During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, all merchants who carried out commercial activities had a pass and business license in their hands, and this thing was the festival, and the festival was something that was passed down from ancient times, just like at the beginning, Xiongtao they ran to the Xunshan clan, and the Xunshan clan gave them bamboo knots and let them go to Nanqiu, which is something that can confirm their identity.

When Chonghua was in Shouqiu, he bought and sold grain and grain, including some handmade clay pots, and wrote vouchers to others, which made the people of the Shang tribe very satisfied, and vigorously promoted it in Shangqiu, combined with the "festival", the so-called "business license" appeared.

And the kind of voucher written by Chonghua, this kind of thing is called "deed", which is equivalent to the small ticket of later generations, as well as various sales contracts, if something happens, it can be held responsible, and in the Zhou Dynasty, the deed was used as a grain stamp and other things, which can be directly exchanged for some specific goods in the market.

And the origin of the word deed is not Yao's second brother deed, but when it appeared from the profession of witch, it came into being, referring to the meaning of carving knives and chisels.

The festival represents your identity, the deed represents your work occupation, and the merchant's deed is taken out, of course, it is all kinds of buying and selling things, and the group of people who carry them have neither knots nor deeds, so they are naturally driven out.

"Lord Chizong, you don't have a festival and a deed..."

"This.... It was the Emperor of Heaven who didn't let me bring the festival, saying that I wanted to hide my identity and not expose it, and as for the deed, I didn't bring it a long time ago!"

Chonghua was furious, who would have nothing to do with a bunch of small tickets on his body! And the deed carving of this era is also a bamboo piece, isn't it heavy to put in your pocket!

Although Shangqiu is the force of the Central Plains, Chonghua is not a fool, the Four Emperors regarded him as a target to click before, who knows if there are two or five people in Shangqiu's gang of people who come and go?

Maybe there is no two-five boy in the world, or maybe everyone is two-five boy.

Everyone was not allowed to enter the Shangqiu market to sell things, and the people of the Shang tribe also changed a lot, and the group of people under Chonghua's rule were all appointed and became the middle-level force of the tribe.

Chonghua covered the lower half of his face with a linen cloth, in fact, everyone is like this. He sighed constantly, and said to Yu Zai that if he could show his identity, he would inevitably smile crookedly, and then ordered 100,000 businessmen to come and slap his face....

Yu Zai kindly reminded him that the Shang tribe did not have 100,000 people.

Chi Songzi also said that he understood Chonghua's mood very well, and there was nowhere to pretend to be forced, which was really uncomfortable.

However, even if he was driven out of Shangqiu, he still did not give up, this pile of salt must be sold, but not in exchange for Pengbei, Dayi's proposal is that salt is a scarce material, and the salt of Hedong is a good thing that cannot be sought, even many emperors can't get it, come to Shangqiu to replace these salt that can't be taken away, just to see if you can barter for some good things, as for the shell coin....

Everyone has already said that we are not interested in money, and the biggest mistake we have done in this life is to rob the small treasury of the Huainan area of the Jinyun clan.

"Where does your salt come from?"

Don't sell it inside the Shangqiu market, everyone sells outside, and gradually some people gathered, and because they didn't abide by the rules of the market, the Shang tribe quickly sent people to come over to hold them accountable.

But they came quickly, and when they arrived, they gradually slowed down.

They are using some strange things, put them in front of the people who buy salt, some things are big, some things are small, and occasionally you can hear the sound of how many catties and taels, and the people who left from them are not unhappy, everyone is very satisfied.

Dayi proposed to sell goods in Shangqiu, and the large scales were naturally made on the road, and then brought all the way with empty carts, as for the small ones, they were in the backpack of the concubine.

The city management of the Shang tribe dispersed the crowd and said to Yu Zai: "Salt is not allowed to be sold here, and all commerce and trade must be traded in the market, and it is not in accordance with the rules for you to do this." ”

"But what you have in your hands, we're interested. ”

So the gang of chengguan began to ask about the role of the weighing instrument in Yu Zai's hand, and after fully understanding it, their eyes flashed and they left quickly.

Although Shu Jun and Yu Zai bought some weighing instruments, but now he has not sent those things back to the Central Plains, and is working diligently in the Great Flood Control City, but Yu Zai formed a team of ten people to come over to explore the way because of the Jinyun Clan's copy....

What, there are only nine people? But the goo and the coke add up to one unit.

"Azai's weighing instrument is a good thing, weights and measures have a standard, everyone will not quarrel with each other because of this, and can complete the transaction with each other in the shortest possible time, there are fewer things to do, the turnover rate of business will be larger, and knowing the fairness, it will drive the prosperity of the population in the region...."

Chonghua was not in vain in the south during this time, and before that he had thought about how to use a way to make the trade of goods more fair, but limited to his young experience, Chonghua had not yet come up with a weighing instrument for the time being, and the main reason was that there was no reference standard.

But Yu Zai gave a reference standard, that is, grain.

After the weighing instrument was made by the head of the company, it disappeared in the Shaohao period, and now it has reappeared, and it has burst out with its own light in an instant.

In everyone's opinion, weights and measures are definitely an important factor in promoting the rapid rise of the Southern Hongzhou Alliance, because of the frequent transactions, fair transactions, and market supervision, so many tribal people around want to exchange for good things, will gather in large numbers to Hongzhou, and even attract people from Baiyue and Junzi Country, Fire Disgusting Country, Immortal Country, Bofu Country and many other regions and states to come.

Everyone was thinking that time continued to pass with the increase in the flow of people, and the chengguan of the Shang tribe would soon return, not only that, but also some people.

The gang looked like they had just fought.

"Please ask this Yuanshang to settle the dispute for you!"

The city management of the Shang tribe quickly threw the problem to Yu Zai, Yu Zai looked at the two people in front of him, those two people were fierce and no one obeyed anyone, one of them saw the wooden weighing instrument, and suddenly became furious: "Is the Shang tribe using this kind of gadget to insult us!"

"Can these strange things solve our problems as well?"

As he spoke, he was about to grab the weighing instrument and fall off, but Dayi stepped forward first, and the man slapped Dayi in the chest, and then broke his wrist.

"This Yuanshang, why did you slap me in the chest?"

Dayi pointed at the man: "Everyone saw it, he hit me!"

This time he didn't tell a lie, but the Yuanshang was already lying on the ground and couldn't get up, and Dayi said what are you going to do, you want to solve the weighing instrument? Who instructed you? What is your motive?

The Yuanshang was finally pulled up, and was frightened by Dayi's mouth, and his face was slightly pale, and he stepped forward and asked with a smile: "What questions do you have?"

"This chief, the people of the Shang tribe say that you have a solution to our problem. I am a Dongyi person, from Yushan, I have been living in Shangqiu for eight years, Pingsuri makes a living by weaving fishing and hunting equipment and selling it, today I am in the market, I meet this Western man, he claims to be from Kunlun Sanbu, here to sell some livestock, go far away..."

Merchants who travel far away are rare in this era, except for giants such as the Great Kingdom and the Middle Qin Kingdom... Ordinary human races, because of the high risk and reluctant to go far, although the benefits of going far are also high, but in this stage of business is just starting, there are still not many people willing to die for the interests of that big ass, the most famous case is one of the things that will happen to the Shang tribe in the next few decades, that is, Wang Hai was killed.

The Dongyi man pointed to the Kunlun people: "An old hen that does not lay eggs weighs ten gongs, I bought such a hen in his cargo position today, I weighed it with my hand, the hen is not ten gongs heavy, but he has to collect ten gongs of wealth from me, I can't be angry, so I quarrel with him, and was brought here by the people of the Shang tribe!"

The Kunlun people were also tempered, and said at this time: "Why do you say...."

Yu Zai: "Okay, don't speak, if you don't read the book, you are pretending to be fierce, he is the plaintiff and you are the defendant, and it is not time for you to speak." ”

The people of Kunlun were all blinded by Yu Zai's snarful words, and Yu Zai still didn't understand what he was going to say.

Routines, all routines.

The gong itself has no meaning, it is a unit of weight in the Shang and Zhou dynasties and previous eras, and it is no longer used later, and ten gongs are about three kilograms, that is, six catties.

Yu Zai: "So, how much is the difference?"

Dongyi said: "At least more than three gongs! This is definitely a hen that has just been raised for a long time!"

Kunlun said: "The weight of chickens is different, and it is stupid to use one chicken to measure all chickens!"

Dongyi people said angrily: "I still feel the weight of hens that don't lay eggs!"

The Kunlun people said nonchalantly: "That may be this hen, which laid an extra egg on the way in the morning." ”

The Shang tribe is also difficult to make a decision because of this matter, but this kind of thing happens every day, and it will be over in the future, but today I saw the weighing instrument of Yu Zai, and the people of the Shang tribe felt that this thing might be able to solve the problem....

Oh, things are actually very simple.

There is indeed a difference in the weight of old hens, which depends on the feeding time, including the adult weight of different chicken breeds.

But the problem is not in the type and weight of the old hens, but in the Kunlun people who sell less than six catties of hens, and insist on asking others for six catties.

Yu Zai, said that the matter was easy, the hen was placed on the scale, and the weight was quickly derived.

It's about 2.7 catties short, that is, almost four and a half pounds.

Sure enough, the Kunlun people wanted to stand up to defend themselves, and Yu Zai booed him and said to Dongyi: "I know, someone must ask, how can your standard be right, so it's not right to be four and a half pounds short." ”

"But it's true that the number of hammers is missing, isn't it? It seems that the hen laid eggs halfway, and I am afraid that you have eaten them." ”

The Kunlun people were suddenly dumbfounded, their faces turned red, and they couldn't say anything, and they said with a smile: "How much is missing, then make up for it according to the market price of Shangqiu!

The people here suddenly realized and burst into laughter.