General Qin

Chapter 32 Gold

Later generations often say that the tiger and wolf divisions of the Qin Army must prepare their own dry food and weapons when they go to the battlefield.

This is right and wrong.

The "Black Husband's Family Letter" dug out of the grave many years later wrote: "Mom, you have to send me money, and by the way, some summer clothes. If the silk cloth in Anlu, your hometown, is cheap, you can do it there." Send me good clothes, if the price of the cloth is expensive, you can send the money directly, I will buy the cloth and make the clothes myself."

And his brother Jing wrote in another letter: "Mom, please send me money and clothes quickly. It is best to send me five or six hundred dollars. The cloth should not be less than two feet five feet. I borrowed Yuan Bai's money is all spent, if he doesn't send any more money, he will die. Hurry up!"

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

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

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

"Qin Law·Gong Law" stipulates: "Those that are the same thing as utensils, their size, length, and width must also be equal."

Later generations magnified the three faces of the arrowheads unearthed in the pit of the Qin Warriors by 20 times, and found that the error of the three faces of the same arrowhead was less than 0.15 mm, and the error of different arrowheads was less than 0.2 mm. Such an accuracy standard was very scary at that time. .

Every battlefield weapon is cast in accordance with the process of "Wu Le Gong Ming". The inscriptions engraved on the weapon are accurate to every craftsman and every level of manager who cast it. If there is a problem with the quality of the weapon, it must be There are layers of accountability.

Not to mention that in addition to swords, there are also a large number of daggers, beryllium, spears, and even the most high-end crossbows used on the battlefield.

So 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.

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

When Zhao Tuo reacted, he had already entered an alley.

The alley is not big, and there are small doors on both sides. From time to time, a man enters with a mysterious smile.

At the gate where no men come in and out, there is a beautiful woman standing.

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

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

To be precise, it was in his bulging baggage.

"My lord, come to me."

"Little gentleman, let sister come."

...

One after another coquettish voices rang in Zhao Tuo's ears, and at the same time, a woman stepped out of the door impatiently, and grabbed Zhao Tuo's arm with her hand.

Even if Zhao Tuo was a human being for two lifetimes, his face turned pale with fright at this scene.

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

In the alley, there were sighs left behind.

Zhao Tuo didn't realize until he got out of the alley, that he should have strayed into the female Lu (lǘ) by mistake just now.

He touched the bag full of coins on his body, and he was relieved when he saw that there was no problem.

"Scary to death."

This time he was summoned to Xianyang by King Qin, and he brought the bounty he got before, thinking about shopping along the way.

After all, the Qin law was strict, and ordinary people could only move around in the village and were not allowed to move around at will.

If you want to go shopping in the city, you have to report to Li Dian, and the farther you go, you have to ask the higher-ranking officials for permission. After being approved, a corresponding talisman will be issued before they can go out.

If Zhao Tuo didn't take advantage of the opportunity of coming to Xianyang to buy enough items, he would not be able to find a place to buy them even if he had money.

He soon came to the busiest market in Xianyang.

Different from the commercial streets of later generations selling along the street, the bazaars in Qin State have specially planned places.

In addition to the gate, the bazaar is surrounded by a city wall to close it, and there are special management officials.

Xianyang, where the imperial capital is located, has a large market.

After passing the kiosk where officials stood guard and entering the gate of the market, Zhao Tuo's eyes suddenly brightened.

Various items for sale are placed on the stalls, from simple pottery bowls and pottery beans to various lacquerware with beautiful patterns. Then to the food table, wooden table, couch and other furniture used at home on weekdays, as well as the plow, lei, plow, 钁 (jué), 臿 (chā) and so on, which are indispensable in agriculture.

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

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

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

"Gentleman, come and have a look at my place, my clothes are the best."

"Gentleman, don't listen to his nonsense. My clothes are the best. Look at the cloth, it won't hurt when you wear it."

"Gentleman, look at me, my little gentleman made this with his own hands, and it's absolutely comfortable to wear."

...

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

Zhao Tuo looked in front of every booth, and finally shook his head and left.

It wasn't that he was afraid of being slaughtered by these traders.

"Qin Law · Jin Bu Law" stipulates that as long as the value of items sold in the market exceeds one yuan, the price must be marked on the item with a wooden label. Similar to the price tags of later generations, the price is clearly marked, and the old and the old are not deceived.

And the price is not randomly marked, it will not be marked with three or four digits like the later generations, 998, 1888 at every turn, and then all kinds of big sales and clearance. The meal was discounted like a tiger, and it cost 95 in the end.

There are special officials in the market. If someone finds that someone is driving up the price and causing a riot in the market, they will be taken down on the spot.

The main reason why Zhao Tuo didn't buy from these stalls was that these stalls were all private decorations, and the quality of the items sold was uneven, not very good, and he wanted to buy more expensive clothes with better thermal insulation effect .

Zhao Tuo is very rich!

How rich are you?

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

In addition to being awarded the third level of nobility, he also received a large amount of money as a reward for his accusation of adultery and meritorious service.

Gold, ten yi.

What is this concept?

There are three grades of currency recognized by Qin State.

Gold is the currency, named after Yi.

Cloth is a Chinese coin, and a piece of cloth eight feet long and two feet five inches wide can be converted into 11 coins.

Copper coins are lower coins, and the text is half two.

How to convert gold and copper coins?

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

And one yi is equal to 24 taels.

So one yi gold is 13824 coins.

The ten yi gold in Zhao Tuo's hand is 138,240 yuan in conversion!

This number can be replaced by hundreds of sets of armor.