Chapter 33: Shopping
The current Zhao Tuo has a first-class title, 200 acres of farmland at home, and gold worth more than 100,000 copper coins, which can be said to be wealthy.
He shuttled through the bazaar, picking and choosing, and finally found the clothes he was looking for in a government-run shop.
Although the fat merchant who watched the store was in a daze with a dead face, and the price of the goods was more expensive than that of a private peddler, after all, it was an official camp of the Qin State, and it had been inspected layer by layer, and the quality was guaranteed.
The winter coat is thick and warm, the single cloth inside is light and thin, and the shoes are thickened bottom, which is very comfortable to walk on the ground.
Zhao Tuo had exchanged a piece of gold cake for copper coins before, and at this time, he didn't blink his eyes, and directly gave the money according to the price marked on the wooden stick.
He spent 200 yuan on the thickened winter coat he bought, 180 yuan for two comfortable single clothes, 150 yuan for a pair of platform shoes and a pair of boots, and about 120 yuan for the silk and bottoms he wore underneath with good materials.
Zhao Tuo also bought 300 yuan of silk by the way, and prepared to go back and make a few pairs of underwear by himself.
He's had enough of this damn open crotch life.
Whether it's walking or socializing with people, you have to be careful, especially in this winter, it's really hard to have an open crotch.
However, he also understood during this time why the people of Xianqin wore open crotch pants.
It's not that no one invented crotch pants in this era, Zhao Wuling King Hufu had already made this kind of thing when he rode and arched, but it was only used by soldiers who rode and arched, and it was not popularized.
Not only because the fabric is precious and can be used for money. More importantly, the textile technology of this era is not good.
Ordinary linen clothes are very rough and can be worn on the outside, but if you use this material as a base, especially on the lower body, it will not take long to wear off the skin, so most people would rather be naked.
The nobles who were qualified and financially able to wear silk products were basically dressed in deep clothes, which were both warm and private, and in line with the etiquette system, so that they had no need for crotch pants.
And before paper was invented, there were corresponding benefits to wearing open crotch pants.
Zhao Tuo not only bought himself a suit, but also bought a lot of clothes for Heng, who stayed at home, and spent about 500 yuan.
The shopkeeper, who was still with a straight face at the beginning, saw that Zhao Tuo, a little prince, was so wealthy, and he also came to the spirit, received him with a warm and sincere smile, and helped Zhao Tuo pack the items he selected.
Zhao Tuo counted out the corresponding half tael, put it on the wooden table in front of the store, took the packed things, and prepared to turn around and leave.
"Gentleman, don't leave in a hurry, please wait a minute, I haven't released the money yet!"
The fat businessman suddenly stopped Zhao Tuo.
Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that according to the regulations of the Guan City Law, after receiving the money, the government-run shops must put the money into the corresponding 缿 (xiàng) in front of the guests, so as to prevent them from enriching their own pockets.
Zhao Tuo turned around, looked at the fat man in front of him with his fat fingers, pinched a copper coin and threw it into the crockpot, threw one, and counted it in his mouth.
Zhao Tuo waited for him helplessly for a long time before putting all the money into the crockpot.
But the matter was not over, after the money and goods were counted clearly, the fat merchant wrote on a wooden board the type, quantity and price of the trading items this time, and finally sawed the wooden board in half and handed half of it to Zhao Tuo.
"This is a gentleman's ticket, please take it."
Zhao Tuo looked at the jagged wooden block in his hand, and felt like he had gone to the supermarket to shop in his previous life.
This is probably the earliest shopping receipt.
The Qin law stipulates that all transactions of more than 100 yuan, the buyer and seller must make a deed, and both parties take half of it, if there is a problem in money or goods, this coupon can be used as a proof of lawsuit, and the amount of money on this thing must also match the amount of money collected in the crockpot, so as to further prevent the merchants who watch the store from enriching their own pockets and embezzlement.
After buying clothes, Zhao Tuo went to buy some dry food to eat on the road, but compared to clothes, these foods are very cheap, Zhao Tuo bought a lot of them, and they only cost 30 yuan.
After going back and forth, when Zhao Tuo bought everything, he had already spent almost 1,500 money.
You must know that in this era, a service debtor who worked for the Qin State government was only paid 8 yuan a day.
What Zhao Tuo spent on this day is equivalent to other people's wages for nearly half a year.
But he didn't care, it was freezing cold in Yan Country this time, if he didn't get more warm clothes, maybe he would freeze to death in the camp tent before the war started.
Zhao Tuo went out of the market and spent money to rent an ox cart along the way.
Throwing the big bag and small bag on the ox cart, Zhao Tuo lay down, and the old cow pulling the cart in front of him walked slowly and leisurely towards the morning sun.
Zhao Tuo didn't feel anything when he came to Xianyang in Wang Li's car before, but when he took the ox cart back, he found that the pavilions along the way were very strict.
I don't know if it's because of Jing Ke's assassination, there will be pavilion guards blocking the middle of the road every ten miles, checking the vehicles and travelers along the way, if there is a problem, take it down on the spot, and bring it back to the pavilion for interrogation.
Fortunately, Zhao Tuo had all the documents, and although he encountered a lot of interrogations on the road, he still returned home safely in Chaoyang.
After saying hello to the guard of the door, Zhao Tuo entered the middle school, and after a few steps, he saw Heng standing at the gate of the courtyard, waiting for him.
At sunset, the figure is very long.
Zhao Tuo was very moved, seeing the worried expression on Heng's face, he knew that the other party must be worried about what would happen to him by King Qin.
After all, in the eyes of the Zhao people, King Qin was the most brutal and terrible person in the world.
"What are you doing standing, why don't you come and help me carry it."
Zhao Tuo greeted with a smile.
Yokoya smiled.
"Yui."
He ran over, took the big bag and small bag from Zhao Tuo, and walked into the hospital together.
But this harmonious atmosphere was broken when Zhao Tuo said that he was about to enter the army in the evening.
Lying on his stomach on the ground, his forehead touching the ground.
"Zhao Jun, let me go together. The Qin people need soldiers, and if I take the initiative to ask for it, they will definitely let me enter the army with you!" ”
Zhao Tuo shook his head.
Heng gritted his teeth and said: "You saved my life, and ransomed me with a knighthood, I should repay with death." If you leave me and go into battle alone, then I should also kill myself. ”
As he spoke, he really stood up and went to get his sword.
Zhao Tuo saw that Henglai was really serious, and hurriedly stopped: "Don't be impulsive first, I let you stay here because I have something for you to do." ”
Henghu looked suspiciously. "Huh?"
"I have hundreds of acres of land, and if both of them were gone, wouldn't all of them be wasted. When I am not there, you will learn the art of farming from the old man, and hire a few more people to plough the fields for us, so that the fields will not be wasted. After all, you have to pay the land rent and manuscript tax every year. ”
"Hello, if that's all. Then I can't obey my fate, if you are on the battlefield...... So what's the point of me staying here? Hengyi's face flushed.
Zhao Tuo shook his head and said: "Of course it's not just that, I still have some agricultural ideas that need someone to help, you must first be familiar with the art of farming before you can help me." ”
Saying that, Zhao Tuo whispered his thoughts, spoke hard, and persuaded him all night before he made sense.
After all, no one can say anything about the battlefield, let alone the two of them.
If Heng goes to the battlefield, he may not be assigned to the same Shiwu with Zhao Tuo at that time, if he is not in the same Shiwu, what is the difference between going and not going? It's just a risk of increasing the situation.
Heng was originally a Zhao person, and his temperament was straight, if he went, it was easy to be used as cannon fodder by the Qin army, and if he was not careful, his life would be lost, so it was better to stay at home.
And Zhao Tuo does have important things to do.
As a consciousness from later generations, although Zhao Tuo is not good at agriculture, he has never eaten pork and has seen pigs run.
He has in his mind many farming techniques that are more advanced than this era, even if it is just something very simple and basic, if he can get it, it will bring great progress to agricultural production in this era.
Develop productive forces, increase yield per mu, and increase grain.
If it is dedicated to the King of Qin in the future, maybe he can be promoted to the knighthood.
But what Zhao Tuo has in his heart is only a general direction, and the specific operation still needs someone to slowly explore and test.
As a solicited citizen, Heng can have a long time without military service, and it just so happens that there are hundreds of acres of land at home, which is a good opportunity to experiment with Zhao Tuo's ideas.
If successful, it will bring great benefits in the future.
Finally persuaded Heng Shuotong to leave, Zhao Tuo sighed and looked out the window.
Black clouds, devouring the moon.
The war is about to begin.