How rich is Shen Wansan? Can it be compared to Washu? Shen Wansan in order to repair the Great Wall and take out 100 million two silver, which can represent his value must be more than this, otherwise he would not have come up with so much money, Shen Wansan's entire belongings are worth 2 billion silver, and one or two silver in Zhu Yuanzhang's period is also equivalent to the current 300 yuan, in other words, Shen Wansan's entire family property is equivalent to 600 billion yuan now, and now our richest man is worth 550 billion yuan. What about Washu? First of all, let's see how much silver was embezzled from Washu at that time. According to historical records, the official figures published at that time were that the gold hidden in his sandwich wall reached thirty-two thousand taels, and the silver hidden in the gutter reached more than three million taels. In addition, he has a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings, all kinds of jade treasures. But there is another number here, but the source of this number is unknown. At that time, he had one hundred gold dollars of each major weight, which could be worth one and a half million taels, and five million and eight hundred thousand taels of red gold, which could be worth eighty-seven million taels of silver. In addition to these, there are many lands, shops, pawnshops, and so on.
At that time, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty estimated that his value was between 800 and 1100 million taels, and this income was equivalent to as much as the revenue of the Qing Dynasty's treasury for fifteen years. When these figures are questionable, how can it reach fifteen years, which can only be regarded as alleviating the finances at that time.
Second, let's calculate whether adults can become the richest people. Because there is really no exact number, let's just count it at eight hundred million taels. The eight hundred million taels of silver, after conversion, its price is equivalent to more than 13 billion yuan now. This is not a big number at all, and it is not even the richest man in a province. But if we use the purchase to calculate, then the situation is likely to be different. In the words of Grandma Liu in the dream of the Dream of the Red Chamber, the cost of a year's living expenses for their family of four is twenty-two. At present, the common cost of a family of four is about 20,000 yuan, but the consumption level of agricultural society is lower than the current level. The consumption of a family of four is about 10,000 yuan. In this way, about every silver or two is worth about RMB Wu Bai yuan.
