The disbursal of military provisions had rigid institutional criterion.From the bamboo texts,the enlistee's sibs were provided with the right of military provision,the sibs of SUIZHANG were not.
The semiretired chairman of the board of the brokerage firm was a longtime trader with nearly 40 years of experience in the grain pits at the Chicago Board of Trade.
Actual experience shows that on the average the price of wheat and other nonperishable crops remains the same all year round except for an allowance for storage, interest and insurance charges.