? The government will cast better silver into ingots. This kind of silver is of high quality, also called tattoo silver. These are all made by the government according to unified standards, with official signs engraved on them, but some silver is of poor quality. Such a shadow is called bottom silver. It is also doped with a lot of copper, so the value of bottom silver is not as good as that of phoenix tree. The purchasing power of names was acceptable in ancient times. It is said that in the Ming Dynasty, 50 words can buy a barrel of rice, and 10 meters is a stone. During the Wanli period, one or two pieces of silver can buy two stones of rice. So roughly speaking, one or two pieces of silver at that time were equivalent to 2000 yuan now. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the salary of a four-person official was almost 20 Liang per month, enough for an ordinary family to use for one year.
Silver was a large sum of money in ancient times, but in ancient times most people used copper coins to buy things. Things like silver are still relatively rare in the hands of ancient people, so everyone who leaves after dinner is considered a big family. If a guest really pays with silver, under normal circumstances, the hotel can't be opened. If guests ask for change, they will borrow accurate weighing tools.
When a guest takes the money and leaves, it only shows that the guest is generous and too lazy to ask for change. Of course, this kind of behavior will not be stopped by the store, because the money left by the guests must be just a lot more. Although silver had no specific value in ancient times, it had a high status. Now that someone has left money, sometimes the bartender can see at a glance that he won't chase the guests anymore.