In the early morning of the next day, Liu Chan got up early again and went to Zhuge Liang's mansion to study.

As soon as he went out of the door, he saw the servant from yesterday waiting at the door.

Seeing Liu Chan go out, the servant greeted him and said respectfully: "Little master, I have already asked clearly." ”

Liu Chan pulled the servant aside and asked, "How, can the restaurant be sold?" ”

The servant nodded and said: "Sell, it was originally going to be sold for 50,000 yuan, but I heard that I was from the state pastor's mansion, so I only charged 30,000 yuan, but the son wants to take it down?" ”

The servant was talking about five baht.

Since the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the five-baht coin has always been the currency of the Han Dynasty, and even during the founding of the Sui Dynasty, it was also reused, and it can be said that the five-baht coin has influenced China for hundreds of years.

It's just that in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was chaotic, and coins were indiscriminately minted in various places, resulting in worthless money. And no amount of money is useless, because it is difficult to buy food even if you have money.

In some places, the price of a stone of grain has even reached the point of 10,000 yuan, and if you want a stone of grain, you have to exchange it for a stone. Where could ordinary people get so much money, so the chaos was even more intense, and more and more people starved to death.

In troubled times, the real currency is actually grain.

One is about eating, the other is about wearing.

However, Jingzhou has always been a pure land in troubled times, although it has experienced the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Nanjun, Liu Bei has taken Jingzhou for more than a year.

In the past year, Jingzhou has gradually stabilized under Zhuge Liang's governance, and Zhuge Liang has stabilized grain prices and stabilized the currency, so the five-baht coin has gradually begun to circulate.

However, as the most precious grain in troubled times, it is still very expensive, and a stone of grain costs 300 to 500 yuan.

When the Eastern Han Dynasty was stable, if there were no natural disasters, the price of grain was generally less than 80 at the top and 30 at the bottom.

For example, during the period when Liu Yu governed Youzhou, the policy was lenient and benevolent, and the cultivation of agriculture and planting was advised, and one stone of grain was only 30 yuan.

Therefore, the price of a stone of grain, depending on whether it is good or bad, generally fluctuates between 30 and 80 yuan. Coarse grains are cheaper for old grains, refined grains and new grains are more expensive.

One stone of rice in the Han Dynasty was about equivalent to 30 catties in later generations, that is, about 60 catties. In later generations, the price of ordinary polished rice was generally 50 catties and 100 yuan.

If you take the middle stone and fifty-five coins, the purchasing power of this money is equivalent to about two yuan and two yuan of the currency of later generations.

And this restaurant, the price is 30,000 yuan, which is about equivalent to the purchasing power of more than 60,000 yuan in later generations. However, now that the Three Kingdoms are in turmoil, if the 30,000 yuan is exchanged for food, there will also be 60 stone of grain, which is enough for a family of five to eat for two years.

Liu Chan took out a piece of jade pendant from his arms, handed it to the servant, and said: "This piece of jade is worth a lot of money, you give him this piece of jade as a mortgage, and when this son has money, he will redeem it, if you can, you are borrowing 10,000 yuan from him." ”

The servant looked embarrassed: "Little master, isn't this jade a gift from Mr. Mi on your birthday, how can this be ......?"

Liu Chan pressed the jade pendant in the servant's hand and said in a low voice: "It's just a temporary mortgage to him, you say that someone in the state pastor's mansion wants it, he can see the value of this jade pendant, and he will definitely sell me a good one, and when the money is enough, I will redeem it." Also, don't let my mother know, if there is news, wait for me at the door of the military advisor in half an hour! ”

After all, Liu Chan was only a five-year-old child, and he couldn't come up with much money, and he didn't want to trouble Mrs. Mi anymore, and he didn't want his secrets to be exposed too much, so he had to mortgage his valuables.

Seeing that Liu Chan insisted, the servant did not dare to disobey, so he accepted the jade pendant and went to the owner of the restaurant to do something.

Liu Chan, on the other hand, went to Zhuge Liang's Mansion to study.

When the sun rose, the morning class had already ended, Liu Chan took Zhao Yun out of Zhuge Liang's mansion, and the servants were already waiting at the door.

Liu Chan walked directly to Lin Xiao's residence, and the servant followed, took out the jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Liu Chan.

"Why, he won't?" Liu Chan was stunned when he saw Yu Pei.

The servant smiled, took out two pieces of exquisite cloth from his arms and handed them to Liu Chan: "When the man saw this jade pendant, he knew that it was needed by the nobles in the house, so he didn't dare to accept this jade pendant, and directly gave the restaurant to the son, this is the title deed." And the 10,000 money, he has already sent it to the restaurant. ”

Liu Chan took the jade pendant and the deed of ownership into his arms, and said with a smile: "He is a smart person, if he has something to find you in the future, you will tell me, and I will help if I can." ”

"No!" The servant was overjoyed when he heard this, after all, he had much to gain from it.

It didn't take long for Liu Chan to take Zhao Yun to Lin Xiao's mansion.

Lin Xiao's family was eating in the front hall, and the food on the table was almost finished, and when he saw Liu Chan coming, Lin Xiao hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Quickly put away the rice bowl, Childe, please!" Lin Xiao welcomed Liu Chan into the hall, instructed his wife to clean up the leftovers, invited Liu Chan to sit down, and served tea, already treating Liu Chan as the master.

Liu Chan looked around and saw that the furniture in the hall had been fully arranged, and couldn't help but smile: "How is the residence?" ”

Lin Xiao sighed: "Xiao was born in a poor family, this is the best place to live!" ”

"It's only going to get better and better!" Liu Chan nodded and said, "I'm here this time to discuss business with you!" ”

"Childe just command!" Lin Xiao arched his hand.

Liu Chan took Lin Xiao to the door, pointed to the restaurant opposite and said, "There is a restaurant opposite, I have already asked people to take it down." ”

"Childe really plans to open a tavern?" Lin Xiao frowned, and was embarrassed: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that this restaurant is really not easy to operate, and my wife's craftsmanship is only acceptable, but I'm afraid that it won't attract any diners." Wouldn't this disappoint Childe's wishes? ”

Liu Chan waved his hand and said: "It's not a tavern, you can rest assured, I still need to renovate this restaurant, you come in with me, I'll tell you how to renovate!" ”

Liu Chan took Lin Xiao to the tavern opposite, and Zhao Yun and his servants also followed.

The restaurant was closed, and when I heard a knock on the door, an old man in his fifties opened the door.

"Your Excellen......cy," the old man saw the servant, and hurriedly greeted him.

Looking at the old man's courteous appearance towards the servant, Liu Chan shook his head, this servant is just a subordinate who is responsible for procurement by the state pastoral office, but in the mouth of this old man, he has become a steward, and he is really a third-grade official in front of the prime minister.

Liu Chan and Zhao Yun were also there, and the servant listened to this sentence of the steward, but he couldn't rise the slightest sense of superiority in his heart, and said with a sneer: "Steward Zhang, you can take your people and go, go back and tell your master, you can come to me if you have anything in the future." It's just that I came to the kind of hurdle that I can't get over, so don't come to me for anything, especially if it's illegal. ”

"Yes, yes, I'm relieved to have your words, the ten thousand dollars are in the box, and the small ones will be retired!" Steward Zhang nodded, and didn't dare to look at Liu Chan and his party, so he hurriedly left with a few guards in the mansion.

After the others left, Liu Chan walked out from behind Zhao Yun and looked at the restaurant.

This restaurant has a total of two floors, very wide, there is a passage in the middle, which can lead directly to the kitchen in the backyard, on the left and right, there are food tables, and at least a dozen tables can be placed on one side. Upstairs are small independent rooms, which are private rooms for dignitaries and nobles.

The servant introduced on the side: "These tables are still new, made of high-quality wood, they were all given to you for free, and these things are ......"

Liu Chan looked around the layout of the restaurant, and carefully explained the specific matters of the renovation to Lin Xiao.

Originally, there was a restaurant here, but the owner couldn't make money, so he couldn't run it, so it was cheaper for Liu Chan. But if Liu Chan still does business according to the original pattern, it will inevitably follow in the footsteps of others. Therefore, only by renovating the house and getting something new for the future generations to come out can it attract diners.