"Master Hu, I wonder what Arabia means?" Shopkeeper Song, the most impatient among them, was the first to ask.
Yes, the word "Arab" has not been introduced into China these days.
Hu Changan paused and explained aloud: "It means Big Eater. This kind of number was first invented by Big Eater."
"Dashi? It's a small country in the Western Region (Xinjiang)?" Shopkeeper Wang, who was in charge of the restaurant, was quite disdainful after hearing this and retorted, "What is there in such a small place that is worthy of learning from our heavenly country?"
Originally, Shopkeeper Wang was very dissatisfied with this young Master Hu who was living and drinking all day long.
This young master Hu comes to the restaurant every two days to enjoy the autumn breeze. He always wants the best food and wine, and never pays for it.
It’s okay if you don’t pay. After all, the entire restaurant belongs to the Hu family. It’s just a matter of going in from the left pocket and out from the right pocket.
The key problem is that Mr. Hu doesn't drink well. Every time he gets drunk, he goes crazy in the restaurant and scares away a lot of customers.
As time went on, the restaurant became more and more deserted, and the top-ranked restaurants directly from the capital became deserted.
Shopkeeper Wang didn't say anything, but he really didn't like Master Hu.
I don’t know what Mr. Hu is going to do this time, but it’s definitely not a good thing.
Hu Changan looked at Shopkeeper Wang, recalling his original behavior of pretending to be crazy and acting stupid in the restaurant, and suddenly felt a little hot in his face.
However, if you want to carry out the reform, as the master's young master, your momentum cannot be suppressed by a shopkeeper.
Hu Changan turned to look at Shopkeeper Wang and asked: "Shopkeeper Wang, you are in charge of the restaurant, do you know what kind of wine is the most popular on the market today?"
"Of course rice wine, white wine and fruit wine (wine)." Shopkeeper Wang replied confidently. As a restaurant owner, he is naturally familiar with these things.
"Then do you know who invented fruit wine in the first place?" Hu Changan asked with a smile.
"Fruit wine was introduced from Dawan (Central Asia) when Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty was on his mission to the Western Regions." Shopkeeper Wang stroked his beard and felt confident.
"Then according to what you said, Shopkeeper Wang, Dawan is also a small country. As a kingdom in the Celestial Empire, why would we, the Ming Dynasty, introduce things from a mere small country?"
"Ah, this..." Shopkeeper Wang finally realized that he had been tricked. He wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start, and he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.
Upon seeing this, Hu Changan had no intention of pressing further.
I will continue to cooperate with these shopkeepers in the future, so there is no need to make the atmosphere too tense.
However, necessary ideological education is still needed. Hu Changan does not want his subordinates to be pedantic and incompetent.
"Science and technology have no national boundaries. The so-called mentality of a big country is not to be complacent, but to be inclusive."
"As the saying goes, learn from the foreigners and develop skills to control the foreigners. We must learn all good technologies and carry them forward."
"Only in this way can our country continue to be prosperous and strong, and can we become the world's largest country like the Tang Dynasty."
When he came to Ming Dynasty, Hu Changan wanted to change.
Change the outdated concepts of the ancients, change the closed-door policy of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, conquer Japan and Europe with powerful force and technology, and make China truly the world's most powerful country.
Learn from the barbarians and learn skills to control the barbarians. A group of shopkeepers carefully savored Hu Changan's words and couldn't help but understand something.
This is the true mentality of a big country.
Technology has no borders. The right way is to strive to strengthen yourself and defeat your enemies.
[Ding, Shopkeeper Song’s admiration for you is worth 2]
[Ding, Shopkeeper Wang’s admiration for you is worth 2]
[Ding, Shopkeeper Liu’s admiration for you is worth 2]
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Hu Changan felt happy after gaining another wave of worship points. Finally, he was one step closer to redeeming items in the mall.
Gently knocking on the table beside him, Hu Changan interrupted the whispers of a group of shopkeepers.
Instructing Dian He to bring up the slate and charcoal pens prepared a few days ago, Hu Changan half-propped his body and struggled to write and draw on the slate.
Upon seeing this, Dianhe immediately stepped forward and gently helped Hu Changan up, so that Hu Changan would not have to write so strenuously.
When the shopkeepers saw this, they were somewhat moved.
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, businessmen are the lowest.
On weekdays, those so-called officials would not pay attention to a mere businessman at all. They would try their best to avoid even talking to each other, and they would not patiently teach businessmen how to read and write.
As for Master Hu, it is said that he was seriously injured when he fell from a horse some time ago. He didn't even recover from his injuries, so he dragged his injured body and started teaching techniques to these businessmen.
What the common people need, besides food and clothing, is nothing but respect.
And this respect is now given to them by Master Hu.
...
Hu Changan did not expect what these shopkeepers were thinking. As a modern person, Hu Changan was relatively not that sensitive to these classes in ancient times.
After a while, Hu Changan finished writing.
Hu Changan faced the slate to the shopkeepers and began to popularize Arabic numerals and primary school mathematics to these shopkeepers.
Unexpectedly, after traveling back in time to ancient times, he would become a teacher for these middle-aged people, whose average age was over forty years old. Hu Changan felt quite curious while teaching.
As for these shopkeepers, they were a little disapproving at first.
After all, Master Hu is only an eighteen-year-old boy after all, and he has never been exposed to arithmetic before.
Most of these shopkeepers have family backgrounds and have been learning abacus and accounting since childhood. They have at least twenty or thirty years of experience.
When it comes to the Four Books and Five Classics, the shopkeepers feel that they cannot compare to Mr. Hu, who was born in a noble family. But when it comes to arithmetic, the shopkeepers feel that they can crush Mr. Hu in terms of both technology and experience.
However, after all, Master Hu is the master of the family, and he is also a rare nobleman who is kind to businessmen like himself. These shopkeepers decided to suppress their inner contempt and seriously study the arithmetic methods given by Master Hu.
But gradually, the eyes of these shopkeepers changed from casual to shocked.
What! These Arabic numerals are so simple. Not only do they have many fewer strokes than traditional Chinese numerals, they also have many fewer strokes than simplified Chinese numerals?
What! These four operations are so exquisite. The calculation speed is not only much faster than a calculation chip, but also much faster than an abacus?
This...this Arabic numeral is simply an invention that spans the ages!
Hu Changan couldn't help but feel happy when he saw that the shopkeepers had realized the convenience of Arabic numerals.
It is true that I have been thinking about how to teach for a long time in the past few days. It seems that these ancients still have some foundation.
After the introduction, Hu Changan ordered the boy to bring a few small slates and a few charcoal pencils to the shopkeepers, and asked them to learn and sell them, and use the four arithmetic method to recalculate the contents of the account book.
After hearing this, the shopkeepers picked up their pens one after another and began to count eagerly.
Gradually, these shopkeepers became even more shocked.
With this series of algorithms, daily calculations can be at least twice as fast!
At this time, these shopkeepers looked at Master Hu with fiery eyes.
Even the owner of the restaurant, who had just retorted, was so excited that he could hardly hold the charcoal pen in his hand, and his mustache trembled.
When Hu Changan saw this, he couldn't help but feel a little stressed.