Liu De took Yiwu's little hand and walked into the store leisurely. ()

This is a typical early Han dynasty shop, with a simple layout, the walls are made of rammed mud, the foundation is paved with wooden planks, a simple counter and the goods stacked on the shelves, three or two guys, almost all of a shop.

Walking into the store, Liu De knew why its business was very good.

Because it's a fabric shop.

There are still many kinds of cloth in the store.

From the expensive Shu brocade to the linen cloth worn by ordinary people, there is everything.

At this time, the general public, in addition to food, basically spent most of their savings on clothing.

Every year during the winter vacation, the common people will choose to use the savings of the year to buy a new dress for their wives or a beautiful new dress for their children.

There is no doubt that because of the limitations of technology and conditions, the cloth is quite tight, so it is expensive.

Basically, at this time, gold and copper coins and cloth could also be used as currency.

Among them, gold is the upper currency, which is only circulated among the aristocracy, large landowners, and bureaucratic classes, and is generally stored in the shape of a gold cake, and there is no fixed ratio to copper coins.

Suppose someone has to exchange copper coins for gold.

Liu De has a reference number jù.

Zhang Cang has a question in the nine chapters of arithmetic, which quotes the number jù of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the final answer is that one catty of gold is worth six thousand two hundred and fifty.

As for cloth, as we all know, China has always had a tradition of using silk cloth instead of money for trading and circulation.

At this time, cloth is hard currency.

Even in the eyes of many people. Cloth is more reliable than copper coins.

Because if the copper coin is unlucky, and you get the inferior copper-coped lead and iron money in your hand, it will undoubtedly be a big loss.

But the cloth will not be costed.

So. At this time, the most promising industry is undoubtedly the textile industry!

"If the cotton from the Western Regions is introduced to China, and then planted in Huangzhuang on a large scale, and then someone knows what spinning machine, how much will the national treasury have to earn that year?" Thinking about this, Liu De felt that his adrenaline began to secrete sharply.

Liu De knew that the Han court made its own laws. It was stipulated that a piece of burlap was worth thirty-five cents, and of course, this was when you handed over the cloth to the government as a tax. And the government's assessment of the value of your cloth does not mean that one horse is only worth thirty-five dollars.

In fact, Liu De is now seen in this cloth shop. The cheapest piece of linen. It is also worth fifty-five dollars, and the slightly better quality ones range from fifty-seven to fifty-eight dollars.

As for the price of silk and even luxury Shu brocade worn by the nobles, it is jaw-dropping.

The cheapest silk is also worth thousands of dollars, and as for Shu brocade, basically no copper money is charged. Trade only in gold.

After taking a turn in the fabric store, Liu De basically understood the value of cloth at this time.

Don't underestimate the importance of cloth.

Basically. If you know the price of cloth, you can roughly estimate the price of the rest of the goods.

Because, the Han dynasty did not implement any standard currency system, and even the copper coins circulating in the market will be used differently by the people because of the copper content, appearance and weight of the copper coins in the actual use process.

Only cloth is a reference that is basically constant.

Liu De remembered that in the later Eastern Han Dynasty, there was even a long time when the imperial court and the government abandoned the circulation of money and only used cloth as currency.

During the period of the Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty, Cao Pi also abolished the circulation of copper coins for a time, and only recognized cloth and silk.

There's a reason for all of this.

There are reasons why Confucianism admires and makes noise, and there are also reasons why cloth is indeed a good reference, which can accurately reflect the price of goods. At the same time, even farmers who can't read a single word can accurately judge whether they have been cheated.

"Five baht coins...... Liu De walked out of the cloth shop, thinking about the five baht coins he had minted.

There is no doubt that his five-baht coin will definitely seize the world's numismatic market as long as the quality is guaranteed.

However, Liu De is now smashing pots and selling iron, and he can only make up the copper that can be minted for a maximum of about 30 million yuan.

Among them, the bronze ware that Biyang Hou, a big family with thousands of households, has accumulated for decades, and if you want to add casting, you must find a cheap father.

In order for the five-baht coin to replace other currencies currently in circulation, it is necessary to mint at least 2 million copper coins to do so.

Because, the annual financial income of the Han family is now about 300,000-400,000 yuan.

Multiply this number by five, which is almost the total amount of money currently in circulation in the world.

Where to find so much good copper?

This problem may be a real pain for others.

But for Liu De, it is as simple as drinking water and eating.

He only needs to wait for him to become the emperor, send a eunuch, take a few people looking for mines, and go to Yuzhang.

As a traverser, no matter how lonely and unheard, Liu De still knows the name of Jiangxi Dexing Copper Mine.

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Out of the cloth shop, Liu De took Yi Wan and came to a shop next door that looked like a grocery store.

As soon as he entered the door, Liu De saw that the store was tense, and two sturdy farmers were facing each other against the two men dressed as men in the store.

The eyes of the two sides were wide with anger, and the green tendons were exposed, as if they could fight at any time.

The accompanying guards, disguised as customers and rangers and travelers roaming the streets, immediately became nervous when they saw the scene, and some even put their hands on the hilts of their knives hidden in their wide robes.

Liu De didn't care, pulled Yiwu and stood aside to watch.

At that moment, another man ran in.

The man was dressed in a green cloth coat, and as soon as he entered the door, he said loudly in a rough Anyi local accent: "What are you doing? What to do? Come over to me! ”

To Liu De's surprise, the two groups of people walked up to the man honestly, and a guy bowed to the man and said, "Zhang Gong, you are Pingjia of this East City, you have to call the shots for us!" ”

The man said: "Is it possible that the two of them have the coarse cheek money and want to buy something from our store?" ”

He excitedly waved a handful of copper coins in his hand and put them in front of the man, Liu De squinted and saw that it was indeed an inferior pod money, not only was it fatally thin, but even the size was smaller than ordinary copper coins! Liu De's visual inspection was probably a pit made by a private coinage workshop with no conscience.

The two peasants looked at each other and asked, "Are you Pingjia?" ”

The man in the green shirt nodded, stuffed the copper coins back into the hands of the two people, and said, "The pod money is not virtuous, and the two of you should not use it again in the future!" ”

He arched his hand and said: "Give me a thin face, forget about this matter, otherwise it will be a trouble to the yamen, if I don't help you, you know the consequences!" ”

The two seemed to be very afraid of the man with the name of 'Pingjia', and arched their hands: "Since Pingjia has spoken, then our brother will give Pingjia a face!" ”

After speaking, he took the copper coin and walked away without looking back.

This makes Liu De very strange.

What is Pinja?

Is this man's name? Nickname? Offices? Or something else?

Seeing that this man beat away two gangsters who pretended to be peasants, but were actually blackmailers.

Liu De feels that this person is too powerful, right?

You must know that even the government may not be able to have such great prestige.

So, Liu De asked Yiwu: "What is Pingjia?" (To be continued......)

ps: There is one more later~

Well, I went out for a temporary trip at night, and I came back at half past 1o, but anyway, I said that 3 more must be 3 more!

In addition, students who are entangled in whether the Western Han Gold is gold or not, don't be entangled, I will open a special chapter tomorrow to explain it carefully.

Well, let's put it this way, according to the information I have consulted, including but not limited to historical records, Han books, Sanfu Huangtu, Later Han books, the deeds of the ministers of the two Han Dynasty, literati and the unearthed Han Jian, it is confirmed that the gold of the Qin and Han dynasties is gold, and it is legal tender, and it is the upper currency.

There are pictures and truths, clear cases, detailed evidence chains, and sufficient written records and the words of the contemporaries, legal provisions, and the emperor's edicts.

It can only be said that history cannot be made up by the brain!

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