Chapter 9 Shu Merchants
The summer sun makes people feel restless, even if it is only early in the morning, but they can already vaguely feel a scorching heat. Taijia looked at the scorching sun that was about to rise in the east, and shook his head helplessly; It's hot summer, and it's hot everywhere, and if it weren't for the sake of a better life at home, he wouldn't have gone to other tribes.
"Hah...... Hey? Talika, where are you going so early? ”
A childish and lively voice suddenly sounded on the side, and Taijia turned his head, and it turned out that he had just walked past the apricot husband's house; This slab house is so dilapidated that even the little poor man of Taijia feels ...... This is simply too broken!
Because Xingfu has to take on all the heavy work at home, he gets up early every day, unlike Taijia, getting up early today is purely accidental, and he usually gets up slowly when the sun shines.
Looking at the apricot husband with a blank face, Taijia suddenly remembered that the apricot husband did housework every day, and he must be familiar with the cooking, so he excitedly took the apricot husband's hand and said: "Apricot husband, I have a way to make a fortune, are you interested?" ”
There is no man and woman in the tribe who are not close to each other, not to mention that these two are partners who have played since childhood?
Taijia told Xingfu about his plan, but he didn't expect to be rejected by Xingfu on the grounds that there was too much work at home. But Taijia was still unwilling, and hurriedly said: "If this is done, you will be able to hire slaves in the future, why do you need to be so busy?" Besides, what's wrong with going out for a walk once in a while when you're so busy every day? ”
"Where can you afford slaves? Whatever you earn, your father will gamble! Xingfu sighed helplessly.
"Hide it and don't let your father see it!"
"But it's not fair to my father......"
"Girls should always have a little bit of secrets!"
Xingfu was moved, and looked into the house with some hesitation, only to hear snoring; She nodded heavily, although she was not sure that the method of Taijia would be able to earn supplies.
Since four years ago, she has always chosen to believe in the Thai armor, because the Thai armor is there, and the three of them have not been executed; Xingfu, who is accustomed to Taijia helping him make decisions, seems to be inseparable from him over time.
The Qiang tribe is not far from the Di tribe, because the four tribes are all bounded by the Minjiang River, and each has established its own tribe on a small island or dry bank, and most of them cross the river except for one or two pontoon bridges.
Summer is the flood season of the Minjiang River, and the shallowest place is enough to cover the thighs of the Thai armor. So at this time, the role of the boatman is revealed; Just give me something of little value, and he'll take you to the other side, after all, everyone lives off this kind of work.
Taijia is a little special, there are not many strong men in the four tribes, and Taijia is born with divine power, and is regarded as the son of God by the elders, and everyone wants to tie up, so Taijia doesn't need to give anything to take a boat, as long as he is a boatman he knows, he will be carried over for free.
An acquaintance picked up Taijia and Xingfu, looked at the two of them holding a handful of things, and wondered: "Taijia, why did you go out this time?" ”
"I'm going to change salt!" Tygar replied with a smile.
"Salt change? Didn't your father just go yesterday? The boatman was surprised, "What do you exchange it for?" ”
"My mother's sauce!"
The boatman smiled faintly, but looking at the bronze of the Thai armor, his eyes became strange - exchanging food for salt? When others are stupid, it can't be? Will there be a shortage of salt to eat?
Hehe, I want to see how you resell!
After disembarking from the boat, the boatman pointed in the direction of Taijia and told him the location of the exchange market of the Qiang tribe; Tyjia thanked Xingfu. The boatman did not leave quickly, but cautiously followed.
"Let's go, it's time for us to do something!" Taijia took Xingfu's hand and walked towards the market with high spirits.
Needless to say, bartering in a slave society was almost as troublesome as exploration! For example, if you have a piece of wood and want to exchange it for a strand of silk thread, but someone else doesn't want it, you have to exchange it for all sorts of things until the seller of the silk thread is satisfied. Because it is too troublesome, the medium of "money" has gradually appeared.
But in the centuries that followed, only the real necessities of life were the hard currency of the market, and the currency depreciated in times of great calamity, which is not worth mentioning.
The market is crowded with people, and even though there are only a few hundred people in the tribe, it is still bustling with activity. Almost everything needed by tribal society can be found here, and naturally, there will be slave owners who let people sell slaves, but the price is naturally much higher.
Some people sell freshly caught fish, some people sell silk, some people sell straw sandals, baskets, and even a piece of wood......
In order to sell something, the Thai found a spot in the market and placed several huge leaves on the ground to form a small stall. Then take out the sauce that has been prepared and put it on top, and the stall is completed.
In this era when there is no chengguan, naturally no one pays attention to him.
Thaica didn't plan to trade the sauce for salt because, as his parents said, no fool would want to exchange his precious salt for the sauce that every household has.
"Taijia, what should we do?" The first time Xingfu walked into an unfamiliar environment, he was inevitably a little scared, "Why don't we go back, I don't think anyone will want to exchange salt for sauce......"
Xingfu and Taijia and Poor Jian are still free together, but they are extremely scared in this strange environment. It is precisely because of this that if it weren't for Xingfu's acquaintance, he wouldn't have known about his father's domestic violence habits at all.
No, you see, if it weren't for domestic violence, how could the girl have so many imperceptible scars on her body? If it weren't for the two friends of Taijia and Poor Jian, I am afraid that Xingfu would have committed suicide by throwing herself into the river with her mother.
Taijia pressed the restless Xingfu and smiled: "Don't worry, I have my own measure!" ”
Looking at Taijia's confident smile, Xingfu finally sat down peacefully.
Talgar understands that first of all, he has to attract people's ideas, he is not very old, he occupies a place that is not particularly conspicuous, and he must do something to make others notice him......
As he was pondering, he suddenly saw a huge stone at the end of the bazaar, and it was two places bigger than himself......
Maybe it's good to use it as a signboard!
Taijia smiled, turned to Xingfu and said, "Xingfu, do you have a carving knife?" ”
"What do you want that for?" Apricot is a little confused.
"Can you write?"
"There was a Shang Dynasty man who practiced business in the tribe and learned a little bit of deed from him."
"Chewen? Isn't that the text used by the Shang Dynasty? Doesn't our enlightened country have a written word, why do we have to use the characters of the Shang Dynasty? ”
Xingfu was anxious: "I ...... I can't write either! He taught me a little bit of the deed, and I ......"
Seeing that Xingfu was about to cry, Taijia hurriedly coaxed: "It's okay, it's okay, there must be someone who can understand the deed, do what I say, I have my own way!" ”
A flash of golden light suddenly flashed in Taijia's eyes.