.
The people behind shouted, and Shi followed behind.
The shaft was not heavy either, and it was not too tired for the farmer at this time. He carried it and left without stopping in the middle.
When we arrived at the north gate, the strong man had just put down the shaft and took out the gold as soon as possible, shouting: "This is twenty taels of gold, our Mo family can do what we say!"
The strong man didn't bother to wipe the sweat from his body and hurriedly took over the gold.
But until the heavy gold arrived, I still felt that it was in my dream, and it took me a long time to reflect on it.
The others either regretted, cheered loudly, or asked who the old man was just now.
No matter who it is, the matter of just moving the wood to make a bounty proves that these people's words are trustworthy.
After everyone was quiet, he said: "Now our words can be believed, so please tell me."
"Three days later, anyone who owes money from Luyang public, regardless of whether they can repay it, please come here with a deed."
After a while, he smiled and said, "Good thing!"
After saying that, he waved his hand, and took people away without caring about other people's inquiries.
Those who were watching this matter there couldn't help but feel nervous. Many people here owed money from Luyang Gong.
At this time, there was no developed commerce and handicrafts here. As the largest local aristocrat and land owner, and the various advantages of not paying taxes, Luyang Gong naturally became the largest local lender.
The contracts in the Spring and Autumn Period were already very complete, and there were officials who specialized in the contracts.
There are many taxes, and sometimes the remaining money earned every year cannot even pay interest. Especially if you have to be conscripted for service, military service, or labor service, these are all feudal obligations. You will not give a penny during this period, and you will be delayed by your own work.
In this way, even if you don’t want to borrow money, you have to borrow it. If you don’t borrow it, you can’t live, let alone pay taxes.
Many people owed more and more debts, so much that they could not even pay back the interest, they chose to escape and live in the mountains and rivers.
Debt collection...no good things have ever happened.
However, Shi said that there will be good things in three days.
If others say it, they don't believe it.
However, with the fact that people were skeptical about moving their trees to establish their trust, after all, collecting debts... is natural, and it seems that if you don't need to use it, you need to gain trust first.
But, what kind of good thing is it? People can only guess.
Chapter completed!