Brought a large bundle of straw to cover the mirror, Guo Shou trembled and went to the outer courtyard with a mirror, because the young master said that this thing will be broken if it falls on the ground without falling, and it will not work if it is bumped and touched, it will be broken.

In the outer courtyard, Guo Shou carefully settled the mirror like a tablet for the ancestors, and he was not at ease, so he called Guo Fang and Guo Cuihua two girls to watch, and told them not to move, and when they saw that the two girls nodded, they ran out of the door to find the carpenter. As for the expressions of the two girls when they see the mirror, they don't have time to appreciate it, the young master is still waiting.

The best carpenter in the village is Guo Dazhuan, the craftsmanship passed down from the ancestors, how many generations is not clear, anyway, the whole family has relied on this craft for generations to live relatively well-off, at least much better than other tenant families, craftsmen can't make a fortune, but there is no problem in feeding a family.

Since the little housekeeper came to the door, there was no reason for several carpenters at home not to do this work, and they all came with their guys, and the eight people were very consciously headed by Guo Dazhuo.

When asked what furniture he needed to make, Guo Shou said with a constipated face that he knew that this was the work ordered by the young master.

A few carpenters wondered, why is this, why are they all their own people, what's so bad about doing carpentry work? Guo Dazhuan was immediately aroused in his heart, thinking that the craftsmanship that I have passed down from generation to generation, what furniture has not been built, as for so avoiding mystery, he followed Guo Shou into the main house without saying a word.

Guo Shou directly took the carpenters to the hall to look at the glass mirror, and before he could say anything else, he was annihilated by the exclamation of a group of carpenters. Seeing everyone's expressions, Guo Shou swallowed what he wanted to say, forget it, let's find the young master to tell them.

"You are all waiting here, don't mess with this mirror, I'll ask the young master to come out and tell you."

When Guo Shou left, a group of carpenters circled around the mirror on the table, studying up and down, and their mouths were amazed.

Guo Dazhuan was not arrogant at this time, thinking that the young master brought everyone here to make a shelf or something for this mirror, such a treasure mirror is rare in his life, and this time he must show his skills.

"I came to you to make a shelf for this mirror, to make the mirror stand up, and after it is erected, it must be able to shine people into it from head to toe, understand?" Guo Dalu said while gesturing to express his meaning.

When Guo Dazhuan heard it, it was indeed the case.

"Dare to ask the young master, what style does this shelf need to be made?"

"Style? Don't you know what to do? Whether you are a carpenter or I am a carpenter, you can do it yourself, as long as you can meet the requirements I said. ”

Guo Dazhuan nodded, "I know the young master, it's just a shelf for the mirror to stand up, and we will do it." ”

Since the young master doesn't have specific style requirements, then everyone can be sure of doing it, no problem.

"Make this shelf, try to use the wood as well, as long as you have it at home, try to use it, I tell you that the same shelf needs to be done a lot, if the wood is not enough, find someone to cut it in the mountains, the shelf should be made stronger, and it has to be transported from Guo Village to Fucheng, don't fall apart on the road." In addition, for each shelf that is made, how much do you think is the right amount of wages for you? ”

"Ahh This... The young master just needs to look at this matter, how can we do it..."

"Hey! Look at you like this, it is natural to work and get money, what is there to be embarrassed to say, Guo Shou, you say. ”

"Young master, what do you say about this called a small one, it depends on whether the shelves they make cost work or not, otherwise, they will be counted as heavenly work, and they will be paid for a day."

"Oh, that's fine, how much does that day work?"

"If you take care of food, it's about ten cents a day per person."

"Shiwen? 300 wen a month, how much is 300 wen? Guo Dalu was confused, I don't understand the value of these three hundred yuan, whether it is a high salary or a low salary.

"Young master, three hundred wen is three hundred wen, it's been a lot of work for a month."

"Really?"

"Hmm." Guo Shou nodded, with an incomprehensible expression on his face, why didn't the young master even know?

"That's... Forget it, you better tell me how much money you can exchange for a tael of silver now. Guo Dalu reacted at this time, and he had to figure out this basic concept first.

"Young master, listen to my father, the silver has risen again now, and one or two can be exchanged for 2,500 yuan."

"Huh? What kind of money is leather money? Guo Dalu's eyes widened when he heard this term he had never heard before.

"This, it's a long story, but fortunately, I listened to my father's teaching, saying that there are two kinds of money in my dynasty, one is used in the capital, called "yellow money", and the other is used in other provinces, called "skin money". "Yellow money" is more expensive, and "skin money" is cheaper. ”

"What's the mess, there is still a difference between high and low money?"

"Yes, young master, the same two pieces of silver, now you can exchange "yellow money" for 2,000 wen and "skin money" for 2,500 wen, you see, this "yellow money" is not more expensive. ”

"Hey...", Guo Dalu understood, this is the relationship between international currency exchange rates. But when I think about it, I feel that it is wrong, this is the currency of a country, why is it so messy!

Seeing that the eldest young master was speechless, Guo Shou added another sentence.

"Young master, what the little one said is still official money, if you want to put those private money, then there is no number, it depends on which one it is."

"Wow!"

"However, it is said that silver was not so expensive when the dynasty first opened, and I don't know why."

This Guo Dalu understands that inflation, Huaxia is already short of silver, and silver has not increased much for more than 200 years, and there are more copper coins.

However, what does this have to do with the carpenter's salary of 300 yuan a month? Guo Dalu realized that due to the chaos of the monetary system of the Ming Dynasty, he had entered the misunderstanding of thinking.

"This... Guo Shou, you should tell me how many catties of rice you can buy now with 300 yuan. ”

"Young master, the trade of this rice can be used regardless of catties, it is all used in a bucket, and it is only calculated in catties and taels when it is stored in the grain stack."

"What? There are also two ways to measure! This doesn't toss people, I'm damn! ”

"Young master, the price of grain in the county town now is 3 taels and 1 cent of silver per stone, I will calculate... 300 wen can buy 3 liters of 8 in 7 spoons of rice. ”

"......" This is a report that makes Guo Dalu absolutely speechless, although he can hear every word Guo Shou said clearly, but what does this sentence mean together, it is completely heavenly.

I talked about it here for a long time, and I didn't understand how much the three hundred dollars were!

Guo Dalu, who felt emaciated, sat down on the chair and gasped, scaring Guo Shou a lot, and he didn't understand how to calculate the salary to make the young master tired like this, and quickly asked the girl to bring water to the young master.

Several carpenters glanced at each other, Guo Dazhuan nodded, turned back to Guo Dalu and said: "Shaodong, otherwise, we don't want the salary, you just take care of the food, you are like this, we can't explain to the master when we turn back." ”

The meaning of this is that since the young owner is heartbroken for these wages, then we don't want wages, don't embarrass you, just work for you, don't make a good deal for a few dollars, and I can't talk to the landlord when I turn around.

Guo Dalu understood, and suddenly became tired and angry, unable to get out of his breath, and pointed at Guo Dazhuo, "You, you..."

After drinking half a cup of tea and taking a few breaths, Guo Dalu held back for a long time, and he didn't know how to say this problem.

"That, Guo Shou, just tell me directly, how much is the 3 liters you just said, and how many catties of rice are in total."

"Oh, it's 3 liters of 8 in 7 scoops, if you count it into catties, it should be..."

Wrenching his fingers, Guo Shou calculated for a while before reporting a number to Guo Dalu.

"Young master, it's equivalent to 3 catties, 13 taels and 9 yuan of rice."

"How much?! You count again! Guo Dalu felt that he had misheard, or that Guo Shou had miscalculated.

This time, Guo Shou quickly counted it.

"That's right, the young master is 3 catties, 13 taels and 9 yuan."

"That's it?"

"Ahh Guo Shou nodded.

"They, give me a month's work, and I will earn 3 catties of rice?!" Guo Dalu pointed to the carpenter and questioned Guo Shou.

This time, Guo Shou figured out that the feeling was that the young master felt that the salary was less.

"It's a lot, young master, and the family is still in charge of food."

"You think it's okay too?" Guo Dalu turned his head and asked the carpenters again, and the eight carpenters shook their heads in unison, indicating that there was no problem.

"Damn!"

Guo Dalu can't understand it, if any boss dares to let him work for a month, and throw himself 3 catties of rice at the end of the month, then I really can't imagine what kind of death that boss will be.

But now, it is possible to take the exploitation of the working people so for granted!

As a boss... Guo Dalu had to give a big thumbs up to the evil feudal society.

Calmed down, Guo Dalu silently calculated in his heart, 300 Wen money to buy more than 3 catties of rice, then it is 100 Wen a catty, 30 catties of rice 3000 Wen, one tael of silver 2500 Wen, which means that now one or two silver can't buy 30 catties of rice! An adult can eat almost 30 catties of rice in a month, not counting vegetables. In other words, these carpenters earn a meal a month, a little more than a tael of silver! These are all craftsmen.

So to change the algorithm, how much do migrant workers in this era, those who have no skills, earn a month? Definitely less!

"In this way, this time, it can be regarded as working for me, in addition to taking care of the food, everyone will be paid two taels of silver a month, and they will work hard for me."

"Ahh

Suddenly, all the people in the house, Guo Shou, the girl, and the carpenter were all stupid.

"By the way, Guo Shou, you can go to my house now and get a bag of toilet paper and give each carpenter a pack."

"Ah, young master, reward them with toilet paper!"

"Can't you?"

"No, the reward is too heavy, it's not worth it for them to do this little work, and... It's better to give a reward of two taels of silver. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and get it."

"Uh, well..."