Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Chapter 11 My father-in-law wants me to be the chief clerk, and to be in charge of education in the late Han Dynasty?
  In the post house.

The simple oil lamp emits a faint yellow flame.

Zhuge Qiao held a piece of bamboo in his left hand, and used a book knife in his right hand to scrape off the typos on the piece of bamboo.

Although paper has been used in the Han Dynasty, and Zuobo paper was popular during the Ling Emperor's period, the manufacturing technology of Han paper still cannot produce paper that is easy to preserve.

Coupled with the years of war, the promotion of paper has also been affected. Daily notes are still mainly made of bamboo slips and wooden slips that are easy to preserve.

The hand knife in Zhuge Qiao's hand is a special knife specially used for scraping out typos. The knife has a ring at the end and is usually hung around his waist.

After scraping off the typos, Zhuge Qiao dipped his pen in ink and used a neat small ink to write down the words on the bamboo piece again.

If you want to look at the entire text, the words on the bamboo slips are the content of the "Mill Method" in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic".

The general idea is that the grain exchange standard is based on millet, and the known standard exchange ratio is used to calculate how much millet can be converted from brown rice, polished rice, wheat, rice and other grains.

This is a very common and simple four-term proportion calculation rule in later generations. In this era, only a few people who are proficient in arithmetic can clearly understand it.

After all, this is an era when knowledge is not yet widespread.

This arithmetic theory is widely used in practice.

For example, military rations include brown rice, polished rice, soybeans, adzuki beans, sesame seeds, wheat bran, black soybean, distiller's yeast, imperial rice, fried rice, etc.

As the commander-in-chief of the army, he will not care about the specific amount of brown rice, polished rice, soybeans, or royal rice.

The chief bookkeeper or grain officer in the army will convert these different types of military rations into millet.

What is finally presented to the general is how many millet stones need to be consumed every day.

After writing down the method of millet, Zhuge Qiao annotated the uncommon characters on the method of millet, and at the same time, he recorded the analysis and examples of the method of millet on new bamboo slips in vernacular.

"As a scholar, if you cannot manage the classics, you cannot be called a Confucian scholar."

"I'm a master of Nine Chapters of Arithmetic. Although it's a bit worse than my master of Four Books and Five Classics, it's also in line with my current personality."

Zhuge Qiao raised his lips slightly.

Although arithmetic is very practical in practice, in the eyes of famous officials and scholars, it is a trivial matter and cannot be promoted to the level of elegance.

Zhuge Qiao knew very well.

His performance during the day can be hidden from ordinary people, but not from those who are good at calculation and suspicious.

To be the heir of the strategist general Zhuge Liang, even if he is not a genius, he is not a fool, at least he must be a mediocre person.

Zhuge Liang is now the military advisor and general in charge of money, food and taxation, so it makes sense that Zhuge Qiao is proficient in arithmetic.

If Zhuge Qiao's hobby is to solve "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", even if some people suspect that Zhuge Qiao is hiding his clumsiness, they will not think highly of Zhuge Qiao.

He is just proficient in arithmetic, as if no one can do it.

If he doesn't understand power and military strategy, he doesn't understand internal politics, so he's just an ordinary person.

After extinguishing the oil lamp, Zhuge Qiao carefully reviewed his performance during the day and everyone's reactions before closing his eyes and falling asleep.

The chess game is full of dangers, and Zhuge Qiao cannot allow any negligence.

The next day.

Liao Hua sent people to summon Zhuge Qiao early in the morning.

Although Liao Hua was also a capable general, as Guan Yu's military chief, Liao Hua's daily energy was more focused on money and food.

Zhuge Qiao did not hesitate. After a simple wash and meal, he came to Liao Huazai's office. Mi Zhu and Zhang Bao had their own things to attend to and did not join Zhuge Qiao.

"Ah Qiao, you are new here and you don't know many things yet. The Lord specifically asked me to familiarize you with the military's accounts today." Compared to yesterday, Liao Hua's behavior was more enthusiastic.

Zhuge Qiao observed the words and guessed that Liao Hua must have known the inside story, so he smiled and said: "Master Liao is too polite. Although the prince asked me to be your assistant, the accounts of the army still need to be handled by Master Liao. Let's go. Just go through the motions.”

Liao Hua smiled and said: "Ah Qiao, you have misunderstood. The Lord's intention is that I hope you can truly understand the military's accounts instead of just going through the motions."

Zhuge Qiao was slightly surprised: "Master Liao, what do you mean by this?"

Liao Hua glanced around and lowered his voice: "As the chief of the army, I am actually just chasing ducks to sell goods; what I am good at is going into battle to kill the enemy, not managing paperwork and money and food chores."

"Yesterday I thought Aqiao was dull, but unexpectedly Aqiao is quite proficient in arithmetic and accounting. Therefore, when the prince asked me, I gave him a suggestion."

"It's not as good as it is true! With Aqiao's talent, he is suitable to serve as the chief military officer; and Aqiao is the prospective son-in-law of the prince and prince. With Aqiao here, you don't have to worry about paperwork, money, food and other matters."

Zhuge Qiao didn't believe Liao Hua's self-effacement: "Master Liao, why do you have to belittle yourself? With your talent, if you don't want to be the chief but want to be a general, isn't it like sacrificing the first and chasing the weak?"

When Guan Yu was made a former general, Liao Hua was the former general's chief clerk.

Rushing the duck to the shelves?
  That's the chief clerk, not the clerk!

Liao Hua saw that Zhuge Qiao didn't believe it, so he spread his hands and said bluntly: "Ah Qiao, this is the prince's intention! I am just conveying it on your behalf. If you want to be the prince's son-in-law, you can't just fiddle with an abacus and calculate real accounts."

For this reason, Zhuge Qiao also understood everything.

In fact, Guan Yu wanted Zhuge Qiao to be a management trainee and trained Zhuge Qiao as a senior military personnel.

Zhuge Qiao was quite pleased with his prospective father-in-law's love.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Qiao no longer refused.

The more information Zhuge Qiao has, the easier it will be for Zhuge Qiao to discover problems and avoid crises.

As Guan Yu's trusted military chief, Liao Hua, who came from a wealthy family in Miannan, had strong practical ability.

The military bookkeeper is not only responsible for accounting, but also involves paperwork and more specific allocation of money and food, but Liao Hua is able to manage all of this in an orderly manner.

The scholars that Guan Yu can look up to will not be ordinary scholars and Confucian scholars who talk about lofty topics, but must be heroes who truly understand practical matters and understand current affairs.

When Zhuge Qiao marveled at Liao Hua's talent, Liao Hua also gained a better understanding of the boy in front of him who was ten years younger than him.

"As expected of the eldest son of a military advisor, he is not only proficient in arithmetic, but can also see more essential contents through these actual accounts."

"This is not a talent that ordinary scholars can possess."

Through the flow of funds in the accounts, Zhuge Qiao can quickly infer the number of Guan Yu's troops and horses, the intensity of training, the scale of ordnance, and the popularity of armor.

And these inferences are almost always close to the facts.

This talent amazed Liao Hua.

"what?"

Zhuge Qiao suddenly made a sound in surprise.

Liao Hua heard the startled sound, so he approached and asked, "Ah Qiao, is there anything wrong with this account?"

Zhuge Qiao responded: "Master Liao, is it stipulated that the armor soldiers required by the princes must be new ones?"

Liao Hua wondered: "How is that possible? As long as the armored soldiers can be used, unless the scrapped armored soldiers can no longer be used; most armored soldiers will be repaired many times before being put into use. Ah Qiao, do you see what the problem is?"

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