Chapter 43 Improving Productivity

Cheng Jiao didn't know that the thin boss's real master was Jade Tiger, and he had told Jade Tiger everything that happened in the restaurant.

He is now chatting with Six-Fingered Black Knight, talking about many things.

Cheng Jiao's outlook on life, values ​​and world view, which were shaped by modern civilization, made the great Mohist masters admire him from the bottom of their hearts.

With his strength, he could clearly feel that what Cheng Jiao said and thought was true, his sympathy for the lower-class people and his indignation at the corruption and inferiority of the nobles.

It is precisely because of this that the Six-Fingered Black Knight feels unreal.

Yan Dan disagreed after hearing this. He said that there are only individuals who betray their class, but no class that betrays individuals. As long as Cheng Jiao is a noble, no matter what he does, he will be branded with the stigma of his class and others will think he has ulterior motives.

But Cheng Jiao's analysis of the pros and cons of the system and its future direction opened Yan Dan's eyes and gave him a feeling of hearing the truth.

His eyes were somewhat complicated. Why was Qin so lucky? Every generation of the Qin royal family had geniuses, which enabled Qin to face the six countries head-on.

Zi Nu looked at Cheng Jiao with a strange look in her eyes, especially when Cheng Jiao talked about his views on women, which made Zi Nu's heart melt.

Whether a woman or a man, she is first of all a human being, and as a human being she has material needs for survival and the pursuit of dignity and spirit. However, the privileged class born with aristocratic blood and so on, has oppressed and exploited the rights of most people.
Zi Nu kept every word in her heart. Every time she read it, she felt longing. Is there really such a world?

"My dear friend Cheng Jiao, you are being ostracized in Qin State now. Why don't you come to Mohism to avoid danger temporarily, and then enter the Qin State court to realize your ambitions when the time is right."

The Six-Fingered Black Knight took the initiative to invite Cheng Jiao. He thought that he could let Cheng Jiao be a guest of the Mohist school to open up new ideas for this generation of Mohist disciples.

Cheng Jiao politely declined and sighed, "The world's ups and downs are created by our generation. Once we enter the world, time will pass by quickly. If we hide away because we are afraid of danger, I am afraid that we will achieve nothing in the end, and our ideals and ambitions will eventually become the dust of history."

"Oh? I wonder what your ideal is?"

The Six-Fingered Black Knight became curious at this time. He had no interest in getting to know other people, but after chatting with Cheng Jiao, he was very curious about what ideals and ambitions such a person would have.

Is it like Confucius who taught the world, or like Mozi who loved all living beings?

As for the Taoists, Legalists, Military Strategists, and Diplomats, he did not hear any penetrating insights from Cheng Jiao's words just now.

Cheng Jiao pondered for a moment and said, "To be honest, my ideal is very simple. I want the people to be warm and well-fed, have a house to live in and a fire to warm themselves in the winter, earn a decent living through their own labor, get medical treatment when they are sick, and have their children acquire the knowledge they need.

You can use some spare money for entertainment and go wherever you want without having to worry about bandits or robbers, or people leaving their doors unlocked at night or picking up things on the road.

There is no distinction between noble families, and there are no slaves, only differences in occupation and status."

As Cheng Jiao spoke, he became a little confused. Everything he said was what he saw and heard in his previous life, but in this era, it was more than two thousand years apart.

He didn't know whether he could make it revive through blood and approach or even reach the basic conditions of modern life if he took over the shattered Qin Empire in the future.

By that time, his enemies will not only be external but also internal, namely the entire vested interest class.

Zi Nu felt Cheng Jiao's inner depression and powerlessness, so she hugged Cheng Jiao's arm and held his hand tightly.

"I believe in you, let's achieve these ideals together, okay?"

Cheng Jiao felt Zi Nu's powerful jade hand, and a spring of water gushed out in his heart, and those negative emotions began to fade away.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight thought carefully about every word of Cheng Jiao, and thought carefully about how to do it, but his mind was blank. The feeling of powerlessness of not knowing where to start made him, who had the top strength of this era, very uncomfortable.

Jing Ke, who had always been unruly, also calmed down at this time. He seldom read books, but after listening to Cheng Jiao's words, he suddenly realized that nothing Cheng Jiao said had been completed in this world. It was terrifying to think about it carefully!
Yan Dan suddenly asked: "How does Chang'an Jun view the relationship between the six kingdoms and Qin?"

"The world will eventually unite after a long period of division, and will eventually divide after a long period of unity."

Cheng Jiao said without thinking.

"Qin wants to unify the six kingdoms?"

Yan Dan's tone was sharp. "Why, you don't agree?"

Cheng Jiao looked straight at Yan Dan.

Yan Dan refused to give in: "If Qin wants to unify, it will cause great suffering to all people. I will not allow it!"

The six-fingered black warrior nodded in agreement. "That's right."

Zi Nu's hands gradually became cold. If Qin really wanted to unify the six kingdoms, Han would surely perish. Wouldn't Wei Zhuang's ideal be...
She didn't dare to think further. She felt very conflicted in front of the person she liked and her close friends.

Cheng Jiao suddenly said, "I am not the King of Qin, how can I control it?"

The tense atmosphere dissipated in an instant, and Zi Nu's face relaxed, realizing that she was worrying for no reason.

Yan Dan was stunned and realized that he might have thought too much. When he was with Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng did not have such lofty ambitions at all. Instead, he had some hooligan habits.

Jing Ke felt relieved for some reason. With his limited brain power, he felt overwhelmed just thinking about what was included in this.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight didn't want to dwell on this meaningless matter any longer. After thinking about it, he began to ask Cheng Jiao the basic question of how to ensure that the people had enough food and clothing.

Cheng Jiao thought for a moment and asked, "How does the Mohist mechanical city work?"

The six-fingered black hero did not hide it: "It is using water power."

Cheng Jiao nodded: "Since water power can provide energy for the operation of the mechanical city, are there other forces that can provide energy?"

Jing Ke quickly said: "I know! Internal strength can do it."

Zi Nu was amused by the god's reply, "Can you use your inner strength to operate the mechanical city?"

Jing Ke was speechless: "This seems a little difficult."

Yan Dan thought for a moment and said, "We can also use the wind."

Six-Fingered Black Knight: "Yes, the Mohist Suzaku relies on the wind power that is everywhere in the sky to operate."

Cheng Jiao really wanted to ask, can he play with Suzaku? It must be very exciting to watch the moon and listen to music with a girl on it.

"Not only water power and wind power can be turned into energy, but also heat power. If we look deeply into it, everything in the world can be turned into energy. If we can use the energy to help farmers grow crops and weavers sew clothes, will it increase food production and clothing?"

The six-fingered black knight was thoughtful and seemed to have found the direction.

Zi Nu said slowly: "Only by utilizing more energy can we do more things. Right?"

Cheng Jiao snapped his fingers and said, "That's right. Throughout history, every development of mankind is the use of energy. From eating raw meat and drinking blood to slash-and-burn farming, it's all about using fire. Cooking food and smelting."

The six-fingered black knight humbly asked: "My friend, what is the core of this direction?"

Cheng Jiao pointed to the fruit tree in front of him, on which there were only a few peaches.

"Increase productivity and produce more peaches."

"the way is?"

"Borrow more energy."

The six-fingered black hero seemed to begin to understand the context and knew the direction that the Mohist School was working towards.

“So how can we use energy to increase productivity?”

(End of this chapter)