The next day.

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It is neither calm nor too chaotic, Shangqiu has been like this for more than a year, people have become accustomed to this kind of day that is neither calm nor too chaotic, and many people feel that there is no complete chaos is a day full of hope.

In the market, there are spontaneous righteous people who preach in the crowd, and there are also idlers who gather around the righteous people and listen to the preaching.

A small vendor with a slender shoulder on his shoulder, did not linger beside the righteous man who preached incessantly, but passed by.

The righteous man was talking about "equality" and "the sage and the people working together", and many people who listened to the lecture applauded loudly and were full of enthusiasm.

The small trader with the flat burden shouted leisurely about his business, and the heavy bento trembled slightly with his steps, with the help of which he could save effort, which was not a skill that could be practiced in a day or two.

"Solder pot!"

"Solder pot!"

The shouts sounded in the corners of the market, today happened to be the so-called rest day of the Mo family, many people in Shangqiu City have been accustomed to this kind of routine, today is the day to buy goods in the market.

The vendors felt that there were a lot of people today, so they stayed here for a while and then walked the streets and alleys.

He put the pole on the ground, found a shady place to rest under a tree, and found a gourd from the back of the pole, opened it and poured some boiling water that was still a little hot.

On his left is a sniper, that is, a person who plays monkey play, and the sound should be a Chu person, because there are many monkeys in Chu, and many cities in Chu have monkey plays.

As the so-called "sniper is endowed with, he says: 'Three in the morning and four in the twilight.'" All the snipers were furious. He said, 'Then it will be four and three at dusk.' 'Everybody's happy. The name is not lost and the joy and anger are used, and it is also because it is. ”

Later generations of Zhuangzi, the sniper in the small story of the three and four days, is to do this kind of thing, the witchcraft of the Chu people believed that the monkey can make the horse not plague, from the witchcraft began to extend such a business.

The people of Shangqiu had never seen this kind of monkey show, but over the years, Shangqiu has continued to develop, and the people in the city are much richer than back then, and this kind of occupation that requires urban development to appear is enough to support themselves.

At this time, the show had not yet started, and the sniper took a few acorns to feed the monkeys, which attracted a lot of children, and threw peanuts to the monkeys.

To the right of the vendor of the solder pot was a candy kneader, surrounded by more children.

Sugar kneading craftsmen melt the cane sugar brought from the plantations in the South China Sea, and use their strong arms to pull the melted sugar, just like a person in a nearby noodle restaurant stretching the dough, and make the melted sugar into layers of filaments, which are full of bubbles.

This is also the craftsmanship that has been passed down from Si, and it is precisely because of the large number of sugarcane cultivation in the South China Sea and the continuous development of Shangqiu that there is both a foundation for existence and a foundation for continuation.

In the distance, there are many people in short brown straw sandals, a large group of people squatting under the trees, they are called "lurants", that is, people who have no means of production of their own and no land, who live if they have employment and die if they are unemployed.

A group of people waited for the workshops to hire them, or for the landowners to hire them to work.

Now is not a good time, the cotton has not yet been harvested, and when the cotton is harvested, they can have something to do every day, and they can drink one meal a day and get some money.

The vendor of the solder pot withdrew his gaze, waited a little longer, and finally waited for a customer.

A woman approached with a black piece that looked like it was originally a tin pot.

Without saying anything, the merchant took the strange thing, which was originally a tin pot, took out a small scale from behind, weighed it slightly, and said, "But you need to add some money." ”

The woman nodded and muttered, "I was boiling water that day, and there happened to be a cloth tax collector outside, so I asked the child to watch it." I never thought that the Mo family happened to come here to act that day, and the kid ran out, and I forgot about it. By the time I got back, the tin pot had already burned......"

The tinpot maker smiled and said, "Thanks to this child, otherwise your tinpot would not be bad if it is used, why should I eat?" ”

The woman only muttered a few words, beat and scolded, and laughed when she heard the craftsman say this.

Tin pots became popular after drinking boiled water for the first time outside Shangqiu City 25 years ago, especially the Mo family continued to preach that drinking raw water is easy to get sick and the like, and because Shangqiu City gradually became rich, this habit gradually spread.

Tin kettle was the most common kettle at this time, because the melting point of tin was very low, and because the bronze civilization of Zhuxia had many craftsmen who were familiar with tin, as well as ...... So far, the price of a thin iron kettle has been too high.

Later, thinking that the spread of spirits, many people like to drink hot wine in winter, and this tin pot is more widely spread.

The tin pot craftsman is also a member of the Shangqiu Craftsman Association, and the craft of this solder pot is taught by someone from the Mo family, free of charge.

Normal carpenters, blacksmiths, and the like are now good craftsmen, and they don't have to worry about eating.

However, because the solder pot is a new craft, the threshold for joining is also very low, and you only need to participate in the collective activities of the craftsman meeting twice a year and listen to the story together.

In many industries, if you don't participate in the craftsman association, you can't get along at all, just like the one who pulls sugar next to you, or the tin pot craftsman, the threshold of this industry is actually very low.

It is impossible for the government of Shangqiu to be so lenient, and it is difficult to even collect taxes, especially for craftsmen.

But because of the low threshold, if you don't join the craftsman association, you don't want to do it yourself, and the people within the craftsman association will squeeze out those who don't join the craftsman association and do it yourself.

The Artisan Guild was the uncrowned government of the industrialists and merchants of Shangqiu City, a feudal guild that hindered progress, but at this time it was the cheapest way to control the grassroots organizations.

Only by joining the craftsman association can you have your own territory and scope, and only then can you have someone to stand out when you encounter the oppression of others.

For example, there are many uncrowned invisible government organizations such as the Craftsmen's Guild in Shangqiu City, including many organizations such as village communities that collectively worship the Heavenly Emperor, all of which are profitable when they are external.

The craftsman of the solder pot was satisfied with this, so that he could be guaranteed an income, and the people in the artisans' guild were craftsmen like them, and they were also angry with each other.

He has only been learning the craft of this solder pot for only four years, which is considered to be a son inheriting his father's business, although the time is not long, the craft is not low.

The black tin ingots that the woman had brought were quickly melted and spread out in his hands, and some tin was added, which melted into a thin tin cake, which was cooled and skillfully rolled up.

He didn't ask if he needed to carve, he only needed to look at the woman's dress to know what a woman was about, and he didn't have to ask about carving.

While the tinsmith was waiting for the tin to cool the coil, he casually asked, "Have you paid your taxes this year?" Has the cloth tax on weaving also risen this year? ”

As soon as the woman heard this, she opened the conversation box and muttered, "Isn't it going up?" Now the cotton yarn is controlled by the merchants who are close to the nobles, and we cannot buy it, and we have no money to buy it. ”

"When my lover followed people to Sishang to deliver goods, he said that people in Sishang were not like this. Now we still need to pay this tax in the autumn? As long as it is a package purchase, it will have to be paid. ”

The woman was engaged in the cotton textile industry, which was quite developed in Shangqiu, but instead of a handicraft factory, some merchants close to the aristocracy controlled the cotton and veils, and the woman had her own loom.

The merchants who bought these bags gave cotton veils and the like to women, who spun them into cloth and then received their own labor income.

In this process, the merchant is no longer a mere merchant, but actually earns the value of the labor of these weavers, because the labor turns the yarn into cloth, and the part of the value added is obtained by the merchant who buys the cloth.

A small tax reform involves thousands of households, and women are also affected.

Originally, they only needed to pay the autumn cloth tax, but now they need to pay a certain tax in advance every time they buy a package, for example, this time they need to pay the tax of 20 spindles of yarn first if they wrap 20 spindles of yarn from others, but the wages given to them by the bag buyers are still so much.

The woman asked curiously, "You solder pots, could it be that the tax has also been raised?" ”

The man of the solder pot nodded and said, "Why didn't you add it?" The autumn tax has to be paid, and some military taxes have been added, and there is not much money left every year, and now it has to be paid more. ”

The woman also said: "Exactly, the military endowment, we are so close to Sishang, no one dares to fight us, my father and they defended the city, and the uprising helped the son to ascend the throne, but at that time it was said that it was okay, and the military endowment will be exempted in the future, as long as there is the obligation to defend the city." ”

"It's good now, the emperor's father's family wants to raise soldiers, but let us take money, what is the reason? Besides, why don't those nobles pay taxes, but let us pay them first? Everyone has to pay taxes over there, and I heard that even giants have to pay taxes...... That's what makes everyone equal to the ministers of the Emperor of Heaven. ”

After more than 20 years of propaganda and non-governmental association activities, the people of Shangqiu City have long been different from what they used to be.

A thick dissatisfaction filled the most ordinary conversations, and the tin pot maker also complained a few words with the woman, but the work in his hands did not stop, and soon a brand new tin pot was ready.

After handing it over, she got a few money, and the woman looked hurried, anxious to go back to weaving to make money, and each had her own busyness about life.

Not far away, a gong sounded, and the sniper began to play monkey; On the side, the craftsman who made sugar ushered in his first business today; In the distance, under the big tree, the homeless servants who have a job to live and those who are unemployed to die surround a patron who has come to hire people......

A new day begins.

Nothing to do today.