Technology dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 121 [Accounting Artifact: Abacus! 】

"This is already good."

Lu Bu affirmed Zhou Zhang's efforts and achievements.

Phew. Hearing Lu Bu's words, Zhou Zhang heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that he was still satisfied with the General, and his future was promising.

Then, Zhou Zhang cupped his hands and asked, "General, are you going to brew a large amount of baijiu next?"

Nowadays, it is impossible to make new breakthroughs in a short period of time and brew new liquors.Zhou Zhang thought, such fine wine should be brewed more.If it is allowed to sell, the profit is quite high.

After all, this baijiu is unique.

Zhou Zhang and the Zhou family have already been tied to Lu Bu's big boat. Of course, they hope that Lu Bu's boat will be bigger and better.

Batch brewing is the general trend, but Lu Bu has to consider the issue of food, because brewing baijiu also consumes a lot of food.

But it can't be because of a large amount of wine making that there is not enough food to eat, then the gain outweighs the loss.

Now Jiaozhou is undecided, and chaos in the Central Plains is coming.

Lu Bu felt that it would be better to make a stable discovery first, so he said: "This general plans to open a large restaurant in Panyu City in Nanhai County and Guangxin City in Cangwu County first, and select sites near these two counties at the same time. Seek to build some breweries."

"Open a restaurant, build a wine shop?"

Zhou Zhang was overjoyed, General Kailai also understood business opportunities, and he could do a lot.

"However, as for how much baijiu to brew and how many wineries to build, you need to go to Chen Gong to discuss it. This must be done under the condition of ensuring sufficient food. And the five kinds of baijiu must continue to be brewed, of course, the ones with low concentration are the main ones."

"After the restaurant opened, it can only sell liquor with a concentration below 25, and store other liquors first."

Speaking of this, Lu Bu paused for a moment, looked at Zhou Zhang, and told him: "For myself, rare things are more valuable. Too much is not necessarily a good thing. You must know how to make full use of the value of liquor to obtain the maximum profit."

Zhou Zhang was shocked by these words. He thought that the general only knew a little about business, but he didn't expect that it was far more than that.I thought: I can’t pretend to be smart and do stupid things in the future.

"Everyone who obeys the general will never disobey in the slightest."

Zhou Zhang cupped his hands and said solemnly.

Lu Bu nodded in satisfaction, "Also, remember to keep it secret. The unique one is the most valuable. If you have nothing to do, go down and do things well. This general will not treat you badly."

"Remember, I will never disappoint the general's expectations!"

After Zhou Zhang saluted, he stepped back and left the General's Mansion.

At this moment, he is full of fighting spirit, full of enthusiasm, ready to show his talents, and the future is bright from now on!
After thinking about it, Lu Bu planned to divide the income from baijiu into three parts: at least [-]% for Lu Bu himself, up to [-]% for the General's Mansion, and up to [-]% for Zhou Zhang and his family.

Of course, this is the final arrangement, and Zhou Zhang can't be given too much sweetness right now, he must be gradual, so as to stimulate his fighting spirit and do things for himself.

Afterwards, Chen Gong sent some documents for Lu Bu to review, and at the same time asked Lu Bu about arithmetic.

Chen Gong has mastered the basic calculations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and is teaching them to some of his civil servants.It's just complicated multiplication and division calculations, and Chen Gong still has a lot of students who can't figure it out.

There is no age limit in academics. Chen Gong is not ashamed to ask, which is a persistent pursuit of knowledge and a correct attitude.

The key point is that this kind of Arabic numerals is really convenient to replace Chinese numerals and has great significance.

If Chen Gong and his civil servants can master it, then Chen Gong's work will be much easier.

After explaining Chen Gong's confusion, Lu Bu remembered something and asked, "Gongtai, what happened to those three people?"

Chen Gong was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that he knew who the three people Lu Bu mentioned were, and replied, "My lord, you mean Liu Xi, Xue Ren, and Cheng Bing. You didn't know them before, my lord?"

Hearing this, Lu Bu was surprised, "I don't know them, but I saw that they have extraordinary conversation and some literary talents. You know, talents are rare these days, and they are hard to come by. So, let's arrange for them to work at your place now. Why, do you know them?" ?”

Although the system steward Beast told the information about Liu Xi and Cheng Bing recorded in history, Lu Bu pretended not to know at the moment.

Otherwise, he would have to work hard to lie and make up a seemingly reasonable reason for nonsense.

Lu Bu didn't know Liu Xi and the other three, so Chen Gong felt normal.He replied: "My lord, I have indeed heard of one of the three of you. His name is Liu Xi. He is very talented. He has done a lot of research on Confucian classics and exegesis. He is a rare talent."

Lu Bu pretended to be shocked, and said: "It seems that God blesses us, knowing that we lack talents, so he sent them here. Since Liu Xi is a great talent, the other two must be not bad."

"Master Mingjian, the oldest of the three is Xue Ren. Although he is not well-known, he has tried it out and is a well-learned person. The youngest, Cheng Bing, has studied with Zheng Xuan and is equally knowledgeable."

Chen Gong nodded and said, he also felt that Lu Bu was too favored by the heavens, he was a man of great luck, and he would surely achieve great things in the future.

"Yes, since they are talents, as long as they are willing to do things for me, I won't treat them badly." Lu Bu smiled and said.

Chen Gong didn't know what to say about this, Lu Bu was really unique in recruiting talents, but most of Lu Bu's talents were passively recruited before.

However, Lu Bu has a strong appeal, which can make Chen Gong and others slowly recognize him, and then be convinced, and follow Lu Bu willingly.

After that, the two talked about government affairs until noon.

Lu Bu planned to stay at Chen Gong for lunch, but he declined.

"Gongtai, come here this afternoon. There is something new that should be helpful for your arithmetic learning."

Chen Gong was about to leave when Lu Bu remembered the abacus.

Hearing this, Chen Gong was startled, since Lu Bu said it was afternoon, he didn't ask any further questions, and replied: "I would like to obey the Lord's order."

Chen Gong walked out of the main hall full of expectations. Since it is a new thing made by Lu Bu, and it is about arithmetic, it must be something extraordinary.

Time flies, and it's more than half of the afternoon.

When Chen Gong came to the main hall, Lu Bu was teaching Lu Lingqi how to abacus.

Before time travel, Lu Bu learned abacus in primary school.Although it's been a long time, it's pretty quick to get familiar with now.

According to Lu Bu's request, the carpenter made six [abacus] in half a day. They look pretty good, and it will be more perfect if they are painted again.

"Meet the lord."

Chen Gong first bowed his hands in salute, his eyes fell on the abacus in Lu Lingqi's hands from time to time.

Chen Gong's first impression of the abacus was that it looked like a calculation tool, but there was a big difference in appearance, which made him very curious.

"There is no need to be formal." Lu Bu smiled, took Chen Gong's hand directly, looked at the other abacus on the case table, and said, "This is the new thing I told you before. It has a name called [ abacus】."

"I've met Mr.." Lu Lingqi got up and politely saluted Chen Gong.

(End of this chapter)