Unconsciously, Lu Heng has been working as an errand in the palace for seven days. Today is the day to pay wages.
Three days later, the servant came over to collect the ledgers, and then sent a lot more ledgers. This time there were more ledgers than last time. Maybe it was because last time it was just practice, but this time it was serious work.
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However, even though there were three or four more ledgers, it only took Lu Heng one afternoon to organize and place them all.
Then, the remaining three days were spent reading, practicing calligraphy, and just dazing.
The weather was a bit cloudy today, and there was insufficient light in the room. Lu Heng read for a while and then threw away the worn-out Analects. He then took out a few sweet potatoes from the cloth bag he carried with him and threw them into the stove.
Waiting for a while to eat roasted sweet potatoes.
After a while, the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes filled the room. Then, it drifted out of the room and filled the yard.
In other rooms, Zhang Fangmen, who was working hard, was already hungry. After smelling this fragrance, he became even more hungry. He raised his head, took a deep sniff of the sweet fragrance, and cursed secretly.
In one sentence, this person is immoral, and then he continues to immerse himself in work.
In the spacious room in the middle of the yard, Manager Fang sat upright at the table, pointing to the open account book on the table in a low voice and talking about the questions above.
Opposite him sat a young woman in her twenties. At this time, the woman was sitting at the table, with two slender white hands, fidgeting with the abacus in front of her. Occasionally, she listened to Manager Fang talking about the problems that had arisen above.
Maybe it was an oversight, Dai Mei frowned slightly, then shook her head and asked Manager Fang to correct it and continue settling the accounts.
This woman is Mr. Wang’s daughter, Wang Tingzhi, a well-known talented woman in Jiangning. In this era where a woman’s lack of talent is considered a virtue, Wang Tingzhi seems particularly out of place. She is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but if
Let her speak for herself. She would definitely choose arithmetic as her first choice. To put it bluntly, the best abacus maker in the palace is Miss Wang. The accountants talked about the abacus skills of the eldest lady and they were extremely fond of it.
Showing admiration and admiration.
After crackling for a while, Wang Tingzhi shook her sore wrists, her slightly frowned brows finally relaxed, she smiled softly and said: "Finally, I have finished the book. The new accountants recruited this year,
It still needs practice!”
Manager Fang nodded in agreement. He had just read it once, and it turned out that he was very confused. There were several account books from several houses, and they were all messy. One of them had passed the second review.
Manager Fang took the last account book, looked at it, his face changed slightly, and he exclaimed in surprise: "This account book..."
When Miss Wang saw Mr. Fang's frown, she thought the last one was the worst. She smiled quietly and said lightly: "After all, this is the last one, so Uncle Fang doesn't have to worry!"
Manager Fang shook his head, handed over the account book and said: "No, I mean this account book is really, this accounting method is unheard of. However, it is clear at a glance!"
Miss Wang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly took the account book and opened it. The further she turned, the brighter the light in her beautiful eyes became.
This last account book actually adopts a different accounting method from others. There are neat boxes drawn on the account book, and in the small grids in the boxes, each line is clearly written in handsome small letters.
The purchase, sales and inventory situation over the past year, and in the last column of grids, the total amount of money in each bank is clearly marked, and in the last few pages, the totals in the boxes on the previous dozens of pages are also
I made a statistics. In the small basket on the last page, a few lines of small letters clearly stated the total incoming and outgoing and inventory quantities of all the cloth shops in Guangdong and Guangxi this year, as well as the final surplus.
As if she had discovered a treasure, Miss Wang looked through the thin account book several times before asking with a look of joy: "Which accounting office did this make?"
Manager Fang was stunned for a moment and said hurriedly: "Miss, wait a moment, I will ask Li Er who is moving the ledger to ask!"
Manager Fang stood up from his chair, walked to the door with three unsteady steps, stood at the door and called a servant's name: "Li Er, come here!"
After a while, a dark and thin servant walked in behind Manager Fang.
After seeing the eldest lady, he hurriedly bent down and saluted: "I have seen the eldest lady! What are your orders from the eldest lady!"
Wang Tingzhi nodded slightly, handed the thin account book in her hand to Manager Fang, and asked calmly: "Li Er, take a closer look, which accounting office made this account book?"
Li Er hurriedly took the account book from Manager Fang and took a look at it. After returning the account book to Manager Fang, he said directly without thinking: "In answer to the lady's words, I remember that this account book was made by the gentleman in Room 4!
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"Room 4? Did you remember correctly?" Manager Fang was stunned for a moment, and then asked with an incredulous look on his face.
It seems that the guy in room 4 has not been here for a few days? I heard that he used to be a nerd, how could he be so capable?
Li Er nodded and said with certainty: "If I go back to Manager Fang, it must have been done by the gentleman in Room 4. I remember clearly at that time that the accounts of the gentlemen in other rooms were all in a thick pile, but only in Room 4."
The gentleman only had a thin copy. At that time, my subordinates were still wondering if the gentleman in Room 4 had made a mistake!"
Manager Fang's complex expression was full of surprise and astonishment. He opened the account book and read it again. The joy in his eyes became even stronger. He didn't react until Li Er called the manager twice in a row.
After waving his hand, he took out a tael of silver from his pocket and threw it to Li Er: "Okay, Li Er has nothing to do with you here. You can go out first. Remember, work hard!"
Li Er quickly collected the money, thanked Miss Fang happily, thanked Manager Fang, and trotted out of the room.
Wang Tingzhi looked at the ever-changing expressions on Manager Fang's fat face and asked softly, "Uncle Fang, who is the accountant in Room 4? Has he worked as an accountant there before?"
With that said, Wang Tingzhi took the account book from Manager Fang again and looked through it. After closing the account book, she sighed and said full of sighs: "As Uncle Fang said, this kind of accounting technique has never been seen or heard of before.
.However, it is clear at a glance! This person is really a talent!"
Manager Fang chuckled, recounted what he had learned about Lu Heng, and finally said with a smile: "The comments about him that my subordinates heard about him basically said that this person is a nerd who studies to death.
, since he got the title of scholar three years ago, he has made no progress in knowledge! This person has a dull personality and is not good at communicating with others. Moreover, this Lu Heng seems to be a bit aloof. If it were not for his poverty at home, he would never come out.
Workmanship."
Manager Fang picked up the account book and weighed it, then took a sip from the tea cup and said, "Besides, his widower asked him to get this accounting job!"
After Wang Tingzhi heard these words, she did not laugh. She was thinking in her heart, could such a clear and accurate account book be written by a nerd? Moreover, they say that people are like their words. Look at the elegant small regular script on this account book.
, how could its owner be a nerd who loves reading?
Also, how did he calculate these complicated accounts so accurately? Not even a single figure was wrong? He had studied arithmetic for many years, but he couldn't do this when faced with such complicated and numerous accounts. He
How could a scholar who only read the Four Books and Five Classics become so proficient in arithmetic?
After Wang Tingzhi thought about it, she turned around and smiled: "Uncle Fang, do you want this Lu Heng to stay after work? I want to meet him!"