Chapter 011: Prices at the end of the Han Dynasty
Hearing such a terrifying price of fur sweaters, Liu An was so frightened that he hurriedly covered his pocket.
I have these two pieces of gold cake in my whole body, and it is estimated that it will be about 20,000 yuan when I exchange them for copper coins.
According to the shopkeeper, this is not the best fur sweater in the store, not only that, but the clothes worn by those dignitaries are even tens of thousands of dollars.
After Liu An's repeated resignations, the shopkeeper began to introduce other ready-to-wear clothes to Liu An.
After some selection and bargaining, Liu An finally bought himself a cloth coat, a pair of pants called hakama (kusi sheng) in the Han Dynasty, and a short jacket, similar to a modern coat, as well as a cloth robe and two pairs of cloth shoes.
Now Liu An is still wearing straw sandals, what kind of warmth can straw shoes have?
But it froze him hard.
These things are a total of 2060 yuan, including 360 yuan for cloth clothes, a slightly thicker short jacket, 400 yuan a piece, the cloth robe is a thin layer draped outside, it costs 380 yuan, although the effect of satiety is average, but at least it is handsome outside, and the demeanor goes up.
What Liu An didn't expect was that the pants were so expensive, 620 yuan a piece.
Two pairs of cloth shoes, 150 yuan each.
Because he has been bargaining for a long time before, this time the boss refuses to be cheap.
However, Liu An didn't finish buying it, and then picked out the same set of women's clothes and shoes for Cui's according to the size in his memory, totaling 2,100 yuan.
Only then did the boss satisfy Liu An and remove the change, which was counted as 4,100 yuan.
After completing the transaction, Liu An took out a gold cake and handed it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper first carefully checked the authenticity of the gold cake, and then took out a weighing tool to weigh the gold cake, which happened to be 1 small catty.
Most of the gold cakes made in Han are regulated by 1 small catty, but just in case, they still have to be weighed again every time they trade.
"Lang Jun, it's exactly 1 pound of gold, looking for you 5,900 yuan or converting it into silver cakes?" The shopkeeper asked Liu An after weighing the gold cake.
The 1 catty in the shopkeeper's mouth, that is, 1 small catty of gold defined by Liu An himself, is equivalent to 10,000 yuan according to the regulations of the imperial court.
And 1 small pound of silver is equal to 3,000 yuan.
After silently calculating in his heart, Liu An replied to the shopkeeper: "The shopkeeper is tired of exchanging it for 1,400 yuan and a pound and a half of silver, can you?" ”
There are too many copper coins all replaced, according to the production standard of five-baht coins, 1 five-baht coin has 3.25 grams, and 5900 pieces is 19 kilograms.
It was inconvenient to buy things when it was all exchanged for silver, so Liu An had no choice but to think of a compromise solution.
"Yes." The shopkeeper agreed and began to look for money for Liu An.
After the transaction was completed, both parties were very satisfied, Liu An took the opportunity to ask the shopkeeper to borrow a place, went to the inner room to change the linen clothes and straw sandals on his body, and put on the new clothes he had just bought.
As the saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, and Liu An, who has changed into a new dress, does look much better than before.
He is free and weak, but also thanks to this, his skin is very white, his ancestors have been passed down from generation to generation of marquises, and his genes have been improved layer by layer, and his descendants are almost ugly.
Liu An's appearance is not bad, he is white, and now he is wearing a dog-like clothes, and his demeanor has completely overshadowed Liu Ming, who is traveling with him.
Although Liu Ming is also the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan, his demeanor is not entirely based on appearance.
Connotation and literacy are also very important.
Liu An's demeanor is not inferior to Liu Ming even if he wears tattered clothes, and now that he has changed into fresh clothes, it is normal for his demeanor to surpass Liu Ming.
Liu Ming saw that Liu An had changed his clothes, and he also felt the difference between Liu An, and praised: "Uncle has an excellent demeanor and a dignified appearance, and he will definitely make great achievements one day!" ”
"Haha, Deran has won the award." Liu Anxin thought, it seems that his appearance should not be bad, so he doesn't have to worry that he won't even be able to get an official position in the future because of his ugliness.
Less than 1 day after the crossing, Liu An still hasn't had time to see the appearance of his body.
Although Yang Sui can be used as a bronze mirror, the person reflected in the concave mirror is too distorted, Liu An has looked at Yang Sui before, but he can't see anything, and he can't even identify whether the skin on his face is white or not.
After thanking the shopkeeper for borrowing the house, he took the clothes he bought for Cui's and the old clothes he had just changed, and Liu An and the two left Lu's ready-to-wear shop with a smile.
Next, I went to the grain shop and bought 1 stone of flour and 2 stones of hulled rice, and the flour and rice were divided into two sacks, and one sack cost 5 yuan, which cost a total of 1660 yuan.
Among them, flour cost 840 money, 1 stone 30 kilograms.
Hulled rice costs 400 yuan per stone, and 1 stone is about 15 kilograms.
The reason why both are the same 1 stone, but the weight is different, it is necessary to start with the word 'stone'.
'Stone' can be used as a unit of weight, at this time 1 stone = 4 jun = 120 catties, about 30 kilograms in later generations.
It can also be used as a volume unit, at this time 1 stone = 1 Hu = = 10 buckets = 100 liters = 20L.
The liter was the volume unit of the Han Dynasty, and each liter was equal to 200ml in later generations.
As for the stone as a unit of volume, the specific weight of 1 stone depends on what it contains.
The weight of 1 stone of wheat and 1 stone of rice is different.
During the Han Dynasty, 1 stone involved in grain was mostly used as a volume unit, whether it was buying and selling grain, or the yield per mu of land, or the income issued by officials.
Flour, on the other hand, is not a universal grain in the world, although it is made from stone grinding wheat.
And at this time, flour had not completely become the staple food of the people.
On the other hand, at this time, the price of goods in Zhuo County was: 230 yuan for 1 stone of rice.
But the rice here refers to the unhulled rice, and the poor people of this era mostly eat unhulled rice, and the most common rice on the market is also unhulled.
Including the thick porridge that Liu An ate at home in the morning, it was also unshelled.
But Liu An believed that if it weren't for the fact that he was too hungry at the time and ate half a bowl of porridge in one go, he would definitely not be able to swallow it.
Therefore, even if he spent a lot of money, he still chose to hull rice.
After buying food and clothes, Liu An alone could no longer walk long distances.
In desperation, Liu An could only ask Liu Ming to help him get some of it, and then hurried to the car market, bought a cart for 3,000 yuan, put the clothes and food on the cart, and took turns pushing it with Liu Ming.
Although it is a turn, Liu An will basically get tired and pant after pushing for a while, so in fact, Liu Ming is pushing most of the time.
Bearing Liu Ming's euphemistic ridicule, Liu Anxin also secretly made up his mind to strengthen physical exercise in the future.
At the same time, you must also find a way to increase your force value, otherwise anyone who comes may take Liu An's life.
Anyway, if he dies under a nobody, won't Liu An die?
After strolling around for an afternoon, it was almost dusk, and Liu An's piece of gold cake was only 1,240 yuan.
In the end, Liu An and Liu Ming came to a well-known meat stall in the north of the city, bought 40 catties of meat, and bought 2 catties of cress at the stall and prepared to go back.
40 catties, that is, 80 catties, spent a total of 920 yuan, 2 catties of cress 10 yuan, so Liu An only had 310 yuan left.
He still lowered the price of the Han Dynasty, and he didn't expect to buy this thing, and a piece of gold cake was about to run out.
This piece of gold cake weighs half a catty, about 250g, and when it is converted into money in later generations, it will be about 100,000 yuan.
100,000 yuan, I bought two sets of clothes, a broken wooden car, more than 100 catties of grain, 40 catties of meat and 2 catties of vegetables?
Liu An twitched his lips, indicating that he couldn't accept it.
Liu An, who looked depressed, pushed the cart and prepared to go home, but at this time he saw a familiar face.
I saw that the man was more than 7 feet tall, with a majestic appearance, dressed in cloth clothes but with an extraordinary appearance, his ears almost drooping his shoulders, his hands were knee-length, and he carried a straw mat and some straw sandals on the flat pole in front of him.
If it's not Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, who else can it be?
actually saw Liu Bei here, and didn't hurry to say hello, Liu An first checked Liu Bei's attribute panel.