Under Bai Gui's explanation, the people under him are very attentive. Soon! I heard the news of Zhuangzi.

After Zhuangzi left the Wei state, he went directly to the Song state. I don't know what the reason is, he stumbled into a place called Qiyuan by mistake.

Qiyuan is a very closed and unique place, although it is the territory of the Song State, it is difficult for the Song State to manage here.

The lacquer garden is located in a large canyon basin, which can live tens of thousands of people. There are only two canyon mouths in and out of the lacquer garden, which are easy to attack and difficult to attack. So! This is the paradise of criminals in the Great Zhou world.

In ancient agrarian societies, where tens of thousands of people could be fed, a large area of land was needed. Because! Without chemical fertilizers and pesticides in modern society, the yield of crops is very low.

Now the society can produce hundreds of catties and thousands of catties per acre of land, and! One person can cultivate a lot of land. If it were mechanized, more land would be cultivated.

And in ancient times, especially during the Warring States period, the yield per mu was very low. One acre of land can produce 100 catties, which is okay. Being able to produce three or five hundred catties per mu is definitely a myth.

But! At that time, a person could also cultivate ten or twenty acres.

So! A place that can accommodate tens of thousands of people can live in an area that can be imagined!

It's just that! Qiyuan is not the kind of harmonious society here. Because the people here are all criminals from all over the Great Zhou world who have escaped punishment, it is very chaotic and densely populated.

Although this is the territory of the Song Kingdom, the successive kings of the Song Kingdom are powerless and cannot manage it well. If the officials sent by the government went too far, they were killed by the locals. The Song State encircled and suppressed this place many times, but the results ended in failure.

Because of the topography, as long as the Qiyuan people hold the valley mouth on both sides, no matter how many troops you send over, you will not be able to attack it. The people of Qiyuan are "one husband and one husband, ten thousand people are not open".

But! The Qiyuan people had the advantage that the successive kings of the Song Kingdom did not touch it.

Although the people of Qiyuan do not obey, but! They pay taxes.

Qiyuan people also have principles for paying taxes, and they do not pay taxes according to the tax law of the Song Kingdom. But! The amount of tax to be paid is determined according to the quality of the year. So! You want him to collect taxes according to the regulations of the Song Kingdom, no matter how good or bad the year is, people will not hang you.

It's a good year, and people don't pay much. In bad years, people pay less or don't pay.

Qiyuan people are so good, you want to treat it with a one-size-fits-all policy, it is impossible.

So! The officials sent by the Song State were generally unable to stay in the lacquer garden. If you don't change and implement the policies of the Song State, you may die here. If you always can't get along with the people of Qiyuan, if you don't get killed, you will be driven away sooner or later.

Policy is dead, so! There is no way for the officials below. If you don't act according to the policies of the Song State, you will not be able to be an official. If you follow the policy, the people of Qiyuan will either kill you or drive you away.

It was such a chaotic place, but Zhuangzi ran into it by mistake.

After learning that Zhuangzi had strayed into the lacquer garden, Bai Gui broke out in a cold sweat. What kind of place is the lacquer garden, he knows. Inside the lacquer garden, he also has business. And! Go in often.

Every time he entered the lacquer garden, he had to bring a lot of guards, just in case.

A few days later, Baekyu got an unexpected message.

Zhuangzi not only did not die in the lacquer garden, on the contrary! It was also welcomed by the people of Qiyuan.

But! Zhuangzi, who left the lacquer garden, gave almost all the money on his body to the poor people in the lacquer garden. Back in the Song Kingdom, Zhuangzi didn't even have enough money to build a thatched house.

"This stupid comparison!" When the inquiring guard learned of the facts, he couldn't help but curse.

Of course! The guards are not really scolding, but scolding Zhuangzi's social experience. A person with no social experience will be cheated out of all his money.

For this guard, Zhuangzi was cheated out of money, not to help others.

Helping others is within one's own means, not about helping others. Helping others is doing our best without affecting our own survival.

But Zhuangzi is different, he is all about helping.

"Good!" After Bai Gui offended Zhuangzi and did this, not only did he not say that he was stupid, but also applauded.

"What I Bai Gui wants is such a son-in-law, this son-in-law, like me Bai Gui! What do I do in business to make money? Isn't it just to help the poor in the world? ”

"White officials!" One of the guards interrupted: "Zhuangzi is not like you!" Zhuangzi he? Is he stupid? ”

"Why is he stupid?" Baekyu asked.

"He lives in someone else's house, and others give him delicious food, but he doesn't eat it, and gives the delicious food to other people's babies."

"That's good, huh? Isn't that wrong? Baekyu asked puzzled.

"But? Usually him? He's just as bitter, isn't he? When he left the lacquer garden, he ate dry food given by others. When the dry food is finished, he eats grass! ”

"Eating grass?"

"Eat the roots!"

"Eating tree roots?"

"Eat what grows on the earth!"

"Hehehe!" When Baekyu heard this, he smiled instead of disdain.

"What if it were me? I'll be sure to keep some money. I have money, so why should I live a hard life? ”

"Hehehe!" Bai Gui looked at the guard and said with a smile: "You say! You go on! ”

"We heard! When Zhuangzi left the Qin state, both the Duke of Qin and Wei Ying gave him money and brocade silk. But he? I heard that before leaving the Qin State, he gave these money and brocade silk to the poor people of the Qin State. ”

"Hehehe!" Bai Gui looked at the inquiring guard and smiled.

"When they left the Wei Palace, both Wei Jun and Pang Juan sent him money and gifts. Gift! He didn't ask for anything, and directly asked those officers and soldiers to give them points. What about coins! He took it. But! After entering the lacquer garden, in a few days, he gave it all to others......"

In fact! Zhuangzi is not so stupid! He gave a lot of money to the poor people in the lacquer garden, but he still kept the money to return to the Montimo family to build a thatched house.

That's his bottom line!

If you don't have a house, you won't have a place to live in the future.

As for food, he can go and find it.

With his ability to survive in the wild, he will not die of hunger.

The Mengdi Mojia branch altar is a piece of self-owned land given to the Mo family by the Song State. There is no tax on hunting on it. There is no tax on cultivating on it.

Furthermore! Zhuangzi saw that the poor could no longer live, and he could not bear to watch others starve to death. Although he can't help the poor live a prosperous life, he can solve the immediate difficulties of the poor.

As a Taoist, if you don't have a benevolent heart, you don't really understand the teachings of Taoism.

Selfish! It's the instinct of human nature. Unselfish! It is the need for co-existence.

Selflessness is the means, selfishness is the end!

"If not what I expected? Zhuangzi may become the magistrate of Qiyuan! Hahaha! Bai Gyu laughed.

"Will Zhuangzi become the official of the Qiyuan?" When the guards heard this, they were puzzled.

"Lacquer Garden Officer! Right! Lacquer garden officials! ”

(End of chapter)