As we said earlier, if Qin Yi was a social reformer who was familiar with the science of history, he would have been happy with what was happening in front of him. Because, while people change the external world, they inevitably change themselves. Because, people always have to learn to walk, always learn to be sensible, always continue to expand their horizons, and always grow up.

For example, as we mentioned earlier, the establishment of the concept of property and private property is an important stage in the growth of human beings. The reason is not difficult to understand, when something has a master, there are people to protect and cherish it. Under certain conditions, resources can be used more rationally. Of course, there are also all kinds of evil.

As we have also said, the constant awareness of one's own interests means that people are growing up, growing up, and history is making progress and making great strides.

Why? The reason is simple. For example, why did a slave under the ancient slave system be willing to submit to the rule of the slave owner at the beginning? It was because he felt that it was the slave owner and the master who gave him food, clothing, and use, and that the master was supporting himself and his family. So he decided that whatever he did, whatever he did for his master, he should do his part.

With the development of production, the horizon is broadened and the value of labor is recognized. Can slavery still exist when it is realized that it is the slave owner who is supported by his own labor, and not the slave owner who supports himself? When slaves resist the rule of slave owners by passive sabotage, when slaves' labor can no longer bring benefits to slave owners, many slave owners actually take the initiative to give up the slave rule mode. As a result, the large estates of the slave owners were divided into small plots and rented to individual labourers, and the proceeds were shared by the owners of the land and the labourers according to prior agreement. Thus, a new system was born, that is, feudalism.

The premise for the existence of any rule is not primarily how powerful the ruler is, but the acceptance and approval of the governed. Just as no one carries a sedan chair, there will definitely be no sedan chair to sit on. Without the cult of the ignorant and the wretched, no idol is nothing.

It doesn't take much knowledge to know that the more people are aware of their own vital interests and the more they can work hard to realize their own interests, the faster the development of society and the greater the changes in the world will be. It's just that after people's self-interest is improved, the relationship between production and life between people, and the way people interact with each other must also change.

However, it is a pity that Qin Yi is not a social reformer, let alone a social reformer who knows historical science. He never thought of carrying out social reform anywhere, nor did he think about creating an ideal society, he just wanted to make a good life for himself and the villagers here.

He used to think he had succeeded, and yes, he did for a while. But now, it seems that what has been gained is about to be lost.

Qin Yi really misses the people when he first came, at that time, he often heard people say that the strength in his body can't be retained and can't be saved, and if he doesn't use it, it will be ruined, everything can be saved, but he can't save the strength in his body.

Qin Yi sometimes thinks that if people can retain the original simplicity when they are trying to change the external environment, how good it would be? Helplessly, how can Qin Yi always think about this poem in his mind? His heart is a little desolate and a little sad.

Digression: "There has never been a shortage of people who yearn for and yearn for beauty in the world, Tao Yuanming and his peach blossom source in ancient times, and Thomas More and his utopia in modern times. There is a great social reformer abroad, and his greatness lies in the fact that he not only has ideas, not just yearning and longing, but does it himself and puts it into action. He used to be a very successful, young factory owner. A great man said of him: "This man has a simple and noble character like a child, and at the same time he is a rare natural leader."

His contemporaries of the factory owners, in order to make a fortune, rushed to fill their money bags by extending the working hours of the workers, by increasing the intensity of the workers' work, by squeezing the last drop of blood from the workers.

However, the twenty-nine-year-old factory owner, on the contrary, was the opposite of his peers, and he worked hard to make the workers live in a more respectful environment. He is particularly concerned about the education of the growing generation. He invented and founded the world's first kindergarten, where little children enter from the age of two, where they live so happily that it is simply difficult for parents to bring them back.

His competitors forced the workers to work thirteen to fourteen hours a day, while with him worked only ten and a half hours. When his factory had to close for four months during the industry crisis, the workers at his site were still paid their full wages every month.

unintentionally planted willows and willows, which made him a great success. In less than thirty years, he led the Great New Lanark Cotton Mill in Scotland, making him a well-known figure and increasing the population of the region to twenty-five million. The composition of these people turned out to be extremely complex, but he turned it into a well-established model immigration area, where alcoholism and crime of all kinds were almost extinct.

His factory brought great wealth to investors, and also made him proud wealth, praise, fame, and honor. He became the most famous figure in Europe, not only those of the same social status as him, but also the dignitaries and princes and ministers nodded and listened to him. There is no one who does not envy him, no one who does not regard him as a success, but he is not satisfied. Because, he thinks, the environment he has created for the workmanship is still far from the requirements of human dignity, and he wants to do better.

So, he took all his possessions and went to the Americas to establish a settlement area. He wanted to build a society in which everyone is equal, free from oppression and exploitation, and free from intrigue between others, where everyone works together and enjoys the fruits of labor.

He planned the good society he had built very carefully and thoroughly, and planned all kinds of details technically. He designed the plan, façade and bird's-eye view of the settlement. However, in the end he failed. All his efforts came to naught, and he himself became a penniless man. (He was the great utopian socialist Robert Owen)

It seems that it is not enough for a person to have good wishes, so why did this visionary fail? Is it the same as Qin Yi now, who has also failed to solve the problem of maintaining labor? As we said, Qin Yi has never thought of what kind of society he wants to create. For this place, apart from the marriage relationship, the whole feeling for Qin Yi is still good. He really didn't want it to go away before his eyes. For Qin Yi, it was a sleepless night. But he racked his brains and couldn't figure out what was going on.

After breakfast, Qin Yi wanted to go out for a walk, but before he went out, someone came to visit.

The person who came was Sun Mancang, who Lu Shaoyu mentioned at the dinner table and was about to move out. Qin Yi was a little surprised, although Sun Mancang had been here for a long time, Qin Yi had very little contact with him, and it seemed that he had never spoken alone. Qin Yi couldn't think of what Sun Mancang would do to him.

All the people who came were guests, Qin Yi asked Sun Mancang to sit down in the house, and then went to Zhang Luo to boil water and make tea, but Sun Mancang was not polite and humble.

The tea was served, and the two of them sat down.

"Uncle Sun, what are you looking for me?"

In the village, there is a hierarchy between people, but Qin Yi and Sun Mancang are both outsiders, so they are divided into generations according to age. Sun Mancang is in his fifties, a few years younger than Tanaka Garden, so Qin Yi calls him Uncle Sun.

"Mr. Qin, I don't have anything to do, you should have heard about it, I'm leaving, I want to talk to you before I leave. Sun Mancang said.

"Welcome, Uncle Sun, I heard the news that you are leaving yesterday from Brother Lu Shaoyu, I heard that you are moving to the county seat, right?"

Because Lu Shaoyu said yesterday that Sun Mancang didn't want to publicize the matter of buying a house and land in the county, Qin Yi didn't mention the fact that people were buying houses and land in the county.

"Didn't you make a few dollars by collecting herbs? I bought a few houses and a piece of land in the north near the county seat. ”

For Qin Yi, Sun Mancang did not hide it.

Qin Yi said sincerely: "Okay! Congratulations to Uncle Sun." ”

Sun Mancang said: "Mr. Qin, to tell you what you want to say, you are really reluctant to leave here. ”

"Is it?" Qin Yi didn't know if it was okay.

He couldn't think of why Sun Mancang said this?

"If you want to talk about a good life, messing around, this is really a good place, no matter what your situation, you can get a piece of food back when the time comes, everyone is the same? The people in this place are also good, no one can bully anyone, whoever has something to do, everyone helps.

"It doesn't matter if you lock the door when you go out, I haven't lost anything since the dog left. Mr. Qin is also from outside, you say, when you go outside, is there such a place?

It can be heard that Sun Mancang is speaking from his heart.

Everyone has to lose something in order to gain something. The so-called gain must be lost, and when we are rejoicing, we can't help but feel sad about the loss.

Listening to Sun Mancang's words, Qin Yi nodded. He thought to himself, since this place is so good, why do you want to move away? If you move back to your hometown, there is nothing to say, but no! Qin Yi really wanted to know what Sun Mancang thought, but the people had already bought a house and land and were about to move out, so Qin Yi felt that it was inappropriate to ask such a question.