Huo Wenbai is a very strict teacher.

The homework that Bai Ziche handed in was refuted as worthless, and he took the article that was circled from Huo Wenbai's hand in disgrace, and sat upright waiting for Huo Wenbai to speak. Huo Wenbai was much older, and he became more and more unsmiling during his illness, like a figure carved in white stone, with lines so sharp that they could cut the palm of a person's hand.

"Your Highness thinks, what is a business?" The word "Your Highness" is clearly an honorific title, and when he says it in a cold tone, it seems like an insult.

Bai Ziche replied calmly: "Buying at a low price and selling at a high price is for business." ”

Huo Wenbai said lightly: "This is a traitor." ”

Bai Ziche admits defeat: "Sir, please advise." ”

"Some people buy, some people sell, for the convenience of the people, for business. Merchants are heavily taxed, and cultivators are lightly taxed, but why are merchants getting richer and cultivators getting poorer? Huo Wenbai then threw out the second question.

Bai Ziche thought about this question, so he answered truthfully: "First, commercial profits, and most of the grain left over by farmers after paying taxes is still bought by merchants at low prices, and now even more so, even the fields have to be rented heavily. ”

Huo Wenbai's face was slightly pale, and he nodded slightly.

"The second is that although the merchants paid heavy taxes, the taxes they paid were not paid to the peasants. Therefore, the heavy taxation of merchants has nothing to do with the poverty of the peasants, and the poverty of the peasants will not be alleviated because the merchants pay more taxes. ”

"Third, many businessmen now bribe officials, and will levy more agricultural taxes and less commercial taxes, and use the excess agricultural taxes as commercial taxes." Huo Wenbai added lightly, "Let's stop here today, the minister's body can't stand it." ”

Bai Ziche nodded and pushed him back to the bedroom.

Huo Wenbai's residence was in a small house in Jiang Qiao's yard, which was very clean, with a south-facing window and good light. Huo Wenbai couldn't sit for a long time after his legs were crippled, and he had to stay in bed from time to time. Bai Ziche personally carried him to the bed and settled down.

"Does Your Highness think that the minister is too strict with you?" Huo Wenbai looked at the beam of the house and asked without warning.

Bai Ziche wrung out the handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and pretended to be relaxed: "My former teacher was always worried that one day I would offend one day which of my noble brother would be demoted to a concubine and driven out of the palace. So when I first started learning to draw, I was a little unserious, so he hit me in the palm of my hand, and I was almost bleeding and gave me medicine. He was always afraid, afraid that I would not have a way to live alone in the future, and if I could learn his painting skills, I would be able to eat even if I was living on the streets. ”

Bai Ziche spoke softly, as if recounting an inconsequential past. He has learned to talk about his most painful past in a flat tone, and hide his deepest emotions with a smile. He used to act and pretend, but he didn't pretend as well as he does now.

"So, the gentleman just spoke in a harsh tone, and reprimanded me a few words, which is nothing." Bai Ziche smiled and said.

"He must be very old." Huo Wenbai showed a rare pale smile and said, "He is afraid that he will not be able to accompany you for long, so he is eager to teach you everything." ”

"Yes." Bai Ziche lowered his head and did not deny it.

"Me too, Your Highness." Huo Wenbai gently closed his eyes and said, "Don't hold a grudge against me. I don't know how long I can live, maybe I won't see the day when you will achieve great things, so I'm going to teach you everything I know, what I understand. ”

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Bai Ziche came out of Huo Wenbai's room with a heavy heart, and bumped into Chu Shixia and Jiang Qiao head-on.

Jiang Qiao rarely has no makeup, a plain white face, and his pupils are like ink. Chu Zhixia drank the snow and shouted impatiently at the people in the house. Both of them wore cloaks and hats to cover their faces, as if they were going to go far away.

Bai Ziche paused and saw the third person who followed out of the room, like a peacock swaggering through the market.

The son of Dali Siqing, Deng Mian.

Bai Ziche didn't have time to dodge, Deng Mian looked straight over.

"That person, that's ......" Deng Mian pointed at Bai Ziche with a look of disbelief.

"It's Jiang Qiao's little house." Chu Zhixia's face did not change color.

"How is it possible, that's obviously -" Deng Mian turned his head to Shang Chu Zhixia with a determined look, and couldn't help but have a trace of suspicion, "Don't you think he looks like a person?" ”

"Who?" Chu Zhixia asked calmly.

Bai Ziche lowered his voice and saluted the two at the right time, "Girl, the musician is resting." ”

Jiang Qiao couldn't help but smile and said with a straight face: "I know, you remember the rouge gouache I want to buy, don't buy the wrong one." ”

"Yes." Bai Ziche pushed open the back door and left without looking back.

Deng Mian began to question himself: "Is it really not like it? Could it be that I haven't seen the Fourth Highness for a long time, and I remember it wrong? ”

"Let's go." Chu Zhixia pulled his collar and walked out.

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Throughout the ages, it is not a good thing to open a casino. The business of making money every day will always make people red, how to deal with troublesome guests, peers who are eyeing each other, and ruffians who are sloppy, in addition to having skills, you must also have a backer.

Now the most supportive businessman in the imperial capital is none other than the eldest son of the Jiang family.

Since the autumn leaves mountain was in front, Jiang Changgongzi was aggressive and wanted to "raid the house", but was disgraced by Chen Boyan's slap, and the spectators once thought that the Jiang family was going to roll out of the imperial capital in disgrace. But Chen Boyan came to apologize privately afterwards, saying that the situation was urgent and serious at that time, and everyone had fallen into Chu Shixia's trap and sympathized with each other.

Not only that, Chen Boyan also used Chen's eagle dog to open the way for Jiang Changgongzi's shady business.

These include green houses and casinos.

The Jiang family is rich in Jiangnan, and they cherish their reputation, so they don't have much to do with these dirty businesses. But after the blue-eyed snake gall incident, Jiang Changgongzi was anxious to raise compensation, so he had to make these businesses dirtier.

Deng Mian was called to the casino by Chu Zhixia, and he always felt that his eyelids were jumping. When he came to the "Sanfu Casino", he wanted to turn around and run, but he was pulled by Chu Zhixia by the collar.

"Run for what?"

"You asked me this last time, and then Cheng Yuan jumped out of the window with me on his shoulder! Second floor! Deng Mian was hoarse, "This is also the Jiang family's industry, do you have an enmity with the surname Jiang...... Let's put a sack and beat him, this casino can't go! ”

"I beat him and he still uses a sack?" Chu Zhixia smiled and showed a mouthful of snow-white teeth, inexplicably a little crazy.

Deng Mian was even more frightened, "Boss, let me tell you, this gambling house is really impossible to go." He is out of the old man, not only out of the old man, but no one dares to care. Do you know ...... behind the Jiang family"

"I know." Chu Zhixia said crisply and forcefully, "What does he dare to do to me?" ”

Deng Mian was speechless, "Then do you know who my father is?" Chen Boyan has to apologize to Jiang Changgongzi, if my father knows that I came to the Jiang family to make trouble, he will break my leg! ”

"He couldn't bear it." Chu Zhixia pinched his face with a smile, "Let's go, let you see my gambling skills." ”

Deng Mianxin said I can't persuade you, but with Jiang Qiao in us, we won't lose all our pants at the gambling table.

But as soon as he turned his head, Jiang Qiao was gone!

"Deng Mian: Double kill."