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What Mingyue said was the "division of the four people's industries" proposed by Qi Guo Guan Zhong, that is, the people with the four identities of "Shinong, Industry and Commerce" lived separately and cultivated separately, so that their respective skills could be perfected. For craftsmen, his advice is: let the hundred workers gather to live together, and learn the skills at a young age, so that the children of the hundred workers will always maintain the status of the hundred workers. In Guan Zhong's view at that time, there was no essential difference between high and low in Shinong and industry, they all served the princes and nobles, but the division of labor was different, and each had its own expertise.

Indeed, although craftsmen did not have the right to change their careers freely in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, their status was not low, they belonged to the "countrymen", and sometimes they could discuss politics or become the main force in the capital to launch riots against the aristocracy.

But the Warring States Period, where the distinction between the country and the wilderness has been completely eliminated, and the status of the craftsmen in the hundreds of crafts is also lower than that of the "countrymen" in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Western Zhou Dynasty. As far as Mingyue can see today, although they can eat enough, the fruits of their labor are basically unceremoniously stripped clean by the government, and they only leave some rations and money like alms, although they are not slaves, they are similar to slaves.

It is no wonder that many scholars who think they have learned a little bit of culture have begun to look down on the other three professions, especially the hundred workers, which are regarded as cheap jobs by some people.

However, Mingyue disagreed with this view, and said: "Brother, look at you and me, the deep meaning silk cloth we wear is dyed by hundreds of workers, the chariots and horses we ride are made by hundreds of craftsmen, the tripods used in meals are refined and cast by hundreds of craftsmen, and the wine and pulp water drunk are also made by hundreds of workers. ”

Lu Lingjun was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, this is indeed the case.

"Therefore, as Xunzi said, the superior and inferior, depending on the fertilizer, the order of the five kinds, the gentleman is not as good as the peasant; Wealth, beauty and evil, arguing between the noble and the low, the gentleman is not as good as the Jia people; Set rules, Chen Rope Mo, and set it up, and the gentleman is not as good as the worker. Although the gentleman rules the country, but without the peasants, merchants, craftsmen, any kind, this state can not be governed normally, since I have been the right worker of the state, I must observe the hundred workers, understand their life and career, how can I care about the high and low, and ignore it? ”

The words made Lu Lingjun speechless, pointing to Mingyue and shaking his head: "Chang'anjun went to Qi Country once, and his teeth sharpened even sharper. ”

Mingyue shook her head: "It's not just the Qi State, I heard that in the Qin State, the skilled craftsmen are attached great importance to it, the Qin State has repeatedly invaded Korea, and the first thing to do is to take the Korean craftsmen back to Xianyang, and over time, the Qin State was originally scarce, but now there are tens of thousands!" ”

As far as he knew, the Qin State not only captured the craftsmen of the Six Kingdoms, but also learned the more advanced management methods of the East. There is a system in the six countries of Shandong, called: "Wule Gong Name", which requires the manufacturer of the utensils to engrave his name on the products he makes, so as to facilitate the managers to inspect the quality of the products and assess the skills of the craftsmen. In addition to the name of the craftsman, the name of the superintendent and the master maker should be engraved so that the person responsible for the quality of the product can be traced step by step. If the name is not engraved on the object, it will be punished.

For example, Mingyue, as the right worker of the state, supervises the production of a group of cars, and his name will be engraved in the first place as the overseer, followed by the engineer Zhang Lao, and then the real maker's name.

This point was also learned by the Qin State and strictly enforced. Due to the support of the strict "Qin Law", this method is better than the blue, and it blossomed and bore fruit in the Qin State. The hundred workers of the Qin State are afraid of punishment and will never dare to slack off and be lazy, but those who do well also have specific rewards, and they can even be knighted.

In addition, some of the Mo family entered Qin and brought a lot of skills, and after a hundred years of accumulation, the craftsmen of the Qin State really have some "craftsman spirit". It is not difficult to understand why Qin was able to manufacture crossbow machines and spears that were almost identical and whose parts could be replaced, and later made terracotta warriors and horses that had never been seen before or since......

Although the handicraft industry of the Qin State is far inferior to the six countries of Shandong in terms of luxury goods and artworks, the production of weapons, armor and chariots has come from behind, no less than Han and Chu, although it cannot be compared with the quality of fine products, but it is better than the average quality and the production efficiency is extremely high.

How long does it take to make weapons, armor, and vehicles for an army of 10,000? When these things are put into the war, it is the hard power gap between the two countries!

Mingyue estimated that the battle of Changping was only four or five years old, and the Qin State went to the peasants, and there were more Bashu granaries and Guanzhong Tianfu, which were ploughed with cattle and Weishui for grain, while the places where Zhao could farm were concentrated in the east of Taihang Mountain, and there was no water conservancy. In agriculture, it is impossible to make rapid progress in four or five years, so we can only think of ways to do it in terms of technology.

As far as he knew, the craftsmen of Zhao State, although not as good as Korea, were not bad. Moreover, he did not know the Mo family when he was under the army, and now he still has correspondence with several disciples of the Mo family of Qi State, Mingyue wondered if he should deceive them......

However, in the next few days, Yin, the newly appointed Bangyou worker, was very active in and out of the Baigong Shop in the northwest of Handan, meeting with the family representatives of several types of work, such as wheel people, public opinion people, Lu people, craftsmen, car people, and Zi people. He was of noble birth but kind to him, and his rewards were generous, and with the prestige bonus of "going to the trouble for the country" before, the craftsmen and craftsmen accepted the new boss in a few days.

After getting familiar with the personnel, Mingyue also started to work non-stop, and it just so happened that Yin Zhaobao, a big worker, gave him an "order" from the front line.

"Within half a month, 300 new wagons for transporting grain will be made?"

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Sun Tzu said, where the method of war is used, thousands of cars are galloped, thousands of leather cars are carried, 100,000 armor is taken, and food is fed for thousands of miles......

The so-called gallop chariot is a light chariot, and the leather chariot is a heavily armored chariot covered with leather, but Sun Tzu has not yet said another kind of chariot, that is, a chariot, that is, a chariot that transports heavy grain and grass......

For example, in this battle of Yan, there were a lot of soldiers and horses dispatched, and the baggage of these people was mainly levied on the spot in the Zhongshan area in the north, but in order to avoid being insufficient, they also had to be transported to the north from the warehouses in Handan and Xindu, so Zhao Hao thought that there was more food to be supplied in the rear after the overall planning, but the vehicles were not enough, so he urgently added 300 vehicles.

It was an urgent job, and there were less than three hundred skilled carpenters in a hundred families, and only five hundred with their apprentices.

And Mingyue looked at the plan submitted by the engineer, the so-called chariot is still a traditional single-wheel cart, the chariot is much wider than the combat chariot, and the front is pulled by two oxen or horses, which can pull twenty-five stones of grain and grass.

Seeing that this backward car type was still used for military food transportation, Mingyue knew that his opportunity had come.

"Ben Gongzi has decided not to make this car this time, but to make a double-wheel car instead!"

With a stroke of the pen, Mingyue rejected the plan submitted by the engineer Zhang Lao.

This incident shocked the hundred families, and sure enough, in the afternoon, Mingyue was urgently summoned by her boss Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao.

"My nephew, although this car is a small road, it is related to the military situation on the front line, and it is a major military matter, how can you play child's play and change other cars?"

Zhao Bao taught the junior a serious lesson, although he was not angry, but the expression on his face was obvious: Sure enough, he was a sixteen-year-old son, and he began to talk nonsense as soon as he arrived.

Mingyue listened respectfully to Zhao Bao's reprimand, and then bowed and said: "Uncle, my nephew is not messing around, the new car style I propose to make can make the horses required to pull the cart from two to one, and the consumption of beans along the way can also be reduced by half!" ”