Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 303 Unified Weights and Measures

After leaving the venue of the blind date meeting, Qing Ji, Sun Wu and Fan Li came to the market again.

The three of them were all terrified!
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the folk atmosphere was quite open.

When meeting a man she likes, the girl can muster up the courage to confess boldly, in order to get married together and have a happy marriage for a hundred years.

However, Qingji did not expect that a girl from the Wu Kingdom would be so daring to pursue her love.

Suddenly, the three of Qingji, who were like street runners, saw a noisy sound from a cloth shop in the market.

Pedestrians with good deeds moved closer one after another, wanting to take a look at the excitement.

Driven by curiosity, the three of Qingji also squeezed in.

"Shopkeeper, how many times do you want to tell me? Your size is wrong!"

"What's wrong? I'm a standard size! Don't mess around with me!"

"Do you dare to find another one to live through and try it out?"

"Why don't I dare?"

"Okay! Just wait!"

Not long after, the middle-aged man who had a dispute with the store went to another cloth shop to get another measure (similar to a ruler), and then picked up the piece of cloth he bought and measured it.

The middle-aged man immediately changed color!
"Look! Shopkeeper, you clearly marked a piece of cloth measuring one foot and two feet. Why is it measured as one foot and three inches when I found it?"

The middle-aged man said indignantly: "You are clearly cheating! Falsifying!"

"Ah, this..."

The shopkeeper was speechless for a while.

In ancient times, the instrument used to measure length was called degree.

The name of the unit of length came into being very early. In ancient times, it was based on a certain part of the human body or a certain movement, such as cun, right hand, chi, zhang, xun, chang, and ren.

In these names, the ruler is the basic unit of length.The length of a foot is similar to the length of a hand, which is easy to identify.

Therefore, in ancient times, there was a saying that the cloth hand knows the ruler, and the ruler knows the ruler.

In addition, Ren is a practical unit for measuring depth and constitutes a system by itself.

There has never been a definite number for the ratio between Ren and Chi. It is said that one Ren is four chi, five chi six inches, seven chi, and eight chi. It is generally considered to be eight chi.

The middle-aged man immediately picked up the cloth and cloth in his hand, raised it high towards Li Shu who was watching nearby, and then said loudly: "Second and third sons, please second and third sons to judge!"

"The cloth that a certain bought from his cloth store was secretly changed in size. Isn't it a fool to the customer?"

"If you can't give a reasonable explanation, today's matter can never be resolved!"

The onlookers, Li Shu, were also filled with righteous indignation.

"Trickster!"

"Although it's only seven inches missing, how can I, from Wu, suffer from being dumb like this?"

"Sue the officer! Don't be private!"

The store owner was also taken aback when he saw the excited scene.

"Second and third sons, stay safe and don't be impatient!"

The store quickly calmed down the onlookers present.

Afterwards, the shopkeeper bowed to the middle-aged man again and said, "Guest, I dare to guarantee my reputation, operate with integrity, and be honest."

"If the cloth is really short of size, I would like to make compensation for the original price and give this cloth to you, how about it?"

"The fact is right in front of you, how dare you deny it?"

"No."

The shopkeeper calmly said: "Guests may wish to give this cloth to the cloth shop. Whether it is one foot or two feet, or whether it is missing a size or an inch, you can tell at a glance."

"Hmph! Let's see what tricks you can conjure up!"

The middle-aged man was very upset.

Afterwards, the middle-aged man passed the cloth in his hand to the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper ordered the young man to bring his own measure and measure it again.

"One foot and two feet! Exactly!"

"This is impossible!"

The middle-aged man looked up and saw the size displayed on the speed, his eyes widened suddenly, with an inconceivable look.

"Shopkeeper, you have a problem!"

"Don't gossiping with one step, stir up trouble!"

The shopkeeper snorted coldly, and said: "It's clear that there is something wrong with the speed you brought, how dare you come to pick quarrels and make trouble?"

"No way!"

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and said: "I bought a lot of cloth on weekdays, and I noticed that there was something wrong with the size of the cloth in Rubuzhuang, so I came to ask for verification."

"How can you insult people's innocence out of thin air? Say that someone came to pick quarrels and cause trouble?"

This time, the onlookers present were a little confused.

The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the woman is reasonable.

What is right and wrong?

The middle-aged man argued with the shopkeeper again, chattering endlessly.

At this time, it is impossible to tell whose speed is wrong!
At this time, Sun Wu, who stood on the sidelines for a long time, stroked his beard, raised the corners of his mouth, and unconsciously showed a smile of enlightenment.

"You two, can you listen to me?"

Sun Wu squeezed through the crowd, came to the middle-aged man and the shopkeeper and bowed in front of him.

Seeing Sun Wu's handsome appearance and extraordinary bearing, the two were also very convinced.

"Your Excellency has something to say, but you can speak it bluntly."

The middle-aged man replied.

"Listen to the accent of your step, are you from Wu?"

"Exactly!"

The middle-aged man raised his chest proudly.

Sun Wu put his eyes on the shopkeeper again, and asked, "Shopkeeper, are you from Qi?"

"I am a native of Qi."

The store owner could also hear Sun Wu's accent, just like himself, he was from Qi, and most likely he was from the country near Linzi!

"That shouldn't be surprising."

Sun Wu smiled relievedly and said, "I have lived in Wu for a long time, and I have bought a lot of cloth."

"From this, it is found that the degree of Wu is different from that of Qi. The standard of Qi is slightly shorter, while the standard of Wu is slightly longer."

"Shopkeeper, you must have brought this degree from Qi, right?"

"This……"

Only then did the store realize the seriousness of the problem.

His speed was indeed brought from Qi State, and it is the most standard speed in Qi State, but it is not easy to use in Wu State!
Knowing that there was a problem on his side, the shopkeeper didn't bother, but paid the middle-aged man with the piece of cloth, and claimed that in the future, all of his cloth shop would use the degree of Wu State.

This farce can be resolved!
After this incident, Qingji also realized a more serious problem.

"Uncle Shao, Changqing, our country of Wu is now thriving merchants, attracting merchants from all over the world to enter Wu."

"Of course, if the cloth is short of size or inch, if the wine is short of overflow and short of cups, if the meat is short of catty and short of taels. If the weights and measures are not uniform, there may be constant disputes among the people, and the losses will vary."

Qing Ji spoke earnestly.

"The Lord wants to unify weights and measures?"

Fan Li asked suspiciously.

"Exactly."

Qingji already had this plan in mind.

Just like the official languages ​​​​of all countries in the world, they are not unified.

Everyone can understand it, but it is very awkward.

The writing, weights and measures of each country are also different.

But since the other party is doing business in the country of Wu, he must do as the Romans do, and do business according to the weights and measures of the country of Wu.

Even in the previous state of Wu, the weights and measures in various places were not necessarily uniform.

Because of the existence of feudal princes and eunuchs in various places, everyone may change their weights and measures in order to take advantage of it.

False!

(End of this chapter)