I don't know what period you are talking about in ancient times, so let's assume it's the Qing Dynasty. First of all, we need to know the salary level of the Qing Dynasty. The annual salary of a seven-grade official in Qing Dynasty is: regular salary of 45 Liang, generous salary of 45 Liang, 45 Hu, converted into cash of about 29 Liang, and total annual income of 1 19 Liang. In the middle of Qing Dynasty, the annual salary of a footman was 10,000 Wen. At that time, one or two pieces of silver were converted to about 14.5 thousand, with an annual salary of a little more than 12 and a monthly salary of more than 8 yuan. Now it costs more than 2000 to hire a full-time live-in nanny. From this, it can be roughly calculated that one or two pieces of silver in the Qing Dynasty is about 3,000 yuan now.