Chapter 1215

After the Spring Festival of the 15th year of Zhenguan, many merchants are quietly waiting for the latest product of Mojia village. Naturally, matches, a civilian version of gunpowder, attract much attention. Everyone knows that once matches appear in the world, they must be very popular in the Tang Dynasty. As long as they can obtain an agent for matches, it must be a expensive proposal. However, Mojia village suddenly informed them, Matches no longer recruit agents.

At the same time, beautiful scenery suddenly appeared in the streets of Chang'an city. Little girls were selling matches along the street with packets of matches in their hands.

A fairy tale of a little match girl quietly spread in Chang'an City, which aroused the emotion of many loving people.

"What a poor little girl. The world is too cold."

"It's just a few packs of matches. How much can it cost to buy them all?"

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For a moment, I felt pity for the little girl who sold matches. In addition, matches were a necessity. The people of Chang'an gave generously and bought the matches in the little girl's hands.

"It's stupid. It's said that this story was created by Mohist. It's just a story made up by Mohist to sell matches. What's really chilling is that Mohist uses even boys and girls." a Confucian scholar scoffed at the story. In his opinion, Mohist is a typical profiteer. Newspaper boys use boys and match girls, It's a shame to use boys and girls to make money for Mojia village.

"No, boys and girls can't pick their shoulders or carry their hands. They all depend on their families. Delivering newspapers and selling matches are rare jobs in the world. The Mohist School enables a boy and girl to find a livelihood. You don't know how valuable it is to poor families." a merchant defended the Mohist school. Most of those who can buy matches are children of poor families. These families have difficulties in survival. The profits from sending newspapers and selling matches are enough to reduce the burden of a family.

"A pack of matches is only a penny, but it can be used for a long time, and there are a few Wen profits. The Mohists are just fishing for fame and reputation and buying people's hearts." the Confucian sneered.

"One person buys a pack of matches, and there are millions of households in Datang, not to mention that matches are consumables, and they need to be purchased again after use. The number of matches needed each year is astronomical, which itself is a big business. Although the little girl who sells matches doesn't have a few cents in her hand, although a few cents are not worth mentioning to us, but for the families of the poor, It's life-saving money, "sighed the merchant.

The Confucian scholar was speechless. For the poor people, every penny is precious. The little girl who was originally a burden on the family can suddenly be self-sufficient. The significance of this is self-evident, but this can not dispel the doubts of the world.

At any time, young girls are the hope of the country, and the law will protect them and let them grow up healthily. However, the Mohists openly recruit boys and girls to sell newspapers and matches. In the eyes of people, they are indeed suspected of employing child labor, which will naturally be questioned by countless people.

"To spend a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart, these people should slander their husband so completely regardless of his original intention." Princess Changle was filled with indignation.

Matches are a new thing. Major merchants all over the country are staring at this business, but Merton chose the most difficult way to directly let the local Mohist children give the opportunity to make money to the weakest little girls. Otherwise, how can they get the opportunity to subsidize their families.

"It's just gossip. I just need to have a clear conscience for my husband, but the doubts of the world make my husband understand that I'm not good enough." Merton mused.

"This is not good enough?" Princess Changle looked at Merton in amazement.

Merton nodded and said, "first, boys and girls who sell newspapers and matches, the Mohist school should combine with the Red Cross to give priority to the employment of children from extremely poor families. In this way, the effect of subsidizing their family's plight is more and more obvious."

"Good steel is used on the blade!" Princess Changle's eyes brightened. For children from poor families, the opportunity to get a newsboy and a little match girl is just a timely help, while for children from ordinary families, it is just icing on the cake.

"Second, the Red Cross Society can use this story to call on Datang to donate clothes to these newspaper boys and match girls to avoid the tragedy in the story. At the same time, the Mohists will also prohibit these boys and girls from working in extreme weather. After all, newspapers and matches are afraid of rain and snow," Merton continued.

Princess Changle nodded slightly and said, "this is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone. For poor families, it is given to both fish and fishing."

Merton took a long breath: "in addition, for newsboys, sending newspapers and dealing with words all day, they can take the opportunity to read newspapers and literacy. In time, they will not become pillars. While the little girl selling matches can be familiar with all kinds of fire prevention and fire fighting knowledge, which may be useful at critical moments."

"In this way, no one in the government or the public will question the husband's original heart." Princess Changle cheered at the festival. Merton's moves are beneficial but valuable to those poor families. Even newspaper children can take the opportunity to change their fate by reading.

Sure enough, with the publication of the new issue of Ink magazine, the Mohists announced that they would cooperate with the Red Cross to recruit boys and girls from poor families and donate them, which immediately caused an uproar in the government and the public.

For ordinary people, letting a 10-year-old child work is child labor. For poor families, although the remuneration for delivering newspapers and selling matches is meager, it can subsidize their families and alleviate their poor life. Not to mention Merton's ability to read and take advantage of the opportunity to change their fate, which has aroused the popularity of everyone.

Although some people still questioned Merton, his voice was much lower, and even if someone wanted to keep biting, he was soon attracted by another news.

"Mozi has made new poems, and they are long!"

With an exclamation, Chang'an city suddenly aroused thousands of waves. After many years, Mo Jiazi finally appeared new poems, which were long.

In the Tang Dynasty, poetry has always been the most mainstream. In those days, mojiazi was famous around the world by two and a half poems at the gate of the Imperial College. Later, even if he wrote popular words, tears stirring novels and thought-provoking fairy tales, they were considered to be doing nothing.

Now, when Mohist Zi, who is the most famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, issued a new poem, how can he not let the people in an uproar? For a moment, even the Confucians who disliked Mohist Zi couldn't wait to buy an ink journal and turn to the poetry column.

"Alas, the danger is high. It's difficult to climb the blue sky on the Shu Road!"

Mo Jiazi's new poem "the difficulty of Shu Road" was amazing at the beginning.