How much was a catty of ancient pork?

There is no mention of pork in this "700 Jin of meat". In fact, the discussion about pigs and pork in Juyan Han bamboo slips is basically invisible. See the article "Textual Research on Prices Seen in Han Bamboo Slips". The bamboo slips in Juyan mentioned the prices of cattle, horses, sheep and even dogs, but did not mention the prices of pigs and pork. I don't know who will make a fuss, but I must put "700 kilograms of meat" here. In fact, the article "700 Jin of meat" was discussed in the price research in Han bamboo slips, and it was judged that the price of mutton was 100 Jin, about two sheep, which was roughly the same as the price of sheep mentioned in Juyan Han bamboo slips, ranging from 500 to 1000 yuan.

Pork in ancient times was very cheap because there were several problems:

First, raising pigs depends on human excrement. From the pottery figurines unearthed from the Han tomb, it can be seen that the pigsty is connected with the latrine, and the excrement from the latrine directly flows into the pigsty. In fact, pigs are raised in this way in some backward areas today. Pigs growing up eating feces will definitely be rejected by the ancients.

The pottery figurines unearthed in the pigsty, pay attention to the end of the right step.

Second, the ancient pigs did not master the castration method for a long time, which led to the pig's small growth, far from the situation of the 200-pound pig today. At that time, pigs were hard to appear.

Third, pigs that are not castrated will produce a very heavy smell and a bad taste.

Therefore, ancient pork was the base meat of meat. According to the records of Han bamboo slips in Juyan, the price of mutton was 700 yuan per catty, which had soared to 120 yuan per catty in the Northern Song Dynasty. According to the Long Edition of the History of Continuing Education as a Mirror, Song Taizong once compensated a person who lost his pig in Kaifeng with 1000 yuan to compensate the pig price. Considering that the pigs were not castrated at that time, none of them weighs 200 Jin or even 600 yuan now. Calculated by 100 kg, the price of pork does not exceed 15-20 copper coins. Compared with the unit price of mutton in the Northern Song Dynasty, the highest price is only 1:6. It is inferred that the price of mutton 100 kg recorded in Juyan Han bamboo slips is 700 yuan, and the price of pork 100 kg is at most 65438.