What's the truth about the credit knife man?

A person who gives a knife on credit literally means a person who gives a knife on credit to others. The knife here does not refer to the kind of weapon used to fight and kill people, but refers to daily necessities such as kitchen knives and scissors. The knife holder only sells on credit. The man with the knife will leave a prophecy before giving it to the poor. In the future, when this prophecy comes true, he will collect that person again.

It is reported that borrowing knives first appeared in the Song Dynasty. At that time, people who borrowed knives were not called knife borrowers, but called salesmen. They are so called because they have the ability of divination. Just like fortune tellers, many of their predictions usually come true in the end.

As for the origin of these credit knives, they claim to be descendants of Guiguzi.

In the Qing Dynasty, some people borrowed knives on credit. At this time, a knife seller appeared in Zhejiang Province. When selling knives on credit, he left a message saying that he would collect money when the price of rice was from 80 to 18 per liter in the future.

Because rice is everyone's daily consumer goods, the price of this kind of thing will generally be relatively stable, so no one believes him. But magically, it didn't take long for the price of rice to plummet, from the original 80 to 18, and at this time, the knife seller also arrived as scheduled. It is recorded in the books of the Qing Dynasty. Although people no longer see the profession of borrowing knives, there are still legends of borrowing knives in Jianghu.