In the winter of the second year of Jian'an, it seemed to be hot all of a sudden.

Cao Ying fought in Wancheng in full swing, Zhang Xiu retreated step by step, and resisted Cao Ying's ferocious attack by virtue of holding on to the city.

At the same time, Yuan Shu, who retreated to Huainan, was not willing to quit.

While trying his best to appease the Huainan clan, Yuan Shu put down his posture and took the initiative to send people to Xuzhou to repair relations with Lu Bu.

He asked Lü Bu to marry, hoping that his only son Yuan Yao would marry Lü Bu's daughter Lü Lan. Lu Lan, that is, Lu Lingqi.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and although Yuan Shu has now become the target of public criticism, it is from the Yuan family after all.

The name of the fourth world and the third prince has always been like a halo, attracting many people. Among them, Lu Bu is naturally included. Yuan Yao married Lu Lan, and he married him as a wife. This is undoubtedly a huge attraction for an ordinary person. Even if he turned against Yuan Shu, Lu Bu was still moved. thinks he is just a commoner, although he is a prince, but he is never accepted by others. If you can marry Yuan Shu, maybe you can improve your lintel? Lu Bu's choice of surname ignored Yuan Shu's identity as a thief.

Fortunately, Lu Bu was confused, but the people around him were not confused.

Even if Chen Gong was optimistic about Yuan Shu, he did not agree with Lu Bu and Yuan Shu to marry at this time.

But Yuan Shu can't be offended, even if he is a thief, he needs to be treated carefully. After all, in the hands of Yuan Shu, there is still strength...... So Chen Gong chose a 'drag', that is, he did not object, nor did he agree to marry immediately.

Yuan Shu saw that there was no hope of getting married for a while, so he immediately came up with another idea.

He expressed his willingness to provide military rations and armaments, and sent troops with Lu Bu to attack Liu Bei in Pei County.

That Liu Bei occupies Jupei County, which is always a danger to Yuan Shu. In particular, Peixian moderated Runan, looking at Huainan from afar, Yuan Shu was choking.

This time, Lu Bu finally failed to resist the temptation and made up his mind to conquer Liu Bei.

In December of the second year of Jian'an, Lü Bu ordered Lang to lead Gao Shun into the camp and joined forces with Zhang Liao to capture Peixian. Don't look at Liu Bei, to be honest, Lu Bu is really not afraid of him. If you use the words of Jiang Gongzhongzheng in later generations: You can't fight, you can't play conspiracy, I can't.

Of course, Lu Bu will never approve, he can't compare to Liu Bei.

In the same month, the Taishan thief Zang Ba plundered Xiao Jian, the minister of Langya, a large number of military assets. According to the previous agreement between him and Lu Bu, the military funds obtained should be divided with half of Lu Bu. But Zang Ba didn't move for a long time, and Lu Bu and the others were impatient, so they decided to go to Mount Tai to ask for it in person.

Zhang Liao tried to stop it and admonished: "This kind of thing, send someone over, why should the prince go in person."

If it causes misunderstanding, it is not beautiful. If military funds are not obtained, won't it affect the reputation of the prince? Think twice. ”

In this regard, Lu Bu did not go to his heart, but firmly drove Zhang Liao to attack Liu Bei with Gao Shun, and took Wei Xuhou Cheng to Mount Tai.

—————————————————————————————— Haixi, Yatang Study.

Bu Qi was quickly calculating the income and expenditure of the past month, reporting the number in his mouth, and Dai Qian recorded it.

Cao Peng sat on the side, looking curiously at the things in Bu Qi's hand. It was a white stereotype, divided into three parts.

The upper and lower parts are used to place the beads, and the middle part is used to determine the position.

This tool is the abacus.

The method used by Buqi to calculate is one of the fourteen popular algorithms in the late Eastern Han Dynasty: abacus.

However, the abacus is not the same as the abacus known by Cao Peng in later generations.

The biggest difference is that the five-bead abacus is not a bead-piercing abacus, so it can only be called a bead plate or a bead.

Put the abacus coated with different colors in rows of longitudinal arc grooves, and adjust the abacus through some calculation methods to carry out calculations.

As for Dai Qian, he recorded the numbers one by one in the account books.

The account books of the late Eastern Han Dynasty are also just simple counts, such as how much money is spent on a certain item, how much is the income of a certain item, and so on. After recording these numbers, it often takes a lot of time to perform unified calculations.

Cao Peng was a little confused and shook his head again and again.

"Ah Fu, what are you shaking your head?"

"This thing is too cumbersome to calculate......"

Bu Qi stopped and tilted his head to look at Cao Peng, "Ah Fu, do you have a better way?" ”

"This ...... Actually, I think I can put these calculations together, so that it will be much easier to make calculations...... Huban! ”

"Whoa!"

With Cao Peng's shout, Hu Ban trotted all the way into the study.

"Childe, what do you command?"

"You go to the carpentry shop in the North Market, and ask Pan Yong to send me a carpenter with good craftsmanship, I have something to do."

"Whoa!"

Hu Ban didn't say a word, turned around and left.

Chen Qun frowned and looked at Cao Peng, "Ah Fu, what do you want to do?" ”

"Oh, make a little thing. I just think it's too much trouble for them to calculate like this. ”

As he spoke, he walked up to Dai Gan's side, "Mr. Dai, how about letting me come?" ”

Dai Qian is upright, but his usual surname is very gentle.

Hearing Cao Peng's words, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll just take a rest." ”

In his tone, there was still a little contempt. But this has nothing to do with character, Dai Qian is more because he feels that Cao Peng is greedy for playing nonsense.

Algorithms were also a science at the time, but not everyone could learn them.

Cao Peng spread out a piece of paper, but instead of using a brush, he used a hard pen to quickly draw a table on the paper, just like the form of an account book in later generations. To be honest, he doesn't know much about accounting! But as the saying goes, I have never eaten mutton and seen sheep run. In the so-called economy-first society in his previous life, Cao Peng had more or less heard of the bookkeeping rule of 'there must be a loan, and the loan must be equal'.

"Mr. Zishan, it's time to start!"

When Dai Qian saw that Cao Peng was going to play really, he couldn't help but be anxious and wanted to step forward to stop him.

Who knows, Chen Qun stopped him.

Dai Facao doesn't have to worry, looking at Ah Fu like this, it seems to be a little sure.

This kid has a lot of weird things, so let him try it...... It's just that something went wrong, and it's amazing that you recalculate it. ”

Dai Qian thought about it, and it seemed to be the same reason.

Anyway, it won't be taken seriously, this is just a preliminary calculation, and it will have to be sorted out and reviewed later.

It's great, it's a rework!

Bu Qi glanced at Cao Peng with interest, "So, let's start." ”

He did the math quickly, and he reported the numbers one by one. And Cao Peng also put pen to paper, quickly recording it on paper.

About a stick of incense, a piece of paper was full.

Cao Peng handed the paper to Dai Gan, and when Dai Qian saw it, he was immediately angry!

"Youxue, what kind of ghost are you writing here?"

"Mr. Dai, don't worry, listen to my explanation." Cao Peng hurriedly stopped Dai Gan's desire to tear the paper and pulled him to the side of the case.

Bu Qi and Chen Qun also walked over and leaned over to look.

But I saw a slippery symbol written on the paper, but I didn't know what it meant.

"This is the abbreviation of numbers, this is one, this is two......"

Cao Peng's method of recording numbers was to write according to the Arabic numerals of later generations.

He explained: "It's a single, ten, hundred, thousand...... We only need to record the numbers on these counts and we can see them at a glance. This side is the expenses, and the other side is the income. Once we've recorded them separately, we just need to add them together...... For example, the expenditure column: yesterday the people spent so much on grain and rice, and so much on housing construction, and finally added up, which is the total expenditure figure yesterday. And so on and so forth...... Well, after the two sides are calculated, add or subtract to calculate the profit immediately. I'll do the math, according to this algorithm, yesterday we actually ...... Well, basically, we're negative......"

At the beginning of Tuntian, it is inevitable that the expenditure is greater than the income.

Cao Peng and others know this.

Fortunately, Chen Sheng's family property was confiscated before, and later sold it by means of sale, so that the treasury did not have to worry about the cost for a while.

During this period, Haixi County cracked down on illegal salt by blocking salt roads, and confiscated a lot of salt production.

After confiscating the illegal salt, Deng Ji quickly converted the illegal salt into salt, and sold it into grain, rice, baggage and money through the channels of Huang Cheng and others. But in contrast, expenses are still greater than revenues. After all, this tuntian needs a lot of investment, especially the continuous entry of 30,000 seafarers into Haixi County, which also makes the financial aspect a little tight. But overall, sticking to next year's earnings is not a big problem.

Moreover, the mood of the Haixi people was also very high, and they obeyed Deng Ji's decree more than opposed it.

Bu Qi and Dai Qian couldn't help but be surprised.

Including Chen Qun, he was also shocked, and the three of them gathered around the bookcase, talking in a low voice, and praised Cao Peng's new bookkeeping method again and again.

Actually, they don't really care about Arabic numerals and the like.

What they care about is Cao Peng's way of keeping accounts.

After all, in the past, they kept accounts, recording expenses and earnings together, and then calculating them.

This separate bookkeeping method seems to be more simplified and clearer than the previous bookkeeping method.

how much was spent and what was used for it; How much and how much you earned, at a glance, clearly...... "Okay, this method is really ingenious." ”

Dai Qian couldn't help but admire again and again.

This kind of ledger bookkeeping is not complicated, but at that time, people were in the bureau, and they were accustomed to their surnames, so they didn't think too much.

And things like algorithms are all common people's learning. Although there are also people who study this way, they are outside the main theme.

Therefore, most scholars are unwilling to spend their minds on this.

"Ah Fu, is that thing you want to do have anything to do with this?"

"Well, you'll know when you make it!"

Cao Peng scratched his head and replied a little shyly.

This also made Dai Qianbu and the two of them feel a little more curious and expectant.

——————————————————————After lunch, Chen Qun pulled Cao Peng and wanted to go out for a walk.

Cao Peng hasn't had anything to do recently, and all the affairs of Haixi have gradually entered orbit. Deng Ji is now fully engaged in land surveying and population inventory, and Puyang Min accompanies him, which can be regarded as traveling to every corner of Haixi. The resettlement of the tun people, the clearing of financial goods and other affairs, Buqi Dai Qian and other affairs are in charge of the two people. The commercial income of the North Bazaar does not need Cao Peng to bother. It will be collected by the heads of the nine major banks, and then handed over to the Cao Peng Administration, and then sent by the Cao Peng Department to the county government. Wang Mai and Deng Fan were over there, and Cao Peng was naturally very relieved.

The security of the city was handed over to Pan Zhang.

Two hundred soldiers were stationed outside the city and trained by Hao Zhao.

As for Zhou Cang and Xiahou Lan, they were naturally idle, one of them was responsible for staying in the city, and the other was outside with Deng Ji, and they were not busy.

In short, as far as the current situation in Haixi is concerned, the space for Cao Peng to intervene is getting smaller and smaller.

Just wait for the people to settle down, and Haixi will be completely on track. However, Cao Peng estimated that Deng Ji would need time and effort to fully carry out his work in Haixi. Some of the gentry in Haixi County have expressed their willingness to cooperate with Deng Ji; However, there are still many gentlemen who still do not agree to release the land and population...... However, it doesn't matter, as long as Deng Ji does well, everyone else will get rich benefits in the coming year, and some people will naturally waver. In the end, even if there are still a few stubborn gentlemen left, it is difficult to have any impact. According to the discussion between Cao Peng and Deng Ji, Haixi only needs to have 60% of the land to enter the tuntian, which is enough.

What's more, as the population increases, Haixi can be cultivated.

At that time, the will of individual gentry will no longer matter, and if they are not willing to farm, then let them go...... But these things depend on Deng Ji's personal ability! Cao Peng has already helped, and to be honest, he may not be able to do better than Deng Ji.

In the twilight of winter, the weather gets colder.

The begging cold has begun, and it also indicates that spring is coming.

Although the earth is still desolate, walking on it, you can faintly feel the vitality that has been nurtured underneath...... Cao Peng and Chen Qun all rode horses, believing that the horses were reined.

"Ah Fu, Yuanlong's invitation, what are you going to do?"

Cao Peng scratched his head, "I don't know." ”

He looked at Chen Qun sideways, "Brother, I actually ...... In fact, I just don't understand a little, why did Chen Gong suddenly want to recruit me? ”

The Chen Gong he said was not Chen Deng, but Chen Deng's father, Chen Qi.

Because Chen Deng's expedition to Cao Peng is said to be Chen Qi's meaning.

Cao Peng couldn't help but be a little apprehensive, and he didn't know what Chen Jue's intention was to recruit him.

"This ......" Chen Qun hesitated for a moment, and saw that Xia Houlan behind him was with ten relatives, and there was a distance.

He said softly: "Ah Fu, the formation of the guild in the North Bazaar is from your handiwork." ”

"Huh?"

"Also, there are traces of you in the behavior of your uncle and grandson before...... In fact, there are some things that do not need to be explained, and we can also see some clues. It's not that my uncle and grandson don't learn enough, I have been in contact with him for a while, and I think I know him well.

The uncle and grandson are good at details, and the pattern is slightly smaller.

This may be related to his cultivation name, so when he starts to do things, there will inevitably be traces of carving. In terms of flexibility, he still seems to be a little worse. In fact, when he came to Haixi, I can roughly guess one or two. If he stays in Xudu, he can only do things in Dali, and he needs to work hard...... For my uncle and grandson, it's a pity. That's why he replaced Liang Ziyu and came to Haixi to take up his post, and the meaning of training is heavier, right? ”

When Cao Peng heard this, he couldn't help but be silent.

"Chen Gong once told me that after his uncle and grandson came to Haixi, what they did was quite miraculous.

However, after meeting him and talking earnestly, Chen Gong thought that those miraculous strokes were beyond the imagination of his uncle and grandson. At that time, Chen Gong said that there must be someone around his uncle and grandson to help. But at that time, there were not many people around my uncle and grandson. Bu Qi and Dai Qian didn't come, only Puyang Min had one ear. But Chen Gong believes that although Mr. Puyang is a good learner, he is a bit more angry, and he is probably not the conspirator around his uncle and grandson.

So Chen Gong has been paying attention to Haixi, and finally found out that you ......"

"Huh?"

"Do you know, how does Chen Gong know you?"

"I don't know about this."

"Hehe, because someone recommended you to Gong Chen."

"Someone recommended me?"

When Cao Peng heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Who would recommend me?

"Hehe, it's Mr. Xiangyang Water Mirror."

Sima ...... Insignia? ”

"Exactly."

Chen Qun saw that Cao Peng looked confused, so he explained seriously: "Mr. De Ying actually values you very much. Later, because you offended the Huang family, you had to leave Nanyang, and Mr. De Ying felt very sorry. At the beginning, Xiao Pang Shangshu intended to accept you as a protégé, and Mr. De Ying also agreed. It's just that...... Although you left Nanyang, Mr. De Ying still cared about you very much, and even sent someone to inquire about your news. ”

"Inquire about me?"

"Mr. De Ying said, you have talents, and your future is limitless.

He was afraid that you would abandon your studies, so after learning that you had come to Guangling, he sent someone to contact Chen Gong. Speaking of which, although De Ying is Chen Gong's junior, he is very valued by Chen Gong. Since De Ying recommended you, Chen Gong naturally paid attention to you...... Originally, Chen Gong was not sure that you were the mastermind behind your uncle and grandson, but later Mai Ren went to complain, but Chen Gong confirmed this matter...... Hehe, Chen Gong has two purposes for recruiting you.

This is the first one, the uncle and grandson have the talent to learn, but they still need to be honed.

Qiyu can grow with experience, but if you stay by his side, your uncle and grandson will inevitably rely on you for everything, and it will be difficult to make a real decision. If you want to become great, your uncle and grandson must learn to face things on their own. Before Haixi was complicated, you two brothers could support each other. But now, Haixi has gradually stabilized, and it will not benefit him if you continue to stay with your uncle and grandson. ”

Cao Peng really didn't think about this.

"What about the second one?"

"Hercynian ...... It's too small! ”

Chen Qun said with a smile: "If you stay in a place like Haixi, it will not do you any good.

Although Guangling is not too big, after all, it is located in the two Huai, sandwiched between Xiapi, Jiangdong and Huainan, connecting Jiangdong and the Central Plains. Chen Gong believes that if you are in Guangling, your horizons will be much wider than staying in Haixi, and it will definitely be more beneficial to your future.

Before, I wasn't too convinced.

But today, seeing your wonderful ideas, I think what Chen Gong said is quite reasonable. ”

This elderly care!

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, scholars had an inherent narrow surname, but at the same time, they also had an inclusive surname that was incomparable to later generations.

People like Chen Qi and Sima Hui look at things from a different perspective than ordinary people. They love and teach talents, although they also have selfish intentions, but on the whole, they will not have too much malice. Their care for talents definitely comes from their hearts.

After Cao Peng heard Chen Qun's words, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Yes, staying in Haixi is indeed not very meaningful.

But if you go out, it means that you will stand in the front from behind the scenes.

Although it was said that this day would come sooner or later, all of a sudden, Cao Peng was still a little hesitant. Going to Guangling? To get more experience?

Me, are you ready?

Thinking of this, Cao Peng couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then exhaled vigorously......

(To be continued)