My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 846: Workers' Ideal of Great Harmony
The construction of the eco-city has opened the eyes of everyone in the world.

In the spring, workers all over the city were busy building waterwheels and windmills.

The Qin people have always been technologically advanced because they mastered the mechanical techniques of the Mohist school.

Unfortunately, over the years, the Mohist mechanical technology tended to serve the war, and there was not much progress in agricultural technology. After all, the Mohist school was born in the soil of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Even if it developed agricultural tools, it was to serve the war. Only when there is more food can the soldiers have the strength to fight.

In recent years, under the leadership of Qin II, the Mohist mechanical engineering began to be strictly divided into departments.

One department was responsible for the research and development of military weapons. This department was directly responsible to the emperor and could only serve the emperor alone.

Another department is naturally responsible for major issues concerning people's livelihood such as agricultural production and architectural design.

Obviously, this group of Mohists is the non-confidential department. They are all learning, practicing, and creating in the Ecological Science and Technology City, mainly to build a world-leading science and technology city.

The Mohists held thick drawings and marked and wrote on them with rulers, and some even used reading glasses.

In spring, the soil thawed and began to soften. Workers began to divert rivers and ditches, some bare-chested, using shovels to dig trenches, while others pushed carts to carry soil to build a large garden in the eco-city.

Qin II not only wanted technology, but also ecology, and afforestation would become a Chinese tradition starting from this era.

When the Mohists had almost finished reading the blueprints, they sat on the scaffolding, holding parasols and taking advantage of the geographical location, and directed the craftsmen to start building the base.

Workers have already brought in cartloads of high-quality wood.

The wheelbarrow can be regarded as the greatest invention of the Qin State at that time.

Lightweight and convenient, simple to make, a person can use the structure of the cart to easily push objects that are four or five times heavier than his or her own weight.

Everything in the Eco-City is going on in an orderly manner.

March is the time when the scenery in Xianyang is the most beautiful.

Qin II wanted to see how the waterwheel was being built, so he came to watch in person.

A waterwheel model as tall as the palace has been completed. The next step is to replicate the structure one-to-one, except that the waterwheel will be larger in scale.

This project, which consumed a huge amount of manpower, inevitably caused some people who had originally had firm confidence in Qin II to begin to waver in the current environment, because they felt that Qin II's current actions were also unrealistic and just as unrealistic as his father's.

Building such a city would cost a huge amount of money and require a lot of manpower and material resources, so people would naturally question the emperor's decision.

Is it true that the purpose of Qin Ershi was the same as that of Qin Shihuang, which was to suppress them and keep them trapped with these hard labor forever, so as to ensure his ruling position?

In fact, unless the people are forced into a desperate situation, they will never consider rebellion, as rebellion will result in the death of their heads.

Therefore, people often bear extremely heavy labor and even mental stress.

Behind the appearance of peace and the vitality of prosperity, it often means that the interests of a large number of groups are harmed.

However, there was also a group of craftsmen and the Mohist group who had a firm belief in Qin II and firmly believed that the future of Qin could only be created by Qin II.

So they came here voluntarily.

Different from the workers and hired farmers on other large-scale engineering sites in Qin State.

The workers here have a sense of mission for their tasks.

They will give advice to their superiors and use their own brains to solve problems as if it is their own career, not just a salary.

This kind of scene is absolutely impossible to appear in other places.

Because every inch of land outside the city is engraved with two words - level.

In the Eco-Tech City, there are no officials, only workers. Mohists are craftsmen, and craftsmen also intend to become new Mohists.

The war-torn era lasted too long, and some people who have not lost their conscience or chosen to go with the flow have an increasingly strong desire in their hearts to build a true paradise.

When someone offers an olive branch, they are willing to give everything for it.

Unfortunately, most of these people’s names are buried under the dust and will never be known to the world.

Even though they know the hope is slim, they are still willing to do it.

In this beautiful spring, groups of men gathered together to plant flowers. They held soil and sowed flower seeds.

From the beginning to the end, they never asked who would live in this eco-city after it was built; but in the process of building the city, they not only put in their efforts, but also contributed their wisdom.

After a month or so, these people from all over the country actually became close friends. They got along very harmoniously, respected each other, and treated each other as their own family.

They no longer have to worry or engage in intrigue.

Because this is where their ideals are placed.

The person in charge of the city was the famous Qin general Meng Tian. He managed the city in a militaristic way, and there was no corruption or malfeasance.

The city has not been built yet, but the first group of workers who built this city have already fallen in love with this place.

Although they don't know how long this kind of life can last, they hope that this kind of life can last for one more day.

The cutest and best people in the Qin Empire are not those clever and cunning schemers, but this group of people.

The main body of history has never been these heroes who have a certain halo under the imperial historical view, but the vast majority of the people who rise and fall with the times.

Everything is beautiful in the Eco-Tech City.

Qin II heard that the people in this eco-city spontaneously practiced the spirit of Mohism. They knew that these people, who had never met each other before, were able to love each other and advocate unity after arriving here.

Moreover, they were deeply influenced by the many policies and actions of Qin II, and one by one they began to be interested in inventions and creations.

Qin II showed a talent for invention and creation since he was a child, but unfortunately, the whole country was busy fighting wars at that time.

Everyone just thought that the prince was the person sent by God to help the Qin State achieve the final victory. Instead of inspiring the enthusiasm for creation among the people, because of Qin II's royal status and status as a prince when he was a child, the matter of invention was elevated to a very high status, as if no one who was not destined to be a prince was unworthy of invention.

It was not until Qin II came to power, launched the Mohist School, vigorously supported scientific and technological research and development, and took the trouble to personally guide scientific and technological innovation that the seeds of enthusiasm and initiative for scientific and technological inventions were slowly planted in the people.

If a country only has a special R&D department that is motivated by monetary gain to invent and create, then the inventions and creations of this country are destined to serve the rulers, and no other possibilities will arise.

Invention and creation themselves require infinite possibilities.

If a country is confined to the imperial court, it is doomed to have no future. The whole country has no idea of ​​its scientific and technological strength, and it is bound to fall behind. When a country surrounds itself with a wall of earth, from that day on, its future is doomed to be framed in this fertile land.

As the saying goes, one tries hard but fails to make the flowers bloom. Fusu almost shouted his throat out in Xianyang City, but the craftsmen were only very enthusiastic about promotions, but not about technological inventions. The passion that comes from loving technology and working hard to create it itself was never ignited.

This led to the fact that inventions and creations in Qin were simply fulfilling tasks in accordance with orders.

This is very different from Fusu's vision of a future where men, women, young and old across the country have great enthusiasm and confidence in invention and creation, and the whole country is inspired by a huge passion for creation.

To be honest, if the Qin State really continued like this, it would still have no future.

How could the Qin State have a future if the people's vitality and vitality were suppressed?

Of course, the future of Qin mentioned here refers to whether Qin can transcend its own limitations.

Fusu did not want the country he, the time-traveling empire designer, to ultimately build and create to remain essentially the same feudal dynasty.

The so-called prosperity was nothing more than revitalizing the oppressive system and making his own political achievements appear less inferior among a group of emperors.

This shouldn't be the case.

Fusu himself loves to create, but he hopes to create the possibility of human beings.

He hoped to find a completely new possibility in history, so that the Chinese people could overcome the hurdle that they had not been able to overcome for thousands of years and achieve the ideal of all mankind sooner - everyone living in the Garden of Eden, without worrying about food, clothing, housing and transportation.

In the past, Fusu had been trapped in a cruel reality and could not see a way out. The ministers were in a mess and each had their own ideas; the country's productivity always had a gap, and the contradictions in the parallel system of counties and kingdoms began to slowly breed; and there was also the Qin State's military merit system.

All these things were pulling Qin's legs, preventing it from taking off.

It is also said that when you try to plant flowers, they may not bloom, but when you plant willows by accident, they may grow into a shade.

Fusu had made many plans for inventions and creations before, but he suddenly had an idea to build a pilot zone, and he promptly set up this ecological and technological city, and unexpectedly saw the most ideal form of human society.

The Ecological and Technological City quickly became famous in the Qin State.

Qin II only asked them to build a model city of the future, but they actually became national model people themselves.

For a time, all the news about this ecological and technological city spread to Xianyang in the Qin State.

Xianyang City is the political center. Not only are the interests complicated, but the people’s hearts are also complicated.

However, Xianyang City is the most peaceful and prosperous city in the world.

When the news reached Xianyang, the officials were discussing the matter.

"Who would have thought that after a hundred years, the people would still miss Mozi."

"Mozi's ideals are what the people really want. Universal love and non-aggression, the goals proposed by the sages of the previous era, have finally been achieved in our generation."

Some bureaucrats in the Qin State were very politically sensitive, and it was no small matter to them that the people of the Eco-City could do this.

On the contrary, the workers and Mohists in the eco-city made the officials believe that the young emperor Qin II was not just a fantasy.

What he does is effective, and that is the result.

What is the goal of governing the country? The ecological and technological city is the goal.

It really is true that people are the end, not the means.

When they see that other people actually put Mozi's quotations into practice, these people can no longer rest on their laurels and plan to spend the rest of their lives like this.

Anyway, suddenly, the Mohists and workers gave everyone hope for a good life in the future.

Because the Mohists and workers gave their answers, people can live their lives well.

The Qin State is an old country with a long history, but the Qin Dynasty is a newly born child.

The abolition of the centralized system, bureaucracy, and military merit system have offended too many vested interests and those who have not benefited.

As for the future of the empire, we cannot be complacent just because of the success of an ecological and technological city and think that everything will be smooth sailing from now on.

When Qin II learned about the progress of the Ecological and Technological City, he was happy but also worried.

Because the Ecological and Technological City was originally a model experimental area, its manager was the most reliable Meng Tian in Qin State, its management system was a military model, its builders were disciples of Mo Men, and its technology and techniques were the most advanced in Qin State.

Xiang Li Che and all the Mo Sect disciples are almost all in this city.

Fusu put almost all his eggs in one basket.

He had too many rivals and enemies hiding in the dark. Qin II was worried that the news would spread quickly and cause some people to have vicious thoughts and destroy his hard work.

To this end, Qin II specifically ordered Meng Tian to send more troops to protect the construction of the ecological city.

Of course, Qin II also wrote a private letter to Xiang Liche, asking him to introduce Mohist mechanical techniques into the Science and Technology City for the purpose of defending the city. Defending the city is the strong point of Mohism, as they have too much technology.

However, with the strong crossbow team here, the possibility of outsiders invading openly will be reduced to below zero.

But we cannot rule out the possibility that some people might cause trouble inside.

Fusu had seen too much in the palace. If a person is too outstanding, then what awaits him is death; if a person is too wise, then what awaits him is not being respected, but being isolated.

If a person always tells the truth, then he will never be able to speak.

If a woman is very beautiful, she must be a very experienced person; if a man is very handsome, he must be a passionate man.

If some people live very happily, then they have committed heinous crimes.

Because some people in this world are not human beings at all, they are just scum.

When Qin II heard about the eco-city, he was excited but also worried.

He personally drove here to visit incognito. He wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of people built the eco-city.

Because he wanted to keep a low profile, Qin II only brought Chen Ping and a few experts with him. As for iconic figures like Guan Fu, Qin II kept him in the palace.

Xianyang is not far from the Science and Technology City, and two days is more than enough for a round trip.

(End of this chapter)