Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't know that after working hard for so long, he had become someone's uncle.

Now Xiang Xiaoqiang and Qiu Yun are still grinding in the store.

"What ...... then" Before making a joke, Xiang Xiaoqiang was not ready to pretend to understand anymore, "I said, how much is your 'Mingyang' a catty?" ”

Qiu Yun thought for a moment and said:

"Well, one dollar is almost worth four pieces of Ming Yang."

"Excuse me, how much is a dollar worth now?"

Qiu Yu just wanted to express his surprise, but he glanced at him, swallowed his saliva, and explained honestly:

"It's hard to say how much it's worth, hmm...... Anyway, it's linked to gold, anyway, an ounce of gold is worth $35 now, and it's worth 50 Mingyang. ”

$35 is worth 1 ounce of gold, and 50 Mingyang is also worth 1 ounce of gold, well, Xiang Xiaoqiang calculated, it's almost 1 to 1 4.

……

"That'...... How much is an ounce? ”

"Hmm......" Qiu Yu thought again, "an ounce is about 31 points." ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart was pounding, calculating how much Xiao Nizi's dress was worth, how much her monthly salary was when she was a captain.

In later generations, 1 gram of gold was worth about 200 yuan, and 1 ounce was 31 grams, worth 6,200 yuan; 1 ounce is worth 50 Mingyang, 6200 divided by 50, and you get 124. In other words, this kind of thing called "Mingyang", 1 yuan is equivalent to 124 yuan in later generations!

Of course, Xiang Xiaoqiang knows that he can't completely count it like this, but even if the differences in productivity and purchasing power are excluded, it is quite a lot!

Xiao Nizi's outfit is 30 Mingyang, which is equivalent to 3,720 yuan! This is only half a month's salary, so Xiao Nizi's monthly salary is equivalent to 7,440 yuan! I was afraid of stabbing her just now, damn, it's clear that she is a high-paid family!

Think about it, people are in the submarine force, and they are captains. Even in later generations in China, if you become a captain on a submarine, can you get less salary?

"That ......" Xiang Xiaoqiang wanted to find out what level of her income was in the Ming Dynasty, "how much do other ordinary people earn a month?" ”

Qiu Yu felt that he had just come from the Qing Dynasty, and he did not know the level of income and purchasing power of the Ming Dynasty, and it was normal to want to figure it out as soon as possible. She tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said slowly:

"This ...... Not necessarily, like the people on my boat, some of them take more than 30, some take more than 40, and some take more than 20. If it is an ordinary infantryman, it will only be a few dollars, and if there are a few more non-commissioned officers, there will be more officers, and some can get dozens of dollars. There are also pilots, who can also get dozens of dollars. ”

"What about civilians?"

Qiu Yu shook his head:

"I don't know. Anyway, for ordinary workers, male workers can generally get about ten yuan, and female workers only get a few yuan. In the past few years of the Great Depression, their workers have been very pitiful, they have not been able to find jobs, and the wages they find have dropped a lot. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang understood how Xiao Nizi dared to spend money so lavishly. She already earns a lot, and now the whole world is in the Great Depression after 1929, and others are unemployed, unemployed, bankrupt, and bankrupt, but she still has to take as much as she wants. As soon as she decreases and increases, everyone else becomes poor, and she naturally becomes rich.

In the late 80s and early 90s of China, when the economy was growing wildly and gold was everywhere, everyone envied the people who went to the sea. But in recent years, when unemployment has surged and social security has been lacking, everyone has envied civil servants, teachers, doctors, and military officers.

Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't have to do anything to let Qiu Yun "take the initiative" to lend him a hundred yuan, and he paid the bill. Although it was no different, he felt much better. He bought a suit, a few changes of clothes, sweaters, shoes, and in addition, men at this time wore hats in fashion, and he also bought himself a hat. Although they were all bought cheaply, these things still cost nearly forty yuan.

Qiu Yu is a little girl, and she has taken a fancy to another hat, nine yuan. Xiang Xiaoqiang asked her to buy it, and Xiao Nizi gladly accepted. Xiang Xiaoqiang was taken aback when he converted it into RMB in his heart. What a small hat! But as soon as the eldest husband said it, he still gritted his teeth and paid the bill.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Nizi fell in love with things one after another, and they were all expensive. Xiang Xiaoqiang had to buy it for her, but Xiao Nizi was very sensible and said that she wouldn't let him pay for anything. Xiang Xiaoqiang is going to invite Qiu Yu to dinner at noon later, spend a dollar or two, and find a place with a mood.

In this way, there are almost 50 yuan left in the pocket, which is more than 6,000 yuan when converted into RMB.

Looking at the big bags in front of him, Xiang Xiaoqiang was worried, how can he go shopping. Just look at Qiu Yun's beckoning, call the lobby manager, write down an address, and let everything be sent over. Xiang Xiaoqiang did the same, and also wrote down an address, asking them to send the big padded jacket back to the Daming Military Intelligence Bureau.

……

"Ahem, sir," the manager was embarrassed, scratching the back of his head, and humbly pointing to the note, "How do you pronounce this word?" ”

"Huh? What's the matter, this word is pronounced 'army', the army of the army. ”

"Oh, got it...... What about this? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang gave him a strange look and said:

"This word is pronounced 'newspaper', the newspaper of the newspaper. How, manager...... You...... Don't know how to read? ”

The manager looked at him with strange eyes, coughed twice in embarrassment, picked up the pen, and re-wrote "Daming Military Affairs Bureau" under the "Daming Military Intelligence Bureau" written to Xiaoqiang, and then handed it over to the people below.

"Ah......" glanced at Xiaoqiang, and immediately understood that he had sparked again. Since they all use traditional Chinese characters at this time, they can't write themselves, which is really a big problem.

……

When the two of them walked out of the department store in a well-dressed and light manner, they calculated to Xiaoqiang, and even lent themselves a hundred yuan, plus Xiao Nizi spent nearly a hundred yuan, this amount is already very staggering. Even if Xiao Nizi has a lot of salary, she can't stand such a squander! Not to mention earning 60 yuan a month, even earning 160 yuan, that is far from enough. But looking at Qiuyun, he still doesn't care, like no one else.

"Dog Shun," in a black car, the snail turned his head and said to a younger brother next to him, "those two who just came out are the eldest lady and our aunt." Do you see it clearly? ”

Gou Shun nodded: "I see it clearly!" ”

"Okay, let's go!"

The dog slipped out of the car, put on his round sunglasses, pulled the brim of his hat down, looked around, shook off the cigarette butt, and followed.

……

Qiu Yu is like a tour guide, chirping, seeing what to explain what. She felt that Xiang Xiaoqiang had just come from the Qing Dynasty and didn't know anything, and it was her responsibility to make up for him the basic knowledge. Xiang Xiaoqiang also listened hungrily, combined with the experience of later generations, and established an understanding of this Ming Dynasty bit by bit.

In later Nanjing, the largest commercial center was Xinjiekou. But now, according to Qiuqiu, there are two commercial centers in Nanjing, one is the Gulou business district in the north, and the other is the Confucius Temple business district in the south, which is the area of Qinhuai in ten miles.

This Xinjiekou Square, between the north and the south, is bustling, but more of the political center of Nanjing, like Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Extending eastward from here, Changping Road has most of the military, political and legal units of the Ming Dynasty, the municipal government, the Parliament Building, the Supreme Court, the police station, the Imperial Bank, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Finance, the Capital Garrison Command, the Ministry of the Army, the Ministry of the Navy, and the Inspectorate...... and so on, all the way to the easternmost point, the Forbidden City, known as "No. 1 Changping Road", and the official residence of the first and auxiliary ministers, known as "No. 2 Changping Road".

It is strange to say, generally in all Chinese dynasties, the imperial palace is in the center of the capital, but the Nanjing Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty is different, but in the southeast of Nanjing City, it is the intersection of Zhongshan East Road and Yudao Street in the later generations, and the place called the "Ming Imperial Palace". It is almost at the foot of the Purple Mountain, and it is only a ten-minute drive from the Xiaoling Tomb halfway up the mountain.

It is not that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was particularly filial, but also because Nanjing is located in a hilly area, surrounded by rivers, rivers and mountains, and from the shape of the city to the planning and layout, it cannot be as regular as Beijing and Xi'an in the north. However, having said that, in the current situation of cross-strait military confrontation, this kind of urban layout with a southeastern center of gravity is conducive to defense. Once a war breaks out, it is still more than 10 kilometers away from the riverside defense line, which belongs to a shallow and deep zone, and ordinary small-caliber artillery shells cannot fall here. Even if the Qing army crossed the river, it would have time to organize a defense, so that it would not be rushed to the palace at once.

……

Xiang Xiaoqiang stood under the giant sculpture in the circular square of Xinjiekou, looking up, and couldn't help but feel waves in his chest. He participated in red tourism in later generations and visited many monuments, but for some reason, he has never been so excited as he is now.

This Western-style sculpture monument is too figurative and sensational. Think about it, comparing the lost territory to a child who died young, and letting a grief-stricken mother kneel here and hug and cry, which makes Chinese and foreign tourists who come and go see how touched and sympathetic to the Ming Dynasty!

"This sculpture is called 'Jiangbei Fall Monument,'" Qiu Qiu said softly, "It was erected at the beginning of the century in 1900, and the great sculptor Rodin was invited to get it back then." This is a replica, the original is much smaller, and it is housed in the 'Holocaust Memorial'. ”

"Huh? What memorial? ”

"Qing Army Jiangnan Massacre Memorial Hall. I'll show you when I have a chance. ”

"Oh," Xiang Xiaoqiang remembered, "It's to commemorate the 'Ten Days of Yangzhou' and 'Three Massacres of Jiading', right?" ”

Qiu Qiu's eyes showed grief and indignation, and he said silently:

"What about Yangzhou and Jiading? When the Tartars entered the south of the Yangtze River, which county in that state was not slaughtered? Until now, newspapers have often published that where to build houses and lay foundations, digging thousands of people's graves and mass graves. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded and was silent. He secretly lamented to himself, why is our nation always slaughtered by foreigners? For thousands of years, the history of the Chinese nation can be said to be a history of blood and tears that were repeatedly slaughtered by foreigners. Again and again, large and small, never broken: Xiongnu, Turkic, Uighur, Dangxiang, Khitan, Jurchen, Mongol, Manchu...... I wonder if there will be Japan in a few years?

Probably not, right? Xiaoqiang thought that in standard history, China was extremely poor and weak at this time, and it could be said that it looked like it had been invaded; But looking at it now, the Qing Dynasty is so powerful, and the fact that the Ming Dynasty can confront it shows that it is not weak. Xiaoqiang calculated that he would travel for five years this time, and he would not return until the end of 1940. In standard history, in 1937, that is, the year after that, Japan was about to invade China in an all-out way. Although the current situation is not what it is in standard history, he is not sure whether it will happen. Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't want the war to ruin his crossing. Although many of the big people's travel experiences in the novel are indispensable to the flames of war and the golden iron horse, Xiang Xiaoqiang just wants his wife to be peaceful in the past five years, and just live happily with his "twelve dozen Hui Ming Dynasty". Don't come to a war and chaos, the country will be ruined.

…… Even if I'm gone in five years, don't let it......

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at Qiu Yu, who was standing silently in front of the monument with a holy expression like an angel, and thought in his heart.