Chapter 135: The Convergence of the Power of Faith
The Mohists indeed mobilized a large number of civilians to build roads, but this was to create labor positions so that the farmers who were liberated from the land had something to do.
It is now the time of spring plowing, which is supposed to be a busy farming season. However, after agricultural machinery has replaced human power and even animal power, the scene of thousands of couples working hard has never been seen again.
Even though these agricultural machinery can only be rented from production cooperatives, every household has completed plowing and sowing in a short period of time. Many people have even contracted a large amount of land, and one household has completed the work of dozens of families.
Farming.
This resulted in many people who had nothing to do and were eager to have a channel to obtain wealth through labor, so there were many projects in the Mohist territory. It was completely different from what the soul masters had guessed. This was not the recruitment of corvee, but
It's a hot-demand position that you may not be able to grab even if you're looking for one.
Just because there are many coveted products in Mo Zhe's shop, not to mention food and cloth, the most coveted product is actually sugar. People who live in a material-rich modern society have a hard time understanding the ancients' obsession with sugar.
, in that era, it was not uncommon to wage wars over sugar.
The simple villagers believed that the Mohists were good people, because the Mohists brought magical machinery, brought sugar, and drove away the nobles who once oppressed them. The Mohists would thresh grain every day.
On the field, I told stories to everyone who had worked together all day.
Sometimes it’s some myths, like Foolish Old Man moving mountains, or Dayu controlling floods, sometimes it’s some twists and turns and bizarre stories, such as the war between three countries, or the story of one hundred and eight bandits going up the mountain to Zhao’an.
Some people like to listen to stories, and some people like to hear the truth behind the story. Old Jack is the latter. He has listened to the superior principles of soul masters all his life, and he was even proud of having a soul saint in his village. But those principles,
He doesn't like it.
Today, the Mohist finally finished telling the story of one hundred and eight bandits, but everyone was not as happy as before, because these kind and righteous bandits all ended up miserable.
"Tell me, why do these bandits have such a tragic fate?" Lan Nuo wanted to see what ordinary people think.
"It's all because of the Dog Court. Heroes shouldn't trust the Dog Court!" Someone immediately shouted, and many people agreed.
Lan Nuo smiled and shook his head when he heard this: "Then everyone thinks that there should be no court and no emperor? Is that so?"
"Yes! We were bullied by these dog officials and emperors before! We shouldn't have these people in charge of us!" Some young people started to boo.
"But Mr. Mo is also managing everyone! Otherwise, why don't we rob the supply and marketing cooperative and divide all the rice, flour, grain and oil there?" Lan Nuo asked with a smile.
The young man who had just made a fuss suddenly choked up, and after a long time he said with a pinched neck: "Mo Zhen... Mo Zhen is different, you don't have an emperor."
"No, it's actually the same." Old Jack suddenly stood up holding his own carrot: "What the Mohists did is what the government should have done for us.
The taxes we pay and the corvees we serve should themselves become the city that protects us and the army that rescues us in disasters, rather than becoming a palace where dignitaries play or delicacies on the dining table."
"That's very well said, so why should the emperor and nobles share with you the palaces and delicacies that they can enjoy?" Lan Nuo's smile became even thicker. Someone hit the point, but didn't point it out.
"Because we paid taxes! We paid so much, shouldn't they protect us?" After Old Jack said this, he felt a little far-fetched.
"But they have powerful force! They said that the whole world is not the royal land. I planted my land and paid me taxes. Isn't it natural? Even if you think this is wrong,
How can you resist?" Lan Nuo stood up, came to Old Jack, and stared into his eyes: "If the Mohists use guns and cannons to force you to do labor service, how can you resist?"
Old Jack's back felt cold when he was asked, as if the good life these days could disappear at any time.
"Have you discovered? This world is not a world of truth, because truth is determined by people themselves. The powerful king said that the whole world is not the king's land, and made everyone recognize this relationship, then in his land
Farming and paying taxes are a matter of course, but why does the land in this world belong to him? And why is he more powerful than us? "
Lan Nuo patted Old Jack on the shoulder: "Let me put it another way, if no one provided food for the emperor's army, no one made weapons for them, and no one built cities for them, would they still be so powerful? Still
Will there be so many powerful people loyal to him?"
"It's impossible without force, but it's also meaningless to rely on force alone. The universal love that the Mohists have always talked about comes from this. A strong warrior needs enough food to replenish his physical strength, exercise, a warm shelter, and restore his energy.
Arm yourself with sharp weapons and strong armor.
And these are things that he cannot get by himself. The same farmer needs the protection of soldiers and the cloth and tools of craftsmen, and the same goes for craftsmen.
But the integration of these people requires some people to calculate, distribute everyone's work, and organize everyone together. Each of us seems to be doing his own thing, but in fact we are all helping others. This is
The reason why universal love is needed! These people who have provided help for our survival, uukanshu.com www.uukanshu.com are certainly worthy of our love. Then if there are some people who do not work and are not responsible for organizing and contacting everyone,
They are only responsible for enjoyment. Are such people worthy of our love?
So! When we meet these people who are not worthy of love, we must understand that they are our enemies, and we actually have power in our hands. As long as we organize ourselves, we can also cultivate our own
For warriors, as long as we are fairer than our enemies, our warriors will have higher fighting will, more sophisticated weapons and armor, and more abundant logistical support.
Mohist is just your guide. If one day we are gone or we change, you must learn how to judge friends and enemies, and understand that unity is strength."
The Lannos talked a lot, including why we should make laws, what kind of laws are fair, why we should abide by the laws as people under management, what kind of laws should not be abided by, how to organize people, and what the military should do
How to build, and whether to resist or preserve strength in the face of powerful enemies, Lan Nuo didn't know how much these people could understand, but he still tried his best to teach them these, because one day the Mo family would leave, and they would
Become the master of this land.
What Lan Nuo didn't realize is that with the spread of the concept of universal love, bits and pieces of belief are converging towards a concept. Now it is just a concept and does not even have an entity in the material world, but in
