Chapter 134: Meeting a Tea Shop by Chance

Helping with All Your Might!

When Mo Xiaobai finished speaking, Cheng Liya stood up right after him and said, “My Lord, you are too kind. These days, everyone in the Mohist School has been idle and drifting for so long that they may not be much help to you.”

Mo Xiaobai was not at all surprised by Cheng Liya’s words.

Actually, Mo Xiaobai knew the situation of the Mohist School on this Plane better than Cheng Liya. Many years ago, the Mohist School split into three, and soon the three major factions began to decline. Some hid in remote places and stuck to old rules, some completely changed their appearance and abandoned their identity as the Mohist Sect, and most others hid their names to live as ordinary people in the countryside.

In theory, the majority of the Seven Dynasties were controlled by the Confucian School, and there were countless Confucian students on this Plane. Mo Xiaobai did not need to bother making contact with the Mohist School.

But he still made this choice. Not only because the Mohist School had knights, but also because of their teaching tradition: “Learn by doing.”

The Confucian School of the Song and Ming dynasties strongly promoted “learn first, then act.” Whether in past history or the later development of Mo Xiaobai’s previous life on this Plane, this idea has been proven to have serious flaws.

The Mohist School’s philosophy of “learn by doing” would create a very good positive complementary effect on this point.

If we had to explain the importance of the Mohist School using game data, once a Territory got the Mohist School’s approval and moved in, even a territory citizen with the worst C-rank stats and no Class Transfer could subtly improve one of the five Attributes, specifically “Intelligence,” in their daily life.

Mo Xiaobai, who had been reborn, knew this better than anyone else.

However, to achieve such overpowered results, the current Bai Hualin could not do it alone. So Mo Xiaobai needed her to stay, to personally speed up Xiao Bai’s growth, making the Mohist School rise earlier than in his previous life.

The best result would naturally be to firmly tie the Mohist School to the war chariot of Daming Village.

As for the conflict between the Confucian and Mohist schools, Mo Xiaobai didn’t think it was a big deal at all.

The Mohist School was born from the Confucian School, and their core teachings were not very different. Mozi’s theory of “inclusive love” was also taken and copied from the Confucian School; it was just that in terms of management practices, it was indeed more extreme and inferior than the Confucian School’s methods.

Even if the Mohist School was an unwelcome illegitimate child, it was still a biological son, which was far better than those who were adopted by other families.

As long as a son did not constantly shout about killing his mother to take her place, how could a mother ever kill her own son? The Yingtian Academy was the best example. Even though it mainly studied Confucianism, it still taught the “Mozi.”

It was just a pity that Mozi back then was a rebellious and unfilial son. With just a little temptation, he tried hard to slander his own mother, just short of taking a knife and hacking her.

With such a unlucky kid causing trouble every day, the Confucian School of the Spring and Autumn period must have been tired.

Mo Xiaobai knew these old debts well, and he also believed that Xiao Bai would not become a second “super hater” like Mozi. So he had great confidence in Xiao Bai and was willing to try to win her over.

“Today I just mentioned it casually. Let’s wait to talk about Mohist School matters until Xiao Bai arrives.”

Knowing that Cheng Liya was not easily convinced, Mo Xiaobai yawned and said, “It’s getting late. Since everyone has eaten, go rest now. I will go back to my room first.”

After saying that, he stepped out and walked toward the inner courtyard.

When Mo Xiaobai turned and left, Cheng Liya still stood in place, but his eyes looked increasingly cloudy. Guo Jia sat at the dining table, looking at Mo Xiaobai’s back with a half-smile, while Liu Ye, sitting next to him, also had a glimmer in his eyes.

…

That night passed without incident. When Mo Xiaobai woke up the next morning…

Mo Xiaobai acted as if he had never spoken to Cheng Liya last night. He greeted him as usual, ate the breakfast Cheng Liya had cooked, and then went to work with Guo Jia in the Projection Hall.

They were busy from morning until noon. When Mo Xiaobai was ready to finish work and go back to eat, Li Ji suddenly came to the Projection Hall. “My Lord, the people who brought us coal have arrived again today.”

“Did they come?”

Mo Xiaobai was surprised upon hearing this, then he smiled and said, “Go invite them to the main hall of the manor. Ask Cheng Liya to prepare more lunch. Fengxiao, Ziyang, you two come with me as well.”

Once the Lord spoke, even though Guo Jia was thinking deeply at a critical moment, he could only nod and follow Mo Xiaobai out.

Not long after Mo Xiaobai and his two companions returned to the manor, Li Ji led a man into the Baron’s Manor. It was the young man named “A-Dai” from that pair of Players.

“Did you come alone today?”

“Yes. I hired some more Players to hunt. Little Yue is watching over them there.” As soon as A-Dai sat down in the main hall after entering, he explained upon hearing the question.

Mo Xiaobai heard that this guy was already expanding his business. He nodded to himself and teased, “You left a girl like that alone there. Don’t you worry something might happen?”

“Little Yue has a fiery temper. I only worry that she might bully people; I don’t worry about her getting hurt. Besides, she has people protecting her, so the chance of an accident is quite small.”

Hearing A-Dai say this, Mo Xiaobai couldn’t help but smile.

When they first met, Little Yue had already shown her spoiled and fiery personality to the fullest. Such a woman might argue all day if living at home, but she would be quite suitable as a mercenary leader.

Laughing silently in his heart, Mo Xiaobai spoke up again: “So, you came here today to sign a contract with me, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Alright. The coal you brought in the previous few times was good in both quality and quantity. We can definitely cooperate with you for a long time.”

After saying that, Mo Xiaobai stood up and said, “I will go prepare the contract. Please sit here for a moment. Maogong, Fengxiao, you stay and chat with this ‘Mr. A-Dai’ for a while.”

Preparing the contract actually just meant going back to get it.

Mo Xiaobai had already decided to continue cooperating with A-Dai, so the contract was already ready.

In less than a minute, Mo Xiaobai brought the contract back to the main hall. Just as he entered, he heard A-Dai and Guo Jia chatting enthusiastically.

Mo Xiaobai handed one copy of the contract to A-Dai and smiled, “What were you two talking about?”

“My Lord, this gentleman said that on his way here, he encountered a tea and food shop that recently appeared.”

“A tea shop? Where is it?” Upon hearing this, Mo Xiaobai raised an eyebrow and asked casually.

“It is at the turn of the foot of the mountain, about twenty li behind the valley where you live. It must be a necessary road going through the entire east Dang Mountain. I originally thought there might be a quest, so I asked your Military Advisor, Guo, about the situation.” A-Dai looked over the contract while quickly explaining, hoping not to make Mo Xiaobai think he was trying to take advantage of Daming Village.

“That is nothing. It is natural for Players to do quests. That is not our Daming Village’s land anyway, so you don’t need to be nervous.” Mo Xiaobai waved his hand, then added, “However, Guo Jia just came out of an Instance with me, and I don’t even know when such a small shop appeared there. He probably cannot help you either.”

Thinking about it, A-Dai felt that what Mo Xiaobai said was true.

Since he first came to Daming Village, he already knew Mo Xiaobai’s identity. Since even Mo Xiaobai was not clear, he had to give up the idea of getting information from Daming Village.

After reading the contract from start to finish and carefully confirming the delivery time, amount, and trading price, A-Dai immediately nodded: “The contract has no problems. We will do it as the Great God said.”