Chapter 201: Arabic Numerals
Jiang Yuqing returned to the harem and told Jing Yan about it. Jing Yan found an opportunity, so he called King Fu into the palace and gave him a hard beating.
"A manly man, self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world. As a prince, do you want to be the likes of Qian Hongtao if you are not upright and spoil your concubine and kill your wife? That's what I and the Emperor taught you? ”
The words made King Fu's face flushed. Only two days after he returned, news came out from the Fuwang Mansion that one of the concubines had been demoted to a concubine because of a big mistake and sent to Zhuangzi.
As for the little girl who came out, she was raised under her knees by another side concubine who had not yet made a living.
When Jiang Yuqing heard about it, he sneered: "This Fu King is not stupid yet!" ”
When Princess Fu's daughter was full moon, Jing Yan directly decreed that she should be canonized as the county lord and named "Jinhua". At this point, the little girl has also become the first veritable clan lord since the founding of Great Xia.
Although her father, King Fu, is not very smart, he is also Jing Yan's only brother, and he is really of royal blood. Besides, the royal family of Great Xia is too thin, as long as he doesn't make a big mistake in principle, Jing Yan is willing to give some decency.
Because of this holy decree, Princess Fu wept with joy at her daughter's full moon ceremony. She knew that Jiang Yuqing was helping her behind her back, so she was very grateful to her in her heart.
Only Concubine Li, who was still grounded, heard about it and said disapprovingly: "
No matter how much it comes out, it's just a girl, what is there to celebrate. I completely forgot that I was also a "girl".
When these words reached Jiang Yuqing's ears, she didn't even raise her eyelids, but said: "Just tell the Emperor about this." ”
As a result, Concubine Li was happy to mention the one-year lockdown period, which changed from one year to two years, which is gratifying.
March 12th. A unique store called "Guoan Supermarket" in Xicheng District has opened. It caused a sensation as soon as it opened.
It's because the way this store sells goods is so unique.
After walking in, the first floor is the fabric ready-to-wear shoes and socks area, the jewelry area, and various rouge gouache shops. There is even a special restaurant and snack shop street, as well as a children's play area.
Follow the wide ladder up to the second floor, where neat rows of double-sided shelves are located. The shelves are divided into categories, neatly placed with various goods, divided into several areas.
There is a food section, a fresh food section, a daily necessities section, a children's toys section, and even a place to sell various tools. Except for those who don't sell live animals, everything else you can think of has to be sold here.
No Xiao Er will chase you and ask what you want, the customers who come in can just shop as they like, take what they like directly from the shelf, and put it in the shopping cart with small wooden wheels provided by the supermarket.
Each item is topped by a small label indicating the origin and price of the item.
It doesn't matter if the customer is illiterate, next to each set of shelves there will be a smiling guy in uniform dress.
They are professionally trained in their services, and customers can ask them any questions, including prices.
After the customer chooses the goods he needs, he will be pushed to the counter at the exit and handed over to the account office for unified payment.
In addition, there are several security officers made up of disabled veterans in the mall, who are mainly responsible for supervising the safety of goods and people.
So don't think about coming in and stealing, once you are caught, you will compensate the supermarket for ten times the price of the product, or send it directly to the official.
The laws of Great Xia punished theft very severely, ranging from beating a board and fining silver, to cutting off two fingers and exile to a bitter cold land.
This ultimate shopping experience that integrates eating, drinking and playing has attracted countless people.
The large parking apron at the entrance of Guoan Supermarket was once crowded by all kinds of cars, which can be described as very popular. Every day, as soon as it opens, a large crowd pours in, and there are long queues at more than a dozen checkout counters.
In just ten days after opening, it achieved an average daily turnover of 37,000 taels, which can be described as extremely terrifying.
Jiang Yuqing also went to visit once, and recognized all the services and facilities inside, but the long list of numbers on the price tag gave her a headache.
This is especially true when there is a queue at the exit to check out.
Therefore, as soon as I went back, I sorted out the Arabic numerals and their calculation methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, as well as some simple table accounting methods.
With the rapid development of the Bactrian economy, the promotion of Arabic numerals seems to have become imperative.
When she was in He'an Hospital, she already had this idea. It's just that I haven't had the time to tinker with this at that time. At this time, it's not too late to take it out.
Jiang Yuqing took the things sorted out and went to the imperial study to find Jing Yan. Jing Yan is so smart, Jiang Yuqing immediately understood it after a little talk, and he also felt that it was very convenient and easy to use.
Several ministers were immediately summoned to the palace, especially those of the household department.
After Jiang Wenyuan studied for a while, he was like a treasure. In particular, the use of tabular ledgers simply made him ecstatic.
With this method of arithmetic and accounting, the tedious accounting work of his household department can be reduced by at least half.
Arabic numerals and their related calculations were also unanimously endorsed by several important ministers.
At the court meeting the next day, Jing Yan brought this method to the court again, and let people calculate it on the spot. Everyone unanimously agreed that this law was very feasible, and all voted in favor of it, and it was promoted nationwide.
The next day, Arabic numerals, along with their detailed counting and calculation methods, were published in the Kyoto Daily.
As soon as the newspaper was released, it caused a sensation in academic and business circles. All the colleges organize students to learn Arabic numerals and how to calculate them for the first time.
Everyone is amazed at how there is such a simple and easy-to-use method of counting in this world.
Those who are literate can recognize all ten numbers at a glance, and then learn this method of calculation quickly according to what is contained in the newspaper.
At the same time, He'an Hospital, Guoan Supermarket, and other large and small shops have begun to learn this method of numerical accounting. Especially the Guoan supermarket.
Jiang Yuhu organized all the employees of the mall to learn Arabic numerals at the first time. Even those who are illiterate can easily write it down. At the same time, the price tag of the product was changed to a number.
In this way, not only is the accounting fast, but also the price tag is small, which also makes the goods on the shelves look more beautiful. That's a big deal.
There was also good news from the Ministry of Industry, and they had successfully produced the first qualified piece of glass. Although the transparency has not reached the level of Jiang Yuqing's previous life, it has also reached the seventh or eighth layer.
After applying a layer of mercury (non-toxic, produced by mixing a solution of silver nitrate and glucose), both in terms of quality and clarity, it was much better than the one her third brother brought back from overseas.
Such a rare thing is tantamount to a golden hen that can lay eggs, and Jing Yan naturally can't pass on the technology, at least not for ten years.
After consulting with the ministers, it was decided to set up a state-owned glass workshop. Specializing in the production of mercury glass mirrors, and other glass products.
It's just that the workshop still needs a large amount of capital investment in the early stage. Master Jiang, who is full of wisdom (treacherous) and scheming (cunning) and is very good at capital operation, said that these are not things, and a few more agents will be recruited.
Yunzhou moved over there, and just took out a large amount of silver, he is still in pain, in short, he wants him to pay for it again.
So after some deliberation among the ministers, it was presided over by the household department. It is divided into ten major regions, including Nanjiang District, Lifu District, Southwest District, Northwest District, Dongyang District, Jiangnan District, Jiangbei District, Xianguo District, Tubo District and overseas Nanyang District, and other ten major regions are open to public bidding, and the glass agency is open for three years.
On the day of the China Merchants Conference, the big businessmen from all over the country almost crowded the venue.
They all know how rare glass is, whether it is Great Xia, the surrounding small affiliated countries, or even the South Seas, this market is almost blank.
Businessmen are profit-seeking, and everyone naturally wants to get a piece of such a big cake.
In the end, after a fierce competition, except for Jiang Yuhu, who was determined, got the fattest Jiangnan District. The other nine regions were all taken by powerful businessmen from all over the country, including the Shen family.
According to the size and affluence of the bidding area, the winning agent will pay a deposit of 10-250,000 taels of silver, which will be deducted from the subsequent payment.
On the same day, the household department received a total of 1.75 million taels of deposits from the big businessmen. With so much money, not to mention building a glass workshop, it is enough to build ten. Jiang Wenyuan couldn't stop laughing.
The monarchs and ministers of Daxia, who had tasted the sweetness, took advantage of the fact that the big businessmen had not left, painted the scoop according to the gourd, and took out the cement merchant to bid for it, which was a large amount of silver into the account.
With these two things alone, the treasury received more than three million taels of silver at once.
Most of the treasury, which had been emptied up by the land movement in Yunzhou and southern Xinjiang, was once again abundant, so that when Jiang Wenyuan walked, he was floating.
The ministers also admired Jiang Wenyuan's ability to make money, and he should sit in the position of the secretary of the household.
The news reached the ears of the Emperor Taishang, but he was very happy. Very embarrassed and showed off to a group of old men and old ladies: "See, in terms of knowing people and making good use of them, then it is still me, which of you has this vision?"
Let's just say, is he very good at the book I chose? ”
Old man Jiang nodded in agreement: "You really have a good eye. But no matter how good he is, he has to call me daddy! ”
Emperor Taishang: "......."
Old man Jiang finally raised his eyebrows and exhaled a sigh, and walked away with his hoe and led his big black bull, humming an out-of-tune song as he walked: "The red sun breeze blows the seedlings, and the birds in the clouds know the spring dawn......"
At the same time, Jiang Yuqing was worried about Bai Xiaojiu. After returning from Yunzhou, she fulfilled her promise to take Bai Xiaojiu to a big meal. Put it in the spiritual realm and let it eat enough.
As a result, this product was too self-indulgent, and he actually caught Bai Xiaoshi's pet demon beast and ate it.
When Bai Xiaoshi found out, he exploded and pressed it to the ground and beat it violently. didn't think it would be too heavy, but after Bai Xiaojiu struggled for a while, there was no sound, and blood flowed from his mouth and nose.
When Bai Xiaoyi saw it, he thought that he had caused a tiger's life, so he was so frightened that he quickly pulled Jiang Yuqing in to save the tiger. After Jiang Yuqing examined Bai Xiaojiu, he found that it only broke two ribs.
This injury is not fatal, and the reason why he is unconscious is because there is a very strange and violent aura in the sea of consciousness in his brain.