Chapter 32: Gold

Later generations often said that the Qin army's tiger and wolf army had to prepare their own dry food and weapons and equipment when they went to the battlefield.

That's true, it's not true.

Many years later, the "Letter from the Black Husband's Family", which was dug up from the tomb, wrote: "Mom, you are going to send me money, and by the way, you will send me some summer clothes." If the silk cloth in Anlu is cheap, you can make clothes over there and send them over, if the price of the cloth is expensive, you can send the money directly, and I will buy the cloth myself to make clothes to wear. ”

And his brother Jing wrote in another letter: "Mom, send me money and clothes quickly, it is better to send me five or six hundred yuan, and the cloth cannot be less than two feet and five feet." I borrowed all the money from Yuanbai, and if I didn't send it again, I would die. Hurry, hurry! ”

It can be seen that the Qin army needs to bring its own clothes and shoes when going to the battlefield, but it does not need to bring its own weapons and armor, or even cannot bring its own.

Because as a weapon of battlefield fighting, the quality and specifications of the weapon are very important.

Qin Jun's weapon casting process adheres to the principle of standardization, and it is almost the same in size and shape.

"Qin Law and Gong Law" stipulates: "For those who are the same thing, their size, short length, and width must also be equal." ”

Later generations magnified the three sides of the arrow arrowhead unearthed in the Qin Warrior Pit 20 times, and found that the error of the three sides of the same arrow was less than 0.15 mm, and the error of different arrowheads was less than 0.2 mm, such an accuracy standard was very terrible in that era.

Each battlefield blade is cast according to the process of "Wule Gongming", and the inscription engraved on the weapon is accurate to every craftsman and every level of manager who casts it.

Not to mention that in addition to swords, there are also a large number of ge, beryllium, spears, and even the most high-end crossbow arrows used on the battlefield, which are all things that cannot be cast by the people, and the Qin government will never let them circulate.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo only needs to buy enough clothes, shoes and some dry food in the market, and he doesn't need to worry about weapons and armor.

Zhao Tuo asked someone on the road about the way to the market, but he didn't know if the road in Xianyang was too wide, or if he was thinking about the future plan in his head, so he didn't pay attention for a while, and he actually took a fork in the road.

By the time Zhao Tuo reacted, he had already entered an alley.

The alley is not big, with small doors open on both sides, and from time to time men enter with mysterious smiles.

At the door, where no man enters or exits, stands a woman with a beautiful flower.

They are of different ages, fat and thin, but without exception they are all dressed very brightly.

Seeing Zhao Tuo walking into the alley, all eyes fell on his handsome face.

To be precise, it's in the bulging baggage on his body.

"Gentleman, come to me."

"Little gentleman, let my sister come."

……

A series of coquettish calls sounded in Zhao Tuo's ears, and at the same time, a woman was impatient, stepped out of the door, and reached out to grab Zhao Tuo's arm.

Even if Zhao Tuo was a human being in two lives, he was suddenly frightened by this scene.

Without hesitation, Zhao Tuo avoided the waving snow-white arms, turned around, and ran away.

In the alley, a sigh was left.

It wasn't until he got out of the alley that Zhao Tuo reacted that he should have strayed into the female lu (lǘ) just now.

He touched the burden of coins on his body, and was relieved to see that there was nothing wrong.

"It's scared to death."

He was summoned to Xianyang by King Qin this time, and brought the bounty he had received before, thinking about buying things along the way.

After all, Qin's law is strict, and ordinary people can only move around in the township and are not allowed to move around at will.

If you want to go into the city to shop for something, you have to report to the Ridian, and the farther you go, the more senior the official has to ask for permission. After receiving approval, the corresponding pass will be issued before you can go out.

If Zhao Tuo didn't take the opportunity to come to Xianyang to buy enough items, even if he had money in the future, he wouldn't be able to find a place to buy them.

He soon came to the liveliest market in Xianyang.

Unlike the commercial streets of later generations, the markets of the Qin State had specially planned places.

In addition to the gates, the bazaar is surrounded by a city wall, which is enclosed, and there are officials who specialize in managing it.

Xianyang, where the imperial capital is located, has a large scale of the bazaar.

Walking through the market pavilion where officials stood guard and entering the market gate, Zhao Tuo's eyes suddenly lit up.

The stalls are lined with a variety of items for sale, from quaint pottery bowls and beans to lacquerware with beautiful patterns. Then to the furniture such as food tables, wooden tables, and couches used in the home on weekdays, as well as the plow, plow, plow, plow, plow, jué, 臿 (chā) and so on.

It is worth mentioning that the agricultural tools sold are basically made of iron.

Of course, in this huge bazaar, there are naturally the clothes and shoes that Zhao Tuo wants to buy.

Zhao Tuo shuttled through the bustling crowd and soon found several stalls selling clothes.

"Gentleman, come and see me, I have the best clothes here."

"Gentleman, don't listen to his nonsense. My clothes are the best, you look at this cloth, it won't hurt to wear it on your body. ”

"Gentleman, look at my hand, this is made by my Xiaojun himself, it is absolutely comfortable to wear."

……

The merchants showed their strengths and wanted to make Zhao Tuo's business.

Zhao Tuo looked at each stall in front of it, and finally shook his head and left.

It's not that he's afraid of being slaughtered by these vendors.

The "Qin Law and Jin Bu Law" stipulates that as long as the value of something sold in the market exceeds one penny, the price must be marked with a wooden skewer on the item. Similar to the price tag of later generations, the price is clearly marked, and the child is not deceived.

And this price is not a random bid, it will not be marked with three or four digits like in later generations, 998 and 1888 at every turn, and then all kinds of big sales and clearances. The discount was as fierce as a tiger, and it cost 95 in the end.

There are officials in charge of the market, and if they find that someone is raising prices and causing a riot in the market, they will take them down on the spot.

The reason why Zhao Tuo didn't buy in these stalls was that these stalls were all private furnishings, and the quality of the things sold was uneven, not too good, and he wanted to buy more expensive clothes with better warmth effect.

Zhao Tuo is very rich!

How rich?

It can be said that in the civilian class, the current Zhao Tuo is at the level of a rich man.

He had previously committed meritorious service, and in addition to being knighted with a third rank, he was rewarded with a large amount of money.

Gold, ten eridium.

What is this concept?

There are three types of currencies recognized by the Qin State.

Gold is the upper currency, with the name of eridium.

The cloth is in Chinese currency, and the cloth that is eight feet long and two feet five inches wide can be converted into 11 yuan.

The copper coin is the next coin, and the text is half a tael.

How do you convert gold to copper coins?

One tael of gold can be converted into 576 copper coins.

And one eridium is equal to 24 taels.

So one piece of gold is 13,824 money.

The ten gold in Zhao Tuo's hand is converted to 138,240 money!

This number can be changed to hundreds of sets of armor.

If it is exchanged for grain......