In a state based on a military agricultural system, a peasant household could provide men to serve or grain for taxes; and a unified measure meant a unified system for a unified state.

在一个以军事农业体系为基础的国家，农民家庭可以提供男人服兵役或以粮食交税；而一个统一的衡量标准就意味着一个统一的国家的统一法度。