According to Xi'er, the carpenter sells furniture such as desks, 俎 [zǔ], and 奁 [lián] in the bazaar every day, and he can be found in the bazaar.

Han Yan came relatively early, and the city had not yet opened the market, but there were already peasant women in linen and coarse cloth clothes, and their feet were waiting for Shangzao wearing 屦 [jù]. Occasionally, children in ragged clothes are interspersed with it, which is very lively.

The luxury carriage parked here is simply not too conspicuous, the manager of the bazaar, the "mayor", will sit at the door on duty every day, look at the carriage and Han Yan's clothes, look up at the sun, turn back and shout inside: "The market is open." ”

Student Han took the lead in with curiosity, and did not forget to nod to the mayor, saying that I understand your kindness.

The bazaar is square, the market is vertical and horizontal, there are walls around it, the trading procedures and times are strictly managed by the government, there are places to sell fish, there are places to buy rice, there are places to buy rice, each has a classification, and each has a stall.

Gonggao Marquis is just a small place, if it is Chang'an, Luoyang and other metropolises, there will be workshops and shops in one, and the middle of the city is the residence of the competent officials.

The first thing that the market sees is the sale of agricultural tools, the Han Dynasty heavy agriculture and suppress business, and the agricultural tools occupy the best position in the market, ploughshares, jué, gongs, cocoons and so on.

Next to it was a grain seller, and the grain merchant looked oily, like a big family, but unfortunately he still had to wear coarse linen clothes, and the Han did not allow the merchant to wear silk in a carriage, and he couldn't buy a status with money.

Then there is a cloth seller, as well as all kinds of sundries, chickens, ducks, fish and meat.

All of these items will be marked with a wooden skewer indicating the price, which is stipulated in the Golden Cloth Law.

Walking and stopping all the way, Xi'er looked around like a happy bird, and finally stopped in front of the jewelry stall, unable to walk anymore.

Hairpins, hairpins, necklaces, pendants, hollow pendants, etc., but unfortunately there are very few people in front of this stall, and even some people avoid it, and they dare not go here.

The stall owner seems to be used to it, and when the market opens, he sits on the ground boredly, leaning on the wooden railing, shaking and shaking the thin wooden board as a fan, and has little enthusiasm for passers-by, until he sees Han Yan, who is gorgeous, sits on his knees and sits up straight, smiling and greeting each other.

Xi'er squatted in front of the stall to pick and choose, picked up the droplet-shaped jade pendant and looked at it, and couldn't put it down, but when she saw the price on the wooden plaque, she wilted, carefully put it back in place, and then enthusiastically went to take the polished and smooth drop-shaped bone pendant, and gestured between her white and tender neck.

"Shangjia, can this be cheaper?"

"Thirty dollars is already the cheapest, and I only earn some manual fees to make ends meet."

"Ah, well......" Xi'er pouted, obviously not used to bargaining with merchants, and took out a handkerchief directly from the middle of his collar, wrapped it in half a tael, and counted thirty pieces to the stall owner. grinning, his eyes bent into crescent moons.

Because the emperors of the Han Dynasty granted amnesty to the world several times and exempted slaves from being commoners, there were relatively few slaves in this era, and the princes' palaces and official mansions had to hire people to operate.

Han Yan watched quietly from the side, waited for Xi'er to finish buying, turned around and gestured to him with a bone pendant around his neck, with expectation and hope in his eyes, showing off his baby like a child, hoping to be praised by adults.

Han Yan said very interestingly: "The shape is very good, the style matches you very well, but the color is not too good-looking." ”

Before she finished speaking, Xi'er's eyes dimmed...... Of course, there are beautiful colors, but I can't afford them.

Han Yan smiled and came to the Han Dynasty to learn the same skill - to buy people's hearts.

"Shang Jia, I want your jade pendant of 1,000 yuan." Han Yan squatted down, picked up the jade pendant that Xi'er liked just now, took out a gold pill from the middle of his collar and handed it to Shang Jia, and instructed, "No need to make change." ”

Following Liu Che, classmate Han is not short of money, he has a safe in the room of the Tai Palace, with a mortise and tenon structure, and there are two hundred gold pills in it alone, each weighing one or two.

According to the "Hanshu Food and Goods Chronicle", a pound of gold is worth 10,000 yuan, and a gold pill is worth 1,000 yuan, and these gold pills alone are worth 200,000 yuan, not counting other rewards.

Shang Jia was overjoyed when he saw Han Yan's generous move, and his hand trembled a little and took the golden pill, the baby was not good, because he had earned a lot.

In the Han Dynasty, the currency in circulation was only half a tael of money and cloth, and the "Golden Cloth Law" stipulated: the cloth specification was eight feet long and two feet five inches wide, and the money was eleven as a cloth.

As for gold, it is more used for rewards, the value fluctuates greatly, and the exchange ratio is uncertain, just like the modern renminbi and gold, there is appreciation and depreciation, according to the current exchange ratio, one or two gold can be exchanged for 1,300 yuan, and the merchant earns one-third more out of thin air.

Han Yan was about to help Xi'er, who was standing in place with a face full of disbelief, put on the jade pendant, but he heard Shang Jia stand up and wave, and his mouth was still shouting peace, as if he was calling someone.

Immediately, a young official in official uniform came over in the center of the market, glanced at the jade pendant in Han Yan's hand, and the gold pill in Shang Jia's hand, took out the slip from the cloth bag he was carrying at his waist, and engraved words with a knife and pen while asking.

Official: "Are you sure you will charge one or two gold pills and sell the jade pendant to others?" ”

Shang Jia: "Of course. ”

After asking, he turned his head and asked Han Yan.

"Excuse me, are you Yan Shizi?"

"Well, I am."

"Are you sure you can buy a jade pendant with a gold pill or two?"

"yes, sure."

Han Yan was asked unclearly, so it wasn't until the little official divided the slip into two, and he and the merchant each held a copy, and then looked at the words on it that he suddenly realized that this was a "sales contract".

It indicates the names of the buyer and seller, the amount of the transaction, the time, the location, and the stalls in the bazaar, which is clear at a glance.

It's not enough to buy things in Dahan, there is a "hostage" in the center of the market, and he carries a "hostage" made by the government, commonly known as a contract.

It is a longer deed used to buy and sell slaves, cattle and horses; It is a shorter contract used to buy and sell weapons and rare things.

Han Yan is called an agent, after issuing this contract, according to the law of the Han Dynasty, merchants have to pay taxes......

Han Yan can go, but the merchant has to take the pledge and wait for the end of today's market to find the mayor to pay the tax.

In addition to confiscating family property, he also had to spend a year on the border and go to the northern border to fight with the Hun cavalry.

This agent is not only a contract, but also a certificate, if you feel that there is a problem with the jade pendant, you feel that the merchant has deceived you, you can reason with the agent in the future.

And if it is an item of excessive value, without a quality agent, the buyer will not be able to get out of the market gate, and will be treated as a thief.

Even if there is a quality agent, there will be people who will register when they go out of the market gate, and you can't run away from the amount of tax paid by the standard merchants.

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The carpenter is about an ancestral craft, not very old, in his thirties, but he looks rough in face and has well-developed biceps. The person is also not kempt, and does not tie all his hair on the top of his head, but hangs a little in front of his forehead, which adds a heroic spirit to himself.

Iwashiko personally came to invite, and the carpenter was sincerely afraid, so he followed without a word.

Han Yan does not doubt his craftsmanship, in the feudal era, if you were a carpenter, you wouldn't be able to make furniture with mortise and tenon joints.

At the end of the bazaar there was a large room, and there were some strong men, peasant women, and young ladies, all of whom were engaged in the service industry.

The family's fields are not harvested well and they can't pay their taxes, so they can only find a way to come out and earn money by doing chores, otherwise Xi'er's parents will end up selling their children to rich and noble families and working hard to pay taxes.

The end of those who can't pay their taxes is, first, to become a homeless person, to live in a foreign land, and to try to flee.

The second is to be beaten as an official slave and pay off debts with his body. In the past few years, after the hard work of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, there have been very few people who have sold themselves.

Han Yan came here, and the little official sitting at the door hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Sir, do you want to hire a worker?"

"Did you sell yourself?" Han Yan saw at a glance that there were six strong men, and they wanted to buy them as a foundation, and there were people under them who could use them.

Unfortunately, slaves were hard to find, so the little official picked up the slip from the desk, registered all kinds of information about these miscellaneous workers, and read it carefully before answering: "They all want to be hired as long-term laborers, and no one sells themselves." ”

"Oh." Han Yan was a little disappointed, took out three gold pills and put them on the table, and said, "Just those six strong men, and the eldest lady, cook for them, the commission period is half a year, is the money enough?" ”

"That's enough, I'll give you the tick."

The official also took out the "quality" made by the government, questioned both parties as usual, made sure that both parties were willing, engraved the commission, the time of employment, and the place of employment on the quality, and finally divided the quality into two, and it was completed.