The next day during the day.

as always.

It is neither calm nor too chaotic. This is true for more than a year. People have become accustomed to such days that are neither calm nor too chaotic. Many people think that without complete chaos it is a day full of hope.

In the street market, there are spontaneous righteous men who talk in the crowd, and there are idle people who listen to the preaching around the righteous men.

A small vendor carried a slender shoulder pole on his shoulder. Instead of lingering around the righteous man who was talking nonstop, he passed by.

The righteous man was talking about something like "equality" and "the wise man and the people are farming together". Many listeners cheered loudly and their blood was surging.

The small vendor carrying a shoulder pole casually called out his business, and the heavy lunch box trembled slightly with his pace. With the help of this tremor, he could save effort. This is not a skill that can be practiced in one or two days.

"Solder pot!"

"Solder pot!"

The screams rang at the corner of the street market. Today is exactly what the Mohist family calls a holiday. Many people in Shangqiu City have become accustomed to this kind of routine. Today is the day to buy goods at the market.

The vendors felt that there were many people today, so they stayed here first, wait a while before walking around the streets.

He put the shoulder pole on the ground, found a cool tree to rest, took out a gourd from behind the shoulder pole, opened it, and poured some hot boiled water into it.

On his left is a sniper, that is, a person who plays monkeys. The sound should be from Chu people, because there are many monkeys in Chu, and many cities in Chu people play monkeys.

As the saying goes, "The sniper's gift is to say, "During three times, and 4 times," the snipers are angry. They say, "But then facing four times, and 3 times," all snipers are happy. They are happy and angry. They are also because of this."

The sniper in the later story of Zhuangzi, a fickle story, did this kind of thing. The Chu people believed that monkeys could prevent horses from plague, and such a business began to extend from witchcraft.

The people of Shangqiu have never seen such monkey dramas. In recent years, Shangqiu has been developing continuously, and the people in the city are much richer than those in the past. This kind of career that requires urban development is enough to support themselves.

The performance has not started yet. The sniper was fed to the monkey with a few acorns, attracting many children and throwing peanuts to the monkey. The sniper did not prohibit it, but took the opportunity to attract more people.

On the right of the solder pot vendor, there is a sugar-kneading place, which surrounds more children.

The sugar-kneading craftsman melted the sugar transported from the plantations in the South China Sea, and used his strong arms to continuously pull the melted sugar, just like the person in the noodle restaurant next to him stretched the noodles, turning the melted sugar into thin strips of layered together, full of bubbles.

This is also the craftsmanship released by Si. It is precisely because of the large amount of sugarcane planting in the South China Sea area and the continuous development of Shangqiu that it has both a foundation for existence and a foundation for continuity.

Along the way, there were many people wearing short brown straw sandals gathered. A large group of people squatted under the trees. They were called "spunishment", that is, people who had no means of their own production and no land. They would live if they had a job, and would die if they were unemployed.

A group of people were waiting for the workshops to recruit people, or those with land hired them to work.

Now is not a good time, and the cotton has not yet been harvested. When the cotton is harvested, they can have something to do every day, drink a meal a day, and get some money.

The vendor of the solder pot retracted his gaze, waited for a while, and finally waited for a customer.

A woman walked over with a black piece of black in her hand, looking like something that originally looked like a tin pot.

There was nothing to say, the vendor picked up the strange thing that was originally a tin pot, took out a small scale from behind, weighed it slightly, and said, "But you need to add some money."

The woman nodded and muttered, "I was burning water that day, and there was a person collecting cloth tax outside, so I asked the child to watch it. I never thought that the Mo family happened to be here to act that day, so the child ran out and I forgot about this. When I came back, the tin pot had already been burned..."

The tin pot craftsman smiled and said, "Thanks to this child, otherwise your tin pot will not be broken if it is used. Why should I eat?"

The woman just muttered a few words, and even beaten and scolded. After hearing what the craftsman said, she laughed.

Tin pots became popular after drinking boiled water for the first time outside Shangqiu City twenty-five years ago. Especially the Mohist school kept promoting the saying that drinking raw water is prone to illness. Because Shangqiu City gradually became rich, this habit gradually spread.

Tin pots were the most common kettle at this time, because the melting point of tin was very low, and because there were many craftsmen familiar with tin in the bronze civilization of Zhuxia, and... Si Shang had spent too much money to build a very light iron pot so far.

Later, I thought that the spread of spirits was that many people like to drink hot wine in winter, and this kind of tin pot was spread more widely.

The tin pot craftsman is also a member of the Shangqiu Craftsman Association. The craftsmanship of this solder pot was taught by the Mohist school and is free.

Normal carpenters, blacksmiths and others are now a good craft and don’t worry about food.

However, the technology of solder pot is emerging and has a very low threshold for joining. You only need to participate in the group activities of the craftsman meeting twice a year and listen to stories together.

In many industries, if you don’t participate in the craftsman, you can’t make it. Just like the one who pulls candy or the tin pot craftsman next to you, the threshold for this industry is actually very low.

The Shangqiu government cannot be so lenient. Even collecting taxes is difficult, let alone handicraftsmen.

But because the threshold is low, you don’t think about doing it yourself if you don’t join the Craftsman Association. People within the Craftsman Association will exclude those who do not join the Craftsman Association and go bankrupt.

The Craftsman Association is the uncrowned government of the industrial and commercial workers in Shangqiu City. It is quite a bit of a feudal guild that hinders progress, but at this time it is the cheapest way to control grassroots organizations.

Only by joining the craftsman association can you have your own territory and scope, and only when you encounter oppression by others can someone stand up.

There are many uncrowned invisible government organizations like the Craftsman Association in Shangqiu City, including villages and communities that collectively worship the Emperor of Heaven, which are profitable to the outside world.

The craftsmen of the solder pot were very satisfied with this, which could ensure his income. Moreover, the people in the craftsman association were all handicraftsmen like them, so they were also very enthusiastic about each other.

He has only been learning the craftsmanship of this soldering pot for only four years, and he has inherited his father's business. Although he has not been long, his craftsmanship is not low.

The black tin ingot that the woman brought quickly melted and spread out in his hands. Some tin material was added, and it melted into a thin tin cake, which was skillfully rolled up after cooling.

He didn't ask whether carving is needed. He just needs to look at the woman's dress to know what women probably do. Of course, there is no need to ask about carving.

While waiting for the tin to cool the tin roll, the tinsmith asked casually: "Have you paid your tax this year? Did the weaving cloth tax also increase this year?"

When the woman heard this, she opened her mouth and muttered, "It's not that it's going to rise. Now the cotton yarn is controlled by those merchants who are close to the nobles. We can't buy it and we don't have the money to buy it."

"When my good man went to Si Shang to deliver goods, he said that Si Shang was not like this. Now we still need to pay the tax in Qiu Ri? As long as it is when buying the package, we have to pay it."

The woman was engaged in the well-developed cotton textile industry in Shangqiu, but she was not a workshop-made handicraft factory, but a few bag buyers who were close to the nobles controlled the cotton and veils. The woman had her own loom at home.

The merchant who bought these bags wrapped the cotton veil and other things to the woman. After the woman woven it into cloth, she then obtained her own labor income.

In this process, the merchants who buy the goods are no longer simple merchants, but earn the labor value of these weaving women, because labor turns the yarn into cloth, and the added value is obtained by the merchants who buy the goods.

A small tax reform involves thousands of households, and women are also affected.

Originally, they only had to pay the autumn cloth tax, but now they have to pay a certain tax in advance every time they buy a package. For example, if they pack twenty spindles from others this time, they need to pay the tax on twenty spindles first, but the wages given to them by the buyer are still so much.

The woman asked curiously: "Did you guys who are soldering pots have also increased taxes?"

The man in the solder pot nodded and said, "Why didn't you add it? The autumn tax has to be paid, and some military taxes have been added. There is not much money left every year, and now I have to pay more."

The woman also said, "That's right, military taxes, military taxes, we are so close to Si Shang, no one dares to attack us. Back then, my father and others defended the city and helped the young master to rise to the throne. At that time, it was agreed that the military taxes would be exempted from the future, as long as we have the obligation to defend the city."

"It's good now. The emperor's family wants to raise soldiers, but let us take money. What's the reason? Besides, why do those nobles don't pay taxes, but let us pay first? They all have to pay taxes on Si Shang. I heard that even the giants have to pay taxes... They call equality for all the ministers of the Emperor of Heaven."

We are not worried about the lack of people but the inequality, especially in the matter of tax payment. After more than 20 years of publicity and the baptism of private association activities, the people of Shangqiu City have long been different from the past.

The strong dissatisfaction filled the most common conversations. The tin pot craftsman also complained with the woman, but the work in his hands did not stop and soon finished a brand new tin pot.

After handing over, I got some money. The woman looked hurried and was in a hurry to go back to weave cloth to make money. Everyone had their own busyness about life.

Not far away, a gong sounded, and the sniper began to play with monkeys; beside him, the candy-pulling craftsman welcomed his first business today; under a big tree in the distance, those servants who were born when they got their jobs and died when they were unemployed surrounded a customer who came to hire people...

This is how the new day begins.
Chapter completed!