After admiration and envy, Wu Qi also had a different kind of doubt.

He organized military soldiers in Xihe, and the families of those who became military soldiers were exempted from some taxes and labor service, so everyone was lucky to join the military soldiers.

The changes in Qin territory by Shengchuo and others were to teach the fields with military merits and impart serf servants, so that the Qin people could be wary and profitable.

Since the Mohist school believes that "the good ones benefit the people, teach them, and then neatly, and fight with them", and use them to benefit the people, how did the Mohist school ensure that the people who join the army can fight to the death?

This is something Wu Qi didn't understand, because he felt that the best soldiers must be self-cultivating farmers, and the local charity divisions in Taoqiu are mostly handicraftsmen. Can such an army fight and win?

Originally, he believed that in such a place, the people must be "rich and weak". If the people are rich, who is willing to fight?

The change in Qin was to make everyone in poverty and use war to tempt these people to make profits through war.

If heavy taxes are imposed and serious crimes are imposed, ordinary people are prone to criminal bans, which can ensure that most people are imprisoned and impoverished, so that they can make people warlike. War is almost the only way to transcend classes.

Judging from the country in troubled times, Wu Qi believes that this is the correct choice for the world in troubled times.

However, Si Shang is completely opposite. While making the people rich, they can defeat the world's strong country in the most appropriate places.

This puzzled Wu Qi.

Just as he was about to enter the city, Wu Qi had the idea of ​​walking and watching in Taoqiu.

Because he is not just a general, but also has the talent to participate in the transformation of the ministers. This vision makes him not only pay attention to military changes.

With this idea in mind, as the convoy slowly entered Taoqiu City, Wu Qi heard the cheers of many people in the carriage. The local people from Taoqiu organized and welcomed the return of Solusan and others on both sides of the road.

This should be organized and closely related to the lectures of the Mohist family here. Moreover, the merchants here saw the "new newspaper" of the Mohist family half a month ago, which introduced some national customs in the extreme western regions... and the temptation of "transferring silk, glass, and a hundred times the benefits" that merchants are most concerned about.

The closer you get to Si Shang, the louder the cheers after entering the city, and the more you make those who have finally returned after many hardships with Solusan, feel the meaning of their affairs.

After hundreds of people entered the city, they arranged to rest in the museums in the city.

The number of merchants here is more common in recent years. Not to mention hundreds, even thousands of people can be arranged properly.

This building is completely different from other places. It is made of red bricks and red tiles, and some houses are also inlaid with extremely expensive green glass elsewhere.

These glass can only be made into small pieces now, so it forms a unique architectural style when the glass manufacturing industry was just starting out: the windows are large, but the lattice separated by the window lattices for inlaid glass is very small.

The floors in the museum are inlaid with bricks and stones, and food is also provided in the museum. The accommodations are covered with white cotton quilts, which look extremely fresh.

This is usually a place for merchants to stay. Although civilians can live here as long as they have money, the price is relatively expensive and few farmers can stay in it.

The meal was quite rich, especially since the cooking style here was completely different from the original Central Plains aristocrats, Wu Qi also had a big index finger.

After resting in the museum for two days, news came that Solusan and others had already returned to Peidi along the river. The identities of these Qin people's delegations should not be disclosed for the time being. They rest here for a few days before heading to Peidi.

Since this was the case, Wu Qi discussed with them that he would take a walk in Taoqiu.

This place is no longer a land of Wei. Even though there are many spies here in various countries, there may be people who recognize him.

But Wu Qi believed that even though he was old and no longer had a glorious life, seven or eight ordinary assassins could not get close to him, and there were Qin dead men following him, so he was not afraid.

Taoqiu was originally the fief of Cao State, but was behind Zhu Ji, and was occupied by the Song State, which had the Yin and Shang style. Therefore, although the layout of the city has undergone several changes, there is still the shadow of the Zhou system.

This museum is located in the north of Cheng District, which is a commercial district, and the atmosphere of communication is different from that of the San Jin or Qin.

During the exchanges between merchants, there were many rangers or martial artists guarding with swords, but they were actually the bodyguards of these merchants.

During the changes twenty years ago, officials were allowed to wear swords. In the land of the Three Jins, scholars could not wear swords.

As Zhongni opened a private school box, as Mo Zhai and others held swords to win the world, the customs of Song, Qilu and other places had begun to change quietly, and sword matching was no longer a display of aristocratic identity.

However, aristocratic politics has been around for hundreds of years, and everyone in the world has dreamed of aristocrats. Therefore, in Song and Luqi, anyone who can afford a sword will usually buy a bite as a decoration.

Wu Qi looked at the guards around the merchants who were walking on the streets and couldn't help but sigh that the swords on these guards were... very long.

After Wu Qi took a look, he was sure that even with the scabbard, Wu Qi could know that the iron sword must be wrapped inside. Because the copper sword cannot be so long.

In addition to the iron sword, there are also some guards beside the merchants with shiny copper hand guns inserted between their waists. This, in the eyes of Song Di, has become a self-defense weapon like a crossbow, and has gradually been accepted and familiar to the locals.

Occasionally, you can even see some longer muskets, which are obviously weapons in the Mo family.

Wu Qi observed the surroundings and found that many merchants were heading towards a place called "exchange", which was full of cars and horses, and there were guards of weapons at the door.

The three words of the exchange are naturally written by the Mohist school. In recent years, Wu Qi has been studying geometric nine numbers and has known the Mohist school's words. Especially these three words are simple, and I can't help but recite them silently for a few times, and I can guess what I am doing.

Outside the exchange, there are several taverns and restaurants, some of which are just grass pavilions.

The guards holding weapons around the merchants seemed not to enter the exchange, so they were mostly waiting outside.

Wu Qi was in the museum for a few days and knew that people here drank more leaves called "tea" and added some "sucrose" transported from Haiyang and other places along the water.

This was a custom that was unprecedented in the world twenty years ago, but it has become an indispensable part of urban life. Those guards holding weapons mostly wait under the grass pavilion to drink tea or chat.

Wu Qi said intimately: "Everyone in the world says that Si Shang is rich, and you can see from the custom of drinking tea. If you can drink tea, there will be fewer farmers. If there are fewer farmers, the price of grain is actually cheap. According to the Mohist school, this is that per capita productivity is far better than other places."

"Sugar is not salt, you can eat it or not. Since you eat too much in the market, you can see this place rich. I want to come to Qin to drink tea and add sugar, and you need a superior sage."

He looked at it on the street, and wanted to observe some subtle points, so-called seeing the smallest.

I felt it in my heart and walked with the guards beside me to a grass pavilion where there were several guards drinking tea with guns.

In his early years, he traveled to Wei, Song, Lu, and Jin, and was well-versed in various local dialects, so he hinted that those guards who spoke with strong Qin or Jinyin should not speak, and walked over and asked for a pot of tea.

The store asked: "Add one pack of candy or two packs of candy?"

Wu Qi didn't think much about the cunning of the merchants and was not short of money, so he asked for two packs and took advantage of the topic to chat with a few gun-carrying guards next to him.

After talking for a while, Wu Qi pretended to be unintentionally and asked: "Have you all been with the army?"

The guards nodded and said, "We have all been charitable masters. When Taoqiu's charitable masters were established, we participated and became musketeers. We worked for three years."

"You also know that nowadays, businessmen are everywhere. If you go to Si Shang, you will naturally not need us. But if you want to make a profit, you have to go to dangerous places. We who have worked as charity teachers are the most popular among merchants and hire them at high prices."

Speaking of this, the guard who spoke proudly said: "Those Rangers and Swordsmen, although they are skilled in martial arts and good at using swords, are the merchants who are more willing to hire us, the righteous masters, to retreat. If they hold swords and fight, we are not as good as them. But if they escort the carriage, form a formation around the carriage, load a musket to suppress the robbers, they are not as good as us."

Wu Qi nodded, and he agreed. He knew the importance of forming a formation and fighting in Xihe. When the gunpowder first came out, his trusted servants asked him: Is it unnecessary to have a formation and formation as soon as the gunpowder came out? Wu Qi's answer at that time was that the more he was, the more important it was.

Those rangers and martial artists were indeed brave in fencing. However, when they faced the robbers, they were far worse than the discipline of the uprising masters. After the battle of the Hanshui, Wu Qi felt more moved... The Yue people pretended to be in a precarious way and did not chase them. There were very few troops in the world who could do this, which shows that the discipline of the righteous teacher was so strong.

Besides, muskets have been released now, and most of the people who can use muskets skillfully are from charity masters. This thing, combined with the car array chain, is indeed a powerful tool to fight against robbers.

Wu Qi wanted to learn more about the military system of Si Shang, so he asked: "Does there be no land in your family? Isn't it said that if you are a member of the army in the Yishen, you will organize the farming together even if you have no land after retirement?"

The guard smiled and said, "I am a Taoqiu worker, and I don't know how to farm or not. What's the point of farming? I like to look around. I have followed the financial backers to Chu State in the past few years, and it's much more interesting than farming."

"Every year, the financial owner gives a lot of money. Although it is dangerous, it is happy. I am unwilling to farm. The Mo family said that to benefit the world, that is, the Mo. We are not Mo, so we only ask for profit. We benefit ourselves without harming others. If everyone benefits, the world will benefit."

"Although I have not become a Mo person, I will never die in order to benefit the world, but I have protected the financial owners and allowed merchants to circulate goods, so that the people of Baiyue can have iron and salt, and that the people of Jingchu can have cotton cloth to wear, and that they have never stolen and violated the ban, which is also beneficial to the world..."

Wu Qi was secretly shocked when he heard this, and thought to himself that the Mohist school was very popular in this Taoqiu area, and that the people in the army were able to discuss the meaning of the matter. This is indeed amazing.

But he didn't know that the righteous master had to organize learning to read and talk more about morality every day. Seeing that Wu Qi looked different, the guard saw that such surprise had been asked before, and he smiled and said, "You don't have to be surprised. This righteousness and profit are all spoken by our representatives every day. I think it makes sense, and it is indeed the case, so I wrote it down."
Chapter completed!