I was really afraid of something, so I just heard Zhang Yan ask: "How is the world you came in?" Are the people having a good time? ”

Wang Jinlong's head grew when he heard it, Queen Mother, what do you want to know? Can you ask clearly?

However, Wang Jinlong felt that this Queen Yi'an was really good, and the first thing he asked was how the people were doing.

After thinking about it, Wang Jinlong said: "The minister can only summarize it, that generation can be summed up as one more, two big, and three strong. ”

Zhang Yan looked at Wang Jinlong with a smile, "How do you say it?" ”

She really wants to understand that world, and what Wang Jinlong said just now is very interesting.

Wang Jinlong smiled, "Is it too much?" It's just that the population is large. ”

Zhu Cihong interjected and asked, "How many?" Is it more than it is now? ”

Wang Jinlong replied: "Now, it is only about a tenth of that era, and there are more than a billion people in that era. ”

Zhou Yufeng was surprised, thinking that it was impossible, "So many people? How to solve the problem of eating? ”

Wang Jinlong smiled when he heard Zhou Yufeng's question, this can't be said that Zhou Yufeng is ignorant, it can only be said that the gap between the times is too big, far beyond what is known, and it is unimaginable.

"Queen, that era, all aspects are highly developed, let's talk about this agriculture, take the surroundings of the capital as an example, now at this time, the good land is the output of 300 catties, and the bad ones can only play more than 100 catties, that generation, around the capital, including remote mountainous areas, basically plant two seasons a year, generally plant winter wheat before the cold dew festival, plant corn after harvesting in the summer of the second year, continue to plant wheat after the corn is harvested, year after year, basically most of them are like this, of course, there are also other crops. Let's just say that the yield of this wheat, the worst yield should also hit more than 1,000 catties, the well-managed, the production capacity per mu reaches 1,500 catties, the yield of corn in autumn is higher, generally more than 1,500 catties, and the good ones reach more than 1,800 catties. ”

Zhu Cihong was also surprised, and he didn't believe it, he guessed that the ton must be a unit of weight, and felt very strange, why not use catties, to use this kind of unit, so he asked: "Double over ton?" What does it mean? ”

Wang Jinlong had no choice but to explain, who asked him not to say two thousand catties? "The ton was a common unit of weight for people in that era, one ton and two thousand catties."

Zhang Yan was shocked, "You said that you can harvest 4,000 catties of rice a year from one acre of rice in the south?" How could it be! ”

Wang Jinlong said with a smile: "The best land can reach this number, and the general one can collect three thousand catties." In the north, the place where Jianyu stays, the temperature difference is relatively large, and the rice produced is the best, and they only plant one season a year in that place, and the output is basically about 1,500 catties. ”

Zhou Yufeng was taken aback, "Really? Can you get so much food in that shabby place? ”

Wang Jinlong smiled, probably at this time, the Ming people felt that Liaodong was a bitter cold land and not suitable for agricultural cultivation, Zhou Yufeng was so surprised, it was not surprising, "Of course it's true, does the minister dare to lie to the queen?" ”

Zhang Yan asked, "How are they planted?" ”

Wang Jinlong only needs to explain it again, although he has never farmed, but this is difficult for him, the information in later generations is developed, he has never eaten pork, and he has not seen a pig run? "Queen, the later generations of science developed, take this agriculture as an example, the seeds will be degraded after a long time, so, that era has a special breeding seed institutions, because there are chemical fertilizers, so, the planting density of that era has basically reached the highest density, and the hydraulic facilities are also complete, unlike the current general food by the sky, all are watered to the ground, the use of sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation and other level irrigation technology, and there is no use of pests and diseases, agricultural eight-character scripture, soil fertilizer and water seed dense storage workers, is the element of agricultural production management. Planting and harvesting are also very simple, they are all mechanized, people's labor intensity is very low, a seeder can plant hundreds of acres of land a day, and similarly, a harvester can harvest hundreds of acres of land a day, and farmers do not get the grain home, and directly let the grain station pull away. Some harvesters are highly automated and intelligent, not only harvesting grain, but also analyzing the management of the land, such as what fertilizer is missing in each field, and it is handed over to you as a data. ”

Can this be true? The three of them all thought it was impossible, but what Wang Jinlong said was very coherent, it couldn't be made up nonsense, nonsense, who could make it up so well, and not stumble at all?

"The grain has been transported to the grain station, what should everyone do if they eat the grain?" Zhou Yufeng asked.

"Go to the supermarket to buy it, not to mention that there are supermarkets everywhere in the city, even a village with a population of three to five hundred has three or two supermarkets."

Zhang Yan felt that the people and things in this later life were really incomprehensible, "Supermarket? What is a supermarket? ”

Wang Jinlong felt helpless, who asked you to say these things that are not available now? Get! Continue to explain, "Supermarket is the abbreviation of supermarket, supermarkets are large and small, generally sell life-related supplies, everything, large supermarkets have a wide range of goods, food, drink, clothing, and everything, only you can't think of it, you can't buy it." Let's take the ingredients as an example, the average person doesn't buy the initial product at all, they all buy semi-finished products, such as you want to eat pasta, dumplings, noodles, buns, pancakes, steamed buns and everything, rice is basically processed into small bags, and there is no need to wash before cooking. Take non-staple foods as an example, all kinds of meat, raw and cooked, the supermarket is also responsible for processing, you want to slice for you, you want to dice for you, you want to shred, you want to shred, of course, these jobs are done by machines without labor, in addition, all kinds of things are classified into fine, such as chicken, there are whole chickens, and there are classified cuts, chicken legs, chicken wings, chicken breasts, chicken racks, you can buy whatever you like. There are all kinds of vegetable varieties regardless of season, because the transportation capacity is very strong, and the vegetables from the south can be transported to all parts of the north in a day or two. Generally, large supermarkets have aquatic product cabinet groups, in the sea, in the river, artificially cultivated, dead, alive have, people in that era eat more poorly, generally like to buy fresh alive, of course, in the price, the dead are not the same, the live is much more expensive than the dead, and some prices are several times different. ”

My mother! Later generations have achieved such an degree of commerce? All three shook their heads in disbelief.

"If you want to buy clothes, you can go to the clothing supermarket, buy other household products to the professional supermarket, in short, it is very convenient."

"In that generation, the common people were generally rich, and the difference between the poor and the rich was the difference between more money and less money, and the food and drink were almost the same, the difference was that the rich ate and dressed more exquisitely, do people have money! Let's just talk about this means of transportation, basically every household has a car, the rich drive a luxury car, and the poor drive a cheap car. ”

Zhu Cihong was surprised, is this really the case? Why is driving a car not a catch? "What's a car? Is the car still angry? ”

Wang Jinlong laughed when he heard this, this question is too funny, but you have to understand, people haven't seen it.

"Prince, the car is a means of transportation, divided into trucks and buses, as well as engineering vehicles for special work, the same place is that there are wheels, the difference is that there are large and small, and the functions are not the same. Unlike this vehicle, the current cars are all rickshaws or animal-powered vehicles, and the cars of that era are all motor vehicles, oh! All of them are installed with machines, and the drive is all mechanically powered. This car is available in every household, for example, our family, there are three small cars, my grandfather is over 80 years old, and he drives his old scooter everywhere every day to play, my parents, both are still working, not in the same unit, each driving their own car, you just know this. ”

Wang Jinlong thinks that it is enough to explain it in this way, the generation difference is too far, and what you say is so detailed that it is versatile, and people can't understand it, and it's not that you play the piano to the cow.

Having said so much, Zhang Yan, Zhou Yufeng, and Zhu Cihong understood some places, some places were confused and half-understood, and some places didn't understand at all. I don't know at all.

Because, they have no concept, all they can think of is a horse-drawn carriage, and the most upscale is a horse-drawn sedan with a canopy installed.

Zhang Yan is very concerned about Wang Jinlong's family situation, she just heard a very difficult information to understand, that is, Wang Jinlong's parents are still at work and driving their own cars, what is the situation? "What did you just say happened to your parents?"

Wang Jinlong felt that he had to find a reason to leave quickly, there was no way to explain many problems, the more you explained, the more new problems you encountered, it was better to stay in the bandit cottage, no one asked without explanation, love to understand or not, now it's okay, it's not okay not to explain, "Queen Mother, my parents are both state workers, my father is the principal of a middle school, and my mother is the tax director of a district, all in Kaifeng." ”

The three people who did what the principal did all knew, and the tax commissioner also knew what he was doing, but this guy said that his mother was actually the tax commissioner, and the three of them were incomprehensible, and a woman could still be an official?

"You go into details." , Zhou Yufeng said.

"Queen, both men and women of that generation had a certain education, and after they came out of school, they had to work."

Zhou Yufeng said: "This palace just wants to ask you this question, why can a woman be an official?" ”

Wang Jinlong was really speechless, "Queen, in that era, men and women were equal, education was very developed, and boys and girls had to go to school to receive education when they were five and a half weeks old to six years old, including primary school, middle school and university. ”

"Is school so clear? Specifically? Zhou Yufeng then asked.

Hehe, continue to explain, Wang Jinlong said: "This primary school, six years, middle school is also six years, the difference is divided into junior high school and senior high school, each for three years, after graduating from middle school, most people want to go to college, the university is divided into majors, depending on what you like to do in the future, including industrial universities, agricultural universities, medical universities, commercial universities, information universities, all industries basically have their own professional universities, such as the minister is a normal university." ”

"You say girls have to go to school too? Where to study? With boys? Zhou Yufeng felt incredible.

Wang Jinlong said with a smile: "The state has run a lot of schools, the whole country, there are estimated to be more than 100,000 primary schools, there are almost so many middle schools, I am afraid there are tens of thousands of universities, in that generation, boys and girls are the same, they have to receive education, that generation is an era of equality for everyone, unlike our time, men obey women are too dislike, women are more powerful than men in that era, known as half the sky, everything that men can do, women can do, of course, when choosing what to do, we must consider the difference in the physiology of men and women, For example, there are more women in doctors and nurses in hospitals, more women in the education industry, and more men in heavy physical industries, but not necessarily. Even the army has tens of thousands of female soldiers. ”

"What? Women as officials? And female soldiers? Really? What is an airplane? Zhu Cihong's stunned mouth was about to close, man, you didn't lie to us, did you?

No way, continue to explain, "At that time, there were more than 200 countries in the world, and some of them were led by women, didn't I just say? At that time, men and women were equal, and since they were equal, of course there were female soldiers. As for airplanes? It's a machine that can fly in the sky, and I can't say it clearly in a sentence or two, prince, when I have time in the future, I'll tell you about it, okay? ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, "Okay!" That's what you said. ”

"Of course I said that." , Wang Jinlong replied, no matter what happens, let's deal with the past first.

Zhang Yan was a little unconvinced, "Impossible!" If a woman is an official, what else do you want a man to do? ”

"Why can't it be? Let's just talk about our country, some of the women who are township heads, county magistrates, mayors, provincial governors, and ministers have entered the cabinet, Queen Mother, don't believe it, didn't I say it just now? At that time, men and women were equal, men could do things, women were equally capable, and my mother was the tax commissioner, who was higher than my father. ”

Of course, what a woman can do, a man may not be able to do, a woman can have children, can a man? Wang Jinlong didn't dare to say this.

Zhou Yufeng was taken aback, "How can this be?" Is your mother really an official? Is he bigger than your father's officer? ”

Wang Jinlong smiled: "Of course, it's two levels higher!" ”

The three of them are all flustered, they can't understand, they can't understand, what kind of era is that era? How can a woman show her head like a man? Can you still be an official? It's incomprehensible that you can all enter the cabinet.

"Your family must have a good life, right?" , Zhang Yan asked, after thinking for a long time.

Wang Jinlong replied: "General, less than the top, more than the bottom." My mother's salary adds up to about 100,000 a year, my father is engaged in the education industry, at that time, education was valued, and the salaries of faculty and staff were higher, about 100,000 a year, and my sister opened a small factory by herself after graduating from college, and she did a good job, and her annual income was basically about 100,000 yuan. ”

Yes! The three of them were completely shocked, and Zhang Yan asked in surprise: "Your sister runs her own factory?" Earn that much money? ”

Wang Jinlong said with a smile: "Yes, in fact, my sister is just a pediatrician, nothing at all, people earn hundreds of millions a year, probably the total annual income of our country is not as much as some big bosses of that generation." ”

"What?" , Zhou Yufeng was completely shocked, can a person earn so much in a year? How rich Wang Jinlong's original era should be!

It's just that the banknote units of this later generation are different from this era, at this time, the circulation is real money, silver and copper coins, the big business is silver, and the common people usually use copper coins.

Copper coins are also called money, made by the state, and are made by the palace and the manufacturing bureau of the household department, and one or two pieces of silver are about 1,000 copper coins.

In fact, with the creation of bronze ware, copper has become a scarce thing, and the real conversion, one or two silver cannot be exchanged for a thousand copper coins.

The reason why Zhou Yufeng was surprised was that because of a serious misunderstanding of the monetary unit, he regarded the one yuan in later generations as one or two silver at this time.

The Ming Dynasty officials' salaries were calculated according to how many catties of grain they sent, and they were a product with a monthly salary of eighty-seven stones; From a product, the moon is seventy-two stones; is the second product, sixty-one stones per month; From the second grade, the moon is forty-eight stones; is three products, thirty-five stones per month; From the third grade, the moon is twenty-six stones; is four products, twenty-four stones per month; From the fourth grade, the monthly salary is 20 stones,......, this salary standard was set by Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and has not changed. At present, there are about 90 kilograms of rice in one stone, and the current price of rice is about 3.97 yuan per kilogram, which is not much different from that of later generations, so the annual salary income of a first-class official is almost equivalent to 31,000 yuan in Wang Jinlong's original era; The salary of Zhengerpin is almost 21,000 yuan,......

This wage is indeed low, and the current product cannot catch up with the non-product of later generations, but at this time, the poorest people are still the farmers who grow grain.

Ordinary people in urban areas, about a man can earn one or two dollars of silver a month for a part-time job, which is about a little more than a hundred yuan when converted into a later life, and a woman who works for a part-time job can earn about six to eight dollars of silver a month, that is, dozens of yuan, which is similar to the beginning of the later generations, and the later generations that have developed cannot be the same.

Wang Jinlong really didn't want to say it, he couldn't say it clearly for ten days and ten nights, "Hey! The queen mother, the queen, the crown prince, and the minister have slept for more than an hour in the past two days, and they are so sleepy that they can't open their eyes, and the minister wants to go back to sleep. ”

Zhang Yan thought for a while and said, "Okay, you go back to sleep, remember to go to the Cining Palace of the mourning family when you have the kung fu, the mourning family still has a lot to ask you." ”

"Definitely! Certain! The minister took his leave. As he spoke, Wang Jinlong stood up.

Zhou Yufeng said: "Prince, arrange for someone to send Lord Wang." ”

She knew that Wang Jinlong had not been to the North Post House, and it was Emperor Zhu Youzhen who directly sent someone to find Wang Jinlong from the carriage shop outside the city.