Zhang Quanan was stunned and unhappy.

Why, you just crossed the river and wanted to tear down the bridge? Yes, the black gastrodia is very precious, very rare, and very sought-after, but if he hadn't protected it in secret, he would have been able to recover it so smoothly?

You know, there are people behind the Rejuvenation Hall, right?

Just as he was about to speak again, he heard Sheng Zhu continue: "Others, I will never sell it if it is less than fifty taels; Your Excellency, you are different, you are an honest official, and your sleeves are clean, I will sell you another fifty taels and one pounds, are you still a person? ”

Zhang Quanan: "......"

I always feel that these words are not praising him, but sarcastic him.

Is he an honest official? Hmph, don't think he doesn't know, the people secretly nicknamed him, what is the "Ten Qian County Order", and scolded him for being a corrupt official.

But after thinking about it again, I felt that I might have thought too much, Sheng was just a rural village woman, she didn't know a few words, she knew what sarcasm was, and she probably just wanted to pat him on the back.

As a result, Zhang Quanan accepted the character of "incorruptible" with peace of mind, and his small eyes smiled into a slit.

"Okay, since my brother and sister have a heart, I'm not welcome. You see, how much is the right amount? ”

Sheng Zhu thought for a while, his face ached, and said, "Then... Forty-nine taels and five cents! ”

Zhang Quanan twitched the corner of his mouth, "...... Thank you. ”

Sure enough, it's a rural village woman, not atmospheric at all, and cheap five dollars of silver is also called cheap?

It doesn't matter, anyway, he's not bad for money, and he doesn't care about the five dollars and five taels.

Zhang Quanan immediately asked people to come over and weigh the weight of Tianma, and the result was consistent with what the shopkeeper Miao said.

"Twelve catties and eight taels, forty-nine taels and five cents per catty, a total of ......" he raised his head and looked at the sky.

"Six hundred and thirty-three twenty-six dollars." Sheng Zhu said casually.

Zhang Quanan was surprised, and then disdainful.

Back then, he was a Jinshi who was admitted to the Jinshi by his own ability, and he was able to stand out among so many outstanding students in the country, and his arithmetic was naturally not bad, he hadn't even figured it out, you were a vulgar village woman?

For Shen Li's sake, Zhang Quanan still gave Sheng Zhu enough face, and only smiled: "My brother and sister are really good, but I'll do it again, it's wrong, I took advantage of your family, haha." ”

As he spoke, he asked for a pen and paper and began to draw the grid.

Sheng Zhu glanced at the side.

Zhang Quanan uses grid multiplication, also known as "paving brocade", which is to use arithmetic chips to calculate one by one, and then add them up - when she was in the third grade of primary school, a corner of the math book was introduced.

Zhang Quanan drew back and forth, reciting words in his mouth, and broke his fingers a few times, and it took half an hour and two times before he finally had an answer.

"Six hundred and thirty-three twenty-six dollars..." turned out to be exactly what Sheng Zhu said!

How is this—how is this possible?

Zhang Quanan was taken aback, and looked at Sheng Zhu like a monster, "Brother and sister have studied arithmetic?" ”

Sheng Zhu looked confused: "What is arithmetic?" ”

I don't even know what arithmetic is, so I can see that I haven't learned it at all, is it Meng? But that's too accurate.

Zhang Quanan was not convinced, he was a county master, but he actually lost to an illiterate vulgar village woman, can he still see people when he says it?

He asked, "Then how did you calculate the value of gastrodia in such a short period of time?" ”

"So that's what the adults said, it's very simple." Sheng Zhu suddenly realized, and then analyzed it to him, "Twelve catties and eight taels, one catty sells for forty-nine taels and five yuan, and first assumes that one catty sells for fifty taels, that is, six hundred and forty taels; If you deduct the overcalculated five dollars per catty, it is equivalent to deducting six taels or four dollars. If you subtract six taels from six hundred and forty taels or six taels or four dollars, isn't that six hundred and thirty-three taels and six dollars? ”

Let's do the math and find out.

This time it was Zhang Quanan's turn to look confused, not only stunned, but also with a pain in the head.

He grabbed Shen Liang next to him, "Brother Shen, did you understand what your daughter-in-law said?" ”

Shen Liang looked at Sheng Zhu, his eyes were full of smiles, and he nodded: "I understand, it's very simple." ”

Zhang Quanan was hit so hard that he began to wonder if he was old and had a dull brain, so he couldn't keep up with the pace of young people.

He sighed inwardly.

is old, it's not okay to be old, and you must tell the kitchen to stew some pig brain soup to make up for him later.

After calculating the price, Zhang Quanan asked someone to bring a few silver tickets and some broken silver and handed them to Shen Li, and repeatedly told his subordinates that they must keep these tianma well, and they must not be damaged, let alone lost.

Then he got up and said, "Let's go, I'll send you out." ”

Shen Liang hurriedly refused: "No need, the adults are busy with official business, how can it be troublesome." ”

Zhang Quanan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't bother, with our relationship, what are you still polite to me?" ”

As he spoke, he led the way out.

The couple looked at each other and had to follow.

The three of them chatted about some family things while walking, Sheng Zhu suddenly thought of a question, so he asked casually: "My lord doesn't open a medical hall, what are you doing when you buy so many gastrodia?" ”

Zhang Quanan smiled deeply.

At that time, when he heard the shopkeeper Miao talk about the wonders of this black red gastrodia, he moved his mind. Today, there are four concubines in the saint, the most favored is the biological mother of the Nine Emperor Princes, Concubine Jin, in addition to the Nine Emperor Princes, Concubine Jin also has a daughter, I heard that she has been smart since childhood, and she is deeply loved by the saints, and she was named Princess Yanxi just after one year old.

I don't know if God is also jealous of her good life, although this princess of Yanxi is loved by thousands of people, her body and bones are not very competitive, and she has headaches and dizziness, which cannot be cured for a long time.

If he offered this superb black gastrodia and cured the princess, even if it was only to alleviate her pain, there would be a splash of wealth waiting for him.

Thinking of the beauty, Zhang Quanan couldn't help but feel excited.

However, he quickly calmed down and dismissed the idea.

I'm just a small seven-pin county order, and I can't even enter the palace gate, so how can I offer treasure? What's more, if his superiors knew that he had overstepped his rank and paid tribute, he was afraid that he would be dissatisfied and stumble on him during the performance appraisal.

After thinking about it, Zhang Quanan still planned to dedicate this batch of black red gastrodia directly to the Nine Emperor Princes, the Nine Emperor Princes are the younger brothers of Princess Yanxi, and they must care about their own sister-in-law, as long as he leaks a little in front of Concubine Jin, he will naturally be able to reach the ears of the saint.

At that time, are you afraid that you will not have a good future?

At least the last time the embankment collapsed, he could make up for it, and it also saved him from worrying, for fear that the flower feathers on the top would be picked at some point......

Seeing that Zhang Quanan's face was flickering, and he didn't know what he was thinking, Sheng Zhu's mind changed, and he also felt that there were some things that he should not inquire about, so he immediately stopped the topic.

"I just ask casually, if it's inconvenient for adults to say, you can ignore me."

Zhang Quanan came back to his senses and said with a smile: "There's nothing that can't be said, the black red gastrodia is extremely rare, and the capital has fried a hundred taels of silver a catty, so I want to make a little difference from it and make a little money." ”

Of course, the real reason can't be told to her, lest the news be revealed, and it will not be good if she is intercepted halfway.

Sheng Zhu nodded, and did not doubt it.

The three of them walked to the door of the yamen and were about to say goodbye, when they suddenly heard a commotion not far away, occasionally mixed with the sharp scolding of a woman.

Immediately afterwards, Hu Yuniang ran over with her hair disheveled and disheveled, looking back as she ran, as if there was a vicious dog chasing her behind.

Seeing them, Hu Yuniang's eyes lit up, and she didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, she tripped over her foot and fell at Shen Li's feet.

Then, she grabbed the hem of Shen Li's clothes, looked up at the embarrassed but still charming face, and cried: "Shen Gongzi, save me!" ”

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