Nowadays, many people are very interested in the life of the ancients, after all, they did not have the Internet, mobile phones and other technological products at that time. In the process of understanding the life of the ancients through costume dramas, we can always see such a scene: after people eat wine and food in the inn, they will directly put a piece of broken silver on the table, and then turn away, but Xiao Er never counts money, why is this?
In fact, in ancient times, the value of silver was very high, and at that time, people rarely used a whole piece of silver when they consumed. When eating out or buying things, most of them use some copper coins, and if the consumption is relatively high, this will use some broken silver.
When the ancients really used some broken silver, it was not what we saw in film and television dramas, casually weighing it with their hands, or biting it with their teeth. In fact, in ancient times, most of the shops that could collect some silver were more powerful restaurants, or tea houses, and they would have special tools to weigh the weight of silver at that time.
Since silver was mainly used as a large transaction in ancient times, its value was relatively high. Basically, one or two pieces of silver can be exchanged for about 2,000 copper coins. If ordinary people go to the restaurant to eat, they will spend up to 100 copper coins, and the value of the broken silver put down by the guests is usually much greater than the price of wine and vegetables, so Xiao Er will never count the money.
However, if you go to some fairly high-end restaurants and Qinglou, the broken silver is basically not enough, and at this time, you need to use "yuanbao" and "large silver tickets". Therefore, in ancient times, most of the people who could go to places such as qinglou were very rich, otherwise they might not even be able to pay for a meal.
Ordinary people's homes, most of them will not have a complete silver existence, but only some broken silver deposited, and these broken silver at that time also had a relatively expensive value, ordinary people will not use it to buy things, or go out to eat, but will use it in some wedding and funeral events, in the usual eating and drinking expenses will use some copper plates.
For some wealthy people, they do not simply use silver as currency. Compared with wood, iron, copper and other materials, silver is also a very good jewelry material. Therefore, those rich and noble families will also use silver to make jewelry. These jewelry can not only show their identity, but also be able to exchange for essential items in an emergency, which is very convenient. What other different views are there about this? Write down your thoughts at the bottom of the comments section.