Kungani kunezinhlobo eziningi kangaka zamashizi eFrance?
Ukukhiqizwa koshizi kunomlando omude eFrance. Kukholakala ukuthi ushizi wafika okokuqala eFrance ngezikhathi zamaRoma. Ngemva kokuwa kombuso waseRoma, izindela zaqhubeka zikhiqiza ushizi. Ukuhlola ngaphakathi kwezindela, ukuhlukaniswa kwesifunda kanye nokwehluka kwesimo sezulu nemifino kulo lonke elaseFrance kwaholela ekwakhiweni kwezinhlobo zesifunda zamashizi (ezinye zazo ezisekhona nanamuhla). Kusukela cishe ngekhulu le-13 kuqhubeke, ukukhiqizwa koshizi kwaqala ukuthuthuka emapulazini aseFrance. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, izindlela zokwenza ushizi zadluliselwa kusuka kwesinye isizukulwane kuya kwesinye (futhi zashintshwa futhi zathuthukiswa isizukulwane ngasinye), okwandisa inani lezinhlobonhlobo.  Ngenxa yalokho, namuhla ngokuvamile kucatshangwa ukuthi kunezinhlobo zoshizi zaseFrance eziphakathi kuka-350 no-400 - nakuba empeleni kunezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-1.000! Lolu shizi lwenziwa ngobisi lwezinkomo, lwezimvu, lwezimbuzi noma lwezinyamazane.  UCharles de Gaulle, umongameli odumile waseFrance, wake wabuza - "Ungasibusa kanjani isizwe esinazinhlobo zoshizi ezingu-246?" Kungaba okuthakazelisayo ukuzwa ukuthi imicabango yakhe ibiyoba yini namuhla njengoba sekunezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-1000 ezihlukene.