Chapter 9: The Fourth Elder Brother's Mansion ...

The silver looks like it's only ten taels, but don't underestimate it. During the Kangxi period, one tael of silver could be exchanged for about 1,000 to 1,500 square hole copper coins, and one penny of copper was worth about two cents in modern times. In other words, if two cents could buy a bun (which was completely achievable in the Qing Dynasty), then one tael of silver could buy at least a thousand buns. In other words, it takes one or two lines of silver to exchange one stone of rice in the market, and the so-called one stone of rice is equal to one hundred liters, one liter weighs about one catty and eight taels, and one stone of rice is one hundred and eighty catties of rice.

Ten taels of silver is equal to 1,800 catties of rice, and it is a fine white rice.

If I dare to love me, I will carry 1,800 catties of rice on the road, which is enough for ordinary people to eat food rations for two years.

Not only does Amma let me not lose my bearing, but with my understanding of bearing, I still stay at the level of wearing gold and silver. But I am not such a superficial girl, and in addition to wearing gold and silver, I have prepared a dress that I have carefully designed.

In fact, there is not much change, but the cuffs of the robe on the outside are shortened, and then the sleeves of the inner shirt are slightly lengthened to cover the back of the small half of the hand, inlaid with red, green and blue lace, and then embroidered with peony flowers, birds, birds and beasts. All in all, it was similar to Xia Ziwei's outfit outside the palace, but in the Qing Dynasty at that time, it was indeed absolutely none.

Not only clothes, but also incense cards should be hung in front of the placket, and incense strings, purses, and jade pendants should be hung on the waist. The bracelet on the hand, the bright moon on the ears, the gold and silver hairpins on the temples, plus the silver toothpicks, grease, broken silver in the purse... If I hadn't eaten well and carried it for a long time, I would have had backache. So I've always wondered, that button Cobalt Lu Xiaoman is rigorous at all times, and he never slacks in his dress, why he hasn't been hunched over, but has become more slender and tall as he grows...

I took the carriage to the suburbs, and the little maid and grandmother were all guarding outside the Kubu field, and only Ailian followed me into the building. The building has four floors, surrounded by a hollow figure, and in the middle is a patio the size of a basketball court, with a wooden platform. People come and go upstairs and downstairs, but they are not noisy, and the small maids who welcome guests are neatly dressed, courteous and not flattering.

When Xiao Man heard the announcement, he came to greet me in person, led me to the second floor, and said with a smile: "The location has been reserved for you, close to the platform, and the view is good. I smiled and said, "Thank you for me." Xiao Man's smile was close and intimate, and he said heartily: "Wait for him to come over, you can just tell him yourself." ”

My table is placed in front of the railing window, with screens on both sides, and the floor is also spacious. Xiao Man has a lot to do, so he went after a few jokes.

From time to time, a little servant brought snacks and soju and the like, after all, I am a civilized person, and everyone is equal in subjective consciousness, so I let Ai Lian sit opposite me, and by the way, I helped her pour wine and food.

After half an hour, there was a stream of boudoir lady Wang Fu Gege came to gossip with me, some I knew, some didn't know, when I heard the name, what were the Ulanala clan, the Hesheri clan, the Fucha clan, the Yehenala clan or Prince Yu's mansion, the third elder brother's mansion, the fourth elder brother's mansion... I don't dare to slack off, lest I have to force myself to deal with others.

For a while, there was a noise downstairs, a crowd of people, and a voice next door said, "Did you see it?" The elder brothers in the palace are here, and Niu Colu's face is really big enough. ”

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