A few days ago, the news of Li Zhao's death in Baihua Valley reached the emperor's ears from the intelligence service, and the emperor was immediately furious.
This is the second time. The first time Li Zhao was forced to jump off a cliff, and this time he was pushed down a ravine. Each time, it was aimed at Li Zhao.
"Who? Who is targeting Li Zhao like this? Is it that our Great Qin cannot tolerate heroes?"
Shang Xin was trembling by the side, not daring to breathe, and quickly said in a low voice: "The news from the elite said that it was Duke Xiang who did it."
"Mr. Xiang? It's Gong Xiang again. Who is this person?" The emperor punched the desk hard, pointed to the Prime Minister and the direction of the East China Sea, "No matter who Gong Xiang is, let me check it out. Check it out." ! Even if I search the whole east to find out who Duke Xiang is, I will tear him alive."
The emperor's anger could not be calmed down, "Come here, call the doctor, the commander, and the guards."
At this moment, the secret palace was like a mountain of fire erupting, filled with flames everywhere, and the center was Ying Zheng.
A quarter of an hour later, Lang Zhongling and the guards arrived at the same time. They were all panting. Facing the emperor's rage, they all lowered their heads and waited carefully.
"I order you to lead the crowd to the Prime Minister immediately. We must find Duke Xiang and escort him back to Xianyang. I want to see with my own eyes what Duke Xiang is and how he dares to treat my hero like this."
Lang Zhongling and the guards did not dare to say anything, so they immediately took the order and left. A few quarters of an hour later, the emperor's personal guards and the guards guarding the imperial city were all ready to go and headed towards the Prime Minister.
Galloping horses were flying, dust and smoke were floating everywhere, it looked like the end of the world, but in fact it was the end of the world. The bad news about Li Zhao shocked the entire Qin Dynasty.
This is already the second time.
In the secret palace, the emperor shouted: "Where is the Iron Eagle?"
The sound was like thunder from the sky, shaking everywhere. After a while, Iron Eagle appeared like a ghost, but he restrained himself a lot and was no longer as arrogant as before.
The emperor's anger was unprecedented, and no one dared to get into trouble.
"Tie Ying, immediately mobilize everyone in Black Ice Platform to search for Li Zhao. If he is really killed, I want to see the body. If not, save him immediately."
"No!" Tie Ying came and went in a hurry, and the person disappeared all of a sudden.
After the three guards were gone, Shang Xin became worried and asked worriedly: "Your Majesty, how is the safety of the secret palace?"
The emperor ignored it and said in a hoarse voice: "If Li Zhao dies, is it still necessary for the secret palace to exist? My safety is secondary, Li Zhao is more important."
Shang Xin was stunned. He had never imagined that Li Zhao had reached such a high level in the emperor's mind.
But the worry only lasted for a moment, and he soon settled down. The three giants left, and only the elite could protect His Majesty well.
Li Zhao didn't know what happened in Shanglin Garden. At this moment, he looked at Master Cui coldly, even if his head was covered with black gauze, he couldn't hide his sarcasm.
He retorted: "Even if I don't know anything, I can win without any effort."
When these words were heard, the people brought by Master Cui burst into laughter, but the people in the County and Cheng Mansion couldn't help covering their mouths and snickering. These words were really too funny.
In Donghai County, who dares to defeat Accountant Hu effortlessly, this is the only one!
Yan'er was a little embarrassed and regretted letting this person out. She just wanted to treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor, but she didn't know that the horse died before being treated.
It's really better to let her go into battle on her own, and maybe lose with some dignity.
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up!"
The county magistrate heard this impatiently and immediately urged Li Zhao, because Hu's counting house had been in progress for a long time and the incense was half burned.
"Yes, hurry up! Even if you lose, I will forgive you." Yan'er urged Li Zhao softly, not wanting to put too much pressure on him.
Li Zhao chuckled, walked slowly to the Qian book, and looked through it casually.
In fact, this money record is not complicated. Every income and expenditure is clearly recorded. It just needs to be calculated clearly.
Accountant Hu's movements were very quick, he had already calculated half of the calculations, and he was very orderly. If this trend continues, even if there are errors, they will only be within a few millimeters.
After a while, Li Zhao didn't know how he did it, but he just stretched out his hand to touch his arms and found out a strange thing. This thing was square in shape and supported by sticks in the middle. On the sticks, there were wooden like-like objects. Something like a wheel.
However, it is not as big as a wheel, and looks much smaller.
"What is this?"
Yan'er found it strange. She had never seen such a thing, and of course no one else had seen it either.
"This is an abacus, specially used for calculating accounts."
Li Zhao didn't explain much and started flipping through the money book from the first page. The numbers in the money book were recorded in small seal script. After traveling through the Qin Dynasty for so many years, it was naturally not a problem for him.
Bang bang bang!
After reading the first page, the abacus also made a sound simultaneously.
I saw that the turning of each page was accompanied by the turning of beads, and it continued like this.
Looking at Hu's accountant again, he still maintained the same movements. At first, everyone thought that he was flipping through the accounts very quickly, but after Li Zhao started flipping through the accounts, his speed felt like a snail crawling.
Comparing each other, Li Zhao is just playing. Yes, this is a common idea among everyone. Every government has an account, more or less, and every government has its calculations. Almost everyone has seen how the accounts are settled. , but I have never seen someone as calculating as Li Zhao.
What does this look like? You finish one page and then move on to the next. It’s no different from swallowing the whole page.
That's nonsense!
"Hey! It seems like you really don't understand anything!"
Yan'er shook her head. She no longer had any illusions about Li Zhao.
Wow! Turning with one hand! Bang bang bang, the other hand is beating.
As the number of pages decreases, the beads in the abacus also increase.
Looking at Hu's counting house again, it is still so orderly, the number of pages is slowly decreasing, the sticks are accumulating more and more, and the records are becoming more and more dense.
Finally, Li Zhao struck the last bead, breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his sweat and said, "It's over."
"Salt is one million eight hundred and nine thousand six hundred and thirty-two cents, iron is five million six thousand eight hundred and seventy-six cents."
It's clear and precise, and it's accurate to the tiniest bit, as if it's really something like that.
"Haha! Boy, did you randomly report a number and give it back a million, as if it were true?" Master Cui teased.
He knew very little about salt and iron, so he didn't know how much difference a million dollars was from the actual price, but he felt that a million dollars was too outrageous.
But the county guard frowned, because this was almost the same as last year. However, when he thought of Li Zhao's playful calculation, he suddenly smiled, thinking that this person must know last year's accounts and randomly report a similar one. Just the number.
I don’t take it to heart at all, maybe everyone has this idea! This animal is going to be embarrassed after playing.
Mr. Ru nodded to Li Zhao. He did not make any comments, and his eyes fell on Accountant Hu.
At this moment, Accountant Hu was still calculating. Maybe Li Zhao had put too much pressure on him, or maybe the incense had burned to the end, and his back was completely soaked, and his brows were full of anxiety.
Finally, when the incense burned out, the Confucian scholar quickly shouted: "Stop, don't count anymore."
Accountant Hu stopped what he was doing and wrote down the last number.
He's done.
"Counter Hu, please report your total."
Accountant Hu seemed very confident. He stood up, held a piece of paper, and read out in an orderly manner: "Salt is 1,809,190 yuan, and iron is 5,6665 yuan."
After hearing this, the county guard nodded. This is not much different from last year. It must be exactly the same.
"Okay, let's ask the Salt and Iron Bureau to do the accounting." Mr. Ru nodded and ordered the Salt and Iron Bureau's accountant.
Another stick of incense passed by, and after a few more quarters of an hour, the accountant was able to calculate the number. However, for the sake of fairness, Mr. Confucius asked them to count it twice more, and it took several sticks of incense to get an accurate number. .
"Old Confucian, please read out the result quickly."
(End of chapter)
