"I have met Her Royal Highness the Thirteenth Princess, and I have met the Third Young Master. I don't know if Her Royal Highness the Princess has anything to ask about. I must know everything and tell you everything." Xie Accountant said with some fear.
"Haha, sorry, I don't have anything to ask. It's your third young master who wants to know the prices of some common things - things like rice, meat, etc. You tell him," the Thirteenth Princess said with a smile.
Thanks to the accountant, he was convinced that it was not the Dong Chuang incident... Oops, no, the third young master wants to ask about the prices of ordinary things. Could it be that he needs to reconcile? It can't be so miserable. I just raised the price of rice and vegetables in the kitchen by two levels.
, and the kitchen purchase is only half per person! Although it is not a small amount in a year, I am already very careful compared to some other accountants in noble families. Who among them is not 30 to 40% higher?
There were even some that were halfway up! Why was it my turn to be caught?
Xie's accountant's heart trembled slightly, and he hesitated: "One tael of silver can buy two stones of rice, one cent and six cents of silver for fine pork, one cent and two cents of silver for top-grade mutton, seven cents and five cents of silver for five kilograms of beef, and four pieces of white cloth.
The price is eight cents of silver..."
Yunzheng listened carefully for a long time before he realized that the items were a little more expensive than he thought, but it was not too outrageous. It was just strange that the price was slightly different from the price in the Song Dynasty in his memory. It was very similar to the price in the Ming Dynasty later.
prices, I don’t know if it’s the result of a bit of “mutation” in the world.
Now he suddenly became interested in the proposal of the Thirteenth Princess, because probably no one in this world understands the power of wealth better than him, so he listened to the accountant's quotation very carefully, and then thought carefully about one question: these prices
Even if I understand it, I still feel it is very inconvenient. I am still used to using RMB to measure the value of items.
Then let's do some calculations. Yun Zheng felt a little angry, but he also found this matter quite interesting. For someone like himself who cares about the "exchange rate" between silver and RMB, he wonders if he can be considered an alternative among time-travelers.
Woolen cloth?
Let's do it as we are told. Yun Zheng immediately fell into deep thought after hearing the report from the accountant.
Still using rice as a reference, Yun Zheng thought about it in his mind for a long time. Fortunately, although he was terrible at high school mathematics, he was still able to make do with elementary school mathematics. After several additions, subtractions, multiplications and divisions, he almost figured it out.
:
1 tael of rice = 2 shi, which is 377.6 kilograms (equivalent to RMB 1.75 yuan). Silver 1 qian and six cents for fine pork = 8 kilograms (equivalent to RMB 13.2 yuan). Silver 1 yuan and two cents for fine mutton = 8 kilograms (equivalent to RMB 9.5 yuan). Five kilograms of silver for beef.
The price of silver is 1 cent, which is equivalent to RMB 9.9 yuan. The price of five kilograms of heavy carp is 1 cent, which is equivalent to RMB 13.2 yuan. The price of five kilograms of chestnuts is 6 cents and five cents, which is equivalent to RMB 8.6 yuan. The price of a live chicken is 4 cents, which is equivalent to RMB 26.4 yuan.
Four pieces of white cloth are priced at 8 cents, which is equivalent to RMB 132.2 yuan. One kilogram of cotton is priced at 6 cents, which is equivalent to RMB 39.6 yuan. Silver is 100 kilograms of high-grade red dates, which is priced at 2 taels and 5 cents, which is equivalent to RMB 16.5 yuan. I will try two yellow silk umbrellas, which are priced in silver.
Six cents is equivalent to RMB 3 yuan. Five shovels for the Ministry of Justice are priced at two cents and five cents, which is equivalent to RMB 33 yuan. Longan for officials weighs two catties and eight taels, priced at one cent and two cents and five cents, which is equivalent to RMB 29.5 yuan.
Sure enough, this price is closer to that of the Ming Dynasty!
Yun Zheng is not particularly clear about what price means, but cheap things generally mean abundant or even surplus materials, while expensive things mean they are in short supply. Judging from the current situation, the material in the Wei Dynasty is not very rich, because it is not very rich in materials.
The "exchange rate" of RMB is basically one tael of silver equal to more than 660 yuan RMB
After thinking about it, it turns out that my monthly expenses of 20 guan are not too small. In later generations, people with a monthly salary of 13,000 yuan will be considered low-income people. It’s just that I am in the great Wei Dynasty now.
The social status of the Chao Dynasty was much higher than that of ordinary people back then, so just twenty taels a month seemed a bit shabby.
But according to this calculation, Xiao Yan'er is a bit exaggerated!
The shop she jointly opened with her emperor father had an annual income of about 5 million taels, and she accounted for 30%, which is 1.5 million taels. In future generations, 1.5 million taels of silver would be...
990 million!
One billion!
As soon as Yunzheng came to this conclusion, he immediately bluffed himself!
Damn it, it turned out that the Wei Dynasty was so rich!
This account must be calculated in this way. The annual income of the Wei Dynasty is basically 80 million taels. In good times, there is even a shocking record of 100 million taels. Well, let’s calculate it as 80 million taels. Then according to what I just said
Comparing the calculated "exchange rate", the annual income is... 52.8 billion!
This number will naturally be nothing in future generations, but this is not the future! There is no mechanized production, no high-tech farming, no computer applications, no... almost nothing!
But the annual income of the Wei Dynasty was so high!
Wait, it's still wrong. Even so, even if this world has changed compared with my own world, even if the social wealth of the Wei Dynasty has reached this level... But Yan'er's shop relies on
Is it too exaggerated to be able to earn five million yuan a year by selling calligraphy, painting and antiques? Were there really so many rich people in the Wei Dynasty?
Yunzheng couldn't believe it and thought it was absolutely impossible
"Yan'er" Yun Zheng frowned and called out
"Have you finished thinking about it?" Princess Thirteen wrinkled her nose and asked curiously: "Brother Zheng, how do you know the prices of these things?"
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "It's nothing, I'm just curious... By the way, your shop only sells calligraphy, painting and antiques, and it can make an income of five million yuan a year? I don't think so?"
"Hehe, of course it's impossible to only sell those things," Princess Thirteen said: "These things are mainly for decoration. After all, selling such goods only looks high-end, right? This is also related to our real business - in fact
Our most profitable business is selling porcelain, silk, and tea.”
"Selling porcelain, silk and tea?" Yun Zheng blinked and thought to himself that this is a hugely profitable product, but if it wasn't a market monopoly to a large extent, it seems that he wouldn't be able to earn so much?
"Yes, these are the three items - oh, but they are not sold within our Wei Dynasty, but sold to Nanyang."
Damn it, I asked you how you can make so much money, it turns out to be an ocean trade export! Yunzheng suddenly cleared the clouds and saw the sun, and everything became clear.
