Because the drinking order was too late, Su Hao and his party stayed in the Zhao Mansion that night. Zhao Luo was originally a person who was easy to make friends, and he was even more happy to meet young talents like Su Hao and Ma Yu. The next morning, he tried his best to keep them and let them stay in the mansion for a few more days before leaving. Su Hao was so amused that he had to leave Zhao Mansion with the excuse of being busy with official duties. The magistrate was anxious to listen to the report.

After leaving Zhao's mansion, Xu Zong and others also came to meet with them, and they all returned to the county town. On the way, Ma Yu couldn't help but ask Su Hao: "Brother Gai, you tried your best to persuade Zhao Yuanwai to survey the reservoir with us yesterday, but why? I think this person is so generous, I am afraid that he is not a person who can endure hardships."

Su Hao smiled and said, "It was precisely because I saw this that I tried my best to urge him to go with you."

"Why is this?" Ma Yu wondered.

Su Hao said: "Zhao Yuanwai is a curious person. As long as I mention this kind of thing, he will definitely want to participate. Since he is unwilling to endure hardship, he will naturally make more arrangements and prepare various outdoor living objects. In this way, you will benefit from it? We are all poor people, and if you want to join the rich, you will definitely not suffer any losses."

Ma Yu couldn't help laughing: "It turns out that Brother Gaizhi actually had such an intention, which is really not kind. I think Mr. Zhao is straightforward and has no scheming. Brother Gaizhi's calculations on him in this way are contrary to the way of a saint."

Regardless of whether it was contrary to the saint's way, Su Hao and others' trip to Xuanfeng Township was a great success. The coal trap had been found, the coal mining head was hired, and then rented it to the mountain farm without any expenses. They even pre-selled the lime that will be produced in the future in advance. It was really smooth sailing.

Everyone took a boat to transition and returned to the county town. Su Hao told Chen Guanyu, Xu Zong, Ma Yu and others to do various related matters separately, and he returned home with a map painted in Xuanfeng Township.

"Xiu'er, Xiu'er! Boss Lu!" Su Hao shouted loudly as soon as he entered the door. There was no way, the house was too big, so he could only rely on yelling in communication.

Lu Xiu'er ran out of her boudoir upstairs and said with the railing: "Brother, are you back?"

"Down." Su Hao waved.

"What are you doing?" Lu Xiu'er asked reluctantly.

Su Hao said: "Let's talk about it later. I have something to do and I want you to help you."

"I have guests here." Lu Xiu'er said.

"Guest? Why, Miss Han is here again?" Su Hao asked. Han Qian could think of Lu Xiuer's only guest.

"Hello, Mr. Su."

"Hello, Master Su."

Two girls actually came out of Lu Xiu'er's boudoir. They stood beside Lu Xiu'er and said goodbye to Su Hao, which made Su Hao hurriedly return the gift. After returning the gift, he realized that one of the two people was Han Qian and the other was Cheng Yi.

"Why is the wife of the Cheng family here too?" Su Hao asked strangely. He really couldn't think of how Cheng Yi would know Lu Xiu'er and how could he run to his house.

"Master Su, it was Miss Han who told me to teach me some bookkeeping methods to Miss Lu." Cheng Yi replied respectfully upstairs.

"Uh... can you get down to talk?" Su Hao said, "If I continue to say this, I will be in a state of pain."

The three girls burst into laughter. Lu Xiu'er turned around and invited the two female companions to go downstairs. Cheng Yi and Han Qian pushed each other with their eyes, then lowered their heads, followed Lu Xiu'er with a blushing face and went downstairs to the main hall downstairs.

When she arrived at the main hall, Lu Xiu'er took on the role of the hostess. She asked Su Hao and her two female companions to sit down separately and poured water for everyone. Han Qian and Cheng Yi each had their own embarrassment. They sat on the stool with their bodies sideways, staring at the tips of their shoes most of the time, and occasionally glanced at Su Hao and Lu Xiu'er secretly.

"Cheng Yi, what method of bookkeeping did you just talk about?" Su Hao asked.

Cheng Yi raised her head, flashed her beautiful big eyes, and replied, "Return to Master Su, two days ago, Miss Han said that Master Su's sister, Miss Lu, wanted to open a business. Miss Lu wanted to learn some bookkeeping methods so that she could check the account books in the future, but she was struggling to find someone to guide her. When my father was there, she taught a little girl some bookkeeping methods, so Miss Han called her to teach her one or two to Miss Lu. In fact, what the little girl learned was very shallow, so she could only learn with Miss Han and Miss Lu."

"Oh, so that's it." Su Hao smiled. It seemed that her sister was too devoted. She had just appointed her as the shopkeeper and was busy learning accounting. She probably told Han Qian about this matter, and Han Qian herself was not proficient in accounting, so she called Cheng Yi, who had learned bookkeeping with her father who had been an official, to her home.

"That's really hard for you. My sister doesn't know much about reading. If you teach her bookkeeping, it will probably take a lot of trouble." Su Hao said.

Cheng Yi said: "Where is Miss Lu's kind heart. Although she was not very literate before, the little woman just explained it to her in the past two days, and she learned it halfway."

"That must be taught by the wife of the Cheng family." Su Hao said.

Lu Xiuer said to Su Hao: "Of course Sister Cheng has taught me well. In the past, I asked you to teach me to read, but you ignored me and said I was stupid. Sister Cheng taught me so patiently and never joked about me."

"In the past... it seems that I wanted to teach you how to read. Would you be good if you don't learn it yourself?" Su Hao revealed. Seeing that Lu Xiu'er was vaguely about to go wild, he quickly changed the topic and said, "Xiu'er, you learned bookkeeping with the wife of the Cheng family, have you ever recorded the account by yourself? Can you show it to me?"

"It's about to show you." Lu Xiu'er said with a smile. She stretched out her hand and took out a few pages of paper from somewhere, handed it to Su Hao, and said proudly: "Brother, look, I've kept all my own accounts."

Su Hao took the pages of paper and saw that there were words like cash registers and silver, and the handwriting seemed very childish, probably because it was Lu Xiu'er. However, she, a girl who was almost illiterate in the past, could actually keep accounts after not seeing her for a few days. This was a big improvement. It seems that people have to bear the burden. Giving Lu Xiu'er the title of shopkeeper actually stimulated her learning potential.

"Sir Su, this is the bookkeeping method learned by a young girl. I don't know if it is correct, so I would like to ask Master Su for advice." Cheng Yi said softly.

Su Hao hesitated for a moment and said, "Cheng Yi, your bookkeeping method is nothing wrong, but it is a little more complicated and is not convenient for clearing the accounts. I have learned some Western bookkeeping methods, but I wonder if you are interested in understanding it?"

"The little girl is willing to listen to Master Su's advice." Cheng Yi replied.

Su Hao stood up, walked to the Eight Immortals table where he was eating, waved to the three girls and said, "You all come and see."

The three girls walked over together, surrounded the Eight Immortals table, waiting for Su Hao to speak. Su Hao found a piece of paper, took out a piece of charcoal strip, and then focused on Cheng Yi, "Cheng Yi, listen carefully, I will explain the Arabic numerals to you first..."

As he said that, he began to write out 10 Arabic numerals from 0 to 9 on the paper, explaining them to Cheng Yi one by one, and explaining to her about the notation method.

These contents were told to the students in the county government before Su Hao set out to dig the well. Han Qian had been there to listen, so she was not unfamiliar with it. Lu Xiu'er was originally a low-level education and had not yet memorized the Chinese numbers. When she saw the Arabic numerals, she was even more disgusted. Only Cheng Yi, she had never been exposed to Arabic numerals, but she had a good cultural foundation. As soon as Su Hao said it simply, she understood and quickly realized the wonders.

"Okay, since you have understood the Arabic numerals, I will continue to tell you the accounting method. The accounting method we use is called the duplex accounting method. If you remember this mantra, you must have a loan, and if you borrow, you must have equal loans..." Su Hao said.

Cheng Yi stared at the account table that Su Hao casually drew on paper, and his mind flew around, quickly attracting and digesting the modern accounting methods that Su Hao explained to her. Su Hao himself is not an accounting background, and he doesn't know much about accounting standards, but he just knows the basics of accounting. But even this little bit of fur is already an amazing knowledge to Cheng Yi.

"There is such a simple bookkeeping method, which is a thousand times better than a little girl." Cheng Yi shouted excitedly. She was originally a reserved girl. If she hadn't been really moved by the knowledge taught by Su Hao, she would definitely not have been happy.

"Sister Han, do you understand?" Lu Xiuer asked Han Qian in a low voice.

Han Qian shook her head gently, and her teeth bit her lower lip, feeling a little disappointed. She only understood 30% of what Su Hao said, and 70% needed to be carefully savored to understand. But she saw a look of relief on Cheng Yi's face, and knew that she understood at least 70%. This discovery made Han Qian feel a sour feeling in her heart.

Su Hao explained accounting methods mainly for Cheng Yi. He once had the idea of ​​recruiting Cheng Yi into a business bank to be a manager. He heard that she understood bookkeeping and strengthened this idea. He taught Cheng Yi accounting knowledge in order to let her master the business bank's finances. As for Han Qian and Lu Xiu'er, Su Hao had not considered whether they could understand it. In Su Hao's opinion, Han Qian was the daughter of the county magistrate and had nothing to do with the business bank. Lu Xiu'er's main responsibility as the shopkeeper was to help her keep an eye on the family and manage the accounting, and she really couldn't count on her.

"Mr. Su, I didn't understand this place. Can you tell me again?" Han Qian finally couldn't help but interrupt. Who made Su Hao look at Cheng Yi when he spoke?

"Oh, Miss Han, where are you talking about?" Su Hao then realized that he seemed to have neglected some people inadvertently. He turned his head to look, and saw Han Qian's face seemed to be smiling, and her eyes were rippling, as if she could subdue Su Hao.

Su Hao subconsciously sniffed. Why did the room suddenly smell a little aged vinegar smell in the fragrance of the powder?

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Chapter completed!