In the middle of May of the 36th year of Qin Shi Huang, in the Shimen Pavilion ten miles north of Panyu City, the pavilion father had just gotten up and was going to feed the chickens, but he saw that the two soldiers who had come to stay last night had been standing in the courtyard chatting, and the fans in their hands were constantly complaining, complaining about the heat in Lingnan, and the prisoner they escorted, the man with the ink in the brown clothes, was squatting on the ground, and was tinkering with something in his hands......

The name of the ink artist is "Zhong", and the people of the Mo Sect call him Ah Zhong, who was one of the three people who were exiled two months ago for refusing to provide sophisticated technology for the Lishan Mausoleum Underground Palace.

They came unfortunately, it was midsummer, Lingnan was like a big steamer, Ah Zhong's two senior brothers were infected in Yangshan Pass, and they really couldn't hold it until they went to Sihui, and they were afraid that they would die if they went on, so they had to stay there to recuperate, only Ah Zhong continued to rush to Panyu, and spent the night in Shimen Pavilion yesterday.

Seeing that Father Ting was up, Ah Zhong handed over the things in his hand: "Uncle, come and see this thing." ”

Tingfu greeted the two soldiers, but saw that in Ah Zhong's hand was a bell carved from wood, the bell was upside down, with a rope on the top and a wooden hook below......

Father Ting was a little strange: "What is this?" ”

Ah Zhong said: "I heard you complain yesterday, saying that Lingnan is hot and humid, and there are many insects and ants near the pavilion, swarming, and they flock to the house when they smell the fishy smell, even if the fish are hung on the beams of the house, they can climb up, but with this thing, ......"

He asked the pavilion father to fetch some water and demonstrate for him: fill the wooden bell with water, hang a freshly caught fish on the hook below, hang it on the beam, and when the fruit is not long, there are red ants smelling fishy, but this time, before they can climb on the food of the hook below, they drown in the water of the wooden bell, and after a while, the wooden bell is full of dead ant corpses.

"You're really smart!"

Shimen Ting's father was amazed, this thing seemed simple, but they didn't expect that this ink master named Ah Zhong just listened to it casually and did it casually, and solved the problem that had plagued him for a long time.

Ting's father thanked him, but Ah Zhong said: "Zi Mozi said that if the husband loves others, people will love them; Whoever benefits others, he will benefit them. Loving others and benefiting others is what you should do as an ink person, and you don't have to thank you. When I arrive in Panyu, I will ask craftsmen to build hundreds of thousands of this thing, so that all pavilions and camps can use it. ”

After giving the two wooden bells that he had made early in the morning to his father, Ah Zhong also left Shimenyi and headed south at the urging of the soldiers, and they were going to arrive in Panyu within today......

"That's right."

After he put the shackles back on, he turned back to Ting Father and smiled: "This artifact, let's call it 'Angry Dead Ant'." ”

……

"Junhou, the three ink masters sent from Xianyang have arrived in Lingnan, but two of them are recuperating in Sihui, and only one came to Panyu the day before yesterday......"

When Lyura came to report, Heifu was busy drawing lines on the map, and he just bowed his head and said, "Got it." ”

He has also heard about what happened in Xianyang, after all, Heifu has a friendship with the Mo family and the farmer, and he has been friends with Cheng Shang, the giant of Qin and Mo, for many years.

When he heard that Shaofu Yao Jia asked Moshi to help repair Afang Palace and Lishan Mausoleum, he couldn't help but scold: "Isn't this deliberately provoking trouble? ”

To put it mildly, the Mozi are a group of fanatical believers, who treat the Book of Ink as Christians do to the Bible, and are well-organized and armed.

Although Qin Mo abandoned the non-offensive in order to achieve the unification of Datong, he has always adhered to the nine articles of Love, Shangxian, Shangtong, Ming Ghost, Feile, Festival Funeral, and Festival Use.

"Let the ink who opposes extravagance and thick burials go to repair the Afang Palace and the Lishan Mausoleum, what is the difference between this and the British giving *** a bullet smeared with lard?"

Sure enough, the three young men of the Mo family who were assigned to the Lishan Mausoleum quit and were assigned to Lingnan.

Hundreds of officials, hundreds of sons and hundreds of families were exiled, it is a common thing, among the 300,000 soldiers and civilians of the Southern Expeditionary Army under Heifu, one-third of them were relocated because of crimes, do you dare to believe it?

Still, Heifu smelled a hint of conspiracy.

"Yao Jia and Zhao Gao, if these two go together, it will be easy to collect charges and make the ink suffer...... Do you want to attack the Mo family, and then hit Gongzi Fusu? ”

This trick is not clever at all, Heifu shook his head, Lingnan is too far away from Xianyang, he can't reach it, and he can only analyze the outdated situation through lagging news.

For the Mo family, Heifu's attitude is: If you can protect it, you will protect it.

Under the persuasion of Heifu, Cheng Mo made public the "Sutras" related to optics, mechanics, and levers a few years ago, and studied them together with learned people led by Zhang Cang, and in time, it may become the cornerstone of the Chinese scientific system.

The Mo family's exquisite skills in attack and defense are the key to making the Qin Dynasty's military industry efficiency ahead of the six countries, and some of Heifu's ideas must rely on them to realize.

A few years ago, Li Si proposed to ban the world's poetry and books, and the words of a hundred schools of thought, and the Mo family was among them, and it was Heifu who proposed to Qin Shi Huang to "promote the study of workers and peasants", so that the Mo family was kept because it was "useful".

In the past two years, the more than 100 orphans from the Six Kingdoms who were adopted before and after the Unification War gradually grew up and became the mainstay of the Mo family......

In addition to its use value, Heifu also respects the concept of the Mohists from the bottom of his heart......

There are hundreds of schools of thought, with a variety of academics and different positions.

Yang Zhu is extremely self-interested and stands on a personal standpoint.

Taoist Huang Lao advocated non-action, Zhuangzi also preserved his life, and Huang Lao joined the world, trying to combine governing the body with governing the country.

The characteristics of various schools of Confucianism are active accession to the WTO and emphasis on individual social and family responsibilities. However, in terms of position, only Meng Ru dared to shout that "the people are noble and the society is the second king", and the other factions, although they said that "the sky listens to themselves and the people listen", emphasizing the people, but those etiquette guidelines are all good recipes for the ruler. To put it bluntly, his feet are clearly standing among the commoners, and his buttocks are sitting at the scholars, but his head is sticking out to the emperor's feet......

Needless to say, from the beginning to the end, the doctrine emphasizes respect for the monarch, centralization, and the goal is to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and annex the world.

Although the doctrine of the peasants stood from the perspective of small farmers, they were disgusted with the merchants, and even proposed that everyone should return to the original and farm together, which was too narrow.

In short, looking at all the sons of the hundred schools, only the Mohist is completely standing on the position of "the people", and the Mohist love emphasizes that love is not divided between relatives and relatives, and it is the same love for all people, that is, "love is not equal".

In the words of later generations, the concept of the Mohists is: "Serve the people!" ”

Before the unification, Qin Mo was still able to get along well with the relatively incorruptible Qin State government. However, after reunification, it is strange that there is no contradiction between the monarchy-based court and the people-oriented Mohists.

The exile of the three ink artists in Lingnan is only a microcosm of this great contradiction, and Heifu believes that in the future, the contradiction between the two will definitely become more and more intense, causing even greater trouble.

He wasn't too worried, although Qin Shi Huang has become more and more arrogant in recent years, the reason of the superior still exists, and he is by no means an indiscriminate and indiscriminate murderer.

Heifu didn't expect that the young Zhuang faction within the Mo family had become radical to the point of wanting to "punish violence", and thought optimistically:

"If something happens, it's better to take the Mo family in one pot, and come to Lingnan with all the hair and work for me!"

……

It wasn't until three days later that Heifu made time to meet Ah Zhong, the ink man.

When Ah Zhong arrived at the tent, Heifu was playing with the "angry dead ants" made by a workshop, although this thing was simple, but it was extremely practical, and when he saw Ah Zhong coming in, he said:

"I heard that you are a disciple of Cheng Juzi, but your character is not at all like Cheng Shang, who is loyal to him, and he has only been here for a few days, and he has made trouble again."

Ah Zhong was silent, he knew best what he did.

"I've heard that you threatened to build hundreds of this thing in the workshop, and to kill all those hateful ants who were greedy and possessed, robbed the people, and used to build huge nests?"

Ah Chunne replied: "That's what I said." ”

Heifu smiled: "Ah Zhong, do you want to be angry with the ants, or the people in the court, His Majesty the Emperor?" ”

Just like in the crocodile text of Han Yu's sacrifice, it is the crocodile that scolds, but in fact, it is the marshal of the feudal town who supports the army and divides the territory, and the corrupt officials and corrupt officials of the common people......

Lishan Afang is a huge ant nest, so who is the queen ant?

Heifu suddenly became serious, and scolded him: "You know how much thought Cheng Juzi has put into saving your life, and he also wrote a letter, saying that Sanmo is a northerner, please take care of me more." You're a newcomer, but you don't choose what to say. If these words reach the ears of the prison guards, and you are held accountable, you will be slandered twice, and you will not only be exiled! Do you want Cheng Juzi to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person, and even affect the entire Mo family before he is willing? ”

"Chang Nanhou, I'...... I've always been straightforward, but I didn't feel angry for a while, and I didn't think about it so much. ”

Ah Zhong knew that Changnanhou was a friend of the Mo family and a close friend of his mentor, so he was ashamed for a while, bowed to Heifu, and bowed his head to admit his mistake.

"It never happened, and if you say anything like that, you can't say anything like that."

Heifu also understands that for Qin Mo, they gambled on the price of deviating from the Book of Ink and abandoning the "non-offensive", and made great contributions to the unification of the world in order to pursue Shangtong.

But now the emperor's governance is contrary to the concept of the ink man, which will definitely make Qin Mo, who is full of longing, feel that he has been let down.

"However, your craftsmanship and mind are indeed extremely coincidental, and there is a shortage of ink writers in our army who can outline and lead the work with craftsmen."

Heifu asked Ah Zhong to get up, and patted the ashes for him, treating him like a nephew.

"Instead of complaining all day long, it's better to show your ingenious mind to be this 'angry ant' and find a way to help me end this battle of labor and money as soon as possible."

Ah Zhong said in a low voice: "Changnanhou, I'...... I still don't want to make a murderous weapon......"

Heifu had already expected this: "I'm not Yao Jia or Zhao Gao, and I won't force people to lock men." ”

"Ben Hou doesn't want you to make a murder weapon, but wants you to help me build a ship."

"Boat?" Ah Zhong was puzzled, I heard that there were hundreds of boat masters under the command of Changnan Hou, and there were countless skilled craftsmen, what kind of ship needs the help of the ink master?

"It's no ordinary ship."

Heifu asked Ah Zhong to come to the desk and pointed to the sketch on the paper: "It is a 'ship' driven by a paddle wheel and can swim against the current in the water!" ”