Wu Qi sighed at the changes that might be going to happen in the world, but he didn't know that the land under his feet was already a little different from the original history.

After Maling, who had already caused Wei to decline in one fell swoop in the next few decades, they were all cities of Wei from Linqiu to Jishui.

In the most important battle between Qi and Lu, the State of Lu was defeated and ceded a large amount of western land, allowing the State of Qi to extend its power to Taoqiu.

However, in the last battle between Qi and Lu, the Mo family took the lead in sending troops to intervene, and eventually defeated the Qi army in the last battle, which led to the Lu State joining the non-attack alliance, defending the western territory of Lu State, and allowing the Mo family Si Shang, Song Taoqiu, Wei, and Qi to use the hundreds of miles of land as a buffer.

Shortly after passing Linqiu, it still belonged to Lu at this time, and the style here was completely different from the north of the river.

The atmosphere of "agricultural farming is not as good as labor, labor is not as good as businessman, and embroidery is not as good as relying on the city gate" that once sighed in Handan is even more serious.

Further ahead is Taoqiu, known as "the world", at this time, this is one of the most prosperous cities in the Central Plains. The Yellow River has not yet been changed, and the fertile plains and rivers in southwestern Shandong are crisscrossing. The spread of iron ox plowing in the past twenty years has made this place rich in the world.

Like Yangzhou in later generations, Taoqiu was a city that flourished because of the canal. Tao Zhugong was once developed here, Yidun became rich here, and his business atmosphere was the best in the world.

In the past, Fuchai fought for hegemony and digged Heshui in order to enter the Central Plains. This was a canal with great strategic vision. After the excavation of bones, stone tools and bronze tools was completed, Taoqiu became the center of the world's commerce.

The Heshui connects Heze, which has abundant water plants, beautiful fish and shrimps, connects the Ji River, which crosses the Sanjin River and the Yellow River, connects the Si River, which goes to Pengcheng, and connects the Huai River and the Yangtze River through Hangou.

Under the advantages of water transportation, this is the center of the Yellow River and Yangtze River, as well as many plain areas such as Si, Ji, and Huai, and its wealth can naturally be seen.

In particular, the Mohist school took the lead in carrying out agricultural technological changes in Si, which made the prosperity here ten times the first 20 years.

Wu Qi kept hearing that Taoqiu was rich. Before he could reach Taoqiu, he saw a glorious atmosphere and couldn't help but sigh at the power of the Mohist school of governance.

When you get close to Taoqiu, you can see a giant fortress like Handan. Standing beneath, Wu Qi looked at this Taoqiu city with the habit of a general, thinking that if there are too many cannons in such a city, it may be difficult to capture it.

There have been a lot of news in recent years, such as the excavation of the Mo family's uninjured digging of Teng City, which was close to the digging of the trenches, and the tactic of using gunpowder to blow up the city wall has long been carefully studied by famous generals in the world.

Wu Qi naturally also studied it, otherwise he would not have relied on gunpowder to destroy the city in the Battle of Daliang that was intimidating Jingchu.

But after studying it, he also knew that the use of this tactic requires the siege to have a lot of artillery cover, otherwise there would be no chance to approach the city wall. The number of cannons has begun to determine whether the siege can win. If there is not enough copper cannons, a big city like Taoqiu and Handan will inevitably become a purgatory for the siege.

After approaching Taoqiu City, Wu Qi made a rough estimate. If he wanted to break Taoqiu, he was afraid that the number of artillery artillery in Wei State might not be able to be concentrated together.

In recent years, the artillery casting technology has become a technological innovation that countries are competing to seize. The copper smelters of various countries have basically changed their careers, and the State of Wei has also begun to cast its own copper cannons. However, the gunpowder technology has not been solved, so they can only buy it from the Mohist side on the grounds of "mining, building canals, and benefiting the people."

Fortunately, the Mohist family has been surprisingly generous in recent years. As long as they have money and have sufficient reasons, they can buy it. This has made countries without the huge motivation to carefully consider the proportion of gunpowder.

There is a huge military camp about thirty miles northwest of Taoqiu, where the Mohist flags floated. Wu Qi had noticed it when he passed by.

He has been in the capital of Wei for several years, in the whirlpool of political struggles within Wei. Although he often reads Mohist books and newspapers, he learns geometry and nine numbers, but he doesn't know what Si Shang looks like.

Looking at the majestic Taoqiu City, Wu Qi asked the person who talked to the car: "Taoqiu belongs to the Song Dynasty, where is the Mo family garrison? I look at the military camp along Heze in the northwest, and there are less than 10,000 troops garrisons. How many current Mo family charity troops are there?"

The tall man has been searching for news about the Mo family on Si Shang. After all, he was a fellow disciple twenty years ago. He only knew the power contained within the Mo family and the place where the Qin State reform used to draw experience.

So he said, "The public administration is good at governing the army, and the Third Infantry Division and Taoqiu Yishi were stationed in that camp."

Military advisors are all military units that are used at this time, but the number of people in each country is different, but the division system is in quintile, with the fifth brigade as its division.

The Zhou system used 2,500 troops as the division, and one brigade was 500. The Qi system used 2,000 troops as the brigade. The Qi State had no division organization. Since the Qi Huan era, the fifth brigade was used as the army, with one army of ten thousand.

The Mohist brigade system was between the Qi system and the Zhou system, with one brigade of 1,500 people. After obtaining the Si countries, the brigade system was not enough, so the brigade was used as the division, with the fifth brigade as its division, with the first division being 7,500 people.

The situation in Si Shang was special, and Wu Qi also heard about it. He knew that there were differences between "Yi Shi" and "Mo Shi". If the army composed of several small countries in the alliance was trained by the Mo family, the establishment of the organization was actually the same as the Mo family's army, but it still belonged to various countries in name, and was called the Yi Shi.

The Mo Shi was completely the Mo family's own army. Whether nominally or in actual control, it was an army that only obeyed the righteousness of the Mo family collective and had nothing to do with the Song, Zou and other countries.

After the tall man finished speaking, he said, "The commander of this third division is named Liuzhi. He was a disciple of Shi. He made great contributions during the battle of Hanshui. He was the representative of the Mo people in the brigade at that time."

As soon as he talked about this name, Wu Qi smiled and nodded, "I know this name. In the battle of Hanshui that day, the journey led by this man defeated the left wing of the Yue people, and divided the troops to pursue the Yue people and failed to gather. In the end, the brigade captured the Yue King Yi."

"The battle of Lu was the most helpful in the battle of Lu, and it was also the instigation of the Central Army to defeat the Qi people. It was indeed talented. The representative of the Mo family in the army was like the country at the time of Qi Huan, the Gao Er tribe. He was ordered by the emperor to go to war as the deputy commander, the left and right divisions, and the Duke of Qi. Once the Qi State changes, he can obey the emperor's orders and suppress Qi Jiang?"

The tall man thought for a while and said, "Yes...not. The Mohist military system cannot be learned elsewhere. The representatives of this division and brigade all have the ability to lead the army, but they must understand what it means to benefit the world. Taking this as a criterion, any action that is not beneficial to the world will not be able to mobilize the army even if the commander is."

When Wu Qi heard the three words "benefit the world" with calluses in his ears over the years, he understood the meaning of "I can't learn anywhere else". The Mohist school has a synonym and allows everyone to know what the meaning is. Everyone can judge whether it is in line with the meaning. There are many systems that make the commander unable to move lightly.

He understood that this was really impossible to learn. Thinking that this was a six-finger that had become famous in recent years. He heard that he was a deceased person, and he nodded and praised: "The Mo family system has been stable. Although Mo Di passed away, he is not as likely to be as sixth-quarter as Confucianism for the time being."

A tall person has a worse vision, and he said strangely: "Why did you say this?"

Wu Qi smiled and said, "Qinzi and Mozi are the same age as they are old. Nowadays, coups are frequent in various countries. The more there are changes in killing their fathers, the more disasters they will be caused by the Song Dynasty, the fortresses of Qi Mu, the fortresses of Zhao, the fortresses of the princes, the fortresses of Qin, the fortresses of nobles forcing their kings to commit suicide, and the fortresses of Qi and Tian clan in Qi..."

"When the great throne was handed over, these six fingers were disciples of Dazhishi, and they must be confidants. He led the army but did not station in Peixian County, but in Taoqiu, which shows that the Mo family was stable. Otherwise, if they could climb to a high place in recent years, wouldn't they understand these principles?"

The man convinced him and thought to himself that Wu Qi, the world thought that he was greedy and lustful, and could only lead troops to fight, rule the people, reform and seek strength, and did not know the conspiracy of political struggle. In fact, it was a big mistake. He also thought that Wu Qi did not resent Gongshuzhu a few days ago, and understood in his heart that this person could climb from a scholar to a position that was so powerful that the world was afraid that it was not as stupid as people thought.

Wu Qi just said something and stopped mentioning this matter. He asked again: "The construction of this city in Taoqiu will cost a lot. Who paid for it to build it? Taoqiu belongs to the Song Dynasty, so why does Taoqiu have a righteous teacher?"

The tall man knew about this and replied: "The third division of the Mo family was stationed here to guard against Qi. Wei and other countries were prosperous. Taoqiu was prosperous, and everyone in the world wanted to take it as a fief. After Qi defeated the most, the third division of the Mo family was stationed here."

"This city in Taoqiu was completed three years ago. Half of all the expenses were paid by Taoqiu merchants and hired local laborers."

"This place pays a certain amount of taxes and Song Dynasty every year, and the rest are considered autonomous. The training of the charity masters is all the Mohist schools, and the expenses are provided by Taoqiu merchants."

Wu Qi had always had a doubt about how many soldiers could be raised in Si Shang, and knew the money and manpower spent on building such a city wall. He also knew that the money spent by the Mohist charity army was even more unimaginable in Xihe. He couldn't help but be shocked.

"The merchants pay money? The merchants seek profit. The merchants in Taoqiu are willing to pay money. Besides, the cost is so great that it is difficult for a vassal of a town to produce it. The wealth of Taoqiu is so great? It takes a lot of manpower to build a city wall and form a division. How can there be so much manpower? Everyone is out of business, and logistics support is countless..."

His experience in Xihe told him that the money and manpower spent on organizing such a large army and building such a defensive city wall that was very different from before was far beyond the responsibility of a small town monarch.

As early as in Weidu, I often heard people say that Si Shang is rich, but he didn't expect that before he arrived in Si Shang, he was just in Taoyi, which was enough to shock him.
Chapter completed!