Zhang Yue got up and pushed open the door, and the young people of the Tian and Li families in the courtyard were sweating and chopping bamboo in the shade of the trees, preparing to make these bamboos into bamboo slips.

Now, the best-selling item in Kotei is bamboo slips.

On average, a scholar has to copy two or three volumes of books a day, and he needs dozens of pounds of bamboo slips.

Although it is said that they are all poor scholars, in fact, most of them are the children of well-off families or even wealthy businessmen.

At this time, the Han family also had a very interesting system.

Want to be an official? Or want to get a referral?

First of all, your property must meet the standards.

It is quite the flavor of the voting property quota of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the Western European electoral system.

Don't say you're recommended.

I can't even be a servant!

The property limit of the Han family's elected officials was as high as ten in the time of Taizong.

That is to say, at that time, people with a family property of less than 100,000 yuan could not even be officials!

It was only changed to five calculations during the first emperor's reign, and it has continued to this day.

In other words, the so-called poor scholars are actually not poor at all.

Everyone's family property is worth at least 50,000 yuan.

It belongs to the middle class and is a well-off household.

For these people, although they may be asked to take hundreds of thousands of dollars to go out to buy officials and donate officials, they can't get it.

But three or five thousand dollars, there are still some.

Therefore, the bamboo slips of Jiating are bought and sold to fly.

Every day, these scholars needed thousands of pounds of bamboo slips to transcribe.

The seven young people who relied on the Tian and Li families were no longer busy.

It's amazing that they can weave a thousand catties of bamboo slips a day at most!

So, the rest of the people followed.

Ten catties of bamboo slips are a penny, the price is clearly marked, and Tong Su is not bullied.

The scholars were happy to be idle, and they could concentrate on copying the books, making friends, and exchanging experiences.

And the people earn some pocket money to subsidize their families.

And the Tian brothers and the Li family Kunzhong have made a lot of money.

Every day, weaving 1,000 catties of bamboo slips and selling them is 100 5 baht dollars!

It's still the five baht minted in Shaofu, which is full of weight and has no doping!

One such five-baht coin can top three local private pod coins!

Even at today's grain prices, you can buy enough corn for one stone!

That's 30 stone corn a month!

And they used to work hard for the Zhang family, and after a year, after paying the rent and taxes, and then deducting the rations, there was not so much corn left.

With such a small amount of money, of course Zhang Yue would not compete with them.

It's just a symbolic one for every hundred dollars, which is regarded as filial piety to one's master, and the rest is distributed freely among them.

This made the seven very happy.

Every night when I go to bed, I sleep with five baht in my arms.

When I got to work, I was very positive and worked very hard.

Seeing Zhang Yue go out, the seven people immediately put down their work and got up to say hello: "Lord......

"Where's my sister-in-law?" Zhang Yue looked left and right and asked.

"Back to the lord, the master mother should be in the village at the Zhao Zhuang family to observe silkworm raising at this moment......" Tian He immediately replied.

"Oh......" Zhang Yue nodded, in the memory of the original owner, my sister-in-law has wanted to learn silkworm raising techniques and silk drawing techniques for a long time.

Unfortunately, there has never been a chance.

Now, it can be regarded as her wish.

Regarding the idea that his sister-in-law wants to learn to raise silkworms and draw silk, Zhang Yue is naturally a hundred supporters.

"Among the pavilions, who has the best carpentry work?" Zhang Yue asked.

"Lord, my father is a carpenter...... Li Miao raised his hand and said: "More than ten years ago, my father went to Chang'an City to repair Mingguang Palace!" ”

"Our brothers also followed our father and learned carpentry, if the lord wants to do something, just tell us to do it......" Li Miao said proudly.

Since ancient times, Guanzhong people have been proud of having a technology.

This is a fine tradition that has been handed down since the beginning of the businessman.

During the Warring States Period, Qin's machinery, metallurgy and foundry industries were the dominant projects that surpassed other countries.

To this day, this tradition has not been lost!

The working people of Guanzhong once created a miracle speed of building the outer city wall of Chang'an City in 100 days at the beginning of the Han Dynasty!

Yang Chengyan, the master of the Shaofu who was responsible for the construction of the city, was therefore enshrined as a marquis.

As for now......

As long as you go to Chang'an City to see those splendid and luxurious palaces.

Take a look at Jianzhang Palace, Mingguang Palace, and Shanglin Garden.

You can know the ability of the Han craftsmen.

Zhang Yue was happy when he heard this, he actually had a carpenter under his hands, and he was also a carpenter who had participated in the Mingguang Palace project?

That's great!

The palace construction project of the Han court was itself a training camp for exercising and cultivating the skills of craftsmen.

The memory of the original owner tells him that more than 60 years ago, when Zhang Cang, the Marquis of Beiping, served as the prime minister of the Han family, under his auspices, the Han family completed the technical grading system and the unification of weights and measures for carpenters, blacksmiths, and masons.

After Zhang Cang's death, on the conclusion of the coffin, he had the reputation of 'if you work for a hundred people, the world will make Chen products'.

The meaning of this sentence is to formulate the measurement standards of hundreds of craftsmen and standardize the craftsmen of the world.

Therefore, the craftsmen who basically go to build the palace and come back must be qualified craftsmen.

The best of these people may be uneducated or illiterate.

But it can make a jaw-dropping work of art.

Of course, it is basically impossible for such a master to appear in Nanling County and return to the Zhang family as a tenant.

However, there should be nothing wrong with this Li San's craftsmanship.

So, Zhang Yue said: "Wait until you make an object for me......"

He picked up a branch, drew it on the ground, and drew a rough picture of the abacus in his memory.

Then he explained: "That's about what it looks like, except that the beads have to be round and smooth...... Can it be made? ”

"Yes!" Li Miao took a closer look, patted his chest and said, "The main bus can be given to our brothers, and it can almost be made at night......"

For him, the object of the square drawn on the ground is not difficult to make. It can even be said that it is a gesture.

It's just that the beads may take some effort to polish.

"Good!" Zhang Yue was overjoyed when he heard this, as long as this abacus is made, it will be a big killer!

"Then there will be Lao Xian Kunzhong......" Zhang Yue smiled and arched his hand: "If you can, make a few more, I have ......"

"No!" The four brothers Li Miao immediately bowed and said: "I will live up to the trust of the lord!" ”

Then the four brothers ran home happily and went to their father to ask for carpenter's tools.

Then, I found some old wood in the village, took tools such as saws and rulers, and began to get busy.

By dusk, four simple abacus about a foot long and five or six inches wide were placed in front of Zhang Yue.

"Lord...... Is this available? Li Miao said as if offering a treasure: "If it doesn't work, let's go and change it......"

Zhang Yue picked up an abacus, weighed it in his hand, and reached out to pluck the abacus again, feeling a little rough, and the tentacles were not very friendly.

But, at least it works!

As long as it can be used, the current conditions do not need to pursue any refinement.

"That's it!" Zhang Yue smiled and said, "It's hard work......

With the abacus in hand, it's time to go back to the abacus mantra.

It's a pity that the CDs of Jin Yumu have not gotten better so far.

The first tree had just grown to a foot tall, and it took about a month for the cooling CD to heal from the time of day.

"Perhaps, I can test whether these Jinyu trees can speed up their growth by other means...... Zhang Yue thought to himself.