Chapter 113 The Scenery of Bianjing
When talking about talented women in Chinese history, three names may pop up in many people’s minds:
Xie Daoyun, Lin Huiyin, and.
Li Qingzhao.
No matter it is [the flowers are floating and the water is flowing. One kind of lovesickness, two places of idle sorrow. There is no way to eliminate this situation. It’s just a frown, but it’s in my heart].
Or [things are different and people are different, everything is over, if you want to speak, shed tears first].
Or maybe it’s like, “You’ll be a hero in life, but you’ll be a hero in death.”
These words and phrases are so popular in later generations that even if you are just a socialite who has graduated from high school for many years, if you think carefully about it, you can at least vaguely recite a few sentences, not to mention the full text.
Of course.
As a science student, Xu Yun's knowledge of Xiao Li was pretty much limited to this.
In addition, this girl's name is Yi An Jushi, her husband is Zhao Mingcheng, and she has made a shameless move of abandoning the city and running away.
Later, Xiao Li married a cheater named Zhang Ruzhou for his second marriage, and also made the first anti-corruption report against a wife in history
Xu Yun didn't know anything about how old Xiao Li was, whether he was married to Zhao Mingcheng or when he died.
However, Xu Yun had read a Song Dynasty novel, so he vaguely remembered that Xiao Li's father, Lao Li, seemed to have been dismissed from office two years after Su Shi's death. Xiao Li was still under 20 at that time.
So according to this estimation, Xiao Li is estimated to be in his teens now?
That is such a beautiful girl
Of course.
The above sentence is just a sigh. Xu Yun did not have any wrong thoughts about this girl because of Li Qingzhao's reputation.
Not to mention that he will disappear in the future, even if he can stay in this era forever, Xiao Li will be able to like him, right?
After all, this girl is a talented woman. In future generations, she will be a literary young woman. It is impossible to touch her heart without some ink in her belly.
Xu Yun's level of research on poetry is higher than Jia Qianqian's. Although he has many works in mind that can be "plagiarized", writing poetry and lyrics these days is very complicated.
Confrontation, word meaning, word card, chant object, these are actually very random and rigid requirements.
Maybe Xu Yun was lucky enough to bump into him once or twice, but the more times it happened, the more he would be exposed.
It's fine if you ask Xu Yun to recite "The Guo family has a private life in the ditch, and the cook will marry him when he gets married." But if he wants to use that thing to pick up girls, he doesn't have the ability, and he doesn't know how to deal with it.
Woman, how could it be fun to discuss the mysteries of the world with Lao Su?
all in all.
With such a heart of 'paying homage' to historical celebrities, Xu Yun set off with Yongzhu and others.
During the Song Dynasty, Bianjing was said to have a population of one million, with one country supporting one city, and it was the most prosperous city in history.
But actually.
The millions here include ten compartments around Bianjing, which are similar to satellite cities.
The entire Bianjing urban area has a population of more than 500,000, which is smaller than Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty.
But even though this number seems small, in ancient society, this was almost one of the peaks of population.
There are not many high-rise buildings in Bianjing at the moment. The tallest building in the city is the famous Fan Tower.
At that time, Wang Anshi could "overlook Bianjing" from the top of the fifth floor of Fan Tower. It can be seen that the main buildings in Bianjing are small and low buildings.
But in sharp contrast to these low-rise building clusters is the bustling urban life in Bianjing City.
Mentioned previously.
People in the Song Dynasty in this era were basically not used to opening fire in the morning. Rich families asked their servants to buy morning snacks, while ordinary civilians liked to go to the streets and find random stalls to lighten their stomachs.
Therefore, at this time in Bianjing, almost all the streets and alleys are filled with the sounds of morning snacks.
"The new wine has arrived, the new wine has arrived!"
"Here is a bowl of Koushu drink. Guests can sit down and have a rest. A big bowl is available for one penny!"
"Mutton is roasted on fire, the best lamb is roasted on fire, it costs six cents each, two of them only cost eleven cents!"
"Fried jelly, does anyone want fried jelly? It only costs five cents per serving!"
Prices in the Northern Song Dynasty have always been a very controversial and interesting topic in later generations, because as the Song Dynasty changed over time, the purchasing power of the same currency was completely different.
How big is this fluctuation?
For the same penny, the difference between the low and peak purchasing power is 50 times!
However, a large part of the reason for this situation can be attributed to the Jingkang incident. In the current year 1100, although the purchasing power of copper coins has shrunk somewhat compared to the early Song Dynasty, it is still within a relatively normal range.
Readers who have been to elementary school should all know a formula:
As always, one copper coin = one thousand coins.
Zhang San once told Xu Yun that his salary was four thousand copper coins per month, which was equivalent to four thousand copper coins.
The salary of other servants in the house is Sanguan, which is three thousand cash.
Therefore, the price level in Bianjing at this time is almost similar to that of ordinary local prefecture-level cities around 2008 - the monthly salary is generally 3,000 yuan, a roujiamo is 6 yuan, and a bowl of fried noodles is 5 yuan.
The salary of a servant like Zhang San is almost 4,000 yuan, which is similar to that of a civil servant.
However, there is a mother and sister at home who need subsidies to support them, so the money is relatively limited.
Of course.
This is just a very, very simple analogy, and it certainly cannot be converted like this in a more realistic way.
After all, the productivity of each era is different. Salt, which was extremely cheap in later generations, was as valuable as meat in ancient times.
By the way.
At this time, the prime minister's salary was equivalent to about 3.6 million Chinese coins today.
His eyes returned to reality.
In addition to the bustling food stalls, the streets at this time are also filled with a large number of other vendors:
For example, those who perform magic tricks, those who tell fortunes, those who carry poles and wait for goods, those who sell raw medicinal materials, etc.
Looking at the lush and ancient scene in front of him, Xu Yun couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
In fact, it is not that he has never seen more lively occasions in later generations:
A few years ago, he had been to the Shanghai Bund during the National Day, and the scene there was much livelier than Bianjing.
It is said that millions of people gathered on the Bund a few kilometers away at the same time.
But it is different from the noisy cars in the Magic City or later generations.
The current city of Bianjing is filled with an aura unique to ancient China.
Scholars in green shirts, commoners in commoners, old men in colorful clothes, and women with colorful decorations.
All kinds of ancient Chinese ancestors came and went, which brought Xu Yun a shock and baptism from the blood and the spirit.
This was his first real contact with Bianjing and this era.
For the first time, I witnessed with my own eyes what it is called.
The most prosperous era.
Afterwards, everyone walked like this for a while. Seeing the sun rising, Xu Yun and others began to sweat unconsciously.
When passing by a stall, Xu Yun suddenly turned his eyes:
"Brother Yongzhu, the weather is hot right now, and we have plenty of time.
Why don't I treat you to a treat? Let's take a rest in the store and have a cup of sour plum soup. ”
The Li Mansion and the Su Mansion were more than ten miles apart. Counting the consumption of verifying the books, Old Su specifically gave them three hours to do the work, so the time was indeed sufficient.
As for the money for the treat.
Although Xu Yun has not received his 'wage' yet, he brought some fine gold and silver with him when he traveled through time.
If you had to convert it, it would be almost enough for Zhang Sanqiu to make a profit in eight years.
At that time, Lao Su generously returned the gold and silver to him, so Xu Yun felt confident in inviting guests.
The leader Yongzhu stopped when he heard this, looked up at the sky, and said with some emotion:
"Forget it, let's just rest for a while, Wang Mazi, it cost you money."
"Hey, what's the cost? It's just a matter of a few cents."
Xu Yun walked into the shop with a smile and said to the boss:
"Shopkeeper, please bring me four bowls of sour plum soup!"
The owner of the soup shop was a dark, thin old man. Hearing this, he quickly greeted:
"Okay, please come to the guest shop!"
Another moment passed.
The old man came up with a wooden plate in his hand. On the plate were four bowls of sour plum soup, which were placed in front of the four people one by one.
Xu Yun's treat was partly to build relationships, and partly because he was really thirsty.
So when he saw the sour plum soup on the table, he quickly picked up the pottery bowl and took a big sip.
The fruity flavor of sour plum explodes in your mouth, and along with it, there is a burst of...
Cool feeling.
That's right.
The sour plum soup is iced! (End of chapter)