It was probably the most extravagant meal he had ever eaten, but he probably didn't realize it.

Above the table, a beautiful white clay bowl holds a pot of batter-like things, and in the clear batter, there are strips made of flour. Next to the pottery bowl is a small plate of meat dumplings, among which there are some red dogwoods, which is a reminder to the eater that this plate of meat dumplings is spicy.

Lin Xiangru, who was sitting at the bottom, was completely confused. In his impression, even Lian Wu is indispensable for eating, but not here. All the tableware on the several cases is pottery, and even the wine is served in a kind of vessel that Zhao Yong calls a pot, which looks stingy, but also has a different kind of elegance. Not only did he sigh, Zhao Yong really took the lead in practicing frugality.

But that's not the case with our clients. The various diets in the pre-Qin period filled him with resentment, but as a northerner, he couldn't eat steamed buns. In this era, especially in the Zhao Kingdom, the most important food crop was millet, which, in addition to its high yield and shelf-stable storage, was more adaptable to the soil requirements and climatic conditions of the current situation, which was also the staple food of the people at the bottom.

After getting tired of eating the "pilaf" made of rice and sorghum that the royal family eats all day, Zhao Yong forced everyone to use chopsticks and bowls to eat, and no longer use their hands to grasp them, while looking for his own delicious delicacies, such as wheat.

Wheat has been cultivated for a long time, but it has not been widely used as an emergency ration. Zhao Yong also wanted to think about large-scale promotion, but he was praised and criticized by farmers. In fact, wheat could not be popularized in the pre-Qin period, not only because its yield and storage capacity were not as good as millet, but also because the requirements for irrigation water were more stringent than millet, and it could only be irrigated with the help of winter rain and snow water, and the Yellow River Basin was precisely the weather with less rain and snow in winter. Of course, there is one most important reason why wheat cannot be popularized, and that is that people in this era have not yet learned how to make food from flour. In other words, the processing method from wheat to flour has not yet become widespread.

However, for foodies, nothing can stand in the way. With wheat, you found a stone mill, and with a stone mill, you also had flour, and with flour, this noodle was born. And it swept the entire harem of Zhao State.

Zhao Yong poured the meat into the noodles and feasted on it. This kind of food, which can only be regarded as a snack in later generations, is definitely a first-class delicacy in the eyes of the three people. After a wolf-gobbling meal, the three of them drank and half a drink, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves and started today's conversation.

It has been almost a month since the two of them came to Handan to stay, and in the past month, the "international situation" has changed abruptly, and he really has no time to summon the two. Lin Xiangru is okay, and his belly is also considered to be a good opportunity, and he didn't delay much, and he was about to say goodbye, when he was summoned by Zhao Yong.

"Mr. stayed in Handan for many days, and he should have been invited early. However, the recent military situation is urgent, and I really can't spare time. I can only invite the gentleman to have a drink at this time, and if you neglect it, please forgive me. ”

"The king is polite." Belly said, "People in the mountains and wilderness have traveled all over the world, and they can be home anywhere. What's more, the Handan School Palace is now very influential, and in the past few days, I have heard about the masters of the various families in the School Palace, talking about the scriptures and the Tao, but also thinking about my Mohist doctrine, thinking even more, but it is not in vain. ”

"I wonder what new ideas does Mr. have? Can you share it? ”

"This is all a later story, there is only one thing, I want to ask the king, I don't know if I can solve my doubts?"

Zhao Yong hesitated for a while, as if he had long known what he wanted to ask, but he still greeted him with a smile: "Sir, please speak, the widow will do his best." ”

"I just want to know, does the Zhao army really want to raise troops to attack the Zhongshan Kingdom?"

Sure enough. Zhao Yong thought about it, and he hesitated. But Belly and Lin looked at him, "That's true." ”

When the dust settled, Zhao Yong continued: "I hope that no matter what, the Mo family will not interfere in this." Of course, if the Mo family can help the widow win, the widow is still very welcome. ”

Belly Shu was silent, and did not show his attitude, which made Zhao Yong a little strange, saying that as a giant of the Mo family, at this time, shouldn't Belly Chu stand up against this matter?

"I remember that when I met the king in Linzi, I once said a metaphor of the river and the river, and I still remember it vividly. So the king thinks that if the princes are really united, can they really avoid war? Can we find peace for all eternity? ”

Zhao Yong saw that he was asking so sincerely, and understood that this Mo family giant was really asking questions for the people. This also just shows that the special school of the Mo family is speaking for the people.

"The widow can only say that in the cognition of the widow, the princes and the one, and the unification of the unification of the United States is the behavior that can reduce the number of soldiers as much as possible. In the universe, there is only one person who has the final say, and only one prince exists, he has nowhere to pick quarrels and provoke trouble, and the people can be peaceful forever. ”

"However, this eternal peace is also temporary. When the land could no longer cope with the country's attrition, it was natural for the ruler to think of opening up new land in order to consolidate his rule. After he occupies all the lands under heaven, he can no longer look for opponents, and he may fight within his own country, and then divide and reunify. Divide and merge, it's all in it. ”

"All this is because people are selfish, and if people are not selfish, then the state is stable, and there will be no such strife. Therefore, the doctrine of Mozi's contemporaneous love and non-attack can bridge people's hearts. ”

"What a fallacy sir." Zhao Yong sighed, "Back then, Zhou Tianzi divided the world, and the eight hundred princes each had their own land, and the people in the world were only five or six million. And so peaceful for many years, to this day, only the people of Zhao State, no less than three million, dare to ask sir, if you are still the original land, how to feed so many people? ”

"Sir only sees that people have selfishness, but he never realizes that even though this selfishness is done by nature, it is not caused by nature, but is born and grown up, and must obey what he does. Even if a family is given an acre of thin land now, the man and woman must be enough to spend, if you add one ding, it will be a bit burdensome, and if you add two dings, it will be stretched. In order to survive, you must acquire new land in order to sustain yourself. As the population becomes more and more prosperous, if the land does not increase, the world will either kill each other or eat each other. Which way, sir, is best? ”

"Even though Master Mozi is a great talent in the world, Moxue is also a famous scholar in the world. It is also a hundred times better than other doctrines to the people. However, if all the things in the world are determined by the people, the world will be in chaos. It is because the widow thinks that this way of love can be used for the people, but not for the king; Rather than attacking the principle, it can be used for the country, but not for the princes. ”

Zhao Yong's words can be regarded as a definition of Moxue, Moxue can teach the people, but it cannot be the way of the king, it can be used for exchanges between countries, but it cannot stretch its revenge in this troubled world. The Mohists should be clear that the war is not something that can be started or stopped by anyone, but it is precisely the people they admire who force those in power to make such decisions. The increase in population will inevitably bring about a shortage of land, and in order to alleviate this contradiction, we can only continue to open up new land. In the same way, the land that has been carved out is for the sake of increasing the population and thus strengthening the national strength. This is also what the states of Qin and Zhao are doing.

After a long pause, he asked, "Then how does the king think Moxue should go forward in order to develop?" ”

"This ......"

"Please know everything, the king." Belly Yu bowed deeply to Zhao Yong.

"Sir, it doesn't have to be." Zhao Yong hurriedly helped him up, "The way of ink learning is not that the widow does not say it, but the widow does not know it." At that time, Mozi was the first teacher, and he had the world, and he still let me wait for future generations to learn endlessly, what courage did the widow have to say that he could be compared to Mozi's first teacher? ”

"It's just that the widow thinks that since the Mo family takes what the people want as its own responsibility, it's better to find out first, what do the people need?"

"What is needed?" Belly was a little confused by what he said, "Isn't what they need is peace in the world?" ”

"Yes, what they need is peace in the world, and the practice implemented by the Mo family now seems to be contrary to this. Sir can imagine that if the world is not unified, then the world will inevitably have endless wars, and if the war continues, the world will not be peaceful. The widow said in Linzi before that if the Mo family fights the fire with a salary, and the salary is not exhausted, the fire will not be extinguished. Sooner or later, this war will come to an end, and what Mr. is doing now is in vain. It is better to do your best to help a vassal state, take the lead in annexing the world, and then consider how to develop Mozi's first teacher and love non-attack. ”

"Great King, do you want to annex my Mo family?" The murderous aura on his face suddenly appeared, and he could hear that the meaning of Zhao Yong's words seemed to be to let the Mo family help Zhao Guo. Indeed, in addition to the Mo family's love of non-attack, its organ skills are unique in the world, if there is such a super craftsman army, it will be a huge wealth for any vassal state.

"Sir is wrong. Yong just wants to cooperate with the Mo family. Zhao Yong said, explaining his plan and discernment: "The Mo family is naturally still alone, and the Zhao State will never interfere in its internal operations. However, the widow hoped that the Mo family could help Zhao Guo in the art of mechanism and weapon smelting. For example, if the Mohists could help the Zhao state build a well-developed irrigation canal, the Zhao state would be able to grow this wheat widely without relying on winter rain and snow. Of course, it cannot hinder Zhao's wars against other countries. ”

"And then?" Belly did not answer.

"The widow can assure him that Zhao will neither slaughter the city nor punish the defeated people. Absolutely treat it the same as Zhao Guoren. If there is a violation of this matter, the Mo family can break off the cooperation at any time. ”

This is already the minimum cooperation plan that Zhao Yong can come up with. In the face of a school like the Mo family with many followers, it is unrealistic to want to exterminate it, and it is more troublesome to co-opt it, so it can only adopt this mode of cooperation between the two sides. What's more, the Mo family is now divided into three factions, all of which nominally obey the orders of the giant, but in fact, there are also differences of opinion internally, and it is more difficult to co-opt. It's better to unify under the giant, cooperate with it, and let the belly be the middleman to achieve its own goals.

"You're good!" This is the only thing Zhao Yong said to Lin Xiangru before he and Lin Xiangru left. Just those three words were enough for him to sleep well tonight. Especially hearing the conversation between Zhao Yong and Belly Shu, his horizons have also broadened a lot. How could he have thought that this was something that Zhao Yong specially asked him to hear.

Education must start with the baby.

(End of chapter)