How much is a stone of rice worth in Datang now?

Chang'an's high-grade polished rice is 300 yuan per stone, these rice are from Liaodong, one season a year, and its deliciousness is much higher than that of the rice grown in Chang'an in the first place.

The cheapest rice in Huating is 50 wen a stone. It is rice from Nanyang and Baiyue.

Year-round rice, no matter how good the variety, cannot be higher in nutrition and taste than year-round rice.

There is also a kind of rice in Huating Port, which is 35 Wen and 1 stone, this is the rice that has not been treated, the raw rice with the shell, if it is purchased in large quantities, it is 30 Wen per stone, and Li Daozong and Wang Ba's subordinates even sold the price of this rice to 28 Wen.

A fleet of ships from the South Seas, with the banner of the Iron Bull Chamber of Commerce in Kuching.

In Daejeon Castle, the city lords from more than 30 large and small cities around it gathered here, and Kazuo Ota was also a person with foresight, and he distributed some of the gifts given to him by Wang Ba to these people.

300,000 laborers, these city lords are difficult to reach, but they can't be unmoved.

Slaves, prisoners of war, and bankrupt farmers became the first choice.

When the fleet entered the inland sea and approached the port of Datian City, Wang Ba secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this Niu Jinda was really face-saving, and even the freight was added up to collect himself three hundred and fifty yuan per ton. It's just that Niu Jinda didn't ask for cash, he wanted silver, and he wanted silver at the exchange rate of Datang.

"Uncle Wang!" A young man jumped off the boat and saluted Wang Ba is salute.

This is Niu Jinda's third son, Niu Ben!

"Thank you for me, Father. You've been a great help this time. It will take at least a month and a half for the rice I have there to ripen. Wang Ba was very polite to Niu Ben, and after holding his fist, he personally welcomed Niu Ben into the house to rest.

"Uncle Wang, 10,000 tons of rice have arrived. It's just that we don't have enough bags there, so it's all in bulk. ”

"It's a trivial matter, as long as it's rice, you can just soak it in water!" Wang Ba whispered.

Daejeon Castle did not have a wharf capable of allowing such a 500-ton ship to enter the port, so some of them were demolished and a temporary platform was built to barely allow a ship to dock in the port.

Unloading this kind of thing, Wang Ba will not let Niu Ben's people do it, except for Niu Jinda's own old army on this ship. It's the Yak people. These are all Datang people. It is impossible for them to do these hard jobs.

"Ota Kazuo, arrange some people to move rice!" Wang Ba commanded very stiffly.

That's right, that's the tone of the command.

Kazuo Ota dared to be a little unhappy, this is not only the God of Wealth. It's also a backer. Cui Jie whispered a few words in Wang Ba's ear. Wang Ba Ha Lu smiled: "Datian." Ben Jiang thought that each of these people who worked could receive five catties of rice, and the people who would do things for Ben would naturally not be treated badly. ”

Wang Ba understands the Japanese language. That's a good point, but he won't speak easily as he is.

Cui Jie's statement to Wang Ba just now is that if the Japanese people know that we are generous and we are rich, they will send more people to Datang to work for us.

There are five catties of rice for a day's work, and such a good thing is that the soldiers under Kazuo Ota are hot-eyed.

There were 2,000 people working there, and there was a competition for a place to work, and it turned out that the guards of these city lords came to order the goods.

It doesn't matter if it's in bulk, the Japanese will naturally find a way.

Wooden barrels are loaded on the boat, then the barrels are carried down and loaded into straw bags under the boat. Then pile up and pull it away with a board car.

"One hundred thousand stones." Wang Ba smiled and quoted a number.

The rice with the shell is easy to preserve, and Kazuo Ota grabbed a handful of rice, then picked up a stone and pressed the rice in his hand, and several grains of rice were crushed, picked up the rice and bit it in his mouth. He shouted in surprise: "This is the new rice of the year." ”

"New rice!" Many people gathered around.

With such a huge number, it is not surprising that the Tang people took the old rice of last year and the year before last, but they gave the new rice of the year. Doesn't Datang already have a stock of rice? In other words, is there so much grain in Datang that the warehouse can't hold it?

Anyway, it's real rice.

This kind of bulk rice is more realistic than the rice that may have seeped sand in the bag.

A ship carries 500 tons, but in fact the weight of the meter is still light, and the 500-ton ship is actually about 420 tons.

How much is 420 tons of grain, a bag of rice woven by the Japanese people is one stone, 420 tons is the weight method of the Tang Dynasty, and one ton is 1,000 catties. In the Wude period, the stone was actually a unit of volume, and one stone was ten buckets. One bucket is ten liters of rice, and the weight of one liter of rice is about 620 grams.

And a pound is 680 grams according to modern calculations. There's a difference.

The number of times in the back household requires a unified unit of measurement, so one bucket is changed to ten catties, and one stone is one hundred catties, in order to make it easier to calculate. (One stone in the Tang Dynasty is 59.5 kilograms in later generations)

In 1,600 A.D., the weight of a stone was almost 110 kilograms per stone according to the weight of the Ming Dynasty in China (at that time, a stone was 93 kilograms)

Now it is more than 600 years A.D., and when the Japanese people first had contact with the Han Dynasty, they used the Han system, that is, 13.5 kilograms per stone.

Watching the Japanese people beat the rice into rice rollers one by one, which are round rollers about two feet long and less than about one foot in diameter, Niu Ben asked in a low voice: "Uncle Wang, are they two tubes counted as one stone?" ”

"No!" Wang Ba shook his head: "The Japanese people have four and a half stones, which is almost one stone above us, and they use the Han system." ”

"Then, Uncle Wang is talking to them about Tang Shi or Wu Shi!"

"Ahh Wang Ba was stunned, he hadn't thought about this question at all. immediately gestured and called Cui Jie over: "Are we talking about Tang Shi or Wu Shi?" Cui Jie was also stunned, all he thought about was Tang Shi, and he didn't think about the problem of the stone at all.

Wang Xuance was also a little surprised when he came over to hear this question, and he couldn't figure out whether these Japanese people were thinking about Japanese stone or Tang stone.

"Don't worry, send someone to find out the reaction of the Japanese people!" Wang Ba made a decision immediately.

A few scribes who knew the Japanese language. While helping to command the unloading of goods, he paid attention to the reaction of the widows, while Wang Ba and the others went to chat with these city lords, intending to probe the situation.

Niu Ben sat on a wooden barrel and asked Wang Xuance very casually: "I said Xuance, has this widow invited you to a banquet, is there anything good?" I heard my father mention that His Royal Highness King Qin said that there are countless delicious foods on the island. ”

Wang Xuance and Niu Ben are old acquaintances, and they have also dealt with each other in Nanyang. was asked by Niu Ben and immediately laughed.

"What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at the Japanese people, and I'm definitely talking about the Japanese stone."

"For what?" Niu Ben didn't understand how this guy suddenly seemed to understand everything.

"Do you know what the Daoist people gave us for the luxurious banquet?" Wang Xuance smiled: "A bowl of rice, a plate of pickles that I don't know what Lu Dao is." There is also a plate of salted radish strips. And that's all. As soon as Wang Xuance gestured, Niu Ben's eyes widened directly, is this for people to eat, or to feed cats. Immediately asked, "No meat?" ”

"Yes!" Wang Xuance smiled. The two hands gestured again: "A small fish less than five inches long!" ”

(Note!) The diet of the ancient Japanese people. It's totally real. After arriving in the Warring States period, Tokugawa Ieyasu was such a food standard)

Niu Ben doesn't believe it!

"Don't be surprised. Izumo still maintains this habit there. Our Datang sergeants have never eaten with the Japanese. The Wa people did not eat at night, so that they could save food, whether it was a nobleman. It's like that for slaves. Meat is not an ordinary preciousness in the eyes of the Japanese people! ”

Wang Xuance is telling the truth.

The Tang sergeant did not eat with the Japanese people not because he was afraid that the Japanese would eat secretly, but because he saw that the Japanese people only ate a little bit, which really made people lose their appetite when they ate.

"There is a lot of food in a family because they eat less. The favorite military food of the Japanese people is rice balls, whether it is wild vegetables or brown rice, mixed with some loaches, which is the food of the officers. ”

When Niu Ben heard this, he turned his head and left: "I'll go back to the boat to eat, I don't want to be starved to death!" ”

The result has come out, and it is calculated according to the stone.

This ship is 420 tons, and according to the calculation of the Japanese people, it is almost 18,000 stones.

Working overtime at night, two rice balls per person, the size of a fist, the Japanese soldiers cheered happily.

Five ships of goods are almost 100,000 stones, but there are almost 20 boats here, Niu Jinda is prepared according to Tang Shi's standards, that is, 10,000 tons, and 24 ships are loaded with other materials. Five boats were discharged, and the rest were still full of rice.

Wang Ba bit a cigarette and stood on the dock looking at the ships in a daze.

"General Wang!" Ota Kazuo was very respectful: "This is already more than 90,000 stones, and I gave the soldiers some rice balls, and the rest is more than 90,000 stones." ”

Wang Ba sighed: "Datian! There were many sergeants under Ben General, who were originally born poor. They saw the hardships of your people, so Ben Jiang thought about it, and first gave two stones of grain to the family of everyone who was willing to go and work for Ben General, and these grains were already distributed, so you should not withhold them from them. Ben Jiang feels that it is not easy for them, they are all poor people, so let's do it, everyone will give you half a stone of rice every month, and you will not deduct those poor people. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Datian Xin said that this Tang general is stupid, and the people are used to squeeze.

Do not oppress the people, you have money and food there.

If you don't oppress the people, they are rich and what if you have enough food to rebel?

But Wang Ba said, this is what he gave, you Datian Yinan can't rob it, and he also made up half a stone of rice, so Datian Yinan really didn't dare to rob it.

"Post a notice!" Wang Ba's face was serious, but his heart was happy. I silently recited in my heart: His Royal Highness King Qin has said that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, how can this thing of winning the hearts of the people have to be done, this is just a toothpick and a little rice, our brothers don't take it seriously. Half a stone of rice, that's a few pennies of.

Wang Ba said that if you post a notice, you will definitely post it. The Japanese people didn't even have a written word, and there were people who could read there. So even at night, there were people in the countryside shouting about the labor conditions given by Wang Ba. (To be continued......)