Datang all-rounder

Chapter 50

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, all the officials had a holiday, and Wang Si was also free.

Tonight we have a reunion dinner at home. Wang Ke suggested that we gather all the people in the house at noon, and then call Uncle Zhang from the furniture store, two guys, the housekeeper and some carpenters to have a meal together. Each person sends a little money, and also expresses his intention to be the host.

Wang Si readily agreed, and Mrs. Wang hurriedly gave instructions.It was the first time for the people in the mansion to do this, and they were very happy, and they all started doing it consciously.

Mrs. Wang called Shang Dongyue, and discussed with the two aunts how much money should be paid to each person and how many grades should be distributed.Now the Wang family's income is much looser than before, and they have confidence when it comes to money. They are no longer as tight as before, and they settled down soon.

Sitting in the study, Wang Si and his son chatted casually, and then turned to the matter of the princess's marriage.

Wang Si said: "Ke'er, because the emperor ordered you to marry the princess, so the matter of the horoscope can be avoided. The matter of Nacai is because the father wants to ask for a house, and the two adults Du, General Cheng and General Yuchi came forward. After all, there are two princesses, and each princess arranges a piece of civil and military affairs, which also shows that our family attaches great importance to it. What does Ke'er think?"

Wang Ke didn't understand these rules either, so he had to say: "Father can do as he sees, my son is not familiar with these."

Wang Si nodded, stroked his beard and said: "This time the emperor is willing to marry the two princesses, it is a great honor to my royal family, and it is also Ke'er's real ability that can be appreciated by the emperor. Ke'er will have to contribute more to the emperor in the future That's right." Wang Ke hurriedly nodded in agreement.

The two father and son were talking happily when Mrs. Wang led Mr. Bricklayer in the account room and walked in and said, "Mr. Wang, please show the account to the master and the young master. Your thick book makes me dizzy."

Mr. Wang hurriedly put the accounts of the furniture store on the table, and said respectfully: "It's the end of the year, and I invite the master and the young master to look at the accounts."

Wang Si pointed at Wang Ke and said, "Master, you just have to look at it, I don't understand this."

Wang Ke was also not humble, picked up the ledger and opened it, and was immediately stunned.

He has never seen this kind of accounting method, and it looks like a mess in his eyes.I beckoned to Mr. Wang and asked him to tell me how I remembered it.Mr. Wang talked over and over for a long time.

Wang Ke became more and more confused the more he listened, so he had to interrupt: "Stop talking, your bookkeeping method is too complicated. Let me teach you one, it's not that complicated, and it's easy to remember."

After finishing speaking, I picked up a pen and drew two picture frames on a piece of rice paper, one was a table for incoming and outgoing goods, and the other was a daily cash flow statement, and then I wrote down the Arabic numerals 1, 2, and 3, and said the same thing. Mr. Wang.

This Mr. Wang has also been an old accountant for many years. Although it was the first time he saw the method Wang Ke said, it was simple and clear after all, and he understood it after a while.

Excitedly said: "Master, your method is much simpler. If you use your method, I will not be able to use this pile of account books, and I can write down only a few pages. I will do it again immediately, and let me Young master, let's see if there is any mistake." After speaking, he sat aside and raised his hands.

Seeing that Mr. Wang was so happy, Mrs. Wang couldn't help being curious and asked Wang Ke to tell her too. Wang Si also came over and listened to Wang Ke explain what was going on.

Wang Ke gave the two people a general idea, guessing that they could understand it and use it, then stopped and said: "That's it, this one needs to be used more often to become proficient. Let's see if Mr. Wang has finished it. "

As soon as the words finished, Mr. Wang said happily from the side: "It's done, listen to the young master, listen to it for a while, and understand better now."

As he said that, he handed over the reworked one, but it really only had a few pages.Wang Ke took it over and took a look, yes!Now I can understand it.

After a quick glance, he gave it to Mrs. Wang, and said flatly, "Mother, take a look, it's easy."

After Wang Ke's explanation just now, Mrs. Wang understood this comparison very quickly.After looking at it carefully, when he was about to use a pen to calculate it, Wang Ke stopped him.Just kidding, counting numbers one by one with your hands, it will take a while to finish.Go back to the room and get a notebook, call out the calculator, and explain to Mrs. Wang how to use it. Mrs. Wang calculated all the calculations in a short while.

Mr. Wang looked at Wang Ke's notebook and said enviously, "Young Master, this thing is so powerful, it would be nice to let the old man use it someday."

Wang Ke knew that there was no abacus in this meeting, so he said: "Tomorrow, someone will make a calculation for you, and I will teach you to learn it faster than this." Mr. Wang thanked him repeatedly.

After this disturbance, noon came, and everyone sat down one after another.

Wang Si picked up the wine and stood up and said: "It's the Chinese New Year, and everyone has worked hard for a year. In previous years, my Wang family was sorry for everyone due to various reasons. This year is better, the young master is back, and life is better. , today I invite everyone to have a meal and drink some wine. After a while, a few housekeepers will go to Mr. Wang, the accountant, and bring back a red envelope for everyone under him. Okay, no more , everyone, do it yourself!"

Wang Ke said that he had to walk across the table.People in this era are simple, and when they saw the young master toasting at the table, they all stood up quickly.They also knew that if the young master hadn't come back, they wouldn't be able to eat today, nor would they be able to drink the wine; as for the red envelopes, they were also available in previous years, but certainly not as much as this year.

So when Wang Ke came to his table, everyone had a bowl full of wine, and after Wang Ke finished speaking, he lifted his neck and poured it into his mouth.Especially a few carpenters, it was even more amazing to see Wang Kena. After the popularity of furniture in the capital during this period of time, their reputation has also grown. People who ask them to make their own children as apprentices every day in the village They come and go, come and go, and everyone who sees them has to call "Master".

When Wang Ke came to their table, everyone couldn't wait to stand up and looked at Wang Ke with admiration.

Wang Ke first said some hard work, and then he patted Carpenter Yang on the shoulder and said: "I just drew a pattern, and I would like to ask Master Yang to make it when he is free. For a moment, call Mr. Wang in the accounting office, he needs to use it to settle accounts. You can count this thing as a favor to me, and I won’t be counted as labor, okay?”

Carpenter Yang quickly said: "What are you talking about, young master! The Wang family pays us monthly wages according to offerings, and they will give us another share after making things. It is very kind to us. How can these things be counted as money! What will the young master have in the future? All you have to do is do as you are told.”

Wang Ke patted Carpenter Yang on the shoulder again to express his gratitude, and handed the blueprint of the abacus that he had already drawn in his pocket to Carpenter Yang and said, "This thing looks simple, but the time is actually quite complicated. Please trouble Master Yang." .” Carpenter Yang even said it didn’t matter.

After finishing each table, Wang Ke returned to the main table. Apart from Wang Ke's family, there were two housekeepers, Uncle Zhang and accountant Mr. Wang at this table.

Dongyue hurriedly filled a bowl of soup for Wang Ke and handed it over, saying, "Husband, drink some soup to sober up."

Since Uncle Zhang was the first person Wang Ke met when he came to Datang, he was very kind. Seeing Dongyue like this, he joked, "My aunt and grandma are really kind to the young master. It's worth the young master's love."

Those who are sitting here are all people who have experienced it. How can Dongyue's changes in the past two days not be seen, they will all laugh out loud.Dongyue was so ashamed that her face flushed red, and she just kept her head down and didn't dare to speak.Wang Ke cheekily smiled along with him.

After eating for more than an hour, everyone left with a full stomach.

Wang Ke called Uncle Wang, the housekeeper in the village, and pulled him aside and asked, "Uncle Wang, do you know what kind of stones are on the mountain behind our Zhuangzi?"

Uncle Wang thought for a while and said, "Master, you really stopped the old man. I live next to this mountain every day, and I really don't know what the rocks on this mountain are."

After finishing speaking, he paused and asked, "Master, what do you want to do again? Why don't you go and see now?"

Taking advantage of her alcoholism, Wang Ke saw that Uncle Wang asked him to go and have a look, and agreed without even thinking about it.Tell Wang Si to go out immediately.Mrs. Wang was worried, and asked Dongyue to follow, and Dongyue hurriedly ran out.

Uncle Wang sent a few carpenters back in the carriage he had come to, and drove away with Wang Ke himself.

When they came to the village, Wang Ke listened to the car at the foot of the mountain, got out of the car with Uncle Wang, and asked the people in the village to find a sledgehammer and knock out a bunch of stones. After confirming that it was the whetstone I was looking for for burning lime, I stood up and said to Uncle Wang: "As soon as this year is over, Uncle Wang, you will arrange for someone to build a kiln near here. I'll draw the structural diagram for you in a moment. Then you can let people look at the village to pull coal, as much as you can."

Uncle Wang asked curiously, "What do you need so much coal for?"

Wang Ke smiled wickedly and said: "I thought of another way to do business. You arrange all the masons in the village during the New Year's Eve, and I will still be useful to repair these masons at the kiln. By the way, if you can find a few burners The people in the porcelain kiln will be fine."

Uncle Wang replied: "There are two people in the village who burn porcelain kilns, but they haven't fired them for several years, and I don't know if they are still good!"

When Wang Ke heard this, Coke went crazy. How could there be everyone in his village, and he still wanted to go outside to find it.

He hurriedly said to the housekeeper: "Then trouble Uncle Wang, ask everyone in the village, everyone will write down everything, I am useful!" After finishing speaking, he murmured: "Talents are all talents!"

Uncle Wang didn't know what Wang Ke was thinking.

Back at the mansion, Wang Si couldn't help being a little curious when he heard Dongyue talk about the scene in the village, so he grabbed Wang Ke and insisted on telling him what was going on in his heart.

Wang Ke had no choice but to sit down in the study with Wang Si, and told Wang Si what he planned in his heart: "Father, our house is going to marry a princess, so the house has to be planned, right? Is it a cross-yard? The boy wants to clean it up, renovate it together with the place where the boy lives now, and then make a landscape in the backyard or something."

Just as Wang Ke said this, Wang Si interrupted: "Ke'er, your plan is good, but is there enough time?"

Wang Ke said: "As long as the time to welcome the relatives is at the end of April, it will be fine."

Only then did Wang Si breathe a sigh of relief, and said while counting the days: "It's almost Chinese New Year now, and the various matters before the wedding will not start until the [-]th day of the first lunar month. It will take two months to finish. That's mid-March, when you choose a date, you have to have the birthdays of the three of you match, I'm afraid it will take more than a month, and the date will not be the same It will be done right away, and it will take a while to wait in the back, so it will take May at the earliest. Well, according to what you said, there is enough time."

Seeing that Wang Si had no objection, Wang Ke continued: "My boy's thinking is different from the current house. After the boy's side is repaired and the matter of marrying the princess is over, then the side where the parents live will also be rebuilt. In the future It's much more convenient."

Wang Si couldn't help but asked again: "Then what does building a house have to do with Ke'er's kiln opening and firing porcelain?"

Wang Ke explained: "What the boy is doing now is to prepare for building a house. I want to connect all these and do it as a business."

Now Wang Si really didn't understand, and asked in puzzlement, "How do you treat these as business?"

Wang Ke smiled and said: "First of all, I repaired my house. When I marry the princess, the ministers in the court will definitely come. When they see my child's house, they will definitely want to change their own. But others will not. Only I have such a team, and only I can make all the materials needed, isn’t this just a business?”

The current Wang Si, since he opened a furniture store at home, has also begun to have a little awareness of doing business in his head. Now, after hearing what Wang Ke said, although he still doesn’t quite understand it, he can still understand it intuitively. He couldn't help but nodded and said, "It seems to be the case. Ke'er, as long as you think it's okay, do it. If there is anything else, I will support you as a father."

Wang Ke pretended to be helpless and said: "There is no way to do this. Now that the two princesses come in, if you don't find some ways to make money, if the emperor says that our Wang family has treated the princess badly, our Wang family will be in big trouble!"

Wang Si laughed loudly and said: "Yes, let's just say that! Use the emperor as a shield for us, and see who dares to make irresponsible remarks. Ke'er, for my father, I found that you are getting worse and worse. You can also come up with the tricks of pulling the emperor to protect yourself from disaster."

Wang Ke heard Wang Si say that he was bad, and said in his heart: "I am bad? This is called pulling a tiger skin as a banner, do you know how to do it? If you say I am bad, I have to rely on you no matter what!" He said in his mouth: " Hey, heredity, heredity!"

The two father and son laughed, and for the first time Wang Ke had the feeling that the two were real father and son.

(End of this chapter)