Wei Yan took his three sons to leave the county to govern Nanzheng and came to Chuyang, not only to inspect the counties, but also to prepare camps for the upcoming army led by Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng. Prime Minister Zhuge wants to bring more than 100,000 troops into Hanzhong this time and launch a large-scale northern expedition, and it is not possible to camp without a large enough place. It is located on the north bank of the river, at the eastern foot of Yangping Mountain, the westernmost part of the Hanzhong Plain, to the north can go straight to the old road of Chencang, enter Guanzhong, or go west into Longyou, to the south is the Jinniu Road that leads directly to Chengdu, it can be said that it is the key point in the west of Hanzhong, and it is really the most suitable to camp here.

Follow Daddy to walk in the mountains and plains during the day, check the terrain, listen to Daddy explain various terrain and terrain, how to arrange guards, camp, and then look at the map at night to review the knowledge points learned during the day, and make up for the military foundation, Wei Ba's next days were tense and fulfilling. Concerns about calligraphy and official documents have also disappeared unconsciously. Father Wei Yan and eldest brother Wei Feng are not very learned people, except for being proficient in stinky handwriting, they are not much better than him, and the official documents are written simply and straightforwardly, without any literary brilliance. After comparing the official documents sent from Chengdu, even Wei Ba himself felt a little ashamed of himself. Look at the official documents written by others, that is called classical Chinese, the father and son of the Wei family are regarded as vulgar and unliterate martial artists, and they are not wronged.

Wei Ba didn't dare to point fingers at his father, but he could make suggestions. During a few small talks between father and son after a meal, Wei Ba made a tactful request.

"Daddy, I want some money."

"What do you want money for?" Wei Yan held the wine glass in one hand and looked at the account book with the other, his sword eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and he didn't seem to be in a good mood. Hearing Wei Ba's words, he didn't look back, just asked in passing.

"I'd like to buy some books to read."

"Books? What book? ”

""The Art of War", as well as "The Book of Filial Piety", "Spring and Autumn" or something, if there is more than enough, buy some "Poems" and the like."

""The Art of War" and "The Book of Filial Piety" are available in Nanzheng, and I will give them to you when I go back." Wei Yan snorted, closed the account book heavily, threw it on the ground, and shouted: "What kind of messy accounts do you remember, take it over, let them re-transcribe it clearly and send it back." ”

Wei Feng hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the account book and smiled wryly. Wei Yan turned his head and looked at Wei Ba: "After reading "Spring and Autumn", you can know the ancient and modern, and it is not bad to have time to read it, what is the use of "Book of Songs", what is the use of buying it?" ”

"Reading "Poems" can increase knowledge and increase literary talent. Didn't the Master say, words are not written, and deeds are not far. ”

"Bullshit!" Wei Yan took a sip: "Writing articles is just to talk about things, what's the use of just writing beautifully?" Just like these account books, it is only right to remember what things are and how much inventory there is, if you can't, it's bullshit, even if you say flowers, what's the use? ”

Wei Ba was silent. He knew that his father was using the topic to express his disdain for Yang Yi. The Yang family is a big family in Xiangyang, so of course there is nothing to say when writing articles. Among the official documents sent from the Prime Minister's Office in Chengdu, many were written by Yang Yi. Yang Yi probably deliberately wanted to humiliate the Wei family's father and son, and often sandwiched some very remote allusions into it, which made his father very angry.

"Especially for our generals, being able to win the battle is the foundation of our life, what is the use of writing a good article? You Lao Tzu and I can still read and write official documents, like some people don't even know the words, and they don't lead soldiers in the same way? ”

Wei Ba lowered his head, not daring to look at his father Wei Yan again, he knew that he had said the wrong thing today. When he read the official document two days ago, he saw the newspaper of Ma Zhong's meritorious service, so he asked some about Ma Zhong's situation, and then he learned that Ma Zhong had limited literacy and was semi-illiterate, while Wang Ping, another general who had not yet become famous, was simply illiterate, and he could not read a basket of so-called Dou Da words. The implication is that the father and son of the Wei family can read and write official documents freely, and they can already be regarded as knowledgeable.

Worse than me, of course, is not good, but better than my haode, may not be useful. This is Wei Yan's psychology at the moment.

Wei Feng poked Wei Ba with his elbow and motioned for him to stop talking. "I've been nervous lately, and I'm not in a hurry to buy books, so I'll talk about it later."

Wei Ba nodded knowingly, and glanced at the account book in Wei Feng's hand: "What is this?" ”

Wei Feng smiled bitterly: "The account that Weiyang Ling just sent me, I remember that it is complicated and mixed, and it is difficult to find out for a while, which is really a headache." He glanced at his father Wei Yan with an angry face, and said in a low voice: "The prime minister will come soon, Yang Yi will definitely come to check the accounts, if you can't figure out the accounts in time, you will inevitably be humiliated by him at that time." ”

The corners of Wei Ba's eyes twitched, he took the account book, opened it and read a few pages, and suddenly felt that his head was big. These account books are all running accounts, according to the date and date, write down a pen, zuihou write a result, whether this result is right, only God knows, if you want to check it correctly, you must calculate the whole account from the beginning, and there can be no mistakes in the middle, otherwise you have to start all over again.

Don't say that Wei Yan looked unhappy about these accounts, even Wei Ba looked a little dizzy. Thinking of the thick stack of ledgers that Weiyang Ling had just delivered, Wei Ba's temples began to pound. It was almost an impossible task to find out all these accounts before Yang Yi came. In other words, this time he was bound to be ridiculed by Yang Yi's old enemy.

No wonder Daddy is in a bad mood.

Wei Ba thought for a while, and suddenly said: "This account is difficult to check, we can redesign a form and let them refill it, maybe it can be more convenient." ”

"Forms?" Wei Feng was stunned for a moment, and looked at Wei Ba in surprise. Wei Yan, who was drinking stuffy wine, also glanced at Wei Ba. Wei Ba smiled, picked up the chopsticks, dipped the wine and drew a schematic diagram on the case, and explained the format of the account book in his memory. When Wei Yan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again. Wei Feng said with some worry: "The method you said is good, but for a while, where can there be so many forms?" I think the tables you mentioned seem to be quite complicated, and if you ask people to draw them one by one, I'm afraid no one will want to do that. ”

Wei Ba felt that it made sense, if he wanted to copy these account books again, it would probably take thousands of pages of account pages, and drawing them by hand was a task that was enough to make people faint. Alas, if there was a photocopier, even a mimeographer, thousands of copies could be printed as long as one plate was engraved.

Wait, although there is no mimeograph machine, it is not difficult to engrave a plate. Wei Ba had an idea, and suddenly remembered engraving printing. As the initial stage of printing, engraving printing is more primitive than the later movable type printing, but the application time is particularly long, until the 21st century, there are still many things to use engraving printing, such as printing New Year paintings or something, that is still color printing. When Wei Ba traveled in the ancient city of Yangzhou, he once visited the Engraving and Printing Museum, and out of the instinct of a jishu person, he once learned about this historical jishu.

"It's not a big problem, I can prepare a 10,000-page form in two days, just ask the counties to re-transcribe ......"

Wei Yan stroked his beard and thought for a moment: "As long as it's a good idea, I'm not afraid that they will dare to disobey." What I'm worried about is whether there will be any problems with your method, which will be criticized by others, and then it will be given to others. ”

Wei Ba smiled, even if my accounting method is not thorough, it will definitely be several times better than your running account. Wei Feng was more experienced, he thought about it a little, and said with a smile: "Father, this is very simple, we can invite the master bookkeeper, Mr. Li and the Peng history of each Cao, to discuss it, and see if this accounting method of the overlord brother is applicable." They are all old bookkeepers who are good at money and food, and they must know right from wrong. ”

Wei Yan nodded again and again, waved his hand and said: "Ah Feng's words are reasonable, you should do it quickly, if it is feasible, then Ah Ba will immediately take care of this matter, what is needed, although it is said." The prime minister is coming, time is tight, the sooner it is done, the better. ”

Wei Yan acted resolutely, and immediately asked people to call the accompanying officials of Cao Peng. These people have been busy all day and are enjoying a rare leisure, and a few of the older ones have already gone to bed, and they were suddenly called over, and they were in a bad mood, but in front of Wei Yan, they didn't dare to show any unhappiness, so they could only stand in the hall with a silent face.

Wei Yan looked at the faces of these people and was uncomfortable, and his face was gloomy. Seeing this, Wei Feng hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, lest Wei Yan offend people as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Gentlemen, I have invited you here so late because I have something to discuss with you." Wei Feng pointed to the pile of account books and said, "This is the account book that Chu Yang just sent, I think you have already seen it." You are all old people who have been on the board for many years, I don't know how you feel about this? ”

The main bookkeeper Cheng An is a member of the Nanzheng clan, nearly fifty years old, and is the head of the history of the Taishou Mansion in Hanzhong, and he is as unruly as Wei Yan is also afraid of him. Hearing Wei Ba's words, everyone else's eyes looked at Cheng An, and Cheng An naturally raised his head and glanced at Wei Feng lightly: "We have seen it, and we haven't found any problems." Could it be that Major General Fei saw something wrong with this? ”

"I didn't see anything wrong. The accounts are complicated, and even if there is anything wrong, I am afraid it will be difficult to find out for a while. Since all the old gentlemen think it's okay, of course I don't doubt it. Wei Feng smiled, "However, Yang Yi, the prime minister who joined the army, is good at calculation, we can't see it, it doesn't mean that he can't see it, Mr. Cheng, don't you say?" ”

Cheng An's white eyebrows twitched, and the corners of his mouth twitched, but he didn't speak. He understood what Wei Feng meant. As the master of the Hanzhong Taishou Mansion, he has repeatedly represented Wei Yan to report to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yang Yi's trickiness and shrewdness are impressive, although Yang Yi is aimed at Wei Yan, but after all, it is he Cheng An who is scolded in person, and a person of his age is reprimanded by a person who is less than forty years old, which makes him very uncomfortable. It's a pity that as Wei Feng said, Yang Yi is good at calculation, as long as there is a little problem in the account books, he can see it, even Cheng An, who is old and sophisticated, has to accept this. He has read all these ledgers and found no problems, but it doesn't mean that Yang Yi won't be unable to see the problem.

Could it be that Wei Feng asked them to re-examine it out of prudence? As soon as he thought of this, Cheng An's heart fluttered.