He was surprised, but his face looked surprised and said, "It turns out to be the warrior! I have also heard of your father's reputation in Xihe, and thought he would be at a high position in Si Shang, but he didn't expect that he was actually farming."

The young man said, "My father was in a high position. This year he was selected as one of the several representatives in our village and could participate in the Zhongyi Society. Why isn't it high? If the world is determined by one, he can ask about politics and withdraw opinions in this way, wouldn't he be considered a Marquis?"

Wu Qi also slightly heard of some of the Mohist policies and strategies, the so-called theory of gathering all righteousness, which he has always criticized.

How can this rule the world make those who are muddy on their legs talk nonsense? The people are ignorant. If the people come, wouldn’t the world be in chaos?

Wu Qi thought that Ximen Bao was compulsory to cultivate water conservancy in Ye, because the people were reluctant to serve in order to repair water conservancy, so he lamented that "the people can achieve success, but they cannot make the beginning of it." This is precisely because the people's ignorance can benefit them, but they cannot explain the truth clearly to them.

However, Wu Qi was not convenient to say more at this time, because he saw along the way, before he arrived in Peiyi, he saw several ditches and waterways for irrigation. He didn't know how the Mohist family was willing to build them here.

Before he understood, he could only suppress the doubts in his heart and smiled at the young man, "I am the first time I came to Si Shang, and I don't know the rules here. If I make contributions elsewhere, wouldn't they all enfeoff the land population as a fief? Is there no substantial benefit in making contributions in the Yishi Army?"

The young man laughed and said, "The Master said that if the nobles do not farm or betray, they will get the gains of those who work hard. They are the biggest worm in the world. How could the Mo family have a fief? Besides, I said that the fief is OK, and the land of Baiyue is boundless. Whoever wants fief is going to go. However, he said he wanted land, but in fact he wanted the farmers on the fief to do labor for them. Such people...hey..."

After saying that, the boy shook his head, probably learning from the expression of his master in their school, showing a look of disdain.

Wu Qi was secretly shocked and thought to himself that this young man was only fourteen or five years old. Although many countries today had to serve at the age of fifteen and were considered adults, how could they meet a fifteen-year-old boy who could tell this truth elsewhere?

If it is said that he is a nobleman and has a family background, it is understandable. However, this person is clearly not aristocrat. The Mo family has taken root in Si, which has made these teenagers so enthusiastic that they think that the Mo family’s principles are natural!

How could this young man have the slightest shadow of Zhou Li? How many such young men are so big in Si Shang? How many people have received education from birth is the instigation of the Mohist school that is incompatible with the world system?

Wu Qi thought to himself, is it because the righteous teacher is good at fighting and dares to fight, and it all depends on such indoctrination and instigation. Is everyone a person who is profitable to the world?

Think about it, this is impossible. If that is true, the belonging of the world will be without suspense within twenty years.

So he asked, "What are the benefits of your father making contributions? Didn't the Mohist school say that righteousness is profit?"

The young man nodded and said, "Of course there is a benefit, how could it not be? He has two best military medals, and the Federation of Disabled and Meritorious Military Personnel will pay a lot of money every year. If we have the aspiration to join the army, we will take care of it when we enter the military academy."

"Who wants land? How much money is needed? No matter how much land you give, who will plant it? In Si, as long as you have money, you can buy anything and invest in a stock workshop. This is all income. The income from our village, oil mill, and paper mill has long been similar to farming."

Wu Qi nodded and said in his heart: "The Mo family in Si Shang can give money, but I can't do it in Xihe. First, how can I have so much money? Second, Xihe has no workshop income and can only buy land, but if there is too much land and no one, it is difficult to cultivate. In Xihe, I am a martial arts soldier who enters the country, and Si Shang is a family who pays money every year... In fact, it is no different."

"They are all Taoist Yili. However, in Xihe, money can be passed on for a long time, and it is not enough to be free from labor. In Si, there are many workshops and trade, money can be passed on for a long time."

Along the way, he had long been accustomed to the closer to Si Shang, the more different the customs and habits were from the Central Plains, and he probably had some of his own opinions in his heart.

When it comes to the origin, whether it is the military servants in Xihe, the military achievements in Si, or even the changes in Qin, they are all guided by profit.

Wu Qi vaguely felt that the situations in different places were different, so the manifestation of this "profit" was also different.

But, what exactly is the difference? What makes such a gap?

Wu Qi didn't fully understand it in his heart, but he just thought it was just that.

But he felt that the same is true, the Si Shang method was not effective because people were more willing to ask for land and exempt from labor; while the Xihe method was probably not necessarily the soldiers who died after being given to Si Shang.

People are the same people. What is the root cause of the gap? Is it just because of the Xuanyi instilling in the Mohist school?

While thinking, he heard a shout from afar. When the boy heard the shouting, he made a gesture of invitation and said, "Call me to send water quickly."

Wu Qi nodded and said, "It just so happened that I had heard of your father's reputation. After this time, I happened to meet this warrior who joined forces with King Chu to capture King Yue..."

So he followed the boy to the edge of the field. A group of wheat-cutting people were resting. Several people patted the wooden horse-drawn ear-cutting equipment and said, "This is really a good thing. There are few people and more land. This thing is really good. Although it is not as clean as people, it saves a lot of effort."

A person next to him also echoed a few times, saying that when harvesting wheat in previous years, in order to worry about the rain, he always had to get up early and go to bed late, and his waist would break when he got busy.

He also muttered that the grain prices were too low in the past few years, and only said that in the past, a ship of wheat and millet were often transported by ships. Many families in the Song Dynasty had slaves, and there were many people who could hire workers. There were many grain productions, and there were fewer people here, and even fewer were willing to hire workers. Without such equipment, it would be meaningless to grow wheat.

Then a man said to the middle-aged man sitting on the horse-drawn equipment: "King Qing, you go to Pengcheng this time, don't forget the wishes of everyone in our countryside. You have to give your advice. Can you buy grain from Song land? Or set up a tax card on Si to make less wheat and millet from Song land come to our Si."

"If otherwise, the price of grain is increasing, and the people in the village are a little complaining. As everyone in our village discusses, unless a disaster is caused, if there is a checkpoint on Si, the food from the State of Song will not be allowed to come in. If disaster is caused, let's talk about it. Or, set a price, and only if the price is high can you collect grain from Song."

Wu Qi, who was walking not far away, said, "It was Gu Jian who hurt the farmers. In the past, Li Kui was in Wei Xingping's method of sacrificing the law. The Mohist school could not ignore this. Why did the farmers still have such worries in Si?"

He looked up again at the middle-aged man sitting on the horse-drawn equipment. He was only forty years old, and his face was tanned and worn all year round. He was not very strong.

Wu Qi thought to himself that the warrior who captured the two kings was not a strong man like evil.

King Shu Qing, who was sitting on the equipment, also noticed Wu Qi following his son. Although he did not recognize him, he also felt that this person should be a character. On this day, there are many people coming and going, and many people stopped to ask a few questions. He was used to it.

When he saw someone coming, he jumped off the equipment and said to the person just now: "Since everyone has elected me as a representative, I must say this. However, it is difficult to pass it. Nowadays, there are tens of thousands of households in Peiyi and Pengcheng, and there are many industrial and commercial people. When the price of grain rises, we are happy, but they are unhappy. Besides, this synonym is not only our farmers, but also those in the city, it is hard to say."

"Each person has his own advantages, it depends on how everyone can accept it."

After responding, he greeted Wu Qi, asked ok, and then lowered his head and started chatting with Wu Qi.

From the cultivation of villages and communities to the distribution of profits of villages and communities; from military service to labor; from the schools in villages and communities to the 15th tax, a lot of education has been added, and taxes such as road construction are now considered tithes, and to the land system between villages and communities...

Wu Qi intended to ask, and he had a wide range of knowledge. He could tell the King Shu Qing who had been studying for many years in recent years.

At the end, Wu Qi finally realized and finally understood the root of the difference he had thought about before.

For example, in Xihe, each family is filled with men and women weaving.

One-seventh of the grown corn and wheat must be paid as taxes, and the rest must be kept for eating, and the remaining ones can be exchanged for a little salt or other necessities.

Woman weaves twine at home as a clothes for a family.

Self-sufficiency, with little exchange.

Even if these strange workshops on Si are built in Xihe, they cannot be sold at all. How many of those noble people are there?

But here, in this village, these people took advantage of the benefits of Sishui and the workshop handicrafts developed in Peiyi Pengcheng, and sought profit first.

There was even a village community that saw that cotton made money in the past few years. Village communities planted cotton everywhere, and then spent money to buy grain from the State of Song to pay taxes.

Land is no longer a necessity for self-sufficiency, but a means of making money, which is no different from those workshops.

Few women in villages weave and spin their own fabrics, because the textile industry in Peiyi Pengcheng is developing rapidly, and division of labor and cooperation is far better than the efficiency of weaving each household. If these village women have time to weave, they are better at going to the village workshop to get paper and exchange money for cloth.

Now the village community dislikes the low price of grain, so it decides to plant large pieces of potatoes next year to make wine, which will make a bigger profit. This is unimaginable in Xihe, because even if Xihe can do this, who will the wine be sold to?
Chapter completed!