Ancient people ate, leaving a piece of silver to leave, why did the shop owner never count?
We can often see in costume dramas that in the past, the prince or chivalrous and so on, often wanted to have a table of good wine and good meat, and left a piece of silver on the table after the wine was full, and the boss often used his teeth to bite the silver and then satisfactorily put it in his pocket. Maybe many friends will feel very curious when they see this clip, why do these shop owners never weigh it, isn't the boss worried about the guests giving less? In fact, this reason is also very simple, the following small series for everyone to analyze, I believe can help you solve the doubts.
The first reason is that the ancient smelting technology was not developed, and the silver was also divided into several different grades at that time, and the highest purity and the best color was the official silver at that time, which was generally made into the appearance of a yuan treasure, so that it was convenient to carry and calculate. Those with bad color were naturally poured into the mold to make broken silver, but in ancient times, ordinary people used copper plates for shopping and consumption, and broken silver was indeed very troublesome to calculate.
The second reason is that in ancient times, most of the people were still ordinary people, so there were many places where copper plates were used, and ordinary street stalls generally collected copper plates without silver, even if they received silver, it was not easy to find money. And those who accepted silver consumption were also relatively high-grade restaurants at that time, and those who could go in and out of high-grade places to consume food and drink were generally the sons of large families or people with good families, and it was not surprising that they used silver to settle their accounts. And in many cases, it is only a lot more, which is equivalent to the current tip, so the shop owner is very happy just to weigh the weight and bite it with his teeth to see the color. After all, no matter which dynasty, even if it is modern, the owner is very happy if the guests eat and tip.
The third reason is the ancient gold and silver, but also because of the reason that the smelting technology was not developed at that time, so it belonged to precious metals at that time, to know that one or two silver in ancient times was almost equal to two thousand copper plates, if the ancient people ate one or two silver, and the meal was only worth five hundred copper plates, then the boss also had to find another fifteen hundred copper plates to give to the guests, not only to find money is very troublesome, and those guests will carry so many copper plates on their bodies is also very inconvenient.
The above three reasons believe that everyone can understand why the ancient people left a piece of broken silver after eating and left, and the boss never counted the reasons.