After Chen's tent room left, Shopkeeper Liu would ask Chi Fei to copy the monthly account book before going to the head office, and then he would make the monthly account.

After Chi Fei is done, the shopkeeper Liu will hand over the monthly account book to the head office, and the account office of the head office will check whether there is anything wrong.

In fact, in the six months that I was not invited to the account room, all the monthly accounts of the store were made by the head office of the book, and the shopkeeper Liu only needed to hand over all the daily accounts of the previous month at the beginning of each month.

After three months of inspection, the head office thought that Chi Fei had already gotten started, so he officially informed the shopkeeper Liu that Chi Fei would be responsible for the monthly account of their store in the future. As for the annual accounts, it is necessary to check them again after they are settled at the end of the year.

In this way, the pool began the work of the tent office unofficially.

Anyone who has ever done accounting knows that formal accounting (the kind that doesn't need to do other things) is usually relatively leisurely, and only the first and last months are the busiest.

The ancient bookkeeper is equivalent to a modern accountant, so most of the rest of the time is relatively idle except for the beginning and end of the month.

But Chi Fei knows his own situation, he is not only a foreigner with no relatives and no reason, but also too young to really regard himself as an official account man, what he should do is still what he should do.

So when he was fine, he took the initiative to help out at the store.

Sometimes when there are too many guests, I will help weigh rice, pour tea or something, and try to do what I can.

Because of his young age, and his eyebrows are clear, and his mouth is sweet, he is very popular with middle-aged and elderly women. It's a bit of a "grandma killer".

When many middle-aged and elderly women living nearby came in to buy rice, they all asked Chi Fei to help her weigh the rice.

It is even more normal to be touched by these women, so they are often teased by Deng Quan and them.

Although Chi Fei and Shopkeeper Liu agreed at the beginning, they only need to pay for food and accommodation and pay for the annual renewal of the "white nationality", and the rest of the money does not need to be given.

But seeing that Chi Fei was so good, Shopkeeper Liu was also very good at being a man, and offered to pay him a salary every month according to the standard of the new guy, that is, to give him three taels of silver every month.

Chi Fei was very happy and immediately expressed his gratitude to Shopkeeper Liu.

Shopkeeper Liu smiled and told him to work hard, and then left very satisfied.

In fact, Chi Fei knew that it was not that Shopkeeper Liu suddenly showed kindness to give him silver, but that Chen Tent helped him say a few good words behind his back. Shopkeeper Liu looked at Chen's account room, and then agreed to pay him wages.

This incident was told to him by Zhang Quanshui.

That day, when Chen Tent talked to Shopkeeper Liu about this incident, Zhang Quanshui happened to pass by and accidentally overheard.

However, even after helping so much behind his back, Chen Tent didn't say anything to Chi Fei, which made him even more impressed by the noble personality of this old gentleman.

When he got his salary at the end of the month, Chi Fei was very novel, and when he looked at it with the three taels of silver, it felt very similar to the scene when he received the first salary in his life.

The other guys, who were also paid, were also excited, discussing what to buy.

Only Deng Quan, after smiling bitterly, casually stuffed the silver into his pocket, as if it was not his.

In fact, he did want to return home most of the money, and he could only keep a little for himself.

Chi Fei knew about the situation in his family.

Because he once told Chi Fei with resentment about his stepmother's meanness, his father's indifference, and the opportunity to study that was forcibly taken away by his younger brother.

This is a young man who is anxious to get rid of the shackles of his family and the oppression of his stepmother, like a trapped beast.

Chi Fei thought for a moment, then walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "Your abacus has almost learned, start learning to make accounts with me tomorrow." ”

Deng Quan was shocked, and then looked at him in disbelief: "Are you really willing to teach me?" You won't be afraid ......" At this point, he didn't say any more.

Deng Quan knew very well that if planning is the basic skill of Mr. Ledger, then the skill of making accounts is the real skill that Mr. Ledger uses to eat. It is impossible to teach outsiders unless it is one's own person.

So even though Chen Tent has taught Chi Fei to do accounts for so long, he has never dared to ask Chi Fei to teach him. for he knows the taboos and rules of this business.

Who would easily teach others how to eat? Isn't this a job grab?

However, Chi Fei laughed, "What are you afraid of?" Afraid that the apprentices of the church will starve to death of the master? Wait until you overtake me. I've got something to go out today, and I'll see you at the old place tomorrow night. ”

Just as he was about to leave, Deng Quan's somewhat choppy voice came from behind: "Ah Zhen, you are a good person...... Thank you... Thank you so much......"

Chi Fei waved his hand back and left.

Deng Quan wiped his eyes vigorously with his sleeve, then turned around and went back to the room.

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Good guys? Not really.

Chi Fei smiled noncommittally.

There is only one reason why he is willing to teach Deng Quan to do accounts, that is, he does not plan to be a bookkeeper for the rest of his life.

He stayed in Dongsheng Rice Shop as a tent, just for the sake of food and clothing.

Not really interested in the bookkeeper business, that wasn't for him.

In contrast, Deng Quan really wanted to develop in this industry, and he would definitely leave the capital after completing his studies, which would have no effect on him.

So it doesn't matter if you teach him, you can also get a good name by the way.

As for how much sincerity and kindness there is in it, it's hard to say.

So he can't afford the word "good person".

Walking on the bustling street, Chi Fei leisurely looked at the scene on the street while walking.

He hadn't been out shopping for a long time.

It's not that he doesn't have a chance to come out, it's just that when he came out with Zhang Quanshui, he always ate what others invited, but he couldn't invite him back, which was always not good, so he gradually rarely went out to shop.

Finally, he had some money in hand, and he wanted to buy something that he had wanted for a long time.

Walking into a shop that sells wooden furniture, he looked around and found that the furniture here was not exquisite, but it was simple and practical, and it seemed that the store was following the popular route.

"Little brother, do you have anything you want to buy?" A neatly dressed middle-aged man walked over and asked.

"I want to make something, I don't know if you can do it."

"What are you ordering? Whether it's chairs, tables, cabinets, coffee tables, as long as it's wooden furniture, we will make it. ”

"This is a drawing I made, you can take a look at it first."

The man opened the drawing, but he couldn't understand it after reading it for a long time, so he couldn't help asking, "Little brother, what are you doing?" A bit like a man and a bit like a horse, I've never seen furniture like this. ”

"This one is for hanging things."

"No wonder there are a few sticks sticking out in the middle, which turned out to be used to hang things. But this is the first time I've seen a hanger like this, and you drew it yourself? ”

"This is painted by a relative of mine, and he likes to use this thick hanger, not only to hang clothes in normal times, but also to hang bacon or other heavier things in winter."

"We've never made a hanger like this, so why don't you tell our carpenter master face to face how to do it, so as not to make a mistake."

"Okay, then take me there."

"Come with me, from this side."

After coming out of the furniture store, Chi Fei couldn't help but feel a little painful.

It's really not cheap, just the deposit is half a tael, and after it is done, I have to give another tael, a total of one or two halves. It used up half a month's salary in one fell swoop.

However, the pain of the flesh is the pain of the flesh, and he still has to buy it, and he does not regret it.

He didn't tell the truth to the owner of the furniture store just now, in fact, it was not a hanger, but a wooden stake for practicing Wing Chun.

It's just that there is no Wing Chun boxing method in this world, so naturally no one has ever seen a wooden stake.

Chi Fei has been practicing Wing Chun since he was a child and has been practicing for more than 20 years.

I don't dare to say how powerful it is, but I can basically do it without four or five people getting close.

Wing Chun is characterized by fast punches and tight defense, attacking and defending with inch strength. The pursuit of subduing opponents with the most streamlined and fast movements is a kind of burying combat boxing with strong actual combat.

A true Wing Chun master can even be invincible in close quarters.

The reason why Chi Fei practiced Wing Chun since he was a child has a lot to do with his grandfather.

He was naughty by nature when he was a child and often got into fights with people. Once, I got into a fight with a few delinquent teenagers who were in junior high school.

When he was still in elementary school, where could he beat a junior high school student, and the other party was still three people, but his head was broken, and his whole face was swollen like a pig's head.

When his grandfather came to see him in the hospital, he only asked, "Do you want revenge?" ”

Of course, he said he wanted revenge.

After hearing this, my grandfather left, and only came back to see him a few days later.

The first thing he said when he came back was: "I helped you find a martial arts gym, and when you recover from your injuries, you can go there to apprentice." I've asked, a little ghost like you is the most suitable for practicing Wing Chun. Don't you want revenge? Wait until you're done and then go back to fight. ”

After listening to Chi Fei at that time, his mouth opened wider than a duck's egg.

Although he had known for a long time that his grandfather had many ideas that were different from ordinary people, he didn't expect even the brain circuits to be so strange.

This is the cause and effect of his childhood practice of Wing Chun.

Although he came to the strange ancient world, he didn't want to leave behind the Wing Chun he had practiced for so many years, and he still had to pick up what he should have picked up.

First, it can strengthen the body, and second, it can also be used for self-defense.

Before, I couldn't do anything because I was penniless, but now it's rare to have some money in my hands, so I will buy the wooden stakes for practice first.

After the most important thing was done, he didn't know what to do, so he just wandered around, and it was still early for dinner anyway.

You don't need to look at those ready-to-wear shops, cooked food shops, etc., there are only more than one or two pieces of silver left, and you have to save some money.

Passing by a bookstore, he saw a bookshelf full of new books in a prominent place at the door.

He walked over to look at it, and finally saw the legendary script. And there are quite a few of them, as many as a dozen.

He picked up a book called "A Hundred Flowers Compete for Beauty" and flipped through it.

Before I could turn a few pages, I heard someone come over and say excitedly: "Look, the Caotang scholar has published a new book." ”

"What's the name of the new book?"

"I'll take a look, it's called "Full House". That's a good name. ”

"Show me."

"Wait a minute, I'll turn a few pages first."

"By the time you're done, it'll be dark in the morning."

"What are you arguing about, it's not just one book, there are many in it, let's go inside and take a look."

"Okay, let's get in."

Three well-dressed young men walked into the bookstore in high spirits.

A fair-skinned young man greeted them very warmly.

After beckoning the three young men inside, Xiao Er came over and asked Chi Fei with a smile: "Which book does this little brother fancie?" Would you like to wrap it up for you? ”

As soon as Xiao Er saw Chi Fei's clothes, he knew that he must be a guy from which store.

This kind of person is not a person who is willing to buy books, so he deliberately makes it difficult for him to retreat, so as not to stand at the door and affect the business.

Chi Fei naturally knew his intentions, and he didn't bother to quarrel with this kind of villain, so he just picked up the notebook in his hand and asked, "How much does this cost?" ”

"Eight hundred texts."

"What about the new book "Full House Spring" by the grass hall scholar?"

"One, two, three."

"Why is it so bad?"

"Isn't this nonsense? The books of the Caotang scholars are so popular that they were sold out almost as soon as they were listed. If you don't understand, don't ask. Xiao Er simply pulled down his face and said.

"Really? I'll have a good chance of seeing it. Chi Fei put down the notebook in his hand and turned to leave.

"Hmph, the poor ghost still wants to pretend to be arrogant." Xiao Er spat on the ground.

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There are often readers who complain about the silver problem in this book, thinking that the price in the book is too high.

In fact, before writing the web record, I went to check the information on purpose.

Although this book is an alternate history, it is based on the Ming Dynasty.

How much is one tael of silver in the Ming Dynasty equal to now?

The answer is: 660 yuan

You may not believe the answer, but this is relatively close to the real data.

Some people say that when Chi Fei was an apprentice in Dongsheng Rice Shop, three taels of silver per month was too high.

But think clearly, if one tael of silver is only equivalent to more than 600 yuan, then three taels of silver is 1,980 yuan.

The capital of the Great Wei Dynasty is equivalent to modern Beijing, and a person working in Beijing has a monthly salary of only 1,980 yuan.

Therefore, when Chi Fei was an apprentice at that time, the salary of three taels of silver per month was really not high.

And an experienced bookkeeper is very normal for a monthly salary of more than ten taels (calculated according to fifteen taels), which is 9,900 yuan when converted into RMB.

A senior financial accountant working in Beijing, this salary should be reasonable.

Here's what I found, you can take a look:

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In ancient times, a tael of silver was equal to how much RMB is there today?

In ancient times, many people have no idea how much a tael of silver was worth. Especially in contemporary TV dramas, there are two steamed buns and a bowl of soup for 5 taels of silver, a young grandmother loses 10 million taels of silver in a gamble, and other absurd plots, showing how ignorant and unserious the current Chinese creators are, you must know that the annual income of the treasury during the Wanli period only reached 2 million taels, and it is also a figure that only has the rich treasury income after Zhang Juzheng's reform.

Even masters like Jin Yong don't seem to have conducted in-depth research on the monetary value of the silver taels. Everyone should remember that Guo Jing met Huang Rong for the first time and was slaughtered by her, and the result was "a checkout in a while, a total of 1927 yuan and 4 cents".

If you look at some ancient books, you can find that the monetary value of one or two pieces of silver is actually quite high

In "Dream of Red Mansions", Grandma Liu saw a meal of crabs in Jiafu for 24 taels of silver, and sighed that the small family could live for a year. You must know that Grandma Liu's family was also middle-class at that time, she had a house and land and could afford to hire a worker, and the first time she went to Jiafu to fight the autumn breeze, she got 20 taels of silver, and she was very grateful.

In the "History of the Ming Dynasty", it is mentioned that the legitimate salary (basic salary) of Qipinzhi County for a year is only 45 taels of silver. In the era of "Shooting the Condor" in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty, the circulation of silver was lower than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and its value could only be higher.

Because the monetary value of silver in each dynasty is different, the value of ancient currency is now generally calculated by means of general equivalent exchange, and for the Chinese, the livelihood commodity that has remained unchanged for thousands of years is rice. The following is a rough estimation based on the rice price records of the Taiping period, and the monetary value of silver taels can be roughly obtained.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver could buy two stones of rice of general quality, and one stone at that time was about 94.4 kilograms, and one tael of silver could buy 188.8 kilograms of rice, which was 377.6 catties. At present, the average family in China eats rice between 1.5 yuan and 2 yuan per catty, and the median price of 1.75 yuan can be calculated: 660.8 yuan

Since the story of "Dream of Red Mansions" is based on the Qing Dynasty, the living conditions are based on the Ming Dynasty, and based on the value of silver taels in the Ming Dynasty, Grandma Liu got more than 13,000 yuan for the New Year, of course, she is very happy; And Guo Jing paid more than 12,000 yuan for a meal, or in a small place like Zhangjiakou, it's too exaggerated. Guo Jing is stupid, but he was born poor, it is impossible not to know the value of money, and it is even more impossible for Huang Rong to be slaughtered by the store.

If these two pieces of silver were to be obtained in the Tang Dynasty, the purchasing power would be even more frighteningly high. Tang Taizong Zhenguan period material civilization is greatly rich, a bucket of rice only sells for 5 yuan, usually a tael of silver folded 1000 copper coins (also known as consistent), you can buy 200 buckets of rice, 10 buckets for a stone, that is, 20 stones, a stone in the Tang Dynasty is about 59 kilograms, with today's general rice price of 1.75 yuan a catty, a tael of silver is equivalent to 4130 yuan of purchasing power.

During the first century of Tang Xuanzong, the price of rice rose to 10 wen per bucket, 065 yuan.

According to the "History of the Song Dynasty" mentioning that "before Xi and Feng, rice and stone were only six or seven hundred" and "Song History and Official Chronicles" "each bucket (rice) is converted into 30 Wen", let's take 2,000 copper coins into one tael of silver, the price of rice in the Taiping period is money (one tael of silver and one stone of rice from before and after the Jingkang Rebellion to the early Southern Song Dynasty is not within the normal calculation range). 1 tael can basically buy 4-8 stone of rice, calculated by 66 kilograms of Song stone, 1 tael of silver is equivalent to nearly RMB yuan; (One said that Song Shi is 96 catties, which is equivalent to yuan). Assuming that the price of silver in the Southern Song Dynasty is about the same as that of the Northern Song Dynasty, then Guo Jing invited Huang Rong to eat as little as 13,000 or more than 30,000 yuan in one meal, no wonder the little girl was suddenly moved.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the purchase value of silver taels was slightly lower than that of the Ming Dynasty, but due to the influx of a large number of foreign silver taels into China in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, according to statistics, more than 70 percent of the world's silver production every year before the Opium War was used to buy porcelain, silk, tea and other products produced in China, and the monetary value of silver taels fell to less than one-third of that of the Ming Dynasty, about 00 yuan. At that time, in addition to the traditional Chinese "silver liang", silver coins from Western countries also appeared in the currency, which was called "Yinyang".

To sum up, on the question of "how much is a tael of silver worth?", the conclusion that can basically be drawn is:

One tael of silver is worth RMB

around the middle and late Yuan Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty;

Middle Yuan of the Ming Dynasty;

the middle Yuan (or Yuan) of the Northern Song Dynasty;

During the Tang Dynasty.

It should be added that before the Song Dynasty, the total amount of silver was too small and the value was too high, and it had not yet become a circulating currency (think about it, take a banknote with a denomination of more than 2,000 yuan and go to the market to buy something...... In fact, before the Ming Dynasty, copper coins were used in market circulation (paper money appeared in some parts of the Northern Song Dynasty).