The sale was made, the two travelers and Wu Da were very happy in their hearts, and called for wine and food to celebrate at the inn that night.
"Today this green wine, my brother will drink it openly." Wu Da stroked his short beard.
"Is this green wine very famous?" Zheng Yuming felt that it was a bit too bad compared to the Wuliangye and Maotai of the latter days, but it looked as if Wu Da had a very high regard for the green wine.
"Of course green wine is famous, the three major products of Chu." Wu Da started to popularize to the two travelers that Dacheng was at the border of Chu and Wu.
The most famous product of Chu is silk, commonly known as Xiang silk, which is more expensive than gold in Qin, and is a luxury product that ordinary nobles can't afford to consume; only princes and big nobles can afford clothes made of Xiang silk. The second famous product of Chu is iron, although Chu iron is good for the world, but it is never exported, and the iron smelting technology is not exported. The third one is green wine, which has always been the tribute from the royal family of Chu to the Qin Dynasty. The place of production of green wine is very close to Dacheng of Wu, and because of the geographical reason, the transportation cost can be omitted, and the green wine sold in Dacheng of Chu is much cheaper than that of other places, therefore, the people of Wu who have medium conditions can taste this kind of wine, while only the nobles of the other vassal states can afford to enjoy it.
"Then what are Wu's specialties?" Chu Chao Hui and Zheng Yu Ming listened to Wu Da's explanation with great interest.
"Wu has Dacheng cloth and Donghai salt." Many fields in the area around Dacheng were planted with cotton, which was woven into cotton cloth by village women at home in Dacheng, and then collected by the nobles of the fiefdom and transferred to merchants for dyeing with pigments, Dacheng cotton cloth was better than cotton cloth elsewhere in that the cotton cloth was soft and fine, and the East Sea Salt was a salt farm in the East Sea side of the Kingdom of Wu, which was not under the jurisdiction of the lord of Dacheng and was owned by the King of Wu.
"Fiefdom nobles?" Chu Chaohui keenly grasped this keyword.
"Doesn't the hometown of the two virtuous brothers have any feudal noble lords?" Wu Da's wine was already six or seven points drunk, and in his heart, he didn't think much about why the two virtuous brothers wouldn't understand Da Qin's feudal system, but instead, he explained Da Qin's land system in detail for the two men.
It turned out that after Qin destroyed the Zhou Dynasty, it inherited the land division system of the Zhou Dynasty, and the big nobles who were divided into feudal domains formed a country of their own, and called themselves the lord of the country, and the lord of the country divided some of his fiefdoms into his children, grandchildren, and cronies, and these fiefdoms could no longer call themselves the lord of the country, and they could only collect taxes on their own fiefdoms, and of course these fiefdoms' nobles had to pay tributes to the lord of the country, and sometimes if the fiefdoms' nobles did not please the lord of the country by paying tributes, they would most likely be deprived of their fiefdoms. Fiefdom.
"Which noble fiefdom is Nambu?" Zheng Yuming also felt that he and Chu Chaohui had overlooked the issue that it was not legal for them to plant in the valley, the land in the valley was not owned by them, the common people in this time and space did not have any private property, and all the land in the world belonged to the feudal lords.
"Nambu is a newly reclaimed area, that area was not subdivided by the city lord to the nobles, and the taxes on the Nambu fields are paid directly to the city lord of Dacheng."
Wu Da was very excited to talk. After talking about the land ownership of Nanbu, he also told the two travelers that of the three large villages passing through from Nanbu to Dacheng, two of them were owned by the local nobles of Dacheng, which means that of the four villages, only half of them were under the direct jurisdiction of the city lord of Dacheng. These nobles were actually the landlord class. However, these landlords do not have absolute control over the land under their jurisdiction and cannot buy or sell it at will. There are two forms of land cultivation in Daqin, one is tenancy, which is for peasants with personal freedom, and the other is serfs, which are the unpaid longtime laborers of noble landlords, or longtime laborers without personal freedom, and these serfs are owned by their masters like goods.
The villagers of Nambu belonged to the tenant farmers of Ulsan-kun, although those lands were cleared and opened by the villagers themselves.
Speaking of the direct landowners in Nambu, Wu Da spoke highly of Ulsanjun in Dacheng, and his words were full of gratitude. It turns out that after last year's drought, the fields failed, and Ulsan-kun waived half of the taxes of the tenant farmers in his own fiefdom. Because the lord himself took the lead in reducing taxes, the nobles under the jurisdiction of the head of Dacheng City had to reduce taxes on tenant farmers, so the people of Dacheng City were able to get through the drought year safely and did not die of starvation like the peasants of neighboring countries of Wei and Tang, so the people of Dacheng City had a heartfelt admiration for the lord of Dacheng City, Ulsanjun.
Taxes in this era were collected on a per capita and acre basis, and a newly born child was also counted as a capita and had to be taxed as well, translating into a peasant family having to take half of the harvest they planted to pay the tax, and the number of fields they cultivated was around a dozen acres.
Productivity at this time of year is extremely low, with a maximum crop of about 100 pounds of wheat per acre and soybeans at 40 or 50 pounds per acre, meaning that the
After the peasants had paid their taxes, the remaining food was only enough to cover their stomachs with vegetables and wild greens, and there was no way for them to have a surplus, so they had to count on the landlords to be benevolent noblemen such as Ulsan-kun.
Sending the drunken Wu Da to the inn room, Zheng Yuming and Chu Zhaohui's two faces were gloomy, being transported here by the blue light was bad enough, they didn't want to be transported together with the villa land that didn't belong to them, they became illegal immigrants.
"No one has found out about that valley of ours yet, let's pay attention to it and not let outsiders know about it." Zheng Yuming quite vomit, the former time and space that place is not private, but after all, and the local government set a thirty-year contract, the flower and tree base in this period of time still belongs to the Zheng family. Now well, to give the ruling class of this time and space know, demolition fee are not, directly can drive people.
"The place where we are is not absolutely hidden, many farmers in the neighborhood know that there is a valley there." Chu Chao Hui broke Zheng Yuming's fantasy, like Wu Da knew that behind the East Mountain Range was the valley, only that people didn't discover the gap to the valley and had to go over the mountains to get inside the valley, and there was nothing in the valley that people needed except for the forests and beasts, there was no desire to explore the valley, which made it remain pristine until before they were teleported.
"What then? Ideas to get Dar City Lord to seal that valley to us?" Zheng Yuming frowned to think of a countermeasure, the villa has many treasures in reverse time, like the mirror, the crystal pen holder on the desk, should we send one to the Lord of Dar City to please this feudal landlord, and claim the valley as our own?
"The villa's stuff is too counter-intuitive, I'm afraid of drawing fire." Chu Chao Hui vetoed Zheng Yuming's treasure offering bribe, neither knew what kind of person the Dacheng City Lord was, if he sent something instead to arouse the Dacheng City Lord's greed, the two of them, not to mention the valley villa, their lives were in danger, which was the reason the two of them only took a glass ball to Dacheng City to trade. It is not unheard of to fight for treasures in ancient times.
"Then what else can be done?" Zheng Yuming couldn't think of any good solutions.
"Stay up for a year or two, there's always a way." Chu Chao Hui pulled out his pistol and wiped it down, the pine-lit torch of the inn room reflecting the harder and harder contours of his face.
Zheng Yuming stayed looking at Chu Chao Hui for a while, also silent pulled out the pistol followed by wiping, he was aware of Chu Chao Hui's intentions, this former life of the outlaws, want to develop their own forces, to take the road to protect themselves.
Early the next morning, Chu Chao Hui asked Wu Da to take them around Dacheng, especially the city's slave market.
Today is not the beginning of the month, there are still ten days before the beginning of the month, Chu Chao Hui, if they want to go to see the slaves, they will only see the prisoners who have broken the law and are being auctioned off.
Chu Chao Hui looked at the few scrawny slaves scattered in the slave market and couldn't help but show a disappointed look in his eyes.
"Sage Brother Chu, if you want to buy better slaves to make use of, you can come here in a few days." Wu Da made a suggestion.
"There will be a lot of slave trading in a few days?" Chu Chao Hui's eyes lit up.
"Good, the beginning of each month in Dacheng is the regular trading day for slaves, and that day is also the Dacheng Fair."
Originally, the prisoners of war captured in the war were the main source of the slave auction market, now that there is no war between Wu and the surrounding neighboring countries, this biggest source of goods is gone, criminals who broke the law became the biggest source of goods, but in recent years, because of the natural disasters, the number of people who voluntarily sold their bodies increased, especially people from neighboring countries came to the Dacheng area to beg for a living, and voluntarily sold their bodies to become slaves to survive, and the proportion of this type of people is getting bigger and bigger in the slave market.
Although the slave market in Dacheng was daily, all large-scale transactions were only at the beginning of the month, and on that day, traffickers from all directions would bring stragglers who had voluntarily sold their bodies to the slave auction house to be traded.
Since they couldn't buy any good slaves, the three of them went out of the slave market and wanted to go around the place where the departmental goods were traded, and just a short distance out of the slave market, Wu Da ran into an acquaintance.
"Trev, where are you rushing off to?" Wu Da shouted at a middle-aged man in his thirties.
"Elder brother Wu, my young master is looking for a doctor." The middle-aged man bowed to Wu Da, he was the butler of Wu Da Tangge, his master was the Dacheng merchant who helped sell glass balls. Wu Da was ranked fifth in the clan, and Wu Da Tangge's butler honored Wu Da as the fifth proprietor.
"What happened to my nephew?" Wu Da hastened to inquire with concern, this cousin of his has always taken care of him, Wu Da cousin is also the same as Wu Da, the heir is difficult, seven children, survived four, but only one son, this son is Wu Da Da cousin's lifeblood.
"Little Lord started to have a fever last night, and now it's getting worse and worse, sought out Dr. Xu to go and see him, and Dr. Xu told our proprietor to prepare for the aftermath." Butler Cui said while wiping tears from his eyes.
"Sudden onset of circling? What other symptoms?" Zheng Yuming saw that Wu Da's eyes were also red, and in his heart, he went up to ask the child about the symptoms of the disease.
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When Zheng Yuming heard it, this was probably a serious cold, in ancient times, many children who caught a cold with a high fever that couldn't be cooled down would give their lives away over it. "Brother Wu! I have some good medicine here that is specialized in treating high fevers."
Wu Da listened to Zheng Yuming's words, his eyes lit up, he remembered Zheng Yuming and Chu Zhaohui had said that the two men's overseas homeland medical skills developed, the child mortality rate is extremely low, the medicine brought must be a panacea, or can save his nephew's life, and immediately dragged Zheng Yuming to the cousin's home frantically.
Wu Da's cousin called Wu Mu, is a short man in his early fifties, his twelve-year-old son is his youngest son, is also the only son, in the all over the famous doctors are unable to do anything about his son, Wu Mu has begun to despair, heard his cousin said, Zheng Yuming body has a good medicine can be used, but not in the spirit of a great deal of excitement.
"Two warriors! Please save my son's life!"
Wu Mu made a big salute right at Zheng Yuming, which scared Zheng Yuming so much that he hurriedly held Wu Mu, letting an old man of more than fifty years kneel to himself, his heart twisted.
"Great proprietor Wu, my brothers and I have some fever-reducing medicine on us, but this medicine is not foolproof, if the condition is too serious, this medicine may also be ineffective." Chu Chao Hui went forward to Wu Mu arch hand, he felt that Zheng Yuming is too reckless, if the fever does not work, can not save the life of Wu Mu's son, to Wu Mu rely on the life of the harm will be bad, so to Wu Mu ugly words in front.
"My son is already like this, regardless of whether the warrior's medicine is useful or not, the old man wants to give it a try." Wu Mu wiped his tears, meaning that the good medicine couldn't save his son, and he wouldn't blame Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui.
Zheng Yuming took out the cold and fever medication from his backpack and handed the medicine to Wu Mu, carefully instructing the precautions for taking the medicine, people nowadays are not resistant to drugs at all, and the dose of the medication taken in the original time and space has to be reduced by half.
Twenty-first century western medicine is very powerful, Wu Mu's son served half an hour after the medicine, the body temperature gradually receded, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui very surprised at the efficacy of western medicine, the two analyzed, that appeared to be so fast cooling, may be related to the time and space of the cold and flu viruses are too primary, these viruses in the front of the western medicine have no combat power, defeat is dry and easy. Knowing the effect of western medicine on the body of the ancients, Zheng Yuming hastened to take care of Wu Mu again, the next time to feed the medicine, the agent must also be reduced by half.
Wu Mu touched his son's body temperature gradually normalized, overwhelmed with joy, Zheng Yuming's command is obedient, immediately set up a banquet to entertain the benefactor, and hold out a hundred gold to grant. The gold here is not gold, but mixed with impurities of copper, these precious metals are also money, or the currency of Da Qin, a hundred gold can be raised one hundred copper coins of Da Qin, can be exchanged for five pi Dacheng cloth.
Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui can not excuse only have to accept, two people with fifteen cloth and more than a dozen pounds of copper back to the valley is too cumbersome, in addition to take a Dacheng cloth converted into Wu coins to put around the use of the other financial resources are stored in the Wu Mu House, to the beginning of the month to come to pick up the two people at that time to Dacheng to buy slaves.
In the evening in Wu Mu family green wine drink a little too much, this kind of rice wine is very light in the mouth, but the aftertaste is not small, the two travelers and Wu Da in the inn after a night's rest, the next day were not able to get up early. Get up and hurriedly freshen up, it is already about ten o'clock in the morning, the three sat in a mule cart out of the city gate, only out of the city gate three miles away, from the direction of the city suddenly chased after five riders, the mule carts surrounded by one of the people is the three day before yesterday in the gate of the Guo Huben met.
The author has something to say: China has long been prevalent in the feudal system, especially in the Western Zhou Dynasty, after King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Emperor divided the world, at that time, the vassals and small states, a small country with an area of a few square kilometers, whose ruler was divided into monarchs by the Zhou Emperor, to "state" for themselves, this period of time used to be a social pattern is strangely called This period of time was strangely called "slave society". After Qin Shi Huang unified the Central Plains and established a centralized state with a county system, the Chinese society after this period was not called a feudal society, because at that time, in the great unified China, the feudal system of building a state with a feudal land had been abolished, and this period of Chinese history from the beginning of the Qin Shi Huang to the Xinhai Revolution should be called a patriarchal and authoritarian society with a centralized system of power. In the same period, Europe experienced the Middle Ages, which was a feudal society in the true sense of the word. At that time, there was no strong centralized rule in Europe, and monarchs of all sizes were divided into feudal states and established their own city-states, just as in China's Zhou Dynasty, which was a feudal society in which the land was really sealed and the state was built afterwards. It can also be said that the development of China's social form in the agrarian period was ahead of the development of Europe's social form, and that China's "patriarchal and authoritarian society" was more advanced than Europe's "feudal society" of the same period, and there was a clear difference between the two social forms. There was a clear distinction between the two social forms. However, just like a precocious baby, China developed into a centralized system too early politically and lagged far behind economically, which seriously hampered the development of China for two thousand years, and made China's progress since the Qin Dynasty into a "dead end". But why is China's "patriarchal and authoritarian society" called "feudal society" by us, while the real meaning of "feudal society" is called "slave society" by us? But in the true sense of the word "feudal society", we call it "slave society"? This is because some people have misinterpreted the history of China and have resorted to blackmail.