After reading the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, I only eat hundreds of millions

"It's so lively!" Song Hao said.

There have been successive years of famine in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and many state capitals have been implicated.

However, the chaos and depression in other places did not affect the prosperity and luxury of the capital.The faces of passers-by who passed by were full of joy, and their pride from the inside out was not seen in other state capitals.

Yuniang said calmly: "It's not bad. The East Market is not as lively and lively as the West Market, plus...there has been chaos in the city recently, and many dignitaries have closed their mansions tightly and have not taken to the streets."

Song Hao was slightly surprised.

Isn’t this considered prosperity? !

In her memory...

The most vivid memory is during the holidays.

The curfew was lifted in Beijing, and the whole city rejoiced.At that time, there were crowds of people everywhere, the lights were brightly lit, and the sky was full of fireworks.

The capital at that time was also called the city that never sleeps.

"I rarely went out to go shopping in the past. I only came to Dongshi a couple of times." Song Hao regretted that she didn't hate the fireworks in this world, but she vaguely liked it.

The years are quiet and peaceful, and the prosperous times are stable.

She likes this prosperous age, and she must not let bad people cause trouble.

The nomadic tribes in northern Xinjiang cannot.

The White Lotus Sect can’t even do that.

"Yu Niang, I saw someone selling persimmons..." Song Hao said happily: "There seems to be some chicken crocodiles, can we buy some? Chicken crocodiles are the sweetest when eaten after the frost."

"Okay." Yu Niang responded.

"Persimmons, fresh persimmons, six dollars a pound."

"Spiny jujubes, freshly picked wild jujubes from Qinzhuang, only cost five cents."

"Pear, Zhengzhou pear..."

Passing through the butcher shop, you can hear the sounds of many vendors selling food along the street.

"Yu Niang, I want to eat wild jujube cake." Song Hao pointed to the stall selling wild jujube and swallowed.Wild jujube is extremely sour when eaten alone. When made into wild jujube cake, it is soft and waxy, slightly sour yet sweet. Adding some tangerine peel or perilla leaves makes the taste even more unique.

No matter in the previous life...

Song Ping, who was still in the Zhou Dynasty, liked to eat jujube cake.

of course.

Aunt Song's sweet-scented osmanthus cake was also Song Piao's favorite.

"Do it." Yu Niang nodded and stepped forward: "Old man, please weigh this basket of wild dates. I want them all."

"Okay!" The old man took the weight and asked an acquaintance to weigh it.

The bamboo baskets are deep and full, and each basket is worth one stone (120 kilograms).The old man is very particular about the jujubes in the basket being of equal size and without leaves or gravel.One look at it and you can tell it has been picked.

but…

Song Hao was not surprised.

The East City is different from the West City. The adjacent Fang City is the residence of noble bureaucrats, so naturally they are all families who are not short of money.

The goods bought and sold are somewhat particular.

"Girl, this basket of wild jujubes weighs 85 kilograms, totaling 425 Wen." The old man put down the scale and informed Song and Hei of the weight and price.This 85 kilograms is naturally the weight of the bamboo basket, and it is relatively rare to be short of a kilogram or less.

Usually there are more people in the West Market. After all, the West Market is a mixed bag and chaotic.

"Old man, I didn't bring any copper coins. Please take the token and go to the official kitchen of Dali Temple to settle the bill." Yu Niang picked up the jujubes, put them on the donkey cart, took out a copper coin and handed it to the old man, asking him to go to the official kitchen of Dali Temple to get it. money.

This copper coin is different from ordinary copper coins.

It is a special copper coin cast in the east and west cities.

Of course, this was allowed by the court.The copper coin that Yu Niang took out represents Dali Temple.

A penny is worth a penny.

A hundred words are worth a thousand words.

Ordinary people cannot carry thousands of copper coins when they go shopping.

Like gold and silver, they are limited to public buying and selling.After all, if you buy a basket of wild dates, even if you can come up with silver ingots, the owner of the stall will not be able to find them...

In addition to this special copper coin, there are also silver notes in the east and west cities.

but…

Banknote transactions have nothing to do with the people.

"Yes, sir." The old man happily took the copper coins and began to clean up the stall.I planned to go to Dali Temple to check out and then go home directly.

Seeing Song Ping's curious face, Lady Yu took out two more copper coins and said, "Fourth lady, are you curious about this copper coin token?" "Yes!" Song Ping nodded.

She had heard of it but had never seen it.

I have encountered this situation before when shopping, but usually a servant or maid is arranged to lead the vendor back to his home to collect money.Of course, this situation is relatively rare.

after all.

The rich family has servants who are responsible for purchasing.

Occasionally I go out on the street and don’t buy a whole basket of things.

A few copper plates, dozens of copper plates.

The wallet can still fit in it.

"Yu Niang, who came up with this copper coin token? Such a clever idea saved a lot of trouble." Song Hiei praised it.

while chatting.

The two bought two baskets of persimmons and one basket of pears.

As before, Yuniang gave two copper coins as tokens.

this time.

The two of them came to a stall selling chicken coriander.

"Guess..." Yu Niang said.

She stepped forward to ask about the price of the chicken pods. Seeing that there were not many chicken pods on the stall, she simply rounded them up.He picked a big one and handed it to Song Hao to let her taste it.

Song Heng: "The east and west cities provide a large amount of commercial taxes to the court every year. Could these copper coin tokens and silver notes be made by a certain gentleman from the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

This copper coin can be used as a token of trade, and it also appears in the east and west cities.

Naturally, it has to do with the imperial court. The San Gong Cabinet will not interfere with the East and West cities. The Six Ministries...the Household Ministry is the most likely.

Ministry of Accounts.

In charge of land, household registration, taxes and salaries and all financial matters.

The prosperity of the two cities in the east and west creates an absolutely astronomical amount of business tax every year.In this case, there is no reason why the Ministry of Revenue should not pay attention to it.

"Fourth lady is indeed smart, then you...guess which adult is responsible for it?" Yuniang ate the cockles and looked at the other vendors on the street.Unfortunately, most fruits cannot be stored for long periods of time, and as winter approaches, we will no longer be able to eat delicious fruits.

"This..." Song Hao was stunned.

She doesn't know much about the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The only person in the household department who knew him was Xu Shinian and Xu Shangshu, who was talking about resigning.The man in charge of Jin Shang's money bag is notoriously stingy.

"Xu Shangshu?"

Song Hao tentatively said the three words "Xu Shangshu".

after all…

She didn’t know or know the other officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Yu Niang gave Song Hier a thumbs up and praised: "Awesome!"

Song Hao chuckled.

I made a casual guess, and I was quite surprised that I got it right.

"Xu Shangshu is in charge of His Majesty's treasury, and he naturally sees the prosperity of the east and west cities. Copper coin tokens and silver notes really facilitate the transactions in the east and west cities." Song Hier analyzed.

She is not great, but Xu Shangshu is great.

"Stop! Stop..."

Suddenly there was a noise in the street.

At the same time, there were all kinds of yelling and smashing sounds.

"You are a beggar who has always been a scoundrel. You steal steamed cakes from my house every day. Are you really useless as a law of Zhou Dynasty? Today, if I don't beat you to death, I will send you to Shuntian Mansion to see the official..."

very quickly.

A series of sharp curses came.

Song Hao and Yu Niang looked at each other and walked forward along with the crowd.

Instruct the driver to wait aside for a while.

"Liu Jiasanlang is so ruthless! A steamed cake costs at most two cents."

"Yes! Look at his ruthlessness, as if he wants to beat this beggar to death."

"This beggar is pitiful. He stole the steamed cakes from Liu's restaurant. The beating he received was in vain. Who knows that Sanlang Liu always loves to beat and scold people? There are no wives or children in his family who have not been beaten or scolded by him. ?" (End of this chapter)