I have to say that the princess is indeed virtuous, no matter how unwilling she is, she is not angry at all, and she keeps Lian'er. She was away for days, worried that her husband would not serve well outside the home. The most important thing is that without Lian'er as a translator, her husband has a lot of difficulties in communicating with outsiders.

"Why didn't you shout to go to Wazi today? Don't you blame the officials for harming you, and you can't enter the palace? In addition to the guilt of the princess, Hong Tao felt very sorry for Lian'er, and she couldn't go into the palace to ask for money because of the big holiday, and she had to run around and drink the cold wind with her.

Originally, I was going to take some time to let her go shopping and buy some snacks when I was passing by Xiwazi, but I didn't think that Lian'er had changed her character this time, and she didn't complain about half a word, let alone make up for it.

"I don't want to go, there are rules everywhere in the palace, far less comfortable than in the house, and the reward is not as much as the officials."

Lian'er is really sincere, and she recruited all the fifteen and ten of her little abacus. She didn't want to enter the palace, in addition to being more restrained, the main thing was that the red envelopes in the palace were not big enough, and she would have already calculated which side was light and which side was heavier.

"That's right, it's still comfortable to follow the officials. Go find someone to call Fu Ji and Zhu Bajin back first, and when the officials come to help you reward money, they are all rich people! Although Hong Tao did not plan to enter the palace to participate in the royal banquet, he planned to hold a celebration banquet at home.

A few days ago, the princess settled the accounts of the Flying Eagle Society and the Treasure Painting Hall for this year, not that she didn't know, but she was shocked! These two petty workshops alone have earned nearly a thousand yuan, the Flying Eagle Club has only been open for less than three months, and the Treasure Hall is even shorter, just over a month!

What is the concept of a thousand kan? Now the prices in Bianliang City have not been fully figured out, and I don't plan to figure them all out, so let's pick a few more commonly used things to measure, such as food, clothing, housing, and use.

Let's talk about eating first, if you change it to grain, at this time, a bucket of rice in Bianliang City is about 100 Wen, and a bucket of wheat is about 80 Wen. This money can buy 1,000 stone of rice or more wheat. One stone of rice is almost 60 kilograms, that is, 60 tons of rice, enough for dozens of people up and down the Horse Mansion to eat for one or two decades.

If you just eat meat, the whole pork in the pig alley is 120 wen a catty, and the mutton is slightly more expensive than 150 wen, which can also buy dozens of fat pigs or hundreds of fat sheep.

To put it another way, a piece of linen cloth is 450 Wen; 1300 wen for a piece of silk; Silk is slightly more expensive, 2 pieces per horse; Luo is light, so one horse should be 3 times; satin should be 5 runs; Shu brocade is the most expensive, and the cheap one is also 20 yuan, and the private supply is not enough, so it is estimated that the output will be sent to the palace.

Ready-to-wear scores style and texture, which is not easy to compare. However, the cotton clothes issued by the imperial court to officials below the fifth grade cost more than 3 pieces, which is almost equivalent to the work clothes of civil servants in later generations. A set of summer clothing for ordinary forbidden soldiers costs 1 run, and the sheepskin jacket worn by Zhu Bajin is more expensive, requiring 5 runs.

A pair of straw sandals starts at 80 Wen, cloth shoes at 50 Wen, and leather shoes at 400 Wen. I want to ask why straw shoes are more expensive than cloth shoes, because straw shoes are sturdy, and you can't last a day when you walk or work in cloth shoes. Therefore, most of the working people are willing to wear straw sandals, and according to the principle of market economy, the demand is strong and the price is naturally higher.

Then there is living, Bianliang City as a metropolis with a population of millions of housing prices can be said to be very different, take the Pig Killing Lane area in the outer city where Xu Donglai lives as an example, why can he go to the Salesian Bureau as a volunteer without worrying about food and drink? Hong Tao specially asked this question, and the result was three words, demolition households.

That's right, Xu Donglai was the demolition household in the capital of the Song Dynasty. His adoptive parents had no children, no daughters, and no power, but their ancestors left them two large courtyards, one of which was not far from the west side of Killing Pig Alley, very close to the outer city wall.

Soon after Shenzong ascended the throne, he carried out a major renovation of the city's defense system, mainly widening the road by the city wall, and all the buildings within 30 steps from the city wall had to be cleared, and the courtyard of his house was within the scope of demolition.

How much is the compensation? More than 10 rooms and a large courtyard were given more than 500 yuan, and Xu Donglai relied on this money to worry about food and clothing. As for his manpower agency business, it is completely the son inheriting his father's business, but he is not doing very well, and there is no income.

This is a low-rise house on the edge of the outer city, with a small courtyard with only a few rooms, and the price is about 150 yuan. Isn't the house in the inner city a little more expensive?

Definitely, Hong Tao has more say in this matter, and the old friend Mi Fu has a house in Kaifeng, which is in the inner city of Chunmingfang, not far from the old Song Gate. This ordinary courtyard was bought more than 20 years ago, and it cost 1,500 guan at that time.

So how much does a prime minister like Wang Anshi get? The answer is that Wang Anshi has no real estate in Kaifeng at all, and has always rented a house to live. However, the house he rented was not small, it was the mansion of the former privy envoy, and Zhu Bajin said that a courtyard of that size would cost almost 60 yuan per month.

In fact, there are many Northern Song Dynasty officials like Wang Anshi who rent houses to live, which is the norm. Because the price of houses in Kaifeng City is too expensive, it is possible to buy a house with a salary only after becoming a high-ranking official, but it does not mean that you can buy it, you really have to save for a few years.

It is said that Ouyang Xiuguan visited the Zhizhi Yuan and sentenced the Dengwen Drum Academy, but compared to the deputy director of the State Bureau of Letters and Visits, he still couldn't afford to buy a house. In addition, he has a bit of a picky personality, and he actually rented a relatively cheap courtyard in the outer city. Due to the relatively low terrain, the yard is full of water when it rains. Later, he recalled this embarrassing time in a poem:

"I came to Beijing to take refuge. Idle houses and ancient houses, despicable and miscellaneous. Adjacent to the ditch sinus, the street overflows the court. Going out is melancholy, and closing the house is afraid of being a stream. The walls are open-minded, and fortunately there is no storage. ”

Probably speaking, he didn't have a house to live in the capital, so he rented an old house in a remote neighborhood to live in, but the low-lying terrain often accumulated water, and the walls were all soaked down, but fortunately, there was nothing valuable at home.

Even the deputy director of the bureau could not afford to buy a house, and the middle and lower-level officials could not afford it, and they did not have Wang Anshi's high salary, so they could only rent relatively cheap houses, with monthly rents ranging from a few to a dozen.

For example, the Su Shi brothers both rented a house, and then they often came to Wang Shu to play. Although there is no way out politically, the horse mansion is rewarded by the emperor, worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, and there is a large mansion with a garden.

Wang Shu is also a five-grade official, and his monthly income is much higher than Su Shi's, so he has the conditions to entertain friends at home, and by the way, he can have a party or something. This is the same meaning as some cultural people in later generations who got together to make private clubs and hold salons.

Finally, it is used, a scale of charcoal weighs 15 catties, the price is about 100 Wen, and it is halved in summer; A scale of charcoal is about 60 Wen, which is also halved in summer; 1,000 guan can buy more than 70 tons of charcoal or more than 100 tons of charcoal, enough to burn for decades.

A candle is 500 texts, and a candle is 150 texts. Bing candles are candles made of white wax, the kind that can be lit whole; Candles are made of yellow wax, and if you want to light them, you must first melt them and light them with a wick like an oil lamp.

The price of an ordinary set of tables and chairs is about 4 yuan, the price of ordinary lotus petal bowls and teacups ranges from 15 to 30 yuan each, the tile used to wash the face is 10 yuan a piece, and the iron foot mother-in-law who pours hot water into the quilt to warm up in winter is 1 yuan, the silver hairpin on the lotus child's head is less than 3 yuan, the gold hairpin on the princess's head is expensive, and the cheapest one has to be more than 10 yuan.

It can be seen that the two small businesses opened by Hong Tao did make a lot of money, and according to the standards of later generations, they almost belonged to the level of hundreds of thousands of monthly incomes. With this relatively stable income, the funds for hiring labor, buying livestock and farm tools, and purchasing Huashuo next year are basically reliable.

But this money can't just be held in your hands, you have to be able to spend it as well as earn it. Hong Tao is now going to reward his merits and deeds, fully affirming the value of several helpers around him, so that they can feel that there is hope for them to do it, so that they can make persistent efforts.