"No need to calculate chips, no abacus, just use these special symbols?"
Chen Xinghe asked tentatively.
"Just use Xiping Village numbers."
Zhao Ping corrected, specifically specifying the number of Xiping Village.
This is related to the development of Xiping Village, and even the inheritance of Xiping Village civilization, and cannot be taken lightly.
"Okay, then I will test you today."
Chen Xinghe also became interested.
Start asking questions immediately.
Li Mubai was very understanding and took the initiative to give up the blackboard and chalk, and asked the students to read silently first.
Who can continue to read silently in such a wonderful competition?
Everyone looked at the blackboard with wide eyes.
Whether Xiping Village School can teach truly talented people can be seen from the results of their competition.
Everyone can hear clearly that Mr. just called that person Mr. Zhou Mu. He is obviously a high official.
And that Xu Tianhua, he is also the county magistrate.
If the teacher can defeat these people, he will study harder in the future and catch up with the teacher as soon as possible.
"What is the sum of eighty-seven and seventy-eight?"
Chen Xinghe asked.
Then he took out a small abacus from the sleeve.
In order to prevent Zhao Ping from peeking, he even turned around, with his back to Zhao Ping, and then fiddled with it.
Zhao Ping picked up the chalk, listed the vertical expressions on the blackboard, and gave the answer after a little calculation.
"One hundred sixty-five."
"It's actually right."
Chen Xinghe turned around and glanced at the incomprehensible numbers of Xiping Village on the blackboard.
Then he asked: "What is the product of ninety-nine and one hundred and ninety-nine?"
This time he did not turn around, but stared at Zhao Ping.
He found that Zhao Ping had written some symbols on the blackboard that he could not understand at all, and then said: "Nineteen thousand, seven hundred and one."
Chen Xinghe hurriedly fiddled with his abacus for a while to confirm that it was correct.
My eyes started to light up.
It turned out to be really correct.
How did Zhao Ping do it?
It should be that these are too simple and some are difficult.
Such as division and square.
Zhao Ping also answered them one by one, and Chen Xinghe confirmed that they were all correct.
And judging from the calculation time, it was shorter than the time he needed to use an abacus.
"How can this be?"
Chen Xinghe said in disbelief: "How can Xiping Village's numbers have such good results?"
"It's very simple."
Zhao Ping said with a smile: "Because the numbers in Xiping Village are more convenient and easier to calculate, as long as you master the know-how, you can calculate the correct results very quickly, which is much more convenient than arithmetic and abacus."
Chen Xinghe became a diligent and inquiring student, and asked weakly: "Can you tell me the principle?"
"Can."
Zhao nodded and began to speak.
In fact, it was the most basic thing in the previous life, but in the Dawei Dynasty, it was an extremely advanced civilization.
Zhao Ping started with counting.
Then we will talk about the calculation rules of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Fortunately, Chen Xinghe had a certain foundation in arithmetic and learned very quickly.
In just a few minutes, he learned that one plus one equals two.
But when it comes to adding two digits, he still doesn't quite understand it and often makes mistakes.
Peng Yue and Xu Tianhua are also following suit.
But Xu Tianhua's basic skills are a bit poor and he doesn't even understand counting.
Peng Yue was a little stronger and barely knew that one plus one equals two, but he couldn't figure out what one plus two equals.
"Master Zhou Mu, don't delay these children's studies. Let's move to other places, right?"
Zhao Ping finally saw it.
These people are all good students, they only know how to study hard and don't care about the occasion.
In his previous life, he would have been a top student.
But at the moment, I can only urge, "There are still many places in Xiping Village that need to be inspected by Mr. Zhou Mu. We can't stay here for too long."
"Oh, yes, I still want to ask for advice."
Chen Xinghe finally came to his senses, patted his forehead, smiled bitterly, and stopped studying.
But I couldn't help but ask him.
Along the way, I kept mumbling about how many plus several equals what.
There are even some numbers of Xiping Village written on the palm of his hand.
Really obsessed with studies.
With the numbers in Xiping Village, Chen Xinghe's interest was completely aroused, so much so that he forgot about the blackboard, books and other teaching tools.
Zhao Ping didn't care either. As long as he could pull Chen Xinghe into his own boat, there would be plenty of opportunities to shock him again and again.
The second stop is the escort agency.
It's daytime now, and the bodyguards, except for those assigned to guard duty, are basically training at the back mountain training ground.
The escort office looked empty.
"I remember you had many escorts, didn't you?"
Chen Xinghe asked curiously: "Why is there no one in this escort agency?"
"They're all busy."
Zhao Ping lied, "I sent them all out during the suppression of bandits, but they haven't come back yet."
"Oh, yes, Ruan Wendi and the others are still in Qingzhou."
Chen Xinghe remembered it and smiled bitterly: "Calculating the time, it should not take many days to return."
"Um."
Zhao Ping nodded and did not answer.
In fact, people have returned, but there are too many people, and it will look very messy here in the factory.
Zhao Ping drove them to Heifeng Village and asked them to continue training.
Go back and have a big competition with the bodyguards to select elite members to join the Flying Eagle Army.
This cannot be told to Chen Xinghe.
After all, he is the emperor's uncle, a member of the royal family.
It would be bad if he felt there were signs of rebellion and told His Majesty, and then summoned a large army.
Xiping Village is still a small seedling.
It needs a stable environment to thrive, how can it withstand the storm.
Third stop, the brewery.
The workers were boiling pots, stirring, adding some starter and adding starter. They were very busy.
But like the previous construction workers, everyone had a happy smile on their face.
The difference is that people here can chat loudly.
Talking about heaven and earth, so happy.
"They're making wine?"
Chen Xinghe paused, "Is this the acacia wine?"
"no."
Zhao Ping shook his head and said, "This is called beer."
"beer?"
It was Xu Tianhua who asked, "What is it?"
"I have tasted wine for so many years, but I have never heard of beer?"
“Xiping Village’s own creation.”
Zhao Ping said proudly: "I guarantee it will taste better than acacia wine."
"But it hasn't been brewed yet, and it will take some time to get it out of the warehouse."
"When it's out of the warehouse, I'll order someone to send it to you as soon as possible."
"That's pretty much it."
Xu Tianhua nodded with satisfaction.
Zhao Ping continued: "I'll send some to you too."
"Very good, very good."
Chen Xinghe stroked his beard and laughed.
Zhao Ping felt more and more satisfied.
This kind of talented person must be kept in his own hands and let him serve the David Dynasty.
How to keep it?
Make peace.
Unfortunately, His Majesty has no daughter, only a prince.
I heard that Mr. Zhao has a six-year-old daughter who happens to be the same age as the crown prince. How about positioning his daughter as the crown princess?
Yes, just do it.
I will write a memorial to His Majesty later and ask him to agree to this matter.
Zhao Ping didn't know that Chen Xinghe was targeting his little cotton-padded jacket, otherwise, he might have put a knife to his neck.
Continue to lead the three people inside.
The fourth stop, textile factory.
When everyone saw the different textile machines, they were all stunned.
"This is... a textile machine?"
Chen Xinghe asked weakly.
"Yes."
"Why is it different from the looms I've seen?"
"Improved version."
Zhao Ping explained: "The previous loom only had one spindle, and it could only be done by hand, which was extremely inconvenient and very inefficient."
"And my loom has four additional spindles, and using both hands and feet, it can spin five pieces of cloth a day."
"This is also one of the reasons why I can price cheaper than other cloth shops."
"Who invented it?"
Chen Xinghe said excitedly: "If it can be popularized, the people of the entire Dawei Dynasty will not have to worry about having no clothes to wear."
Cloth is the key to making clothes.
The shortage in the Dawei Dynasty was not just because the people were poor and could not afford it.
Also because textile technology is backward, so many pieces of cloth cannot be produced.
Moreover, the people of the Dawei Dynasty were also ranked among scholars, farmers, industry and merchants.
In their eyes, businessmen are lowly.
The vast majority of people would rather hide at home and be idle than show up and become businessmen.
Of course, the most important thing is that merchants are not allowed to take the imperial examination.
It is equivalent to saying that once you go into business, you will be branded as a businessman for generations, and it will be difficult to turn over.
There are exceptions.
Such as Tian Yi.
By bribing some people with silver, you can find another way to become an official.
But for most people, there is no such way.
Therefore, workers are also a scarce resource.
The combination of various reasons led to the very low production of cloth in the David Dynasty.
Coupled with the need to supply some neighboring countries, cloth became even more scarce.
The price was raised to 600 yuan per horse, which stopped many people from buying.
So after seeing the new textile machines in Xiping Village Textile Factory, Chen Xinghe had the idea of popularizing them.
