Chapter 8 - 4: Steamed Buns

Zhao Lin and Ma Jiu boarded the boat and carried two sacks of rice down. The foreman handed him two bamboo tallies.

The bamboo tallies were polished smooth and carved with patterns. They also had two grooves.

Zhao Lin asked and learned that the bamboo tallies were used to track payment; the two grooves were worth two wen.

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