A marketplace for food is the basis of all trade, and the beginnings of a merchant class in society. Trade is a much surer way to wealth, and far cleaner, than grubbing about in fields. Once trading wealth is accumulated it can, of course, be taxed by the ruling classes and used to pay for something important rather than cheap baubles for some merchant's frumpy wife...
作物交易是所有貿易之基礎,亦為商業活動的源頭。與農場勞作相比,貿易更易獲得財富,手段亦更為快捷。貿易財富積累到一定程度,統治階層即可就此徵稅,將稅金轉而用於其他重要用途,而不是令金錢白白浪費於商人們肥碩庸俗妻子的脂粉首飾... |