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Chapter 444 Lending

After thinking for a while, Yun Yao finally decided to start with the various schools of thought against Western religions. She decided to choose those who are not limited to a certain knowledge as a breakthrough.

Because those who master the knowledge of hundreds of schools of thought can definitely resist the invasion of Western teachings of "get rid of reality and enter into virtuality".

In fact, Yun Yao has a candidate now, that is Zhuangzi. Of course, it is not because he is well-educated, but because of his attitude towards life. Zhuangzi is very open-minded about death and pain. When his wife passed away, he sang loudly and said goodbye to his wife in this form. It can be seen that Zhuangzi does not think death is a suffering, but is worthy of happiness.

Even my friend Hui Shi couldn't understand this.

However, Zhuangzi had his chance, and the small Tianguan was simply an insult to Zhuangzi, and he would definitely refuse.

"It's already dark?" Yunyao stretched out his curved and soft body. When he saw Yao Zhuang still meditating, he smiled with satisfaction. This daughter of the same surname still had insight.

"Have Qingji and the others not come back?"

The Four Beauty, who is studying mathematics, replied: "Not yet."

Yunyao knew that the three people going out must have a good night view of Linzi and would not come back for dinner.

This is true. Xu Ziming, also known as Xu Gong, invited Zhuang Zhou to visit the most famous entertainment club in Qi State to welcome Zhuang Zhou, a guest of Song State.

After Guan Zhong established Nulu, Qi's entertainment venues became famous all over the world. No matter how they imitated, it was difficult for other countries to surpass Qi, a pioneering place. Linzi has a large population and a developed economy, so the scale and quality of Nulu are also of the first-class level. Other countries can imitate their shape but cannot imitate their spirits.

However, Zhuangzi had already met five fairies. When he came to Nulu, he felt that the women here were all vulgar fans. He had no interest in women. Instead of chatting with beautiful women who were not scheming, it would be better to debate with like-minded friends. That would be a pleasure.

"What is the three-word debate in the Academy today?" Xu Gong asked Zhuang Zhou, who was looking forward to the evaluation of guests from afar.

Zhuang Zhou knew that the other party wanted to praise him. To be honest, today's three-character debate was indeed very exciting, especially the theory of "Sea Big Fish" and "City Mouth Bird" was even more exciting. But if you say one more word, you have to cook your own punishment beyond Zhuang Zhou's ability to bear it. He said: "I heard that there are turtles in the quagmire, and there are turtles during sacrifices. I am willing to be turtles in the quagmire." This shows his thoughts.

Jixia Academy is the altar, and all students are turtles sacrificed. Zhuang Zhou has his own choice.

Mr. Xu heard the other party’s implicit voice and knew that Zhuang Zhou had a low evaluation of Jixia Academy and was unwilling to accept it. It didn’t matter. Mr. Xu didn’t mind. His heart was as beautiful as his appearance. He said: “In fact, the Jixia Academy does not take out a large cauldron every day, and the level of students in the Academy is indeed hard to see in the world.”

Zhuang Zhou admitted this point, and he said: "Today they used the three words "Sea Fish" to discuss the safety of cities in various places, and used the birds in the city to prove that sacrifices should meet the specifications, which are all wonderful. The swimming fish in the sea rely on the power of the sea to be safe, just as cities rely on the strength of the country to protect themselves. Although the strange birds at the entrance of the city are weird in their behavior, they have no contribution to the country and the people, so they should not be sacrificed because of the strangeness. Sacrifices are solemn and sacred activities, not wishful thinking and carried out for themselves. Although only three words were used, the explanation was very profound, and I do not doubt the level of the Jixia Academy."

"Why don't you want to stay in the school?"

"Although knowledge is profound, it is not just for knowledge, but for high-ranking officials and generous salaries. If there is high-ranking officials and generous salaries, it is naturally dangerous, just like a turtle on the altar, although it is luxurious, it is dead." "Although the turtle in the mud is dirty, it is at least free." Zhuang Zhou reiterated the reason why he did not enter the palace because he was afraid of death.

Mr. Xu nodded, everyone has their own ambitions and will not force them. He raised his glass and said, "Drink."

Although Zhuang Zhou did not enter the school, Mr. Xu could still make friends, and it was obvious that he was consistent with his words. At this time, he already knew about "Zou Ji's satirization of King Qi's advice", and opened up the way of speaking by comparing beauty. Mr. Xu also became famous because of Zou Ji's words and became recognized as the number one handsome man in Linzi.

But Zhuang Zhou felt that Mr. Xu was a beautiful man and his heart was even more beautiful, and he was like a spring breeze when he got along with Mr. Xu.

This entertainment club is called "Donghailou". It has two floors in total. The second floor is in the shape of a zigzag. You can see the performance downstairs in the middle.

The enchanting dancer on the center stage on the first floor twisted his waist and waved his sleeves neatly, with light steps and a crow's hair moving. The dancer of the Central Plains dancer is relatively gentle and his movements are very small, because these movements are extracted from labor movements such as collection, silkworm raising and washing. Raising your head and arms is collecting, shaking your head and waving your hand is cleaning, and lowering your head and dancing your sleeves is washing...

The working people's dance is also so down-to-earth.

"Let me go." At this moment, a noise suddenly came from downstairs, and a sharp female voice was uneasyly declaring her freedom and right.

The four strong men below surrounded the torn girl rushing onto the stage like a cat catching a mouse.

"Is this?" Zhuang Zhou had never seen such a thing, but the three people around him were not surprised.

Xu Gong explained: "It must be that I can't pay it back after borrowing a loan, so I can use my wife or daughter to pay off the debt."

"How can this be done?" Although Zhuang Zhou was poor, he was not as poor as borrowing money.

"Isn't this very normal? Isn't there a state of Song? Not only are there many people in the city who borrow money, but there are also many farmers who borrow money from the lords outside. But in the city, there are more ways to borrow money." Mr. Xu said that this is not a very normal economic behavior?

It is indeed very normal. After the abolition of the well-field system, small landlords who were responsible for their own profits and losses had appeared, and more and more people borrowed money for various reasons. In the past, the land belonged to the emperor and the princes were just partners, but after the well-field system disappeared, the land was in the hands of landlords of all sizes. The small landlords had weak ability to deal with natural disasters and man-made disasters, and they were heavily in debt if they were not careful.

Faced with the landlord’s borrowing needs, the lord usually lends them. If they really can’t repay them, they can only treat the land as repayment, which is land annexation.

However, land is very important to landlords, so landlords would rather sell their children than give up on land. Without land, these people can only become tenant farmers, while tenant farmers can only rent land and rely completely on the lord.

In the past, small landlords were all kings who depended on vassal states. Without land, they depended on lords. Therefore, the lords became stronger and stronger and the king became weaker. In fact, it was the land annexation that led to the change of the dependence relationship between farmers.

Some landlords will enter the city after losing their land, and spend more money in the city. The borrowers are not limited to the lords. As long as the city people who have some extra money are willing to make money with money and are willing to be lenders.

Nu Lu can be said to have a lot of money, so he will naturally lend usury, and it doesn’t matter if he can’t pay it back. If there is no woman in the family, just catch it and pay off the debt.

The Song State does not have such a serious merger problem, thanks to the Mo family's infrastructure, so that the small landlords who own their own land can have enough disaster resistance and harm prevention capabilities and do not have to borrow money. Therefore, the Song State is now an ideal state of a small Taoist country with few people. Although it has not reached the point of "not interacting with each other since they are old and dead", it has also reached the state of mutual knowledge between chickens and dogs.

So Zhuang Zhou from Song State has never seen a woman selling her because he can't afford to pay. Of course, he doesn't have the sense of justice to intervene, just a little uncomfortable.

"Do you have no mother or daughter?" The ragged girl rushed to the stage and shouted in grief and anger at the guests watching the show. She could see that she was at least a scholarly family, otherwise she would not be able to say such words.
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