I was a gentleman in ancient times

After Wei Su and Qin Zhan had an in-depth conversation with Duanmu Song, Duanmu Song thought about it for a long time, and then sent a letter to let Mo's elders go to Shu to discuss the follow-up matters.

Mohism is no longer as good as it used to be. Ever since a branch separated and disappeared a few generations ago, the situation of Mohism has plummeted, and it will no longer be as brilliant as it used to be.Even if Duanmu Song wanted to develop and grow well, and restore the Mohism to its former glory, but in the end he couldn't do what he wanted.

This time Wei Su Qin Zhan gave him a chance to change the situation of the Mo family, and the conditions really moved his heart.If this opportunity is lost, the Mo family will really be silent with everyone.

It is also for this reason that Duanmu Song explained the cause and effect as well as the pros and cons of the matter in his letter. He only hopes that everyone can work together to carry forward Mohism.

After these people came to Shu, Sun Zhang led them around as a kindness to the landlord.Compared with the prosperity of the Shu land and the chaos outside, it is like two worlds.

If there were no more wars in the world, how wonderful it would be for everyone to live and work in peace like the land of Shu.Their Mo family are all people who advocate peace, and this scene made them feel deeply.

"Our king is an unprecedented wise king, and there are many virtuous ministers to assist him. In this world, except for our Qin country, other vassal states have no power to take responsibility. Everyone, there is no peace in this troubled world. The only way to end this troubled world as soon as possible is to This is the right choice." As a lobbyist, Sun Zhang naturally wanted to bring the topic here.

What Sun Zhang said was to end war with war.Some people pondered, and some retorted, "Master Sun, the Mo family does not want to get involved in war and opposes war. This is what our ancestors proposed, and we Mo family descendants must abide by it. Now King Qin's intentions can be seen at a glance, which is similar to what our Mo family thinks." It doesn't match what you want."

Sun Zhang shook his head, "What the sages of Mohism proposed is naturally good. It's just that hundreds of years have passed, and the world and the environment are very different from those of the sages in Japan. There was a saying: Gou benefit the people, don't need to follow the ancients, Gou Zhou When it comes to things, there is no need to follow the old ways. Note ① Shouldn’t it be beneficial to avoid harm? If you stick to the rules, you’re afraid that the Mohists will perish sooner or later.”

Some people were not convinced, "Who said that? The Mo family has been here for thousands of years. Did you say that it was defeated? It is unlikely that an outsider will intervene in our Mo family's affairs?"

Sun Zhang smiled, "I'm not meddling in the affairs of the Mohist family, I'm just discussing the matter. Today is different from the past, think about your own situation, why do others say more?"

When Sun Zhang mentioned their pain, the man snorted and fell silent.

He observed his words and expressions, and knew that his words had already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so he continued his efforts: "Mr. Wei Suwei once said that the trend of the world, if it is united for a long time, it will be divided, and if it is divided for a long time, it will be united. After all, it is not a good thing for the world to fall apart. It is the people of the world who suffer. If people with lofty ideals in the world can work together to change the world pattern, end this chaotic world, and let the people no longer suffer from wars and wars, isn't it a good move for the people?"

Everyone pondered, they also knew Duanmu Song's meaning from the suzerain's letter.Speaking of it now, if they don't change the law of their ancestors, I'm afraid they will really become unworthy descendants.

Sun Zhang can do as much as he wants, and I believe that Mr. Duanmu can handle the rest by himself. No matter how much he says, he is only from the perspective of an outsider, and it really depends on his own thoughts.

But with Sun Zhang's words as a basis, these people at least listened to it a little bit.When Duanmu Song asked everyone to discuss together, except for a small number of people who still insisted on their own views and believed that the rules of their ancestors could not be broken, most of them were still willing to fight for the future of the Mohism with Duanmu Song.

Since neither of the two parties could persuade the other, Duanmusong could only take extreme measures, stay with him in Sichuan if he was willing, and go back and do what he should do if he was not willing.

Although some people were dissatisfied with such an arrangement, they were few in number and could not represent the majority, so they could only walk away angrily.

In this way, Duanmu Song brought some people to stay.According to Wei Su's instructions, Sun Zhang specially built a special experiment place for them.They will give whatever they want, and the treatment is unique, which is much more generous than they were in Yingyang Academy.

After all, when I was in Yingyang Academy, I had to prepare materials and tools for everything I wanted to do.And all of these cost money. The Mohist family's financial situation is not as good as before. Which one of them is not tight, and how can they have a large amount of materials for repeated research and production?

Now there are supplies and materials provided by the government, as much as they want, and they can give full play to their talents.They are only responsible for research, whether it is armaments or civilian household items.As long as there is a new idea, the project can be approved for filing and approval, and if it is really useful to a certain extent, you can get a reward.This greatly increased the enthusiasm of the Mo family, and it was indeed right for them to choose to stay.

And Duanmu Song led people to study the pattern of the defensive crossbow provided by Wei Su. This large-scale defensive and siege equipment is quite difficult, and the mechanisms in it are very ingenious, which makes everyone forget to eat and sleep.

With Duanmu Song's technology on display, Wei Su didn't worry about not being able to do it, and believed that it would only happen sooner or later.

"I think I have understood the strategy for the land of Shu that Mr. said. However, I am afraid that Mr. is not only focusing on this three-acre land?" Xie Zhuo said, still staring at the map.

Wei Su laughed out loud, Xie Zhuo is worthy of being his proud disciple, I am afraid that only he can see a little bit of his purpose.

"Then if you have any ideas, you can tell them." Wei Su deliberately wanted to test him.

Xie Zhuo shook his head, "Although I can't guess the purpose of the master, but I think that since the master wants to mass-produce armaments, financial and material support is indispensable. Mr. Financial resources don't have to worry. With the accumulation of the Tao family and the Xie family over the years, other Not to mention, a country that is as rich as an enemy can still be called. Then the only thing left is the material and material resources, and if this is not resolved, the master's plan cannot be carried out smoothly."

Tao Jin looked at him in admiration, although this person is often unreliable.But a smart mind and such a thoughtful mind are far behind me, and many things are still worth learning by myself.

Wei Su was also very satisfied with his words, and couldn't help applauding him, "That's very good, your idea is very close. Casting a large amount of iron ore and copper for armaments requires better smelting technology. Raw materials and minerals I have already found the land, and I will only seek it after the soldiers and barbarians in the west are beaten back."

Xie Zhuo was overjoyed when he heard the words, "Where did the master talk about?"

Wei Su pointed a point on the map, Xie Zhuo and Tao Jin looked over, and saw that what Wei Su was pointing at was the Yue Kingdom which is next to Shu.

Tao Jin didn't understand what it meant, Xie Zhuo thought about it, and suddenly realized: "Sir, you have taken a fancy to Suicheng City of Yue State? There is indeed a large copper mine there, and all the weapons of Yue State come from it, but, Yue State Is it easy for Congress to let go?"

The Yue Kingdom is also a small border country. Because of the large copper mines outside Suicheng, although they are small, they can still live in a small corner thanks to their excellent weapons.

The most threatening thing to them is the state of Qin. However, they are not stupid. They use the strategy of marriage to make friends with the state of Qin, and the two countries also have the meaning of watching and helping each other.

It's just that if you want to covet Suicheng in the Yue Kingdom, you will tear yourself apart if you want to come to the two countries.Mrs. Zhuan Tai of Qin State is still from Yue State, will there be any obstacles?

Xie Zhuo thought a lot, but Wei Su didn't take it seriously. Looking at the world, he naturally wanted to take into account the overall situation, rather than paying attention to these illusory alliances and family relationships.If Qin Zhan cares about these things, then there is really no need to aspire to the world.

"Whether they let go or not, Suicheng must be taken down." Wei Su said confidently: "And it must be done as soon as possible, when all the princes are staring at Lou, before the interests of Lou are fully digested. Only At this time, no vassal state will respond to our move to Yue. Even if there is some weak reaction, it is time for you to deploy spies in various countries. How to spread public opinion and rumors, How to guide the side that is beneficial to Qin, they should be familiar with these methods, right?"

Xie Zhuo nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, sir, I know what to do."

It is perfectly fine to leave this matter to Xie Zhuo, but Wei Su still asked him to explain a few words.Waiting for Xie Zhuo to remember one by one in his heart before he is satisfied.

Tao Jin was eager to hear this, eager to try, and began to look forward to what task her husband would give him.

After explaining everything, Wei Su said to Tao Jin with a smile: "As for Ah Jin, I hope you can go to Sichuan to help me prepare for the construction and supervise the armament workshop."

Tao Jin was taken aback, this is a major national event, leave it to him?Can it really work?Xie Zhuo is already happy for Tao Jin, Mr. Wei really trusts them both, that's why he entrusted them with such an important matter.

Tao Jin also thought of this at this time. Anyway, with Mr. Wei around, as long as he followed Mr. Wei's instructions and acted cautiously, there shouldn't be any problem.

Immediately cupped his hands and bowed, "Jin will live up to Mr.'s expectations and go all out."

Seeing his lack of confidence, Wei Su smiled and said, "Actually, this is not a difficult task. I plan to build an assembly line workshop. It can be said that the productivity of such a workshop will reach an unprecedented peak."

"Assembly line?" Xie Zhuo had never heard of this word, but after thinking about it, he suddenly realized: "Sir, is this just like tea production, with division of labor and cooperation?"

The tea workshop of their Xie family is like this, tea picking, frying, and packaging are all done by different people.In this way, the production is faster and the production process is not easy to leak.Moreover, people who are good at only one can be more focused and less likely to make mistakes.Mr. Wei mentioned it to him at the beginning, and he has already applied it to the workshop, and the benefits are obvious over the years.

Hearing Xie Zhuo's point, Tao Jin also understood, Wei Su nodded, "Yes, it's basically the same, but I need a larger armament workshop than a tea workshop. Different areas will be divided, such as Different types of swords, bows and arrows, spears and halberds are divided into different areas. And the assembly line operation is to make different accessories, but we must keep improving, and all data must be uniformly up to standard, do you understand?"

"Unified standard? Why?" The other Tao Jin understood that a huge production workshop is necessary to equip an army.It’s a little difficult to understand that it’s just a unified standard. “Swords and weapons have their strengths and weaknesses. How can we achieve a unified standard? What is this standard?”

Wei Su took a few steps behind his back, "This standard needs to be formulated. The Mohists will develop the most suitable weapons for combat. Once this standard is released, all others will be eliminated."

Xie Zhuo and Tao Jin understood, and Wei Su smiled again: "If you think about it, you will wonder why I have unified standards?"

"Exactly." Tao Jin nodded, "Is it too wasteful and a pity to eliminate all other weapons? If there is no mistake in the slightest, can this really be done?"

"On the contrary, only by doing so can the loss be minimized." Wei Su saw that the two were unclear, so he explained: "Forming a unified specification, if a certain part of a weapon is damaged, it can be replaced with the same part directly. In fact, if it is not damaged, it will be completely unusable and can only be replaced with a new one. Think about it, should you replace a certain part or the whole thing to save trouble?"

Needless to say, this truth is known. If a weapon is like this, if a war ends, how much military expenses can be saved.Xie Zhuo and the two looked at each other, and they became more and more admiring for Wei Su.

Wei Su continued: "In addition to the armament workshop, I also plan to build a ship workshop by the Fushui River."

Didn't you just talk about weapon production?Why is it suddenly talking about ships again?Wei Su's thoughts turned too fast, the two of them couldn't react, and they all lay down on the map to look for Fushui.

Wei Su laughed and pointed it out to them, "It's not too far away here, and it can be built together with the armament workshop. There is no need to bother others, and Ah Jin can handle the two things together."

Tao Jin naturally responded first. Even though Xie Zhuo was smart and sharp, he was confused by Wei Su's plan at this time.What is this ship built for?Shouldn't the emphasis be on armaments now?From Mr. Wei's point of view, it seems that ships are as important as armaments, which is unreasonable.

Wei Su didn't seem to have any intention of explaining, and Xie Zhuo couldn't ask more.Tao Jin trusted Wei Su extremely, and of course he would do what Wei Su asked him to do.