Chapter 371 Equivalent Exchange! Rumors!
Seeing this, Qiao Bai couldn't help but laugh: "All soft-hearted people are like this."
While talking, the two people walked into the room together.
The two sat down facing each other.
"Tell me, how do you think of touching me?" Qiao Bai was not polite and went straight to the topic.
The boy's forehead twitched hard twice, and he looked like he wanted to roll his eyes.
But he also thought that Qiao Bai was now his "boss" for the time being.
He also wanted to get gold coins from Qiao Bai.
The kid brother had a hard time recognizing it.
You can't roll your eyes.
"Do you really think you are dressed ordinary?"
"no?"
"After all, you are a young master who came from that wealthy city-state and doesn't know the sufferings of the world!"
The kid brother used up the few adjectives in his life in one breath.
Qiao Bai lowered his head.
Qiao Bai looked up.
Isn't this normal?
"Clean and smooth hair."
"A fair, blush-free face."
"Slender hands that don't look calloused at first glance."
"It looks ordinary at first glance, but it's actually brand new clothes."
"And your temperament, you can tell the difference at a glance when standing in a crowd."
"Do you still think you are ordinary?"
"hehe."
"I have finally come across the word ordinary."
Brother Xiaozi crossed his arms and raised his chin slightly.
Out of politeness and respect for money, Brother Kid didn't say anything too unpleasant and even resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
But everything else he wanted to say was vividly expressed in his movements.
Qiao Bai: "..."
"Ahem."
Qiao Bai made a fist with one hand, looking a little uncomfortable, and coughed twice against his mouth.
"...Okay, I was negligent."
It cannot be said that Qiao Bai was completely negligent.
There are various reasons for this.
Coming from modern times, he really felt that this outfit was ordinary.
On the other hand... Qiao Bai still had some doubts about the world deep in his heart.
Did he really come to China three thousand years ago?
A time when alchemists arose and beast masters did not yet exist?
It’s time to say it or not.
Qiao Bai was a little skeptical and disbelieving.
but……
One cannot imagine something that one has not seen before, nor can one imagine it with substantial details and without a single repeated NPC.
Obviously.
Even if this place is not really three thousand years ago.
It’s not an ordinary environment either.
Qiao Bai looked at the kid in front of him and sighed softly in his heart.
Hey...this is real silk, it's a headache!
One head is two big!
That's no exaggeration at all.
Fortunately, the appearance of Brother Kid made Qiao Bai quickly realize that the situation might be more complicated and serious than he imagined.
Qiao Bai quickly adjusted his uncomfortable mentality and faced what was happening in front of him with a serious look.
His fingers kept tapping on the table and he stopped talking.
When Qiao Bai specially put on this posture.
The boy who was quite fierce before and thought he was quite powerful suddenly felt a little more guilty.
hiss--
Why does this guy look so bluffing?
Qiao Bai said nothing.
The kid brother didn't dare to speak for a while.
Just then.
There was a knock on the door outside.
"Come in." Qiao Bai spat out one word lightly.
The door was pushed open.
It was Lao Pu who came in.
Lao Pu held a tray in his hand.
"Here's your drinks and food."
Lao Pu noticed the strange atmosphere in the room at a glance, but he didn't say anything more and walked to Qiao Bai.
Put down a drink.
After putting down a plate of round-looking beans and a plate of long strips of food that were a bit strange and dark in color.
Brother Kid immediately spoke up: "No? Lao Pu, why do you only have one cup? Where's mine!"
Lao Pu gave the kid brother a roll of his eyes unceremoniously.
"you?"
"A little devil still wants to drink in my pub?"
"Go and have your sweet dreams!"
Everyone who was angry with Brother Xiao stood up.
Lao Pu said calmly: "We'll talk about it when you stand up taller than me."
"I'm not even in a hurry to find the food money you owe me."
Brother Kid shut up.
After groaning twice, the child brother still couldn't hold it back and muttered: "I'll have the money to pay you back later!"
Lao Pu, who was about to leave, slowed down when he heard Brother Xiaozi's words.
Will you have the money to pay it back later?
Where did the money come from?
Others don't know the virtues of Brother Xiaozi, how can Lao Pu not know it?
To put it simply, he has a gambling father, a seriously ill mother, and a broken home with no brothers or sisters.
That dad was beaten to death.
But the debt owed has not yet been paid.
From time to time, debt collectors would come to the door, specifically asking for money from this guy.
Let’s not talk about whether it is reasonable for the father to repay his debt.
Where does this guy get the money to pay back?
He is still only a half-grown boy.
I ate the last meal but not the next one.
But the good thing is that one person is full and the whole family is not hungry.
Children usually don't make money, so they just make some food.
A debtor comes, and he is alone.
Nothing anyway.
Just like that, this kid is seven years old this year.
But compared to a normal seven-year-old child, he is not a little thin.
But what can be done?
After all, this kid is lucky to live this long.
There is really nothing to choose from the rest.
Thinking of this, Lao Pu sighed.
He is really not a kind-hearted guy.
But it is just that he has a guilty conscience!
Occasionally, when he sees him, or when he comes to the door, Lao Pu turns a blind eye and makes do with it.
It is difficult for everyone.
Fortunately, this kid has some sense in his heart.
He did not do too much.
He returned some money to Lao Pu.
From time to time, he would also provide some ingredients to Lao Pu's tavern, and just fooled around.
To be honest.
Lao Pu has watched this kid grow up.
It should be said that there is some affection.
Today, I suddenly saw this kid walking in with a young man who looked like he was not from an aristocratic family, but was also a rich man, and might even be an alchemy apprentice.
Lao Pu was in a cold sweat.
He couldn't stop praying in his heart that this kid must not offend others.
But listening to the meaning of this kid's words...
Lao Pu couldn't help but give the kid a vicious look.
What a useless little thing!
Do you know who you can offend and who you can't offend?
Don't think that people who look good have good tempers!
If you offend someone, you won't know how you will die!
"This guest..." Thinking of this, Lao Pu looked at Qiao Bai and wanted to say something.
If he really had to watch this kid die, Lao Pu still couldn't do it.
The kid had an unconvinced expression on his face.
Qiao Bai smiled.
It was time for him to get back to the familiar part.
Some small problems that were caused by unfamiliarity, lack of understanding, and lack of trust before.
When it comes to communication and exchanges between people.
Qiao Bai can still be said to be familiar with it.
Qiao Bai looked at Lao Pu with a smile, and his smile was calm: "Please rest assured, I just want to get some information I need from this young gentleman."
"It's not too dangerous for him."
"If nothing unexpected happens, it's like this."
Qiao Bai looked at Lao Pu with a little appreciation in his eyes.
Of course, he could see that Lao Pu and Xiao Ge were not related by blood.
To be able to do this.
For an ordinary tavern owner, it is also a very difficult thing.
After hearing this, Lao Pu wanted to say something.
But he looked at Qiao Bai and then at Xiao Ge.
He knew that some things could not change Qiao Bai or Xiao Ge's ideas just by a few words.
Everyone has their own decisions and choices.
Thinking of this, Lao Pu sighed for a long time.
He bowed to Qiao Bai.
Xiao Ge almost jumped up when he saw this.
Qiao Bai raised his eyebrows again.
No words.
Hmm...Maybe it means that he should try to keep Xiao Ge's life?
Qiao Bai crossed his hands and thought with emotion.
Tsk tsk tsk tsk.
He really wasn't that cruel.
But forget it, even if he said it, people might not believe it.
Qiao Bai became curious again.
What kind of world is this?
Qiao Bai probably had an answer in his mind.
Lao Pu finally went out.
The kid brother sat down angrily.
"Huh! Lao Pu is like this! He always looks worried!"
"I'm still very good, okay!"
The kid brother said as he picked up the food on the table.
As soon as he put it in his mouth, the kid brother's eyes lit up.
"Hmm!"
"Lao Pu is showing off his skills!"
"This is at least two years of dried water chestnuts!"
Qiao Bai looked silently at what the kid brother was eating.
It was the black thing that Qiao Bai hadn't recognized before.
Two years?
Qiao Bai, who didn't really want to taste it, had no intention of tasting it at all.
The kid brother saw Qiao Bai's disdain.
He snorted twice.
"You don't know how to appreciate delicious food!"
"Dried water chestnuts are only delicious after they are stored, brewed and fermented! The older they are, the better they taste! Just like drinking!"
As he spoke, the little brother's eyes lit up again.
"In that case... you definitely don't want to drink this wine, right?"
The little brother rubbed his hands while speaking.
It was obvious that as long as Qiao Bai nodded, he was going to take the wine glass in front of Qiao Bai.
Qiao Bai: "..."
"You can eat whatever you want, but not the wine."
Qiao Bai held the handle of the wine glass, not giving the little brother a chance.
Minors are not allowed to drink.
Even if they were minors thousands of years ago, that wouldn't work.
"Tsk——!" The little brother snorted heavily, and didn't say anything else, just quickly devoured the food in front of him.
Demonstrating with actual actions what it means for a half-grown boy to eat the old man out of money.
"Tell me—what do you want to know from me!"
"If it involves those nobles and big shots, I may not know!"
While eating, the little brother did not forget the deal he made with Qiao Bai at the beginning.
He looked at Qiao Bai with a pair of dark eyes.
"Don't worry, you can answer them all." Qiao Bai knocked on the table and said with a smile.
Really.
They are not difficult questions.
What is the exchange rate between gold and silver coins and possibly copper coins?
Brother Kid: "?"
It was such a stupid question from the beginning. Brother Kid couldn't help but blink his eyes and even began to wonder if Qiao Bai was teasing him.
But Qiao Bai's expression was indeed very serious.
Think about it.
The kid brother said this.
"Theoretically, one gold coin can be exchanged for one thousand silver coins, but few people do this. If someone is really willing to exchange gold coins for silver coins, at least one gold coin can be exchanged for one thousand, two or three silver coins."
The kid brother said and nodded.
"One silver coin can be exchanged for five hundred copper coins."
Qiao Bai smacked his lips.
Got it.
He really gave the hotel staff a huge tip last night.
No wonder Brother Kid was so excited when he saw the gold coins in his hand.
The exchange rate between silver coins and copper coins is barely normal, but the exchange rate between gold coins and silver coins...
Qiao Bai knocked on the table: "Is there so many?"
Qiao Bai pretended, and indeed said it with some sincerity, like a young master who was inexperienced in the world, and said in surprise.
The boy resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
gold.
The person in front of me can easily take out a gold coin.
I don’t know that suffering in the world is normal at all.
Understand...I understand nothing!
"Who doesn't know that in alchemy's equivalent exchange, the most important thing is gold!"
"As a result, the price of gold coins has also increased."
“Gold coins are generally rarely used in transactions in the market!”
Gold coins gold coins.
Only pure gold is called a gold coin!
"Gold coins are generally circulated in the hands of alchemists."
etc?
Brother Xiaozi glanced at Qiao Bai in surprise.
Could it be that this guy in front of me...isn't right either.
He didn't smell the golden and fire smell from Qiao Bai's body that all alchemists would have!
Or is Qiao Bai a descendant of the alchemist?
Qiao Bai didn't know it yet, but in just a few moments of thinking, Brother Kid had given him a new identity.
Qiao Bai was thinking about what Brother Xiaozi said.
Alchemist, equivalent exchange, gold?
Interesting.
This is slightly similar to the alchemy he knows and the alchemy he remembers.
"Do you know about the alchemist's familiar in Tana Town?"
Qiao Bai asked again.
This question is a bit difficult.
Brother Xiaozi thought for a moment and didn't rush to say something immediately.
"Well... I can tell you what I know and what I heard. You can listen to what you need in it."
Taking Qiao Bai's identity into consideration.
Brother Xiaozi felt that Qiao Bai might be able to analyze some things he didn't know from the news he knew.
Let Qiao Bai decide whether it is useful or not!
Qiao Bai nodded and agreed with Brother Xiaozi's suggestion.
"That's right, this matter actually started a year ago."
Brother Kid cleared his throat and looked more serious: "The alchemist of Tana Town moved here ten years ago. It is said that his familiar at that time was an eagle. ”
"I haven't seen it anyway."
"By the time I can remember, this master's familiar has turned into a corn bird."
Qiao Bai said nothing.
He had never heard of either an eagle or a cornbird.
But it's understandable.
All are birds.
Doesn't it sound like a very rare species?