Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1795, one move and two turns of marriage

"A watch shop?"

Walking, walking, Liu Jin came to a watch shop. The decoration of the whole watch shop looked very tall, with full floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and the scene inside could be seen from the outside.

In the entire two-story building, even during the day, whale oil lamps are lit, not kerosene lamps, all kinds of hanging clocks, and clocks inside the counter, which look very fashionable and trendy.

There are also a lot of people in the store, and they are mainly young people, young couples, couples, etc., buying watches together.

Liu Jin walked in and started strolling casually.

The boss, Xie Jingliang, was over forty years old, and he had developed a pair of piercing eyes in business for many years. He just glanced at Li Jin, and immediately knew that the person in front of him was either rich or expensive.

This outfit seems to be very ordinary, but Xie Jingliang knew at a glance that it was made of high-quality Shu brocade, and the embroidery on it was also made by famous Su Yang masters.

The jade pendant worn on this waist is not an ordinary item, the imperial green jade pendant, just this piece of jade pendant can be exchanged for several houses in the capital.

Moreover, Liu Jin's bearing is also extremely extraordinary. It can be seen that a person who has been in the upper class for a long time can cultivate a bearing.

So Xie Jingliang hurried over and said with a smile, "Does this nobleman need anything?"

"I'll take a look."

Liu Jin smiled and nodded.

"My lord, the good stuff is on the second floor, and this floor is full of ordinary stuff, which may not catch your eyes."

Xie Jingliang smiled and continued.

"It's okay, I'm just looking around casually, you are busy with your work."

Liu Jin said with a smile.

"Okay, if you have an order, just say it at any time."

When Xie Jingliang saw it, he nodded quickly and went about his own business.

Take a closer look at Liu Jin, he probably didn’t come to buy a watch, such a person will never lack a watch, and even if he buys it, he must go to the watch shop on Zhuque Street, where the watches are expensive and the quality is not good. better.

Liu Jin watched and listened carefully.

It can be seen that watches are very popular now, many people buy watches, and the business is very good.

The key is that watches are actually not cheap. Even though there are many cheap watches now, at least it takes several taels of silver to buy a watch.

If it is a watch produced by the Daming Watch Firm, the cheapest one costs tens of taels of silver to buy, and the expensive one requires thousands of taels or tens of thousands of taels of silver.

For example, Liu Jin had a pocket watch on his body, which was given to Liu Jin by Xu Wan'er. It cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, and it has reached the ceiling of clocks and watches.

The watches in the watch shop in front of me are all watches from the beginning of farming, and the price is generally around a dozen taels of silver. They are not watches produced by Daming Watch Firm, but produced by some other watch firms.

The quality, workmanship and brand are naturally not as good as Daming Watch Firm, and the price is also very affordable.

But for ordinary people, this watch is still a luxury item. The cheapest watch costs nearly 10 taels of silver, which is enough for ordinary workers to work for two months without eating or drinking.

Better watches cost tens of taels of silver, which is enough for ordinary people to work for a year, so the most popular watches sold now are actually watches that cost around a dozen taels of silver.

"Boss, there are a lot of people buying watches here."

Liu Jin found Xie Jingliang and said.

"To tell you the truth, the business of the small shop is still good, especially since the New Year is coming soon, and there are many people getting married, so there are more people buying watches."

Xie Jingliang smiled and said.

"What does this marriage have to do with buying a watch?"

Liu Jin thought for a while and asked.

"Of course it has something to do with it. Now we are in the Beijing-Tianjin area. When it comes to marriage, it is important to stay still and turn twice."

Xie Jingliang said quickly.

"One move and two turns?"

After Liu Jin heard this, he was even more dumbfounded. Why hadn't he heard of this marriage?

"The so-called one move and two turns, this move refers to real estate, you must have your own house, and the two turns refer to bicycles and watches. Now in the Beijing-Tianjin area, it's marriage. If you don't have these three things, it's not good. So, the little girl really doesn't have to marry you, or she can only buy a European slave girl to be her wife."

Xie Jingliang looked at Liu Jin, who seemed to really not know, and explained in detail.

"Haha, that's how it is~"

Liu Jin suddenly realized after listening, and then he couldn't help sighing.

This has not changed since ancient times.

Thinking about marriage in later generations, it seems to be the same. From the beginning of sewing machine plus watch, gradually to bicycle plus TV, and then to motorcycle plus refrigerator, etc. After the 21st century, it is house plus car. In many places Even an extremely generous bride price, as well as hardware and the like.

Things like six catties and six taels, eight catties and eight taels, all kinds of purples and reds and one piece of green are also very popular in later generations. Because of special historical reasons, there are few girls and the pressure of marriage competition is high, so all kinds of strange things emerge in endlessly.

"No wonder the people who come here to buy watches are all young people. It turns out that they are all for marriage."

Liu Jin shook his head while laughing.

"Isn't it? Young people nowadays have high requirements. Without bicycles, it is definitely not enough. It is inconvenient to commute to and from get off work. Watches are a matter of face, and real estate is for the lives of young couples."

Xie Jingliang smiled and nodded.

"Then how many dowry gifts and dowry gifts do you need now?"

After thinking about it, Liu Jin asked again.

"For bride price and betrothal gift, we usually need at least 100 taels of silver now in our region. If we do, people in our Beijing-Tianjin area are losing money when they marry their daughters. The betrothal gift and dowry gift of 100 taels of silver is at least [-] taels of silver. Double back."

"If a rich family marries a daughter, it will be a big deal. There are at least a few big cars for all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry."

"And they often have to marry cars, real estate, shops and so on. As for those rich and nobles, it is even more incomparable. There are stocks, manors, plantations, farms, factories, commercial firms and so on. A wealthy young lady is really dowrying a thousand jins of gold."

When Xie Jingliang heard this, he also said hastily.

Young and old in the Beijing-Tianjin area, the measure is very large, in fact, it is all for the sake of face, even ordinary people, wanting bride price, dowry, etc., are also for the sake of face, more things, and longer lines.

Then it will be doubled and returned in the form of dowry.

If this wealthy family marries their daughter, the cards will be big.

"I see."

After listening to it, Liu Jin understood it all at once.

Think about when I married Xu Wan'er and Li Zhen, their dowry was also very huge, with a huge variety of things, such as gold, silver, jewelry, jade, jade, coral agate, pearl agate, etc., all carried in boxes. come over.

Recently, rich families marry their daughters or something, it is all a blood loss.

There is no way, people in Beijing and Tianjin are like this, in order for their daughter to have status in the mother-in-law, this dowry is absolutely indispensable, if it is less, it will make people laugh, and face must be maintained.

"That's actually pretty good."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said.

Think about future generations, because the bride price is too high and the requirements are too high, how many people can't afford to marry a wife even if they stripped their parents' pockets, and in the city, there are millions of older women who are single.

Their own requirements are relatively high, coupled with the prevalence of poisonous chicken soup, so few people get married, even fewer have children, and the divorce rate is also high.

In the final analysis, such a society is actually a deformed society. Why do you have to buy a house and a car when you get married?

Could it be that the husband and wife can't rely on their own hands to struggle and work hard?

And this marriage requires so many bride price all at once, is this selling a daughter or doing business?
The pressure on young people is too great, they can't afford to get married or have children, coupled with the prevalence of poisonous chicken soup, they pay attention to enjoyment and instant pleasure, and the divorce rate is extremely high.

Such a society will definitely gradually decline, and eventually lose hope and future.

If you don't even want to have children, what future and hope do you have?

The current Daming is still very traditional in this regard. You can ask for dowry gifts, but you have to pay them back twice, which is not easy to save face.

Of course, the ratio of men to women in Ming Dynasty is relatively balanced now. It can even be said that there are more women than men, because there are a large number of female slaves from Europe, West Asia, and the Middle East. The number is very large, and it is estimated that there are millions of female slaves. Live on the land of Ming Dynasty.

There are also quite a few women from Korea and Japan, because they are vassal states of Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty is still very attractive to them. There are many Korean women who are concubines in Liaodong, and in Nanyang and Ryukyu. There are many Japanese women on the side.

They became the concubines, maidservants, servants, etc. of the Ming people, which to some extent made the situation more serious when there were more boys and girls in the Ming Dynasty, but fortunately, Daming could take concubines, so generally speaking, the ratio of men to women was balanced.

But the balance is back to balance. The requirements for marriage are still changing with the times. There are houses, bicycles and watches, so the pressure is still a bit high.

PS: Do you like this kind of Daming?
(End of this chapter)