Chapter 91 The cost of melting ice
Calculate it by one stone of grain,
This stone grain requires about six cents of silver, which is about four hundred copper coins.
How much does an ordinary person earn in a month? One-month money or two-month money?
In other words, you can only buy four or five hundred kilograms of grain in almost a month's income.
Of course, if the cold land is frozen today, it is also invaded by the witch people, which has led to an increase in grain prices. The food prices in ordinary times will not be so high.
In modern society, if you only earn a monthly salary, you can only buy this little grain, of course, because your income is very low.
But it is different in a classical society like the Song Dynasty. It can be called "the country is peaceful and the people are prosperous".
Qingyun just wanted to praise the Song Dynasty court, but Ji Zhong smiled and said, "Now money is expensive and cheap, and money is short of money everywhere.
Real people, if we can transport copper coins back, we will make a fortune!"
It turned out that the inflation in the past two years was severe, and the Song Dynasty court lacked copper, and the cast copper coins were not circulated enough, which led to the further increase in the price comparison between copper coins and silver.
Originally, the money was 800 yuan, but now the official government has reduced it to 750 yuan.
And the people often have about seven hundred liters!
This is still in the northwest. Most people go out to the fortress and many people smuggle copper coins privately, which leads to the price of copper coins being maintained.
In some parts of the Song Dynasty, there was a serious lack of copper and insufficient circulation. A string of copper coins had dropped to about 600 cents!
This also leads to deflation!
This is also impossible. Even in another world, the world where copper coins are insufficiently circulated, it has almost lasted for more than two thousand years of feudal era.
Since the establishment of Wuzhu coins, the circulation of copper coins has almost not been enough.
Although the Song Dynasty in this world used silver, it was only used for large-scale commodity trading, which made up for some of the shortcomings of copper coins.
However, even so, copper coins are still insufficiently circulated!
In another world, it was not until the late Ming Dynasty that the American silver flowed in large-scale inflows through global trade and established a silver standard system, which greatly alleviated the money shortage.
For example, in the Tang Dynasty, when there was insufficient copper coins, I could only use cloth as currency!
It is precisely because of this that Wei Qingyun became more and more convinced that the Song Dynasty court would turn a blind eye to the smuggling of copper coins from the Great Wall and would not be too strict with it.
This is naturally good news for Qingyun!
“Along the way, we plan to take a boat from the canal to reach Ganyuan first, and then go out by land!
Water transportation is much more convenient and faster than land transportation. However, if you take the water route, the weather is too cold now and it has started to snow, and many canals in the river section will be frozen.
But it doesn't matter, because the Taoist officer of the Taoist Supervisor will cast spells to melt the ice and ensure the smooth flow of the canal channel.
But in this way, if you sail from the canal, you need to pay an extra ice melting fee!"
Qingyun asked: "How much does it cost to melt ice?"
"Based on the value of the goods, we have to pay at least fifteen to twenty taels of silver!" Ji Zhong said.
Qingyun nodded slightly, this money was not much.
But what made him feel a little bit that the other world is that technology is the primary productive force.
And has this world become a Taoist Dharma?
The Taoist in the Taoist Supervisor actually casts spells to ensure that the canal is not frozen. This is really interesting. The Taoist Dharma is also used in production activities!
The world filled with spiritual energy is different!
However, there is no way. Water transportation is the most convenient and fastest transportation method in the classical era. As early as the Tang Dynasty of the previous dynasty, canals were dug and connected to the north and south.
You can transport materials directly from Middle-earth to the border!
In order to maintain the smooth flow of this artificial canal, the annual cost of maintaining the river channel is astronomical.
In order to ensure that the river is not frozen in winter, the Taoists had to use the Taoist method to melt the ice!
Ji Zhong talked endlessly. After all, he had experienced such a big event for the first time. He was very careful to be detailed and wanted to report everything to Qingyun.
"The ice melting cost is not much, mainly because the batch of grain we are smuggling. The Taoist in the Taoist Supervisor also has the responsibility of supervision.
We walked from the canal, and it would be bad if we were seized!" Ji Zhong was a little worried.
But at this moment, Qingyun suddenly spoke: "You don't need to go by land, just walk the canal directly. Don't you have the token of the Taoist Superintendent in your hand? No one dares to deal with you without opening your eyes!"
Although Min Qianzi has resigned from the Shaoqing Prefecture Supervisor.
But now we have gone further and become Xu Zuguan, who is in charge of the authentic Taoist temple.
So this token is still effective!
Then Ji Zhong reported all the problems he encountered again, and it took more than an hour to finish.
Three days later, Ji Zhong will set off with the convoy!
Qingyun thought to himself that, in the official terms, there should be no big trouble with Min Qianzi in the Taoist Supervisor.
Since that's the case, then this time, the biggest problem encountered by the smuggling caravan is probably through the barren mountain realm!
There are so many demons and monsters in the barren mountain realm, which is very dangerous.
If you want to pass safely, you will definitely not be able to do it by force alone!
Since that's the case, I can only find a big boss as an umbrella to give face to the demons passing by!
But such a big shot, Shi Qingyun really knows someone.
Although Qingyun didn't want to see that real boss again at all...
In front of that boss, Wei Qingyun always felt very depressed!
But now, in order to make this happen, I really have to go there!
"Well, let me go to Shuoshan again!"
Since he had made up his mind, Yu Qingyun no longer hesitated and headed towards Shuoshan that night.
However, this time, when Wei Qingyun came to Shuo Mountain, he could not find the location of Shuo Mountain City!
This made Qingyun realize that the last time he was able to enter Shuoshan City so coincidental was the work of the True Lord Shuoshan.
Otherwise, Shuoshan City is not that easy to find!
After thinking about it, Shuoshan City was not easy to find, but the Ghost King of Eternal Life should be easy to find.
Now I went to search for the Immortal Ghost King!
The immortal ghost king is easy to find. He occupied a mountain in Shuoshan and could see the ghost energy soaring into the sky from afar. A large number of ghost soldiers camped.
"Who Taoist? Dare to break into the realm of my immortal ghost king?"
As soon as the storm approached, he was immediately discovered. With a loud shout, the huge ghost energy formed dark clouds, and overwhelmed with great momentum.
However, after seeing the calm power of the Ghost King of Shuoshan again, the things in front of him were really not very much in the eyes of Qingyun.
Chapter completed!