Everyone was furious, pointing their fingers at Tian Fu, accusing the Shi family of committing fraud and overcharging the people.

"How can the Shi family, with such a huge fortune, defraud us ordinary people? It's so abominable."

"If you act like this, we would rather walk more and grind rice in a distant place than come here to grind rice."

"Give us back the rice we overcharged before!"

The use of small dendrobium as large dendrobium was originally approved by Shi Hui, but Shi Hui only acquiesced, and Tian Fu did the actual operation. Tian Zhuangtou knew that he was wrong, and his face turned from yellow to red, from red to white, and he didn't know how to end it.

, suddenly I heard someone behind me laughing and saying: "I

Who do you think is making noise here and disturbing my mood? It turns out to be you. Hum hum, I know that wherever you are, my sister-in-law of the Han family must also be there. You always happen to be together like this, ha ha ha."

This person spoke to Shu Yan, but glanced at Zhixin.

Shu Yan turned around and saw that it was Shi De. Shi De's face was as white as jade and he was wearing a white shirt. A Miao and A Yan were accompanying him on the left and right.

"Oh, Mr. Shi is here too."

When Zhixin heard Shi De say that she always happened to be with Shu Yan, Shi De obviously meant to tease her, she immediately blushed and said angrily: "Don't interrupt, first tell me about your dendrobium, you are cheating and deceiving the people."

!”

Shi De said: "The dendrobium in my family was handed down from our ancestors. It is an ancient dendrobium from the Han Dynasty, and it is not a fake. Dynasties have changed, and the system standards have changed frequently, which is overwhelming, so my family still uses the ancient dendrobium, and I haven't had time to use the modern dendrobium yet."

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"Aren't you contradicting yourself? Just now Tianzhuangtou said that your Dendrobium is the most standard today, why do you say it is ancient Dendrobium from the Han Dynasty? However, do you think I don't know the size of the ancient Dendrobium? The diameter of the ancient Dendrobium is

One foot four inches, one minute four haha, seven seconds and two seconds, is one foot deep, and its total area is one thousand five hundred and sixty-two and a half inches."

Shu Xiaoliu said: "One thousand five hundred and sixty-two and a half inches? Isn't that one hundred and twenty-one inches larger than today's Dendrobium?"

Shi De calmly said to the crowd: "Don't rush to conclusions. As I said just now, all the weights and measures we use today are different from those in ancient times, including scales, and the scales used today are

The ancient ruler was half an inch larger, and the ancient ruler was only equivalent to nine inches and five centimeters of the current ruler. Therefore, after conversion, although the area of ​​the ancient dendrobium is nominally larger than that of the current dendrobium, in fact the ancient dendrobium is larger than the current dendrobium.

It’s small.”

Most of the people were blinded by Shi De's words. They didn't understand how to calculate this, and they all looked at Shu Yan with their eyes.

Shu Yan smiled and said: "Yes, that's right, the modern ruler is larger than the ancient ruler. Then please Mr. Shi, please convert the ancient ruler into the standard of today's ruler. Use nine inches, five points and five centimeters as one foot to calculate the area of ​​ancient dendrobium.

Woolen cloth?"

Shi De turned his head: "Uh... I don't want to bother with that!"

"For others, it may be a bit complicated, but for Mr. Shi, it is not complicated. I know that Mr. Shi is also proficient in the Nine Chapter Algorithm, but Mr. Shi just doesn't want to use his brain. Since Mr. Shi doesn't want to use his brain, then I will

I’ve done the math for you. The ancient dendrobium converted to today’s standards is 1,360 inches, but the dendrobium you are using now is only more than 1,200 inches, a difference of more than 150 inches. How to explain this?

"

Before Shi De could speak, Tian Fu said to Shu Yan: "Shu Xiaolang, our Master Shi also said just now that weights and measures have been different in every dynasty from ancient times to the present, and it is very confusing. They are both ancient dendrobium, and our ancient dendrobium told you

Is it strange that that one is not a dynasty? Besides, you just listed a lot of random numbers out of thin air, who knows whether they are true or false?"

"What I said is recorded in history books. If you don't believe it, you can check it out."

The leader of Gianzhuang waved his hand: "Who has the patience to check those things! Anyway, I think our dendrobium is fine."

Shu Yan sneered: "It doesn't matter if you don't check it. It doesn't matter if you don't believe the numbers I told you. The problem can still be solved."

"How to solve it?"

"Let's not argue about the difference between ancient rulers, ancient dendrobium, and today's ruler and today's dendrobium. However, in Tianzhuangtou, one dendrobium is equal to ten bushels, and one bushel is equal to ten liters. This must be correct, right?"

"Of course that's right, one dendrobium is equal to one hundred liters."

"That's good, fill your dendrobium with rice now, and then use your liter to scoop it out to see if it's enough for 100 liters. If it's exactly 100 liters, then even your dendrobium and your liter are not standard.

, that’s fair; on the other hand, if you can’t scoop out a hundred liters, hum, Grange Head, what should you say?”

"Yes, yes, this is the best and fairest method. Let's try it now." Everyone shouted in unison, and some were already eager to try it, pouring rice into the dendrobium.

The head of the farm was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that Shu Yan would think of this method. He secretly cursed that it was unlucky to meet Shu Xiaoliu, who was so fussy about everything.

"That's not possible. Did you calibrate the Shi family's measuring instruments casually?"

Tian Fu was afraid that everyone was serious, so he quickly reached out and put Sheng into his arms. No matter what he said, he could not let everyone use their own Sheng to correct their own Dendrobium, because he knew best that he would harvest more rice every time.

It's more than 20% - not to mention that his dendrobium is smaller than the standard dendrobium, but his liter is a circle larger than the standard liter. This is something that everyone doesn't know. If it is corrected, the difference will only be even greater.

Tian Fu tried his best to stop him. Although everyone was excited, they couldn't force him. First, the Shi family was powerful and not easy to mess with. Second, although there were many people pounding rice, it was ultimately a spontaneous initiative among the people.

There is no official involvement and it is not mandatory.

The Shi family didn't dare to be tough. First, although the other party was an ordinary citizen with no money and no power, there was strength in numbers. Second, after all, they were in business, so they had to take a longer view and not offend.

Everyone.

The two sides were in a semi-stalemate, and when they didn't know how to solve it, they heard someone outside the crowd shouting: "This county, Guocang Cao Shi, is here, get out of the way!"

Everyone looked back and saw three people coming. The leader was wearing a curly crown and an official uniform. Someone he knew called out, "Hey, it's Tangcang Cao." Everyone hurriedly moved out of the way.

Tang Hui ignored everyone, walked straight to Shi De, saluted Shi De and said, "Master Shi, I just passed by here and heard the noise of the people. I wonder what happened?"

Shi De glanced at Tang Hui and didn't take him seriously. He only returned a half-courteous gesture and said to Tian Fu: "Tian Zhuangtou, come and tell Tang Cang Cao what's going on."

Tian Fu said: "Tangcang Cao came just in time, please judge. Because of the matter of pounding rice, Shu Xiaoliu, Shu Yan and others can't trust my Dendrobium. They say that there is something wrong with my Dendrobium and they want to correct it. It is really unreasonable. My Dendrobium

Were they also calibrated casually?"

Everyone retorted: "Here's the real evidence. It's obvious that there's something wrong with your dendrobium, and you're still trying to lie about it. Tangcang Cao happened to be here, and we asked the officials to comment."

After Tang Hui listened, he had a general understanding. After thinking for a while, he said to everyone: "Both the buyer and the seller are all voluntary. The Shi family provided the rice mills for pounding rice voluntarily, and the common people came here to pound rice voluntarily. Both parties are willing to do so."

Out of voluntariness, as for what measure to use, this is the freedom of Shuidi, and there is no way for Cang Cao to intervene in this matter."

When Shu Yan heard this, he realized that Tang Cang Cao was obviously talking to the Shi family! Who was responsible for the official family's business and fraud? He bowed to Tang Hui and said, "Tang Cang Cao, you said that the common people came here voluntarily to grind rice.

Buying is voluntary, selling is voluntary, you can't force intervention. Then I would like to ask Tang Cangcao, Jin Dynasty has unified the world for so many years, what do you do?

As a unified dynasty, its weights and measures must be unified, and must be strictly implemented in accordance with the unified standards of the imperial court. This is a reflection of the majesty of the imperial court. However, in the territory of Ruyin, there are still people who ignore the legal system of the imperial court.

Regardless, it’s hard to justify using old measuring instruments from the previous dynasty for trading, right?”

What he said made Tang Hui confused - the imperial court's legal system is no joke. But the Shi family is absolutely untouchable. How can both parties get off the ground? His head was spinning rapidly, as long as

Just don’t let anyone calibrate the Shi family’s measuring instruments...

"How about this." Tang Hui thought for a while and said, "I don't know much about measuring instruments, such as dendrobium, bucket, and sheng. However, the old measuring instruments from the previous dynasty can only be used at home.

, cannot be used in public places for trading. As for the Shi family

You don’t have to correct the dendrobium used now. I will confiscate it and take it back to the county government. Tomorrow, please send someone to make a new dendrobium according to my Dajin standards for everyone to use for pounding rice. Okay,

That’s it, let’s all disperse.”

After Tang Hui finished speaking, he glanced at the Shi family. He didn't know whether the Shi family was satisfied with what he said. The head of Tianzhuang kept nodding aside, but Shi De seemed to be in a fugue and didn't listen to what they said for a long time. He

Not daring to disturb Shi De, lest he cause trouble, he ordered his entourage to take the dendrobium and go alone.

Seeing that Tang Hui was about to leave before the matter was settled, Shu Xiaoliu hurriedly asked him to stay, but Tang Hui was not willing to listen. He had no choice but to shout to the head of the farm again: "Why did you receive more rice from me today?"

Calculate?"

At this time, Tian Fu had already put his heart into his stomach: "Why do you say that I charged you more rice? What evidence is there?" Hu took it away. He knew that no one could do anything about it, so he didn't have to admit the fraud.

Already.

After hearing this, Shu Yan tugged at the corner of Shu Xiaoliu's clothes and whispered: "Forget it, Uncle Six, I can't get it back. Didn't you see that even the officials are turning to the Shi family? Fortunately, the water in his house is open."

It doesn’t take long, and there isn’t much loss, as long as his measuring instruments are standard in the future.”

Shu Xiaoliu had no choice but deserved it.

Shu Yan said to the head of Tianzhuang: "The Analects of Confucius says: Don't talk about things when they are done, don't admonish when things are done, and let bygones be bygones. Let's not pursue the past anymore. We just hope that from tomorrow on, the Shi family can deal fairly."

After Shu Yan finished speaking, everyone gradually dispersed. Shu Yan and Zhi Xin's family had also finished pounding the rice, and were about to pack up and go home with Shu Xiaoliu when they heard Shi De smile and say: "Let bygones be bygones? How can we let bygones be bygones?"

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Shi De's words stunned everyone, and they all looked at Shi De in surprise. Shu Yan asked: "Master Shi, what do you mean...?"

"It's none of your business." Shi De first shouted to the waiting crowd, then glanced at Zhixin and said, "What I mean...about the floating eggs during this year's Shangsi Festival, I want to ask rudely...what should I do?

explain?"

Bringing this up again! Zhixin was angry and thought: This guy is always pestering and making trouble unreasonably. How can we deal with him?

"What should I say? Hehe, I can only say that Mr. Shi was very lucky that day."

Shi De smiled and said: "Haha, my luck has always been good."

"Master Shi, did you bend down and pick up an egg that day, then throw it up with your hands to play with?"

"Yes, but I didn't expect that your mother would snatch it away in the end."

"Master Shi, you don't know, my sister is also very lucky today. I also bent down and picked up something, and I wanted to throw it up, but it was not an egg..."

Before she finished speaking, Zhixin quickly grabbed a few handfuls of freshly ground rice husks on the ground and threw them over Shi De's head. Before Shi De could react, the three handfuls of rice husks fell densely like golden snowflakes.

On Shi De's head, body, and even A Miao next to him,

A-yan also suffered the disaster, and the three of them slapped the rice husks on each other. The ones that fell on the body were easy to remove, but the ones that fell on the bun were difficult to clean. Everyone couldn't help seeing the appearance of the three of them.

Aha burst out laughing. Ayan was about to get angry, but was stopped by Amiao.
Chapter completed!