Chapter 124: Hoodwinked the Rich Man
Gu Youyou said with a faint smile, "Remember, this stuff is a hassle to make, and it’s not cheap!"
Qin Changlin’s amber eyes suddenly brightened as he blinked thoughtfully, then he nodded vigorously, "I get it, Sister Youyou, I understand now..."
Gu Youyou laughed, handed over the remaining five jars of chili sauce to Qin Changlin, and said, "Then it’s settled; I’ll leave these things with you. I’m counting on you and look forward to the good news in three days!"
Gu Youyou had long decided that Qin Changlin had chosen the wrong profession by becoming a doctor, and when she had sixty taels of silver in hand, she could hardly believe her eyes.
She quickly did some math in her head. The value of silver in this era was about the same as during the Wanli period of the Ming dynasty—one tael of silver could buy two shi of ordinary rice, with one shi being around ninety-five kilograms. That meant one tael could buy about one hundred ninety kilograms of rice, or three hundred and eighty catties.
Considering that the price of family rice ranged from two and a half to three and a tenth yuan per catty, one tael of silver would be roughly equivalent to a thousand yuan.
Uh...
After crunching the numbers, she realized that silver was quite a bit more valuable back then than it is now, inflation really has a far-reaching impact!