However, Zhang Yanling remembered that there seemed to be similar banknotes in the Ming Dynasty, so he looked at Steward Zhou with some confusion and asked, "By the way, I remember that there are banknotes?" Wouldn't it be better to take banknotes? ”

Of course, Zhang Yanling also wanted to ask why he only took a few taels of silver, after all, in his impression, those heroes were only a few taels of silver for a meal, but thinking that he had just moved here, probably because he didn't bring much silver, but he wasn't so poor that he was like this? But I'll just ask about the hidden secrets later.

"This, what is the young master's banknote?" Steward Zhou asked cautiously.

"You ...... banknotes" Zhang Yanling looked at Steward Zhou very incredulously, and suddenly reacted that there should be no paper money in the Ming Dynasty, so he explained helplessly, "It is something that uses printed paper instead of copper coins." ”

"Oh, the young master is talking about treasure money! Although we also have some treasure money, the ordinary people do not accept it, and even some merchants do not accept treasure money. Steward Zhou explained helplessly, although it was a little strange that Zhang Yanling's speech was a little strange, but thinking of Zhang Yanling's reputation for not learning and not knowing how to do it before, Steward Zhou didn't suspect anything.

"This, okay, Steward Zhou, you go and order it first." Zhang Yanling waved his hand and let Steward Zhou leave, he was afraid that he would be suspicious if he asked Steward Zhou, of course, in fact, Zhang Yanling was completely overly worried, and Steward Zhou had already pushed everything to the point that he didn't learn and didn't know.

Seeing this, Steward Zhou nodded very seriously, and then turned around to prepare.

"By the way, Lan'er, tell me about the current prices." Zhang Yanling suddenly said to Lan'er, this is what Zhang Yanling suddenly thought, after all, if you don't understand the price when you buy something, you will probably suffer a big loss.

"That? Master, what is the price? Lan Er blinked twice, her shining eyes looked at Zhang Yanling very innocently and asked.

"Well, the price is the abbreviation of the price of various items, just like how much does a steamed bun cost, how much does a pound of rice cost, how much does a cloth cost, and so on." Looking at Lan'er's cute appearance, Zhang Yanling explained patiently.

"The price of the item is called the price! I see! Lan'er looked at Zhang Yanling with admiration, her young master seemed to have changed a lot! Of course, Lan Er likes to see these changes, the only bad thing is that she likes to bully herself more, thinking of this, Lan Er's cheeks couldn't help but flush slightly.

"Hahaha, Lan'er's little mouth is really sweet." Zhang Yanling touched Lan'er's head very happily and said meaningfully.

"That's there...... The young master bullied Lan'er again. Lan Er retorted in a low voice, obviously she also understood what Zhang Yanling really meant.

"Okay, Lan'er should tell me about the price." Zhang Yanling withdrew his palm and asked.

"It's the young master,......" Lan Er began to explain Zhang Yanling in detail.

With Lan'er's narration, Zhang Yanling suddenly felt speechless, he thought that a few taels of silver was very little, and he could only say that the TV series was harmful!

The price of goods in the Ming Dynasty is different from Zhang Yanling's impression, according to Lan'er's explanation, Zhang Yanling made a simple comparison, one or two silver is equal to the consistent copper coin, that is, a thousand copper coins, this Zhang Yanling probably knows, but what he doesn't know is that in the Ming Dynasty, a pound of fish is only five or six copper coins, and the meat is only a dozen Wen, that is to say, one or two silver can buy dozens of catties just by buying meat.

For example, the meal he ate yesterday, with fish, meat, vegetables and soup, the cost was actually less than 100 yuan, and if you had one or two silver, you could eat more than ten meals like yesterday.

One can imagine how great the purchasing power of a tael of silver is.

In addition, Zhang Yanling also learned that the words of the officials below the fourth grade in the Ming Dynasty were only one or two hundred stones, and if one tael of silver was equivalent to one stone of grain, the Ming Dynasty's officials below the fourth grade were only one or two hundred taels, and it was only a dozen taels of silver a month.

As for the officials above the fourth grade, Lan Er doesn't know.

Therefore, Zhang Yanling must not say that it is less to go out with a few taels of silver, and even go to the Qinglou to find one or two young ladies with good looks, of course, it is still a little worse for those famous prostitutes.

Therefore, those behaviors of throwing hundreds of thousands of taels in the Qinglou are simply exaggerated by the TV series I don't know how many times, because the ransom price of a famous prostitute is only one or two thousand taels at most, of course, the top one will be higher, but it will not be high.

After waiting for about a cup of tea, Steward Zhou came over with a few servants dressed as servants.

Zhang Yanling took a look and found that the bulging burden that one of them was carrying looked a little difficult although it was not big, and Zhang Yanling knew that it should be filled with copper coins. Then Steward Zhou took out three or four taels of silver and handed it over to Lan'er, so that she could keep it.

"Young master, these are just small amounts of money, if the young master has something to like but the money in his hand is not enough, you can write a small note, and let someone come to the house to get it when the time comes." Steward Zhou said to Zhang Yanling very respectfully.

"That's it! I know. Wu Jiang nodded, it is indeed very inconvenient for the children of those wealthy families to go out with several catties of silver, but this kind of thing similar to an IOU is more convenient.

"That young master, this is Zhou Jin, the son of the old slave, this kid is quite clever, and he is also very familiar with the area of Shuntian Mansion, so he should be able to help the young master a little." Steward Zhou pulled out a round-faced young man with a slightly dark complexion and introduced it to Zhang Yanling.

"Oh, that's it!" Zhang Yanling took a closer look at the young man, although his skin was darker, his eyes looked very smart, and he should obviously be more clever.

In addition, Steward Zhou will be the big butler of his Jianchang Bo Mansion in the future, and he doesn't want to worry too much about these things, so Zhang Yanling nodded, "Then let him follow me first." ”

"Thank you, young master." Steward Zhou said excitedly.

The reason why Steward Zhou was excited is actually not difficult to understand, although after Zhou Jin nodded, Zhou Jin was still a servant, but his status was different, after all, Zhang Yanling was now the head of the family, and when he was an errand by Zhang Yanling's side, he was naturally a head higher than other servants, not to mention that Zhang Yanling was also a count, and the servants around him, some lower-ranking officials did not dare to provoke.

"Thank you, young master, the villain will definitely do his best to serve the young master in the future and do everything well." Zhou Jin hurriedly expressed his loyalty to Zhang Yanling very excitedly.

"Hmm." Zhang Yanling pretended to nod, Zhang Yanling has adapted a lot to life these days, at least the shelves still look good.