The two businessmen behind Heifu were discussing the matter of King Qin's war against Yan.

But I heard a person ask: "What did the king's Vayan Wen say?" ”

Another person replied: "The king said, 'King Yan is in a coma, and his crown prince Dan Naiyin has made Jing Ke a thief, and he will order the soldiers to punish him, and he will destroy his country!'" 'Now, I'm afraid that the army has arrived in Zhaodi, and even Yishui has passed. ”

The first merchant said worriedly: "Every time there is a soldier, priority will be given to recruiting sluts such as sons-in-law and city registration, so will we also be recruited to transport grain, I heard that Yan Country is bitterly cold, there is rain and snow in August and September, and this winter's thousands of miles to the north, I am afraid that many people will freeze to death......"

Another person comforted him and said: "I heard from the people of Jiangling City that the Taishou of Nanjun only recruited capable veterans from various counties to go to the Qinchu border to guard and cut down Yan, it should not involve Nanjun, after all, it is too far away......"

This is probably a businessman who runs errands and transports goods for the Qin State government, travels from south to north, is well-informed, and is much more well-informed than hearsay ordinary people like Ji Ying.

But after that, most of what they talked about was the prices of goods in various places, as well as gossiping about the rural households in Yanguo, and they let out vulgar laughter as they talked...... The black man on the side was dumbfounded, the people of the imperial capital are too hospitable!

After a while, after the two merchants finished eating, they hurried away, leaving only Heifu thoughtful.

As he expected, as a follow-up to Jing Ke's assassination of King Qin, King Yingzheng of Qin, who had a strong revenge mentality, really sent a large army to attack Yan!

At the same time, Heifu also realized that he had miscalculated one thing: since the Qin State is the first year of October, and today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, doesn't that mean that it is now the twenty-first year of the reign of King Qin?

If he remembers correctly, in history, the reign of King Qin broke Yan in 21 years, destroyed Wei in 22 years, and then destroyed Chu......

"There are still two years, and my time is a few months less for no reason!"

Heifu scolded secretly, this is not a matter of one second or two seconds, and at the same time felt a trace of urgency, after drinking the meat porridge in three or two sips, he wiped his mouth and shouted to Ji Ying: "Let's go, go to the South Gate campus to report now, save you a lot of dreams at night." ”

"Huh? Go now? I also want to go to Nülu for a visit......"

Ji Ying is a little unsatisfied, Nulu, it is a brothel in this era, he is a typical small peasant thought, full of warm thoughts, with thousands of dollars in his pocket, he wants to be corrupt.

He also smiled and asked Heifu to go with him, because looking at Heifu's age, he was probably still a chick.

Heifu has no interest in women in that kind of place, when he interned in his previous life, but he participated in the anti-pornography era, and was deeply impressed by the ugly scene, so he was very disgusted by this kind of thing, and immediately said with a straight face: "I heard that the female Lu spends hundreds of dollars overnight, and you will spend the money penny if you don't use it two or three times!" It's better to keep the money and go home and marry a wife. “

Ji Ying calculated the account, it was indeed a good deal to marry a wife, so he stood up stupidly, and unconsciously, he has now begun to look forward to the head of the black husband, although in terms of age, he is obviously older.

Perhaps out of shame, at the checkout, Ji Ying took money out of his pocket, handed over twenty and a half taels to the shopkeeper, and invited Heifu to eat the meal. On weekdays, their food is worth three or four dollars at most, and today is considered a bloody investment.

The shopkeeper took the money, but did not put it in his arms, but in front of Heifu and Ji Ying, he put the twenty coins one by one into the clay pot that all the guests could see, and it was full of jingling sounds for a while, and there was already a lot of money in it.

Originally, this thing was called "銗" (xiàng), which is commonly known as the piggy bank of later generations. Because this restaurant is a "state-run restaurant", all income must go to the public, and the owner does not dare to fill his own pocket, because it will be fined a hundred times. The correct operation is to put the money in the money jar in front of the guests, and wait until the end of the day, and the officials will count the income.

Heifu secretly said that he had seen it again, and the two of them left the restaurant and walked slowly towards the south gate, it was afternoon, the sun was about to set, and the wind was blowing, and Heifu, who was thinly dressed, couldn't help but shiver.

"Brother Heifu, it's cold." Ji Ying had already put on a thick winter coat and said with a smile: "Now that it's winter, why are you still wearing summer clothes?" ”

Yes, it's winter now, but Heifu was in a hurry when he left home, and the winter coat that his mother sewed for him had not yet been completed.

Besides, although the clothes sewn by his mother are warm no matter how he wears them, but Heifu, who loved cleanliness in his previous life, is not used to wearing a dress for a few months, and just on the way to the South Gate schoolyard, they passed by the market, and Heifu asked Ji Ying to go in and shop, planning to buy some clothes for himself.

……

The bazaar of the Qin State was not a street along the imagination of later generations, with stalls on both sides to sell casually, but a closed place, similar to the vegetable market of later generations, surrounded by a market wall.

"See the flagpole erected high?"

Ji Ying came to the county seat, and introduced: "That is the city flag, standing in the city pavilion, every morning, all the traders who come to trade are waiting outside the city gate, waiting for the city flag to rise, before they can enter in turn."

The officials in charge of the market are located at the market pavilion, and all the vendors who come to the market to trade must check their documents and goods, and then stamp them before they can buy and sell.

After entering the market, the whole market is full of shouting and selling, the first thing that catches your eye is all kinds of grain, now it is the season when the grain is abundant after the autumn harvest, many farmers near the county town will sell excess beans and wheat in exchange for some cloth and money.

In addition, there are also those who sell agricultural tools such as rakes, rakes, rakes, and sickles; There are those who sell lacquerware and pottery, but most of them are everyday utensils, and there are few luxury goods with exquisite workmanship.

Most of the people wandering in the market were civilians, including women carrying bamboo baskets and thorn hairpin cloth skirts; There were also soldiers with coarse cloth and short brown cloth with several patches on their clothes; There are also children who are laughing and running by, all with dirty faces...... The back and forth are staggered and lively.

Heifu quickly found what he was looking for, and they stopped in front of several stalls selling raw silk, as well as woven winter coats and shoes.

Faced with the warm greetings of these shopkeepers, Heifu was a little hesitant, not knowing what choice to make. In his previous life, what he hated the most was bargaining, even if he cut the price, in the end he found that the boss still showed a meaningful smile after he left. That's right, he was slaughtered again......

Fortunately, you can buy things in the Qin Kingdom, but you don't have to bargain!

Because the Qin State stipulated in the "Golden Cloth Law": when buying and selling in the market, the price should be marked with wooden sticks respectively; Unless it is a small item worth less than a penny each, it does not need to be signed...... If the merchant deliberately inflats the price and deceives the buyer, once it is confirmed, it will be severely fined by the market officials, so here, you will not see a merchant holding an unknown value of goods and shouting "998 for everything".

It can be regarded as the consumer rights protection law of this era, which is simply the gospel of a straight-mouthed man like Heifu.

In the end, after shopping around, Heifu bought a good quality Gebu thick winter coat for 150 yuan, so as to survive this winter without air conditioning and heating, and without kang. Plus 75 yuan to buy a close-fitting single coat, 50 yuan to buy a bottom, and 50 yuan to buy two pairs of coarse cloth shoes, which were immediately worn on his feet - along the way, his straw sandals were already torn, and the soles of his feet were about to step on the ground!

A few of the money that the black man gave to the peddler was a little broken, but the peddler just frowned, and still reluctantly took it, it turned out that it was the "Golden Cloth Law" that the coins used in the exchange should be mixed with each other, whether good or bad, and it was not allowed to pick and choose!

It seems that as in later generations, it is not permissible for sellers to refuse to accept RMB, and only when the government is strong enough to issue such an order.

After taking the clothes, the black man was about to turn away, when the seller of the clothes hurriedly chased after him, shouting, "This duke, you forgot to take the ticket!" ”

"Coupons?"

Heifu was stunned for a moment, what coupon? Coupons? Discount coupons?

"The public gentleman laughed, of course it was a deed."

When the peddler shoved a small piece of wood with jagged edges into his hand, it dawned on him when he looked at the words written on it.

"What should I be, it turned out to be a shopping receipt!!"

It turned out that in the Qin State, all transactions of more than 100 yuan were to be given to the deed, as the so-called "other deeds, so it is a letter". After the transaction is made, the seller writes the item and price on the board, and then saws it in half, with the buyer and seller holding half each.

In case the amount of money is wrong, or there is a problem with the goods, you can use it as a voucher to replace the goods or file a lawsuit, of course, only on the same day, expired does not count. Merchants who do not sell the same amount of goods, money and coupons are also punished by the market officials. Of course, if someone with ulterior motives wants to deceive with this, don't forget the unique "false accusation and reverse sitting" of the Qin State.

"I've seen it again!"

After Heifu put the shopping receipt in his pocket, he didn't know how many times he sighed.

No matter what Qin State does, it must write deeds as proof: it must be written for the payment of rent and taxes, it must be written for grain storage, it must be written for judges to answer the doubts of the people, and market transactions must also be written...... Moreover, there is a law to enforce, and it has become a tacit habit for both sides to hold a copy, and look around, but if there is more than a hundred dollars in transactions, even illiterate civilians will take the initiative to ask the store for the deed. Don't recognize the words above? It doesn't matter, the teeth of different lengths on the deed represent different amounts, there are thousands, thousands, hundreds, and even things, you can know it at a glance.

Isn't this very similar to the "unique contract spirit of the West" that some scholars have touted for many years? The fact that paper has reached this level before it has even appeared is really scary to think about, and those who shout "The Chinese have no spirit of contract since ancient times!" "I really should wear it back and see it.

With this mood, Heifu looked back at the bustling bazaar, his face was heavy and thoughtful, and after a moment, he suddenly said, "I understand! ”

Ji Ying was squatting on a stall selling sword scabbards and looking left and right, listening to Heifu's shouting, and hurriedly turned around. "What do you understand?"

Hei Fule said: "Shang Jun, his old man, must have been slaughtered by profiteers back then!" ”