After telling the disciples of the Mo family about the waterwheel, Bai Hui turned around and said to the rest of the people: "Among you, there are many people who can write and read, and there is a decree that I have obtained the permission of the king, although the land east of the river was ceded to me by the Wei State of Great Qin, for the sake of peace and security, all corporal punishment will be temporarily replaced by hard labor. ”

"I need someone who can write and speak, so that the entire people of Hedong can understand this decree."

In addition, the new rules and the strategy of implementing collective agriculture on a village-by-village basis are fundamentally based on the principle that more work is more and more is distributed according to needs. What is distribution on a need-based basis? The disabled, the old and the weak, and pregnant women, then they should get more than they pay for their labor, which is my great Qin king's love for the people, and care for the people of Hedong. ”

Gongsun Long stepped forward: "Dare to ask Zuo Shuchang, what is corporal punishment." ”

Bai Hui scolded in his heart, damn it, you Warring States people cut your nose and legs all day long, and you don't even know what corporal punishment is.

In fact, Gongsun Long just didn't understand the word corporal punishment.

Explaining the meaning of corporal punishment, Bai Hui said: "Whipping does not count, it is all the punishments that make people have something less on them, such as cutting off the nose, cutting off the legs, and tattooing is also counted, and it is not a felony that cannot be pierced." Do you know what I mean? ”

After Bai Hui finished speaking, someone asked: "May I ask Chief Zuo, how to distribute the output of a village's land if someone is not conscripted for labor." Also, how much should be given to the old and weak, how much should be given to a pregnant woman who cannot work, and how can a pregnant woman not be able to do hard work, but still be able to embroider and weave. ”

Bai Hui smiled bitterly helplessly: "I've thought about all these details, what else do you want you to do, eat rice here?" Now that you are prisoners of war, if you want to regain your freedom, you have to do something for me, go to the countryside and villages, and implement the details of this matter for me, and then let the new Qin people in the five and a half cities in Hedong understand these rules, and do you understand them? ”

"No!"

"What are you doing standing there, receiving dry food and money, and working for me." Bai Hui pointed at these scholars and scolded.

Everyone was about to go out, when Bai Hui suddenly shouted again: "Stop!" ”

Everyone immediately stopped, only to hear Bai Hui say: "In the five and a half cities east of the river, the land of all the nobles was confiscated as the land of the Qin State, and the nobles recognized by my King Qin could keep the land, and all the land was given to the ordinary people, and there were prisoners of war, prisoners, and no slaves. All slaves could become commoners as long as they had worked for three years. ”

"No!"

"Also, the people of Hedong who can't survive right now, transfer official food to relief, one person dies of starvation, one person dies of disease, you choose someone to come out to receive the whip, go."

"No."

Out of Bai Hui's courtyard, these captured scholars were headed by Gongsun Long, because Bai Hui had a courtesy to Gongsun Long, and he called him sir, which was a kind of respect, so Gongsun Long became their head.

Outside the door, Gongsun Long said: "Although this Bai Zuo chief has a bad temper, the Qin army did not bury the prisoners of war this time. Looking at these decrees of Zuo Shuchang, it is not the rumored tyranny of the Qin people. ”

"It's not just tyranny, it's the government of benevolence and righteousness, and if you look at the seven kingdoms of the world, which one country has this benevolent government. More work and more rewards, according to the distribution of these eight words, the left chief should be called Baizi. ”

"Yes, that's right. We try to carry out such a decree, and if there is something wonderful about it that will be reflected in the process of implementing the decree, it is a concept that is far higher than what we have learned. Based on what Chief Zuo said just now, I thought that it should be changed to, work more and get more, do your best, and distribute according to your needs. ”

"Mr. Gongsun said it well, and everyone did their best to show benevolence, morality, courtesy, and righteousness."

"No, no!" Gongsun Long waved his hand again and again: "I'm afraid that this is what Zuo Shuchang meant, but what he said is not detailed enough, and I Gongsun Long must not be arrogant." ”

"Then, we will go to the countryside and villages first, and study on the spot what proportion to distribute to the old and weak."

"Okay, let's make arrangements, act separately, and discuss in Beiqucheng in half a month."

The eight words Bai Hui said were just things from his college textbooks.

But these eight words are like a nuclear bomb falling in the Pacific Ocean, stirring up a huge wave.

The five cities in Hedong are half fryers, and only one of them will not be punished for the time being, which is far beyond the understanding of ordinary people. In addition, the whole village works together to take care of the old and weak, what a benevolent government. What the ordinary people didn't expect the most was that although the land became village-based land, and each village had to make up for a hundred households, no nobles charged an extra rent.

Half a month later, by the Yellow River in Beiqucheng.

Thousands of people gathered here, and two huge wooden wheels, several feet high, were being carried by hundreds of soldiers, ready to be erected.

This huge wooden wheel is definitely a miracle for the era when it was still relying on manpower.

A small thing, Bai Hui completely tied up Momen, not only these that he caught, but also many Momen who were originally in Wei Han also heard the wind and joined Bai Hui's Xingmin Machinery creation.

This little thing is the pulley, the pulley block.

Bai Hui shouted: "Qin army soldiers, there is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts." Today is the day when the water of the Yellow River benefits the people. ”

Dozens of people rushed forward, and several hundred generals also took off their clothes and armor to help.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of people from Hedong of the former Wei State also went to support the wooden frame and pull the cable.

For most of the day, two huge waterwheels were erected on the wooden frame of the stone platform that had been prepared, and the first waterwheel was debugged and began to rotate, and the waterwheel was driven by the water of the Yellow River, and then buckets of water were poured into the canal.

It took manpower, and the water flowed from the Yellow River next to the cliff to the canal and into the puddle that had been dug long ago.

The second waterwheel was set up, and Bai Hui pulled Bai Qi beside him: "Brother, as the biggest official this time, you have to try this yourself, you have polished bean flour in the army." ”

"Okay." Bai Qi understood that if he wanted these people of the former Wei State in Hedong to accept the rule of the Qin State, the superior had to learn to be close to the people.

Bai Qi took off his armor and walked to a platform.

The disciple of the Mo family next to him nodded lightly at Bai Qi, and then pulled the handle, only to see the huge stone mill with a diameter of four feet in front of Bai Qi begin to transfer.

Bai Qi grabbed a handful of soybeans and put them on the stone mill.

You don't need to shake the stone mill for nothing, just pour in the soybeans, and then the ground soybeans quickly flow out of the large vat next to you.

Bai Hui stood on the high platform: "People, villagers. I promise to build a mill for every village, and I am not afraid of water. As I just said, there is nothing difficult for people in the world, but they are afraid of those who have a heart. The disciples of the Mo family told me that in a month at most, they would be able to make a mill that would use the wind to help us grind beans. ”