Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

"Oh? You know?" Mo Jun's eyes flashed, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Haha~~ No matter how incompetent Zuo Teng is, he is still the governor of a city. They are tampering with the farmland in my city in broad daylight, how could I not know?"

"Then you're not going to stop it?"

"How to stop it? Zuo Teng seems to be the governor of Nanyang County now, but he has no military power and is far away from the center of power. Sometimes even the memorial mentioned above cannot be submitted to the king."

Zuo Teng clenched his fists, but was unable to put them down in the end, and said dejectedly: "Since the Ninth Young Master returned to the country, he has been fighting endlessly with the General. Both of them are in high positions, and a slight move can change the fate of countless people at the bottom. .”

"Zuo Teng thinks that he is too weak to participate in the whirlpool of this power struggle. But since I am the governor of a city, I cannot watch the people under my rule suffer disasters because of the struggle from the top. No matter what, Say, these civilians are so innocent!”

After listening to Zuo Teng's story, Mo Jun was slightly surprised.

to be honest.

The Nanyang County Sheriff seems to have a more thorough understanding of the current internal disputes in South Korea than he imagined.

But on second thought, this seems normal.

A person who can be the governor of a city, even if he is not a smart person, is certainly not a fool.

Some time ago, in the capital city of Xinzheng, the struggle between General Ji Wuye and Ninth Prince Han Fei became almost universally known. Anyone with a little bit of official savvy can see this whirlpool clearly.

This time Ji Wuye chose Nanyang for the chessboard. It is obviously impossible to say that Zuo Teng, the governor of Nanyang County, knew nothing about it.

After roughly confirming that there was nothing wrong with Zuo Teng's surrender, Mr. Mo took out the secret letter from his arms, stretched out his hand and handed it to Zuo Teng, saying.

"I hope you will not disappoint Qin."

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Walked out of the Sheriff's Mansion.

Mo Jun took off his night clothes and changed into ordinary clothes. He suddenly transformed into an ordinary but handsome businessman again.

"Then, it's time to go to Xinzheng to have fun."

Mr. Mo has not forgotten the real purpose of his trip to South Korea. He was ordered to enjoy... Oh no. He came here specifically to avoid the limelight.

Since it is a shelter from the limelight, it is naturally impossible to stay here for only a day or two.

For such a long time, it would be quite a torture for Mr. Mo if he did not find a place with a slightly better environment.

South Korea is very small.

The entire land area of ​​South Korea, if placed between Qin and Chu, would probably be equivalent to the size of a county.

So although Nanyang is a border city of South Korea, it actually doesn't take long to get from Nanyang to the capital Xinzheng.

Mo Jun drove the carriage and wandered all the way, and it only took half a day to reach Xinzheng.

Compared with remote Nanyang, Xinzheng is undoubtedly much more prosperous.

It’s not just the roads that are crowded with pedestrians.

The buildings on both sides are also more regular, with carved railings, blue bricks and green tiles; red doors and white windows, pavilions and pavilions, complementing each other and full of the beauty of ancient style.

Although the area is small, in terms of luxury and prosperity, it is almost as much as Xianyang.

After Mo Jun entered the city.

First, he found an inn to put down his carriage and salute. Although he wanted to go straight to Zilanxuan, considering that he still had business to do, he temporarily suppressed his impulse.

According to the message left in the previous contact, Mo Jun spent some time and successfully contacted Xiong Da.

"Boss!"

"Boss!"

Not long after, Xiong Da and Xiong Er came to the inn.

Compared with a year ago, the appearance of Xiong Da and Xiong Er has also changed a lot. Xiong Da does not look as skinny as before.

But the one that has changed the most is Xiong Er.

Perhaps it was due to the large amount of nutritional supplements during this year, and the fact that Mo Jun once asked Yao Gui to use a mature large elixir and a little [Life Crystal] to prepare a bowl of potion, allowing Xiong Er to make up for the malnutrition that had caused the disease. of deficit.

Now Xiong Er has not only grown in size again, but even his original talent of 'natural power' seems to have been fully developed.

The "No War Song" practiced by Mo Jun is not suitable for Xiong Er.

However, Yao Gui has traveled for many years and has naturally accumulated some martial arts skills. The two discussed it and finally selected a horizontal martial arts called "Hundred Refiners Xuanjia" for Xiong Er to practice.

This martial art focuses on defense and can make the body as hard as hundred-refined black iron. Coupled with its "natural power", it can be said to be both offensive and defensive.

Now Xiong Er is standing there. If he doesn't use his "powerful" mental attack, not even Mo Jun can break through his defense.

This is true talent.

certainly.

Xiong Er's ability to enter the country so quickly was naturally inseparable from the help of money.

This year, just to brew potions for Xiong Er to assist in his cultivation, three of them were used up for the powerful elixir alone. Almost all of the medicine ghost's decades-long inventory was given to Xiong Erhao.

If Mr. Mo hadn't been able to artificially cultivate elixirs now, he would probably have killed the medicine ghost and would not have given these elixirs to Xiong Er for such a waste.

"Um!"

Mo Jun nodded to the two of them as a greeting, and then said: "How is the business here?"

"Very hot."

When he heard about the business, Xiong Da's eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "Although there are not as many people here in Xinzheng as there are in Xianyang, the nobles here are more willing to spend money. Boss, you know how much the white sugar here has been sold for one tael." Already?"

"How many?"

When Mr. Mo heard this, there was a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

Xiong Da raised a finger with a mysterious face. Seeing this, Mo Jun guessed a number and said: "One hundred baht?"

Xiong Da shook his head, then stopped trying to be pretentious and said directly: "More than that, it's one hundred and twenty baht, one hundred and twenty baht and one tael of sugar."

"so much?"

Mo Jun's eyes widened. Even though he had been prepared before, he couldn't help but be shocked at this moment.

What is the concept of one hundred and twenty baht?

Although the currencies of the seven countries today are different, only the value of gold is the same among the seven countries.

At most, the measurements vary from country to country.

For example, South Korea adopted the Dajin system after the unification of the Qin and Han Dynasties. One gold was equal to twenty taels, which was equal to 480 baht.

Today, the average price of food is only 24 baht per bushel.

One dendrobium is approximately equal to 120 kilograms.

That is to say.

One tael of sugar that Mo Jun sells here in South Korea can buy back almost five to six hundred kilograms of grain.

To put it into rough terms, one tael of sugar is equivalent to one gold coin in Qin.

"This...is too huge a profit!"

Mr. Mo couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. No wonder since the Spring and Autumn Period, no matter how chaotic the world is, there will be a large number of caravans doing business across borders at the risk of their lives.

Before, Mo Jun thought that sugar was expensive enough in Xianyang, and one tael of grain was sold for one stone.

Unexpectedly, just by crossing the neighboring country of South Korea, the profit increased tenfold in an instant. This kind of terrifying return is enough to make any businessman crazy.

At this moment, I heard Xiong Da continue: "According to what I have learned during this period, compared to the nobles in Xianyang, who are a little more restrained, the extravagance here in Xinzheng is extremely popular, and ordinary civilians are still struggling to survive at the bottom. , but it is just ordinary for countless high-ranking officials and nobles to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars."

"In addition, things are rare and expensive. Now we are the only one selling sugar in the world. There is no other branch. So even if we offer one hundred and twenty-one baht per tael, for the nobles here, it is just a piece of cake. That’s all.”

"I even suspect that even if I continue to increase the price now, there will still be a large number of nobles pursuing me..."

At this point, Mo Jun interrupted directly before Xiong Da finished speaking: "It's not necessary. What we are doing is not a one-time deal. The sugar business will maintain this price for the time being and stabilize it first."

"Yes, I understand."

Xiong Da nodded, then took out a money bag from his arms, handed it to Mo Jun and said: "This is our income during this period, sugar plus some other small commodities, a total of 167 gold coins, and some change. I According to the boss’s instructions, they were all replaced with grain and cloth.”

Xiong Da brought a total of ten kilograms of sugar, which is one hundred and sixty taels, on this business trip.

Nowadays, the currency systems of various countries are unstable, so Lord Mo has already ordered that all profits from Qin's foreign countries should be exchanged for gold or grain and cloth.

Facing the money bag handed over by Xiong Da, Mo Jun did not reach out to take it, but said: "No hurry, you can keep the money for now, I have something else for you to do."

"I came here this time and brought you another ten pounds of sugar. You will sell it at the previous price, and then start buying grain in a low-key way at major grain stores. The more you buy, the better... ·”

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The original Tian Xing Jiu Ge uses the unified currency system of Qin and Han Dynasties, but most of the things shown in the plot are in the form of gold coins, so the currency unit is slightly changed here.

In the future, we will use gold and gold coins to make a little distinction.