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Little two, checkout!
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Then the heroic good man casually threw down a piece of silver, and in the other party's nod, he flew away.
This is a picture often seen on film and television, and it is also a plot that will be chosen in literary works in order to show the rough atmosphere of the characters. However, many people will notice at the first time: Yu? Why didn't Xiao Er count the money and let this heroic good man go? Isn't he worried about not having enough money and being scolded by the treasurer?
In fact, the reason for this shallow level is still relatively simple, that is, nouveau riche go to the street and do not look for money. In ancient times, rich people were usually rich, where the accounting was so much, and it was very troublesome to find money, to weigh it, impatient upstarts who would wait for people to weigh themselves? They know they've had enough anyway. And it is said that this is a kind of character building, so there are inevitably exaggerated and untrue parts, and most people will honestly wait to find money.
The reason for its deeper level is that it has to talk about the development and value of ancient money, and silver is of high value. Ancient Chinese currency was originally shells, because at that time everyone was in the inland area, shells as an imported product, very expensive and beautiful, but in fact there is no object value, with the expansion of territory, we found shells everywhere, so fragile shells have no value.
After everyone realized the preciousness of copper during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, copper became an alternative currency for shells. At that time, because of the differences in various countries, the value and appearance of copper coins were not the same, for example, countries located near the Yellow River Basin liked to use them
"Cloth coin", the cloth coin itself is copper, but the shape is actually very similar to the tool of labor, and later the more it is minted thinner and thinner, it becomes a piece of cloth, it is called "cloth coin"; the Yan state and the State of Qi use "sword coin", which is also like a tool of labor, and it is the appearance of a knife, this is because they recognize the value of copper and labor, and the form of money produced after combining the two.
And as the most basic circulating currency, copper has always existed on the historical stage, as the most important trading object, it has also been used by the people, and continued for thousands of years, equivalent to our current piece of two pieces, you can have gold and huge money, but you must also have some change, otherwise it will be difficult for you to go to the street. Don't say that you pay with your mobile phone now, after all, mobile phones may also run out of power, so change is still very important.
But at this time, more valuable silver and gold were found. Why did silver and gold become currencies? In fact, just like the original mining of copper, we found that these golden shining things are more rare than copper, and things are rare and expensive, so their value is high, and they are also conducive to storage, will not deform and will not become less, natural is the characteristics of currency. However, based on the monopolies that often appeared in ancient times, they also existed more in the hands of the ruling class, and the lower classes still used copper coins.
Therefore, the value of ancient currencies was shell > copper> silver> gold.
1
Copper coins are
Literary money, equivalent
2
Dime, in
1072
In Hangzhou, you could drink a cup of tea, in the Northern Song Dynasty you could buy a piece of sugar; silver, as the currency of the third class, was worth far more than copper coins, equivalent to that time
Copper coin (
1000
), which is also equivalent to the minimum amount of RMB
300
So when silver appears in an inn or a liquor store, it means that it must be able to pay for the wine and meat of a few swordsmen or butchers or knights, and these people who give silver do not wait to find money, that is another matter.
And if there is a gold yuan treasure here, it may be that the entire inn and the liquor store can buy it, and the little two will kneel down to this good man, because 1 gold is 3,000 yuan, and the weight of 1 gold yuan is about 300 yuan, which is equivalent to the current 300,000, although in each dynasty because of economic changes, the value of gold and silver is not the same, but in short, it is precious, ordinary people can not easily have, but also count what?