"General, this is Yang Ling, it was you who invited me here."
Yang Ling looked stunned.
"Are you Yang Ling?"
Cao Hong couldn't help being surprised.
It turned out that the last time the two met, Yang Ling was unkempt and slovenly, looking no different from a beggar.
But today, after some cleaning, he revealed his handsome and extraordinary appearance.
Paired with a scholar's attire, he looked like a handsome and elegant young man.
Of course, the only drawback is that Yang Ling's hair is still a little short.
Cao Hong's bad attitude towards Yang Ling before was also due to his appearance.
After all, people in ancient times were judged by their appearance.
Like the short and ugly Pang Tong, who originally wanted to join Sun Quan, but was rejected because of his appearance.
After seeing Yang Ling's true face, Cao Hong's attitude became obviously much more polite.
"Sir, please take a seat quickly."
After Yang Ling sat down beside him, he chuckled and said,
"I wonder if the general has called his subordinates to come here today. What's the matter?"
Cao Hong hesitated for a moment and then said,
"I wonder if sir are still used to living in the camp?"
"Get used to it, of course!"
Yang Ling nodded and smiled.
In the past few days, Yang Ling was either practicing martial arts with Dian Wei or lying down in the tent, leaving the task of guarding the food and grass to his younger brother Dian Wei.
Not to mention how easy it was.
"Just get used to it, get used to it. If you need anything, sir, just ask."
Cao Hong also said with a smile.
"General, you should not only care about your subordinates today. Just tell me what's going on."
Yang Ling saw that Cao Hong didn't mean what he said, so he simply spoke directly.
"Sir, you are really smart. I can't hide anything from you."
Cao Hong said in surprise.
Yang Ling curled his lips.
As the saying goes, there is nothing wrong without going to the Three Treasures Palace.
As the saying goes, if a weasel pays New Year greetings to a rooster, it's not a good idea.
A few days ago, Cao Hong was indifferent to him, but today he took the initiative to call him over and asked him a lot, making it clear that he had something to ask of him.
"Here's the thing."
Cao Hong composed himself and said slowly,
"A few days ago, didn't you advise Mr. Cao to set up a gold-touching school captain?"
"Yes, hasn't Mr. Cao already done so and achieved great success?"
Yang Ling asked with a smile.
"Sir, how did you know this?"
Cao Hong looked at Yang Ling dumbfounded.
Yang Ling looked calm, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.
The day after he joined Cao Ying, the camp stopped recruiting refugees.
But in recent days, the camp has begun to recruit refugees from all over the world with great fanfare.
Moreover, the soldiers in the camp also have many more sophisticated armors and weapons.
If the tomb robbery had not been successful, where would Cao Cao have obtained the military resources?
"Sir, you are really smart. I can't hide anything from you!"
Cao Hong was completely stunned by Yang Ling. After sighing, he continued,
"As Mr. Cao said, Mr. Cao obtained a large amount of money and handed it over to me to purchase supplies such as food, grass, soldiers, and armor."
"But the amount of money is not small, and the supplies are huge, so it is very troublesome to arrange them."
"I have rough guys under my command, and the accounts have been in chaos these past few days."
"So I would like to ask sir to help me!"
"I thought it was a big deal, it's just a trivial matter, nothing worth mentioning."
Yang Ling smiled nonchalantly.
After hearing this, Cao Hong was overjoyed.
"Sir, are you willing to help me?"
"That's natural."
Yang Ling smiled and nodded.
If you want to get along well in Boss Cao's camp, you must have a good relationship with clan generals like Cao Hong and Xia Houyuan.
"That's great! Come here and bring us all the accounts!"
After Cao Hong gave the order, the soldiers outside the tent came in carrying loads of bamboo slips.
Looking at the bamboo slips piled up into a hill, Yang Ling was startled.
Why are there so many bamboo slips?
Looking at the posture, if you want to sort out the accounts of logistics materials, you may not be able to do it in three to five days!
Yang Ling walked forward slowly and picked up a pair of bamboo slips.
"On the third day of the lunar month, I consumed 319 shi of food and grass in the morning, and purchased 1,200 shi of food and grass in the afternoon..."
He pondered for a moment and then came up with an idea.
"I have a way to solve the accounting problem once and for all."
"Sir, please speak quickly!"
Cao Hong looked at Yang Ling eagerly.
"This old-fashioned accounting method is too complicated and confusing, and it is not conducive to statistics."
Yang Ling pointed to the contents on the bamboo slips and talked eloquently,
"From now on, the accounts will be divided into two volumes. One volume is used to record the consumption of materials, and the other is used to record the storage of materials."
"In this way, when you reconcile the accounts in the future, you only need to subtract the number of consumed materials to get the number of remaining materials."
"Compare it with the number of materials in the warehouse and you will know whether there is anything wrong."
Cao Hong's eyes suddenly lit up!
He was recently assigned by Cao Cao to be responsible for the dispatch of supplies and grain, and he has some experience in this area.
Naturally, it was immediately obvious that the beauty of Yang Ling’s accounting method was!
Income and expenses are separated, and the accounts are extremely clear and not so confusing!
"In addition, the general can use Allah...well, new numerical symbols to keep accounts."
Yang Ling smiled.
"New number symbols, what are they?"
Cao Hong said curiously.
Yang Ling randomly found a wooden stick, leaned down, and drew it on the ground.
"This is 1, this is 2, this is 3..."
He showed Cao Hong all the numbers from 1 to 0, and also told him the addition and subtraction methods.
Cao Hong frowned and thought for a while, and his eyes widened instantly!
Compared with the tens of thousands used in accounting before, these new numerical symbols are clear at a glance, and I don’t know how much simpler they are!
Best of all, it's easy to understand.
Even an illiterate soldier can easily master it after practicing a few times!
Coupled with the accounting method Yang Ling mentioned before, will Cao Hong still have to worry about the logistics of accounting in the future?
"Sir, you are indeed very talented. Thank you so much, sir!"
Cao Hong held Yang Ling's hand and was excited!
Unexpectedly, Yang Ling could easily solve the problem that troubled him with just a little trick!
Fortunately, my attitude towards him was not that bad!
"General, you're welcome. I'm your subordinate. These are just my duties."
Yang Ling smiled and waved her hands.
Cao Hong did not hesitate, and immediately found several smart soldiers, taught them new accounting methods and numerical symbols, and put them in charge of handling the accounts.
And he personally hosted a banquet to greet Yang Ling.
…
A few days later.
Cao Cao was in the Chinese army camp, looking through the letters in his hand.
After a long time, he raised his head and looked at Xiahou Dun, Le Jin and others.
"Yuan Benchu has contacted people from various towns and will form an alliance with Jujube to discuss the attack on Dong Zhuo. It is already getting late, so our army should set off as soon as possible. Do you have any opinions?"
"We have no objection."
All the generals said in unison.
"That's good."
Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction and looked at Cao Hong aside.
"General Zilian, what is the current logistics situation of our army?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked sympathetic.
