There were not many people in the Manlu Palace. Apart from some eunuchs, only Lao Jiu and Li Zhi stood aside with an excited face, eyes shining with eagerness. Although Li Zhen felt a little strange in her heart about why Lao Jiu appeared here, she could
Without thinking much, he walked quickly to the dragon table, saluted respectfully and said, "My son, I have met my father."
Li Shimin seemed to be in a good mood, with a smile on his face. He raised his hand and said: "No, Zhen'er, I asked you to come here today to become a disciple. Well, it has been delayed for a long time. Let's hurry up tomorrow."
I will do it for you together with Pheasant Nu (Li Zhi’s nickname). Well, Pheasant Nu is young and frail. As an elder brother, you should be more considerate."
What? Apprenticeship together with Pheasant Slave? Is that wrong? Poor Master, who took so much effort to become the master, Xiaojiu got on the train so easily, ***, no wonder the apprenticeship ceremony took so long
At that time, I bet our old man had this idea. He thought about bargaining with Li and Qin. This is a buy-one-and-get-one-free deal. Could it be that the old man is working as a salesman for future generations? Li
Zhen was very depressed, but in front of her old man, she didn't dare to complain. Not only did she not dare to complain, but she also had to pretend to be happy, so the boredom in her heart was not to mention uncomfortable.
What should we do? Let’s have cold salad. The old man has already said something, so it’s not Li Zhen’s turn to talk. So, Li Zhen had no choice but to accompany him and smile and said: “Yes, I will obey my orders, and I will definitely take good care of my ninth brother.”
"That's good. You've been stable since you were young. I can trust you. You and the pheasant slave are about the same age, so we should get closer to each other. Let's go, let's have a nice chat with our brothers, and we'll be apprentices to each other early tomorrow morning." Li Shimin was very happy.
Satisfied with Li Zhen's attitude, she waved her hand with a smile.
Well, the old man has issued an order to expel guests. How long will it take if you don't leave? Li Zhen knelt down and kowtowed respectfully, and exited the Manna Hall. She was filled with a bad taste in her heart and was planning to slip out of the palace and go to her own factory to relax.
Unexpectedly, Li Zhi, who was following behind, hurriedly caught up and shouted timidly: "Bago, wait for me."
Hey, this little ***, anything good can happen to him, ***, let’s not talk about becoming a disciple now, he will also be an emperor in the future, eh, emperor? Damn it! This guy is the next one
The emperor is coming. Hey, that can't be ignored. Li Zhen suddenly remembered that the guy in front of him might be the next emperor. With a sudden thought, he quickly put away all his unhappiness, put on a smile and said:
"Ninth brother, is something wrong?"
Li Zhen had not interacted with her brothers much since she was a child. Even when she became famous later, she did not change much. To put it nicely, it is called steady, but to put it more bluntly, it is lonely, but that’s it.
, a child prodigy, even if you are aloof, you can forgive it, right? Li Zhisheng is timid and has always been afraid of saying hello to others. If it weren't for his apprenticeship, he wouldn't have the guts to approach Li Zhen.
, I was originally worried that Li Zhen would look bad at him, but when I saw Li Zhen’s friendly smile, I became a little bit at a loss, and he was mumbling incoherently. God knows what he was talking about.
Ha, this kid is really a piece of trash. No wonder he was eaten to death by Wu Meiniang later on. Hey, damn, this guy is the worst among all the brothers, but he can't stand up to his good luck, even the emperor can get away with it.
God, God is really short-sighted. Li Zhen looked at Li Zhi who was half a head shorter than him with great interest. He felt a little sad in his heart, but it didn't show on his face. Instead, he smiled.
He said: "Ninth brother, brother is planning to go for a walk outside the palace, do you want to go differently?"
"Really? That's great!" Li Zhi jumped up suddenly, almost frightening Li Zhen. Before Li Zhen could recover, Li Zhi became weak again and said with a sad face: "Bag
, I want to go, but I’m afraid my father won’t agree, if...if..."
Damn! He is really a piece of cake that cannot be supported by mud. He is as timid as a sesame seed. He is dizzy! Listening to Li Zhi’s words, Li Zhenzhen became a little angry. According to the Tang Dynasty system, it was the first time for an underage prince to leave the palace.
It is necessary to ask for an order, but no one has ever really followed it. When the brothers were in the palace, any one of them would go out for a walk if they wanted to. The old man never cared about it. Of course Li Zhen herself
Likewise, when it was Li Zhi's turn, there were a lot of things going on. Li Zhen was really too lazy to take this guy out, but on second thought, if she offended Li Zhi now, it would be very difficult in the future.
Isn’t it difficult? I had no choice but to say with a smile: "Pheasant slave, my brother is going to see if the tables and chairs customized for my father are ready. It’s business, so just follow my brother. If my father asks me about it later,
, Brother, how about explaining it together?"
"Yes." Li Zhike nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, Brother Bago, wait a minute. I'll call the sedan chair." As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and started to run back. Li Zhengang was so frightened that he quickly grabbed the little one.
Just kidding, Li Zhi lives with Empress Changsun. If he is allowed to return to Chengqing Palace and make such a fuss, nothing will happen. Without him, although the old man has never prohibited the princes from leaving the palace privately, it is still open to the public.
One eye, one eye closed, is not an express rule, the rules in the palace still have to be talked about, right? If the commotion breaks out, who else will be punished besides Li Zhen?
"Pheasant slave, don't bother. My brother's sedan chair is wide enough for us two brothers to sit on. If we go back and forth, it will probably be noon soon. We may not be able to make it in time. Let's go now." Li Zhen smiled and held Li Li's hand.
Li Zhi's hand patted his thin shoulder and said angrily. Li Zhi hesitated for a moment, but still nodded obediently and followed Li Zhen excitedly. The two brothers walked towards Min while talking and laughing.
Leave in peace...
"Yan Ji Craftsman Workshop" is located outside the south gate of Chang'an City in the area of Xiama Mausoleum. It is said that this place is the location of the tomb of the great scholar Dong Zhongshu. There is also a legend about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty passing by Xiama Mausoleum here. Of course, all this is just a rumor.
The reason why Li Zhen chose this place for his workshop was not because he had any respect for his predecessors, but because this place was where the most powerful people were concentrated in Chang'an City. Most of the important officials of the Tang Dynasty lived nearby, so they chose this place.
In addition to making it convenient for distinguished guests to come and purchase, more importantly, it is convenient for Li Zhen to come here for guidance after studying. For this reason, Li Zhen also specially asked Yan Ming to buy a small garden nearby for taking a lunch break.
use.
The "Yanji Craftsman Workshop", which covers an area of nearly two hundred acres, is extremely noisy. The store in front of the workshop is full of the sound of bargaining, intertwined with the sound of knocking and sawing from the factory. How can the word "noisy" be called "noisy"?
, Li Zhen often comes here and has long been accustomed to it, but Li Zhi, who came here for the first time, was very curious. He stared around with round eyes, full of surprise. He just walked to the door of the accounting room,
Li Zhi was attracted by the exquisite carved furniture in the factory. He wanted to run closer to see what was going on, but he did not dare to speak directly and looked at Li Zhen pitifully.
Hey, this guy is really serious! Li Zhen could see what Li Zhi was thinking at a glance. She was secretly amused in her heart, and waved to the accompanying owner Yan Qi, the shopkeeper of "Yanji Craftsman Workshop", and said: "Seventh uncle, I will take the King of Jin with you.
Go to Haosheng and visit the workshop. If King Jin likes something, just take it and record it in my account later."
Yan Qi is a distant relative of the Yan family. He is considered to be Concubine Yan's younger cousin. He is not too old, but he is very mature. He has always been one of the business leaders under Yan Ming.
He was very capable, and upon hearing this, he understood that Li Zhen was planning to win over Li Zhi. He immediately responded respectfully, "Yes.", then walked to Li Zhi and said, "Your Highness, King Jin, please." Li Zhi had already said.
His heart was so itchy that he couldn't scratch it. When he heard that Li Zhen agreed to let him walk around, he immediately jumped up. He didn't care whether Yan Qi followed him or not. He shouted happily and ran towards the factory, which frightened him so much.
Yan Qi hurriedly chased after him.
***, others are walking horses and dogs, but we are much more advanced, we are walking the emperor! Thinking that she will have to carry this little tail for a long time from now on, Li Zhen couldn't help but smile secretly.
After a moment, he turned around and walked into the accounting room.
"Your Highness the King of Han, all the account books of the Capital Headquarters are here. Please take a look at them." As soon as he saw Li Zhen leading the people through the door, Yan Qin, the accountant, stood up hurriedly and pointed to the thick paper stacked on the table.
He folded his account books and said respectfully.
Although "Yanji Craftsman's Workshop" has been officially put into operation for less than three months, the preparation period started at the beginning of the year. It has been nine months now. Li Zhen has never cared about posting accounts.
The purpose is, firstly, to be loyal to the Yan family, and secondly, because it has not yet officially started operations, the issue of accounts is of no concern at all. But now that the business is booming, Li Zhen has to take care of it.
It’s not that I have any doubts about the Yan family, but you have to know your business well, right? Therefore, a few days ago, someone came to say hello and said that they wanted to check the accounts. At this time, seeing that the accounts were all collected, Li Zhen
Without being polite, he nodded, walked to the table and sat down. Without looking at the accounts, he smiled and said: "General Accountant Yan, have you finished the thing that I told you to customize last time?"
"As far as I'm concerned, Your Majesty, those things have been prepared early in the morning." Yan Qin responded respectfully and waved his hand. A accounting clerk came forward holding a large plate covered with red cloth and gently placed the plate.
The floor was placed on the table. Li Zhen smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and uncovered the red cloth on it, revealing an abacus.
Hehe, not bad! Li Zhen proudly twirled the abacus with her hands for a while, and she was very excited - in her previous life, Li Zhen's mother was a famous abacus master in the banking system.
Li Zhen was a master of abacus since she was young, and often won first prizes in abacus competitions in the city. However, with the gradual rise of calculators and computers, abacus was completely eliminated from people's daily life, so Li Zhen stopped playing with that thing.
Son, when he saw Abacus, Li Zhen felt a sense of intimacy in his heart. He was so excited for a while that he almost shed tears.
"Your Majesty, what is this thing..." Yan Qin looked at Li Zhen playing with it happily and asked in confusion.
Don’t you understand? Ha, this is our secret weapon. Li Zhen chuckled and said, “We’ll talk about it later. I want to see the accounts first.” Li Zhen gave it a try and opened the top page with a smile.
When I took a look at an account book, I was immediately dumbfounded - Li Zhen is very familiar with accounting stuff. Not to mention that he learned it when he was a graduate student in his previous life. When he was young, he relied on his mother.
The person who looked at the accounts in his arms was very smooth, but he was confused by the account book in front of him: not to mention that the account books were all written in Chinese capital letters, without any Arabic numerals, nor did he mention the records in this account book.
They are all running accounts, with inputs and outputs all mixed together. The additions, additions, subtractions and subtractions in the account book are all written out in a mess, just like a bible.
"My lord, are you okay?" Yan Qin looked at Li Zhen with a dull look in his eyes and asked with concern.
Is everything okay? I wish it were okay! Li Zhen was filled with dissatisfaction, but then she thought about it. In this era, there was neither professional accounting, nor standard accounting methods, nor even an abacus. It was not the people in front of her who made this account book like this.
They must be blamed for the mistake. Li Zhen smiled bitterly and said nothing. He flipped through the account book with his left hand and dialed the abacus with his right hand. This time, it was the turn of the accounting clerks to be dumbfounded - but Li Zhen's left and right hands flew together.
, the abacus crackled for a while, and he occasionally stopped to mark the account books with a red pen. The account books were quickly thrown aside, but in the time of two sticks of incense, the thick stack of account books had been covered by Li Zhen
It's over.
"There is an error in the accounts. Three input items and two output items were under-calculated. I have already marked the omissions in the account book. If you don't believe it, General Ledger Yan might as well check it." Li Zhen stood up and took the photo confidently.
Clap your hands.
The seven or eight accounting gentlemen in the accounting room have all been accounting clerks for most of their lives. Although they were surprised by Li Zhen's fast transfer method, it was not easy to convince them. It was natural for them not to believe it. A bunch of accounting clerks
The gentleman immediately started to review the account. With the help of many people, he spent a lot of effort and finally came to the result - the account was indeed recorded incorrectly. All the accountants in the room looked at each other in embarrassment.
"Your Highness is wise, the children are amazed." After a long silence, Yan Qin said with admiration: "Your Highness, can this algorithm... ah, can you teach the children?"
Of course, we have to teach. How about we figure something out? No matter what, these people are all helping us make money, right? But how to teach is a big problem. ***, there is something really wrong with this.
The problem is tricky. Li Zhen wants to teach these accountants everything she knows. It’s just abacus. There are ready-made abacus formulas, so it’s no problem for everyone to practice on their own. As time goes by, they will naturally become familiar with it, but
Those modern accounting things in later generations are not that simple. Let alone the complexity of the entire system. If you want to teach these people, Li Zhen will have to spend several years. Even if Li Zhen has the time, what will happen once the word spreads?
Explaining the origin of this accounting rule to your old man cannot be said to be something you learned in your previous life. That would be too ridiculous, right?
Hey, I have it! Li Zhen frowned and thought for a while, then said with a smile: "If you sincerely want to learn, I can fulfill one and two."
Well, just as Li Zhen finished speaking, everyone in the room knelt down and kowtowed. Li Zhen was stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses - this is an excellent way to make a living.
If they can learn the skills, these people will not have to worry about having nowhere to go even if they leave the Yan family in the future. Li Zhen is giving them a golden rice bowl.
"Everyone, get up. I have here some formulas and key points for accounting. You can practice on your own. If there is anything you don't understand, just ask me when I come next time." Facing the admiration of everyone, Li
Zhenxin was inevitably a little proud. She laughed and waved her hand to signal everyone to get up. Then she picked up a pen and wrote down the abacus formula on a blank piece of paper, and simplified the accounting method for later generations.
, use Arabic numerals to represent Chinese capitals, and register the running accounts separately according to input accounts and output accounts. As for the debit and credit recording method, Li Zhen only stated how to register the accounts, and the rest, such as how to calculate the asset-liability ratio, etc., are more complex.
There was no mention of in-depth theoretical knowledge. After all, those things were too difficult for people at the time. Even so, this simplified version still impressed the accounting clerk who had been keeping accounts all his life. After sighing, he immediately
Li Zhen was secretly intoxicated by the sound of her farts.
"Bago, look." Before Li Zhen could get enough of the intoxication, Li Zhi, who was sweating profusely, rushed in, holding a pair of small hands full of "trophies", all of which were small wooden carvings.
Li Zhen was dumbfounded - the factory designed by Li Zhen was based on the assembly line.
The principle of operation is that the entire factory is divided into several workshops, each producing different accessories, and finally they are assembled and painted uniformly. Therefore, there are many various gadgets. Li Zhi has been wandering around for so long and got so many bits and pieces.
Not surprising.
Dizzy, what the hell is this little *** doing? Such a useless thing is treated as a treasure. Li Zhen looked at Li Zhi angrily and funny, but she didn’t have the nerve to dampen his excitement, so she could only smile and say:
"Pheasant slave, it's getting late. It's time to go back. You have to go to school tomorrow. My brother will give you a set of desks and chairs. You can pick them out yourself. How about sending them to the palace today?"
"Really? Oh, that's great! I want the one with orchids carved on it." Li Zhi has been wandering around the factory for a long time, and has long been fascinated by those carved tables and chairs, but he is too embarrassed to say it.
When Shi heard that Li Zhen was going to give him a set of tables and chairs, he immediately screamed with joy. He even forgot to say thank you, turned around and ran towards the factory.
Hey, this brat is really good at choosing. Damn it, what a big loss! Li Zhen looked at Li Zhi’s back and cursed secretly - that set of tables and chairs carved with orchids is the best, and the wood is made of fine gold wire.
The nanmu and orchids are all edged with gold thread. The cost of a complete set alone is fifty or sixty dollars. Who makes Li Zhen want to win over the future emperor? Now she has to suffer the loss.