During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, all businessmen carrying out commercial activities had a pass and business license in their hands. This thing was a festival, and festivals were something passed down from ancient times, just like when Xiong Tao and the others came to Xun.
The Shan clan and the Xunshan clan gave them bamboo sticks and asked them to go to Nanqiu. This was something that could prove their identity.
When Chonghua was in Shouqiu, he would write vouchers to others when buying and selling grains, including some handmade pottery pots. This good habit made the people of the Shang tribe very satisfied, and it was vigorously promoted in Shangqiu. Combined with "festival", the so-called "festival" appeared.
"Business License".
The kind of vouchers written by Chonghua are called "deeds", which are equivalent to later generations' receipts and various sales contracts. If something goes wrong, they can be held accountable. In the Zhou Dynasty, deeds were specially
Used as food stamps and the like, they can be directly exchanged for some specific goods on the market.
The origin of the word "Qi" is not from Yao's second brother Qi, but from the time when the profession of witchcraft appeared. It refers to a carving knife or a chisel.
The knot represents your identity, and the deed represents your job and profession. The merchant's deeds are of course all kinds of things for buying and selling. But Juzai and his group have neither festivals nor deeds, so they are naturally taken away.
Kicked out.
"Lord Chizong, you actually don't have a knot or a contract..."
"This...the Emperor of Heaven forbids me from wearing the knot. He said that he wanted to hide his identity and not expose it. As for the knot, I stopped wearing it a long time ago!"
Chonghua was furious, who would carry a bunch of receipts with him? Moreover, the deeds of this era were also made of bamboo, wouldn't they be heavy in the pocket?
Although Shangqiu is a power in the Central Plains, Chonghua is not a fool. The Four Emperors have previously regarded him as a target. Who knows if there are two or five young people among the people in Shangqiu?
Maybe there are no 25-year-olds in the world, or maybe everyone is a 25-year-old.
No one can enter the Shangqiu market to sell things, and the people of the Shang tribe have also changed a lot. The people who were 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 linen. In fact, everyone was like this. He kept sighing and told Yuzai that if it could show his identity, he would definitely smile crookedly and then give an order of 100,000 yuan.
Businessmen come to slap you in the face....
Yu Zai kindly reminded him that the Shang tribe did not have a hundred thousand people.
Chisongzi also said that she understood Chonghua's mood very well. It was really uncomfortable to be forced but have nowhere to pretend.
However, even though they were driven out of Shangqiu, everyone in Yuzai still did not give up. This pile of salt must be sold, but not in exchange for Pengpei. Dayi's proposal was that salt is a scarce commodity, especially the salt from Hedong.
Even many imperial clans can't get good things that cannot be asked for. I came to Shangqiu to exchange for the salt that I can't take with me. I just want to see if I can get some good things by bartering. As for shell coins...
Everyone has already said that we are not interested in money. The biggest mistake we made in our lives was to rob the Jinyun family's small treasury in Huainan area.
"Where does your salt come from?"
Instead of selling inside the Shangqiu market, everyone sold outside, and gradually some people gathered. Because they did not follow the market rules, the Shang tribe quickly sent people to come and hold people accountable.
However, they came very quickly and gradually slowed down when they arrived here.
Ruanzai and the others were using some strange things and placing them in front of people buying salt. Some were big and some were small. Occasionally, they could hear the sound of weighing pounds and taels. However, everyone who left Ruzai and them was not disappointed.
Happy, everyone is satisfied.
When Dayi proposed to come to Shangqiu to sell goods, the large scales were naturally made on the road and brought along in empty carts. As for the small ones, they were carried in Yuzai's backpack.
The urban management of the Shang tribe dispersed the crowd and said to Yuzai: "Salt is not allowed to be sold here. All business must be concentrated in the market. What you are doing is against the rules."
"But we are very interested in what you have in your hand."
So these urban management officials began to ask about the function of the scale in Yu Zai's hand. After fully understanding it, their eyes flickered and they left quickly.
Although Shujun and Yuzai purchased some weighing instruments, he has not yet sent those things back to the Central Plains. Instead, he is working diligently in the Great Flood Control City. On the contrary, because of the opening of the Jinyun clan's dungeon, Shujun formed a group of ten
The human team came to explore the way first...
What, only nine people? But Guzi and Jiaozi add up to one unit.
"Azai's weighing instruments are a good thing. If there is a standard for weights and measures, everyone will not quarrel with each other because of it, and they can complete transactions with each other in the shortest time. There will be less wrangling, and the turnover rate of business will be greater.
And knowing fairness will lead to the prosperity of the region's population..."
Chonghua's time in the south was not in vain. Before that, he had thought about ways to make the trade of goods fairer. However, due to his young experience, Chonghua had not yet invented a weighing instrument. The main reason was that
There is no reference standard.
But Yu Zai gave a reference standard, which was grain.
The weighing instrument disappeared during the Shaohao period after it was produced by Lishou, but now it has reappeared, bursting out with its light in an instant.
In everyone's opinion, weights and measures are definitely an important factor in promoting the rapid rise of the Hongzhou Alliance in the south. Because transactions are frequent, fair, and market-supervised, many tribesmen around them will send a large amount of money to Hongzhou if they want to exchange for good things.
The gathering of states also attracted people from Baiyue, Junzi Kingdom, Fire-weary Kingdom, Immortal Kingdom, Bofu Kingdom and many other regions and countries.
Everyone was thinking that time continued to pass with the increase in the flow of people, and the urban management of the Shang tribe came back soon. Not only that, he also brought some people with him.
It looked like this group of people had just had a fight.
"Ask this distant merchant to resolve the dispute for you!"
The city manager of the Shang tribe quickly asked the question to Yuzai. Yuzai looked at the two people in front of him. The two men were so aggressive that neither of them could accept the other. One of them saw the wooden weighing instrument and suddenly became furious: "The Shang tribe is
Are you using this gadget to insult us?"
"Can these strange things also solve our problems?"
As he said that, he was about to grab the scale and throw it away, but Dayi stepped forward first. The man slapped Dayi on the chest, and then broke his wrist.
"This distant merchant, why did you slap me on the chest?"
Dayi pointed at the man: "Everyone saw it, he was the one who beat me!"
This time he didn't tell a lie, but the distant merchant was already lying on the ground and couldn't get up. What did Yi say you want to do? Do you want to solve the scale? Who instigated you? What is your motive?
The distant merchant was finally pulled up, and his face turned slightly pale after being scolded by Dayi. Juzai came forward and asked with a smile: "What problem do you have?"
"Chief, the people of the Shang tribe say that you have a solution to our problem. I am a Dongyi person. I come from Yushan and have lived in Shangqiu for eight years. I usually make a living by weaving and selling fishing and hunting equipment. Today
I met this Westerner in the market. He claimed to be from the Kunlun Mountains and was selling some livestock here. He brought goods from far away..."
Businessmen who travel long distances are rare in this era, except for giants such as the Great People Kingdom and the Zhongqin Kingdom... Ordinary humans are unwilling to travel far because of the high risks. Although the benefits of traveling long distances are also high, in this
In the early stages of business, not many people were willing to die for the sake of huge profits. The most famous case is what will happen to the Shang tribe in the next few decades, and that is the murder of Wang Hai.
The Dongyi man pointed at the Kunlun man: "An old hen that doesn't lay eggs weighs ten pounds. I bought such a hen from his store today. I weighed it with my hands, and the hen didn't weigh as much as ten pounds."
He didn't have the weight of ten cents, but he insisted on taking ten cents of wealth from me. I couldn't get angry, so I quarreled with him and was brought here by the people of the Shang tribe!"
The Kunlun man also had a temper, and said at this time: "Why do you say..."
Yu Zai: "Okay, don't talk. If you don't read the book, you're pretending. He is the plaintiff and you are the defendant. It's not time for you to speak."
Everyone in Kunlun was deceived by the slanderous words of Zuan Zai, who still didn't understand what he was going to say.
Routines are all routines.
Tinnium itself has no meaning. It was just a unit of weight in the Shang and Zhou dynasties and the previous eras. It was no longer used in the later years. Ten tinnium is about three kilograms, which is six pounds.
Yuzai: "So, how much is the difference?"
Dongyi Human said: "At least three tinnium or more! This is definitely a hen that has just been raised!"
The Kunlun man said: "The weight of chickens is different. It is stupid to use one chicken to weigh all the chickens!"
The Dongyi man said angrily: "I can still feel the weight of a hen that doesn't lay eggs!"
The Kunlun man said nonchalantly: "Maybe it was this hen that laid an extra egg on the way in the morning."
The Shang tribe is also unable to make a decision because of this matter. However, this kind of thing happens every day, and it will probably be settled in the future. However, after seeing Yu Zai's weighing instrument today, the people of the Shang tribe thought that this thing might be able to
Solve the problem....
Yu Zai said oh, the thing is actually very simple.
There is indeed a difference in the weight of old hens, which depends on the time of raising, including the different adult weights of different chicken breeds.
But the problem is not the type and weight of the old hen, but the fact that the Kunlun people sold hens that were less than six kilograms, but insisted on asking others for the price of six kilograms.
Yu Zai said that it was very easy. He put the hen on the scale and quickly found the weight.
The difference is about 2.7 kilograms, which is about four and a half pounds.
Sure enough, the Kunlun people wanted to stand up and defend themselves, but Yuzai hissed at him and said to the Dongyi people: "I know, some people must ask, how can your standard be right, so the difference of four and a half tinnium is not correct.
"
"But it's true that the number of tinctures is missing, right? It seems that the hen laid eggs on the way, and I'm afraid they were eaten by you."
The Kunlun man suddenly became speechless, his face turned red, and he could no longer say anything. Su Zai said with a smile: "How much is missing, I will make up for it according to the market price in Shangqiu! It depends on what I do!"
The people here suddenly understood and burst into laughter.