During the Song Dynasty, the purchasing power of one tael of silver was beyond imagination.

For example, in Water Margin, there is such a small detail.

Chapter 15, Wu Yong went to Shijie Village to meet the three Ruan brothers and gave Ruan Xiaoqi one tael of silver to buy food and drinks. What did Ruan Xiaoqi buy with the one tael of silver?

There is enough wine for four people, two fat chickens, and 20 pounds of cooked beef.

From this we can see the purchasing power of one tael of silver in the Song Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, a day's wage for a worker was about one hundred wen.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, the state hired a migrant worker to build a castle, and the salary was one hundred coins a day.

But Song Shenzong was the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the situation was different. In the early Southern Song Dynasty, prices increased at least double.

During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty, the salary of migrant workers repairing water conservancy projects was 150 wen, which was the same as the salary of soldiers of the Imperial Army in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The usual standard of money during the Southern Song Dynasty was about 700 wen.

In the Song Dynasty, one tael of silver could be converted into two guan of money. There may be changes during the period, but the range of changes will not be too large.

Roughly speaking, if an ordinary person works for a month, he or she will earn two or three taels of silver.

At the end of the year, that's twenty or thirty taels of silver.

But now this shop costs one thousand taels. Ordinary people who do not eat or drink have to work for at least several decades before they can afford to buy a shop.

It can be seen from this that this thousand-tael shop is indeed not cheap.

But Rowe bought the store anyway.

Not because this store is the most expensive, nor because this store has the most luxurious decoration, but because this store is next door to [Qimengxuan].

By the way, Qimengxuan is the place where fireworks and dust often appear in ancient TV series.

There are all miserable women in need of rescue.

The reason why Luo Wei opened his store next to Qimengxuan was naturally not to save these poor women.

He is not such a person.

However, Xiaoqing didn't believe it. When Luo Wei decided to shop, she asked with a smile: "You decided to shop here, are you going to hang out in that kind of place like those stinky men?"

Luo Wei said righteously: "You are thinking too much."

"Really?" Xiaoqing didn't quite believe it.

Luo Wei said confidently: "How can the girl from Qimengxuan compare with you and Suzhen? The two are as different as the sky and the earth, as different as clouds and mud."

"I'm used to seeing the beauty of you two, how could I like those girls from Qimengxuan."

Xiao Qing was very curious, "If it weren't for those girls, why would you set the store here?"

Luo Wei explained: "Of course it is to make money. Although I am not doing it for girls, there are too many men in this world who are willing to fight for girls."

"I just learned that Qimengxuan is the Fireworks Tavern in Hangzhou City, and it can be regarded as a sign."

"People who come here are either rich or noble."

"If we want to make money, we naturally have to make money from these rich people."

"If I open my Liuli shop here, I don't have to worry about the source of customers, because there are so many rich people here."

"Now, you understand why I want to open the store here."

After Luo Wei's explanation, Xiaoqing suddenly realized it, snorted and said: "You can pass the test."

After taking possession of the shop, Luo Wei found a few good carpenters with the help of Zhou Ren, a tooth man, and first made a plaque for Liuli Pavilion.

Then he asked several carpenters to decorate the interior of Liuli Pavilion.

First, knock off those obstructive and useless decorations, leaving a wide space where people can walk left and right without restraint.

Then some exquisite exhibition stands were built to store the glass bought by Luo Wei.

This whole process took about half a month.

Within half a month, Luo Wei left the decoration matters to Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing, and returned to the real world through the dimensional door to buy some exquisite glass.

Of course, Luo Wei also bought some exquisite colored glaze.

None of it is expensive.

The price is quite cheap, ranging from tens to hundreds of yuan.

In addition, Luo Wei also purchased some tempered glass and made some glass covers specifically to hold the purchased glassware and colored glaze.

There is a saying that the glass cover made of tempered glass is much more valuable than the contents inside.

But Luo Wei's purpose of doing this was very simple, which was to create an impression to people in the Southern Song Dynasty that his glass was valuable.

If something is not valuable, it will not be protected by a glass cover that cannot be broken by a sword.

In this case, there will naturally be big-ticket villains who will pay a high price to buy the cheap colored glaze inside the glass cover.

Half a month later, everything was ready.

Luo Wei's Liuli Pavilion is officially open for business.

However, he did not hold any fancy opening ceremony. He neither set off firecrackers at the door nor performed a lion dance. Instead, he opened the door in a rather low-key manner.

Just like an ordinary store is open for business on weekdays.

Be as low-key as possible.

But the Liulice plaque hung in front of the store's door still attracted a lot of people's attention.

After all, in ancient times, things like colored glaze were basically associated with high-end and expensive products.

In addition, Luo Wei’s Liuli Pavilion is right next to the lively fireworks place.

So on the day Liuli Pavilion opened, it welcomed a wave of customers who were not short of money.

Song Ming was one of the guests.

His family was in the medicinal materials business, and many pharmacies in Hangzhou purchased their products from his home. In fact, not only pharmacies in Hangzhou, but even pharmacies in several nearby cities purchased their products from his home.

Therefore, in Hangzhou City, Song Ming considered his family to be a wealthy businessman even in Hangzhou City.

Although not as good as those selling tea, silk, and spices.

But compared to those ordinary businessmen, it is much stronger.

On this day, Song Ming made an appointment with some friends and planned to go to Qimengxuan to drink and listen to music and spend a pleasant night together.

However, when they were about to reach Qimengxuan, they suddenly heard their friend say: "Liu Li Pavilion, hey, when did a Liuli Pavilion open next to Qimeng Xuan."

Song Ming couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He looked up and saw an extra Liuli Pavilion next to Qimengxuan.

When did this open?

He was so unimpressed.

Song Ming recalled for a moment, and then he remembered that when he passed by this store a few days ago, it was being renovated. At that time, he was curious about what kind of store this store was.

I didn't expect it to be a shop selling colored glaze, which is a bit novel.

Colored glaze is not only rare, but also expensive. If most people obtain a glaze ware, they will treat it like a family heirloom.

Now someone actually offered it for sale, which immediately made him interested.


Chapter completed!