The breeze blew slightly, waving the veil curtains on both sides, and beneath the veil curtains on both sides were some wooden frames, similar to the ancient shelf of later generations, and some bronze ware was placed in the empty space.

In the hall.

Zhuge Liang lowered his head, pondered for a long time, and finally sighed slightly and said, "I know it below..."

Fei Qian looked at Zhuge Liang, but shook his head and said, "No, no, although Kong Ming, he still hasn't understood..."

Zhuge Liang raised his head with some dissatisfaction, somewhat angry. Nowadays, jokes about people's names seem to be insulting the other party.

Fei Qian smiled and pointed to the ancient shelf beside him, "Kong Ming entered the hall, have you ever looked at the surrounding things?"

Zhuge Liang was stunned and turned his head to look, but saw that there were some bronze ware on both sides of the antique shelves. However, these bronze ware were different from the common bronze ware used for viewing and playing with, but some measuring utensils.

Ruler, fight, chess, weight, weighing...

Fei Qian stood up, walked to one side, picked up a ruler from the shelf, and said: "During the Former Qin Dynasty, in the tenth year of Duke Xiao, Wei'an made a big bucket for Daliang, weighed the price, and the ruler... This is the ruler of Qin...

Fei turned his head and signaled Zhuge Liang to stand over.

Zhuge Liang hesitated a little, then stood up and walked to Fei Qian's side.

Fei Qian handed the Qin ruler to Zhuge Liang, then pointed to another ruler next door, "This is the Han ruler, Kong Ming can weigh himself..."

Zhuge Liang subconsciously took the ruler and looked at the side, but was stunned. Because in another grid, there was not only one copper ruler, but three.

"From left to right, it is the Han Dynasty, Xinmang, and the current ruler..." Fei Qian pointed out.

"This...this..." Zhuge Liang did not go up and measure his hands in a daze, but looked at it, and then his eyes began to really patrol these things. "Qin Dou...Han Dou...Power and Two..."

"In the second year of Guanghe, the Grand Minister of the State Council issued the Wuyin edict, and on the autumn equinox, they measured the same measurement, balanced stones, raised barrels, and promoted power. They also made bronze medals for the states. According to the Huangzhong Rule Calendar, nine chapters of arithmetic, using the seven policies of the Qi, and using the Qi, so that the country can be the same..." Fei Qian said lightly, "However, the imperial court has orders, and the local area still has big fights in progress, and small fights are out, why?"

Of course, there have been a opposite story in history about "Small Dou Going and Big Dou Going", which is the pioneering of the Tian family of Qi, but in fact, that is just a trick, not really "Small Dou Going and Big Dou Going".

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the amount of Qi was four-central, four liters were one dou, four liters were one zone, four liters were one pot, and ten liters were one bell; while the private volume of Tian Chen was five-central, five liters were one dou...

In this way, it seems that there is an extra liter for nothing. The people naturally like to go to Tian Chen to borrow money, and it seems that the people have also gained benefits. But in fact, as the saying goes, no interest is not for loans, and borrowing naturally requires repayment of principal and interest. Yan Zi is not a businessman, and he analyzed the method of Tian’s buying people’s hearts, so he naturally does not care about the details of interest.

At that time, there were three types of interest on loans in Qi State. One was "One Zhong" which was the interest rate of 100%. If you lend it out for one minute, you had to pay back two minutes to come back; then it was "Zhong Bo Wu", or "Five Cauldrons of Zhong Zhong", which was the interest rate of 50%. The least was "Zhong Bo Twenty", which was equivalent to 20%. Therefore, even if Tian Chen used a five-liter dot to borrow it and made a four-liter dot, it was just a revision of "Day and Fifty" on the same day.

And those ordinary people who think the Tian Chen family are just monkeys who say they have gained benefits...

Not to mention that you have to pour mercury into the scale and add iron to the copper weight, which is simply a variety of refurbishment.

And is it a good thing to play such cleverness in measurement?

If you can't even believe the most basic standards, then what can you trust?

In this world, humans are the race that likes civil war the most, and the internal struggles in China are even more exciting.

A very realistic problem in the world of human beings living in this world is often encountered, which is where they come from and where they go. In the eyes of later generations, this is more of a philosophical problem. However, in the long history of human beings, they do not know where they are, where they come from, and where they go, but they are real troubles in life.

After ancient humans spread from East Africa, they chased the traces of prey more, and there was no clear purpose, so the troubles in this regard were not very obvious. However, after the agricultural society and settlement life took shape, finding their own positioning and determining the direction was already a very important issue.

To find the positioning, to tell future generations how to go and where to go, is it okay to have no standards?

To find something, I first have to ask Xiaofang Guliang from the village. Then Xiaofang Guliang told me to walk along the river and find the fisherman by the river. After finding the fisherman, the fisherman then went to find the old lady under the big locust tree in the east of the village. When I got under the big locust tree, the old lady reached out and walked ten steps here, and the things were below...

If any of the errors occur in any of the links, this thing will disappear forever.

And China, there are many things that have disappeared.

Perhaps because of war, perhaps because of inheritance, but because of inconsistent measurement, the things that could have been made and the techniques created were then dug out when future generations went to hunt for treasure, and they were just a pile of mud, and they were jumping their feet and scolding their ancestors for lying. They were all dross. But they didn't expect that the units of measurement used by later generations were actually different from the previous ones, so how could they find the essence of it?

So I had to start researching again, walk the rugged road again, and go around a long circle, and then find that it is actually next to the digging pit...

『The things that measure have existed in ancient and modern times.』 Fei Qian continued, 『There are different in each generation. The ruler is the distance between men and women, and the distance between women... However, men and women of each generation are different in height, so there are many differences between them...』

The initial ruler finger is about 20 cm from the distance between the stretched thumb and middle finger of a man, and the closer to the ruler is to be close. The distance between the woman's thumb and middle finger after the stretched hand is, so it is slightly shorter than the ruler. Therefore, it is later used to be close, indicating that the distance is short, such as "close to be close"...

Therefore, it is reasonable to measure the length of the ancient ruler.

During peacetime, people are more nutritious and grow taller, and the ruler will grow. If there is a war and people eat less and shorter, the ruler will be shorter.

However, there is another interesting thing. Fei Qian took out a ruler from the shelf and handed it to Zhuge Liang, "This is Yingchuan private ruler..." The private ruler is obviously longer than the meter. Although it is not many, it is obvious when compared.

If this extra piece in later generations is called living well, uh, fire consumption...

Silk cloth is also a kind of money, and most of the time people only borrow food, but not cloth.

"So, do you understand? The jurists under my command all use this measure, and the entry and exit are the same, and the size is the same..." Fei Qian looked at Zhuge Liang, lit these things around him, and said, "These are the differences between someone from Shandong... and they are also different from Jingzhou... Kong Ming, if someone sent troops to aid Jing today, or exchanged for a flag, would it become a measure?"

Zhuge Liang held the copper ruler and felt that it was heavy in his hand, and then his heart seemed to be heavy.

'The world is not short of a close distance, but only a little measure...' Fei Qian smiled and said, 'However, the difficulty lies in the hearts of people. People's hearts have their own strengths and weaknesses, and if the world can be one, the natural world will be harmonious.'

"I have a standard in my heart, and I know where I want to go... I am also happy to see Kong Ming today, so I gave it to you with this ruler. I hope you can measure the square inch of your heart, the river flows thousands of feet high and the mountain is thousands of feet high..."

…(⊙??⊙)…

The river flows and the sun shines.

The breeze caresses the grass and trees on the fields, and carriages and horses are scattered on the road, and people are walking like shuttles.

When the New Year is approaching, Chang'an City seems to be more prosperous after the cold winter. The business trips from other places are filled with the streets and alleys more lively than in previous years. Inside and outside the city, people gather and travel from different directions and with different purposes.

The restaurant beside the street was full of people. On the stage in the middle of the restaurant, Hu was stepping on the drums, rotating among the cheers one after another. The colorful silk bands fluttered, reflecting the snow-white belly and the thighs faintly under the hem of the skirt.

There are also some Qiang and Hu people who come and go, wearing felt hats or braids with one end exposed, and watching them walking with a little fear. On the contrary, the Han people who come and go seem to react steadily to all this and do their own things in an orderly manner, as if these Qiang and Hu people are the same as ordinary Han people.

Before the war in the Western Regions, the Kushan people were either killed or defeated, and some fled. Therefore, there were also a large number of vacancy in the Western Regions. Most of the vacancy in power were replaced by Lu Bu and Li Ru and others, but some vacancy in goods and trade were still left out.

So, the people from the countries in the Western Regions came to Chang'an in the wind and snow.

And behind, there are more people still rushing to Chang'an.

Perhaps most areas of the Western Regions are not suitable for farming, so most people in the Western Regions are used to migration and wind, frost, rain and snow on the road, so they are not afraid of the difficulties or even deaths they encounter on the road.

After arriving in Chang'an, these Western Regions people who had been away from the Han Dynasty for decades and hundreds of years were immediately immersed in the vastness of the Han Dynasty, with their hearts and eyes dazzled.

Passing by these somewhat confused and fearful Qianghu is a crisp and delicious little white radish head, but now the white radish is a little wilted.

Zhuge Liang took a look at the clothes of these Qianghu people who were completely different from those of the Han people and were somewhat out of place, but he felt like he was trying hard to integrate into the Qianghu people with awe and caution, and then his eyes stopped on the Han ruler in his hand, silent.

In a trance, Zhuge Liang arrived at Pang Tong's home.

Pang Tong was sitting in the hall drinking tea.

Influenced by Fei Qian, Pang Tong has basically changed his habit of drinking those rich and colorful tea soups, but he still has his own style, such as catching the tea leaves in the bowl. Therefore, when Zhuge Liang arrived, Pang Tong was stretching out his fat claws and chewing the tea leaves...

In fact, in the general's mansion, the tea leaves that Fei Qian gave up would be divided by his servants after soaking it. Some servants were even reluctant to eat them on the spot, and they had to take them back to share with their families.

When he saw Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong saw the copper ruler in Zhuge Liang's hand at a glance. He laughed, put down the tea bowl and said, "I said it a long time ago, you are wrong, you don't believe it..."

Zhuge Liang didn't say anything, sat down on Pang Tong's side, then placed the copper ruler in front of him, and was speechless for a while.

"If you are bent, you will be full; if you are irreversible, you will be full; if you are undone, you will be new; if you are too little, you will be gained; if you are too much, you will be confused. Therefore, the sage holds one, and thinks that the world is shepherded. It is not self-evident, so it is clear, and if you do not criticize, you will be able to grow. Only if you do not fight, you will not be able to compete with it. How could you say that the so-called "bending" in ancient times!" Pang Tong shook his head, muttered, and then looked at the white radish with a squint eyes, and a sound was humming inside his nose.

"Is this ruler... a "one"..." Zhuge Liang murmured at the copper ruler.

『This is "one", this is "membership"!" Pang Tong laughed and waved his fat claws, 『What is "membership? Haha, you said it is "pembership! How many times have the ancient sages said it in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period? It is "membership"? "Enjoy the world's shepherd", this is "membership"! I'll ask you, how should "membership" be written?!"

Zhuge Liang suddenly looked up at Pang Tong.

『Think about the small seal script! Inscription! "Mu"!" Pang Tong laughed so hard that he looked like a haraha, "You were deceived by the scriptures of the text! Hahahahahaha... This is not a "text". Do you rely on "text" to masturbate? Hahaha... Do you know why it was written like this? Fortunately, there was no modification, leaving a little tail... Hahaha, think about it, think about it carefully...

Zhuge Liang's hands shook slightly and his eyes widened.

"Why do you think the cavalry advocated "seeking truth and seeking justice" during the Qinglong Temple Great Treatise?" Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang and continued, "It is to eliminate illusion and point directly to the original intention! How many years have passed, how many years have you been without the cavalry? How many more will it be false? How many people are there like you, blinded by the current scriptures and completely forget the ancient true meaning?!"

"The people in Shandong use the people as Zhuanghe, and they have been cut for a season and will be cut next year..." Pang Tong sat back and said with a humming voice, "But are the people really just Zhuanghe leeks that are silent? They will also hurt, scream, run away, and if they are anxious, they will bite people!"

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sit up, then looked at Pang Tong, and his mind rolled and collided.

"Why do you change this way? It's easy to save trouble, lazy! Zhuanghe weeds, water some water when you are happy, and let them wait for the rain when you are unhappy. What about cattle and sheep? The herders have to store grass from summer, but they have to look at this and pay attention to that, for fear of freezing to death and getting sick? They have to find pasture for cattle and sheep and find water sources... Where does Zhuanghe? If you plant it, you will live and die, and don't move for the rest of your life!" Pang Tong sneered and said, "The reform has been long and I have said it a lot, and even they believe it themselves, so as long as they don't move their land, they think they can have crops year by year! So they don't care what's on their heads, and they don't care whether Zhuanghe is good or not. They just have land! It's no big deal to burn Zhuanghe, as long as the land is still there, you can endure it!"

『But look at the shepherds again. Although they usually eat cattle and sheep, if they move their cattle and sheep at will, they will kill all their cattle and sheep? They will fight to the death!" Pang Tong sneered, 『But when have you seen someone fight to the death for Zhuang He? They will cry, scream, and scold, but they will never pick up swords and guns and fight to the death! Because they feel that it is only a year's harvest, and the land is still there!』

『This is "one"! This is "mu"!』 Pang Tong suddenly stood up, turned around and entered the back hall, and after a moment he turned out again, holding a copper seal in his hand, 『And this is "wisdom"! I asked Zhuge Kongming again today, would he wish to "wisdom"? Do you dare?! Can you dare to return to the ancient holy path, and do you want to "wisdom"?

""Stay One"..." Zhuge Liang looked at the bronze seal and was a little dazed for a moment.

"Why don't you dare?!" Zhuge finally stood up, then sorted out his clothes, perhaps because he was inspired by Pang Tong, or perhaps because he had such an idea, so he went up to take the bronze seal...

In ancient times, many characters had symbolic meanings. In the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty, the left side of the font was a torture instrument, and the right side was a person kneeling facing the left, which means that the person's hands were fixed by torture instruments, or used to bind the torture instruments together with the head and neck.

Therefore, this "holding" not only means that one has been put on a chain and lost its freedom, but also means that one has the right to punish and can be used to regulate others...

But later, it was changed to "Seal"!

The word "王" in oracle bone inscriptions consists of two parts. The top is the pictogram of a human hand with a finger open, and the bottom is the pictogram of a half-kneel person. The two parts are combined to indicate the meaning of one person pressing the other with his hands. The original meaning of the word "王" is to press, making people surrender.

Zhuge Liang is a talent and is very smart, but now he can no longer be appointed by Fei Qian himself, because who doesn’t think he is a talent? There is no problem with the appointment of Pang Tong, because Pang Tong himself is the responsibility of Shangshu Ling, which is Pang Tong’s job...

"Wu Guan Cheng?" Zhuge Liang took the bronze seal into his hand and looked at his inscription.

"You don't know military affairs, why do you want to be a general directly?" Pang Tong complained, "If Jingzhou is in chaos, Wuguan will be the front line. If you do well or not, you will naturally know... When you arrive at Wuguan, you will go to Liao Yuanjian... Now, have dinner, haha, I'll treat you to dinner... ah hahaha...

Pang Tong smiled happily.

Zhuge Liang glanced at Pang Tong and said, "It's possible that I'll treat you in two years..."

Pang Tong flatly rejected: "This is absolutely impossible!"

"Is that so? When I was under Lushan, I never thought you would be so fat..."

"This is not called fat! This is called strong!"

『Hmph, I believe it...』
Chapter completed!