"I have met Lord Zhou and General of the Inner Shishi." A group of craftsmen saluted Zhou Chong and Inner Shishiteng, who were strode into the ranks.

Zhou Chong returned the greeting and said, "Dear masters, don't be polite, please sit down, please sit down."

After the craftsmen sat down, Zhou Chong looked at the craftsmen for a while and said with a smile: "You all look good. The land of Qi is beautiful and rich. Unlike the people in the mainland, they often have a good face.

They are no match for you, thanks for having a full meal all year round."

A craftsman named Wang stood up and said, "Mr. Zhou doesn't know that Qi is rich and wealthy, but we can't eat a full meal every meal. It's good to have a full meal a month.

I remember that my family had to have a tooth sacrifice every mid-month period, not eating meat, but letting the whole family have a full meal. My child was overeating and couldn't even walk on the road. He was still looking at the pot and kept saying that he would eat three more bowls."

This sentence sounds playful and funny at first glance. When you think about it carefully, it is extremely bitter and makes people unable to laugh. Zhou Chong said sadly: "Why is this?"

A craftsman named Lin replied: "Mr. Zhou, it's not that the officials are too cruel and have plundered all our lives. We are busy all year round and can't even eat a lot of food.

Don’t think that they have salt in their home. My brother-in-law just cooks salt and only eats salt throughout the year. When it comes to salt, they are not eating, they are just eating meat, and they are happier than the holidays.

"After speaking, tears flowed down, and he said, "It's a pain for us ordinary people!"

Zhou Chong remembered a lyrics and said, "I can understand your life. It's just that those who sell salt drink light soup, and those who wear cool mats sleep on the bed. Is that what it means?"

"Yes, yes, Mr. Zhou is right. Those who cook salt do not eat salt, those who weave cold mats do not sleep. Those who farm do not eat food, and those who eat fish do not eat fish. This is our life, similar to pigs and cows.

"A craftsman named Shang whimpered: "From our ancestors to ours, we have been suffering from these hard days.

Mr. Zhou, when you come, you will reduce the taxes that are more than cow hair. We ordinary people will have food to eat. We can't do it if we have a bad mood."

"Yes, yes! If it weren't for Mr. Zhou, you guys, I don't know how long our hard days will be." The craftsmen agreed in a verbal manner.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, countless casualties were killed and injured, which was an extremely heavy burden in itself. In addition, the government of Qi was corrupt, and the slander ministers led by Sheng were greedy, and the people lived even more difficult.

Zhou Chong said with great emotion: "You have lived such a hard life when you are rich and generous to Qi. Compared with the people in other places, your life is better. Scholars call the Qin Dynasty a tyrannical Qin.

You are so nice to Daqin, they will scold you."

"Scholars, they know nonsense." The craftsman surnamed Lin said disdainfully: "We also believed them before, thinking that the Qin Dynasty was cruel and unkind. They would kill us all, but they didn't expect that it was completely different.

Not to mention anything else, we can at least have enough food and no longer have to give all the things in the past. We were busy all over the year and had nothing to do.

"We ordinary people don't understand those great principles, but we only recognize the same principles. Whoever allows us to have food and clothing will do good to anyone. The Qin Dynasty allows us to live a good life, and the Qin Dynasty is our court."

His words came to everyone's hearts and he agreed again.

Zhou Chong sighed again: "The land of Qilu is known as the hometown of etiquette. The etiquette of Zhou Gong and the teaching of Taigong made Qi famous, and the Jixia Academy is even more famous. I didn't expect you to learn the teachings of sages at all."

"Come on. Scholars always say the way of the Holy King. It sounds quite reasonable, but it does not give us ordinary people any benefits. The more they believe their preaching, the less we have food to eat." The craftsman surnamed Shang looked down on him very much.

He said: "Mr. Zhou, those scholars here.

I read books very well and did bad things very well. What kind of tricks are not thought of by scholars? The Jixia Academy is full of colorful intestines that teach people to pay the pockets of the people, and it should have been burned long ago."

The contribution of Jixia Academy to the development of Chinese culture cannot be erased. In the current local language, Jixia Academy was a first-class higher education institution at that time. Xunzi once served as the dean of a modern university college. He also cultivated historical celebrities such as Han Fei and Li Si.

Zhou Chong has also enjoyed a famous name for a long time in Chinese history. He admired it very much, but he didn't expect it to be worthless in their mouths.

Although the craftsmen's words are biased, they are not unreasonable. Not all the skills of paying the people's pockets in the entire history, but most of them were thought of by scholars, which are the same in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.

Qi State is corrupt and has no control over the people's pockets. It is impossible to ask the people not to hate them.

Zhou Chong smiled and said, "Master Shang's words make sense, but not entirely. Scholars trained from Jixia Academy are still useful. I just selected a large number of scholars from it. Wouldn't you have food to eat soon? If they hadn't helped me, Zhou Chong would have been exhausted. It would be impossible for you to have food and clothing in such a short time. Maybe you are still calling me Zhou Chong a good person and not allowing you to live a good life.

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"Sir, I dare not." A group of craftsmen hurriedly knelt down for Zhou Chong.

Originally, I thought I would have to say something next to make them have a good impression of Qin, but I didn't expect that they were very close to Qin. Zhou Chong decided to talk about the serious business and said, "I'm just kidding, don't take it seriously.

Dear masters, I have something to build and I want to ask you to work. Of course, don’t worry, I will give you wages, do well, and do it for your officials.”

"Please give me instructions, Lord Zhou." Everyone said together.

Zhou Chong took a drawing from the Hu Ben Guard and placed it on the table, saying, "My masters, please come and take a look." Everyone surrounded him, and Zhou Chong explained, "This is a tower ship that can carry hundreds of people. I want to ask you to build this kind of ship.

You have all built ships, but the ships you used to build were too small, mainly for fishing, and the ships I want to build were used for war land.

"I have thought about it. You skilled craftsmen like this can make it. I want to set up a shipyard to build a shipyard. There is also a dock inside the shipyard, which is convenient for shipbuilding and repairing ships.

"I want to select a talented, well-built ships from you and manage them. The capital is produced by Daqin. You run it, and the land ships are mainly sold to the government.

If the needs of the government are met, you can sell it to the public. Of course, the relevant military secrets cannot be disclosed. You all have good skills, so you can hold a certain share capital in the shipyard based on your skills and get a certain dividend.

As long as the better the ship you build, the more dividends you get.
Chapter completed!