The fourth child has been reprimanded by the old man and is speechless, and the four princes of the Han and Tang Dynasties, who are dignified, can actually say that he is no more than an old man in the countryside, which makes him a little helpless.

But what I said here is indeed true.

"What if Han Tang didn't do what you said?" the fourth child was still unconvinced at the moment.

"Are you going to make a bet with me?" the old man looked at the fourth child with a smile.

The fourth child's eyes flickered, and he was not very sure.

It's just that the old man and the old man looked at him firmly, and the arrogance in his heart immediately rose.

"I'm just gambling. The fourth said angrily.

"What are you betting with me?" asked the old man with a smile.

"This jade pendant. The fourth child looked at the old man firmly: "This is what my father gave me, it is definitely not a stolen property, it is worth a lot." ”

"Haha...... Forget it, what's the anger of fighting with you kid, it's no glory to win, and it's shameless to lose. The old man suddenly smiled and waved his hand.

I talked so much with the fourth child just now, which aroused my temperament for a while, but now it has calmed down.

Knock Knock Knock -

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

The old man was stunned, and the fourth child also put down the chopsticks in his hand.

"Sir, it's so late, do you still have visitors?"

The old man was also confused: "Except for my children who occasionally come back here, I don't see any other visitors, let alone knocking on the door in the middle of the night." ”

"You said that you lost fruits one after another a few days ago, it can't be those thieves, right?" The fourth child immediately stood up: "Don't be afraid, the kid has also practiced kung fu for a few days, although he is not in the stream." But it's more than enough to deal with a few thieves. ”

The old man heard the words of the fourth. Slightly relieved: "Don't be so nervous." Even those thieves, most of them don't dare to hurt people's lives, just give them some money. ”

The old man stepped forward to open the door, but saw a well-dressed young man standing at the door, who did not look like a thief at all.

Bai Chen looked at the old man with a smile: "The old gentleman is polite." ”

"Your Excellency?" the old man looked at Bai Chen suspiciously.

"I'm here to take him away. Bai Chen pointed to the fourth.

When the fourth child saw Bai Chen, his face was already extremely frightened.

The old man frowned, glanced at the fourth child, and then at Bai Chen.

immediately felt that Bai Chen was not a good person. Otherwise, how could the fourth child show such an expression.

"I'm afraid this is not good, where can you take him in the middle of the night?" The old man seemed to have the intention to defend the fourth child, and he was already guessing in his heart that the fourth child would not have been murdered by this person and fell here, right?

"In the middle of the night, the old gentleman took in a stranger for the night, I'm afraid it's even worse. Bai Chen said with a smile: "And I was entrusted by his father to take care of him." Naturally, you have to be conscientious. ”

"Is your so-called conscientiousness to make him what he is now?" the old man squinted his eyes at Bai Chen.

"It happened for a reason. But this matter is also his own fault, blame others, I gave him a chance, but he didn't grasp it. ”

"I don't care what your relationship with him is, anyway, he won't go with you, Your Excellency, please. ”

"I'm afraid that the old gentleman can't decide this matter, so it's better for you to ask him and see what he means. Bai Chen looked at the fourth child.

How shrewd the old man was, and his tone was even more indifferent: "You are oppressing people with power, and you are persecuting him with such words, how can you see what he means?"

"Since the old gentleman knows that I am oppressive with power, why do you mean to be so obsessed?"

"Do you dare to hurt people's lives under this bright world?" the old man snorted coldly.

"The old gentleman is upright, and he does not dare to hurt the old gentleman, but I have been ordered by his father to take his life if necessary. ”

"His father, are you talking about the Holy One?" the old man said coldly, obviously still suspicious of Bai Chen's words.

"It turns out that the old gentleman already knows his identity. Bai Chen looked at the old man in surprise.

"In the orchard before, I didn't see the jade pendant clearly, but just now in the house, no matter how old and dizzy the old man is, it is impossible not to recognize the Jiulong pendant. ”

At this moment, the old man has regarded Bai Chen as a certain Jiangyang thief, and he is a treacherous person who is bold enough to rob the prince.

"I haven't consulted the old gentleman's name yet. Bai Chen looked at the old man sincerely.

"The old man is just a country man now, and he doesn't have a big name. ”

"The old gentleman is awe-inspiring and upright, with green clouds on his head and his feet on the ground, and he has seen a lot of literati and ink writers below, even that Su Hong does not have such a magnificent atmosphere as the old gentleman, and the old gentleman is by no means the so-called rural villager. ”

"You don't have to lift me up here, for if you want to take him today, step over my corpse. ”

The old man obviously didn't eat oil and salt, and he was even more unmoved by Bai Chen's words.

"Since the old gentleman is unwilling to take this kid away from Xia, can you let Zai Xia sit down?"

When the old man hesitated, Bai Chen had already stepped in uninvited.

As soon as the fourth child saw Bai Chen coming in, he immediately hid in the corner, just like a mouse seeing a cat.

The old man looked at Bai Chen suspiciously, because he felt that the person in front of him had the casualness of a person in the rivers and lakes, if he wanted to force it, no matter how tough he was, he couldn't stop the other party, why did the other party have to go around the bend with him?

"What do you mean, Your Excellency?"

"I was eavesdropping on the old gentleman's talk about state affairs outside the window before, and I wanted to prove my opinion to the old gentleman for a while. ”

"You said you want to discuss state affairs with me?"

"I don't dare to say it, if I am lucky to beat the old gentleman, let him take him away, how about it?"

"Then the old decay is ugly. The old man clenched his fists and said.

"Please. Bai Chen made a gesture of invitation.

"How about I pick up on my previous topic?"

"Just what I wanted. Bai Chen nodded.

"For the Han and Tang Dynasties, money is very important, but in the eyes of the old man, money is not used in the Han and Tang dynasties today, not just for disaster relief, or for the imperial court and military spending, and the Han and Tang dynasties today do not use money in practice. ”

"It's not that the money of the imperial court is useless, it's just that the old gentleman doesn't know. And today's Han and Tang are in a very embarrassing situation. The common people already have a little money in their hands. But there are not many places to consume, and the so-called money here refers to the money that is retained after eating, wearing, living and traveling, and these money are left in the hands of the common people, which is also not good, just like staying in the hands of the imperial court. ”

"The old man also felt that it was not good to stay in the hands of the people. But this matter is not easy to solve, unless it is to increase the cost of food, clothing, housing and transportation, but if it is simply to increase the cost of living, it will reduce the strength of the Han and Tang Dynasties in disguise, which is the most stupid behavior. ”

"Raising the cost of living is of course the most stupid act, but what if it is to improve the quality of life of the people?" Bai Chen looked at the old man with a smile.

"Improve the quality of life? How can this be improved? Is it that every day the mountains and the sea are delicacies? Wearing silk and satin, living in a golden house and a silver couch?"

"The old gentleman's vision is too narrow, if you think about it, you used to have an oil lamp in your house, but now you have an electric lamp, this is the difference. ”

"Oh...... I see what you mean. The old man suddenly realized: "The old man has been taught." However, it seems that this item is not enough to allow the people's money to circulate more widely. ”

"Has the old gentleman ever seen a car in the city?"

"Yes. But that doesn't seem to be something that ordinary people can afford. ”

"There is no so-called buy or not, because today's people still feel that that thing is not something that ordinary people can have, so they dare not try, do you want to say that the car is expensive? ordinary people can buy it after two or three years of savings, and it is not a very expensive thing at all, and even the money for marrying a second room is much more expensive than a car, old man, with your savings, it should be enough to marry a second room, right?"

"Ah...... This, it's hard to say, and the old man hasn't studied the price of those cars, so the old man has no say in this matter. ”

"Cars are big object consumption, so don't judge for the time being, just say that the things that are about to start selling now, small film and television screens, when the time comes, every household, even without going into the city, can also see the content of the film and television screen, and at the same time is more autonomous, what content you want to watch, not what people watch when they are in the city today. ”

The inside story that Bai Chen got was naturally much higher than that of the old man, so he was more confident than the old man.

"Small film and television screens, the price is about 1,000 to 3,000 taels of silver, old man, do you think the people will buy it then?"

"I will inevitably buy it, if it is at this price, a cheap film and television screen, at most two months' salary, compared to its function, its price is not expensive. ”

The old man replied affirmatively, and at the end he didn't forget to ask: "Is what you said true?

"Of course, no later than two months. Bai Chen nodded: "This is to improve the quality of life of the people, it seems that it does increase the cost of living, but this small film and television screen is not mandatory to buy, the people still have autonomy, and there is no burden to increase the people." ”

"However, this small film and television screen is a long-term object, after buying one, for a long period of time, there is no need to buy it again, so the people will still have more funds in their hands, and they still can't circulate effectively. ”

"If you want to improve the quality of life of the people, it's too simple, for example, in this hot summer, the old gentleman wants to make his house fresher?"

"Going to buy ice cubes to cool off?"

"Of course not, in the near future, there will be something called an air conditioner, which can create air conditioning in a small area to make the house cooler, or in the summer, when the food is more perishable, then you can use another thing, the refrigerator! There are a lot of things, such as the electric pot instead of the stove, these things will appear in thousands of households in the near future, and these things, as little as half a month and a month's salary, more than two or three months of salary, improve the quality of life of the people at the same time, but also relatively improve the people's living pressure, but in general, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, the people will have the motivation to work harder. ”

"These things, the old man has not seen the real thing, so it is difficult to judge whether what you said is true or false, but if these things are true, then the old man has lost. (To be continued......)