On the first day Tang Ning came to the household department, he was greeted by a waiter surnamed Han.

There are two waiters on the left and right in the household, Fang Zhe on the left and Fang Zhe on the right, which is the middle-aged man in front of him.

Han Ming, the right attendant of the household department, looked at him and said, "Lord Shangshu is busy with official business, and everything that Tang Xiu has in the household department is arranged by this official. ”

Tang Ning arched his hand and said, "Then it's troublesome for Han Shilang." ”

Han Ming smiled and said, "You're welcome, this is the official's business." ”

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "I don't know what position the subordinate official is in the household department?" ”

Han Ming said with a smile: "There are four yamen belonging to my household department, one is called the household department, which is in charge of household registration and soil fields, and is enslaved; The second is called the degree of support, in charge of the world's rent, and the chief accountant; The third is the gold department, the treasurer hides the cashier, and weighs the measurements; Fourth, the warehouse department, the military reserve of the world, and the granary of Lu. Lord Shangshu has a word, let you take the position of the chief and go to the Duzhi Ya. ”

The household belongs to the four departments, each of which has a principal, such as the director of the degree branch, the director of the warehouse department, but the nine grades are not into the stream, Tang Ning is from the six grades of Hanlin repair, the main thing that Lord Shangshu said, naturally this is not the meaning.

Independent of these four departments, there are two heads of the household department, and the official position is six grades, Tang Ning remembers that Tang Jing of the Tang family left the Hanlin Academy, and he seems to be the head of the household department.

Han Shilang looked at him and said, "Master Tang, I'll take you to Duzhiya, please." ”

Tang Ning stretched out his hand and said, "Han Shilang, please." ”

The yamen of the household department was very large, and Han Shilang led him into a yafang and walked straight into the lobby of the innermost room.

At that moment, several people stood up and arched their hands: "I've seen Han Shilang." ”

Han Ming pointed at Tang Ning and introduced: "This is the head of Tang, you must have heard of it, Lord Shangshu asked him to stay in your government first, you can't wait." ”

After that, he pointed to the two officials and introduced: "This is Chen Langzhong, and this is Wang Yuanwailang." ”

The two of them bowed one after another: "Director Tang ......"

After Tang Ning returned the salute, Han Ming said: "Chen Langzhong, the official still has important things to do, and Director Tang will hand it over to you." ”

Chen Langzhong immediately said: "Don't worry, Lord Han, the lower officials will arrange Lord Tang." ”

In the degree branch office, from the degree of the fifth grade of the degree of the Lang is the only chief official, followed by from the sixth rank of the degree branch member Wailang, Tang Ning is nominally the sixth grade official, but he was temporarily appointed by the head of the household department, in this degree branch of the yamen, or headed by the degree of the branch of the Lang.

From Hanlin Courtyard to the household department, there is no privilege to be able to enjoy an office alone, Tang Ning and Chen Langzhong and Wang Yuanwailang share a room.

After tidying up his desk, he walked over, looked at Chen Langzhong, and asked, "Lord Chen, I don't know what I need to do here?" ”

Chen Langzhong thought for a while and said: "The account books of last season have not been sorted out yet, and there is nothing important, I still have a book of accounts here, if Lord Tang is fine, you might as well help calculate it?" ”

Tang Ning nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Chen Langzhong took out an account book from the table, handed it to him, and said, "There is an abacus on the table, it's troublesome to Lord Tang." ”

There are many officials in the household department, only one degree of support yamen, and there are dozens of people in the history of the order and the history of accounting, and it is naturally not the turn of the officials to do this kind of thing, but some of the more important sub-accounts and general ledgers still have to be accounted for by Lang Zhong himself, so as not to make mistakes.

Tang Ning took the account book, sat back at the table, picked up the abacus on the table, and was a little stunned.

When he was in elementary school, the calculator was already popular, and the abacus was an old object that he had only seen under the box in the old dean's room, and he had only seen it once in his life, let alone used it.

He doesn't need to calculate many things on weekdays, and he naturally doesn't use an abacus for things that can be solved in a few vertical ways.

So he really didn't know how to use this thing.

He fiddled with it casually twice, then found a piece of paper, used the abacus as a ruler, and typed a table on the paper.

Then he threw the abacus aside and began to sort out the accounts.

The account book of the household department still uses a single-entry accounting method, although this kind of flow account is simple and convenient, but the discrepancies are not distinguished, one item is added up, in the absence of a calculator, the workload is not small, and it is easy to miscalculate.

He transcribed the numbers in the account book onto the paper according to the inconsistencies, and crossed out those that were equal, and put the balances aside after taking the similarities, which was faster than flipping the abacus.

On the other side, Wang Yuanwailang leaned closer to Chen Langzhong and asked, "What is Director Tang doing?" ”

"I don't know." Chen Langzhong shook his head.

Said that he was settling accounts, he didn't even use an abacus, said that he wasn't settling accounts, and he was indeed flipping the account book page by page, he just pretended to be inadvertently pouring water in the past, and found that he was ghost-drawing something on the paper, and finally determined that he was not settling accounts.

Wang Yuanwailang looked at it for a while and said in surprise: "He doesn't know how to use abacus, right?" ”

Chen Langzhong shook his head and said, "How is this possible, the imperial examination is to take the arithmetic examination, he is a general talent like Master Fang, he must also be good at arithmetic, how can he not know how to use an abacus?" ”

Wang Yuanwailang asked, "Then what is he doing now?" ”

"Whatever." Chen Langzhong shook his head and said, "As long as he doesn't cause trouble, it's fine." ”

He looked at the table and muttered, "Chief Tang looks polite, not like a violent person......

Wang Yuanwailang said: "People can't look good, Lord Chen still has to be careful, in this branch office, only you are higher than the official rank of the Tang director." ”

Chen Langzhong thought about it, the expression on his face was a little eager to try, and said: "Lord Fang's previous official rank was the same as mine, and he became a waiter after being beaten by him, you said that if he beats me, can I be promoted to waiter next year?" ”

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In fact, the longer he stays here, the more Downing will appreciate the progress that technology has brought to mankind.

A small calculator can get the results of his writing and drawing for a day in less than a moment.

There is no mobile phone and computer, and life on weekdays is also very boring, and for long nights, I can only hold Xiaoru to tell stories and talk about poetry with Xiaoyi......

Counting until his wrist hurts, looking at the final number, he put down the pen, rubbed his wrist, and drank saliva to moisten his throat.

A figure walked in from outside the door, looked at Chen Langzhong, and said, "Lord Chen, Lord Fang's side is urging tightly, have you finished settling the accounts here?" ”

Chen Langzhong put down his abacus and said, "If Master Zheng is in a hurry, it's over, and he can send it to Lord Fang tomorrow." ”

Director Zheng shook his head and said: "Not tomorrow, these accounts will be closed today, and from tomorrow, the general accounts of the previous quarter will be calculated, and they will be handed over to Your Majesty within ten days, and this matter cannot be delayed." ”

When Chen Langzhong heard this, he regretted it for a while, there was no day that the account book could not be finished, he should have arranged someone to do it earlier, and he had to bear the responsibility for delaying the matter.

He stood up, walked to Tang Ning's table, and said, "Master Tang, this account book ......"

"It's done." Tang Ning rubbed his wrist and handed him the account book.

Chen Langzhong looked at him, opened his mouth and said, "It's over, it's over?" ”

Downing handed him a piece of paper and said, "This is the final result. ”

Chen Langzhong glanced at the ghost drawing talisman all over the paper, and his gaze was finally fixed on a number, but he didn't dare to hand it to Director Zheng.

If you delay the time, you will be reprimanded at best, and if you miscalculate the accounts, the problem will be serious.

"What a mess this is!" Director Zheng, who was beside him, glanced at the paper and said, "Chen Langzhong, are you people who are so derelict in their duties?" ”

Chen Langzhong hurriedly explained: "Chief Zheng, this is ......"

Director Zheng waved his hand and said, "I don't care who he is, I can only go back after accounting all the accounts today!" ”

Tang Ning stood up, looked at Director Zheng, and explained, "This account book has been calculated. ”

Director Zheng looked at him and said, "Don't think that you can be fooled by making up a random number, bring your abacus book and take a look at it." ”

Tang Ning didn't have a book, and the numbers on the paper were even more troublesome to explain, he shook his head and said: "It's all simple accounts, mental arithmetic is enough, no need to count the book, if you don't believe it, let people calculate it again." ”

"Mental arithmetic?" Director Zheng looked at him, laughed instead of anger, and said: "Who do you think you are, there are hundreds of accounts to say the least, you said that you can calculate it by heart, okay, this official is not difficult for you, if you can calculate how much it is from one to one hundred in the time of tea, this official will not cure you of the crime of dereliction of duty today!" ”

"Five thousand and fifty."

Director Zheng had just picked up the teacup, and before he could put it down, a sip of tea squirted out.