"Drifting mother, goodbye!"

The drifting mothers, not knowing what Han Xin meant, were instantly confused......

Han Xin followed the girl Jiang Tao, carrying a large basket of semi-wet silk wool, carrying a sword in his left hand, and walking forward happily......

Jiang Tao's mother followed behind, looking at the back of the talented woman, with a slightly complicated mood......

Han Xin and Jiang Tao chatted while walking, and learned that Jiang Tao's mother and the silk wool rinsed by the group of drifting mothers were not from their own family, but were employed by a businessman in Huaiyin County who specialized in silk wool business.

The merchant collects a large number of cocoons at a low price, and then hires the blunder mothers to rinse the cocoons into silk wool, collect the silk wool, and then sell it at a high price......

When Han Xin accompanied Jiang Tao and her mother, he sent a large basket of silk wool to the merchant, and after inspection, Jiang Tao's mother got a hundred yuan.

Han Xin saw that after the drifting mother got a hundred yuan, she was not happy, but she sighed softly......

Han Xin asked Jiang Tao puzzled, "Your mother, why are you sighing?" ”

"Alas!" Jiang Tao sighed lightly and said: "My mother has been tired for more than half a day, if it weren't for Jiang Tao, I would have returned early from picking mulberry today, and I would have helped my mother rinse the silk wool, in fact, it would take nearly a day of work to complete, oh yes, and Brother Han also helped!" In this way, I only earned 80 yuan!! ”

"Didn't your aunt receive a hundred dollars in her hand?" Han Xin asked puzzled.

Jiang Tao smiled bitterly and said, "When my mother takes a large basket of cocoon clothes from this merchant in the morning, according to the custom, she must pledge twenty yuan first!" ”

"That's 80 bucks, isn't it?" Han Xin said casually.

"Brother Han, don't you know? Today's corn prices have risen to the point where one stone of rice costs 1,800 yuan! Jiang Tao said with a frown.

Han Xin was also taken aback. The memory in my body really doesn't know the 'insignificant' details of life, such as the price of food!

Because, his previous body was a 'poor ghost' with no money at all, where can he have the money to buy rice to eat? Hehe, eating, it's all about rubbing!!

At this time, Han Xin, although he was a traverser, was also stunned by this kind of food price!

Before the crossing, as a history enthusiast, he consulted the photocopy of the "Bamboo Slips of the Qin Tomb in the Sleeping Tiger Land" unearthed from the tomb of the Qin official "Xi......

He also once read a book with a sense of history "Qin Officials" at the starting point, where the male protagonist lived when the Qin State was about to unify the six countries, and the grain price of the Qin State at that time seemed to be only a few hundred dollars for a stone of corn, right?

However, he also knows that it is now July of the first year of Qin II, and more than ten years have passed since the Great Qin, when the country was rich and the people were strong and unified the six countries, and prices naturally continued to rise.

Han Xin secretly thought: The main reason for the rise in prices, especially food prices, is that more than ten years ago, after the war of the Great Qin to unify the six countries, many soldiers and soldiers died in each country......

Then, after the unification of Qin, the Great Wall connecting the six countries, the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Lishan Mountain, the construction of Chi Road (before the First Emperor traveled, the road to be passed, all the 'high-speed dirt roads'), the construction of the Afang Palace and other huge projects......

These need to be recruited from all over the world to do the drudgery of adult men, a total of about three million people were recruited, and after Qin unified the six countries, the total population of the entire Great Qin Empire (including the original six countries) was only more than 30 million.

Han Xin sighed secretly: Using nearly one-tenth of the country's adult males to build a large number of construction projects and engage in such a great face-saving project, which has led to a lot of fertile land in the country, and there is not enough male labor to cultivate, there will be no good harvest, and it is no wonder that grain prices do not rise wildly......

No wonder there is a widely circulated saying: 'The world has been suffering for a long time'......

He also remembered that it was recorded in the "Historical Records" that he had read: "(Qin Shi Huang) in December of the 31st year, he changed his name to 'Jiaping'...... Mishi thousand six hundred. ”

Han Xin sighed: At that time, one stone of corn was sold for 1,600 yuan, and now, eight years later, in the first year of Qin II, it is not surprising that one stone of corn was sold for 1,800 yuan!

Han Xin remembered again: The balance system of the Qin Dynasty was formulated according to the original balance system of the Qin State during the Warring States Period;

After Qin unified the six countries, it was forced to implement its balance system in the world, 1 stone = 4 jun = 120 catties, 1 jin = 16 taels, 1 tael = 4 taels = 24 baht.

In his mind, he thought about the 'balance' of the Qin period, that is, the rate of progress between the mass units of later generations, and suddenly felt confused!!

What's more, even if your math is really not taught by a physical education teacher, then it is so difficult to calculate how much a stone is equal to! If you want to calculate, 1 times 120 times 16 times 24, damn, who can do the right calculation?

And he also knows that a very important point is: a stone in the Qin system, although it was 120 catties at that time, but at this time, the 'one catty' at this time was not the same weight as the 'one catty' of later generations, and the 'one catty' of the Qin period was about the 'half catty' of the later generations, that is, about 250 grams. Then, at this time, one stone of rice is about 60 catties, that is, 30 kilograms in later generations......

Han Xin can calculate that the mother of Bleaching can earn 80 yuan by working hard for a day of rinsing silk wool, and the price of a stone of corn is 1800 yuan, and Mother Bleaching has to rinse the silk for 22.5 days to earn money to buy 30 kilograms of millet......

Han Xin quickly calculated in his heart, Fang felt that at the end of the Qin Dynasty, due to the lack of male labor force in various places, the Qin State pushed the strict punishment and strict law to the extreme, and Qin also used the method of expropriation and extortion to maintain the huge national expenses, and the life of the people in the world was really hard!

Suddenly, Han Xin heard a verbal dispute between Jiang Tao's aunt and the shopkeeper who collected silk wool not far away......

"The money you give me is less than half a tael! Is this money real? Drifting Mother said complainingly.

"How dare I make fake money? After the second emperor ascended the throne, he called for the 'resumption of money' and implemented the new 'half tael' money throughout the country. The shopkeeper said.

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Drifting mother picked up a copper coin, looked at it, the size of the 'new money' is also one inch and two minutes in diameter, the bronze coin with a round square hole, the obverse is also cast by the famous prime minister of the Qin State Li Si, the inscription from right to left to read the small seal text "half two".

Although the drifting mother is illiterate, after the unification of Qin, after Huaiyin in Chu became the Huaiyin County of Qin, it has been more than ten years, and she has been using this kind of Qin's 'half tael' money, and she still knows the word 'half tael' because she is familiar with it!

She turned the money in her hand over, which was also the same as the previous 'half tael' money......

With her thumb and index finger, Piao Mu pinched the second emperor's newly issued half tael coin, and she could clearly feel that this money was nearly half thinner than the half tael coin used in the whole country when the first emperor was alive, and when she weighed it in her hand, she could naturally feel half lighter......

Drifting Mother was very angry and said to the fat merchant: "This morning, I pledged 20 coins to you, each of which weighs 12 baht. Now, the money you give me is only about 6 baht each! Is it half a half? This is bad money for good money! ”

When Han Xin saw the drifting mother and the fat businessman, he was arguing a little red-faced, and hurriedly said to Jiang Tao: "Keep arguing, watch the suspense to do it!" Let's go and persuade ......"

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