During this period, new and improved types of oars and rudders appeared in the boat's power plant, such as: 湣, radial, bang, 滻, etc.
湣: It is recorded in "Chu Ci·Xiangjun": "Gui 棣 and orchid 枻".
Radius: It is recorded in "Chu Ci·Xiangjun": "Snow and cypresses bloom together with silk and sunflowers bloom together with orchids."
List: "Songs of Chu·Shejiang" records: "I took a boat to Yuan Xi. Qi Wu Bang was defeated."
枻: "The Songs of Chu: Fisherman" records: "The fisherman smiled, drummed and left." And so on.
In addition, many waterways were opened during this period, and river transportation developed greatly.
"Historical Records: River Canal Book" introduces the navigation situation at that time and says: "Xingyang lowered the river to the southeast as a divide, connecting Song, Zheng, Chen, Cai, Cao, Wei, and Ji, Ru, Huai, and Sihui."
"In Chu, the west is connected to the Han River, Yunmengzhiye, and in the east is connected to the (Hong)gou between the Yangtze and Huaihe rivers. In Wu, the canal is connected to the three rivers and five lakes. In Qi, it is connected to the line between Gan and Ji."
"In Shu, Shu guards the ice and cuts away the damage caused by foam ice, and passes through the two rivers in Chengdu. These canals can be boated, and the surplus can be used for irrigation, and the people can benefit from it."
This record in the "Book of Rivers and Qus" generally outlines the shipping transportation network during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. This transportation network was composed of the Yellow River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south.
The most famous water transport was the "Battle of Sizhou" in the early Spring and Autumn Period. According to historical records, it was "from Yongxiangwang to Jiangxi".
It was a historical event in which the Jin State encountered famines for several consecutive years and had no crops to harvest, so it requested Qin for rescue.
The State of Qin sent a large number of ships carrying tens of thousands of grains. They departed from Yongcheng, the capital of Qin, and escorted the grains along the Wei River, a waterway of 500 miles from west to east.
Then it was transported by car, and after crossing the Yellow River, it was transported by water to Fenhe River in Shanxi Province and headed north, directly to Jiangcheng, the capital of Jin.
The former is close to the Wei River, while the latter is adjacent to the Fen River. Both the Wei and Fen rivers flow into the Yellow River. This water transport obviously used the Yellow River as a link to connect the Wei and Fen rivers.
This time Ye Feng took the section where the Wei River enters the Yellow River, but the direction was somewhat different from the "Battle of Sizhou". Ye Feng had to go to the royal city in the south and go straight east along the Yellow River to Maojin Ferry.
Ye Feng rented a dinghy boat. On the one hand, the boat ran faster as the boat trotted, and on the other hand, the boat had a shed to provide shelter from the wind and rain.
Because it was a long journey and Ye Feng didn't bring much dry food, he asked the boatman to provide the food.
Because Ye Feng can eat better than ordinary people, the boatman asked Ye Feng eight taels of gold in total.
The boatman didn't prepare so much food, so he bought some food from nearby boats passing by.
There is a miscellany of everything, including dried and fresh vegetables, beans, dried fish, etc. The price is a bit high, but because I am in a hurry to set sail, I don't care about these.
Prices during this period can be referred to "Sleeping Tiger Land, Qin Bamboo Slips and Golden Rules".
"Sleeping Tiger Land Qin Bamboo Bamboo Code" records that the width of the cloth is eight feet, and the width of the blessing (breadth) is two feet and five inches. The width of the cloth is not as wide as the style, and it will not work. Ten pieces of money are equivalent to one piece of cloth. The money in and out is used as gold.
, cloth, with law.
The general meaning is that the cloth is eight feet long and five feet two inches wide. The cloth is poor and the length and width are not up to standard and cannot be circulated. Eleven qian is equivalent to one cloth.
"Sleeping Tiger Land, Qin Bamboo Slips and Golden Bulu" records that prisoners with cold clothes should wear brown clothes. For one piece of cloth, use three kilograms of gourd. For brown clothes, use eighteen kilograms of gourd, which is worth six
Ten coins.
The medium brown clothes cost 14 catties of quince, which is worth 86 qian. The small brown clothes cost 11 jins of quince, which are worth 36 qian.
The general meaning is that if the prisoner is cold and has no clothes, he can make brown clothes. To make a towel, use three kilograms of coarse linen.
Make brown clothes for distribution. A large brown coat, made of 18 pounds of coarse linen, is worth 60 coins. A medium brown coat, made of 14 pounds of coarse linen, is worth 46 coins. A small brown coat is worth 46 coins. One piece, eleven pounds of coarse linen, worth thirty-six yuan.
"Shuowen Jiezi Jinbu" says: "Bu: 枲woven". 枲 is the male plant of cannabis. Therefore, the original meaning of the word "Bu" refers to linen fabrics.
Brown clothes are clothes made of coarse cloth. They were first made of coarse cloth made of kudzu and animal hair, and later usually hemp and animal hair. They were worn by poor and lowly people or people with low status in ancient times.
For example, it is recorded in "Historical Records: Biography of Yu Qing, Lord of Pingyuan": "The people of Handan were in a hurry to exchange the bones of the cooking pots for their sons and eat them. However, the king's queen palace numbered in the hundreds, the maids and concubines were covered with silk ribbons, and the remaining rice and meat were brown. The clothes are never finished and the chaff is never tired."
Regarding commodity prices, it is also stated in "Guan Zi Riding a Horse" that when marching and fighting, the cost of one hundred chariots per night is one yi of gold.
We mentioned before that there are thirty soldiers in each vehicle, and there are three thousand soldiers in one hundred vehicles. Three thousand elite soldiers and one hundred horses cost only one yi of gold per night.
One yi of gold is actually one pound of gold in different countries. Therefore, many historical books record that during this period, one yi of gold had twelve taels and twenty-four taels. This is due to the different weights and measures in different countries.
Although it is said that one gold coin is worth ten thousand coins during this period, the exchange rate between gold and copper coins fluctuated. Most of the time during this period, it could only be exchanged for between 9,500 and 700 coins.
If one yi of gold is exchanged for 9,500 qin and a half taels, eight taels of gold for chartering a ship is equivalent to 7,600 qin and a half taels, which can buy about 1,267 large brown clothes of 18 kilograms. Eleven little brown clothes.
This is equivalent to renting a boat for a few days with enough money to buy more than two hundred thin cotton-padded jackets in later generations. It is almost equivalent to renting a small fishing boat for tens of thousands of dollars.
In later generations, renting a small fishing boat of 12 to 3 meters only cost 10,000 to 20,000 yuan a month. So Ye Feng always felt that he was being ripped off.
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But when it was time to eat, the boatman was dumbfounded and said: "We have to pay more." In this way, both parties felt that they had lost money.
It's already dark when you eat dinner at dusk, so boats don't sail at night, and they usually dock at the shore.
From Yongcheng to Wangcheng, you need to go down the river. In this season, it takes about three days to reach Wangcheng. It takes four days to reach Xinzheng from Wangcheng by water.
Ye Feng observed every ship they passed along the way, and there was no ship with the same markings as the ship they found.
Although many boats during this period had the same appearance, fortunately each boat manufacturer had its own logo.
However, based on the departure time, as well as the speed of our own ship and the speed of the opponent's ship, the opponent's ship should be not far ahead. If we are lucky, we should be able to catch up with the opponent tomorrow.
But the ship was not seen until the next night. Although the information he found was that the other party went to Xinzheng, Ye Feng thought it was better to go to Wangcheng to inquire before making any plans.
When he arrived near the Wangcheng Ferry, Ye Feng saw Zhao Kuangyin waiting at the ferry from a distance. Wangcheng was located at the intersection of the Yellow River and the Weishui River, and opposite the Yellow River was the Puban City Pujin Ferry.
Puban is the core area where the Huaxia people were born. Sima Qian called this place "among the world" in "Historical Records".
"History of the Road" records: "The capital of Zhu is Puban", which is believed to be the ancient legendary god of agriculture, the son of Lieshan clan, Zhu once established his capital here.
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Mr. Ding Shan, an expert on the history of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, has researched: "The 'pillar' that can plant hundreds of grains and vegetables is the provincial name of 'Houtu'", which shows that the appearance of Houtu Temple in Hedong also has its own origin.
Further downstream from Pujin Ferry are Fengling Ferry and Maojin Ferry. These two crossings, together with Dayu Ferry, are known as the three ancient crossings of the Yellow River.
Among the three major ancient ferries, Maojin is the most ancient. This is due to the following two reasons. First, Maojin Ferry was established the earliest and can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty.
Second, Maojin Ferry has always been the Anyi salt shipping channel, connecting Anyi to the north and facing Sanmenxia in Henan across the Yellow River to the south.
It has always been the gateway for the Three Jins to enter and exit Henan and the southern provinces, and it is also the place of the "Three Jins Ping Fan". Its geographical location is very important.
It can be said that "the land is the thoroughfare between Shanxi and Henan, the convergence of business travel, and the channel for transporting salt from the three Jin Dynasties."
After Ye Feng and Zhao Kuangyin met in the royal city, they learned that Zhao Kuangyin had not found the ship they were looking for.
So there are two possibilities. One is that the other party changed boats halfway, and the other is that the other party went to the ferry in another city and Ye Feng and the others missed it.
The final discussion plan was that, just in case, Ye Feng would continue to chase eastward the next day, and at the same time search several nearby ferries to prevent the other party from landing at these important ports.
Zhao Kuangyin continued to pay attention to passing ships here to prevent Ye Feng and others from overtaking the ship they were looking for.
So Ye Feng searched Pujin Ferry, Fengling Ferry and Maojin Ferry in sequence but found none.
When we arrived at Maojin Ferry, the boatman "conscientiously found out" and gave us a meal of evening food as a gift. The evening food was carp from the Yellow River. Of course, the Yellow River was not called a river or a river at this time.
"There are two fish in the Yellow River", one is the famous fish and the other is the fierce fish. The famous fish refers to the Yellow River carp, and the dangerous fish is the Yellow River catfish.
The Yellow River carp is one of the "Four Famous Fishes" in China. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the carp must be the carp of the river."
Yellow River carp has delicate meat and rich nutrition. Moreover, this fish has a long lifespan, so Yellow River carp is also very big. The fish Ye Feng and the others ate weighed about seventy or eighty kilograms.
Ye Feng ate all the fish in the boatman's surprised eyes. The spines of this fish are also very long. Ye Feng played with the fish bones and thought about what to do next.
At this time, the boatman next to him said with a smile: "Dear guests, I think they may have gone to Lan County on the way here, because many businessmen will go to Lan County to buy some fine "Lantian Jade"."
Lan County is located in Bashui, one of the branches where the Wei River flows into. Bashui was originally called Zishui. In the 37th year of Qin Mugong (623 BC), Zishui was renamed Bashui.
Lantian jade is listed among the "Four Famous Jade", and according to the Zhou Dynasty "the beautiful jade is blue", so the county was named Lantian. The famous jade seal passed down by the First Emperor of Qin was made of Lantian water beryl.
After hearing this, Ye Feng narrowed his eyes and looked at the boatman. The boatman noticed that Ye Feng's eyes were piercing, and his hands that were collecting the tableware could not help but tremble slightly.
The boatman swallowed, and then said covertly: "I, I just remembered it."
Ye Feng gritted his molar teeth and said, "You probably thought of it when we were at the Royal City Ferry. You wanted to take me on a longer detour and make more money, right? You left me to eat dinner today just to take over the next business, right?"
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The boatman smiled awkwardly and said: "I have an old man and a small life here. Hey, hey, distinguished guest, what do you want to do?"
Ye Feng picked up the fish bones on the table and rushed to the boatman. He gritted his back molars and said viciously: "You see if I prick you or not, you're done." Then the boatman's screams spread throughout Maojin Ferry.
Ye Feng scolded: "You are such a bitch, I have a saying that I don't know whether to say it or not."
At this time, Zhao Kuangyin was secretly observing a boat. The signs on the boat were roughly the same as those described by Ye Feng.
At this time, there were two big men guarding the ship, patrolling back and forth on the deck. There was a lot of noise in the cabin, and there should be at least a dozen people on the other side.