Chapter 13: An Apprentice
"Little Xianggong, Lei Qi is a rough man, if you offend, please Haihan. Drink tea, this is this year's Longjing, you readers must like it. ”
Tang Yi picked up the teacup with a smile, took a sip, with a faint bitterness and a rich fragrance, and praised: "It's really good tea, but it's important to get down to business, I'd better take a look at the account book first." ”
"Okay, Lei likes radish and wine crunchy, please here!"
Lei Qi couldn't wait for a long time. Shaking his tall body, he took Tang Yi out of the guest room and arrived at the east wing, where the three account rooms were staying. As soon as I walked in, I saw a surprised scene, the three of them were pulling each other's clothes, twisting their eyebrows and glaring, panting like cows.
Mr. Fang said: "The old man is right, you are all wrong!" ”
"The surname Fang, let's all eat according to the ability to learn, why are you right and we are wrong?" Mr. Ge is small, but his momentum is not weak, he jumps and roars, and the stars are flying all over the sky.
Mr. Wu did the same, scolding: "You don't understand the reason, I am right." ”
"You're right, who's going to admit it?"
"Who admits it?" Mr. Wu raised his head suddenly, just saw Tang Yi, and immediately shouted: "Young man, you have the ability to tell me the correct answer?" ”
Seeing this, the other two people also let go of their hands and yelled at Tang Yi together: "Say, how much did you lose?" Don't you know the answer, make up nonsense, and deceive us? ”
Lei Qi was also very curious, of course, he also wanted to see how Tang Yi's true skills were, so he said: "Little Xianggong, Lei also wants to open his eyes, do you think it's convenient?" ”
Tang Yi smiled slightly, and said to Lei Qi: "Actually, this question is not complicated, it is better to let the three gentlemen play it, one is from a fur shop, one is from a tea shop, and one is from a shopping mall, how much money is in the original hand, and after the transaction, how much money is left, naturally you will know the loss!" ”
"yes, why didn't we think of that!"
Mr. Fang slapped his forehead and exclaimed in surprise, and soon the three of them entered the role, followed the steps, and made a transaction. Soon, Mr. Ge, who played the tea shop, and Mr. Fang, who played the fur number, were surprised to find that one of them lent out one hundred taels and took back one hundred taels, and the other borrowed one hundred taels and paid another hundred taels.
Mr. Fang found Mr. Wu sixty-five taels, plus a fox fur, and that's it!
"Oops, why am I so confused!"
The three of them all looked up to the sky and sighed, burst into tears, and had a lot of beards, how could they be deceived by such a trick, and they were embarrassed!
Mr. Fang and Mr. Ge's old faces were flushed, and they couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.
"Master Lei, we are incompetent, we are leaving!"
The two accounting offices didn't even ask for the wages of these days, and they retreated directly. However, Mr. Wu, who was the youngest, kept looking down and thinking, and suddenly raised his head suddenly, and a light appeared in his eyes.
"I see! I finally got it! ”
Mr. Wu looked excited, shook his shirt, faced Tang Yi, and bowed deeply.
"Little Xianggong, your question finally made me understand that these days we are all immersed in complex accounts and can't extricate ourselves. In fact, a lot of it is just interference, as long as you grasp the flow of the core silver, you can figure out the deficit! ”
Mr. Wu is sure that in fact, among the three people, he has the best foundation in arithmetic, and he has also studied "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" clearly. It stands to reason that Tang Yi's topic can't help him, and the reason why he fell into it is because of his lack of knowledge. After all, Liuhebao is just a small place, and they usually come into contact with the flow account, and if they mix the loans into it, they can't figure out the north, south, west and east.
Through practical operation, Mr. Wu has a great sense of pleasure in clearing the clouds and mist to see the blue sky, and he sighed and said: "The ancients said that receiving a word from someone is a teacher, and today Xiaoxiang taught the next question, and it is a way to solve the problem, and Wu is grateful." If the little minister doesn't dislike it, Wu will worship you as a teacher! ”
Saying that Mr. Wu really bowed down, Tang Yike was taken aback, Mr. Wu was almost the same age as his father, how could he accept his courtesy. Tang Yi hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, but he knew that Mr. Wu was still a dead eye, so he really bowed down, which made Tang Yi at a loss and complained again and again.
Lei Qi on the side didn't care much, he smiled arrogantly: "Little Xianggong, just accept an apprentice, many white-haired old men on the dock still call Lei a master!" ”
"Can that be the same!" Tang Yi smiled bitterly, how can he compare a scholar with a person in the rivers and lakes. But Mr. Wu is quite sincere, just teach him something.
"Mr. Wu, you get up first." Tang Yi said: "I'm too young to accept apprentices. But if you want, you can settle accounts together in the next few days, and if there is anything you don't understand, I can point you out. As for the problems you encounter in the future, you can also find me, and it will be regarded as a discussion! ”
"I understand, Master wants to test me, don't worry, Wu Tiancheng will study hard, keep it to the master's satisfaction!" Mr. Wu said confidently.
couldn't explain clearly, Tang Yi simply didn't say much.
The three of them walked into the room, there were dozens of account books on the shelves, and there were a lot of discarded papers on the table on the floor, which were obviously all things that the three of them had calculated before.
"Clean up a clean table first, and then put the books in chronological order."
"Yes, Master!" Wu Tiancheng quickly replied that he had been working for several days, and he was familiar with the road, and it didn't take long for him to sort out the account books.
At this time, Tang Yi picked up the brush and wrote four words on the paper: old tube, new collection, expulsion, and see in. Wu Tiancheng peeked at it, and immediately asked in surprise: "Master, is it the four-pillar accounting method?" ”
"Well, that's right, I looked at the accounts, and the main problem was that it was too messy, too messy, and dizzying to watch. If you can straighten out the relationship again, it won't be difficult to solve the problem! ”
Wu Tiancheng's old face turned red, and he sighed and said: "It's not difficult for Master to be a master, but we won't be a difficult person!" ”
Tang Yi was taken aback, and couldn't help asking, "You don't know the four-pillar settlement method?" This has been around since the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty has developed perfectly! ”
"The disciple did hear that when I went to Suzhou a few years ago, I also consulted a few bookkeepers, but they were unwilling to teach." The more Wu Tiancheng spoke, the quieter his voice became.
Accounting is a high-level craft, ordinary accounting gentlemen, there is also an income of three or five taels a month, and the wise gentleman is regarded as a treasure by the owner, and can even be a master for officials. Almost all the bookkeepers cherished their brooms, saved the apprentices from teaching, and starved the master to death.
But Tang Yi didn't care much, if it wasn't for the fear of causing unnecessary trouble, he would even want to directly take out the double-entry accounting method, after all, in his eyes, accounting is just a small ability.
Tang Yi thinks so, Wu Tiancheng doesn't think so, he studied in a private school for a few years, and then his family fell into the middle of the road, and his parents died. He relied on his ingenuity to steal teachers from the old tent, learned arithmetic and bookkeeping, and managed to support his two younger sisters, and married them all beautifully. Wu Tiancheng knows that nothing is as good as his ability, so he is not young in Tang Yi, and he doesn't care if he loses face, as long as he can learn his ability, he is not afraid of suffering no matter how much he suffers!
From this day on, whenever Tang Yi came, there was a cup of hot and cold tea on the table, the accounts that were sorted out yesterday, and the content to be done today, which were analyzed in detail and placed on the table at a glance.
Tang Yi was also amazed, even if Wu Tiancheng is placed in the next generation, he will have an excellent secretary. He also did not hide his secrets, and after cleaning the account books every day, he explained the knowledge of arithmetic and geometry to Wu Tiancheng.
This lecture is terrible, Tang Yi instilled many concepts in later generations to Wu Tiancheng, and suddenly seemed to have opened up the second pulse of Ren and Du, and the usual Chinese arithmetic focused on the application of examples, but the principle behind it was not very clear. Tang Yi pointed out the theorem directly, Wu Tian's cost is not bad, such a little dial, the original vague places are all integrated, and he also draws inferences, in the last two days, Tang Yi only needs to be responsible for acceptance, Wu Tiancheng alone will make the account books almost complete!
You must know that a few days ago, the three of them were at a loss, but now he can handle it alone, and the difference is so big that it is impossible to calculate.
Wu Tiancheng was completely convinced, and when the last account was settled, he respectfully knelt in front of Tang Yi in his robe, and kowtowed three times in a row.
"Master is above, whether you recognize the disciple or not, in the disciple's heart, you are my Wu Tiancheng's master!"