About the setting of grain prices and copper coin prices

Regarding the price of grain in the Tang Dynasty, many people generally believe that the price of grain in the Tang Dynasty was very low, and this understanding is actually very one-sided!

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the war was initially settled, the population was sparse, and although the price of grain was under the strong control of Li Shimin, it was forcibly controlled in the amount of one penny to three pennies per bucket, (the specific figures may be a little different, and the answers found on the Internet and in the information are also varied, and an average value is taken here.) But in fact, this is mainly in Liangjing, Guanzhong, Shandong and other places, and in the rest of the places, especially in remote places, food prices fluctuate quite frequently, such as the northwest and other desolate places, the price of grain is higher, but the southeast, especially in Liangguang, although sparsely populated, but the climate is superior, so the price of rice is lower.

In the Kaiyuan period, with the development of land, a series of reasons for population growth, the price of grain fluctuated greatly, the Liangjing area for political considerations, so the grain price has been controlled at about five cents, but some economically developed areas, especially in the southeast, with the development of commerce and trade, the tea planting area expanded, and the phenomenon of changing rice to mulberry is very common in the southeast, so the grain price in the southeast is on the high side during this period of time, but because of the development of handicrafts, the landless farmers can get higher remuneration by going to the city to work, and they can barely support their own lives。

Therefore, for the sake of the plot, this book sets the price of grain in Yuzhang City at 20 yuan a bucket, which is also the value obtained from consulting some information, not made up blindly!

The key is for the sake of the plot, after all, the fluctuation of food prices can reflect many problems, which are all things that the protagonist will encounter later, and in the subsequent plot, I will also explain them one by one!

As for the price of copper wire, in fact, because the families lacked the necessary investment channels, they hoarded a large number of copper coins for profit, coupled with the mixing of Buddhist temples, so the copper coins on the market were actually insufficient! Moreover, China is a country with a relative shortage of precious metals, so the hoarding behavior of these families has aggravated the shortage of copper coins in the market in disguise, thus causing a slight deflation.

Comparatively speaking, these families have a large number of copper coins hidden in their homes! This premise is the premise of these recent chapters of this article! So please don't be surprised! Why is there so much money?

On the contrary, after the annexation of land, the number of landless peasants increased, providing the necessary labor force for the handicraft industry, and the development of maritime trade in the southeast region formed a scene of commercial prosperity.

It's just that the central court can't collect taxes here! This phenomenon is actually a dead circle that has been unavoidable in all dynasties! Book lovers need not be surprised!

I will introduce them in detail and systematically in the article, and of course, I will try to be more witty in terms of language, so that book friends can have fun watching them!

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