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Chapter 3 Not to be trifled with

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    Spring plowing is about to begin, food must be prepared, and sacrifices must be made before eating. When the farmers come, all the barbarians in the fief must be gathered together. Everyone pays homage. Killing two chickens is a meaningful thing.

    If it is a big family, they will definitely kill sheep or cattle and horses, and even do a divination to see the order of farming, all kinds of details.  But Yunyao doesn't need these, and he doesn't have the money to do them, so he just wants to kill two chickens.

    Uncle Zai returned to the fief first to make arrangements, while Yunyao still stayed on the shore to do his own work. Although he had an annual income of five public fields, it was actually not much. After all, as a baron, he was also responsible for the operation of the fief and the purchase of sacrifices.  Preparing the sacrificial vessels is indispensable, as these all cost money.

    There are two kinds of money these days, one is millet, and the other is cloth coins, which is cloth.  Food and clothing resources are currency, and transactions in the capital market are also exchanged for these two general equivalents.

    The major affairs of the country are sacrifices and military affairs. Twelve years later, Yunyao is already a qualified Zhou Dynasty person. He knows that in addition to sacrifices and wars, there are other things. Funerals, field hunting, and hunting patrols are all major events and require expenses.  For example, the funeral of Yunyao's father two years ago emptied the family's fortune. Fortunately, Yunyao's father also had some savings during his lifetime, so the funeral was not too shabby. There was also a horse and two bronze items among the funerary items.

    Then there are the guest expenses. When you come to attend a funeral, you have to have millet porridge to eat, which is another expense.  In the end, I almost had to borrow money.  The Duke of Guoquan has a business, which is to lend money to the people of the country for emergencies. The minimum time is ten days and the maximum time is three months.

    Yunyao did not borrow any money, but the year after her father passed away was really hard. It was only after the harvest in the new year that things got better. Now two years have passed and things have returned to normal.

    After preparing the raft for crossing the river, you can do some private work. There are several banana trees in the fief, and Yunyao just happens to use the bark of the banana trees to make some raincoats to sell.

    These days, before going on a long journey, you need to check the weather by fortune-telling. Unfortunately, the weather does not give favor to the fortune-telling, so people who go on a long journey will inevitably get caught in the rain.  Nowadays, coir raincoats have not become popular, so Yunyao made some coir raincoats and sold them to tourists crossing the river. In the six months after his father passed away, Yunyao relied on selling coir raincoats and handicraft products to tide over the difficulties. Now it has become a habit.

    The sales of coir raincoats are quite good, but there are no patents these days, so Yunyao knows that someone will definitely copy her work, but there is no way to pursue it.

    In fact, Yunyao thought about mass production in the fiefs and then turning into a merchant himself. After all, there is no concept of urban agriculture, industry and commerce yet, and merchants will definitely not suffer losses in the Western Zhou Dynasty.  But out of fear of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the fact that her life was getting along well now, she didn't dare to make drastic changes.

    So now Yunyao can only make a living by doing some handicrafts by herself, earning some pocket money, and fishing in her spare time.

    "Hello" There was a voice from the other side of the river.

    Yunyao, who had a sharp ear and eyesight, immediately knew that a ferry was needed on the other side. When she looked up, she saw a few people standing sparsely on the other side of the river, and a two-horse carriage. It seemed that he was a distinguished person.

    "Do you want to cross the river?" Yunyao asked loudly and clearly. She spoke Yayan, the common language of the Zhou Dynasty.  There were dialects in various places in the Zhou Dynasty, and nobles had to learn elegant dialects in order to communicate.

    "Exactly, let's sail over here."

    When Yunyao heard that there was work, he immediately pulled out the canoe and put it into the water. Then he tied the raft to the back of the canoe, put the gourd on the raft, and rowed over.

    Yunyao has superb rowing skills and first-class business ability. The canoe leads the raft diagonally up the current.  Some people who are not familiar with the current often make mistakes, thinking that they can just aim for the opposite shore and paddle, but they ignore that the speed of the current will also affect the trajectory of the boat. If it really goes straight forward, the boat will be washed diagonally downstream.

    Near the center of the river, people on the opposite side also started to get ready, those who got off the bus, and those who moved things.  The carriage will definitely not be able to cross, but it doesn't matter. After crossing the river, you can find other carriages and continue on your way.

    "My lord, please get on board." Yunyao docked the canoe and said, "Put the goods on the raft, and the rest of you can use gourds to cross the river."

    "How come there are so few rafts?" Someone obviously didn't want to swim, so he complained.

    "This is just a small ferry. If you want to find a big ferry, you can go fifty miles west to the capital of the Xue Kingdom. Your Majesty has enough horsepower and can arrive before dark. You can also cross the river tomorrow." Yunyao is used to seeing these people who like to show off.  , I don¡¯t like this or that, but in the end I don¡¯t want to swim through it.

    The distinguished nobleman looked at Yunyao and asked: "After crossing the river, will there be any people in the car?"

    "Yes, there is a rickshaw man living in my fief." This was the bus that the Duke of Guo assigned to Yunyao's father, but not many people go out these days, so this rickshaw man is very popular.??There are buses supporting the ferry, and passengers in need can take them.

    ¡°Then let¡¯s go over here.¡±

    Yunyao said: "You can take off your coats, tie the gourd under your armpits, and then put it on the side of the boat or raft, so that you can cross the river without using any force."

    But there are still some people who are not very happy.

    "Let's do this. I'll make a fortune. If it's a good fortune, we'll go there. If it's a bad fortune, we'll go west to the capital of Xuecheng." This middle-aged nobleman also knew that he couldn't force his followers to overcome fear, so he just left it to fate.  Calculate a hexagram and see what the hexagram says.

    Yunyao did not laugh, because this was not the first time she had seen him. People these days are very timid. Besides, being able to swim is a rare skill these days, so it is a common phenomenon not to dare to go into the water.  Although it does look funny, Yunyao is a professional time traveler and generally won't laugh unless he can't help it.

    However, the other party¡¯s method of divination is a bit of a joke to challenge Yunyao. He actually planned to light a fire and use a turtle shell to divination. This is too formal and a waste of time.

    "My lord, you'd better make a plan. How much time will it take to use the turtle shell? It's already February, spring plowing is coming, and everyone is so busy." Yunyao said that it was okay to mean it. Is it necessary to be so solemn?

    "How can divination be trivial?" Obviously the other party was not obedient. He took out a palm-sized turtle shell from the cloth bag. There was a rattling sound in the cloth bag. It was probably all turtle shells. He was really a very far-sighted person. He took so many turtles with him when he went out.  Shell, you must burn one when you are in doubt, pay attention to people.

    "Okay, but let me wait here, but if you want to add millet, you have to pay even if you can't cross the river." Yunyao said.

    "If the hexagram doesn't allow it, I'll still pay you half a cauldron of millet." A cauldron is a pot, and a person can eat half a pot for three days.

    Now that you have paid, let's wait. Yunyao watched them collect firewood, then form a circle and dance like a god, while the noble man knelt in front of the fire and muttered something. Yunyao had reason to suspect that they might  He is from the Song Dynasty.

    The people of the Song Dynasty are the survivors of the Yin Shang Dynasty. The Yin merchants worshiped ghosts and gods extremely and were extremely superstitious.

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