Treatise on Armament Technology: Military Logistics and Provisions

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Treatise on Armament Technology, Volume 145

Record of Military Resources: Provisions

Military Colonies: Current System

...silver: 40,462 taelsThe 'liang' or tael was the standard unit of silver currency, weighing approximately 37 grams, 7 maceA decimal subdivision of a tael (1/10th), 2 candareens1/100th of a tael, 2 li, 9 hao, and a remainder; autumn green fodder: 221,453 bundles; grain straw: 187 bundles.

The Brocade-Clad Guard and Other Forty-Two Guards in Nanjing

Nanjing served as the secondary capital during the Ming Dynasty, maintaining a parallel administrative and military structure to Beijing, including its own contingent of the elite Brocade-Clad Guard (Jinyiwei).

Original quota of military-agricultural land: 9,368 qingA unit of land area; during the Ming, 1 qing was approximately 15 acres, 79 muApproximately 1/6 of an acre, 3 fen, 7 li, and a remainder.

Current quota of military-agricultural land: 22,696 qing, 66 mu, 3 fen, 5 li. Total grain: 151,525 shiA measure of dry volume for grain, also called a picul, roughly equivalent to 100 liters, 7 dou1/10th of a shi, 5 sheng1/100th of a shi, 4 ge, 3 shao. Silver: 10,266... The figure for silver revenue for the Nanjing guards continues onto the following page.