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The transaction was completed, and the two time travelers and Wu Da were very happy in their hearts, so they ordered wine and food at the inn to celebrate.

"I want to open up this green wine today for my brother." Wu Da stroked his short beard.

"Is this Qingjiu famous?" Zheng Yuming felt that it was too poor compared to Wuliangye and Moutai in later generations, but it seemed that Wu Da admired Qingjiu very much.

"Of course Qingjiu is famous, the three major products of Chu State." Wu Da began to popularize science with the two travelers, Dacheng is located at the border of Chu State and Wu State.

The most famous product of the Chu State is silk, commonly known as Xiangsi. Xiangsi is more expensive than gold in the Great Qin State. It is a luxury that ordinary nobles cannot afford. Only princes and nobles can afford Xiangsi. made clothing.The No.2 product of Chu State is ironware. Although Chu State’s ironware is beneficial to the world, it is never exported, and the iron smelting technology is not spread to the outside world.The third is green wine. This green wine has always been a tribute from the royal family of Chu to Daqin. The green wine is produced very close to Wu Guoda City. Due to geographical reasons, the shipping fee can be omitted. The green wine sold in Dacheng by Chu State is much cheaper than other places. Therefore, ordinary people with moderate conditions in Wu State can taste this kind of fine wine, while only the nobles in other vassal states can afford it.

"Then what special products does Wu have?" Chu Chaohui and Zheng Yuming listened to Wu Da's explanation with great interest.

"The state of Wu has Dacheng cloth and East Sea salt." Cotton is planted in many fields around Dacheng. The cotton is spun into cotton cloth by Dacheng village women at home. Compared with other cotton cloths, the cotton cloth is softer and finer. Donghai Salt is a salt field on the east coast of Wu State. The salt field is not under the jurisdiction of the city lord of Dacheng, and belongs to the king of Wu.

"Fief nobles?" Chu Zhaohui keenly grasped this key word.

"Is there no fiefdom nobleman in the hometown of the two virtuous brothers?" Wu Da was already six or seven points drunk, and he didn't think too much about why the two virtuous brothers did not understand the Great Qin's feudal system, but explained them in detail The land system of Daqin.

It turns out that after the Great Qin destroyed the Zhou Dynasty, it followed the land enfeoffment system of the Zhou Dynasty. The enfeoffed nobles formed their own country on their territory and called themselves the lord of the country. The lord can no longer be called the lord of the country, but can only collect taxes from his own fiefdoms. Of course, these fiefdom nobles must pay tribute to the lord of the country.

"Which nobleman enfeoffs Nanbu?" Zheng Yuming also felt that he and Chu Chaohui had overlooked a problem, that is, it was not legal for them to plant in the valley, and the land in the valley did not belong to them. The common people in this time and space had no private property, and the land in the world All belong to the feudal lord.

"Nanbu is a newly reclaimed place. That place has not been entrusted to the nobles by the city lord. The taxes on Nanbu's fields are paid directly to the city lord of Dacheng."

Wu Dajiu was full of energy and spoke with great interest.After talking about the ownership of the land in Nanbu, he told the two travelers that two of the three large villages passing through Dacheng from Nanbu belonged to the local nobles in Dacheng. That is to say, only half of the four villages It is under the direct jurisdiction of the city lord of Dacheng.These nobles are actually the landlord class.However, these landlords do not have absolute control over the land within their jurisdiction, and cannot buy and sell at will.There are two forms of farming in Daqin land, one is renting, and the tenants are farmers with personal freedom, and the other is serfs, that is, long-term laborers who are not paid by noble landlords, or long-term laborers without personal freedom. These serfs are like goods. owned by the owner.

The villagers in Nanbu belong to the tenant farmers of Ulsan Lord, although the land was reclaimed by the villagers themselves.

Speaking of the direct landlord of Nanbu, Wu Da spoke highly of Lord Ulsan of Dalseong, and his words were full of gratitude.It turned out that after last year's severe drought and poor harvests, the Lord of Ulsan exempted half of the taxes for the tenant farmers of his fiefdom.Because the city lord personally took the lead in reducing and exempting taxes, the nobles under the jurisdiction of the city lord of Dacheng had no choice but to reduce or exempt some of the taxes for the tenant farmers. Years of starvation to death, the people of Dalseong have heartfelt support for Lord Ulsan, the lord of Dalseong.

Taxes in this era were collected on the basis of the head and the acre of field, and a newborn child was also counted as a head and had to pay taxes. After conversion, a peasant family had to pay taxes on half of the harvest, and the fields they cultivated The number is around ten acres.

At this time, the productivity is extremely low. The harvest of wheat per acre is at most about [-] catties, and that of soybeans is [-] to [-] catties per mu. There is no way to have a surplus at all, that’s it, and the landlord has to be counted on to be a benevolent nobleman like Ulsan Lord.

Zheng Yuming and Chu Zhaohui looked sad when they sent Wu Da, who had a lot of wine, to the inn room. It was unlucky enough to be teleported here by Blu-ray.

"Our valley hasn't been discovered yet. Let's pay attention and keep outsiders from knowing about it." Zheng Yuming groaned, the place in Qianshikong is not privately owned, but after all, it has signed a 30-year contract with the local government, and the flower and tree base is here. For a while it still belonged to the Zheng family.Well now, let the ruling class in this time and space know that there is no demolition fee, and people can be evicted directly.

"The place we are in is not absolutely hidden. Many farmers nearby know that there is a valley there." Chu Chaohui broke Zheng Yuming's fantasy. Like Wu Da, he knew that there was a valley behind the Eastern Mountain Range, but people did not find the gap leading to the valley. , You have to go over the mountains to get into the valley, and in the valley, except for forests and wild animals, there is nothing people need, and there is no desire to explore the valley, so the original ecology of the valley has been maintained until they are teleported.

"Then what should we do? Try to get the Lord Dacheng to seal that valley to us?" Zheng Yuming frowned and thought of a countermeasure. There are many treasures in the villa against time and space, like mirrors, and the crystal pen holder on the desk. Do you want to give one to the Lord Dacheng? , to win the favor of this feudal landowner and take the valley as his own?

"The things in the villa are too heaven-defying, and I'm afraid I'll burn myself." Chu Chaohui vetoed Zheng Yuming's offering of treasures and bribes. He didn't even know what kind of person Dacheng City Lord was. Speaking of the valley villa, life is in danger, which is why the two of them only took a glass ball to the city to trade.In ancient times, wars were fought for treasures.

"Then what else can we do?" Zheng Yuming couldn't think of any good way.

"Stay for a year or two, there is always a way." Chu Zhaohui took out his pistol to wipe it, and the pine torches in the inn room reflected the outline of his face more and more hard.

Zheng Yuming stared blankly at Chu Zhaohui for a while, then silently took out his pistol and wiped it. He was well aware of Chu Zhaohui's plan. This desperado from the previous life wanted to develop his own power and had to go on his own. Protect your own path.

Early the next morning, Chu Chaohui asked Wu Da to take them around Dacheng, especially the slave market in the city.

Today is not the beginning of the month, and there are still ten days before the beginning of the month. Chu Chaohui and the others are going to see the slaves, and they will only see prisoners who broke the law and were auctioned off.

Chu Zhaohui looked at the scattered thin slaves in the slave market, and couldn't help showing disappointment in his eyes.

"Brother Chu Xian, if you want to buy a better slave, you can come here in a few days." Wu Da suggested.

"There will be a lot of slave transactions in a few days?" Chu Zhaohui's eyes lit up.

"That's right, the beginning of each month in Dacheng is a fixed trading day for slaves, and that day is also the market in Dacheng."

Prisoners of war captured in wars were the main source of the slave auction market. Now that there is no war in Wu and neighboring countries, the biggest source of goods is gone. Criminals who broke the law have become the biggest source of goods. However, in recent years, due to natural disasters, The number of people who voluntarily sold themselves increased, especially those from neighboring countries who came to the Dacheng area to beg for a living. In order to survive, they voluntarily sold themselves into slavery.

Although there is a slave market in Dacheng every day, the large-scale transactions are only at the beginning of the month. On that day, human traffickers from all over the world will bring refugees who voluntarily sell themselves to the slave auction.

Since they couldn't buy good slaves, the three of them left the slave market and wanted to wander around where the department stores were traded. Not far from the slave market, Wu Da ran into an acquaintance.

"Cui Fu, where are you going in such a hurry?" Wu Da shouted to a middle-aged man in his thirties.

"Five bosses, my youngest is looking for a doctor." The middle-aged man bowed to Wu Datang. He is Wu Datang's housekeeper, and his master is a Dacheng businessman who helps sell glass balls.Wu Da is ranked fifth in the clan, and Wu Datang's housekeeper respectfully calls Wu Da the fifth master.

"What's wrong with my nephew?" Wu Da hurriedly asked with concern, his cousin has always taken care of him, Wu Tang brother is also like Wu Da, heirs are difficult, seven children, four survived, but only one son , this son is Brother Wu's lifeblood.

"The little master started to have a fever last night, and now it's getting worse. I went to Dr. Xu to see him. He asked our master to prepare for the funeral." Cui Steward said while wiping away tears.

"Suddenly convulsed? What other symptoms?" Seeing that Wu Da's eyes were also red, Zheng Yuming stepped forward and asked the child about his illness.

"Young master has a fever, cough, and dizziness." Seeing that Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui were both tall, handsome, and extraordinary, Cui Steward replied respectfully even though he was anxious to find a good doctor.

When Zheng Yuming heard it, it was probably a severe cold. In ancient times, many children had a high fever and couldn't cool down after catching a cold, so they would die. "Brother Wu! I have some good medicine here, which is designed to treat high fever."

Wu Da's eyes lit up after hearing Zheng Yuming's words. He remembered that Zheng Yuming and Chu Zhaohui had said that the two people's overseas homeland had advanced medical skills, and the child mortality rate was extremely low. The medicine they brought must be a panacea, which may save their nephew. With one life, he dragged Zheng Yuming and rushed to his cousin's house.

Wu Da's cousin is Wu Mu, a short man in his early fifties, and his 12-year-old son is his youngest and only son. After all the famous doctors are helpless for his son, Wu Mu has begun to despair. When my cousin said that Zheng Yuming had a good medicine that could be used, he couldn't help but feel refreshed.

"Two knights! Please save the child's life!"

Wu Mu saluted Zheng Yuming, and Zheng Yuming was so frightened that he quickly supported Wu Mu and asked an old man in his 50s to kneel down to him. He felt awkward in his heart.

"Wu Dadong's family, the two of my brothers have some antipyretic medicine, but this medicine is not a hundred-test-one-hundred-and-one-hundredth-of-a-kind medicine. If the condition is too serious, this medicine may not be effective." Chu Chaohui stepped forward to Wu Mugong When he started, he felt that Zheng Yuming was too reckless. If the fever didn't work, he couldn't save Wu Mu's son's life, and it would be too bad to kill Wu Mu, so he told Wu Mu ugly first.

"My son is already like this. Regardless of whether the knight's medicine is useful or not, this old man wants to try it." Wu Mu wiped his tears, meaning that good medicine could not save his son, and he would not have any harm to Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui. blamed.

Zheng Yuming took out the cold and fever-reducing medicine from his backpack, handed the medicine to Wu Mu, and carefully instructed the precautions for taking the medicine. Now people have no resistance to the medicine at all, and the dosage of the medicine in the original time and space has to be halved.

Western medicine in the 21st century is very powerful. Half an hour after Wu Mu's son took the medicine, his body temperature gradually subsided. Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui were very surprised by the efficacy of the western medicine. The common cold virus is too elementary, these viruses have no combat effectiveness in the face of western medicine, and they retreated quickly.Knowing the effects of western medicine on the body of the ancients, Zheng Yuming hurriedly told Wu Mu that the medicine had to be halved the next time he fed the medicine.

Wu Mu felt his son's body temperature gradually normal, overjoyed, he obeyed Zheng Yuming's orders, and immediately held a banquet for his benefactor, and presented him with a hundred gold coins.The gold here is not gold, but copper mixed with impurities. These precious metals are also currency, and they are also the currency of the Great Qin Dynasty. One hundred gold coins can be prepared to make one hundred Daqin copper coins, which can be exchanged for five horses of Dacheng cloth.

Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui couldn't refuse and had to accept it. It was too burdensome for the two of them to bring fifteen bolts of cloth and a dozen catties of copper back to the valley. Apart from exchanging a bolt of Dacheng cloth for Wu coins and keeping them with them, all other money was kept. In Wu Mu's mansion, they will come to pick it up at the beginning of the month, and the two will arrive in the city to buy slaves at that time.

In the evening, I drank too much green wine at Wu Mu's house. This kind of rice wine is very light in taste, but it has a lot of stamina. After the two time travelers and Wu Da rested in the inn for a night, they couldn't get up early the next day.After waking up and washing up in a hurry, it was already around ten in the morning. The three of them left the city gate in a mule cart. They walked three miles away from the city gate. Five riders suddenly chased them from the direction of Dacheng and surrounded the mule cart. It was Guo Huben whom the three met at the city gate the day before yesterday.

The author has something to say: the enfeoffment system has been prevalent in our country for a long time, especially in the Western Zhou Dynasty. After King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang, the emperor of Zhou divided the world. At that time, there were many small countries with an area of ​​several square kilometers. As a monarch, he regarded himself as a "country". The previous social form of this period was strangely called a "slave society".When Qin Shihuang unified the Central Plains and established a centralized state with the system of prefectures and counties, the Chinese society after that was no longer called a feudal society, because at that time, the unified China had abolished the feudal system of feudal land and country building. From Qin Shihuang to Xinhai This period of Chinese history during the revolution should be called a (centralized) patriarchal autocratic society.At the same time, the Middle Ages that Europe experienced was a feudal society in the true sense. At that time, Europe did not have a strong centralized rule. The dynasty was a feudal society in which the land was truly sealed off and then the country was established.It can also be said that the development of social forms in China during the period of agricultural society was ahead of the development of European social forms. China's "patriarchal autocratic society" was more progressive than the European "feudal society" at the same time, and the two social forms had great differences. obvious difference.But, like a precocious baby, China's politically premature development into a centralized system, while economically far behind, has seriously hindered China's development in 2000, making China's progress since Qin A "dead end".But why is China's "patriarchal autocratic society" called "feudal society" by us, but the real "feudal society" is called "slave society" by us?This is because some people have misinterpreted Chinese history and spread rumors.