my wonderful zoo

Chapter 9 Currency Value

A sampan quickly rushed out from the side of Ke Lei's flagship. The four oarsmen, under the command of the bow of the boat, paddled the oars into the air. They cooperated with each other so that the sampan passed left and right between the big ships. Soon, He came to the small warship that Chen Xun was riding on before, then turned around and rushed towards the flag, rushing directly to the shore.

"Mr. Lang, the team leader asked, do you want to pursue and suppress the enemies who fled south?"

"Don't chase!" The battlefield was very noisy. Chen Xun waved his hands left and right to strengthen the transmission of information to prevent the messenger from mishearing and passing on the wrong order.

"Confirm! We won't pursue the enemies fleeing south!" The messenger turned around again, worked with the sailors to push the sampan into the water, and returned to the flagship.

"The flag language must be studied as soon as possible, otherwise the transmission of orders will be a big problem in maritime operations." Chen Xun murmured as he watched the small sampan move forward hard.At present, beacons, fast horses, secret signals, sign language, letters, and flags are either too slow or too simple to convey information, and are not suitable for large-scale naval battles.

"Why not chase? Don't we need their ships and manpower?" Lu Hui was a little confused when he heard Chen Xun's order.

"You won't become fat if you eat one bite, and you will be stuffed to death if you eat too much. With our current manpower, it is already the limit to control the main island of Penghu." Chen Xun explained.

For this raid on the Penghu pirates, most of the ship's manpower was temporarily transferred. It could not be spent in Penghu all the time. After the war, they had to go back to perform their respective duties.Otherwise, if the commercial ships do not deliver goods, the Chen family's income will be affected, and if the fishing boats do not catch fish, the Chen family's protein acquisition will be reduced.

The battle continued, and after most of the pirates were defeated, the battle soon came to an end. Seeing all the fishermen on the fishing boats landing to help clean up the battlefield, Chen Xun strolled into the small town in the port.

The buildings in the port town are very messy. Most of them are simply made of stones with mud and straw roofs. The internal space is very small, which can only serve as a shelter from wind and rain, but it has nothing to do with comfort. .There are also quite a few houses, about a dozen wooden houses on stilts.

What surprised Chen Xun was that there were actually two brick and tile courtyards. He had never noticed it before when he saw it in the intelligence. Now that he saw it with his own eyes, he really admired the people who built these two courtyards.You know, there are no brick kilns on the island, and the bricks and tiles needed to build the brick yard have to be transported from the mainland. With the current transportation conditions, this is a big project.

"Penghu Bay is mainly composed of three large islands, Penghu Island in the east, Yuweng Island in the west and Baisha Island in the north. We are now standing on Penghu Island." The speaker was the spy Chen Xun had arranged on Penghu Island. , it was this spy who identified the pirate base camp in the Penghu Islands, and it was he who sent the messenger pigeon to give the message before the war started.

"You are the main contributor to the successful raid on the pirate base this time. It's great that you were able to achieve this with just one person." Chen Xun patted the spy on the shoulder and praised him.

The spy's name is Pei Ren. He is only a little over 1.6 meters tall. He is dark and thin, with ordinary facial features. He is inconspicuous on the street.

Before opening up the Southeast Asian market in Mayi, this person was just Chen Xun's little follower. After a long trip, Chen Xun found that this person didn't talk much, had strong understanding, didn't procrastinate in doing things, and had his own ideas. He also had good perseverance and ability. Study hard.

I remember that at that time, before the comprehensive literacy education for the management began, this person was already able to learn to read and write on his own initiative, and half of the monthly examples he received were handed over to the masters in various industries.

"You will come back when you cooperate with Ke Lei to sort out the Penghu Islands. Then I will take credit for your contribution this time and give you a big surprise." After this time of lurking in the pirate team, Pei Ren grew up Very quickly, the task assigned by Chen Xun was completed perfectly in a short period of time without causing any damage.

"Thank you, Langjun." Pei Ren didn't feel happy or sad because Chen Xun didn't honor the reward immediately. Instead, he felt very calm and continued in a calm tone, "Langjun pulled me out of hell, for Langjun Working is Pei Ren's blessing." Chen Xun listened to this answer that was as steady as an "old dog" and silently praised it in his heart.But looking at Pei Ren's face that still has a hint of childishness, I can't help but lament that the world is like a furnace, people's hearts are like steel, and the times create heroes.I think about myself in my previous life. At this age, I was still worrying about how to repay Huabei, and I was not even qualified to worry about the mortgage loan.

The sunset on the first day of the first lunar month is slightly later than New Year's Eve, but it arrives soon.Before the station was completely cleaned, it was already completely dark. Chen Xun had to immediately arrange for night watch personnel. Others also began to clean the house left by the pirates by the light of torches, while the logistics staff began to cook pots.

A big bowl of fish porridge is eaten with courgettes (cucumbers), and the hot food warms up the whole body.

In the largest brick courtyard in the town, Chen Xun randomly chose a relatively clean room to rest. Ke Lei and Lu Hui both followed to report on the battle situation.

"We killed 19 people and wounded 270 three people, including 65 seriously injured..., 540 enemy people were wiped out, and 650 three people were captured..., and 330 civilians were rescued, including 12 hostages and 74 women..."

"A simple inventory revealed that 4000 and 600 taels of money, 170 and [-] taels of silver, and [-] taels of gold were seized. Other calligraphy and paintings, antiques, jewelry and valuables are still being counted."

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After the two people finished reporting gradually, Chen Xun did some mental calculations and asked with some confusion: "Is the money a little short?"

This question is not about the two hiding their secrets. Chen Xun established the Chen Jiajun from scratch. He can still guarantee this quality. The reason why I ask this is because Chen Xun really feels that it is lacking.

Regarding ancient units of measurement, Chen Xun could clearly remember only one, and that was the ruler, because it was often used when buying pants.

In Chen Xun's memory, the length of the ruler has evolved from short to long since ancient times. The closer it is to later generations, the longer it becomes. By the Song Dynasty, the length of the ruler was basically fixed. After that, the lengths of the rulers in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were almost the same as those in the Song Dynasty. Large, it can be counted as one foot equal to 32 centimeters.

Knowing the ruler, one can calculate the weight of a pound in this era through one cubic meter of water.

According to the average calculation of more than 100 rulers that Chen Xun found, and then through conversion, 1 jin made in the Song Dynasty is equivalent to 640 grams in later generations. 1 jin in the Song Dynasty has 16 taels, so 1 tael in the Song Dynasty is 40 grams today.Chen Xun believed that the difference between the value he calculated and the standards of later generations was very small.

Knowing the weight, the purchasing power of the coin can be calculated by comparing the value of precious metals and grain.

Compared with gold, copper coins are equivalent to 465 yuan.Compared with silver, a copper coin is equivalent to 70 yuan.Comparing the price of rice, the current price of rice in Guangzhou is about 1 guan per shi. Calculated based on the rice price of 2.5 yuan per kilogram in later generations, 1 shi of rice in the Song Dynasty was equal to 92.5 jin of Song Dynasty, which is about 148 yuan, that is, 1 guan copper coin is equivalent to 148 yuan. .

In later generations, due to the development of mining technology, silver depreciated sharply, so we will not use it as a reference.It is more reasonable to compare gold and grain. Since food is the most important thing for people, it is most reasonable to take the average value of gold and grain and tilt it slightly towards grain. It is most reasonable to convert copper coins to 300 yuan in later generations.

(End of this chapter)