Sun Erlang put on the new cotton clothes, carefully touched it with his hands, felt it for a while, and said to the festivities: "The cotton cloth is different, it is thin, soft and light compared to the usual cloth, it is really a good thing!" ”

"That's nature! Otherwise, how could all merchants from all over the world come to Luoyang City to rush to buy goods. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info You don't know, every day in our shop, there are customers arguing over whose goods to send first, and sometimes they can fight! From the north to Daizhou, to the west to Qinzhou, and to the east to Dengzhou, there are merchants coming. Sometimes I wonder why these merchants have such long ears, and it doesn't take many days for the cotton cloth to come out, and they can come from where they hear about it! ”

Uncle Peng, who was tidying up the car, said with a smile: "Merchants and merchants, these people run around all year round, maybe they got the news from somewhere, not necessarily from such a distant place." ”

Xiqing shook his head: "Although what the third uncle said makes sense, it doesn't look like it. The shop collects money, and there is really a ticket for Daizhou Qinzhou, I discussed it with Director Zheng several times but couldn't understand it. - Okay, it's not early, the third uncle packed up the car, and I'll take you to the Luo River to eat delicious food. Now the Luohe Wharf is full of people, and it is the most lively. Because they are all loaded at night, the food is sold all night, and the later it is, the more people there are, and the more delicious it is! ”

The workers were generous, and today a cart of pomegranates was sold at a good price, and a few cotton clothes were made at a low price, and Uncle Peng was happy. After listening to the festive words, he set up the car, let the two children sit on the wheel, and hurried in the direction of the festive point.

It wasn't long to the north that we arrived at the edge of the Luo River.

At this time, the grandson had just set down the mountain, the lights were on, the cool breeze at night had not risen, and the traffic by the Luo River was busy, and it was very lively.

Sun Erlang sat in the car and looked left and right, so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, and said to Xiqing: "Why are there so many people here?" Last time, you took me to Tianjin Bridge, and said that it was the most lively place in Xijing City, and there were not so many people! ”

Xiqing shook his feet in the car and said happily: "It's all brought up by the cotton business, and most of the people here are looking for money on cotton cloth!" Cotton cloth goes out by water, and most of them get on the boat here. Think about it, there are shipowners, there are people who move goods to the ship, and there are businessmen who follow the ship, how can it not be lively! It's not much of a problem now, and it's not until late at night when it's lively! The lights around are lit up and shine as if it were daytime, and the people who come and go are crowded like ants! ”

Uncle Peng led the horse, saw this posture, and couldn't help but say with a bitter face: "It's lively, it's lively, it's just that there are so many people, and there is nowhere to park the car!" It's so inconvenient to walk on the road—"

Xiqing straightened his neck, pointed to the river not far away, and said, "It's okay, third uncle, you rush to the river over there, you can park the car there." That yard is dedicated to our shop's goods, and I am familiar with the supervisor there, just say it! ”

Uncle Peng looked at the direction of the celebration, led the horse and carefully avoided the people coming and going on the road, and went to the river.

The road was not far, but he kept trying to avoid pedestrians, and Uncle Peng was panting and panting, as if he had walked for several miles.

When I arrived at the riverside freight yard, I saw mountains of cotton cloth at a glance. Two boats are parked on the side of the wharf in the river, and dozens of workers are loading goods back and forth. An overseer sat under a large willow tree on the shore and carried a large handful of bamboo sticks in his hand, and each time the loader moved the goods, he would receive a bamboo stick. The overseer had a black face, and in this season when the autumn wind was rising, he was still sweating profusely.

Seeing Uncle Peng rushing over, the overseer's eyes lit up, and he opened his throat and shouted, "Is the one who is driving the car over there from the countryside?" If you don't go out of the city at night, come over to earn some copper money, and go back to buy some fruits for your children to eat, so that you can make your family happy! ”

Uncle Peng was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but reply: "It's from the countryside that you want to spend the night in the city, what do you have to make a living there?" ”

Hearing this, the overseer's face turned into a flower, stuffed a bamboo stick into the worker who came over, and shouted to the third uncle of the drum in his free time: "Do you see the cloth beside me?" Ship it and count the money. I see that you are usually a worker, and you have inexhaustible strength, come to me to work overnight, and you can always earn three or two hundred copper coins! ”

Seeing that Uncle Peng's appearance was not very eager, the supervisor hurriedly added: "If you work hard, five hundred wen is also possible!" ”

Five hundred Wen is a lot of money, especially in the countryside, can do a lot of big things, Uncle Peng couldn't help but feel a little moved when he heard it.

The overseer saw that there was a play, and hurriedly added: "It's all Zumo, it's all Zumo, Luoyang City is not prosperous now!" ”

Everywhere Xu Ping went, he tried his best to change the province to Zumo, otherwise it would be too troublesome to count the province and the money. This thing sounds simple, but in fact it is far from a matter of words, if it is really easy, people in this era are not stupid, and they have changed it a long time ago. The official algorithm of the province is seventy-seven Wen for Mo, in fact, in daily transactions, all walks of life have their own practices, and they are not so uniform.

These conventions are not something that anyone came up with on a whim, but because the real prices of various commodities have a certain conversion ratio. When the government collects taxes, it often uses Mo to take a cut, and the tax collection methods of the late Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties often change, which has accumulated over the years, and must use this conversion to cooperate with the official economic management system. Otherwise, it will lead to different tax burdens for different business behaviors and cause market chaos. In fact, not only is the actual amount of money in Baiwen different places and industries, but even the weights and measures are different, the weight of a horse of cloth and the capacity of a bucket of rice and wheat are different from place to place.

In the past, a unified weights and measures had been stipulated for rice and wheat, and the official casting bucket was enforced, but due to the change in the tax burden, the rice and wheat planting area in the south of the Yangtze River fluctuated violently, and it had to be changed back. The reason for this result is that the laws and regulations of the government are inconsistent with the facts, and the corresponding tax ratio does not change with the new containers, and the people will of course choose the cultivation method that is most appropriate for them. It is easy to change the way of weights and measures and the way money is calculated, but the new laws and regulations are extremely complicated to amend, and if they are not adapted, it will cause civil confusion.

That is to say, Xu Ping knew the importance of unified weights and measures and money calculation methods to business because of the insight in his previous life, and he was willing to work hard, and other officials could make do with it, who would find himself uncomfortable?

Seeing that Uncle Peng's heart was moved, he sat in the car and said happily: "Third Uncle, don't listen to the black-faced Cai Blind!" This is the wharf of the three shops, and the wages paid are less than in other places, and those who do things here are greedy This is a long-term job, regardless of how much. You don't live in Luoyang City for a long time, and you still expect to work here for a long time? If you really want to make this money, I'll find you someone with more wages after I've had dinner with Erlang and I later. You have a good body and bones, and you may be able to earn nearly the same amount of money by working overnight! ”

Third Uncle Peng was startled, looked back at Xiqing and asked with wide eyes, "Earn a lot of money overnight?" How much money do you have to make this year?! ”

Festive smiled: "Third uncle, this is a great job, no matter how strong a man is, he can't do it for a few days in a row!" If you do it for a long time, you have to take care of your body and earn a few hundred yuan. You're leaving tomorrow anyway, so you can go out and earn a little more. Besides, it only takes one or two months to transport cotton cloth, how can it be done all year round? ”