Return to the great era of China's eternal emperor, the Qin Dynasty, and change the established history.

Two merchants behind Heifu are discussing the matter of Qin Wang cutting Yan.

However, a man asked, "What did your Majesty say about his campaign to kill swallows?"

Another man replied, "Your Majesty said,' The prince of Yan is in a daze, and his prince Dan is a traitor, so that the soldiers and officials will kill him and destroy his country!' Now, I'm afraid that the army has arrived in Zhaodi, and even passed the Book of Changes. "

The first merchant said anxiously, "Every time we start a war, we will give priority to recruiting sons-in-law and city-born bitches into the army. Then, will we also be called up to transport grain? I heard that Yan is suffering from a bitter cold, and there will be rain and snow in August and September. This winter, all the way north, I'm afraid many people will freeze to death ..."

Another person comforted him and said, "I heard from the people in Jiangling City that the prefect of Nanjun only recruited capable old pawns from all counties to guard the border of Qin Chu. The matter of cutting swallows should not involve Nanjun, after all, it's too far away ..."

This is probably a businessman who runs errands and delivers goods for the government of Qin. He travels extensively and is well informed, and his news is much better than that of Ji Ying, a hearsay common people.

However, after that, most of what they talked about were prices around the country, and gossip about the rural people in the state of Yan. As they spoke, they also made vulgar laughter ... The black husband was dumbfounded, and the imperial city people were too hospitable!

After a while, the two merchants ate and hurried away, leaving only Heifu thoughtful.

As he expected, as a follow-up to Jing Ke's stabbing the king of Qin, Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, who had a strong revenge mentality, did send a soldier to cut the swallow!

At the same time, Heifu also realized that he had miscalculated one thing: since October is the beginning of Qin State, and today is the New Year's Day, doesn't that mean that it has been twenty-one years since Qin Wang ruled?

If he remembers correctly, in history, Qin Wangzheng broke Yan in twenty-one years, destroyed Wei in twenty-two years, and later, cut Chu ...

"There are still two years, my time, and a few months are missing for no reason!"

My husband secretly scolded me, but it wasn't a matter of seconds or two. At the same time, he felt a little urgency. After three or two drinks of meat porridge, he wiped his mouth and shouted to Ji Ying, "Let's go. Now, report to the south gate school yard to save big sleep."

"Ah? Go now? I also want to go to visit Nulv ... "

Ji Ying has some wanting more. She is the brothel of this era. This is a typical small-scale peasant's thought. She has thousands of money in her pocket and wants to be corrupt.

He also asked Heifu to go with him with a smile, because seeing Heifu's age, he was probably still a baby.

Heifu has no interest in women in that kind of place. When he was an intern in his past life, he was involved in anti-vice, and was deeply impressed by the ugly scene, so he was disgusted with this kind of thing. He immediately said with a straight face, "I've heard that female prostitutes spend hundreds of dollars at every turn in a night, and you won't spend any money in two or three times! It's better to keep the money and go home to marry. “

Ji Ying got even with his wife, and it was really cost-effective to get married, so he stood up bitterly. Unconsciously, he has started to follow the lead of Heifu now, although he is older, obviously he is older.

Perhaps out of shame, when checking out, Ji Ying just took out money from his pocket, handed twenty and a half pieces of money to the owner, and invited Heifu to eat this meal. On weekdays, their meals are worth three or four dollars at most. Today, they have lost their money.

The shopkeeper took the money, but didn't put it in his arms. Instead, in front of Heifu and Jiying, he put the twenty pence one by one into a clay pot that all the guests could see. At that time, there was a tinkling sound, and there was a lot of money in it.

Originally, this thing is called "Xi ang" (Xi ang), which is the piggy bank of later generations. Because this restaurant is a "state-owned hotel", all the income should be turned over to the public, and the owner can't pocket money, because it will cost a fine. The correct operation is to put the meal money into the piggy bank in front of the guests, and when the day is getting late, officials will check the income.

Heifu andao has learned more about himself. The two of them left the restaurant and walked slowly to the south gate. In the afternoon, the sun would set and the wind would blow. Heifu, who was in thin clothes, couldn't help shivering.

"Brother Heifu, it's cold." Ji Ying has put on a thick winter coat and laughed, "Now that it's winter, why are you still wearing summer clothes?"

Yes, it's winter now, but Heifu was in a hurry when he left home, and the winter clothes sewn by his mother haven't been finished yet. The eldest brother said that he would bring them back in person in a few days, and the thin clothes on his body have been exposed to the wind, rain and sun, and it's simply "the cloth has been as cold as iron for many years".

Besides, although the clothes sewed by my mother are warm, Heifu, who loved clean clothes in the past life, can't get used to wearing one dress in a few months. Just on the way to the South Gate tinker, when they passed the market, Heifu went in for a stroll with Jiying, intending to buy some clothes for himself.

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The bazaar in the state of Qin is not along a street as imagined by later generations, with stalls on both sides to sell casually, but a closed place, similar to the vegetable market of later generations, surrounded by city walls.

"See that high flagpole?"

When Ji Ying came to the county town, she introduced, "That is the city flag, which stands inside the city pavilion. Every morning, traders from all walks of life who come to trade wait outside the city gate, and when the city flag rises, they can enter in turn.

The official in charge of the market is at the market pavilion. All traders who come to the fair trade have to check their documents and goods and stamp them before they can do business.

After entering the city gate, the whole market is buzzing with cries. The first thing you see is all kinds of food. Now it is the season when there is plenty of food after the autumn harvest. Many farmers near the county towns sell surplus beans and wheat for some cloth and money.

In addition, there are those who sell Lei, Shu, Lian, sickle and other agricultural instruments; There are lacquerware and pottery vendors, but most of them are daily utensils, and few luxury goods with exquisite workmanship.

Most of the people wandering in the market are civilians, including women carrying bamboo baskets and Jing hairpin skirts; There are also soldiers with coarse cloth, short brown and several patches on their clothes; There are children who are laughing and playing, running by, and their faces are dirty ... They are crisscrossed and bustling.

Dave quickly found what he wanted, and they stopped in front of several stalls, where raw silk, knitted winter clothes and shoes were sold.

In the face of the warm greetings from these shopkeepers, Heifu hesitated, wondering what choice to make. In his past life, what he hated most was bargaining. Even if he faltered and cut down the price, he found in the end that his boss still showed a meaningful smile after he left. Yes, he was killed again ...

Fortunately, the state of Qin buys things, but there is no need to bargain!

Because the state of Qin stipulated in the "Golden Cloth Law": when buying and selling in a fair, the price should be marked by wooden signs; Unless it's a small item worth less than one dollar each, you don't have to tie it ... If the merchant intentionally drives up the price and cheats the buyer, once it's settled, it will be severely fined by the city officials, so here, you can't see a merchant shouting "998 for every item" with goods of unknown value.

It's also the consumer rights protection law of this era. It's simply the gospel of a straight man like Heifu.

Finally, after shopping around, Heifu bought a Gebu thick winter coat with good quality for 150 yuan, so that he could survive this winter without air conditioning and heating, and there was no kang. Alas, after all, he was a southerner, and he had to be upright in winter. Plus 75 yuan to buy a close-fitting blouse, 50 yuan to buy a skirt, and 50 yuan to buy two pairs of coarse cloth shoes, which immediately put on his feet-along the way, his sandals have been damaged, and the soles of his feet have to step on the ground!

Some of the money given by Heifu to the vendor are incomplete, but the vendor just frowned and reluctantly accepted it. It turns out that it is also stipulated in the Golden Cloth Law that exchange coins, good or bad, should be mixed together, and it is forbidden to pick and choose!

It seems that, like later generations, it is not acceptable for sellers to refuse RMB. Only when the government is strong enough can such orders be issued.

After taking the clothes, Heifu was about to turn around and leave when the clothes vendor chased him out hastily and shouted, "male scholar, you forgot to take the ticket!"

"Voucher?"

Black suddenly leng, what coupons? Coupon? Discount coupon?

"male scholar is joking, of course, it's a deed coupon."

When the vendor shoved a small wooden block with jagged edges into his hand, Heifu looked at the words written on it, and it dawned on him.

"What am I supposed to be? It's a shopping receipt! ! ！”

Originally, in the state of Qin, all transactions over 100 yuan were given to the deed coupons, which is called "those who don't give the deed coupons, so they believe in it". After the transaction is concluded, the seller should write down the transaction items and prices on the board, and then saw it in half, with the buyer and the seller holding each half.

In case the amount of money is wrong, or there is something wrong with the goods, you can use it as a voucher to replace the goods or go to court. Of course, it is only on the same day, and the expiration date does not count. If the number of goods, money and coupons sold by merchants is not matched, they will also be punished by market officials. Of course, if people with ulterior motives want to cheat by this, don't forget the unique "false accusation against others" of the state of Qin.

"I've learned again!"

After Heifu put the shopping receipt in his pocket, I don't know how many times he expressed his feelings.

No matter what the state of Qin does, it has to write deed vouchers to prove it: paying rent and taxes, storing grain in warehouses, answering people's doubts by judges, and writing market transactions … Moreover, it has become a tacit habit for both parties to hold one copy. Look around, even illiterate civilians will take the initiative to ask the store for deed vouchers if there is more than one hundred dollars in transactions. Don't know the words on it? It doesn't matter, those teeth of different lengths on the deed coupon represent different amounts, such as ten thousand, one thousand, one hundred and even, which can be seen at a glance.

Isn't this very similar to the "contract spirit unique to the West" that some scholars in later generations have been blowing for many years? It's really frightening that paper has reached this level before it appeared. Those who shout, "Chinese people have no contract spirit since ancient times!" People, really should wear it back and have a look.

With this mood, Heifu looked back at the bustling market, his face was heavy and thoughtful. After a moment, he suddenly said, "I see!"

Ji Ying was squatting in a booth selling scabbard, looking left and right, listening to Heifu's yelling, and hurriedly turning back. "What do you understand?"

Heile said, "Shang Jun, his old man, must have been severely slaughtered by profiteers!