"Old man, I didn't go to school when I was a child. That's because the emperor and the court of the Qing Dynasty were not good at it. They always indulged in literature. If you didn't learn to read, wouldn't you be causing trouble for yourself?"

"Reading now is because the emperor and the court of the Ming Dynasty are good to the people. Reading and becoming literate is better than being blind."

Having said this, Old Man Kang couldn't help but feel a little proud: "Not to mention the children at home, even I, the old man, also participated in the literacy class run by the government? I'm not bragging, I can recognize more than a hundred words now.

I have learned three characters, and my husband said that if I can learn another three to four hundred characters, I will be able to read the newspaper by myself in the future, but I don’t know how many more days I can read it.”

Zhu Jinsong understood immediately - the so-called knowledge of a hundred or so characters means that he has learned less than a hundred characters by reading more. The so-called knowledge of three or four hundred more characters probably means that he still needs to know more than 400 more characters.

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Hehe, this old man also likes to brag.

Of course, Zhu Jinsong couldn't afford to offend such an old man in his seventies, so he let Old Man Kang continue to brag: "You think life is better now, but those children are not the same."

"My Xiaoxing, a four-year-old child, what do you think he knows? He actually dislikes fat meat and only eats bones with no oil and water. He also especially likes to eat forks from the ground! Let me drop one

Oh my god, you think this child is like this now, so people in the future will not be able to like eating grass?"

"If you ask me, I'm just too hungry!"

While chewing the goose stewed in the iron pot, Zhu Jinsong complained secretly in his heart: What do you know, you bad old man? Eating grass can keep you healthy. Have you not seen that those health experts have lived forty years or even the age of destiny?

Year?

After thinking for a while, Zhu Jinsong then asked: "How much money can my father-in-law's family lose in a year? How much money can the poorest person in the village lose in a year? I thought about it, this money is valuable, yes, but

If everyone doesn’t have money, then this thing can’t be considered cheap.”

Old Man Kang raised one and said proudly: "Old man, my family can have a thousand dollars left over the whole year, which is almost a hundred taels of silver!"

"Hu Laosan's family, the poorest in the village, has many children, a lot to eat, and plenty of ways to spend money. They have no other livelihood except farming. They occasionally do part-time work, and they can still have thirty taels left at the end of the year.

Fifty taels."

"So, this thing is really cheap, everyone has really more money in their hands, and life is really easy."

After talking nonsense with Old Man Kang, Zhu Jinsong figured out the problem of grain prices in the Ming Dynasty. The news that Zeng Cheng and others found were no different from what Old Man Kang said.

After the Ministry of Household Affairs made relevant statistics, and Jin Yiwei and Dongchang also compiled the information they had inquired about, Zhu Jinsong, Zeng Cheng and other big bosses finally figured it out.

Prices in the Ming Dynasty are indeed low, not just for food, but for many commodities. The money in the hands of the people is indeed increasing little by little, and the things that can be eaten on the table have indeed become better.

A little richer.

After coming to this conclusion, Zhu Jinsong, Zeng Cheng and other big guys felt relieved.

As long as the people's lives are stable.

But compared with the lives of people in the Ming Dynasty, Xiao Poqiu seems to be a bit unstable recently.

First of all, Louis XVI and George III, two shameless people, targeted the Habsburg family after returning to Europe.

"Le Française" and "The Times" are supposed to be the mouthpieces of France and England, but as a result, these two newspapers have been going crazy recently and have begun to pay crazy attention to the gossip about the Habsburg family.

For example, Philip III intermarried with his cousin Margaret, and Carlos II's father intermarried with his cousin Elizabeth, so Carlos II died at the age of only 39.

Another example is the current Austrian Emperor Franz I, who married his aunt and uncle, Princess Maria Theresa of Sicily.

"The Times" even started to gloat: Could Franz I have a normal, healthy son?

The French newspaper even openly mocked the Holy Roman Empire under the rule of the Habsburg family as neither holy nor Roman, nor worthy of being called an empire.

This made Francis I very angry.

When France was initially looking at some instability, Francis I wrote a letter to Louis XVI, asking Louis XVI if he needed help from the Habsburg family.

Although this letter is probably more humiliating, our Habsburg family has expressed concern after all, right? Why are you so unworthy of being here with your surname Lu?

In desperation, Franz I planned to send troops to kill Louis XVI. It would be even better if he could kill George III with him.

Generally in this situation, if there are a few wise people who can persuade Francis I and let the Habsburg family find other ways to regain their face, I guess the style of the little broken ball will not completely go astray.

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The problem is that no one persuaded Franz I.

Regarding the gossip created by these two shameless Louis XVI and George III, it can be said that the Habsburgs wanted to eat their flesh and sleep on their skin.

What's even worse is that the traditional nobles in Europe have a bad impression of France and Louis XVI, and they all hope that Francis I can kill Louis XVI——

Louis XVI launched one major purge after another in France. A large number of traditional nobles either had their homes confiscated or had their titles revoked. This pushed a large number of traditional nobles to the side of the Habsburg family.

As a result, no one persuaded Franz I, but a large number of nobles and knights openly supported Franz I and formed a coalition to fight against France.

Then, a scene appeared that the Habsburg family and the traditional European nobles and knights could not understand.

Before Francis I announced his crusade against Louis XVI, the French newspapers and The Times were basically frantically smearing the Habsburg family, and at the same time they did not forget to throw dirty water on each other.

When The Times mocked the Habsburgs, it often included France, mocking the French frogs who ate everything and were simply beasts similar to the Habsburgs.

The French newspaper is similar. When it mocks the Habsburg family, it often brings England along with it, mocking it as rose beef. It thinks that the so-called delicacy of rose beef is just garbage that is only allocated to the Habsburg family.

food.

After Franz announced his intention to crusade against Louis XVI, the Times openly declared that England would send its navy to help those French frogs fight. If the French frogs really couldn't defeat the pure-blooded beasts, then England would

The Army can also help the French Frogs.

To put it simply, England and France still don't like each other, but they don't know what kind of agreement they have reached secretly, and they actually plan to join forces to deal with the Habsburg family.

And this also made Francis I completely confused.

Was Franz I stupid?

Not stupid.

Previously being wildly ridiculed by the French newspaper and The Times, Francis I only announced that he would fuck the French frog, but turned a blind eye to the ridicule of rose beef, in order to avoid war on both fronts at the same time.

The result was not good. Franz I tolerated everything, but what he got in exchange was the taunting of the Rose Beefs and their alliance with the French Frogs?

I have to admit that the pure-blood line of the Habsburg family was a complete mistake - Franz I was so angry that he actually made a decision similar to that of a poor old woman. He simply declared war on France and also declared war on France.

England declared war!

After Franz acted like this, the knights and lords who were attached to the Habsburg family were a little confused.

There is no problem in attacking France, because France is relatively weak. Although no one can capture Paris before France surrenders, and no one can defeat the French army led by nuns and cripples, it is still possible to gain some benefits from France.

But with the addition of England, the nature of the matter completely changed.

Challenge Europa's strongest army and navy at the same time?

If the real Holy Roman Empire were to recover, this would not be impossible, but the Holy Roman Empire under the rule of the Habsburg family was neither holy nor Roman...

Just when the lords and knights were undecided, Paul I of Tsarist Russia also made a public statement, announcing that he would attack the Holy Roman Empire after solving the Ottoman Empire.

Although Tsarist Russia has not been able to solve the Ottoman Empire so far, this so-called statement is basically like fart, but who can guarantee that those furry bears will not go crazy from drinking too much vodka?

Since Paul I expressed his position on behalf of Tsarist Russia, and the lords and knights planned to wait and see before making a decision, the pressure suddenly came to the Habsburg family.

Of course, the Habsburg family is not a fool. The Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia and several Italian principalities have announced that they will advance and retreat with the Habsburg family and "will completely crush the conspiracy of England and France."

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Louis XVI glanced at Habsburg and began to shake people, thinking, "How can you shake people? When I pass by someone, can't you?"

In anger, Louis XVI immediately sent people to notify Spain, Navarre, Naples, Sicily, Luxembourg and other countries, as well as several Italian principalities and Portugal.

The previous countries, large and small, were all members of the Bourbon family, and Portugal was pulled over by Louis XVI to wave the flag because it owed military expenses to the Ming Empire and owed favors to France.

This made George III very envious - Franz I and Louis XVI had a big family behind them. Only George III could not count on the Hanover dynasty behind him, let alone the Stuart family.

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