Chapter 111: Abacus

Taketakaku.

After more than 20 days of construction, the martial mansion has changed greatly, and the building of the Sanjin courtyard has also been built extremely quickly under the high wages of Wuqing. Now the wife of the Jin Kingdom, the Wu family, has also lived in the Wu Mansion, and as the old lady of the Wu Mansion, the entire Wu Mansion is managed by her.

Nowadays, except for some of the secret rooms required by Wu Qing in the martial mansion, which have not yet been built, the craftsmen have begun to paint and paint.

After experiencing the beggar gang incident, Wuqing finally gained a foothold in Shangyuan County, but it was spread by the disciples of the beggar gang, and Wuqing's prestige was even more striking, and the people in the rivers and lakes began to move, which Wu Qing never expected.

Since the fall of the Yangtze River Gang, the Yangtze River Gang has been divided into three factions, one faction was formed by the original deputy gang leader, called the Jiangnan Water Gang; a faction formed by Dong Sanyang's two sons, the eldest son Dong Jiaxiong and the second son Dong Jiaquan; One faction is the White Tiger Gang formed by Dong Sanyang's third son, Dong Jiahui, and Nie Xin, the owner of the White Tiger Hall. Among them, the White Tiger Gang is a group of outlaws, who are deeply hated by the other two, and it is precisely because they followed the deputy gang leader Yuan Bao and colluded with the Salt Gang to kill Dong Sanyang that the Yangtze River Gang fell apart and collapsed.

Of course, most of the Yangtze River gang went to the Jiangnan Boat Company, and now the Jiangnan Boat Company, there are 3,000 large and small cargo ships, and a small half of Mochou Lake is parked. They also firmly believe that with Wuqing, they no longer have to worry about running out of food, and they no longer have to raise their heads to live.

In the early morning, the morning sun shrouds Mochou Lake, a red glow reflects the lake, dozens of ports on the shore, people come and go, a prosperity. Some shipwrights began to shout trumpets, mending merchant ships, and some pulled up their sails and prepared to set sail.

At this time, a building boat appeared on the lake, and the sharp-eyed boatmen knew that this was Childe's boat.

Wu Qing stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the busy Mochou Lake in the early morning, with a heartfelt smile on his face. This is the starting point of my future ocean dream, and no matter what, I have to develop it. Oceans, oceans, thousands of years later, Columbus and Magellan discovered the American continent, and brought European civilization to the Americas, brought various crops from the Americas to Europe, and then spread all over the world. This is a feat of navigation, a world journey for the spread of civilization, and a progress in scientific development, which ultimately overthrows the theory that "the sky is round and the place is round".

Wuqing is not for any science, nor for the spread of civilization, but for the high-yield crops such as potatoes and corn on the American continent. If there are these two things, no matter how much population Datang has, he can feed it. What's more, since he was a child, his favorite was potatoes!

There was a monk standing behind him, not moving at all, it was that Wu Yidao, and now Wu Yidao can be regarded as Wu Qing's personal guard, no matter where he goes, he must be guarded with him. This is also what the Wu family strongly demands, Wu Qing is young and vigorous, easy to get into trouble, and there is no personal protection, she really can't rest assured.

"Childe, Miss Yuwen and Miss Dong are both good girls!"

The monk said such a sentence coldly, Wu Qing almost didn't fall off the bow of the boat, thinking of his senior sister Yuwen Su'e, Wu Qing's eyes flashed a touch of sadness, senior sister is like a fairy to him, whether it is intelligence or martial arts, he can't compare, but it is precisely because of this that he finds that he has fallen into it. After Yuwen Su'e dealt with the matter of the beggar gang, she returned to Yangzhou and said that she would come back next year to test Wuqing's martial arts for her master.

Wu Qing, who was left behind, wandered alone on the Shogunate Mountain for a long time, looking at the river for a long time and couldn't help himself.

Under Wu Yidao's Jianyi, he came to Jiangnan Boat Company to have a look, and he didn't see Dong Xiaowan for a few days, he also thought strangely, although Wu Qing knew that such a self was very wrong, but in this era, he could only take one step at a time.

Soon, the own shipwright reported to Dong Xiaowan, and after Dong Xiaowan heard it, his cold face, like a blooming ice lotus, showed a charming smile to the extreme, which made the hearts of the shipwrights on the side can't help but wave. But in an instant, Dong Xiaowan's face changed, and she said in a low voice: "He will come when he comes, is it possible that this girl will go to greet him in person?" You get out! ”

Wu Qing saw Ruan Xiangning who greeted him, Zhu Fugui went to Guangzhou, but Dong Xiaowan was not there, and he couldn't help but be disappointed, so he walked into the newly built Jiangnan Boat Company.

This is a walled building covering an area of ten acres, the front village is the place where the Jiangnan ship manager signed the deposit, and the back village is the residential area of Dong Xiaowan and other stewards.

Wu Qing walked into the signing room, and when he saw the busy major stewards, Wu Qing nodded and smiled, they had met, and let them continue to be busy with their work.

The accounts of the Jiangnan Shipping Company are all managed by Dong Xiaowan, so Wu Qing came this time, and it was still for the accounts of the Jiangnan Shipping Company, and he wanted to see the profitability of this period, and when Zhu Fugui recruited the sailing crew in Guangzhou, then he had to start preparing for sea trade. With Takeshin's help, he believed that he would be able to get the silver and gold of Japan to flow into his pocket, and maybe he would be able to buy the few desert islands where gold and silver had not yet been discovered. Nowadays, there is no need to pay taxes for sea trade, and the sea trade with such huge profits will not make money at this time, and when will it be?

For the signing room, Wu Qing was very helpless, he could have taken the name of "office", but it can be associated with this era, or forget it, just call it a signing room, although the account room is more appropriate, but other offices, should they also be called the account room?

Wu Qing walked into Dong Xiaowan's signing room and saw Dong Xiaowan dialing the abacus with an indifferent face, Wu Qing looked at Dong Xiaowan and looked at the abacus. Ignoring Dong Xiaowan's frosty face for the time being, he knew that it was because of his senior sister Yuwen Su'e.

The abacus of this era is not like the abacus of a few hundred years later, but with the prototype of the abacus, there are two gears, and the abacus beads are not worn on the rod, but placed in the groove to carry out some fairly simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Wu Qing sighed, it seemed that the improvement of the abacus had to fall on his head, Wu Qing ordered: "Bring a pen and paper!" ”

has his own servants to fetch it, Dong Xiaowan raised his head and looked at Wu Qing, as if he wanted to keep Wu Qing in his heart.

Wu Qing was furious by this girl's heart, and said, "Xiao Wan, what do you want me to do?" Do I have money in my face? ”

Dong Xiaowan's face was cold, and she said, "I'm thinking, what kind of person are you!" ”

Hearing this, all the people were signaled by the monk Wu and quickly exited the room.

At this time, only Wu Qing and Dong Xiaowan were left, the two looked at each other, Wu Qing regretted a little in his heart, to be honest, he never liked any cold beauty, nor did he like any high-end and high-grade glamorous women, he only liked Xiao Fresh, just like Shangguan Wan'er. It's a pity that they can only sleep alone in the moon.

"Xiao Wan, I, I" Wu Qingzhen didn't know how to face it.

Dong Xiaowan sneered, her cold face was like a blooming hibiscus, and said, "I, what am I, stinky boy, when will you marry me!" ”

Wu Qing's heart fluttered, a flush appeared on his face, and he said: "Ugly girl, do you want a man when you are so young, otherwise, let's have a round house tonight, and after a few years, my son will marry you again?" ”

"you, you want to take advantage of your aunt and grandmother? There are no doors! ”

Wu Qing smiled knowingly, washed away the solemnity in front of him, and then said: "Look at the abacus I designed, it is guaranteed to be much better than what you use now!" ”

Dong Xiaowan said: "This girl likes the strange things in your brain, you can draw it and let this girl see it." ”

Wu Qing took the pen and paper, Dong Xiaowan studied the ink, Wu Qing smoothed the brush, and then quickly drew a sketch, and an abacus of later generations jumped on the paper.

Dong Xiaowan didn't understand this, so he called someone in and ordered: "And call the craftsman to make one quickly to try it, remember not to spread it, otherwise, you will bear the consequences!" ”

The servant hurried out with the sketch in his hand. Wu Qing took the account book and began to check the accounts, Dong Xiaowan naturally did not dare to slack off, this is an audit of the accounts, which will affect his future status in the Jiangnan Shipping Company. Now that Wu Qing has handed over almost the entire Jiangnan Boat Company to her, this is not only a trust in her, but also an inexplicable relationship, maintaining the ambiguity between them.

Check the accounts, there is no problem, in terms of input, Jiangnan Shipping Company in less than ten days, the profit has reached 30,000 yuan, although part of this is the credit of Wang Meichang, but in terms of shape, the prospect of Jiangnan Shipping is very impressive.

At this time, the servant came in with an abacus and a sketch, Wu Qing took a look, the workmanship was a little rough, but it was done completely according to the sketch, two beads in the upper gear, five in each stall, and one in each stall.

After Wu Qing introduced the abacus, he recalled the scene of learning abacus in elementary school, so he plucked the beads with his thumb and read in his mouth: "One on one, two on two, three on three"

With Wu Qing's memory, Wu Qing's fingers also moved quickly, and the techniques became more and more skilled, and the people present couldn't help but be amazed, Dong Xiaowan knew how to settle accounts, and saw Wu Qing dazzlingly plucking the beads, and couldn't help but be puzzled, what kind of weird things did this kid have in his head, there was such a wonderful algorithm.

"Stinky boy, I want to learn, you have to teach me!"

Wu Qing was interrupted, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Well, is it hand-in-hand?" ”