Listening to Xiao Changle's childish rhetoric, Xiao Rui did not laugh at him, after all, everyone would think like this when they were young.
At this time, Xiao Rui was like a patient teacher, explaining seriously: "They will not write the word treacherous minister on their faces. Youdao is a falsehood that seems true, and a traitor looks loyal! The most loyal and traitorous people in the imperial court It’s hard to tell.”
Xiangcheng asked: "Husband, why is it so difficult to distinguish? Anyone who supports the marriage should be regarded as a traitor."
Xiao Rui asked: "What if someone is really for Datang?"
"Since you are really for the Tang Dynasty, why do you support the marriage? Don't they know that the other party has bad intentions?" Xiao Changle shook his head and said he didn't understand.
Xiao Rui sighed: "You seem to have forgotten that fighting costs money."
Spend money?
Xiangcheng was silent. She was older and thought of the Weishui Alliance in the ninth year of Wude. At that time, the imperial court seized all Chang'an's treasures and sent them out of the city, thus preventing Jieli's 100,000-strong army from entering the city.
Since then, everyone in the palace has been frugal, even the queen has patches on her body, and a vegetable garden has been opened in the palace. She is really poor.
Little Changle could not imagine, "Our Tang Dynasty is rich all over the world, are we still afraid of spending money? How much money can we spend?"
How many?
Xiao Rui rubbed his chin and asked with a smile: "Changle, what's the most money you've ever seen?"
Xiao Changle touched his small purse, and Xiao Rui panicked, thinking to himself, what if you were talking about the dozens of pennies in your pocket? So how should I draw an analogy? Mountains of copper coins?
But what Xiao Rui didn't expect was that Xiao Changle replied: "I have been to the treasury and seen the silver deposits inside. I heard from the guarding official that there were one hundred thousand taels of silver."
Xiao Rui let out a long breath, "But if we fight a battle, let's say at least two hundred thousand taels, no upper limit. When I led people into the Turkic royal court, the Tang Dynasty fought fiercely with the Turks in Dingxiang for many days, and that battle took a long time. Nearly three hundred thousand taels.”
"As for the last time we captured Jie Li together, haha, it was a total of five hundred thousand taels."
What? ? ?
This, so much money?
Xiao Changle's eyes widened. He couldn't imagine that it was just a battle. How could it need so much? How did you spend it?
How to spend it?
Xiao Rui scratched his head, I can't just do the math for you bit by bit, right?
But Xiao Changle had a serious expression on his face, meaning that if you don't give in, it will prove that you lied to me.
"Ahem, this, this... settling accounts is time-consuming after all. How about you eat first, and then my brother-in-law will settle the accounts for you slowly?"
Xiao Changle pushed the small dining table in front of him forward, "I'm full. Brother-in-law, forget it now."
I……
"Count it now! Count it now!..." His son Xiaopingan also started urging him.
Xiao Rui's face darkened, "Don't make fun of me! You guys are full. I've been working for a long time and I'm still hungry."
Xiao Changle moved the small dining table in front of Xiao Rui and smiled, "Brother-in-law, do the math while you eat."
puff……
The donkeys of the production team are not handled like this by you.
"Wait, I'll call someone!"
Call someone? What's his name?
Xiao Changle panicked, "Brother-in-law, you are not allowed to find my father..."
Xiao Rui laughed and said: "You also have someone to be afraid of. I'm going to find someone who can settle accounts. Just wait."
In Xiaojiazhuang, who can settle accounts? I'm afraid no one is better at settling accounts than Xiao Rui.
Xiao Rui couldn't stand Xiao Changle's 100,000 whys and wanted to be lazy, so he went to find Zhao Deyan, the free private school teacher in Xiaojiazhuang.
Over at the Xiao Family Academy, Zhao Deyan was giving lectures to Li Chengqian, Yang Zhengdao, Niu Xiaohu, Fang Yiai and others. When he heard about Xiao Rui's interesting topic, he immediately became interested.
"It's rare for someone to be able to explain the matter of marriage clearly. It would be better for you to go to class at home behind closed doors? Have you forgotten the other students?" Zhao Deyan laughed and scolded Xiao Rui for being dishonest.
"I just remembered it. By the way, Lao Zhao, you have to do a favor later and do some detailed calculations..."
After listening to Xiao Rui's topic, Zhao Deyan almost vomited blood and rolled his eyes helplessly. He knew that you didn't look for me for good things. So it turned out that he couldn't hold it in and only thought of us?
This is such a trap! The detailed expenses of a war often require several prime ministers to plan for many days, or the entire household and military departments to cooperate in the calculation. You want me to calculate it alone in front of the hall? Are you kidding me?
"It's okay, I've got it covered. I know a talented person who is particularly good at calculating this. Just wait for me... Oh, by the way, if you want to arrange for the students to sit down, I'll come as soon as I go." Zhao Deyan ran away.
Xiao Rui was confused and thought to himself, is there anyone in Xiaojiazhuang who is better at calculating this than the two of us?
However, he could only suppress his confusion and go back to call Xiao Changle. Xiangcheng followed him with the child in his arms. A group of people, like students, sat in the classroom in an orderly manner and waited.
Not long after, Zhao Deyan came in with someone. After entering, Zhao Deyan consciously sat on the student seat, but the person behind him walked up to the podium.
When everyone takes a look, isn't this the Second Young Master Feng from Lingnan?
Feng Zhidai smiled and greeted everyone, especially Xiao Rui. "Is this a job application question? It's very interesting. I will answer it seriously."
What? What are the application questions? Xiao Rui looked at Zhao Deyan beside him.
Zhao Deyan whispered: "He wants to apply for the position of Mr. Arithmetic at Wuming Academy. I told him that I will let him pass after I explain this clearly to the children today."
You... Xiao Rui looked at Zhao Deyan in surprise. After a long time, he lowered his voice and said: "You are still the bad old guy."
Give Xiao Rui a wink, meaning don't expose him.
"Ahem, Mr. Feng, I need to remind you that the time given to you is limited, so you need to focus on the key calculations. In addition, considering that there are many students attending the class today, and everyone's arithmetic level is different, so you also need to pay attention to the teaching The method should be as easy to understand as possible so that all students can understand it." Xiao Rui immediately got into the role.
Feng Zhidai nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I must pay attention next time."
After thinking for a moment, Feng Zhidai began his narration, "The soldiers and horses must go ahead before food and grass are used. From the beginning to the end of a war, there is no day without spending money. The first thing that needs to be calculated is the army's food and grass for one day. For example, a It costs two meals a day for a soldier, and one day’s fodder for a war horse.”
"If you multiply this by the total number of people, you will get how much food everyone eats in a day. How much fodder all the horses consume in a day."
After this, how many days did the war last...
"Wait a minute, can you use a specific war as an example? For example, the last time the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks." Xiao Changle was focused on this. She wanted to know whether her brother-in-law had lied to her.
Feng Zhidai said, "Little princess, I didn't participate in the last time the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks, and I don't know how many troops, horses and equipment the Tang Dynasty used. So..."
Xiao Rui smiled and said: "It's simple, bring a pen and paper, I will write you the rough data, and you can use it as a question to solve for these children."
