The popular currency of the Great Song Dynasty has been like this since the Northern Song Dynasty, and the money has always been a thousand dollars, each of which is cast from fine copper, and a thousand copper coins, which is a heavy lump.

Among them, every five yuan can buy one pound of rice in this era, and the usual money is one thousand yuan, which is two hundred pounds of rice, and the purchasing power is about five or six hundred yuan in modern times, which is enough for ordinary small families to spend a month in this era.

As for the twenty gold coins, it is even more incredible, gold coins, which are another official currency issued by the three divisions under the jurisdiction of King An in order to promote the circulation of money, in addition to copper coins, is to supplement the circulation of large amounts of money in this era of maritime commerce, the face value is larger, which perfectly fits the surging overseas trade tide of the Song Dynasty.

The Great Song Dynasty was too big, so big that it would not work without sealing the feudal domain. From the North Sea in Northeast Asia to the South Pacific south of Borneo, from Borneo in the South Ocean to the coast of East Africa in the distant Indian Ocean, almost half of the world was the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

With such a large money market, there is not enough money in the market, which will inevitably hinder the development of seafaring trade. Which of the colonial trading ships returning from overseas did not require a large amount of coins to complete the payment? The officials of the Great Song Dynasty had gradually learned this truth from the colonial trade.

The value of this Anwang gold coin is basically a consistent half copper coin, twenty gold coins, and even more valuable than thirty copper coins, after all, there are few gold coins in the hands of ordinary people, after all, gold coins are minted in gold, and it is more convenient to carry, of course, the value of the currency is higher.

Gunsmith Master Zhang's blacksmith shop cultivates an apprentice, that is, with three or five years of kung fu, and generally becomes a master, and raising an apprentice who has been a master for three or five years, where will twenty gold coins be needed?

All this is counted, he is a blacksmith who is running at this time, and he has made a lot of money this time! It's a shame to be strict just now, no, it's a lot more work just this time.

Calculating this in his heart, Blacksmith Zhang immediately closed his mouth happily, and immediately nodded in agreement, he just needed an apprentice left and right, and there were many apprentices in his shop, and it was not a big deal to have one less for the time being.

So Master Zhang finally nodded here,

"Then here, let's decide, Master Zhang!"

"Where, don't dare to be! The nobles can take a fancy to my Lao Zhang's apprentice, which is definitely a blessing that they have cultivated in several lifetimes. Li Zhe gave the blacksmith enough face, of course the blacksmith was comfortable, and his mouth was as sweet as honey.

"The apprentice that the official said, I'll let people come over when I rush back, and I definitely can't delay the official's business."

"Well said, well said! I'm afraid that there will be more troubles in the future, Master Zhang, about you? ”

So the blacksmith got the gold coins and the five cents of the gun and went away happily.

Li Zhe bought a gun and got a gunsmith apprentice, which made him happy. Of course, he wants a gunsmith, this gunsmith is a high-level technical job in today's era, and he can be regarded as a scientific and technological talent in this era.

Li Zhe traveled to the Northern Song Dynasty with his head full of advanced technology and inventions, but if there were no suitable craftsmen and engineers, how could he realize those things. When he picks up and really moves, his ability may not be as good as these ordinary blacksmith masters of this era.

And these young apprentice craftsmen, whose brains are not as dead as these old ones, and it is easier to accept new things, are the best new skilled workers of the new era for him, and he expects them to serve his future cause.

As a traverser, from the beginning of accepting this identity, how can there be no pride in changing the world.

So the price of these twenty gold coins, although it is not cheap, but if you think about it, this is equivalent to getting a senior engineer! And it's the kind that signed a deed of sale. In this way, it is said that he earned it himself, and this year is the most rare talent, and the gunsmith will certainly not only use it to make guns.

So Li Zhe was also happy and completed the deal.

But when he sent the blacksmith away and returned to the main hall, when Li Zhe touched his overstretched money bag again, his face changed, damn! In just a while, dozens of dollars were spent, and less than ten dollars were left in the money bag, how could this work? He's going to visit the envoy of the yamen tomorrow!

The school envoys have mastered their grades files that have just graduated from the state school, and Li Zhe came to visit, of course, so that the scholar can add a few strokes to his file grades according to the custom, and can give a recommendation to the senate, so that the whole process of raiding the lord will be smoother.

Although military merit is a must, and the Northern Expedition will definitely go, if you can take advantage of a little bit in the distribution of the Northern Expedition and have a better starting point, then maybe military merit will be easier?

So it's a lot of talk about the middle of this distribution process. The land of China, like this kind of kung fu in the corners and corners, has a long history, Li Zhe does not take the initiative to take care of it, he doesn't know how to look up at the road, he only knows that it is not good to bury his head in the car.

Therefore, the student must go there.

In the evening, the ninth uncle, the housekeeper of Li Zhe's house, that is, Hu Shi's father, stood in the lower compartment aggrievedly and replied to Li Zhe.

"Master, there are less than two hundred yuan in the house. There are still two or three months to go before the next time Mrs. sent money from my wife, and last time my wife was still messing with us, saying that there was a tsunami in our house, and the harvest in the field dropped sharply, even if the money was sent over, there was not much money to be sent.

There are dozens of people in our compound, and it costs almost 100 yuan a month just to eat, but you still need to socialize, you need to go to the scroll, and you need to know poetry. It costs 100 yuan a month, and these 200 yuan is already the last money. If you want to use it tomorrow, sir, take a hundred pieces first! ”

Li Zhe's face turned black when he said this.

I always feel very happy when I spend money, but if I don't spend enough, I will be blind.

It's less than two hundred dollars.

Damn, is the situation already so serious?

Li Zhe, as the head of the family, also had a headache.

Next to him, Li Zhe's second brother Li He, who had just returned from school in the state school, listened to it and mocked coldly,

"Big brother, if it really doesn't work, it's better to simply hand over the account to my mother, a baron's mansion, a big fiefdom, and the family doesn't even have a few hundred dollars, how can you let me tell my classmates in the state school. can't manage his own home, and he thinks about raiding the lord all day long.

Brother, I think my mother is right, you don't have the strength to be this baron at all, this family will be ruined sooner or later, it's better to let me forget it, maybe it will be better than now! ”