The escape system takes me to dig for treasures

Jiang Li had never been to Beijing, so he didn't know what the prices were like there. How much was the rent for a shop? How much was the labor cost?

Therefore, Duan Yuanzhou’s question cannot be answered for the time being.

After listening to Jiang Li's explanation, Duan Yuanzhou nodded, "That's true. I heard from my eldest brother before that the monthly rent of any shop in the capital can reach dozens of taels."

Even Song Yulin and Song Yuxing couldn't help but be amazed.

Their family's wealth ranks among the top five in Yunzhou City, but the monthly salary they receive is only a few taels of silver.

Moreover, the family owns many shops in Yunzhou City. Mrs. Song has been in charge of the family for many years. The two of them must be aware of the situation at home.

As far as they knew, the annual rent for the most prosperous shop in the family was only two hundred taels, which was only a dozen taels of silver per month.

Before they arrived in the capital, the two brothers were shocked by the prices there.

The two men couldn't help but touch the silver bills they had on them.

Before leaving, Mrs. Song naturally prepared travel expenses for her two sons.

As they were expected to travel outside for three months, Mrs. Song prepared three hundred taels of silver for each of them.

It was the first time that Song Yulin received such a large sum of money. Even he was a little excited. No one would complain about having too much money.

But now I look at it, I’m not sure if it’s enough to cover the expenses for these three months.

Before they left, Mrs. Song prepared gifts for them. When they arrived in the capital, they had to visit their uncle, Prime Minister Song's house to visit their elders.

At that time, Song Yulin and Song Yuxing thought it was troublesome to carry so many things, so they just went to the capital to buy them.

It was Mrs. Song who said that the local specialties brought from Yunzhou City would show more sincerity, and the two of them had nothing to say, so they took them.

I can't help but feel a little fortunate at this moment.

Jiang Xi still wanted to continue to learn about the situation in the capital from Duan Yuanzhou.

However, Duan Yuanzhou himself had never been to the capital. Although he had been doing business alone in recent months, the place arranged for him by his elder brother was not far from Yunzhou City.

Therefore, his answer to the question about Gracilaria was quite vague.

"I've seen that the prices in the capital are probably ten times higher than those in Yunzhou City. Plus, the journey is long and we've spent a lot of manpower and resources. Even if you price your doll at a few taels of silver, it's not too much."

Duan Yuanzhou estimated.

Jiang Xi thought about what Duan Yuanzhou said, and pondered. Not to mention the large dolls, this doll that fit perfectly in her arms was about one and a half feet long. It would take three or four rabbit skins to make one, including the rabbit skins that might be lost during the tanning process, so it would take about five rabbit skins. If one rabbit skin was peeled intact, she would get ten cents from Li Ruzhen.

The rabbit skin alone costs fifty coins for a doll, and the cotton costs about two pounds, at sixty or seventy coins per pound, so two pounds costs one hundred and forty coins.

In addition, there are the labor costs of tanning rabbit skins and sewing dolls. Of course, the highest costs are shipping and shop rent.

On average, the cost of a doll is a little over one or two taels of silver.

At this point, Jiang Xi had an estimated selling price in his mind, so a doll would cost three taels of silver.

When Song Yuxing and Song Yulin heard this, they couldn't help but open their mouths slightly. Three taels of silver.

Their monthly salary was only five taels of silver, and they had to pay for their writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone out of their own pocket every month.

I also have to go out to eat and swim with my classmates on weekdays.

By this calculation, I can only save one or two taels of silver at most a month.

That means they have to spend three months to save enough money to buy a stuffed rabbit.

Duan Yuanzhou looked at them and said, "Don't forget, the capital city has high expenses, but there are also many rich people."

Yes, their monthly salary is five taels of silver. The monthly salary of the rich kids in the capital city is definitely more than five taels of silver.

Thinking of this, the two brothers couldn't help feeling a little sad, and they touched the three hundred taels of silver bill that they kept close to them.

Jiang Xi and Duan Yuanzhou glanced at each other and asked, "Do you have money hidden on you?"

Song Yulin quickly put down his hand, and Song Yuxing exclaimed: "How did you know?"

I thought it would be okay to tell Jiang Xi and Duan Yuanzhou. One is a trustworthy person, and the other is rich, so they would naturally not look down on my little money.

"My mother gave each of us three hundred taels of silver. How did you know that?"

Song Yuxing looked at the two of them curiously, his face full of thirst for knowledge.

Duan Yuanzhou twitched his lips, "You two have touched each other several times, you didn't notice it, but others could see it clearly. You should be more careful when you go out in the future."

Only then did Song Yuxing quickly put down his hand.

As they chatted and laughed, time passed quickly and they soon reached the first port of call.

Early in the morning, there was a knock on Jiang Xi's door.

As soon as he heard the excited voice, Jiang Xi knew it was Song Yuxing.

"Sister A Li, hurry up and get up. Our ship has docked. We have two hours left. We have to hurry."

Gracilaria got up immediately.

No matter how healthy a person is, his face will turn pale after spending six or seven days on the water.

When Jiang Xi finished brushing his teeth and washing up and got off the boat with Song Yuxing and Duan Yuanzhou, Song Yulin was already waiting on the shore with four guards.

As soon as the ship docked, he couldn't wait to get off.

Song Yuxing was sent to wake up Jiang Xi. As for Duan Yuanzhou, as the owner of the ship, he naturally had a lot of things to arrange.

It took nearly two quarters of an hour for Jiang Xi and his group to finally arrive.

"Let's go! I want to have a good meal!"

Song Yuxing said excitedly.

Song Yulin has lost a lot of weight visibly in the past six or seven days, and his complexion does not look very good.

At this time, the footsteps were also anxious.

"Okay, let's go have breakfast first!"

Jiang Xi made the decision.

The group of people walking in the busy market were quite conspicuous, but seeing the guards following them, no one dared to approach them.

Fortunately, after passing through the bustling street, we saw a restaurant with quite a few people sitting inside and breakfasts placed on the tables.

There are steamed buns and soy milk, but the consumption in the restaurant is obviously not low.

I'm a little curious about what's sold inside.

In Yunzhou City, no restaurant opens so early.

A group of people entered the restaurant in a mighty procession. There were quite a few of them, so they asked the waiter who came up to them for a private room.

As soon as we sat down, the waiter immediately poured us tea.

"What would you like to eat? Our breakfast snacks include crab roe buns, banana pancakes, shrimp dumplings, and drinks include soy milk and tofu pudding."

The guy introduced it to me.

Yunzhou City is not close to the sea. Although crab roe buns and shrimp dumplings are sold there, they are rare and you have to rely on luck to get them.

"Two of each, please!"

There were eight people in the group, including guards, so Duan Yuanzhou directly ordered two servings.