On this day, Wu Tianxiao looked for an opportunity to find Yang Yinglian, but he didn't want Wang Cuiqiao to be in Yang Yinglian's residence. At this time, the residence in Tamsui City was not gorgeous, even if Wu Tianxiao lived, it was just an ordinary brick and wood structure with two entrances and falls. In Daming, such a residence is just a well-off home. And the residences of Yang Yinglian and Wang Cuiqiao are also like small households in the Ming Dynasty, just a small household residence that enters and falls. Therefore, when Wu Tianxiao entered the courtyard gate, he could directly enter the living room. Wu Tianxiao saw that the two were talking about something. He asked, "What are you doing?" So dedicated? ”

Yang Ying saw that it was Wu Tianxiao who arrived, and was first surprised, so he asked Yahuan to make tea. He said: "Since I came to this Tamsui City, I saw that the general was busy with military affairs, and my sister Cuiqiao and I wanted to share the general's worries. The general had to issue military uniforms to all the officers and men of the army, and there were quite a few such clothes, boots, trousers, mats, and quilts. I want to calculate one or two for the general, so as to share the worries for the general. ”

Wu Tianxiao laughed when he heard it: "Hahaha...... I am very comforted that you are so well-behaved. ”

Yang Yinglian said with a small mouth: "It's just that I have to calculate so many things, and I am dizzy." Sister Cuiqiao has a lot of research on arithmetic, and most of them are calculated by her, and I just help record them. ”

When Wu Tianxiao heard this, he said to Wang Cuiqiao, "Can you take a look with me?" ”

Wang Cuiqiao was cautious when she saw it, and handed the account book to Wu Tianxiao with a red face: "I was originally going to show you." ”

Wu Tianxiao took the ledger, looked at the flow account recorded by Wang Cuiqiao and said with a smile: "This calculation is too general, let me teach you an algorithm." As he spoke, he picked up his pen and wrote decimal numbers such as 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, and calculated them by addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In a short time, the amount of silver spent on the clothes, boots, trousers, mats, and other materials needed by the whole army of 3,461 people each year was calculated.

Wang Cuiqiao was surprised when she saw it: "General." What is this symbol of yours? How is it calculated? How is it so KitKat? ”

When Wu Tianxiao heard this, an inspiration flashed in his heart, and he was secretly surprised: Why don't you teach these two beauties the decimal algorithm and simplified Chinese characters in later generations?

So Wu Tianxiao said to Wang Cuiqiao: "This is a new way of arithmetic, called the decimal system, which can be called Xinxue." It's more convenient than nine chapters of arithmetic, I can teach you. As long as you study hard, I plan to fully popularize it in the academy in the future. Then you will become a generation of grandmasters. ”

Wang Cuiqiao was thrilled when she heard this, but she was modest: "The general is the grandmaster of the generation, and the slave family is only willing to worship the general as a teacher." Saying that, Wang Cuiqiao really wanted to kneel down to Wu Tianxiao to bow to his teacher.

Wu Tianxiao saw it and hurriedly jumped up to support Wang Cuiqiao and said: "How can this be done, I still plan to let you be my woman, if you worship me as a teacher, it won't become a teacher-student relationship." ”

As soon as Wu Tianxiao's words came out, Wang Cuiqiao's face suddenly turned red with shame. Although she and Yang Yinglian had already said in private about the future, they also knew that being his woman was a foregone conclusion. It's just that it's really embarrassing to say it so bluntly. That Yang Yinglian was eating and laughing with her mouth on the side, and Wang Cuiqiao, who was making trouble, clapped her hands and played with her.

Wu Tianxiao blurted out for a while, but saw that the two of them were not disgusted, but laughed and played, and their lust suddenly became bold. He said again: "Teachers and students will be exempted, I will see the husband sing and the wife to follow it." ”

Wang Cuiqiao was shy when she heard this: "You still say." You also say. Shame on you. ”

Yang Yinglian pretended to be sad: "Alas. Seeing your husband singing and wives are really envious of the dead, I don't have this blessing, this crooked symbol, I am dizzy when I see it. ”

After Wu Tianxiao heard this, he grabbed Yang Yinglian's little waist and teased: "Don't be jealous." I also have a simplified Chinese character, which is simple to draw and can be regarded as a new learning. Compared with the current regular script, it is much less than the current regular script, easy to write and easy to learn, and it is the most convenient to popularize knowledge, which can be described as another improvement of Chinese characters. If you study hard, you will teach and school children in the school in the future. Then popularize simplified Chinese characters, and you will also be a generation of grandmasters in the future. ”

Yang Yinglian was pleasantly surprised when she heard it: "What the general said is true? Then Yang Yinglian was discouraged again: "I'm afraid this matter is difficult to achieve, the general doesn't know, now the Ming Confucian scholars defend the orthodoxy of Confucianism very strictly, and the general wants to reduce and improve the Chinese character font, I am afraid that it will be attacked by the scholars." If you want to popularize it, it is even more difficult. ”

Wu Tianxiao laughed when he heard this: "Joke." This freshwater city was established by me, uncle, and I have the final say here. The Ming Emperor also had to listen to me when he came here, and I said that if I popularize simplified characters, I will popularize simplified characters. I built the school, and I paid for the students' learning expenses, and whoever dared to oppose me told him to get out. ”

Yang Ying saw that Wu Tianxiao was domineering, and couldn't help but be obsessed. But he questioned: "If the general is in this Tamsui City, it will not be difficult to popularize the new learning that the general said." It's just that this freshwater is just a lonely city after all, how can it be popularized? ”

Wu Tianxiao said: "At the beginning of the construction of Tamsui City, there were only one or two thousand people, and now there are more than six thousand immigrants. The people who came were all poor families, and they didn't even have enough to eat, so how could they afford to study. Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty was just a way for a small number of people to gain fame, and most people could not afford to learn it. But I'm different here. In the future, as long as I am under my jurisdiction, I dare not say that everyone is literate and polite. But at least most people should be able to learn to read and write. ”

Wang Cuiqiao and Yang Yinglian were originally poor families, and they were sold into a green house when they had no way out. Now that Wu Tianxiao is thinking about the poor like this, the two of them were immediately moved. Wang Cuiqiao is serious and serious: "Being able to meet the general is the blessing of my two sisters in this life, Cuiqiao does not dare to ask for extravagance, but to be able to wait for the general, even if he has no name and no share, he is also willing." ”

Yang Yinglian also looked at Wu Tianxiao stupidly: "Yinglian has nothing else to ask for, I just want to follow the general for the rest of my life." ”

Wu Tianxiao looked at the two of them emotionally, took the opportunity to hold them in his arms one by one, and said happily: "It's so good that it's so secular now, a man can marry three wives and four concubines." When I have some free time, I will marry you and marry you as wives. ”

I didn't want Yang Wang and the others to break away from his arms at the same time at this time. Yang Ying took pity: "The general is a person who does great things, and he will definitely soar in the future." We are Qinglou women, and being able to be a general's concubine has been a blessing for several lifetimes, how dare we go to the main room. ”

Wang Cuiqiao nodded stubbornly: "General." It is very satisfying to be able to accompany you left and right, but the position of the main room is not daring. ”

Although Wu Tianxiao also knew that it was common for three wives and four concubines to be in ancient times, he didn't know much about women's thoughts on fame in this era after all. So at first, it was a little strange for the second daughter of King Yang, but he himself didn't seem to care much about the reputation. In his opinion, wives and concubines are wives. So I didn't force it, so I smiled and took the second daughter into my arms again and kissed me. Later, he taught Wang Cuiqiao the decimal calculation methods such as arithmetic and geometry that he had learned in primary and junior high schools. That Wang Cuiqiao is also very talented in arithmetic, and he can understand it with a little dialing. After a while, I memorized the application of ten number symbols and began to recite multiplication formulas.