warring states careerist

Chapter 53
Tomorrow's tomorrow is the day after tomorrow.

Originally, he thought about inviting a group of Mohists to dinner tomorrow, but after Shi and Gongzao exchanged ideas about Mohism, Shi decided to expand the scope of the treat.

Tomorrow's treat becomes the day after tomorrow.

He is not very familiar with many Mohists.

Mozi taught his disciples, never thinking of teaching every disciple to be an all-rounder.

Someone was studying, and Mozi was like Sun Wukong when he was apprenticed to a teacher. He asked the disciple what he wanted to learn from what he knew.The disciple then said that you should teach me everything, right?Mozi looked at that disciple, and told him directly that you are not a peerless national scholar, and it would be good to choose one who can learn it.

Therefore, a Mohist is a great talent; but a single Mohist is not a great talent.

Shi originally wanted to have a relationship with the very capable Lala first, but after talking with Gong Zaoye, he found that there were too many capable people, except for the few who were proficient in how to sacrifice, it seemed that it was necessary to establish a good relationship.

Just like the two brothers Gongzaoye and Gongzaozhu, they have good skills. One is the "safflower double stick" of the Mohist school, and the other is responsible for making weapons for defending the city.

Mo Zhe is not happy. Although Gongzao has the ability to cast bells, it cannot be used to cast bells.

In Shi's view, if you can cast a clock, you can cast another thing.It will be of great use in the future, and the movement can be much louder than a chime.

Of course such a person should be invited.

But such people should be invited, those who make models, those who burn charcoal, those who burn pottery, those who dig earth, those who build kilns, those who make grinding wheels, those who make pulleys, carpenters, stonemasons... these people must be familiar with them.

When there are too many people, it can no longer be private.

Liuzhi Luhua added him, and his brother and sister-in-law called the neighbors for help. Seven or eight people were busy all day.

Dean thought that the donkey that Shi bought was for the purpose of killing and eating meat. As a result, deer made a blindfold for the donkey that cursed the sight, and put it on the safe millstone to start the donkey's career in circles.

The wheat flour was borrowed from the village commune, and a note was made with a piece of wood to be repaid later.

He is well-known in the village community, and he has farming cattle there, so it's okay for everyone to give it to him, but he doesn't want to break the rules.

After grinding the soaked beans into soy milk, Shi asked Lu Hua to give some money raised by the villagers to her brother and sister-in-law.

"Brother and sister-in-law, if you want to open this tofu and noodle stall, you need a sum of money to turn around. The money at home may not be enough, so I will discuss with the people in the village community, and each will pay half. The money I earn in the future will be divided into three parts. One part is The interest you get from the principal is the interest from the principal of the village commune, and the other is the labor money of the sister-in-law."

"This tofu shop and noodle shop can only be opened in the city. There are many aristocrats in the city, and most of the wealth within a hundred miles outside the city is sucked into the city by taxes. The income from opening this shop is bound to be a lot, but the rules are easy to say. You get three shares for your efforts One of them, and they also get one third of the money."

The sister-in-law didn't say anything, he was still used to making decisions about this kind of thing.

Dean took the money and just nodded.

Knowing his brother's temper, nodding his head was enough as a promise, but he still took out the chipped wood and asked his brother to carve a mark on it.

At this time, the Liuzhi Reed Flower was here, which could be regarded as a witness.If the village community wants to develop, it must gather the capital in the hands of individuals in the early stage to be able to buy cattle, survive the famine, or gather together to start a small handicraft industry. At this time, material accumulation is too difficult and too slow. Even a tofu shop can It is not like in the later generations that one family can run the business.

Tofu Luhua and Liuzhi followed him and gave advice.

The soy water left over from the last time I made tofu has been fermented, so there is no need to buy vinegar, but it needs to be stirred constantly when blending.

On the sidelines, I added water to the wheat flour with my neighbors to knead it into a dough.

At this time, there is no yeast and no steamer, so it is convenient to bake according to the way of naan.

The smell of baking flour attracted many neighbors to ask what it was.Shi Shi asked Luhua to tear off a few big cakes and distributed them to the children, and asked Liuzhi to tell them some stories.

After working like this for a day and a night, in the morning of the next day, I finally finished my work enough for many people to eat.

The meal seems very simple to Shi, but it can always make people move their index fingers at this time, and Shi finally has the opportunity to eat a meal that looks like that.

Soy milk, shredded pickled carrots, tofu mixed with minced chili and vinegar, naan bread, pickled chive flowers.

These simple meals that make people drool are piled up in the house. After washing his face, he took some food to find Mozi.

It was still early, and when entering the thatched hut where Mozi lived, many Mozi and Shi greeted him.Those who have eaten tofu, looking at the tofu on the right side, recalled the taste of that day, and told those who had never eaten it.

Mozi just got up in the house, holding a clay tablet suitable for firing and looking at it. He looked at it all day yesterday, and even when he was sleeping and dreaming, he was looking at circles and rectangles.

A circle was drawn on the clay tablet, and many regular polygons were inscribed in it, but the simple clay tablet took Mozi to ponder for a whole day.

At this time, to calculate the area of ​​a circle, pi is calculated as three.The regular polygons on the clay board have proved that three is absolutely wrong.

One diameter on Wednesday, five obliques and seven squares are the most profound meanings of numbers and geometry in this era. Anyone who can understand these two things can be a competent official.

The diameter one on Wednesday is the rough pi, and the square five oblique seven is the rough root number two.

A circle and a regular hexagon inscribed in the circle were drawn on a suitable clay board.Mozi can see that there is a lot of area outside the regular hexagon, so intuitively, it can be seen that the diameter of Wednesday is definitely wrong.

He pondered all day yesterday, and realized something at night, so he just wanted to ask Shi today.

The method is correct. In Mozi’s view, Mr. Sai and Tang Han must have great talents. For the knowledge that others have already done, you only need to know the answer and method, and you don’t need to deduce it all over again.

I don't want to just wake up, but Shi came here. Mozi was about to say that he came just in time, when he saw some food brought by Shi.

He wasn't angry either, he just joked, "Why, you have to learn those ancient rituals and serve an old man like me until you die? I can still move."

Putting down the food, he said with a distressed expression: "I have something I want to ask sir."

As soon as Mo Zi heard this, he didn't take the matter of the food seriously, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I once heard from my master that the king of Chu is so thin and starved to death in the palace. Now my disciple teaches people to grow wheat and make wheat cakes. If it is introduced to Yingdu, the king of Chu will be happy. He thinks that this thing can strengthen the country, and he will take the lead. Eat it so that everyone can grow wheat. When the time comes, will there be more people with thin waists in the palace of Chu? Or more people with thick waists?"

How could Mozi not understand Shi's meaning? Looking at the wheat cake Shi was holding, he laughed and said, "The capital of Ying is far away. You want me to be the king of Chu who likes to eat wheat cake?"

Smiling but not answering, knowing that Mo Zi was old and his teeth were loose, he tore open a piece of naan bread, soaked it in soybean milk, handed it over and said, "Mr. I also think it is delicious, and I think the taste of this food is good. Since it is good, then the wheat is no longer so unpalatable. Now that the wheat is no longer unpalatable, it is easier to promote the method of Sumai."

Mozi took the can of soy milk and said with a smile, "As you said, if I don't eat it, it will not benefit the people of the world, such as planting wheat, which is beneficial to the world?"

Shi also smiled and said: "You are a person who pursues the origin of things. In my eyes, this thing is Dujiang wheat cake. In your eyes, isn't it the bean soup and boiled wheat grains that common people eat most?"

Mozi didn't eat the can of soybean milk, but shook his head and said, "I am also a human being, and my eyes are no different from yours. How could I see this soybean milk as bean soup? Bean soup is bean soup. Soymilk is soymilk, so you have to tell the difference. Shudou soup comes from beans, and soymilk comes from beans. You can say that they are all beans, but you can’t say that they are the same. This is a white horse is a dark horse, not a white horse. The horse problem."

Shi secretly stuck out his tongue, and was about to say something, Mozi sighed: "You just became a Mohist, do you think Mohism must eat corn and rice? Others can't eat? What you heard may not be true of."

"When Geng Zhu was an official in Chu State, he didn't eat corn all day long. When Sheng Chuo and Xiang Ziniu were officials, couldn't they eat meat? That's not the case."

"I don't care about those who go out to be officials, or those who don't stand up for justice with me, let alone that they are only allowed to eat corn."

"People in the world think that Mohists can only wear short brown clothes and eat corn. In fact, these people who follow me can't afford it. There are many Mohist people, and most of the people who study with me have little wealth, just like you. If you want to learn, you can't To do things, I have to eat, and I am not entrusted with land, and I have to prepare equipment for defending the city, where is the money?"

"As for the reason of frugality, I don't need to talk to you. I only talk about reasons other than frugality. The Mohist practiced righteousness for decades, traveling between Qi, Chu, Lu and Song Dynasties. What can these hundreds of people eat if they don't eat corn? "

"People in the world don't understand the reason. As an Mohist, you can't help but understand. These Mohist who follow me to do righteousness don't eat well because they don't have money. But those Mohist who are officials are not You can only eat corn every day. It’s not so frugal.”

"When I was traveling, I used a horse-drawn carriage to hold bamboo slips, but later I sold them when I had no money to eat... When Shi Jiatun comes back, you can ask him, these hundreds of Mohists follow me around. How much does it cost?"

"Now you want to do righteousness in Peidi, how can you do it without money? How can you use money for food at this time? If we do righteousness to the end, it is because everyone in the world can only eat corn and rice, then It's better not to do it!"

Shi smiled wryly, "But everyone in Shangqiu thinks so."

Mozi waved his hand, indicating that he shouldn't care, and asked, "You always have a reason for what you do. I understand what you just said about the king of Chu's thin waist in today's matter. It's just that if you want to do this, how can you let him go?" What am I eating here? If I don’t eat it on the street, who can see it? Who can know the taste of Sumai wheat flour? You are right in thinking about this, but you are not doing it right.”

I bowed again and saluted, and then said: "Mr.'s teaching, I remembered it. I didn't fully understand it before. But Mr. only said the truth other than frugality. Even if I have money, I should not Spend a lot of money, but use it for righteousness."

Mozi nodded and said: "That's the truth. It's good if you understand. Righteousness is the first righteousness of Mohists, and rough millet and bitter food are just the means of doing righteousness. I recall Shengchao not because he has a good life, but because He only remembers a good life and forgets to do righteousness."

Seeing what Mozi said, he was finally relieved, and said repeatedly that he would remember to do righteousness and not just know about salary, and finally talked about it.

"The disciple has prepared food for hundreds of Mohists. He wants to help all the Mohists in Shangqiu to spread the reputation of wheat flour so that they can grow more wheat flour in the future. I just think that Mr. is the kind of person who enjoys suffering, so I want to Let's ask Mr.

Mozi laughed, stretched out his hand to touch the top of Shi Shi's head and said: "Suffering is suffering, how can it be happiness? The treasures in the eyes of individuals are different, whether it is jade or righteousness, but the suffering is the same. There are things that cannot be changed, and there are reasons." As for things that change, these two are different.”

"If you can do this, it means that you are thinking and doing the right thing, but you just don't know me as a gentleman yet."

He stood up and asked Shi to stand up too, and he picked up the can of soybean milk and said, "Since you have prepared it, let's go together. You said that you hope that everyone in the paradise will eat wheat flour, and you also said that the Mohist should be a forward four horses." , then let us Mohists run into the Paradise first today."

Shi Shi followed behind Mo Zi, listening to Mo Zi's last words, he couldn't help laughing.What he thought was more than simply promoting wheat flour. Since the Mohists were too poor, he could take this opportunity to make a fortune.

(End of this chapter)