It's just a village, what else can you do with literati?

Meng Zhao, who was full of ambition, received the task the next day: to be an accountant!

"Alas, the mountains and rivers are exhausted, so keep the accounts, and you can only work hard every day." Meng Zhao sighed secretly.

His wife Yu Sanniang said: "Why should the prime minister sigh for a long time, as soon as he arrives in this Daming Village, he can be in charge of the account books, is there a better errand?" If the prime minister can manage the account books well, over time, he will be the heart of the village chief Zhu. Village Chief Zhu is both civil and military, and the future is limitless, so what's the harm in recommending one or two? ”

"That's right!" Meng Zhao suddenly woke up.

Although the Song Dynasty forbade local officials to hire staff privately, it retained a lot of power, that is, recommendation.

For example, to the county, you can recommend a senior official to serve as the chief secretary or county lieutenant of Xixiang County (this kind of small place, the main book does not require a jinshi background, and the county magistrate has a great chance of success.) However, the promotion of officials from the eighth rank is already the limit, and it is basically impossible to climb up).

Another example is Li Tongju, who can recommend a friend with meritorious service to serve as the assistant officer of Yangzhou.

As long as Zhu Ming becomes a local magistrate in the future, he can recommend Meng Zhao to be a minor official in the state capital!

was reminded by his wife, Meng Zhao was instantly full of energy.

Meng Zhao became the accountant, Tian San was arranged as the cashier, and the two were jointly in charge of the entry and exit of money and grain.

Zhang Guangdao is still running in the mountains in all directions, continue to work hard, and recruit some escapees, and he will be able to get the mare.

Bai Sheng also drove the boat back to the county seat to recruit people, and there were still seven people left, so he could reward another acre of land.

A few days later, the migrant households were organized to dig the weir pond in lieu of work. The aborigines of the village can also come to sign up to dig the pond.

Nowadays, there is not much public property in the village, and the water conservancy facilities are paid for by Zhu Ming. Since it is an individual investment, the ownership also belongs to the individual, and the villagers have to pay for the water they use.

"I'm not here to make those few water money," Zhu Ming said to his father, "it's a means of controlling the village, and it can consolidate the ruling order." After the water conservancy costs are recovered, the private property is donated to public property, and the water fees collected thereafter are all included in the public account of the village. ”

"I know you don't want money," Zhu Guoxiang flipped through the account book and couldn't help complaining, "It's all running accounts, it hurts my head to see it!" ”

Zhu Ming asked, "Do you know double-entry accounting?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I used to read it often, but I haven't done it myself. ”

"Then you can teach it." Ju Ming began to assign tasks.

More than 300 people dug the weir pond together, and the speed was quite fast.

In addition to digging soil and digging stones, all the excavated earthwork had to be transported to the bottom of the mountain for stacking.

In particular, the stones had to be moved farther to the river as the cornerstone for the construction of the tall drum car. For a ten-meter-high cylinder car, the foundation must be firm.

"Dangdang!"

Deng Chun was temporarily appointed as the head of the stonemasons, responsible for handling the large stones on the mountain wall.

Zhu Guoxiang divided the workers into five groups, each group arranged different tasks, and they could leave work after completing the daily workload. You can also take the initiative to work overtime, and you must pay overtime.

This order was transmitted, the efficiency was greatly improved, and everyone began to work hard, and it is estimated that the construction period can be shortened by one-third.

"Alas, the small people are ignorant, and they can only be driven away for profit." While Meng Zhao sighed, he also felt that he had learned useful knowledge.

Zhu Guoxiang arranged the tasks of each group today, and said to Meng Zhao: "Daguang comes with me." ”

Meng Zhao hurriedly followed and followed Zhu Guoxiang to the cottage.

Zhu Guoxiang took out a pen and paper and said: "Today's transmission of the law has nothing to do with the meaning of the scriptures, are you willing to learn?" ”

It has nothing to do with the scriptures, and it is so solemn, then it must be a family secret method, Meng Zhao hurriedly said: "Please teach Zhu Xianggong!" ”

Zhu Guoxiang wrote down a string of Arabic numerals and wrote the Chinese numerals next to them.

After a brief explanation, Meng Zhao understood it and wondered: "There are already words, why create another character?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "For convenience. ”

After speaking, Zhu Guoxiang wrote down the capitalization of Chinese numbers.

Meng Zhao said: "This is understood below, in order to prevent traitors from altering it. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I saw that the account book of Daguang was indefinite in the way of capitalizing numbers, so it was uniformly written in this way. ”

I. II. III. ...... This capitalization counting method began to be adopted in the Tang Dynasty, but it was not standardized and unified until the time of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Before the Ming Dynasty, take "Qian" as an example, which can be written in different forms such as "move", "Qian", "Qian", etc., as long as it is a homophone that is easy to understand.

Zhu Guoxiang flipped through the account books yesterday, not only the running accounts were a headache, but also the various capitalized numbers were also nonsense.

Today's lesson is to let Meng Zhao master Arabic numerals and capital numbers.

Meng Zhao thought that he was going to learn some secret method, but when he found that it was only two sets of characters, he instantly became uninterested, and he could remember this thing by watching it a few more times.

Zhu Guoxiang observed the change in his expression, and already knew his thoughts, and wrote a string of numbers casually: "12345678, how much is this?" ”

Meng Zhao checked the Chinese characters next to him and read: "One ......"

After pausing to count for a while, Meng Zhao said, "One thousand two hundred and thirty-four thousand six hundred and seventy-eight." ”

Zhu Guoxiang wrote down another series of numbers: "88888888, plus what is the number just now?" ”

Meng Zhao was completely stunned: "The number is too big, you have to use the calculation." ”

The form of the abacus had developed and matured in the Northern Song Dynasty, but it had not spread to the poor countryside. Moreover, the advanced use of abacus was not theoretically enriched until the Southern Song Dynasty.

Meng Zhao didn't even know how to play abacus, he only knew how to use it.

Zhu Guoxiang listed two strings of Arabic numerals as two rows together, and gave the answer of adding them in more than ten seconds.

Meng Zhao was a little unconvinced, ran to fold some small sticks, arranged and tossed for a long time, and the results were consistent with Zhu Guoxiang every time.

"This ...... This is Zhu Xianggong's arithmetic secret method? Meng Zhao was dumbfounded.

Zhu Guoxiang smiled: "This is just the simplest. ”

Meng Zhao was already shocked, and his disciple saluted: "Thank you, please give me the secret method of arithmetic." ”

Zhu Guoxiang had one more student in this regard, and he did not teach anything else, but only taught him to use Arabic numerals for four operations, and then used double-entry accounting as the basis for calculating accounts.

Meng Zhao is still quite smart, Zhu Guoxiang is very easy to teach, and he memorized Arabic numerals and standard capitalized numbers on the same day.

Even to speed up the teaching process, the symbols, addition, and vertical calculations are also taught.

Meng Zhaoru obtained the treasure, and after repeated practice, he went home happily.

"What's the good news for Xianggong today?" Yu Sanniang asked.

Meng Zhaoxi said: "Today, I worshipped Zhu Xianggong as a teacher and was given the secret method of arithmetic, but I don't need to count tens of millions!" The lady can just come up with two numbers, and I can immediately calculate the sum of their sums. ”

Yu Sanniang was quite curious, so she came up with an addition problem, which was probably a few thousand plus a hundred.

Meng Zhao lifted the pen and listed the vertical style, and it was done in three or two clicks, and said with a smile: "This question is really easy." ”

Yu Sanniang was busy asking why, and Meng Zhao patiently answered, so the couple studied mathematics together.

After a basic understanding, Yu Sanniang asked again: "The addition is like this, what about subtracting two by two?" ”

Meng Zhao said: "Today, I only taught addition, and I also taught subtraction symbols, which is how to write a horizontal." ”

Yu Sanniang was able to draw inferences from one another, write a subtraction vertical style by herself, and really make a subtraction problem quickly.

Immediately afterward, the couple worked out multiplication.

Since the multiplication symbols have not yet been taught, they draw a circle to represent multiplication, and use the ninety-nine table with the multiplication vertical type - the ninety-nine multiplication table of the Northern Song Dynasty is just the opposite of the multiplication table of later generations, and the first to memorize is ninety-nine eighty-one.

In one night, they figured out all the divisions.

The next day, Zhu Guoxiang went to arrange the construction site affairs first, and Meng Zhao still used the flow account to work.

In the afternoon, teaching continues.

"You have mastered addition, subtraction, multiplication and division?" Zhu Guoxiang was a little surprised.

Meng Zhao was quite proud: "I have learned arithmetic before, and Mr.'s method is very good, and it can be applied completely." It's just that this multiplication and division symbol, please teach Mr., I use a circle and a circle plus horizontal instead. ”

Multiplication and division are the terms of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic".

Zhu Guoxiang nodded approvingly: "The son can be taught!" The multiplication sign is a ×, and the division sign is like this. Today's lesson on fractions and decimals. ”

Meng Zhao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can the students pass on the method taught by Mr. to Humble Jing?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "It can be spread out, and the wider it spreads, the better." If your wife wants to learn, she can come to the lecture together. ”

"Thank you, sir!" Meng Zhao was even happier.

The next day, the students became two.

Moreover, Zhu Guoxiang found that the wife's learning speed was much faster than that of being a husband......

After careful inquiry, it turned out that Yu Sanniang was the younger sister of Yu Dayuan, and she had been learning writing and arithmetic with her father since she was a child. If it weren't for the fall of her family, she wouldn't have married Meng Zhao.

At the end of the lecture, Zhu Guoxiang paced back and saw his son writing hard: "What to write?" ”

"Journey to the West." Zhu Ming didn't raise his head.

Zhu Guoxiang said speechlessly: "I arranged the weir pond project in the morning, taught people mathematics in the afternoon, and inspected the construction site in the evening. ”

Zhu Ming said bitterly: "Dean Zhu, do you think I am willing?" This "Journey to the West" was written to Zheng Fatzi, not only to prostitute weapons from him, but also to get closer to the Zheng family. The Zheng family is richer than Lu Guanren, the richest man in Xixiang, and our future development cannot be limited to Xixiang County, but also pave the way in Yangzhou in advance. ”

"You have a valid reason." Zhu Guoxiang sat down.

Zhu Ming asked, "How did Meng Zhao learn?" ”

"It's quite smart," Zhu Guoxiang said, "his wife is smarter, and she can talk about everything." ”

Zhu Ming was curious: "His wife is also studying?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "I have officially apprenticed, this Yu Sanniang's name is Yu Shanwei, and the grandfather is also a big family in Yu Jiaao." After the death of my grandfather, several brothers broke up, and I heard that there was a lawsuit. Tossed and turned, and there was not much left of the land allocated by each family. ”

The middle and low-class families of the Song Dynasty were far less stable than those of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

If there is no one in the family to be an official, there are thousands of acres of land, and after a generation or two, it may decline rapidly.

Moreover, the division of the family is also extremely common, and the property is divided more and less.

"You've been here for so long, what should you do with the village school in Shangbai Village?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The old white man found a scholar outside the house, and he earned 800 yuan a month. ”

Zhu Ming teased: "It's higher than your salary." ”

"If I continue to teach, if he wants to be embarrassed, he will have to take the initiative to give me a salary increase," Zhu Guoxiang said, "I'll go back tomorrow to see, you keep an eye on the construction site." ”

Zhu Ming smiled: "Miss your wife?" ”

"Fuck off!"

Dean Zhu's face turned red, and he was poked in the heart by his son, but his mouth was stiff: "I'm going back to transport the dry wood, and by the way, recruit some carpenters to make cylinder cars!" ”

"Understood." Zhu Ming was still laughing.

At that moment, the father and son did the work handover, and Zhu Ming went to the weir pond construction site to star.

Looking at the construction scene in full swing, Zhu Ming's heart also became hot. After digging this weir pond, I went to dig a canal at the bottom of the mountain, and then built a high drum truck to divert water into the canal.

After the completion of these two water conservancy sites, corn and sweet potatoes will be planted next year, which will quickly solve the food and clothing of the villagers and take a solid step for the great cause of rebellion.

(End of chapter)