Dayao is not only expensive for food, it should be said that all supplies are expensive.
When Ren Baqian first arrived, the price of salt was one hundred and twenty cents.
Honey is fifty cents a tael.
Crude fruit wine costs one hundred cents a catty.
When Ren Baqian first arrived at the animal farm, the steward invited him to drink strong wine (bad wine) from Izumo, which cost one tael a catty.
As for other materials, such as linen, one piece of silver is one tael, Gebu, one piece of three taels of silver, Duanzi, one piece of thirty taels of silver.
And a horse in this world is four feet long, equivalent to thirteen meters.
The monthly income of ordinary people is enough to buy such a bolt and a half of linen. In Dayao, ordinary people wear animal skins, and only those with better conditions can wear linen. Low-level officials wear two sets of Gebu clothes all year round. , the kind of air-conditioning that makes you feel distressed even if you scrape a hole.
When Ren Baqian chatted with Lin Mengsheng a few days ago, he talked about the situation of the people in Izumo.
Scholars these days are not ordinary people. Few of the common people can study, and most of them are the sons of merchants and officials who have the opportunity to study.
This is the case for Lin Mengsheng. Although his family in Izumo is not considered wealthy, it can be considered wealthy.
It stands to reason that most scholars like this are not in the world, but Lin Mengsheng knows the lives of ordinary people very well, so he can be regarded as an outlier.
The income of Izumo people is lower than that of Dayao people.
After all, Dayao has a vast territory and few people, and the per capita resources are much higher. And ordinary people at least have the strength of a human wheel, and they are also very strong, whether they are farming or hunting, they are much stronger than the people of other countries.
You must know that in Izumo, a single-level martial artist can earn at least ten taels of silver a month, and a land-level martial artist can find at any city lord's mansion as an offering, and his monthly salary should be at least a hundred taels.
And Dayao Flying Rider is only ten taels of silver a month.
The monthly income of the common people in Izumo is only 800 to 1,000 cash.
But in Izumo, a catty of salt is only a hundred cash.
Brown rice costs eight cents a catty, and miscellaneous grain flour eleven cents, which is one-third to one-fourth of Dayao's.
But beef can reach 50 Wen a catty.
The main reason is that most of the Izumo is farming and less grazing. Although the status of cattle is not as forbidden as in the Tang Dynasty, they can still support a strong labor force, so they are quite expensive.
A rooster costs twenty yuan, and a hen costs fifteen yuan.
A piece of linen costs 300 Wen, Gebu 600 Wen, a piece of silk costs 2 taels of silver, and satin reaches 10 taels of silver.
The price of goods is only one-third to one-fourth of that of Dayao, and even one-tenth of that of salt, while the income is half of that of the people of the ancient people.
What's more, they ate less!
Even if the fertility rate is higher, a family has three or four children, but overall life is better than that of the ancient people.
Of course, this good point is extremely limited, even equivalent.
Because the ancient civilians rarely get sick, most of them are wounds caused by hunting, or flesh wounds from fighting. The biggest cause of accidental death is not only death in the mouth of wild animals, infection from scratches and bites of wild animals, but also giving birth to children.
The people of Izumo are completely ordinary people. If they have money, they will see them if they are sick, and if they have no money, they will die.
All in all, ordinary people in this era just want to live and survive.
What really makes a difference is above the ordinary people. There are many "middle class" in Izumo.
There are many merchants in Izumo, and they are not ranked at the bottom like in ancient Huaguo. Business is developed in Izumo, and the status of merchants is not low.
Small merchants and hawkers are usually able to live comfortably. There are also many so-called wealthy households of the country gentry, and there are also big wealthy merchants who can even hire local masters.
The living conditions of these people are very good, and the living standard of a moderately wealthy household is even much better than that of Tong Zhenye.
The big rich businessmen are spending a lot of money.
It is precisely because of the prevalence of Izumo merchants that it has catalyzed the technological progress in all aspects of Izumo, such as smelting and textiles, which are much stronger than Daxia.
As Zi Donglai once reported to the Empress, the Izumo's multi-firing ballista is a very advanced weapon in this era.
In many ways, Izumo has already seen the germs of capitalism.
As long as Izumo is not destroyed, if you continue along this road, it will be sooner or later that it will bear fruit.
It's a pity that I met my own socialist hammer!
Ren Baqian felt that he had corrected their wrong capital route and led them into the big socialist family.
Don't ask about socialism, what about the Empress!
This is a socialist feudal country with Dayao characteristics!
Shouldn't the country give him some rewards, let him join a party or something? It's okay to step back into a group!
Not the FFF group.
Ren Baqian thought about it, he seemed to be a member of the FFF before he came to Dayao.
Then thinking about it now, I laughed first.
"Like an idiot!" The empress gave him a blank look, but few people were thinking about it and started giggling. I didn't bother to pay attention to him, and rode Qishui to the front first.
In less than half a day, everyone arrived at their destination, standing on the hill, with an open view in front of them, overlooking the entire plain.
Two rivers meander on the plain, enclosing a prairie, large swaths of cattle and sheep wandering on it, and a small forest at the corner, most of which are a kind of fruit trees, Ren Baqian tasted it when he came here before, the taste Sweet, slightly sour, juicy pulp, quite good.
"This is it?" the Empress asked Qishui, looking down. "The scenery is nice."
"Here it is." Ren Baqian nodded and said, "Especially the depth of the two rivers is usually between ten and twenty meters, which is enough for a boat, and it won't flood during the rainy season.
Moreover, the two rivers converge in the lower reaches to form a large river, which flows through the junction of Izumo and Chen Guo.
If the new city is established here, it will save a lot of effort to transport materials, relying on river transportation, business will be more prosperous. "
Ren Baqian made up his mind and said, "The new city I envision has no city walls. It's a plain, and it can be expanded in all directions."
In Ren Baqian's vision, sooner or later, the new city will reach the size of millions of people, so it is extremely important to facilitate expansion.
"Don't want a city wall? Seems like something's wrong?" Tong Zhenye said subconsciously when he heard the last sentence after following him.
"What's wrong?" Ren Baqian asked back.
Being asked such a question, Tong Zhenye froze for a moment, what's wrong? Afraid of wild beasts hurting people, afraid of the enemy coming, the city wall can play a defensive role.
This is indeed the case.
But here is located in the plains, there are no ferocious beasts.
As an ancient clan, I was never afraid of being attacked by others.
They have always been the only ones who beat others!
Thinking about it this way, there seems to be nothing wrong with it.
"Master Tong has been solidified by his previous cognition. Others need city walls, but we don't. Besides, has there ever been a country in history that used walls to defend against an enemy country? This is a capital city, not a border gate. If the enemy can reach here, is there any The city wall is not important anymore." Ren Baqian said with a smile.
"That's the truth, but it always feels a little strange." Tong Zhenye scratched his head and said.
"If we want to reach the level of an industrialized society, a large population is essential. We are different from other countries with normal development. We are completely point-to-point, incubating technology in Lancheng, radiating to the surroundings with Lancheng as the center, using the fastest Speed increases technology, so building such a super capital is the best choice.
Just like Lancheng, the population is only tens of thousands. This population is too small, and it will not be able to recruit manpower after setting up a few factories. "
A small population is not just about being unable to recruit workers. There are fewer laborers, fewer school-age teenagers, and fewer students.
Simply put, the smaller the population, the smaller the potential.
"However, if there is a large population, there will be insufficient food and transportation difficulties, so it will not be able to support them!" Tong Zhenye said again.
In this era, the food in the city mainly came from the surrounding areas of the city. On the one hand, the productivity is low and the output is small, on the other hand, it is also because of the difficulty of transportation and the cost of transportation.
In a city like Lancheng, there are generally more than a hundred thousand people who can support them. If it is the capital of a country, it can even reach hundreds of thousands of people.
It's a pity that the appetite of the ancient people determines that the population of a city of the same size is much smaller.