ebookslot Chapter 504 The unit of the new currency, the advantage of decimal!
Chapter 504 The unit of the new currency, the advantage of decimal!
The value of one coin in Daqin is roughly equivalent to about ten yuan in later generations.
Of course, like the emerging delicious staple food, rice, the price will be slightly more expensive.
The silk, cloth, etc. affected by the appearance of the steam engine will be cheaper than before.
And under the influence of values, the price difference between ancient and modern items is not small.
But in general, this kind of conversion is generally applicable to Daqin's products.
Knowing the value of Daqin Qinbanliang clearly, the next step to delineate the unit is undoubtedly much simpler.
At present, the Qin Banliang in circulation in the Daqin market weighs about half a liang, which is also the origin of the name of this copper coin.
"Eight Thirty"
Half twenty-two baht, converted to modern unit g
It is convenient to carry because it can be worn with a rope through the square hole.
Su Yu kept rubbing a Qin Banliang in his hand, and began to count up in his heart.
If one coin represents ten yuan in the modern world two thousand years later, then a decimal unit similar to "yuan" can be added.
In fact, normally speaking, according to the current Da Qin's habits.
If Lao Zhao and the others were alone, they would definitely set a decimal unit under the money.
And the coins will be very, very small.
Sure enough, just when Su Yu mentioned the decimal denomination, Feng Quji said aloud: "Don't you need to use the baht to draw this half liang down again?"
"Yes, yes, half twenty-two baht, these people all know."
"Yeah, that's what I thought too."
The crowd joined in.
Su Yu wiped his face, he guessed right!
In the view of Daqin people, the value of coins should be equal to their weight.
This can be seen from the names of their coins.
The golden cake (actually brass) called yi in the listed coins is also the name of the unit of weight, which is about twenty-four taels of the Qin system.
The half liang of Qin Banliang also only means half liang literally.
Therefore, in their opinion, the weight of eight coins is equal to one coin, which is the most convenient.
It's just a pity that their convenience is only relative to the production of coins.
As for market circulation, whether it is price conversion or other convenience, it is not humane.
In the end, the result is that the most popular unit of the people is still "money"
It is like the unit "Yi" of listed gold.
That's right, everyone knows that 1 yi gold is 9,800 coins.
But why doesn't anyone use it?
Yes, a large part of the reason is because the number is too large for the average person to use.
However, for giants like Ba Qing, the frequency of use of the unit "Yi" is still not very high.
It's not because this kind of number is very troublesome to convert, it has to be calculated a little bit!
So in this case, to let the people adapt to the new currency unit, then the decimal system is undoubtedly the best choice.
In order to convince everyone, Su Yu made a very simple analogy.
"Suppose there is a farmer with 833 baht in new currency, how many catties of rice can he buy?
"This...you wait."
Everyone began to frown and count.
Among them, Zhang Liang, who is smarter, even took hemp paper and a pen and used the vertical division of division that he learned a while ago to calculate.
After a long while, Zhang Liang was the first to raise his hand and answer: "Twelve baht is one coin, and one jin of rice is one coin. After calculating 833 baht, you can buy 69 jin of rice.
Su Yu nodded slightly, then asked with a smile, "How much money is left?"
"Uh...I'll do the math again..." Zhang Liang did the math again.
833 baht minus sixty-nine dollars for the purchase of sixty-nine catties of rice...
Convert...
equal…
"About five baht left! 35 Zhang Liang raised his head and said excitedly.
Su Yu clapped his hands: "Not bad, A Liang is very skilled at vertical lines.
Hearing Su Yu's compliment, Zhang Liang bowed his head a little embarrassedly: "I won the prize, and occasionally I will practice when I have nothing to do."
Su Yu nodded, then looked around the crowd.
"See, even someone like Ar Liang who is quite proficient in arithmetic, it takes half an hour to figure out such everyday problems. 99
"What if we were ordinary people?"9
"What should the businessmen with huge computational load do?"
Facing the two questions raised by Su Yu, Lao Zhao and the others looked at each other in dismay and lost their minds for a while.
Su Yu sighed lightly and continued: "And if there is a new decimal unit, it becomes much simpler.
"It's the same question, who can tell me the answer, 833 decimal units of currency, can buy 5.0 more jinji, how much currency is left?
As soon as Su Yu's voice fell, Wang Ben next to him scratched his head and said, "If you can buy 83 catties, there are still three units of currency left.
"Look! Even Pharaoh can! Not to mention ordinary people!" Su Yu stood up abruptly and said excitedly.
Um?
Wang Ben looked at Su Yu subconsciously, and his eyes became a little puzzled.
what's the matter?
What does Su Yu sound like... a little weird.
However, no one would make fun of Wang Ben.
But they are all amazed at the convenience of the decimal currency unit!.