Briefly talk about the monetary system of this book, one tael of silver = consistent money = one thousand wen, which is generally acceptable, the key is how much one or two silver is now. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to the research, the value of a tael of silver in different periods is also different, it is generally believed that the Tang Dynasty is worth about two or three thousand yuan, the Song Dynasty is about 800-1400, the Ming Dynasty is about 600-800, and the Ming and Qing dynasties are about 200 yuan.

Because the private book is about the Song Dynasty, one tael of silver is about 800-1400, in order to facilitate conversion, so the private one tael of silver is equal to the current 1,000 yuan, that is, one penny is equivalent to one yuan.

Here are two examples:

For example, in the Water Margin, Wu used one tael of silver to buy twenty catties of cooked beef, an urn of wine, and a pair of chickens, and these things are about 1,000 yuan if you calculate them today.

Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou, with a monthly salary of 4,500 Wen, what level was it at that time, it was necessary to divide it into 31 parts and count the days and flowers. Su Shi has a large family, and if he thinks about 4500, he can indeed barely survive.

Of course, in fact, silver was not the main currency in circulation during the Song Dynasty, and the monetary system of the Song Dynasty was chaotic, and one or two pieces of silver were not always exchanged for 1,000 Wen, but this is a novel, for the convenience of readers, so I will not be entangled in these factors.

Let's talk about the price of things in the book, when I was in Suzhou, Lu Niang's ferry was 10 yuan, which is equivalent to 10 yuan now.

Chen Suqing left home with dozens of taels of silver, that is, tens of thousands of yuan and ran away from home.

Then there is the pearl, pearl is an extremely scarce treasure in ancient times, mainly because it was natural at that time, and there was no corresponding equipment in ancient times, pearl diving is difficult, referring to the pearl transaction records of the Qing Dynasty, a pearl with a dragon's eye, there is a yellow halo is 10,000 taels, and the flawless 20,000 taels cannot be bought. As mentioned earlier, a tael of silver in the Qing Dynasty was only worth 200, and in the same way, such a pearl was divided by 5 in the same proportion in the Song Dynasty, so the pearl of the Zhou shopkeeper was about 2,000 taels, and the young man's one was worth thousands of dollars, and it was priceless.

Then he said that the price of this sword was 100 taels of silver, which is equivalent to 100,000 yuan now, and later it was called 1,000 taels, that is, 1 million. With so much money to buy a sword, it is indeed a lot, and it is no wonder that everyone is surprised, as for the young man to exchange pearls, he is just motivated to fight, and it has exceeded the normal price range.

The price of the sword can be proved to be that Lin Chong also used a thousand guan to buy a treasure knife in the Water Margin, which is one thousand taels.

So don't think that a thousand taels doesn't sound like much, and if you look down on this sword, it's actually worth millions.