Night fell!
The bustling brick road gradually became deserted, and there was no sign of a car for a long time. In a small tavern on both sides of the brick road, Meton led the Mo Family Village people and waited quietly for something.
Since the brick road was built, small taverns like this could be found everywhere. Now that Meton had spent money to reserve this tavern, there was no one in the tavern except for a group of Mo Jiazi brothers.
"Young master, do you think the Xiangfu Family will come?" Uncle Fu frowned and asked.
Meton chuckled and said, "As a craftsman, the most unbearable thing is for the thing that you are proud of to be looked down upon by others. Moreover, they left the door wide open and displayed the Mohist skill to others. It is obvious that they are trying to provoke us. How can we accept such provocation? "
Since the other party could hide in Chang 'an City for so long, they must have good eyesight. It should not be a problem for them to find this place.
Hearing this, Uncle Fu smiled bitterly. However, when he thought of the other party's actions of spreading the Mohist skill, he did not have any sympathy for them.
"Young master, don't be careless. According to the records of the School of Mo, the Xiangfu Family are mostly stubborn people who are proficient in the Mohist skill. I am afraid that it will be difficult to deal with them." Uncle Fu reminded.
Meton nodded silently. Even so, since the Xiangfu Family had appeared, he would not be satisfied if he did not try to get in touch with them.
"Sorry, this place has been reserved by us. We are not accepting guests for now! Please move to another place. "Tie An's voice suddenly came from outside.
A voice came from outside and said, "I did not expect this to be the way Mo Jiazi treats his guests."
Hearing this, Uncle Fu suddenly stood up and said, "The Xiangfu Family?"
"Tie An, please invite the guest in!" Meton said in a deep voice.
"No wonder you are Mo Jiazi, who is famous in the Tang dynasty. You have an extraordinary temperament." Along with the voice, a hale and hearty skinny old man with a rough linen robe walked into the tavern.
"Meton of the Mo Family's Xiangli Clan greets senior!" Meton stood up and bowed respectfully.
The old man returned the greeting with a solemn expression, "Tian Qiong of the Mo Family's Xiangfu Clan greets you!"
"Tian Qiao?" Moton's heart skipped a beat. Pi, Pi, Bi, Aid, and Push were the core logic of Mobian. Since the other party used Bi as his name, he was obviously proficient in Mobian.
"When my late father was still alive, he told me to always remember the three branches of the Mo Clan. Now that the Dengling Clan and Xiangfu Clan have come out one after another, the Dao of the Mo Clan is endless." Meton sighed with emotion. When Meton decided to carry the banner of the Mo Clan alone, he thought he was the last branch of the Mo Clan, but he did not expect that the other three branches also had inheritances.
Tian Qiao snorted and stared at Merton, "It is not easy for the Mo Clan to survive until now. Now the Xiangfu Clan has always remembered the teachings of the Mo Clan and is dedicated to carrying on the legacy of the Mo Clan. However, even if the Old Man was far away in the forest, he heard that in Chang 'an City, there was someone who used the name of the Mo Clan for personal gain and publicly trampled on the teachings of the Mo Clan. How could the Xiangfu Clan stand by and do nothing?"
"Using the name of the Mo Clan for personal gain? Don't slander me. "Meton changed his expression and said.
Tian Qiao looked at Meton coldly and said, "Zimo said that the reason why a benevolent man does things is to benefit the world and get rid of the evils in the world. Now the Mo Clan is using the secret skills of the Mo Clan to monopolize the village and make huge profits. Only the Mo Clan is rich. Such a selfish act, especially when the Mo Clan loves the world with impartiality. "
"This is the reason why you spread the secret skills of the Mo Clan." Meton said coldly.
"Once these secret skills of the Mo Clan appear, it will definitely benefit the country and the people. Countless people will benefit from it. This is the Dao of the Mo Clan." Tian Qiao said without shame.
In his mind, the Mo Clan had always been selfless. They would sacrifice their own clan for the greater good. Meton's behavior was contrary to the Mo Clan's philosophy.
"Didn't I publicize the secret skills of the live fish, the artificial hatching technique, the method of increasing grain production, the method of drought resistance? How many people in the world have benefited from it? Then do you know who will benefit from the secret skills you publicize? It's the nobles behind those workshop owners! "Meton questioned.
Tian Qiao was not moved at all and said, "Old Man naturally knows this. Moreover, the Old Man can see clearly that in just half a year, the price of various items will drop greatly. Countless people will benefit from it. Maybe some people will benefit from it, but they will also share the profits of the Mo Clan."
With the spread of the secret skills of the Mo Clan, many large workshops have launched similar products. Under the fierce competition, price war was the only way to win.
Meton retorted, "You only see the huge profits of the Mo Clan, but you don't see the capital that the Mo Clan has spent to develop the secret skills of the Mo Clan. Without the support of huge profits, how can the Mo Clan continue to develop the secret skills of the Mo Clan? Without the advantage of the secret skills of the Mo Clan, where is the future of the Mo Clan?"
Tian Qiao said stubbornly, "Without the philosophy of the Mo Clan, what's the use of developing and expanding? Moreover, the Mo Clan pursues the principle of frugality. After the Old Man arrived in Chang 'an, he visited the entire Mo Clan as soon as he could. The villagers lived in tall and brand-new brick houses, wore silk and satin, and went in and out by horse carriages. How can such behavior be described as Mozi's principle?" Tian Qiao said proudly while patting the coarse linen clothes on his body.
The Mo Clan advocated frugality, and the followers of the Mo Clan mostly wore coarse linen clothes, and they worked day and night. They took self-suffering as the extreme and did not do anything unnecessary. In Tian Qiao's opinion, the Mo Clan had begun to be greedy for pleasure and had lost the essence of the Mo Clan. Therefore, he decided to destroy the Mo Clan without hesitation.
Meton said loudly, "Is the Mo Clan destined to be poor and destitute, destined to work for others? Brother Mo Jiazi can't enter the officialdom and enjoy wealth like the Confucian and Legalist Schools, nor can he pursue reincarnation like the Buddhist and Taoist Schools. He can't even live a better life with his own skills. Then who will want to join the Mo Clan? I'm afraid that the Mo Clan will only be destroyed by then."
Meton's words could be said to speak a lot of Brother Mo Jiazi's thoughts. They had lived a poor and destitute life, and it was not easy for the Mo Clan to improve. Who would want to go back to the old days?
"The ancient Yang Zhu said, 'If one loses a little, it will benefit the world.' Now that the secret technique is made public, the Mo Clan will only lose a little, but the world will benefit. If the Mo Clan can't even do this, how can we talk about the Mo Clan's Way?" Tian Qiao said firmly.
Yang Zhu was a Taoist, one of the principles of self-interest. Mencius said, 'Yang Zhu and Mo Di's words are heard by the world. The world's words belong to Yang Zhu and Mo Di. Yang Zhu's teachings and the Mo Clan's teachings were contradictory.
"If that's the case, why don't the Xiangfu Clan make the Mo Clan's secret technique public and benefit the world?" Meton sneered.
Tian Qiao was speechless.
"Because the Xiangfu Clan doesn't have the Mo Clan's secret technique that benefits the world! That's why it's easy for you to say that. "Meton sneered.
Tian Qiong flew into a rage and said, "How dare you humiliate my Xiangfu Clan!"
Meton shook his head and sneered, "Now that the Mo Clan is in a life and death situation, if we don't change, we will perish. Since the Xiangfu Clan has come out, I would like to see how the Xiangfu Clan is going to promote the Mo Clan."
"Then we will wait and see." Tian Qiao stood up angrily, and the two sides parted on bad terms.
Looking at Tian Qiao's leaving figure, Uncle Fu sighed and said, "The Xiangfu Clan has finally come out, young master, why do you have to provoke him?"
In Uncle Fu's opinion, if Meton persuaded Tian Qiao nicely, maybe Tian Qiao could join the Mo Clan. If the two clans merged, wouldn't it be even more powerful?
Meton shook his head and said, "Now that the Mo Clan has suddenly risen, I'm afraid some people don't want to see a unified Mo Clan. A divided Mo Clan will make everyone feel at ease. Furthermore, the Xiangfu Clan has a different philosophy from us, if we force the two clans to merge, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble."
"How would the Xiangfu Clan know young master's intention? You want to make the Mo Clan rich! This is young master's plan long ago. "Uncle Fu sighed.
Mo Dun's anger was swept away, he chuckled and said, "With the Xiangfu Clan spreading the ink skills, the effect is much better than us doing it on purpose. We spent a lot of effort and put all our money into this workshop, how can we just let it go so easily? Stealing our ink skills is the same as boarding our pirate ship, you can't get off even if you want to."
How could they not regard the Mo Skill that they had worked so hard to get as a peerless treasure? In addition, they had paid so much, so how could they give it up easily? Not to mention that they still had the motivation to make money. Due to the restrictions of transportation, there was still a large gap in the market of the Tang Dynasty. As long as these people didn't court death by themselves, they would definitely make money. Once they tasted the taste of profit, how could they give it up easily?
Once the workshops using Mo Skill were everywhere in the Tang Dynasty, it would be the time for the Mo Clan to rise.
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