Following the plan of the Wisdom Eye, Alvin set to work.

First of all, the most important thing.

Money!

Make money!

Alvin secretly collected all the small pieces of valuable jewelry in the house, precious stones, solid gold or gold-plated ornaments, and all the coins he could find in the house.

It's a shame to say that Alvin still hasn't figured out the monetary value system of this world, that is to say, Alvin doesn't have the slightest idea of the specific value of money, especially the money in his hands.

So Alvin found Harpy.

There is no way, at this time, I can only ask shamelessly.

Hearing Alvin's question, Harpy had only one reaction: "Young Master, you have finally grown up and know that you have to do something serious." He thought Alvin wanted to learn about the family's business.

But he was wrong, Alvin really just wanted to know the value of the coin.

"Look, how much can you buy with the gold coins of an old and ugly girl on this one? It's gold, right? Alvin showed Harpy the gold coin in his hand. This gold coin was found in a drawer in the house, although it was not much, and there was a fist-sized bag, which was placed with other accessories, it should be worth a few dollars, right?

Habi laughed: "Young master, you see, this big Mary is a pure gold coin, it is a gold coin commissioned by the king to the royal mint in the richest period, that period is the time when the Hale gold mine was discovered for ten years, although the value is very high, but it is also the largest period of circulation, especially the issuance of gold coins, a precious metal currency." At that time, I heard that the rich appeared in batches, and countless people became rich overnight, all because of the great development of overseas continents. And now, because of those wars, this kind of pomp and circumstance is no longer to be found. ”

Alvin responded, "Less nonsense! Say, how many things can be bought with this gold coin. ”

Harpy rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Young master, let's put it this way, this gold coin can probably buy the sheep you usually eat, huh...... Twelve of them. ”

Old Alvin's face turned red, this kid dared to laugh at Young Master Ben! Forget it, this time it's like this, next time I dare to laugh at Young Master Ben for eating too much, I'll kill him!

Alvin knew that Harpy was laughing at his amazing appetite a while ago, but he also understood that the gold here was also valuable. When the Hale gold mine was first discovered, it really set off a gold rush across the continent, and all those who wanted to get rich overnight flocked to the little-known frontier town of Hale. But there are really huge gold mines here, and many people have realized their dreams of making a fortune here, and of course, there are many bloody stories here. These are accurately recorded in the history of the mainland. Alvin has seen it all.

Suddenly, he thought, "I see! This gold coin is called Big Mary, was it minted during the time of that Bloody Mary? ”

Harpy shrugged: "Young master, I don't know about this, it should be like you said." The size of Big Mary is based on the size of Queen Mary's left index finger and thumb ring, but, hehe...... It is also said that it was based on the dimensions of Queen Mary's husband, King Wellington. Well, it's really a great man, and it's big everywhere...... Hey...... But there's also a little Mary, which is only one-fifth the value of the Big Mary. However, there is also Semises, one plug is equivalent to one-half of a horse. ”

Alvin ignored the gossip of Harpy and said, "What is the smallest currency in circulation now?" ”

Harpy sneakily took out a bag from his arms, opened it carefully, and took out a small copper coin and put it in the palm of his hand: "Young master, you see, this is a copper dinar coin." Ten such copper coins can be exchanged for one silver coin of As, and ten Asi can be exchanged for one gold coin of Souleds, and ten Sus can be exchanged for one Dama. For convenience, Turdenier is added to each coin, which is equivalent to five coins per level. It's a coin. They are copper, silver and gold. ”

Alvin was dazzled as he watched as Harpy took out copper and silver coins from his bag and placed them on the table in a row. Lined up from childhood to adulthood, Alvin really admires Harpy, who is so rich.

But...... Why aren't there any gold coins in there?

Harpy looked at Alvin with the eyes of a fool: "Young master, I am just a servant, if I can take out the gold coins casually, I don't have to serve you here, I will go home and open a mill, and hire a young and beautiful fat cook to be my rich master." ”

Alvin raised his cane.

It seems that it will not work without teaching this little follower a lesson!

"By the way, Harpy, I don't even know, how much do you get paid a month?"

Harpy cried to Alvin with a bitter face: "Young master, my life is miserable!" The family is poor, I have been a servant in Hansen's family since I was a child, at first there was only one ace a month, and then I was fortunate to follow the young master, and now it has risen to five aces a month. So, I'm blessed. You must know that an auxiliary soldier in a knight order is only the commission of three Assi a month. ”

Alvin thought about it, but it was still not intuitive, so he asked: "How much does an ordinary family of three cost a day's rations?" ”

Harpy thought for a moment: "Well, if you only eat black bread and vegetable soup without salt, half a dinar is enough for a day." If you add salt and meat to the soup, you will need a dinar. ”

Alvin calculated and exclaimed: "In that case, a month, a family of three, the ration will not cost fifteen dinars, that is, one and a half as. Then, if you only have one salary at the beginning of the month, won't you even be able to solve the rations of a family of three? ”

A trace of embarrassment and sadness flashed in Harpy's eyes: "Young Master, first of all, the account is not calculated like this. Although I am in Hansen's house, one is an assi, which is a silver coin, but here I am in charge of eating, and I have four sets of clothes for two seasons every year, which are also given for free. Therefore, in fact, it is equivalent to the salary of one and a half a month. ”

Harpy sighed and continued, "And not every family has to eat every day. Generally, the whole family will have food only when the man has a job, and once the man is not working, he will not necessarily eat two meals a day. ”

Alvin was stunned: "Two meals? ”

Harpy smiled bitterly: "Young master, not everyone can eat three meals a day. I never had enough for two meals since I was a child! Going to church has to donate money, the living have to pay a poll tax, and the children have to wear clothes when they grow up, which also costs money, and there is no place where there is no place without money, but fortunately there are more jobs in the city now than before, and if you catch up with the previous decades, the city is full of starving old people and abandoned babies everywhere. No one dared to go out of town at night. ”

Alvin's mouth was wide open, not knowing what to say. He was a little incredulous, but he couldn't help it, for he saw for the first time that Harpy's face showed that maturity and sadness that was not appropriate for his age.

Alvin was still stunned, but Harpy quickly returned to his usual flattering smile: "Young master, these are all trivial matters, speaking of which, if I hadn't been lucky enough to enter Hansen's house, maybe I would have starved to death like them." By the way, young master, I'll tell you about the current prices. ”

After all, Harpy still has more contact with the outside world every day, and he knows much more about the outside world than Alvin, so what he said made Alvin nod again and again, and even forgot the things about the poor people that Harvby just said.

Finally, Alvin patted Harpy on the shoulder with satisfaction.

Then, he threw the big Mary, who had been playing smoothly in the palm of his hand, into Harpy's arms.

"Take it, this is the tuition fee handed over to you, and you can be regarded as my teacher today. You can go, the young master is going to end class. ”

Alvin said with a smile.

Harpy covered his clothes with his hands, and the hard, warm feeling was so exciting.

Harpy's face turned red all of a sudden, and he stammered, "Thank you...... Thank you...... Thank you, young master, you are such a good person, young master! After saying that, he ran away without looking back.

Alvin looked at the closed door and sighed, "It's a poor man, too. ”

Then he looked down at himself.

The Eye of Wisdom spoke Alvin's heart: "Who is not a poor man? ”

Alvin suddenly patted his head: "Damn, he just said I was a good person!" Who are the good people? ”

The Eye of Wisdom was puzzled: "What, isn't it good to say that you are a good person?" ”

Alvin said helplessly: "Hehe, in our place, to say that people are good people is to scold people." ”

The Eye of Wisdom wondered, "Where are you, what a strange place." ”

Alvin said: "It's really a strange place there, and I'll take you to see it if I have the chance." ”