The night is already deep, the light in the study is still on, by the light of the candlelight, Ouyang Xiu, who is over sixty years old, is reviewing one official document after another, he is now serving as the governor, in fact, he is equivalent to the deputy prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and also serves as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, which can be said to be a high authority, but at the same time, he is also entangled in government affairs, and he has to be busy until late every day to rest.

It was not easy to finish reviewing an official document, Ouyang Xiu stretched out his hands and rubbed his temples that were a little swollen, now that he is older, his energy is not as good as that of young people, and the things recorded in these official documents are also relatively messy, so every time he reads a copy, he will feel that his brain is rising greatly, but these official documents are too important, and they will be discussed in the political hall tomorrow, so he must read them all tonight.

Rubbing his temples a few times, he finally felt a little clearer in his mind, and now Ouyang Xiu took a thick official document and opened it again, but when he saw the content inside, he couldn't help but show a wry smile, this is the list of accounts sent by Nanfang Tuntian, which shows last year's sweet potato and corn planting, output, and the final distribution of these corn and sweet potatoes, etc., of course, this is only a rough account, and the really detailed account must be a hundred times more complicated than this, but even so, It is not easy to figure out this approximate account.

However, although he knew that it was difficult, Ouyang Xiu still had to be patient and watch, when he planted corn and sweet potatoes in Tuntian in the south, he was still a little opposed, because he didn't believe in the yield of corn and sweet potatoes, but when the first year's output came out, he was startled, immediately dispelled the doubts in his heart, and fully supported the Tuntian plan.

At present, the scale of the tuntian in the south has expanded several units compared with the original, and nearly 300,000 van soldiers have been mobilized, if you add the families of these van soldiers. I'm afraid that the total number of people has exceeded one million, and these people used to be a heavy burden on the Great Song Dynasty, but since Tuntian, the Great Song Dynasty not only got rid of this burden immediately, but also received a large amount of grain every year, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Originally, the matter of Tuntian was important. But it is not enough to let Ouyang Xiu, the governor of the political affairs, personally intervene, but since the civil strife in Northern Liao, the Western Xia side is also ready to move, and the Great Song Dynasty has long hated the Western Xia, if it were not for the defeat of Haoshuichuan, I am afraid that this confidant would have been destroyed long ago, but it is not too late now, and the Great Song Dynasty has also been preparing to carry out a war of destruction against the Western Xia during this time.

As the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved. Grain and grass go first, the population of the north is large, and the consumption of grain is naturally more, so the grain produced in the north is not enough to eat every year, but it is necessary to mobilize grain from the south, and now there is a large-scale war, and more food is naturally needed. Most of the military rations needed for these wars will be supplied by the tuntian fields in the south. After all, the yields of corn and sweet potatoes are amazing.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that the political affairs hall attaches great importance to the tuntian in the south, and Ouyang Xiu even asked them to send the accounts of last year's grain production and distribution, and he wants to know about it personally, and then deduce this year's grain production and distribution, and then it is better to make some transfers. After all, the war against Western Xia is likely to break out in the next year, and the grain produced this year is likely to become next year's military rations.

But just after Ouyang Xiu had just looked at a few lines, he suddenly heard the door of the study being opened, and then a light footstep walked in, and he knew it without looking up. The only person who can come to his study without knocking on the door is his granddaughter Ouyang Wanling, who just came back today.

At that moment, Ouyang Xiu raised his head, and sure enough, he saw Ouyang Wanling walking in with a tray, and he couldn't help but show a kind smile at the moment and said, "Wanling, how is your grandmother, is she sleeping now?" ”

"Grandfather don't worry, just now I personally served my grandmother to drink medicine, and now I have fallen asleep, and I heard the maid say that my grandmother's spirit is much better than this morning, and it is estimated that she will be fine after a few days of rest." Ouyang Wanling smiled and said, after she received the news of her grandmother's serious illness today, she immediately rushed back as quickly as possible, but now her grandmother's condition was not as strict as she imagined, which also made her secretly relieved.

As he spoke, Ouyang Wanling had already come to Ouyang Xiu's face, and then put down the tray in his hand and said with a smile: "I heard from the people in the house, grandfather was busy until midnight every day during this time, this is the medicinal porridge I learned from Princess Bao'an, with wolfberries, almonds, etc., which is most suitable for people like you, grandfather, who often stay up late." ”

Ouyang Wanling said and opened the lid of the porcelain basin on the tray, but a tempting fragrance immediately came out of it, which made Ouyang Xiu smell it deeply, and immediately opened his mouth to praise: "Wanling, your cooking skills are more and more exquisite, it just so happens that I am also hungry, quickly help me fill my stomach with a bowl!" ”

Seeing her grandfather's appearance, Ouyang Wanling couldn't help but chuckle, she lost her mother since she was a child, and her father was an official in other places, so in her heart, her grandfather Ouyang Xiu was actually more like her own father.

At that moment, Ouyang Wanling gave Ouyang Xiu a bowl of medicinal porridge, and there were a few side dishes on the tray, Ouyang Xiu was indeed hungry, and took the porridge bowl and ate it very sweetly. Ouyang Wanling waited for her grandfather to eat, and when she was very bored, her eyes just swept over the account documents in front of Ouyang Xiu, but after looking at it a few times, she shook her head slightly, whether it is an ordinary family or the imperial court, it is used in this kind of running account, and the accounts are recorded in words, just looking at it makes people have a headache.

Ouyang Xiu had just finished drinking a bowl of porridge at this time, and was about to let Ouyang Wanling help him fill another bowl, but he saw that she was looking at the accounts in front of her and shook her head, and there seemed to be a little contempt and disdain in her eyes, which made Ouyang Xiu also ask with some curiosity: "Wanling, why are you shaking your head when you look at these accounts?" ”

"Ah~" Ouyang Wanling was startled when she heard her grandfather's words, and hurriedly shifted her gaze to other places, because according to the rules, the official document that Ouyang Xiu brought back could not be looked at by anyone except himself, and she inadvertently saw that she had made a mistake just now, so she hurriedly defended herself, "No...... It's nothing!. ”

"No, you just looked at the official document in front of me and shook your head, and you seemed to be a little disdainful, what is this for?" Ouyang Xiu asked again, he always felt that Ouyang Wanling's demeanor just now was very strange.

Ouyang Wanling would not lie, let alone her most beloved grandfather, I saw that her face turned red at this time, and finally decided to tell the truth: "Qi ...... Grandfather, just now my granddaughter accidentally saw this account in front of you, although it seems to be written very clearly, but if you want to sort out all the accounts, it is very troublesome, I just know a way to make these accounts clear at a glance, so I will shake my head at these accounts. ”

Hearing Ouyang Wanling's words, Ouyang Xiu glanced at his granddaughter in surprise, and at the same time asked with some suspicion: "Wanling, do you really have a way to make these accounts clear at a glance?" ”

Ouyang Wanling also heard the suspicion in her grandfather's tone, which also aroused her a bit of competitiveness, and immediately took the pen on the table and wrote ten Arabic numerals on a piece of paper and said: "Grandfather, please see, these ten numbers represent ten numbers from zero to nine, and the arrangement between them represents the corresponding number ......"

Ouyang Wanling first explained the meaning and usage of Arabic numerals, and with Ouyang Xiu's intelligence, he naturally understood it as soon as he heard it, and then saw Ouyang Wanling draw a table according to the accounts, and fill in the numbers of each account into the table separately, as a result, Ouyang Xiu suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment when he saw this, and then slapped the table and shouted: "Wonderful, why didn't I think of such a simple way?" With these things, it will be much easier to keep accounts in the future! ”

Seeing her grandfather's surprised appearance, Ouyang Wanling couldn't help but smile, Arabic numerals were learned by her from Zhao Yan, as for the method of table bookkeeping, she learned it from Cao Ying, and now the entire county palace has begun to use this new bookkeeping method, so everyone in the palace who has a little status must learn this bookkeeping method.

"Wanling, where did you learn these numbers and bookkeeping methods?" Ouyang Xiu was excited for a long time, and then he remembered to ask this crucial question, he knew his granddaughter, these things were definitely not something she could come up with.

"Grandfather Qiqi, these are all I learned from the county king, and the county king also talked about many interesting things in the school, if my grandfather is free in the future and my grandmother's illness is cured, I can tell you one by one." When Ouyang Wanling talked about Zhao Yan, her face was also filled with a happy expression, although Zhao Yan had not written poems to her again during this time, but the knowledge she heard Zhao Yan talk about at school opened her eyes, and at the same time, she admired Zhao Yan even more.

"What, these are actually from Zhao Yan's hands?" Ouyang Xiu also showed an incredible expression when he heard this, and after a long while, he came to his senses, and then asked, "Wanling, what's going on with the school you are talking about, can it be that Zhao Yan still can't teach in person?" ”

"Yes, grandfather, you may not know, the king of the county is not only talented, but also has a rare kindness, he built a school next to the courtyard outside the city, and enrolled many students, many of whom are poor children of tenant families, and the things that the king of the county talks about are also novel and profound, many of which I don't understand, and even the old fairy Cao invited him to give lectures in the Taoist temple." Ouyang Wanling said proudly again, the man she fancied was really different, even if she was willing to be a concubine for such a man.

"Even Cao Yan invited Zhao Yan to give a lecture, it seems that Zhao Yan is really not simple!" Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but be shocked again when he heard his granddaughter's words, although he knew that Cao Yan was not a real immortal, but he was proficient in Confucianism and Taoism, and even he might not be able to compare with the other party, even such a person had to ask Zhao Yan to give a lecture, which made Ouyang Xiu suddenly have a great interest in what Zhao Yan said. (To be continued!)

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