Xue Tong brought the tea, and the girl Wang Wei removed some of the scrolls and papers on the case so that the tea cup could be placed, Zhang Yuan saw that there was an old yellow book under the stack of papers, and when he picked it up, there were five handwritten ink characters on the title page - "Longmen Account Illustration", and said in surprise: "Is Xiuwei learning to make Longmen Accounts?" ”

Wang Wei's long and dense eyelashes drooped, looked at the celadon tea cup in his hand, and said softly: "If you want to enter the Zhang family, you must be the Zhang family, and you can't learn how to gain a foothold." ”

Longmen account is a kind of double-entry accounting method that appeared in the late Ming Dynasty, the whole account is divided into four parts: "in", "pay", "deposit", "the", with "in-pay = deposit-the" as the accounting balance equation, which is very similar to the credit accounting method of later generations, it is said that it was created by Fu Shan, a talented man in Shanxi Province, Liang Yusheng's "Seven Swords Under the Tianshan" written in the superb medical skills and outstanding martial arts Fu Qingzhu is this person, but Fu Shan and Huang Zongxi are about the same age, so the "Longmen account" cannot be created by Fu Shan, The ancient Chinese liked to attribute a certain advanced thing to a certain celebrity after years of accumulation and development, such as Cangjie to make words, Yao to make Go, etc., this Longmen account should be a great prosperity of commercial trade since Jiajing from the Tang and Song dynasties on the basis of the four-pillar bookkeeping method gradually improved and developed, more complicated, not so easy to learn, for Wang Wei, who has always been in poetry, calligraphy and painting, it is really difficult - Zhang Yuan was greatly moved, holding Wang Wei's hand, speechless for a while, the glass lamp was clear, the wind outside the window was sassy, but listened to Wang Weidao:" But I watched it for two days, and I always couldn't find a clue, I couldn't see it, and Sister Ling didn't seem to understand it very well. ”

The Longmen account is indeed very difficult for people who have never been in contact with it before, and it is more complicated than the loan accounting method of later generations, because the Longmen account is not yet perfect - Zhang Yuan said: "I will teach you." ”

Wang Wei's clear eyes widened suddenly: "This Longmen account - Jie Zi Xianggong will also!" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Last year in Qingpu, Hanshe Bookstore was established, and I proposed that the bookstore should use the Longmen account to keep accounts in the future. ”

Being educated to learn knowledge is only one aspect, the most important thing is to cultivate the ability to learn by yourself, of course, you must also have a strong desire for knowledge, people can not always have a good teacher to guide you in your life, longer years are to rely on yourself to learn, Zhang Yuan's learning ability is extremely strong, he only understands the surface of the loan accounting method of later generations, but with this foundation, he can easily solve the difficulties that others feel difficult to learn Longmen account - Wang Wei praised: "Jie Zi Xianggong is really a scholar——"

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Don't praise me so much, don't dare to be, I don't understand it half-well, I want to read and figure it out with you." ”

Wang Wei was very happy and said: "That Jie Zi Xianggong will explain to me 'enter', 'pay', 'deposit', 'should'——"

There are no chairs in this room, Zhang Yuan and Wang Wei knelt side by side in front of the small case, Zhang Yuan wrote an example of the entry and exit of funds - "Yimao year Heyue Shengmei firm invested 2,500 taels of silver to open a cloth village in Shanyin, of which 1,500 taels of silver purchased shops, hired clerks and prepared related utensils, and the other 1,000 taels were stored in the money cabinet of the cloth village for backup. ”

Explain the Longmen account accounting method with examples, at a glance, 'enter', 'pay', 'deposit', 'should' into one generation into it, intuitive and easy to remember, Wang Wei is a very smart woman, who was previously suffering from not being able to get started, and now led by Zhang Yuan, one point is thorough, and he feels that he has an understanding, this girl is so happy that she smiles, her smile is charming, Zhang Yuan closed her mouth and only looked at her - Wang Wei said shyly: "What's the matter, Jie Zi Xianggong, why do you look at me like this?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's hard to be your teacher-"

Wang Wei said half-understood and half-confused: "Why, is Wang Wei stupid?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Let my heart be ape." ”

Wang Wei wanted to laugh, held back, twisted slightly, did not face Zhang Yuan, the rabbit pen turned between his fingers, the thin round pen tube was brown, and the girl's fingers were as white as a new peeling onion tube - the garden is located in the west of the city, there are few people around, and it is quite quiet in the white day, this night, there is only the sound of the wind blowing the treetops - Wang Wei obviously feels the ambiguity of the atmosphere, Uncle Yao and Xue Tong are just outside the door, but said slowly: "There are quite a lot of tourists in the garden these days——"

Zhang Yuan asked, "Who are they?" ”

Wang Wei said: "The people who go out of the city to sweep the tombs, one after another, the gongs and drums are mixed, and they are noisy, and Gardener Xie doesn't care." ”

Zhang Yuan said "oh" and explained: "This is my custom in Yuezhong, when I return from sweeping the tomb, I must visit the temple and the garden of the scholar nearby, and other people can not be allowed to visit the garden. ”

Wang Wei shook his head and said, "That's not true, it should be Gardener Xie who warned those garden visitors." He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Jie Zi Xianggong, I heard Sister Ling say that you wrote a letter to Miss Huijishang?" This is what Wang Wei is most concerned about.

Zhang Yuan said: "I was about to tell you about this, I went to Huiji today, and I came to the garden——"

Wang Wei couldn't help but straighten his waist, his eyes stared at Zhang Yuan, a little nervous, and listened to Zhang Yuan say: "Miss Shang is virtuous and tolerant, and she doesn't blame me, which makes me so ashamed——"

Wang Wei's heart was about to be put down, but he heard Zhang Yuan continue: "Miss Shang wants to invite you to meet." ”

Wang Wei's heart jumped suddenly, as if frightened, and asked, "Where can I see you?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "In the Huiji Shang Mansion. ”

Wang Wei was stunned for a moment and asked, "Will Xianggong Jie accompany me?" ”

Zhang Yuan nodded, and said: "But when you go into the inner house to see Miss Shang, you still have to go, I can't meet Miss Shang, this is my Shaoxing custom, I haven't seen her for a year." Seeing that Wang Wei seemed to have some doubts, he comforted: "Don't worry about Xiuwei, Miss Shang is virtuous and kind, just look at you, nothing else, this, sooner or later, right." ”

Wang Wei nodded slowly, Bai Yan bit his red lips lightly, and asked in a low voice, "Then when will you go to see you?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's just a few days." ”

Wang Wei was silent for a moment, and he didn't know what to think, and said for a while: "Wait until I finish copying Xu Wenchang's four volumes, okay?" It's about five or six days. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Okay, then you call Xue Tong to inform me." ”

After talking about Xu Wei's calligraphy and painting for a while, Wang Wei is very fond of Xu Wei's two ink and wash freehand paintings, Xu Wei's strong emotions and surnames in the calligraphy and painting make Wang Wei appreciate it very much, she copied Xu Wei's manuscript these days, unconsciously influenced by it, drank two cups of tea, Zhang Yuan got up and said: "Xiuwei, then I went back, my family thought I didn't come back in Huiji." ”

Wang Wei sent Zhang Yuan out of the plum blossom Zen, the two stood still under the high willow in front of the door, the moonlight was cold, the willow shadow swayed, Zhang Yuan saw Wang Wei's sullen appearance, and comforted a few words, then took Wuling out of the garden back to Dongzhang, he didn't know that Wang Wei quietly followed to the gate of the garden, watching his back go away under the moon - Wang Wei returned to the plum blossom Zen, alone in a daze under the glass lamp, her heart was up and down, she didn't think that she was going to see Shang Ran so soon, well, Shang Ran is the wife of the princess of Jie Zi, is the eldest woman, she should have visited, It's just that Shang Ran hasn't passed the door of Dongzhang yet, and her identity as Wang Wei is not embarrassing or embarrassing, what's the matter if she goes to meet now, can't she go to see her after marriage?

"It's a pity that Yang Wan has already returned to Wuxing with Mao Sheng, otherwise you can ask her for advice and see how she faced Mao Sheng's wife in the first place——"

Wang Wei thought so, picked up the volume of "Longmen Account Illustration" and read it under the glass lamp, his heart was not quiet, and he couldn't read it anymore, and he wanted to continue to copy Xu Wei's collection, but he was afraid of making mistakes, so he called Huixiang and discussed with the little girl: "Huixiang, the minister said that I should go to the meeting to meet Miss Shang in the past two days, what do you say?" ”

Hui Xiang was thirteen years old, quite clever, and said in surprise: "This is going to see the lady of Shang, the lady is very fierce." ”

Wang smiled and said: "There is no such thing, no one is fierce." ”

Hui Xiang said: "There are a lot of good girls in our old courtyard, many of them are not very happy, the eldest woman does not allow it, and some return to the old courtyard, isn't Aunt Yin Chun like this." ”

Wang Wei was silent.

Hui Xiang saw that Aunt Wei's face was uncertain, so she said again: "But Uncle Wan is doing well, Xianggong Mao treats her well, Xianggong Zhang is better, and Aunt Wei will live well in the future." He said in his heart: "Zhang Xianggong is indeed good, but it is difficult to say whether Mrs. Shang is good or not, Wei Gu is arrogant, but she can't stand it-"

Wang smiled and said, "Stinky girl, you have said all the good and bad things, which should I listen to you?" ”

Hui Xiang smiled and said: "The maid is young and ignorant, where does she know anything, but she just said that Aunt Wei has a lot of ideas. ”

Wang Wei said "um", turned around and sat upright, first took a piece of bamboo paper, pondered for a long time, got a poem, and wrote it down on the paper, the poem: "The morning is still the evening, and the spring and the dream are seen." The moon has traces of resentment, and the flowers are speechless. The soul is cowardly, and the drunken shadow is cold. A water has been separated, and it is difficult to live if it is like going to live. ”

After writing this poem, Wang Wei vented some kind of emotion, and seemed to have made some kind of decision, calmed down, took Xu Wei's manuscript, began to transcribe, and heard the evening bell in the city still keep writing, full of eight pieces of bamboo paper, about 4,000 words, and there was not a single word wrong - Wang Wei put down the pen, rubbed his sore fingers, and said in his heart: "It seems that I have always been mindful, but at this time I am relieved, that is to say, my decision is right." ”

…… Zong Yishan and Yi Ting's wedding date is scheduled for the sixth day of the fourth month, before Zhang Yuan's wedding, Yi Ting has been accepted as a righteous daughter by Zhang Ruiyang and his wife, and now she is called Zhang Yiting, and the house also changed her name to Miss Yi Ting, Yi Ting was very embarrassed at first, but he got used to listening to it.

Zong Yishan and his parents rented the house at the east end of the Fuxue Palace by Zhang Yuan for one hundred and twenty taels of silver to buy and give to Zong Yishan, and the rest of the bride price is paid by Zhang Yuan, Zong Yishan is equal to Dongzhang's son-in-law, commonly known as the son-in-law, but in the eyes of the second elder of the Zong family, there is nothing better than this, it is simply to sit back and enjoy it, that Yiting can also be considerate, the second elder likes Yiting very much - Zhang Yuan said that while continuing to read and practice calligraphy, while preparing for his own marriage, in the afternoon he read history and discussed with his colleagues in the Han Society who stayed in Shanyin, There are friends who come from afar one after another, every eight parties to socialize, busy, time is like a white horse passing by, in a blink of an eye is March 17, this evening, Zhang Yuan thought that at first ten that night Wang Wei said five or six days after going to meet with him, this is seven days have passed, why there is no news, then called Wuling to prepare to go to the garden to visit Wang Wei, is waiting to go out, suddenly saw a small stone running in and said that there are distant guests from Kunshan to see, these days East Zhang Mansion is every day visitors are endless, Zhang Yuan is also used to it, so he called please come in, he waited in the front hall, Seeing a steward and a servant walking in with Xiaoshi, and four porters carrying the cage followed-the servant saw Zhang Yuan, his face was immediately full of joy, and he grabbed a few steps and said, "Zhang Gongzi-"

The man who looked like he was in charge also hurriedly saluted Zhang Yuan, and said with a smile on his face: "Zhang Gongzi is very happy, the villain is ordered by the third young master of my family to congratulate Zhang Gongzi on his wedding." ”

Zhang Yuan recognized the servant, who was the servant of Du Dingfang in Zhenfengli, Kunshan, and sent eight shares of text to Du Dingfang to Jinling Guozijian last year to ask Zhang Yuan to correct it, and said happily: "It turned out to be the Du family, and it was hard work from afar, please sit down and watch the tea." ”

The steward didn't dare to sit in front of Zhang Yuan, and said respectfully: "I want to teach Zhang Gongzi to learn that the third young master of my family learned that Zhang Gongzi's good name is April 12, and he really wants to come to Zhang Gongzi's wedding in person, but he is not yet full and can't come, so he ordered the villain to leave early and give a thin gift." ”

There are four large gift boxes, which are obviously not thin gifts - this Du Mansion steward took out two letters from his arms and presented them, and said: "One is a letter written by the third young master of my family to Zhang Gongzi, which contains ten articles on making arts, please Zhang Gongzi corrected it in his busy schedule, and the other is written by my uncle from Yan'an Wei to Zhang Gongzi——"

Juniper's letter!

Zhang Yuan was slightly excited, it is now the forty-third year of Wanli, and it is close to a year from the Sarhu war between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty that began at the end of the forty-sixth year of Wanli - Zhang Yuan asked Laifu to take the steward of Du Mansion and the servants down to eat, so that he could entertain and arrange accommodation, he returned to the study of the West Building with the letter, Mu Zhenzhen heard that Juniper had a letter from Yan'an Wei, and the whole person trembled with joy, but saw that there was only Juniper's letter, not his father Mu Jingyan's letter, and he was disappointed, and said with a crying voice: "My father is illiterate——"

Juniper's letter was sealed with fire paint, and Zhang Yuan comforted while opening the letter: "Don't worry, General Du will definitely mention your father in the letter-"

As soon as he took out the letter, there were two folded letterheads of Zhou Zhouzheng, and when he opened it, Zhang Yuanxi said: "Really, this is Uncle Mu's letter." "Hand one of the letterheads to Mu Zhenzhen.

Mu Zhen was really overjoyed, seeing that the letter paper was full of italic characters the size of the top of his fingers, he said without thinking: "My father can write-" Seeing Zhang Yuan's "hey" smile, he woke up, and Hao Ran said: "It must be my father who asked someone to write it on his behalf." And he diligently read the letter.

The study was a little dim, Zhang Yuan walked to the door to read the letter, and Juniper expressed his gratitude to Zhang Yuan for his guidance in Zhenfengli last year, saying that he led a hundred Jiading at the end of last year to defeat the three hundred Hetao Tartars who entered the Kou, and beheaded dozens of them, and at the beginning of the year, the imperial court re-used them, and became a general of Yansui, although he was demoted from his original Liaodong general army, but there was always a chance to serve the country - Zhang Yuan was quite relieved, Juniper was re-appointed as a side general, then he could exert a certain influence on Juniper in the future, which was part of his plan - "Zhenzhen, What did Uncle Mu say to you? Zhang Yuan put away Juniper's letter and was in a good mood.

Mu Zhenzhen frowned and said: "Wen Zou Zou's words are all clichés, and they don't seem to be my father's tone at all - young master, what is Xiaoqi?" ”

Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter, has Uncle Mu been promoted to Xiaoqi?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen nodded.

Zhang Yuanxi said: "Great, Uncle Mu is really brave, and he has been promoted to Xiaoqi in just a few months." Explained to Mu Zhenzhen: "One hundred and twenty people are one hundred households, there are two general flags, ten small flags, and twelve sergeants led by a small flag, which is considered the lowest-ranking officer. ”

Hearing Zhang Yuan say this, Mu Zhen was really happy, looking at the signature of his father at the end of the letter, these three words should be written by his father, the words are big, a little tilted, like a firewood stick, stiff and powerful-Wu Ling has been waiting by the patio, and then came over and asked: "Young master, do you still want to go to the garden?" ”

Zhang Ruoxi heard that her younger brother Zhang Yuan was going to Lingyuan, so she called a maid to follow her and followed her in a small sedan chair, saying that she hadn't seen Wang Wei for several days, and she wanted to see how Wang Wei's Longmen account was doing?

On the way, Zhang Ruoxi said to Zhang Yuan, who was following by the sedan chair: "Xiao Yuan, my mother already knows about Wang Wei——"

Zhang Yuan was taken aback, he originally planned to take Wang Wei to meet Shang Ran, and then tell his parents about Wang Wei, Wang Wei arrived in Shanyin on the second day of the first month of March, and it has been half a month - Zhang Ruoxi smiled and said: "I told my mother, at first my mother frowned, saying that you are still young, and you are marrying a wife and taking a concubine, I am afraid that you will hurt your body, I said to my mother that Wang Wei has not yet been combed, only seventeen years old, you and her are still innocent - is it really innocent?" ”

Zhang Yuan was embarrassed - Zhang Ruoxi, who was sitting in the small sedan chair, saw his younger brother like this, smiled "sneer", and said: "I also said that Wang Wei is good-looking, smart and studious, and can help me manage the Shengmei firm in the future, my mother is happy, and I want to take Wang Wei to let her see it now, how about it, my sister has a lot of credit, right?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Thank you, sister." ”

When he arrived at the gate of the garden, it was twilight, and the gardener Xie opened the gate of the garden, and saw that it was Zhang Yuan's sister and brother, and sang with his crossed hands: "Young Master Jie Zi wants to visit the garden on a spring night, and there is a letter from the prince in the plum blossom Zen——"

Zhang Yuan didn't understand, he responded, and walked to the corridor with his sister Zhang Ruoxi, Xie Gardener was a little puzzled, followed behind, and sure enough, he saw Zhang Yuan's sister and brother go to the plum blossom Zen door, Wuling knocked on the door, and Gardener Xie was surprised and said: "Don't you know that the prince has left?" Gardener Xie already knew that the prince was actually a woman, and Master Xizhang also agreed to let her live in the garden—Zhang Yuan was taken aback and asked urgently, "When did you leave and where did you go?" ”

Gardener Xie said: "I left early yesterday morning, saying that Young Master Jie Zi invited her to Songjiang, and there were letters and other things left in the meditation room, and the villain said that he would send the letter to Dongzhang and hand it over to Young Master Jie Zi, but Wang Gongzi said that he didn't have to-this villain in the Zen room had not yet entered, just waiting for Young Master Jie Zi to come." ”

(To be continued)