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Chapter 185 The Sun of Mount Tai (3)

This sentence of the same size was all-size-fits-all, and everyone present had no objection and understood the reason.

The Mohist family in Si Shang ruled, and some aristocrats who originally owned land were "forced" to become commercial landlords or invested in textiles, minerals, handicrafts and other industries. The money bought by the people was given to those aristocrats, but the aristocrats could not sit in the waste of money, so they had to devote themselves to the booming handicraft industry in Si Shang.

With the Mohist leadership in technology, the duty-free markets of the Chu and Yue countries, and the handicraft industry profits were extremely high, completing a successful transformation.

With the end of the five-year, ten-year or twenty-year redemption period, a large number of people who obtained the land also had more consumption capacity. When the external market gradually became saturated, the internal market with self-cultivated farmers as the main body also began to make efforts.

But in Qi State, it would be inappropriate to do this.

At that time, I didn’t say that workers under the will of heaven should have land naturally, because they needed to temporarily consolidate the nobles on Si.

Now the old nobles in Si Shang either died almost in the Pengcheng rebellion, or obediently became business landlords and emerging bourgeoisie who invested in the textile and mining industry. Now the morality of the nobles owning land is not very tempting for them.

After all, it is still interests. There are not many nobles who really want to maintain the etiquette system. In fact, what they want to maintain is the naked interests under the warm etiquette.

Originally, the Mohist family looked like a pitiful martyr who hoped to get the concern of scholars all over the world.

Now, the strong army and horses are strong, which damages the progress of the times and directly crushes the domineering spirit.

Insufficient cadres, insufficient staff, and the pressure of the princes in the world have made it difficult for the occupation of this battle of Qi to last. One-size-fits-all approach is the only way to mobilize the people and the only way to make the revolutionary atmosphere of the people south of the Great Wall of Qi within decades after the Mohist family withdraws.

All those who can participate in this meeting are trustworthy people, and the Mo family's own people are naturally clear about the confidentiality regulations.

The grand strategy of occupying Qi State will eventually withdraw. Once Tian Qing knows, he is afraid that he will be unable to talk about taking the initiative.

Shi dared to say this, and it was also determined that these people could not leak the secrets. Gao grandson mainly investigated such matters, so Shi was very relieved.

After the general policy was settled, I discussed some details and then broke up.

A group of young people like Shu Guitian who had arrived in Boyi naturally did not have the opportunity to participate in such a meeting, but after this meeting was decided, they would need to go to the front line and start the work of allocating aristocratic land.

Perhaps they are just "tools" or numbers that can measure land on the agreed list, but for those tens of thousands of farmers who are eager to thirst for their own land, they are the embodiment of hope.

Only one day in Boyi, Shu Guitian and a few classmates received an order to participate in the land division and measurement work of Liang's father's generation.

The leader of the group was a Mohist who joined the Mohist family in the year of Jiashen. His surname was Sun, his name was Pu, and his courtesy name was Xiang. He should be a side branch of the Tian family of Qi State.

Shu Guitian and others were honest in front of these Mohists who joined the Mohist family in the Jiashen year, and they all calmly curled their usual laughter.

This is not because of the remaining aristocratic bloodline on Sun Pu, but in Shu Guitian's view, those who were able to join the Mo family in Jiashen year were all skilled and full of passion. The truth he knew in front of such a person was really ridiculous.

He guessed well, but those who could be sent to Liang's father to preside over the land division and clearance must also be talented.

Until now, this battle between Qi and Mo has been bounded by Boyi.

The mass base in the northwest of Boyi, in the Jishui River Basin, was much better because of the destruction of the Pingyin Legion, the Qi people in Daliang were captured and then released and returned home after some education.

Those common people can be the main force in cooperating with the Mohist follow-up work, so the northwest of Boyi is simpler.

In the southeast of Boyi, some of the common people there belonged to Liangfu Daifu, who first entered the business. Now they have joined forces with the Linzi Army and have not been annihilated.

A large number of nobles in the army were not trampled by the Mo family's force in Pingyin, which made the people feel at ease.

The common people who followed the army to fight were not captured yet, and the people in the countryside finally distrust the Mo family and do not know what kind of people they were.

This is even more true for Liang Fuyi. Sun Pu was sent here, and it was the organization that recognized his methods and abilities.

In the evening, Shu Guitian and others had a meal with some older men such as Sun Pu. They were all simple meals from the army and got to know each other.

After dinner, before these young people returned to rest, when no one was left, Sun Pu called Shu Guitian and asked, "Is your father okay?"

Shu Guitian heard such questions a lot and knew that Sun Pu could say more of Yu Wai's words to him was not because of himself, so he answered very skillfully: "I am in good health and very strong."

Sun Pu nodded and asked casually: "I remember your four brothers and sisters?"

"Well. The eldest sister and the eldest brother are both in Zhaodi. Brother Zhong is at home and will serve next year."

Since it is said that it is in Zhao, no matter how many there are, it is obviously near Gaoliu. In short, Shu Guitian has a good father, and the Mohist family also knows about the naming after the Battle of Hanshui.

At this time, a few middle-aged people came over, and Sun Pu waved his hand and said, "You do your best, go first."

Shu Guitian knew that those people were going to discuss going to Liang's father tomorrow. He was just a call to write the calculations before he died. He could not know some specific strategies, so he left.

The next morning, four or five carriages carried these young people, and followed the four chariots of the charity divisions toward Liang's father.

…………

Outside Liangfu City, in a manor with white hair and beards, an old man was leisurely adjusting his bowstrings.

In recent years, muskets have begun to spread, and many nobles will also place one in their homes, but there is not half in the old man's house.

Not only were there no muskets, but there were no luxury items such as glassware in Si Shang, and the whole house was as clean as twenty years ago.

The long curved bow has a beautiful shape and can only be made by craftsmen for five years of cold and heat. The bow string trembles slightly and makes a slight sound.

The old man looked over fifties and was burly. He could tell at first glance that he was a warrior, his thick thumb was covered with calluses, and he didn't know how many times he had pulled the bowstrings.

The old man half-squinted his eyes and muttered, "This bow is the school."

There was not only one person in the house, there was another person in the lower head. He bowed and listened. He was also impressed by the head of the family in his heart.

He said intimately: "Now that the Mo family has come to Liang's father, it is rumored that they want to share the land of the nobles to the common people. It is really admirable that the head of the family is so calm."

He is not the old man's family, but the "li-child" of the old man.

Although the old man was a scholar, he had many fiefs as a scholar, but as a scholar, he could not entrust his family affairs to a corporal who was also a scholar to take care of, and he could only use the children of the official family.

These disciples of official disciples are mostly distant relatives, or some people who are not born without blood, and are born with dependence, which is equivalent to the retainers of officials. However, officials can have retainers but scholars cannot have them, so they cannot be called this.

Both of them are disciples, but their identities are different. Some disciples are similar to tenant farmers or serfs, but some belong to retainers.

The old man finally flicked the bowstring with his long nails and asked, "What's going on in Liangfu City today?"

The man bowed and hurriedly replied: "The warehouse is opening up in the city, and the people do not know the great righteousness. They all cheer and say that the righteous master is the true righteousness."

The old man snorted, his face full of disdain, and said, "The phoenix rose from Qishan, but it was not Wu. People in the world all thought that the phoenix had only gorgeous wings, but they didn't know that even if the wild pheasant was learning from the phoenix and living on Wu, they were just a cheap bird."

"The slut is suitable for the bitch in Shangqiu. I want to find myself a surname, hahahaha..."

The old man smiled and shook his head, bowed to the man but didn't know the allusion in it, but he laughed dryly, thinking to himself what this means?

But he didn't know that the old man borrowed the two allusions of "Lutai Spreading Money" and "Muqiao Trip Millet" to humiliate the commander of the Mo family.

When King Wu conquered Yin in the past, he sent Nangong Shi, one of his four friends, to distribute money from Lutai and corn from Juqiao Cang, which greatly supported the people of the Shang Dynasty and did not resist on a large scale.

Nangong is an official position and is a surname. Nangong Shi's name at that time had only one character.

Because he was the subjective internal affairs of the palace of Nangong, he was named Nangong Shi for his official position. His descendants were granted the title of Zeng and are now a vassal of Chu. When Gong Zaoye's father and grandfather were appointed as the teacher, he was also hired by the King of Chu to cast chime bells for the Marquis of Zeng to congratulate him.

Nangong Shi was in charge of Lutai's money and Juqiao's grain production. Now Liang's father is also doing this, so the old man ridiculed the matter for this. The disciples of the official did not know, but they also guessed that it was not a good thing.

After laughing, the old man asked again: "What else is there in the city? What is the news about Qingzi and Gongziwu's army?"

The man bowed and shook his head and said, "The army of Gongziwu is not moving. He is still south of Yingyi and does not know how to advance or retreat. A few days ago, he sent light troops to check the mountain roads near Yingyi, but was dispersed by the cavalry of the Mohist charity army. This is the news a few days ago."

"As for the city... the Mohist family is already promoting the matter of dividing the land."

He first talked about the movements of Tian Qing's army, and then talked about the matter in the city, because he was the old man's confidant and knew what the old man was worried about.

The old man's two legitimate sons, the eldest son, inherited the title of the senior sergeant, and led the army with Liang's father to pay the land first, and are now in Tian Qing's army.

The youngest son is in Linzi. As a close attendant of the Tian family, he also has his own Lutian in Linzi. Linzi is now safe, so there is no need to worry.
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