"The old slave (slave) pays homage to the young lady."

When more than a dozen of the in charge of the housekeepers saw Nian Ruyi coming in, they knelt down and kowtowed to pay their respects. The chief manager of the inner court, Madam Liang, was the first to stand up and report her name and position. "The old slave's surname is Liang, and he is the chief manager around his ancestors. On weekdays, the managers always report to the old slaves, and then the old slave reports to the old slaves."

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Yuan Wuniang is responsible for purchasing daily necessities in various small yards, while Li Ma is responsible for purchasing materials such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc. in the kitchen.

In the past, when my ancestors were in charge of the inner courtyard, she would ask a few managers to go to Jiangheyuan for questions every morning, and then approve shopping lists such as daily chewing expenses, as well as the entry and exit books, purchase books, etc. of each warehouse, and the ancestors would have to read them.

Today, the two women in charge of purchasing have already brought the list of purchases for the past few days, and there is also a thick book next to Mrs. Liang.

"Mrs. Young Madam, this is the buying list for the kitchen these days. It's all here. Please sign it." Li Ma placed a thick stack of paper in front of Nian Ruyi, all of which were made of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea and other ingredients used in the kitchen.

"One pound of meat, twenty-eight cents?"

Nian Ruyi frowned when she looked at the price of the dishes on it.

Nian Ruyi often goes to the market to buy vegetables, and she knows the prices of some vegetables, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. A pound of meat in the market costs less than 20 cents, but it is one-third of the price here...

She is not a pedantic person either. She knows that the wealthy family will get some kickbacks when purchasing, but this is too much, right?

Let’s look at the total price again. It costs more than 500 taels of silver to buy vegetables a day. The Yuan Palace had only 500 taels of silver. In ancient times, when 20 cents a pound of meat and 9 cents a pound of rice, a person actually used one tael of silver to eat an average daily meal fee of one tael of silver.

According to modern money, a pound of meat costs twenty cents, a pound of meat costs fifty pounds of meat for one tael of silver, and a pound of silver can buy 25,000 pounds of meat for five hundred taels of silver. These meats are worth 500,000 pounds of meat for twenty yuan per pound of meat in modern times.

Five hundred people spent 500,000 yuan on a day to buy groceries, which was simply a sky-high meal fee.

Moreover, the people in the mansion have regulations on eating. Even the ancestors, Prince Yuan, and Princess Yuan only have eight dishes and one soup, Yuan Lie has six dishes and one soup, and the aunts have three dishes and one soup. If they want to eat more, they have to pay extra meals out of their own pockets.

The servants ate even less, and the maids and women guards all had two dishes and one soup.
Chapter completed!