Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 31

Qing Ji and Sun Wu were wandering in the market, one in front and one behind, chatting while walking.

At this moment, a loud shout suddenly sounded in front!
"stop!"

"Stop! Stop him!"

There was a flutter of chickens and dogs, knocking down many stalls and passers-by.

Qing Ji looked up, and saw a group of big men with big arms and round waists chasing a thin man in ragged clothes!

The man's movement is quite flexible, relying only on the gaps in the crowd to avoid being chased by the group behind him.

But with Qingji's eyesight, he naturally knew that sooner or later the man would run out of strength and be caught by those big guys!
what happened?

Qingji was quite surprised.

But in line with the principle of hoeing the strong and helping the weak, when the thin man was about to be caught, he suddenly stretched out a foot and tripped a big man to the ground.

"what!"

Caught off guard, the big man was knocked down by Qingji's kick, and he fell straight on the ground, with his feet thrown into the air.

Afterwards, Qingji took a step forward and blocked the group of people's way.

After only a short while, the thin man got into the crowd and fled without knowing where he was going.

Seeing this, a group of big men were furious, they stepped forward and surrounded Qingji, and glared at him!

"You guys are so courageous! How dare you stop me from arresting people, today's matter must not be let go easily!"

All the men glared at Qingji angrily, and if they disagreed with each other, they beat up Qingji.

However, Qing Ji was not afraid at all, and glanced at the big men in front of him lightly, and said, "In broad daylight, the world is bright and bright, how can I tolerate you waiting in the street to arrest people and act recklessly?"

Hearing this, a group of big men were even more furious.

However, looking at Qing Ji's luxurious costumes, his heroic and overbearing appearance, they had to weigh whether they have the ability to provoke this person in front of them!
"Dare to ask, how do you address it? Which family's nobleman is it?"

The big man in the lead, after all, was not overwhelmed by anger, stepped forward and asked Qingji with his hands down.

Naturally, it is impossible for Qingji to reveal his identity, so he said: "The son of the great Sima, Sun Wu, the doctor of the middle school, do the second and third sons know?"

"Ah! It turned out to be General Sun! I was rude just now, and I offended you so much. Please forgive me, General Sun!"

The big man was startled, and hurriedly bowed to Qingji.

Sun Wu, who was on the side, had a very strange expression on his face!
Unexpectedly, Qingji actually reported his name.

As the most popular people in front of the king today, the hottest new nobles in the Wu Kingdom, Sun Ping, Sun Wu and his father are naturally well-known in the three-acre land of Wu Capital City.

At least, their names have been circulating in the market recently!
How could a few big men not know?

"It's okay."

Qing Ji waved his hand very generously, and did not deny it.

"Why did you chase that person just now?"

"The general doesn't know. The one who escaped just now was a slave bought by my master in the market! The villain was negligent for a while, and he took advantage of the loophole to escape!"

The big man said with self-pity: "If you don't take him back, how can you report to my Patriarch?"

Hearing this, Qingji realized that he was a bit abrupt.

However, the matter has come to this point, Qingji did not regret what he did just now!
"How much did your master spend to buy that slave just now? I'll make it up for you."

"Thank you General!"

Hearing this, the big man couldn't help crying with gratitude.

After chasing that slave away, after they go back, they must be punished!
If Qingji could buy the escaped slave with his own money, it would be the best.

"If the general wants to buy that lowly slave just now, he only needs one hundred cloth coins."

so cheap?

Qingji knew that the one hundred renminbi coins was more than the big man in front of him, but he still asked Sun Wu, who was his follower, to pay.

Wu inherited the Zhou system, which was inherited in the same strain, so in the Wu Kingdom, except for gold, there are generally only two kinds of common currencies, namely cloth coins and ant nose coins!

Currencies in the Spring and Autumn Period can be divided into four types in terms of shape and distribution: cloth coins, knife coins, won coins, and ant nose coins (ghost face coins).

Cloth coins are mainly circulated in Sanjin and Zhouzhou areas; knife coins are mainly circulated in Qi, Yan and other places in the east, and later developed to coexist with cloth coins in Qin, Zhongshan and other countries.

Yuan money was the only currency that was circulated by the Qin State later and was finally unified by Qin Shihuang!

As for the ant nose money, it is the currency in circulation in Chu State in the Jianghuai River Basin.

The state of Wu is adjacent to the state of Chu, and the trade between them is constant. Therefore, when the merchants of the two countries do business, the currency they use is often ant nose money.

But in the state of Wu, the official currency is cloth coins!
Cloth coin is a shovel-shaped currency that appeared in the early Spring and Autumn Period and was minted and circulated until the late Warring States Period.

"Bu" is a homonym of "镈", which was commonly used in ancient times!

Cloth coins evolved from bronze farm implements and were mainly circulated in the Sanjin and Zhouzhou areas.

According to the shape of cloth coins, it can be divided into two categories: empty head cloth and flat head cloth.

The original cloth coin retained its appearance as a tool, and left a handle for the handle. It was primitive and thick, so it was called empty head cloth.

Later, it gradually lightened, became thinner and smaller, and the coin body became completely flake, which is called flat head cloth.

The flat head cloth is usually cast with the words of place names or Jizhong.

Later, Wang Mang's new dynasty also made cloth coins!
But after all, Wang Mang acted in the opposite direction, and the cloth coins ceased to exist, and completely disappeared in the long river of history.

After the group of big men left, Sun Wu, who was on the side, couldn't help but look at Qing Ji with a "ghost".

I didn't receive any salary, but I have to pay for the king, what's the reason?

"I didn't expect you, my lord, to be so jealous. If I didn't have my lord's help just now, after that slave is captured, he will peel off his skin even if he doesn't die!"

"Haha, Changqing, are you trying to say that I'm meddling?"

Qing Ji shook his head with a smile and said, "Seeing the road is rough, drawing your sword to help each other is what a righteous man does. I don't know the reason, and it is indeed a mistake to block these people who are going to hunt down the fugitive slaves without authorization!"

"This is my fault."

Qingji admitted his mistake very frankly!
He is not the kind of person with a full sense of justice!
Just now seeing a group of strong men chasing a thin man, Qing Ji was indeed a little hesitant.

Those who escaped because of Gein may be petty thieves, or they may be "savages" who will be captured and become slaves!
Qingji's helping out in this way is just doing it casually, so it's not worth mentioning.

"Let's go. Changqing, let's go to the dental shop and have a look!"

"Teeth?"

Sun Wu was a little dazed, but seeing Qing Ji who was already walking ahead, he could only bite the bullet and follow.

Yaxing is the ancient slave trading market!

Like most cities in the world, Wudu City has a market dedicated to buying and selling slaves. Those who engage in this kind of trading are called human teeth!
(End of this chapter)