The eldest lady just watched coldly at first, she didn't believe that a country boy could do any tricks, although she had learned from the fat shopkeeper that Houlong Village came forward to buy brown sugar and acted in a crying trick, there was a stupid big man, but she still insisted that the real mastermind behind the scenes was still Mr. Houlong. The stupid big guy is a pawn at best.

Gradually, however, her eyes began to become serious, for she discovered the beauty of the abacus--this little thing with beads strung on a bamboo stick was actually a measuring utensil! And it was extremely sensitive and convenient to use, and it was much easier to use than a counting chip.

Unconsciously, the eldest lady has stood beside the stupid big man, watching him fluently play abacus, and then write down the accounts one by one in the new account book, and then look at the account book, and then look at the account book, and then be stunned, first of all, the accounts on the account book, not the heavenly and terrestrial branches that the eldest lady is familiar with, but some ghost-drawn symbols, and even sometimes a circle, and secondly, this account book is divided into several rows and columns, indicating the words "expenditure" and "income", not a running account.

The eldest lady was born in a businessman, and was quite proficient in the economy, and soon found that this calculation tool should be a new way of accounting and accounting when combined with ghost drawing symbols and account books.

Does the gift that Houlong Village is talking about refer to this? This gift is really a great gift for all the families who buy and sell all over the world!

At this moment, there was a crisp sound, and the stupid big man stopped his fingers that were planning to plate, wrote down the last number in the account book, and said loudly: "Auntie, last month, your family spent a total of 226 taels of silver and 47 copper coins for food, and the actual expenditure was 103 taels of silver, and 123 taels of silver and 40 copper coins were falsely reported for expenses, of which one tael was falsely reported for green vegetables, three taels for eggs, and ten taels for high-grade polished rice--"

Although she knew that there had always been a phenomenon of false reporting of expenses in the kitchen-the daughter-in-law of the housekeeper of a large family could not go out shopping in person, so she could only hand it over to the housekeeper below, and the housekeeper had a little oil and water on his hands, which had become common sense, and even some evil servants bought the bad and smelly ones for the master's family to eat, and they ate better than the master's house, and there were such things - but this matter was exposed in front of the old lady, but it wasn't a slap in the face, indicating that he had no way to be a housekeeper？

The eldest lady quietly called a maid ring with her at the moment: "Go, look at the people in the kitchen, even their homes are sealed, before I dispose of it, you must not get rid of a person, hum, more than two hundred taels of silver food expenses dare to deduct more than one hundred and twenty taels, greedy for more than half, the heart is black enough!"

The old lady didn't see the eldest lady's small movements, and called the stupid big man: "Child, this is also interesting in your account book, can you tell the eldest lady what these ghost-drawn things are?"

The stupid big man took out a few pieces of paper from his arms: "Auntie, this is not a ghost drawing, but Arabic numerals, then, on this paper are the numbers and Arabic numerals corresponding to my big Li Dynasty, and the next table is a ninety-nine multiplication table, as well as four ways to operate." There is also the use of abacus and double-entry ledgers. ”

The old lady was old and refined, and as soon as he explained it stupidly, he immediately understood that this great gift from Houlong Village was an immeasurable treasure for any businessman! Not to mention anything else, a double-entry accounting method alone has eliminated many loopholes in the accounts that could not be prevented before.

What is this? This is the massive amount of silver in white flowers! In contrast, the method of making snow sugar from brown sugar is only a temporary benefit, and one day, you will be able to develop the method of making snow sugar by yourself, but you didn't expect that many processes are just a layer of window paper for the master, as long as you try it again and again, you will be able to succeed.

The old lady straightened her clothes and said solemnly to the stupid big man: "The old man represents all the families, thank you Mr. Houlong for this great gift." ”

The stupid big man grinned: "I said it earlier, we only have Brother Guo in Houlong Village, there is no Mr. Houlong, but you don't believe it, forget it, I have already taught you what I should teach, I'm leaving." As he spoke, he swaggered away.

At this time, the eldest lady ordered to go to the house arrest kitchen and hurried back: "Back to the eldest lady, as soon as the kitchen slaves were arrested, they were all recruited, and they had a small notebook, which was used to divide the dirt in private, and in this month alone, they were greedy for a hundred--"

Before she finished her words, the eldest lady had already rushed to say: "One hundred and twenty-three two zero forty-seven copper coins!"

Yahuan nodded, and the eldest lady looked at the account book sorted out by the stupid big man again, her eyes lit up: "Old lady, my daughter-in-law will send someone to pass on this set of methods taught by Mr. Houlong to all the shopkeepers of our families, and from now on, the old accounting method will be completely abolished and replaced with double-entry accounting." By the way, I will also send a capable audit team to take a good look at the old accounts of the past years, and whoever dares to do it will all spit it out to me!"

The old lady pondered: "The matter of checking the accounts will be exempted, the movement is too big, and now our families can't make a mess." As for the teaching of new numbers and accounting methods in stores across the country, the daughter-in-law, we will not only teach the people in our own stores, but also teach them to the merchants who have business dealings with us for free. ”

The eldest lady was stunned: "Why is this? This is the treasure that Mr. Houlong gave to our family!" The eldest lady has long forgotten the unhappiness of being punished for kneeling because of the snow candy. One bite of Mr. Houlong.

The old lady sighed: "Daughter-in-law, your eyelids are still a little shallow, and the Arabic numerals, ninety-nine multiplication tables, four operations and double-entry accounting taught by Mr. Long are all important things for the benefit of the country and the people." What's more, these things were all invented by Mr. Houlong, and even if our families don't teach them, sooner or later they will spread all over the world through Houlong Village. Mr. Houlong gave us this gift, which is to hope that all of you will spread these new methods throughout the world of the Great Li Dynasty, and the good name of my family will also spread with these methods to the north and south of the country, and even overseas countries can hear about it. ”

The eldest lady nodded heavily: "Mother, daughter-in-law understands, now all families are not short of money, what is lacking is reputation, if my family is famous all over the world, no matter who comes to power, if you want to move my family, you have to think about the public opinion." ”

The old lady clapped her palms: "Daughter-in-law, this time you are to the point!"

The eldest lady sighed suddenly: "It's a pity that we had a little unpleasant trouble with Mr. Houlong because of the snow candy, otherwise, we should really make friends with this strange man." I've always felt that it's not something that can easily be given as a gift with double-entry accounting. ”

The old lady had actually thought of this question a long time ago, and she half-closed her eyes: "Daughter-in-law, do you still remember the toffee that Fukun gave as a birthday gift?"

The eldest lady nodded, and was suddenly stunned: "Mother, you mean, this toffee should also be invented by Mr. Houlong?"

The old lady said: "The toffee sent by Fukun was obtained from a village girl in Houlong Village, and it is also a gadget that Mr. Houlong rectified." At that time, Fukun spent fifty taels of silver to buy the toffee, speaking of which, this is also the fate of our family and Mr. Houlong. It's better to send Fukun to Mr. Houlong, in this name, let's just say that Mr. Houlong's Arabic numerals and four arithmetic operations are too difficult, so that the children can learn hard. ”

The eldest lady clapped her hands: "Okay! Fukun, this kid is not a way to wander around, it's good to let him follow Mr. Houlong's side to collect his heart." ”

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were muttering, when they suddenly heard a noise outside, and a mother-in-law hurried over: "Big lady! Big lady! Oh no, the little young master has beaten people, and he can't pull it!"

said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, as soon as he talked about the little master, the little master made trouble again!

The eldest lady stood up suddenly: "What do you say? Okay, who provoked the little master again?"

But the old lady was calm: "Daughter-in-law, don't panic, although Fukun does things publicly, he is not a bully, come and inquire, why did the little young master beat people?"

However, there was no need for anyone to inquire, only to see the little young master tying a person with a rope, and even dragging and kicking in, and shouting: "Let this guy ruin the reputation of our family! You dare to lie even about the silver I rewarded? and bully other little girls? See if I don't kill you!"

When the eldest lady saw it, she didn't look at the unlucky guy who was being beaten, and said in a loud voice: "My little ancestor, see that you are sweating, quickly, bring water to the little young master and wash his face, go to the small kitchen to get my rose dew seeds, and give the little young master a bowl to drink to go to the summer." ”

The little young master kicked the tied guy again, and shouted to the eldest lady: "Mother, I'm so angry, drive this guy out of our family, the family is far away, don't lose my face!"

The eldest lady took a closer look at the tied guy, and recognized at a glance that the person who was beaten like a pig's head was the big shopkeeper of her own Wangjiang Building.

The big shopkeeper of Wangjianglou is also an old servant of the Zhu family, and even has some distant relatives with the eldest lady, but at this time, the eldest lady didn't bother to ask why he was beaten, but just ordered the girls to serve her son, twisted the handkerchief and washed the little master's face, and watched him drink half a bowl of rose dew, rolling in the arms of the old lady and coquettish, only then did he take the time to take the big shopkeeper of Wangjianglou aside, and said with a cold face: "Say, why did you provoke the little master?"

The big shopkeeper of Wangjiang Tower shouted hard: "Big lady, the little one is just settling accounts in Wangjiang Tower, and the little young master suddenly ran in, and he beat me up without a head, and dragged me to you, I really don't know where I provoked this little ancestor again." ”

The eldest lady sneered: "Fart! Although the little young master does things by his own temperament, he will never wronged people, there is one thing to say, you must have done something to make him unhappy, you quickly make it clear, I will see if I can say a few good words in front of the little young master for you." ”