Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 9, Selling Mountain Products
The next day, the father and son loaded the goods they needed to sell onto a horse-drawn carriage borrowed from Village Chief Wang. The goods filled the entire carriage, and they set off after breakfast at six in the morning, because the road was difficult to travel on.

Moreover, it is said that his home is in the suburbs of Kyoto, but in fact it is dozens of kilometers away from Kyoto.

It was almost noon when the father and son drove the carriage into the Kyoto city gate. They headed straight for Shichahai behind the Forbidden City. Their destination was a mountain product shop near Ms. Song's residence at Deshengmen.

Wang Li's father was an old customer of this mountain goods store. He used to sell all the precious prey he hunted to the owner of this store.

The boss's surname is Sun, and everyone calls him Manager Sun. The reason why he can open such a large mountain product store is because his eldest son is an officer of the White Party.

He is currently serving in the Nandu National Defense Army. His second son was a bandit in the north for a period of time. He was also a White Party soldier, but was defeated by Obono's army. He fled to the mountains and lived by robbery until Obono surrendered. He then returned to Kyoto and finally went to Nandu to join his brother.

Wang Li thought to himself: With this identity, it will be difficult to survive after Kyoto is recaptured.

Soon, the two arrived at the store called Sunji Mountain Goods Store. There were almost no customers in the store, and there were few goods. Just when the father and son were very surprised, the shop owner came out of the store.

Shopkeeper Sun saw the father and son and the carriage behind them and asked: "Brother Dali, this must be your son, he is really strong. Brother, are you here to sell mountain products? Oh, business is not good now. You can see that I am going to sell the shop."

It's a chaotic time right now, and we don't know when the war will break out in Kyoto. I'm going to go to my son."

Wang Li's eyes lit up when he heard this. He thought to himself: This Sun family has good foresight. Maybe they got some information. Knowing that Kyoto would be recovered, they transferred their assets and fled to the south. They are really shrewd businessmen.

Wang Li's father showed a hint of disappointment when he heard this. His hunting skills were very good, and the prey he caught was very valuable. Therefore, the price he traded with Shopkeeper Sun was very ideal, and Shopkeeper Sun was also willing to buy the high-end furs in his hands.

If I ask my father to find a mountain product purchasing store, he may not be able to get such a high price.

At this time, Manager Sun saw the disappointment on Wang Li's father's face.

He immediately said: "Brother Dali, I will buy your products if I don't buy anyone else's. Everyone knows that your products are of high quality." In fact, what he said was not wrong. The furs of the beasts hunted by Wang Li's father and Wang Li were very complete. Because their archery skills were superb, they shot at the eyes, mouth or other places that would not affect the beauty of the fur, so the furs were more valuable.

It happened that Manager Sun was going to Nandu to join his son, and he needed to bring some gifts to his son, and the fur in Wang Li's father's hand was a good gift. The winter there was not very cold, but everyone loved high-end fur.

After Manager Sun carefully inspected the tiger, bear and leopard skins brought by Wang Li and his son, he gave the final price of 4000 silver dollars.

In fact, the value of dollars and gold bars at that time was affected by many factors and varied greatly, so it is difficult to give specific data.

However, we can get a rough idea of ​​the value of silver and gold bars through some historical documents and the prices at that time. According to the price level at that time, the average person's monthly salary was about 10 silver dollars.

As for gold bars, their value does not fluctuate much. A small yellow croaker is worth about 50 silver dollars. The number of gold bars is relatively limited, and most people buy gold bars mainly for investment and collection. Therefore, their value is often higher than silver dollars. The 4000 silver dollars given here are equivalent to a person's 400-month salary.

At the price level at that time, it only cost 2000 to 3000 yuan to buy a courtyard house.

But here we still have to consider one point. In times of war and chaos, oceans and gold will be more valuable.

在民国以前时期（1912年以前），一块大洋(一两银子、一枚银圆)=800元人民币；在民国时期（1912年1月1日至1949年9月30日）一块大洋=400元人民币。

Shopkeeper Sun was embarrassed after he gave the father and son the valuation of the Chinese herbs they brought. Although the father and son had kept the best-aged ginseng and ganoderma lucidum at home, and only sent some slightly older or ordinary Chinese herbs for sale, the estimated value of the herbs was still over 4000 yuan.

　Thank you for your recommendation and collection. I wish you all a happy day.

(End of this chapter)