Basic Units and Prices of the Late Eastern Han Dynasty (Three Kingdoms)(2/2)
Bow and arrow = branch/10 coins
Crossbow arrow = branch/9 coins
Armor = set/6800~8200 yuan
Vest = set/7100~8600 yuan
tool:
The knife used by craftsmen = handle/200~300 yuan
Hat, kitchen knife = handle/40~100 yuan
Copper ware = pound/60~80 yuan
Iron tools = pound/16~25 coins
Tile bowl = 70~100 yuan
Simple cow, carriage = vehicle/2600~4000 yuan
Car = vehicle/1~20,000 yuan
other:
Straw mat, pony mat = Zhang/150 yuan
Macao = jin/10 yuan
Humidity = bundle/3-6 qian
Manuscript = bundle/2-4 coins
Coffin = mouth/1500~3000 yuan
Divination fee = time/about 100 yuan
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Slave price:
Beautiful maids, strong slaves = people/20,000 to 30,000 yuan
Ordinary slaves = persons/1 to 20,000 yuan
Wage:
Private servant wages = person-month/200-400 yuan (inclusive of diet)
Private servant wages = person-month/400-800 yuan (no diet)
Government wages = person-month/2,000 yuan
Different times, different regions, different types of jobs and workers will affect the wages, so there is a big gap in wages in Chinese bamboo slips and literature.
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Marriage consumption:
The emperor's betrothal gift for marrying the queen is the most, generally 20,000 kilograms of gold, equivalent to 20,000 yuan in currency; the emperor's betrothal gift for marrying the concubine is about 40 million yuan, which is one fifth of the betrothal gift for marrying the queen; the princess' betrothal gift for marrying the queen is generally millions of yuan; the princess' dowry costs more than one million or even tens of millions of yuan, and the fewer ones will not be less than two or three hundred thousand yuan.
As for high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen, the number of entrusted wages is lower than that of members of the royal family. For example, Dong Zhuo marrys his wife and hires a hundred carts, "twenty horses, and the money and silk of slaves are used to fill the road", which is equivalent to more than 1.6 million yuan in total. This is an exception. The average male member's entrusted wages for marrying a wife are between hundreds of thousands and more than one million yuan; most of the dowry fees for female members are 200,000 to 300,000 yuan, and the highest can reach millions.
As for small and medium-sized landlords and small and medium-sized officials, the number of entrusted wages is lower than that of high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen. Dongfang Shuo's marriage entrusted wages is about 100,000 yuan, which should be the upper limit of entrusted wages for small and medium-sized landlords and small and medium-sized officials to marry their wives. The Eastern Han Dynasty suggested that Cao Shizhan's marriage entrusted wages for 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, which should be the lower limit of entrusted wages for small and medium-sized landlords and small and medium-sized officials to marry their wives. The dowry of female members is about 20,000 to 30,000 yuan.
As for small farmers, handicraftsmen and civilians, their family capital is between tens of thousands and more than 100,000 yuan. The number of male members’ entrusted funds will not exceed the total number of their family capital, but should be between more than 10,000 yuan and tens of thousands of yuan. The dowry of female members is about 2,000 yuan.
The cost of wedding banquets: The price of wine in the Han Dynasty was generally about 30 yuan per bucket. People in the Han Dynasty could drink one to several buckets, and there were also many people who put on stones. If there were twenty guests on the wedding day, it would cost more than 2,000 yuan to drink just one. The price of meat in the Han Dynasty was generally more than 10 yuan per pound. If 50 pounds of meat were used for wedding banquets, it would cost 7,800 yuan. In addition to the cost of food consumption, the cost of wedding banquets would definitely exceed four or five thousand yuan.
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Military expenses
Each soldier consumes food = 1.8 stones/month, 21.6 stones/year, equivalent to 4,220 coins/year;
Each soldier consumes salt = 3 liters/month, 3.6 buckets/year, totaling 144 qian/year.
Clothing for each soldier = 3400 yuan per year
Each soldier's annual living expenses are about 8,000 yuan
The food consumed by each war horse = 3.3 stones/month, 39.6 stones/year, totaling 7,920 coins/year.
Funeral fee = person/3400 yuan
Chapter completed!