In any case, before Eyue wins or loses, Yu Qian'er's wine shop will be the liveliest place in Echeng. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The people sent by Chen Jian had not yet reached Echeng, and the envoys sent by Eyue had already arrived first, and they brought the news of Eyue's great victory in the north.

The people in E'e City were not shocked by this, it seemed that the victory was the news they had already guessed, and there would be no second one.

They were only concerned about how many slaves were captured this time, how much each family could share, and how much land these slaves could cultivate.

Yu Qian'er got the news from the liquor store very early, and a few days later Shujiu sent a few more people to "protect" her, and Yu Qian'er guessed that her brother, who was three hundred miles away, had also returned to Xia Cheng and won the victory.

She was waiting for her people to tell her the news, and she was thinking about what she could do.

The people in the wine shop had heard about the wheat planting in Xia Cheng, and knew that their harvest this year had reached one hundred and fifty catties per acre.

Although I didn't know the meaning of mu and jin, I could guess from the excited and proud expressions of these people in the liquor shop that it was a terrible amount.

If you want to know what is mu and what is catty, you have to know what is a step, what is a ruler and what is a catty.

The concept of the ruler is not there, but they know what the step means, but people are big and small, legs are long and short, and the once step is just a primitive concept for them, and my step is not the same as yours, until the people in the wine shop take out the rope as a measure and tell them what is the step that you and I can accept.

A few people asked in surprise: "Can you really produce more than 100 catties of wheat per acre?" Wheat is the raw material for your bread? ”

Yu Qian'er smiled and nodded, indicating that this is not "blowing", for the people of Echeng, the unelegant word "blowing" also has an allusion, from this word they know the wolf skin in Echeng who likes to brag.

For everything they want to know, they need to know more stories, and they trust the cute girl in front of them, who always has two pigtails, and they think that this girl who always gives pastries and food to the children will not lie.

"Yu Qian'er, you said you just migrated to ...... last year Uh, the Grass River, yes, on the banks of the Grass River, how did you manage to cultivate so much land? I've heard that there aren't as many slaves in your cities as there are in our cities. ”

"Yes, not as many as you, but we all have some very useful tools for planting and harvesting, all of which are made by my brother, and for example, our people who use scythes can harvest a lot more than you every day. A lot of people doesn't necessarily mean a lot of work, don't you say? ”

The people in the liquor shop nodded their heads, and they knew that for example, the same work would be much slower for slaves and faster for themselves; Or take cutting down trees as an example, the people of Xia City use saws faster than their own stone axes.

These two are not the same, but the latter seems to be more effective.

"Yu Qian'er, can you talk to your brother and sell us some tools? The corn has already been harvested, and the wheat official sent by your Xia Cheng is teaching us how to plant, but our tools are not good. My son went out with him this time, and maybe he could get two or three slaves when he came back this time, but none of the two slaves were as fast as you said. ”

"Yes, let's talk about it, let him sell it to us, and we can exchange it for corn."

These people look forward to those bronze or iron tools to replace stone tools, stone tools take time and luck to polish, not every tool is perfect, some stones may not be suitable for plowing after breaking, but if you want to get perfect, you have to drop an unknown number of stones.

Bronze of the same shape may not be better than stone, but the same shape is enough to make the stonemasons of the city, and bronze is not much better than stone, but it can make hundreds or thousands of perfect hoes that are exactly the same.

Yu Qian'er listened to these people's requests, pulled her braids and said, "Then I'll ask my brother when I go back, but if I want to change it, I will ask for a lot of corn." ”

"Corn is not a problem, this year's newly burned land, the harvest is very good, and I have 30 slaves in my family, even if they eat every day...... Well, it's enough to eat five catties of corn a day. ”

Several wealthy people hurriedly spoke out about their abundance to ensure that they could be exchanged for these tools they wanted.

In the past, who was richer in Echeng could only see who had more slaves, but if there were new tools, those with better tools for the same slaves would be richer.

Unlike Xiacheng, not everyone has the right to deliberate, and only the number of corn, cattle and sheep exceeds a certain number to participate in the tribal assembly. In Echeng, slaves are not only a class but also an identity, some families have to become slaves to pay off their debts because they have borrowed too much public property, and theoretically if a slave owns a sufficient amount of corn, cattle and sheep, they can also have certain rights...... But only theoretically.

Yu Qian'er listened to the story for a month, and more or less knew the difference between the slaves in Echeng and the slaves in Xiacheng, which were different in legal theory, but the things they did and the treatment were basically the same.

She thought for a moment and asked, "Do you care about these exchanges?" ”

"Why should Eyue care? They say that you are the master of Xia Cheng, so do you Xia Cheng people even have to ask you about what to exchange? She didn't care about these things, as long as she paid her taxes and went to war with her when she went out on the expedition. ”

Yu Qian'er pretended to be curious and asked, "Then your own things are your own?" The city is not qualified to ask for it, even if Eyue speaks, can't it? ”

"yes, why would he take our stuff unless we did something wrong? We will hand over all the ones that need to be handed over to the city, and those who don't need to be handed over are our own, you see that my family has a lot of corn and can go to exchange for wine, but some people can't even eat corn, do I still have to share it with them? ”

After chatting for a while, there was a sudden commotion outside the wine shop, and a few people brought by Yu Qian'er hurriedly ran in from outside, shouting excitedly: "Si Xiang, Ji Xia has returned victoriously, Si Kou is here with people, he is coming this way, and a few people are riding horses, I heard that Ji Xia has also snatched back a lot of horses." ”

Yu Qian'er hurriedly stood up, apologized to the people listening to the story next to her, and was about to leave. Of course, the people in the wine shop knew that this was a big deal, and congratulated them again and again, but just as Yu Qian'er was about to go out, those people still asked curiously: "What is a horse?" ”

"A donkey as big as an ox, but with shorter ears than a donkey."

Yu Qian'er didn't look back, and when she stepped out of the door, she responded to these people according to the explanation that her brother had told her before, and when several people imagined the appearance of this animal, someone finally said smartly: "Wouldn't you know if you go and see it?" ”

When Yu Qian'er ran out, even though she knew that her brother had won, she still liked to listen to others talk about her brother, and it was best for these people to be a little surprised and convincing when they said it.

In addition to this, there was another thing in her little head: "It is better for the city to plant corn in the spring, wait until the autumn corn is harvested, plant wheat, and then plant beans, so that every two years you can harvest one more year of grain than Echeng." ”

"Now Echeng has just harvested corn, and every family has a lot of corn, and there must be a lot of corn that can be exchanged now, anyway, the slaves can eat acorns in winter. Moreover, Echeng does not have a company to manage the exchange, and Eyue cannot collect anything from each family at will, so in this case, maybe some bronze farming tools can be exchanged, and the quantity is less, and each exchange of corn will be more. (To be continued.) )