The Jianghai Chamber of Commerce, a force that has suddenly emerged in the past two years, has been able to compete with the Lin family, the strongest established family in Yunhuai, by virtue of its sub-industries in various related industries.
The main store of the Chamber of Commerce is located in the North City. It is a three-story wooden building with green tiles and red roofs. The whole body is dark red. Every window looks like it is carved. The two stone pillars at the door are also carved with various exquisite patterns.
, looks extremely luxurious.
At this time, a carriage stopped safely outside the gate. Tang Ji opened the curtains, stepped off the horse stool, stretched on the spot, and looked up at the "Jianghai" written in regular script on the plaque.
"Chamber of Commerce" in four big characters.
"Brother Tang, you go in first, the lady should have arrived." Pang Qing led the horse and reminded him.
Tang Ji turned around and cupped his hands: "Excuse me, Brother Pang."
"Hahaha, it doesn't matter. In fact, I'm quite old. If you and I call you brother and sister, just call me Uncle Pang." Pang Qing said as he walked towards the street ahead.
Tang Ji scratched his head. In fact, he didn't understand the difference between uncle and eldest brother. He just wanted to be more friendly by calling others eldest brother. Since the other party had already said it, he naturally wanted to fulfill it and shouted loudly: "I understand."
,Uncle Pang!”
At this moment, Yue Shuhua twisted his body and walked out of the building: "I heard you yelling outside as soon as I came downstairs. Come in quickly. I'm waiting for you."
Tang Ji's face turned red, he giggled twice and walked in quickly.
Walking inside, you will see two closed counters with only small windows. Two old men are sitting in each of them. A middle-aged man is standing in front of one of the windows. After some hesitation, he handed over the jade pendant in his hand.
Go in and ask the old man to help him see how much it is worth.
Tang Ji looked at this scene and asked curiously: "Sister Yue, what are we mainly doing here?"
"What did you call me?" Yue Shuhua's eyes lit up. She originally thought it would take a long time to tease this kid, but she didn't expect him to give in so quickly. She smiled and said: "Hahaha, dear brother, my sister's main business is of course pawnbroking.
After all, we can’t lose our old profession!”
Hearing this, Tang Ji nodded slightly. Ancient chambers of commerce and trading houses were usually pawnshops, but Jianghai Chamber of Commerce obviously did not rely on them for its income.
The two walked up the stairs to the second floor. They walked along the fence and looked at the first floor before they realized how big the wooden building was. It was expected that each floor could accommodate a thousand people.
After walking a few steps, Tang Ji heard a crackling sound coming from the room in front of him.
Yue Shuhua quickly opened the door and walked into the house with him. The four old men who were sitting on the chairs beside the door quickly stood up and said in unison: "Shopkeeper!"
"Well, no need to be polite, you all can sit down." Yue Shuhua waved his hand casually.
Tang Ji looked around. This room was very large. Overall, it looked a bit like the one he had taken the assessment in Jianghai Buhang before. However, it was not as crowded as last time. There were only four old men tapping the abacus. On the table in front of everyone
There were account books piled up in a hill, and there was an old man tied up with a rope next to the main seat.
"What's going on?" Tang Ji asked, pointing at the man.
Yue Shuhua brought him to a low table, gave him a look to signal him to sit down, and said softly: "I'll find out later. These account books are all yours. You can have lunch after you finish the calculations. You're late."
After a while, these four old gentlemen were very dissatisfied and tried to finish the calculation before them so that they would be convinced!"
The old man closest to Tang Ji glanced at Tang Ji, smiled disdainfully and continued to type the abacus in his hand.
Tang Ji didn't pay attention to other people's gazes. He picked up a book and flipped through it. Then he looked at the rice paper and brushes on the table. After thinking about it, he asked, "Sister Yue, do you have any thinner brushes?"
Yue Shuhua didn't understand the meaning of his words. In order to provide him with convenience, he chose the best paper and pen, but he didn't ask any more questions and gave Su'er beside him a look.
The little maid walked to the main seat, took out the smallest pen holder and handed it to Tang Ji.
"Thank you, girl, if you have nothing to do, please help me sharpen the ink." Tang Ji touched the tip of the pen and placed it on the pen rest with satisfaction.
Su'er glanced sideways at Yue Shuhua, saw her master nodding, knelt down and sat down demurely, and helped him sharpen the ink.
Tang Ji laid out the rice paper, picked up an account book on the table, and began to browse through the lines. From time to time, his hands would be drooled. The sound of turning the book quickly attracted everyone's attention.
The four old men sitting by the door looked at each other, and one of them asked curiously: "What is he doing? Can he write down things by flipping through them like this?"
"Shopkeeper Yue must have hired the wrong person, right? We are short of accounting staff, but we are not short of magicians. Do you really think that you are a god who can write down so many accounts by just flipping through them?" Another person stared at Tang Ji and replied.
road.
"Whatever, if he makes a mistake or fails to calculate, the shopkeeper will naturally not let him go!" The old man sitting next to him yawned and fell asleep with his head on the foot of the window.
Yue Shuhua had already seen Tang Ji's photographic memory, but she was still a little surprised when she saw him again. She sat down on the main seat and stared at him intently.
Just like that, while everyone in the room was frantically calculating, Tang Ji had already finished flipping through the first account book, followed by the second, third, and fourth...
After a long time, Tang Ji recorded the contents of all the account books in his mind. He raised a pen and dipped some ink in his mind. While calculating and comparing the contents of the accounts, he recorded the problematic bills from the mistakes.
Su'er, who was on the side, looked at the content on the rice paper with her peripheral vision and found that the other party was just drawing talismans. Except for a few common characters such as cloth, rice, painting and restaurant, which could barely be seen, the other words "5, 8"
,7" and so on cannot be formed into words at all.
But Tang Ji didn't care about the strange look in her eyes, he was very attentive in checking the accounts, and even sometimes closed his eyes.
The old man in brown clothes sitting near the door couldn't bear it any longer. He stood up and moved to Yue Shuhua's side, reminding him softly: "Shopkeeper, are you making a mistake? This kid is starting to get sleepy, do you still expect him?"
He knows how to settle accounts!"
Yue Shuhua, who was browsing the store's sales, looked away, raised his eyes to look at Tang Ji, and said with a soft smile: "Deacon Qi, give him some time!"
Qi Zheng sighed, shook his head and returned to his original position.
As soon as he sat down, Zhu Linyuan next to him poked his arm and whispered: "Do you think our shopkeeper has taken a liking to this guy? Hehehehe."
"This guy's hair isn't all grown up. He's much younger than the shopkeeper. It's impossible. Even if he likes him, the shopkeeper is not the kind of person who would delay the affairs of the building because of his children's affair!" Qi Zheng replied in a low voice.
Zhu Linyuan curled his lips and retorted: "Our shopkeeper's man has been dead for several years, so it's time..."
Before he could finish his words, he was stared at by a sharp gaze.
"Deacon Zhu, if you don't want your tongue, I don't mind cutting it off and drinking it at night!" Yue Shuhua's deep voice was filled with anger.
Tang Ji's thoughts were interrupted and he glanced at her curiously, as if it was the first time he saw her angry.
Sure enough, the more gentle a woman behaves, the more terrifying she becomes when she is angry. You should ask about the other person's taboos later and try not to touch her in the future.
He shook his head and recovered his thoughts.
Zhu Linyuan was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy: "Shopkeeper, please forgive me, please forgive me!"
"Next time, you will be the end of this deacon!" Yue Shuhua drank all the tea in the cup and looked away.
"Yes!" Zhu Linyuan's forehead dripped with sweat. He swallowed his saliva and sat back on the chair with the help of others.
Not long after, Tang Ji put down the pen and paper, looked at the people around him who were still calculating, stretched out, and said with his lips: "I'm done calculating."