In the Shile Army, there were many units independent of the combat units, each organized into battalions, such as the comparable staff office, personnel office, and secretariat, plus the "gentleman's battalion" of the Civil Affairs Bureau, the "baggage battalion" responsible for logistics and grain, and the "craftsman battalion" responsible for the manufacture, repair, and distribution of equipment, and so on.

Theoretically, every weapon and appliance manufactured and repaired by the "Craftsman Battalion", as well as old goods collected from the battlefield or eliminated by the army, should be recorded, and then the results of monthly statistics should be reported to the "Junzi Battalion", which will be reviewed and filed by Cheng Yao and other Chinese scholars. Now Cheng Yao is assigned to Pei Gai is such a job, about five or six months of the "craftsman battalion" statistical results, I don't know what has been delayed, not sorted out in time, I hope it can be approved at one time.

Pei Gai knew that Cheng Yao must have opinions and opinions on himself, no matter who it was, he had been competing with his colleagues for the position of deputy governor for a long time, but he failed to do so, and suddenly found that a new generation had signs of coming from behind and dominating the leader, then he must be uncomfortable in his heart - if Shi Le promised to let Pei Gai and Zhang Bin sit on an equal footing, I believe that even Zhang Mengsun would not be happy, and would be hostile to Pei Gai.

Therefore, after Shi Le and Zhang Bin left, Pei should have hesitated for a while about whether he was going to visit the colleagues left behind in the "Gentleman's Camp". It stands to reason that since they are colleagues, they should try to have a good relationship with each other, even if they want to trample each other under their feet, after all, they are new to the city, it is best to lower their posture for the time being, and it is better to get by with a face. But Pei should consider that he has no intention of staying in Huying for a long time, so why should he stick his hot face in front of others? Besides, people may only give you a cold ass for your hot face......

So he happened to take advantage of his illness and ignored Cheng Yao and others. If Cheng Yao intends to show goodwill, he will send someone to visit, or at least write a letter to express his gratitude after he recovers from his illness. But not only Cheng Yao, but even Qu Bin, who was first-class, didn't say anything, and it wasn't until a few days after he recovered from his illness that Qu Bin took the initiative to come to the door, but that guy asked the house slave to "ping pong" and knock on the door, Pei should have known that he didn't have a good intention.

Since you don't want to stay in Huying for a long time, there is no need to whisper to others, but you should show your arrogance, only in this way can you show that you don't want to be with these "traitors", and after you leave in the future, your reputation will not be too bad. Otherwise, some people will definitely think, you should bow to others, if people accept it, you can stay for a long time, the reason why you abandon it, just because you can't integrate into this group and are excluded, it may not be that you really don't want to serve the Hu people!

So he confronted Qu Bin in person, and pointed the finger at Cheng Yao - who called Qu Bin sent by you? He knew that Cheng Yao would definitely not give up, and he would definitely find an opportunity to clean up his own. Sure enough, when the matter came, Cheng Yao himself did not come forward, and worked through the assignment of Zhiqu Liu, based on Pei Gai's current relationship with Zhiqu Liu, and even more based on his idea of wanting to paralyze Shi Le and Zhang Bin, it was impossible to refuse in one go.

Since you have joined the Hu camp, of course, you have to work for others, and it is impossible to really be like what Romance said, "Xu Shu entered the Cao camp - without saying a word". Besides, in the historical facts, Xu Yuan Zhishi Wei and the official to the right Zhonglang General, the Imperial History Zhongcheng, that is not just by eating idle meals can get ahead, if he really does nothing, even Cao Cao in the romance will be cut in two.

If Pei Gai is really useless to Shi Le, Shi Le will be poisoned, so that he will not be kind enough to let his aunt and nephew go. Only by gaining a certain degree of trust from Shiler, so that his range of activities and freedom are increased, and he is not often surrounded by two or three people who are watching, then he has the opportunity to escape.

On the same day, he agreed that "the stone will not descend to the Han," and he will not conspire to try to the Jin Dynasty, but this sorting out and reviewing the army's Chinese books is not within the scope of the agreement, and that can be done. And not only must you do it, but you must also do it well, so that you can reflect your own value, and only then can you pierce Cheng Yao's plot and give him a resounding slap in the face!

But the question is, how did these ancients keep accounts? I don't understand it at all!

When she was at a loss, Yun'er ran over again, and sure enough, it was Pei's summons. Pei Gaixin said I don't sleep, and you don't want to sleep, what are you worried about? I'm worried that I'm really gone, and you're going to live in this fishy place for the rest of your life? hurriedly went to meet him, and sure enough, Pei Shi asked: "I saw that Hu will make an appointment with a booklet, what do you want Qing to do?" ”

Pei should first say his general thoughts, saying that since I have entered the Hu camp, it is impossible to really do nothing, and that will not help our escape plan - of course, now that I am afraid that the wall will have ears, his words are more subtle, I believe that Pei is a smart person, and he should be able to understand. Then he smiled bitterly: "It's a pity that my nephew has never studied this account, I'm afraid I will be laughed at by that Cheng Yao." ”

He is a noble son, he has nothing to learn to keep accounts and settle accounts, and reading the book of saints is the most important thing. has his own housekeeper at home, and the most unfortunate is the eldest brother who takes care of the accounts, as for the official...... Do all the officials in the house eat rice? This is no longer the Qin Dynasty and the early Han Dynasty "to officials as teachers", officials more practical era, since Confucianism came to power, there has been an increasing disconnect between politicians and civil servants - and with Pei Gai's family background and taste, it must be a politician, it is impossible to be an inferior civil servant.

Even if you really want to serve the country, you have to take charge of the overall situation, who is impatient to do trivial things?

However, Pei Gai just complained casually, mainly to say to Pei Shi, I am trapped in the Hu camp, humiliated and wronged, in fact, it is also very hard, don't think that I am comfortable all day long, and I will gradually forget my original intention. He was pondering whether to quietly find someone who knew how to help him through the relationship between the six branches...... Maybe you don't need to pay Qu Liu, then Jian Dao will settle the accounts - I heard Pei Shi ask: "Where are the accounts?" I'll try to see. ”

When Pei Gai heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up: "Could it be that my aunt also knows how to settle accounts?" Pei Shi smiled faintly: "In the past, when the lord of the palace was in charge of internal affairs, he always had to look at the account books, otherwise he would be deceived by his subordinates." But I don't know if the account in the army is the same as the account in the palace...... Let's take a look first. ”

Pei should hurriedly order Pei Xiong to bring the stack of slips in, Pei Shi picked out a few pieces and looked at them, his smile was not full, and his brows were uncomfortable. After Pei Caixin finished speaking, even you won't dare to love it...... I'd better ask Jian Dao tomorrow. I heard Pei Shi say slowly: "It turns out that there is not much difference between the army and the government, and the method of bookkeeping. It's just ......" She thought for a while and looked at Pei Gai: "Pei Lang will find some calculations tomorrow, and I will try to sort them out for Qing." ”

Pei was puzzled, so he asked Pei, since the bookkeeping method is the same, and my aunt will too, so why are you frowning? Is this difficult? Pei said, although the bookkeeping method is the same, but there are too many data, there are a lot of digits, it is indeed more troublesome to calculate, my arithmetic level is not high, and I don't have tools at hand, how to check? When you get the math, I can give it a try.

Arithmetic Pei should have been in contact with - after all, no matter how hard you read the books of sages, you can't be a complete arithmetic idiot, you can't even know ordinary addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, not to mention that it is difficult to govern the family, and even interacting with people may go wrong - he knows that it is not difficult to get that thing, a total of two or three hundred bamboo chips, wooden sticks, you can cut it by yourself. However, as Pei said, there are too many and too fragmented data in and out of this "craftsman camp", and it often involves relatively large numbers - such as the glue, tendons, horns and other materials used to make bows - and it is indeed a big project to use calculations to make a little bit of money.

Pei Cai originally wanted to push the job to Pei's family, but after thinking about it, he finally proposed: "Please ask my aunt to teach my nephew this method of bookkeeping." ”

"But why?"

Pei Gai smiled: "Since it is a useful skill, it should naturally be learned." Besides, if my nephew will do the same, I won't have to worry about my aunt and share it for me. ”

Pei's think about it, planing off the bookkeeping method, talking about ordinary addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, Pei should have learned, when the time comes for two people to calculate together, the workload can be reduced, the speed can be accelerated, if it is calculated separately, it can also ensure accuracy. So he picked up a bamboo slip and explained to Pei Gai in detail that this amount is an account, the top is the number, and the remainder is recorded below......

Pei Gai only listened to it for less than half an hour, and then he couldn't help laughing loudly: "My nephew will be, don't bother my aunt anymore!" ”

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At dusk on the second day, when Zhi Quliu came to listen to the book again, Pei should directly return the thick stack of slips, even the results of his own calculations—he still had a few pieces of paper to use, so they were written on paper—all of them were handed back to him. Zhi Quliu couldn't help but be taken aback: "So fast? Is it really? "Pei Cai said that I have recalculated it three times, it must be right, please go to Cheng Ziyuan to return to your life.

You must know that the bookkeeping method of this year is still very primitive, belonging to the "single-entry accounting record method", which originated in the Qin Dynasty and gained in the Han Dynasty, but the change is really not much, and it was not until the Sui and Tang dynasties that this accounting method began to be perfected. To put it bluntly, a modern adult who has never studied accounting at all, and the daily record of household use is probably a similar method, which is not difficult for Pei Gai at all. It's just because he has never been in contact with it before, plus the simplicity is fragmentary, and there is no clear form to delineate, so he looks at the cloud and mountain fog cover and has no way to start. When Pei Shi gave a general explanation, with his IQ and, more importantly, advanced knowledge, he thoroughly mastered the trick on the spot.

In fact, Cheng Yao gave him this job, not to embarrass him in bookkeeping methods - who knows if the villain happened to learn it before? The key is that the amount of calculation is relatively large, and it is easy to make mistakes, so it is "expected to take three days", and I want Pei to eat a deflated, and I will never dare to despise myself with a condescending attitude - what is the use of your good family background, high character, and reading a lot of books? You can't do this little thing in the army, how can Ming Gong hand over your heavy responsibility? If you don't want to get out, or even be killed by Shi Le because you are useless, then you should be honest and be a man with your tail between your legs.

But for Pei Gai, this is a fart! There's a kind of you asking me to calculate pi? Although you may not be able to calculate yourself, and I can give you the result without doing the math - it is more accurate than everyone in the world, after all, the capital of Zu Chong has not yet been born!

In those years, the level of mathematics was generally very low, the popularity rate was even worse, the calculation methods were primitive, and even the "ninety-nine multiplication table" had not yet been perfected. Because for people's daily life, simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division is enough, and the commodity economy is not developed enough, a person may not often use arithmetic, and the general proficiency is not high. But for Pei Gai, although he didn't study science in his previous life, he also experienced nine-year compulsory education, and he didn't return all of them to the teacher after graduation - to tell the truth, in the future, just pick a high school student who studies science and go back, maybe he can be Yang Hui and Zu Chongzhi's teacher!

The most important thing is that Pei should not have to calculate, that thing is too time-consuming to use. He planned to calculate on paper at first, but then thought that since there was not much paper, it would be better to save a little use, so he asked Pei Xiong to find a charcoal strip, and perform calculations on the bluestone blocks brought by the six factions of Zhiqu, and write and wipe as he goes—of course, using Arabic numerals, which are easier to write than Chinese numbers, and Pei should be more familiar with them. It only took him one day to complete the accounts, and as he said to Zhi Quliu, he recalculated three times and found that there were indeed a few errors in the accounts, which were probably deliberately planted by Cheng Yao.