13世纪初期英国尺度混乱全国没有统一的标准这给国家的贸易往来带来了很大的麻烦仅尺度上带来的民事纠纷就使皇室大为苦恼开了十余次大臣会议商讨此事可始终确定不下来一个统一的标准有一天曾在大宪章上签字的约翰王愤怒在地上踩了一脚然后指着凹陷下去的脚? At the beginning of the 13th century, there was no unified standard across the country. This brought great trouble to the country’s trade. The scale of civil disputes caused the royal family to be extremely annoyed and opened more than ten ministerial meetings. To discuss this matter, we can never find a unified standard. One day, King John, who was once signed by the Magna Carta, took a squatting on the ground and pointed to the sinking foot.