Master Cui admitted that he could not pass the first level, but he was not discouraged. He was still so confident, and there was even a little cunning hidden in his eyes.
The old man followed his advice and said loudly: "Please proceed to the second level, arithmetic calculations. There are two identical money books here, recording the county's salt and iron income in one year. This is where I personally went to the salt official office and The iron official's office received it absolutely impartially, and the total number has not been calculated."
"The two of you calculate first, and the accounting clerk calculates later. Whoever calculates the result accurately and in the fastest time wins."
Yan'er nodded, this was what she and Mr. Ru had discussed, and it was absolutely fair. Master Cui agreed readily without any hesitation, and stood up first, waving to the back. The person behind him immediately stood up, raised his hand to Master Cui, and walked to Qian Ji.
"What are you going to do?"
Yan'er saw this and shouted quickly.
Master Cui responded calmly: "You just said that the second level is arithmetic, and you didn't say that you can invite people. In other words, as long as you win, you can pass the second level, right?"
He looked at Mr. Ru with a smile.
Ru Lao was startled. Indeed, Yan'er did not clearly state the rules of this test. Since she did not say it, there was no limit on who could pass the test.
Master Cui was trying to catch a loophole to clear the customs. Yan'er suddenly became angry, blaming her for her negligence.
"Exactly, let's get started!" Mr. Ru looked at Yan'er and could only nod.
Yan'er had no choice but to agree.
"Yan'er, if you're here to compete, you'd better invite someone over!" Master Cui laughed heartily when he saw Yan'er with an unhappy face and teased.
He knew Yan'er so well that if they competed for their true talents, even ten Master Cui would not be able to defeat Yan'er, but Master Cui would be able to catch the loopholes, which was why he was so confident.
The person listed at the moment is the accountant in the county government. He has been doing accounting for a lifetime. He is very good at calculations and rarely makes mistakes. Even if he makes mistakes, they are within a few millimeters, which is amazing.
The reason why the county government's accounts are in order is his credit. If such a person participates in calculations, Yan'er will definitely lose.
This is Master Cui’s idea, and of course everyone’s idea.
Yan'er's brows wrinkled. As everyone thought, although her arithmetic skills were good, she was not as good as the accounting clerk.
"What should I do?" Looking at the stacks of heavy account books and the disdainful expression on the accountant's face, Yan'er became anxious.
"Yan'er, why haven't you started yet? You don't want to play tricks and delay time! It's useless. The strength is here, and you can't win no matter what."
"Of course, you can admit defeat, there is no need to make a fool of yourself like this."
Master Cui was very proud and continued: "Actually, you still have a chance. I didn't pass the first level, but I passed the second level. One win and one tie. Let's tie. Let's go directly to the third level!"
Obviously, in Master Cui's eyes, Yan'er's defeat was still so unsuspicious.
The county guard on the side spoke, but he said it to the county magistrate: "Jun Cheng, do you want to cheat? Let your daughter admit defeat quickly, don't waste time."
Jun Cheng was in a dilemma, and after a deep sigh he could only nod. In fact, he also believed that his daughter would definitely lose, and there was no need to waste time.
Of course, he is also a little powerless. If Master Cui passes this level, then the third level will be even more unsuspicious. Although Master Cui is uneducated and has no skills, he is still successful in archery.
It is said that he can hit the target within a hundred steps and is called a marksman. Although Yan'er has dabbled in shooting, she is a rookie and can be said to be vulnerable.
"Yan'er, let's admit defeat! In fact, marrying him is not necessarily possible," the county magistrate persuaded his daughter, but her daughter refused, "No, I will never marry him."
Just so willful and spontaneous.
The county guard became angry when he heard this and yelled: "Jun Cheng, are you going back on your word? Then don't blame me for getting angry."
The county magistrate was most afraid of the county governor getting angry, so he lowered his head in fear.
"No, my father didn't go back on his word, and you will win, right?" It was Yan'er's voice. She raised her hand to Mr. Ru, "Old Ru, Master Cui can ask someone to settle the score. Can I do the same?"
In times of crisis, he thought of one person.
"Of course!" Mr. Ru nodded.
"Very good!" Yan'er smiled angrily at Master Cui and ordered the maid beside her. The maid frowned but left anyway.
This was so ironic to Master Cui's ears. Yan'er meant that she also asked someone to settle the accounts, hehe! I couldn't help but chuckle to myself.
The best accountant in the entire Donghai County is the accountant Hu he hired. Even if Yan'er is asked to hire the accountant, it still won't be crushed. No one in Donghai County can beat Accountant Hu.
After a while, a man wearing a black veil walked in under the leadership of the maid. Who was this man if he wasn't Li Zhao?
When he came, he asked the maid to get him a dousha, naturally so that no one would see his true face. After all, people from Duke Xiang were likely to appear here, and if they were discovered, it would inevitably cause a lot of trouble.
It was him who Yan'er wanted to invite. In fact, Yan'er was also a dead horse and a living doctor. She couldn't find anyone in Donghai County who could beat Hu's accountant. She had no choice but to try Li Zhao, a man who could write such a poem. Man, I guess his arithmetic skills are not bad.
As for whether she could win against Accountant Hu, she didn't have high hopes. She just hoped that she wouldn't lose too badly.
Li Zhao couldn't help but frown when he saw the scene in front of him. When the maid asked him to come over, she just said that if he helped the lady, the lady would forgive him, so he agreed to come, but he didn't know that there were so many people.
He couldn't help but glance across the whole place, and suddenly he found an acquaintance, the clever Confucian old man who was causing trouble for him at that time. However, his conscience realized that he actually ran to Shanglinyuan, and he was considered one of his own.
Looking at the others, the person sitting here is very powerful and must be a local leader, but it doesn't matter. With his status in Da Qin at this moment, no one can compare with him except the emperor.
At this time, the woman changed her previous attitude and smiled with a smile on her face, but her words were still domineering: "If you help me defeat Master Cui, I will forgive you."
She raised the word "forgiveness" at a higher decibel level, but her eyes were longing.
But the word 'forgive' aroused Master Cui's dissatisfaction. Forgiveness means what this guy did to Yan'er, what did that kid do to Yan'er?
At this moment, the victory is right in front of him, and he has regarded Yan'er as his forbidden love and cannot allow anyone to do anything to Yan'er.
"Boy, tell me what you did to Yan'er, otherwise you won't be able to get out of here."
Looking at Li Zhao's tattered clothes, he ignored whether Li Zhao had another identity and scolded him angrily.
Li Zhaozheng wanted to agree to the woman's request, but when he heard that this bull was so domineering, he couldn't help but feel angry. How could he be scolded by others today? He shouted: "So what did I do to Yan'er? Does it have anything to do with you?" "
This is the rhythm of provocation. Master Cui became furious instantly, pointed at Li Zhao and threatened: "You're in trouble, boy. You will never get out of here today, no, you won't get out of here now."
After finishing speaking, he waved his hand, and slaves came from behind and wanted to attack Li Zhao, but a voice stopped them.
"Don't be fooling around. Are you trying to deceive me in front of me?" This was the voice of Mr. Ru. Yan'er invited Li Zhao to settle accounts, but Master Cui, the opponent, wanted to take action against this man. This was the voice of the old man. Fraud.
This is not the key. The key is that he smelled a sense of familiarity in this person, as if he had seen him there before, but he couldn't put it in words for the moment.
After being shouted at, the county guard spoke, "All of you, please step aside and don't cause trouble. We will discuss this later."
He meant to wait until the test was over before dealing with Li Zhao, but the anger in his heart was also rising.
In Donghai County, no one dared to ignore his son, and this was the first one.
"Boy, do you know who I am?" The county guard stood up and stared at Li Zhao.
Li Zhao completely ignored him: "I don't care who you are, I have no interest in you at all."
The county guard was instantly furious and his face was twisted. However, due to the old man's shame, he had no choice but to throw up his sleeves and sit down with a 'hum'. At the same time, he warned: "Boy, after this is over, you'd better pray." God will find a way out for you."
A naked threat.
Li Zhao replied: "I'm waiting, I hope it goes as you wish."
The atmosphere became tense for a while, but Yan'er finally broke the silence, "Go and settle the account quickly, I forgive you."
This man deserves to be forgiven for the way he criticized the county governor just now. He is so masculine, and men are born like this.
Li Zhao nodded and walked to a few piles of books and records.
You don’t need to think about it to know that the so-called accounting means calculating the accounts in these ledgers.
After traveling back in time for more than 20 years, he really had very little experience in settling accounts. His uncle was taking care of Shanglinyuan's accounts, but with modern means and knowledge, how could he be afraid of it.
It's just a matter of settling accounts, something that can be accomplished overnight.
"Let's start! If you can calculate the time of one stick of incense and it is not accurate within this time, you will win."
When the old Confucian's voice sounded, someone lit incense.
Accountant Hu is worthy of being the accountant in the county. He is very skilled in his skills. He prepared everything in just a few steps and opened the account book, which is also the money book.
Then he pulled out a small bag from his waist and quickly opened the bag to reveal the small stick inside.
Li Zhao was no stranger to this. He had seen his uncle settle accounts like this when he was in Chang'an Township. At that time, he was thinking of inventing something to reduce his uncle's workload, but in the end he forgot about it.
This is a calculation plan. In fact, it has been widely used in accounting since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Its algorithm is very simple. It uses a small stick to record, just like modern kindergarten students use glue sticks to calculate the most basic addition and subtraction. .
In fact, later abacus was also developed on the basis of abacus, and it was basically mature after the Northern Song Dynasty.
In other words, the arithmetic tools at the moment are very primitive, and it is precisely because of the limitations of the tools that calculations are very slow.
Li Zhao couldn't help but shake his head when he saw it. If he kept fiddling with the stick like this, he would figure out how long it would take to complete it. He couldn't help but not making any moves.
It's not that he can't do math, it's that he was insulted. From the perspective of his previous life, as an adult, he was as if he were competing in arithmetic with a child in a kindergarten. It was very embarrassing.
However, what Li Zhao thought was embarrassing, in the eyes of others, was that he was intimidated by Hu Accountant's skillful calculation.
Master Cui couldn't help laughing when he saw this: "Boy, you don't understand anything, do you?"
(End of chapter)
