I eat property in Datang

Chapter 41 The Surprised Li Ji

Li Zhen didn't know what Huang Meng was doing at first, and he was even more confused by the crooked symbols. He didn't understand until Huang Meng filled in the Chinese characters in the column of the final statistics.

Huang Meng made a new type of account book, and this method is very special, simple and fast, and clear in a day.

The numbers are fast and correct.

Not a single mistake.

After all, he had written down everything in the account book.

"It's not wrong, it's all right. The accounting gentleman transferred from Xiaozhen's family has a lot of skills and a good character." Huang Meng praised with a smile.

The number is correct, so that there will be less misunderstanding.

You can earn less money, but you can't have misunderstandings.

"Brother Dameng, what is this thing, why is it like a ghost painting talisman?" Li Zhenda asked curiously.

Huang Meng explained: "This is a number symbol, consisting of [-] to [-] basic characters, which is convenient for writing and calculation. This form is a detailed list of income and expenditure. The total income and total expenditure are clear at a glance. The total is not easy to make mistakes, and the account books of Mantoufang can be recorded in this way in the future, which is convenient for laymen to check."

"So that's how it is." Li Zhen's guess was confirmed, and he continued, "Brother Dameng, can you teach me about this?"

Seeing such an easy-to-use method of counting and accounting, can Li Zhen not be moved?
This thing is very useful, not only for simple use in this store's account books, but also for various complex projects in the country such as the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War.

It is definitely beneficial to reduce the shortfall.

"Of course it's okay. This is for you guys. Now that you're here, I'll teach you now so I don't have to teach your accountant." Huang Meng laughed.

Then he began to teach Li Zheng the basic meaning of Arabic numerals, as well as simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and the method of lists.

Although Li Zhen is just at the age when it is easiest to learn things, and he has strong genes and is extremely smart.

These things are learned as soon as they are taught.

After learning, Li Zhen happily returned to Li Mansion, and came to Li Ji's study: "Father, where did I go today?"

Seeing an account book in Li Zhen's hand, Li Ji smiled slightly: "Where else can I go, I must have gone to Mantoufang and Huang's Restaurant."

"Hey, father, you guessed really well." Li Zhen walked over with a smile, and then handed over the account book.

Li Ji put down the work in his hands, took it, and found that there were two account books, he was a little puzzled, but he opened the top one, glanced at ten lines, quickly read it, and nodded slightly, because the total at the end was gratifying and satisfying.

In just a few days, Mantoufang has made so much money.

Doing business with Huang's family is indeed the right thing to do. No wonder Cheng Yaojin eats fat every day, with meat in his mouth.

Then Li Ji looked at the account book below, and saw that it was only written on one page, and the grids drawn horizontally and vertically were filled with symbols that he could not understand.

It was only when the last item was filled with Chinese characters and numbers that I realized that this form is also a form of account book, and it should be a simplified board of the previous one.

"Zhen'er, what's going on?" Li Ji asked while holding the new account book.

There are a thousand curiosity in my heart, but he is deep in the city, does not show his state of mind, and his face is calm and unwavering.

His heart was turbulent, and he felt that this thing might be enough to change the entire Datang.

Li Zhen replied: "Father, this thing is called a statistics table, and it can record the details of the book's income and expenditure, and those symbols are called number symbols, which correspond to zero to nine in my Han language, which is convenient for writing and convenient. Recorded, easy to calculate."

"So that's it, this thing should be of great use, haha, with this thing, it will be much more convenient for me to record the military accounts of the Tang Dynasty in the future. If I follow this method in the future, I won't have to look around, and I can't find it." If there are any omissions, you can avoid miscalculations." Li Ji laughed loudly and said:

"My dear Zhen'er, you have done a great service for the country, great service!"

"Father, I didn't make this up. Brother Dameng taught it. I haven't fully learned this method of counting." Li Zhen explained.

He knew that this thing was useful to the court, and now that Li Ji had affirmed it, it proved his guess even more, and he also felt more joy in his heart.

"Taught by Huang Dameng." Li Ji's joyful face suddenly became serious, and he stroked his beard and looked at Li Zhen:
"This Huang Dameng is a wonderful person. He can invent mosquito coils and ice water. Now he has created such a convenient statistical table and counting symbols. It is really amazing."

"Father! Brother Dameng not only knows these things, I went to his house today and heard that he wants to renovate the toilet, build a septic tank, and make a squat pit for going to the toilet." Li Zhen took the opportunity to say:
"Father, he wants to use a potter. I said that I can borrow my Li family's mason for him. Look at this..."

"Here! Send it to him." Li Ji suddenly laughed a little strangely, and muttered to himself:
"He wants to renovate the toilet. I am even more curious. If it is done well, our family can also remodel it. I just don't know what novelty he can come up with."

Although the Li family is a noble family, and the Duke of the Tang Dynasty, the latrines are much more advanced than ordinary people.

But as a literati, he is still very particular about hygiene.

Li Ji also hated the feeling of having a big size last time and being entangled in the smell of feces.

So Li Ji couldn't help being full of expectations.

Li Zhen had achieved his goal and was about to quit the room when Li Ji shouted, "Where are you going?"

"Father, I'll tell the masons at home to go to the Huang's Restaurant now to listen to orders." Li Zhen said with a bow.

Li Ji said unhappily: "There is no rush, come here, first teach the father the numbering symbols and measurement methods."

Soon Li Zhen came over with his family's mason.

"Brother Dameng, I just went back and mentioned to my father about your renovation of the hut. He said that he also wants to renovate our hut at that time." Li Zhen saw that Huang Meng had arranged for his own mason to do it. live, so he said.

Huang Meng said with a smile: "Okay, if you think it's easy to use, then change it. Anyway, after my house is finished, your mason will be able to do everything, and you can do it if you want."

"Brother Dameng, that's what I think. You see, my family has changed, so Brother Tieniu and Brother Baolin will follow suit." Li Zhen paused deliberately when he said this, Huang Meng stared at him , the eyes said to continue, Li Zhen said again:

"If it works well, there are bound to be other distinguished nobles and noble families or wealthy families to follow suit. You said that there were a lot of people in Chang'an City who had to change their huts at that time. If we organize this matter and make it a business, Can you make a lot of money?"

"To make it a business, you want to form a hut renovation project team and do business door to door?" Huang Meng suddenly laughed, and then looked Li Zhen up and down again.

(End of this chapter)