How much does one string of money, which is one thousand coins, weigh
In his previous life, when Zhang Shou was bored, he once found a friend who collected worthless ancient coins and tried it out. He strung a thousand coins together with a hemp rope, and the coins weighed a full eight pounds and seven ounces! So, at this moment, when he personally held the strings of coins and handed them to the overjoyed recipients, after seven or eight people, he felt his arms a little sore.
After more than a dozen people passed by, he felt his neck was a bit heavy. After thirty people passed by, he even had to slow down. As for why there were so many people who wanted to claim the reward? Of course, it was because everyone was scrambling to catch people for the reward money, and even resorted to stacking people. Fortunately, there were old salted fish to identify them, so at least there were no thugs and ruffians who bullied people and even men and women mixed in.
Young Master Jiang, who personally went to the Jiang family to withdraw cash, did not take this expense seriously. It was only more than 40 strings of cash in total. Apart from the fact that he was a little tired when he hurried over to the carriage after loading the cash boxes one by one, the rest was nothing! The rest of the family was filled with gold and silver, and there were not many boxes of cash with strings of green money left...
It is said that Emperor Taizu originally wanted to use gold, silver and copper coins to circulate throughout the country, but because Emperor Taizong died unexpectedly at an early age, the whole plan was aborted halfway...
Although Shang Yang used gold to set up the pillar, Zhang Shou only gave out more than 40 strings of coins, and it was generous to others. However, because of the show put on by Lao Xianyu and him, and the example of Zhu Er, the prodigal son who turned over a new leaf, when the crowd finally dispersed from the gate of Changlu County Government, those stories, true or false, were spread to all parts of the city through them.
Although he was not as impressive as Zhu Tingfang who quelled the turmoil by capturing Xian Yunhe as soon as he entered the city, Zhang Shou's name was still known throughout the city because he was the inventor of the new textile machine that caused a sensation in the city.
At the same time, his outstanding appearance, gentle manners and behavior spread throughout the city. Most importantly, everyone who received the reward talked about Zhang Shou's hospitality and felt that he was at least a trustworthy person. In terms of the word trustworthy, Zhu Tingfang couldn't compare - because General Mingwei didn't give such a big red envelope to anyone as soon as he arrived in Cangzhou!
One string of money can buy a lot of things. It can support a middle-class family for more than half a month, while a poor family can support them for at least two months if they are frugal!
After finally calming down the incident, Zhang Shou walked into the county government office, but he ignored the instigators who were brought in, and directly ordered Zhu Hong to take them to jail and wait for Zhu Tingfang to come back before dealing with them. He took Zhang Chen and Jiang Da Shao to the study. Zhu Ying thought about it, and finally called Zhu Er, who was still confused, to go to his elder brother's yard.
She had figured out that although her second brother was sometimes smart and sometimes confused, he was still a man who could handle right and wrong situations. But he couldn't hold his own in front of the old man... The old man was really too smart!
Zhang Shou left Ah Liu outside to guard the door, and then he carefully questioned Zhang Chen and Young Master Jiang about what happened when they went to meet someone today.
He originally thought that Zhang Chen would definitely rush to speak first, but unexpectedly, Zhang Chen glanced at Young Master Jiang and not only did not fight for it, but instead nodded to signal others to speak first. Young Master Jiang hesitated for a moment, and then smiled at him ingratiatingly.