Today they came to a market pavilion, which is a place for people to buy and sell, and in the market pavilion, there is a city flag, and only when the market flag is raised, the vendors from all walks of life can inspect it in turn and enter it to buy and sell.

Shen Bujiao walked to a stall, pointed to the price indicated on a willow stick, and said, "Hey, this looks like the label in the store in Futong Kingdom!"

In the large stores of Ukikirobi Province, a label is attached to the front of each item indicating the price of the item.

Sanqing walked over, nodded with a smile, and said: "One meaning, this is to prevent the stall owner from watching people get off the plate, the first emperor stipulates that all things must be clearly priced." He asked everyone to look at the willow stick, "The price is indicated on it, but if it is a small sale, less than a dollar, it can not be marked." ”

"Also, in the transaction, the money given by the customer, whether good or bad, must be accepted, and it is not allowed to be picked. ”

Xiao Yue'er was puzzled, "Are there good or bad coins?"

Futong country does not use coins, only the identity jade card is used for trading, and the star coin can be transferred, and there is no currency in real circulation.

Sanqing explained to her, "Of course. He led the crowd to a trading stall, where a man had bought two crockpots and was giving money to the stall owner.

Sanqing said: "See, the round square hole he gave is called "Qin Banliang", and the fineness, the degree of decay, etc., will affect the quality of the coin. This is the currency issued by Qin Shi Huang after he unified Kyushu. ”

Rong Qi looked at it carefully, revealing a little disgust, whether it was workmanship or fineness, "Qin Banliang" was extremely poor in his eyes, "What about before?

Sanqing said: "Let's give a few examples, for example, Qi Guo uses a magic knife." He gestured at the shape of the magic knife, and when he saw that they looked confused, he knew that he didn't understand what he meant, so he gave up.

"Then let me give an example of Wei, it is easier to understand, the circulation currency of Wei is called "bridge foot cloth", the shape is characterized by a flat head, square shoulders or round shoulders, and the double is enough to be connected by an arc crotch, which looks like an arch bridge, so it is called bridge foot cloth. ”

According to Sanqing's description, Shen Bujiao gradually constructed the outline of the "bridge foot cloth" in his mind, and felt that it was quite novel.

As they spoke, the transaction had been completed, and Shen Bujiao saw that the stall owner gave the customer a wooden plank, and the plank was half for each person.

Sanqing said: "This is a certificate, if the customer feels cheated, he can take his half to the cloth officer, if it is verified, the vendor will be fined the second class." ”

Ah Wan asked, "What is the concept of a second-class fine?"

Sanqing said: "It's about enough food for a man in the prime of life for a year and a half." ”

Ah Wan sighed, "That's quite heavy." "They have been wandering around Xianyang City for several days, and naturally they know how much food a prime-aged man here eats a day, and it is a year and a half, you must know that the standard of living here is far less than that of Futong Country, it doesn't matter if you eat more or less, here, eating is a major matter of people's livelihood.

Shen Bujiao asked again: "What if it's not true?"

Sanqing said with a smile: "That customer is miserable, according to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, those who make false accusations will be punished for bankruptcy!"

Shen Bujiao nodded thoughtfully, in fact, this punishment is a bit heavy, but it is not necessarily bad, at least it regulates the market order, like some markets in Futong Country, you have to pay attention when you buy things inside, otherwise you will be slaughtered by the stall owner as a big fat sheep, and there will be no place to cry when the time comes.

After staying in Xianyang City for a long time, Shen Bujiao gradually found that the tax rate of the Qin Dynasty did not seem to be as high as that handed down in later generations, and he was puzzled, so he had to ask Sanqing at this time, "Didn't Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebel later and say, "Didn't Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebel and say, "The world has suffered Qin for a long time"? I think their tax rate is not high!"

Twelve taxes and one is not the same as the tax rate in the previous Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, you know, the tax that Mencius once promoted was eleven taxes and one at that time, and he advocated benevolent government!

Sanqing said: "The Qin Dynasty was naturally strong at the beginning, and the system of a country was closely related to those in power, and Qin Shi Huang was able to unify Kyushu, do you think he was a fool? ”

Shen Bujiao suddenly realized, in fact, during the reign of Qin Shi Huang, except for the old age and mediocrity to seek longevity, harsh government and abuse of the people, there seems to be nothing worth criticizing, what he did, looking at it after a thousand years, may not be so righteous and humane, but it is the most correct choice that can be done in this era.

Merit and demerit are just the judgment of posterity, whether it is praised or belittled, who cares about the name behind him?

History is like a picture scroll, passing in front of their eyes, experiencing this turmoil and prosperity firsthand, and having a completely different feeling from the simple words in the book.

They are in this era, whether it is the Xia, Shang and Zhou, or the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, or even the Qin Dynasty or later, Shen Bujiao and the others have always been among the people, and what they really want to see in this long river of history is the living conditions of ordinary people in different eras.

Instead of the supreme ruler who was in the palace of splendor, there are too many records about them in history, princes and generals, heroes and heroes, and how many rich legends have been left in the history books.

Ordinary people are just the background behind their strong heroism, not worth mentioning, no historian will waste his pen and ink on recording the daily life of the dawn people, and later generations can only learn about the customs and humanities of that era from the poet's poems.

But was it artistically processed, and was the life of the real dynasty really as depicted in the poet's poem?

People's livelihood is the foundation of the prosperity and decline of a dynasty.

In 210 B.C., Qin Shi Huang died in the Xingtai sand dunes during his eastern tour, and in the same year, the crown prince Fusu died and Hu Hai ascended the throne.

During his three-year reign, the world was full of smoke, the people were struggling to make a living, the peasants in various places rebelled, Xiang Yu and Zhang Han fought a decisive battle, the Qin army was defeated, Hu Hai gradually sobered up, alienated Zhao Gao, was discovered by Zhao Gao, forced to kill himself, and died at the age of twenty-four.

In 206 BC, Prince Ying of Qin succeeded to the throne, and in the same year, Liu Bang entered the Guanzhong, and Prince Ying of Qin personally surrendered to Liu Bang's army, and the Qin Dynasty was completely destroyed.

In 202 BC, Liu Bang was proclaimed emperor, the country name was Han, the capital was Luoyang, and the capital was moved to Chang'an in the same year.

Shen Bujiao and the others walked in the bustling Chang'an City, looking at the thriving Chang'an, it was hard to imagine that a few years ago there was smoke here, and they couldn't help but sigh at people's ability to recover.

Chang'an is much more lively than Xianyang, at least the population has been greatly developed, after experiencing the war, the first thing the ruler does is always to appease the people, develop the economy, and the conscription will be relatively lighter, but in Shen Bujiao's view, this tax and conscription is still heavy.