Chapter 362 Family affairs, state affairs, world affairs (2)
"There are only a few dozen Jinshi in the imperial examination every year. Even if you pass the imperial examination, you still have to be ranked senior. You can only make up for the vacancies in the year of the Monkey and Horse Month. Being an official is so complicated that how many people can get out of trouble in a year? It's not cost-effective, not cost-effective..." Li Chengxiao stroked his beard and just made a little calculation, and denied the idea, but Yan Bing just smiled slightly...
"My grandfather... who said he had to be an official to make money? It's no longer that old Huangsheng..." Yan Bing smiled. Through this conversation and communication, she had already realized Li Chengxiao's temper more and more. So Yan Bing didn't go around and shouted directly to Li Lingyue in the distance: "Lingyue, please help me call you Uncle Fourth, let me bring you a rifle... I want to show it to my grandfather..."
Ling Yue nodded, put down the teacup and trotted out. While Yu Bingze drank tea, he continued to chat with the old man.
"Master Grandfather, can you tell me how much silver each of the craftsmen in the junior workshop earns a year?" Yan Bing said that, and without waiting for Old Man Li to speak, he slowly stretched out three fingers.
Li Chengxiao narrowed his eyes and looked at Yan Bing's three fingers, then he guessed: "Thirty taels?"
"It's three hundred taels... If you do it well, you will have another reward!" Yan Bing gave the answer with a proud look on his face. When siping tea, he secretly observed Li Chengxiao with a puzzled look on his face.
"Three hundred taels!!?? But as far as I know, even an old craftsman with a very experienced earnings can only earn thirty or fifty taels of silver a year. How come you can raise so much!? You have to break many rules when you raise your wages indiscriminately..."
"Rules? Grandfather, who made this rule...? Have you ever thought about it?" Yan Bing continued slowly while drinking tea: "There are also differences in status of scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants, who are better or worse? Who arranged it? Is it there since ancient times...?"
When Li Chengxiao heard this, he suddenly sat upright and cast an admiring look at the little girl in front of him. This was the first time he began to look at the young man in front of him...
"I heard what you meant in and out of your words... do you want to... break this rule?"
"Yes! Break! And this rule! It was tailored by the literati, gentry, and wealthy families! They wanted to rely on this rule to eat all the way and the country was destroyed and the people were destroyed! They dreamed!! This group of pests that only sucked blood and ointment! I must step on them hard! Let them never turn over before they can be relieved!!"
"Oh! He is not big, but he is not small!!" Li Chengxiao looked at Yan Bing who was extremely angry and laughed out loud, raised his hand and picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of hot tea, and said leisurely: "Then let me tell you, what do you want to do after breaking it?"
"What do I want to do..." Yan Bing was stunned by this question, so he lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked at Li Chengxiao with a serious face, and replied word by word: "I want to... build a dominant beam of scholars, farmers, workers, businessmen, everyone equals, and revitalize all industries, and extremely strong!! I want our Chinese people to be superior no matter where they go! I want our Chinese civilization to remain proud of the world after ten thousand years!! Brilliant and dazzling!!!"
"Puff--!!" Li Chengxiao's hot tea that had just entered his mouth was sprayed by him... He raised his head and looked at Yan Bing with the same eyes as if he was looking at the second fool, and then laughed loudly. Until the tears were almost laughed out, Li Chengxiao suppressed his smile and pointed at Yan Bing and said, "You little girl, it's really interesting. It's a bit similar to when I was young... It's a pity... these are just a dream after all..."
When Yan Bing heard this, he frowned and said with anger: "What? Grandfather doesn't believe that I can do it?"
"Tsk... I can't say whether I believe it or not... It's just that when I was young, I also worked hard in this direction, but as a result...haha..." The old man smiled bitterly, spread his palms and said two words.
"No chance!"
After Li Chengxiao finished speaking, he saw that Yan Bing was about to speak, so he quickly raised his hand and waved it, indicating that he would finish his words first.
"When I first started this Baolong Pavilion, I thought... I had to rely on my skills and the reputation I had accumulated to do something practical for the people of the world. Even if I could not save the people from the fire of water and fire, at least, I could help them reduce the burden... So, I chose the escort agency and reduced the escort fee to the lowest level as soon as I came up...
At first... Everything seemed to be as I expected. Many escort agencies either followed the trend and lowered prices or sold the flag to invest. The prices of many things also showed a downward trend. It seemed that everything was developing in a good direction, but unfortunately... this... only lasted for less than five years..."
Speaking of this, Li Chengxiao suddenly turned his eyes and looked at Yan Bing...
"Qihua... might as well guess... what happened in the past five years... If you guess it! I believe you can do it!!"
Yan Bing laughed directly when she heard this. After laughing, she sighed again.
"Grandfather... do you need to guess this? The saved price difference is either because the merchant is Pingyi or because the official has increased taxes... People are not satisfied with their hearts... Snake swallows the elephant..."
"Oh hehe!! You little girl, you are a little capable!!" Li Chengxiao smiled and picked up the corners of his eyes, then stroked his beard and asked slowly, "What would you do if it were you?"
"Me?" Yan Bing pointed at himself, then looked up at the sky, thought for a while, and said in a deep thought: "If it were me... well... it would be better to overtake... it would be better to overtake... it would be better to collect... it would be better to buy... it would be better to buy... it would be better to buy it yourself... when I accumulate from the first link to the last link, then I really have the final say in this price..."
"Escort...resell...acquisition...buy..." Li Chengxiao murmured to himself, chewing these words repeatedly... After a long time, he lamented and said slowly in a sad and angry tone: "It seems... I am really just a martial artist's material, and I can't compete with you..."
"Hey? Grandfather... you can't be too arrogant! After all, there are only a few people who can cultivate to your level from ancient times to the present. If you always sigh, will you let ordinary people live?" Yan Bing was politely waving his hands, and suddenly there was a door behind him. Ling Yue and Li Jingan had already pushed open the door and walked in.
As soon as Ling Yue entered the door, she happened to see Mr. Li with a bitter face, lowered his head, and sighing. There were only two people in the room, he and Yan Bing. If that wasn't Yan Bing, who else could it be!??
"Yan! Qi! Hua!!! Are you talking nonsense about making my grandfather unhappy again???"
"I??I don't! How dare I..." Yan Bing looked aggrieved at this moment, but as soon as she explained, she saw Mr. Li on the opposite side wavering his hand and said slowly to Ling Yue: "Yue'er... she is your husband... How can you scold her in front of everyone? This is really not supposed to..."
After the old man said this, not only Yan Bing was stunned, but even Li Lingyue and Li Jingan were stunned...
Old Man Li actually scolded Ling Yue for me...!!!??
My grandfather actually... scolded me for her...!!!??
My father...!! Actually scolded Yue'er...!??
Three people, look at me, look at you, one by one, one by one, with an incredible look on their faces…
Only the old man was still beating his chest and stamping his feet, sighing...
The bamboo building is so quiet that it is a bit strange...