"There was a poem that said, 'This fragrance is the same as the different realm, and the beauty is better than the immortals. Drink tea and drink tea for a while to regulate the qi, and Wu Wan is happy to destroy evil."

"Stop singing, isn't it just Helileye? Do you think I don't know?"

"Then do you buy it?"

“Born!”

The little messenger of the liquidation bank copied the transactions between the two parties with sweat. As the last transaction fell, the bell rang just right. The little messenger breathed a sigh of relief and said, "To this end today, the market will be closed for two days and will open again in two days."

After saying that, he hurriedly left the table with his account book and went to work behind.

It was almost evening, and the merchants completed the day's transaction and could immediately go back to their next door to their centralized residence, drink and have fun, play and play. But they still had to fight at night to settle the exchange.

As the most important service institution for expo transactions, the work in the liquidation bank affiliated with the household corpus is definitely not easy.

A grand trade fair ends, and the books that are collected often contain thousands of pages.

Every transaction must be settled, and everyone's account must be counted. It is impossible to conduct statistics after the entire transaction is over, and merchants can't wait. Therefore, the transaction usually takes two days to suspend the accounts for a few days, and then open new transactions.

The work is heavy, but it is also extremely necessary. Merchants no longer carry copper coins to trade in large and small cars, nor do they have to be quarrels because of the quality of copper coins and the value of silk, which leads to a yellow neck. Everyone uses silver dollars, which is heavy with eighteen zhu, silver nine and copper one, to settle the billing currency, which saves a lot of trouble.

Businessmen save trouble, and liquidation companies need to increase their workload. But since you want to collect taxes, it is natural that you cannot do nothing, and there is no such good thing as enjoying your life.

After Zhuge Zhongbao left the market, he lived in a building separated from the market by a wall.

The museum is newly built. It used to be a wooden house, but now it is a brick house. The walls of the yard have changed from rammed earth to blue bricks.

Lingxia’s changes are visible to the naked eye, which makes him very moved.

Zhuge Zhongbao started his business this year, and he bought some tea from Xingyuan Mansion and transported it to Lingzhou for sale.

Zhuge Zhongfang, the governor of Shannan West Road, originally didn't want to pay attention to his cheap brother, after all, he had old grudges. But after knowing that his niece Zhuge gave birth to a boy for Shao Shude, and he grew up healthy and grew up to six years old. He was smart and clever, he immediately changed his attitude and became warm.

People are so realistic. In the face of interests, everything can be abandoned and everything can be changed.

Zhuge Zhongbao ordered a pot of grape wine and poured it on his own.

The two sons were sitting diagonally opposite each other, still talking and laughing. Perhaps the tea had been sold, and they were happy.

"I heard that the saint gave rewards to the soldiers of Yushan Capital, Shi Zan received a silver dollar bill, and was furious and tore it straight away. He shouted, "The soldiers guarded the palace gate day and night, and gave me paper alone?" Later, he heard that this "paper" could go to Tongzhou Fangshi to exchange silver dollars, and he was angry and almost made trouble."

"Xuzhou soldiers, I think it will cause trouble sooner or later. The saints cannot control these arrogant soldiers and generals."

"Yan soldiers are also very fierce. Will Li Kunwei occupy Chang'an and proclaim himself emperor like Zhu Li?"

"It's hard to say, it's hard to guess the martial artist's mind. Maybe he'll do it on impulse."

Zhuge Zhongbao glanced at them and continued to drink.

The eldest son followed him to do business, and the second son went to study. Today he came here to gain insight.

Erlang read not the classics, but the mathematics. He was very interested in accounts since he was a child. He could not read the Bible before, and often he became drowsy as he read it.

Mathematics is actually good! After you have achieved success, you can go to Chang'an to take the Ming Mathematics Department and get an official position after you pass the mathematics department.

And it’s not easy to learn mathematics these days.

This type of student either studies in the official schools in Chang'an and Luoyang, or teaches at home. It is actually not easy to find a master who is proficient in math from outside.

Lingxia is in the prefecture and county levels to open a math, which is an unprecedented move.

For this reason, almost all the students who flocked to Chang'an to take the Ming Critical Science Examination were recruited, and now they spend a lot of money to recruit them every year, regardless of their level, and they will serve as teachers of math and mathematics at the prefecture and county levels.

Trading fairs require a lot of miscellaneous abilities that are proficient in math, which is undoubtedly very scarce. This can be seen from the fact that the silver dollar bills in each trading fair cannot be freely circulated.

To this day, only the silver dollar notes issued at Lingzhou, Xiazhou, Suizhou and Yanzhou Fairs can be used with each other, but not elsewhere. For example, if you take the silver dollar notes issued by Lingzhou Clearing Bank and go to the Tongzhou Fair to do business, you will definitely be rejected.

The reason is that there are not enough calculation talents to record accounts, which is very fatal and is one of the important reasons that hinder the further promotion of silver dollar bills.

"Erlang, you have been in school for a year. Now, I have asked you to go to the market to check the accounts, so how can I calculate it?" Zhuge Zhongbao asked after putting down the wine bowl.

"Grandma, haven't you been learning mathematics recently?"

"Huh?" Zhuge Zhongbao raised his head, surprised and angry: "If you don't study, are you wasting your whole day?"

"No." Zhuge Erlang said: "I am learning the words of Dashi from Master Mani, and I plan to translate some Dashi and Daqin manuscripts. Master Mani understands Chinese, Uighur, Persian, Dashi, and savages. I am very interested, so I want to learn it."

Master Mani has now joined the Xia Palace as an official. It is said that he may add an additional position of "mathematics" to him, which is contrary to "literature". From the sixth rank, he specializes in teaching the daughter of Prince Xia's mathematics - people at that time often called math, but Shao Shude clearly stated that there are geometry besides math, so he changed the name to math.

The mathematics of the states and counties will soon be renamed mathematics, but for now, the professors are still the same thing, because the doctoral degree in mathematics only knows mathematics, but not mathematics. The Ming Mathematics Examination in Chang'an also tests these.

Master Mani doesn't know much. He is actually just a porter (translation), not a professional researcher.

"Is it useful to learn these things?" Zhuge Zhongbao asked.

"It's useful." Zhuge Erlang said: "It's not very interesting to be a quit. It's also very common for a city man and a peddler. Only translators are knowledgeable inside and outside, broaden their horizons, and it's still interesting."

Zhuge Zhongbao thought about it and found that it seemed to make some sense. However, he did not start from the perspective of interest, but from the perspective of utilitarianism. Perhaps, being familiar with Gentile characters and understanding astronomy and geography is another better step to advance?

Master Mani's background is very complicated, he knows a lot of words and has rich knowledge. Even when King Xia was in Lingzhou, he often asked questions, and he seemed to be an amazing person. It may be good to learn his skills.

"Forget it, I don't care about you." Zhuge Zhongbao sighed: "However, you need to learn. If you are driven out of the school, I can't afford to lose that face."

"I understand, I know." Zhuge Erlang replied.

After the question and answer between father and son, there was nothing to say overnight.

On the next day, Zhuge Zhongbao walked around the market and found that he had no idea what he wanted to buy, so he went to the liquidation bank to get the silver dollar notes and left directly.

The liquidation bank is very interesting now. For some big businessmen who have families and businesses in the local area, they can even provide you with silver dollar bills, which makes it easier for many transactions.

Unfortunately, the same thing is true. If the account is not enough, the silver dollar bill cannot be passed through the entire country, otherwise the effect will be too great and can be used as money.

However, for now, silver dollar bills still play a significant role. Otherwise, there would not be so many copper coins in the homes of ordinary people, such as cows, sheep, cheese, and dried fruits, and they would be restricted and could only barter.

When a wealthy family in the city hires people, they can only pay the rice.

There are only a few days for brick yards and forest farms to recruit workers, and some people will come to pay ten cents a day. It is very difficult to endure without copper coins.

Yesterday, he even saw a merchant from Youzhou in the market, who actually pulled a truck of gold and silverware to do business.

Don’t laugh! In the country, gold and silverware of different shapes often appear in the business world, not as commodities, but as money. In Dunhuang, some people buy rice with silver bowls, which is very troublesome to calculate the accounts. Some people even would rather not do these transactions than argue with others about the value of their silver bowl.

In addition to gold and silverware, silk, corn and other things can also be used as money. However, silk origins vary, sizes, years, and patterns. Using this kind of thing as money is a torture for both parties to the transaction.

In the evening, Zhuge Zhongbao got a message from the merchants in Shu: Zhao Jian, the governor of Longjian, was defeated by the Qiang people in Maozhou.

In addition, the Dongchuan Jiedushi Zhu Mei attacked Peng, Han, Mancun, Li Jing and others for help. Ximen Wentong, who had just been named Li Maozhen, was sworn in rescue. The three families worked together to defeat Zhu Mei at the city of Pengzhou.

After Zhu Mei retreated to Zizhou, she did not suffer much loss. She was planning to reorganize and attack Li Maozhen again. The generals Wang Xingyu and Wang Xing asked his brothers to rebel, separatist Mian and Lingzhou to establish themselves.

Zhu Mei was furious and wanted to conquer, so the Wang brothers asked Li Maozhen for help. Li Maozhen promised that the second war between the two sides was about to begin. It seems that Li Maozhen still has a considerable advantage, and this is also a capable person.

"Zhu Mei was defeated!" Zhuge Zhongbao was very sure: "Dongchuan was originally small, and after he rebelled against the two states, the situation was even more subtle. The battle situation in Shu was one or two years faster, and three or four years later, and all of them would be occupied by Li Maozhen. Zhu Mei was not very good at winning over his subordinates, and the benefits he gave were not enough, and he would sooner or later be destroyed by the Li family."

Zhuge Zhongbao was a little regretful. If he still had control over the walls of Banan, and opened the three states at this time, he could go south to participate in the war in Shu, and maybe he would take advantage of the situation to rise up.

The separatist rule of Shu, like the separatist rule of Guanzhong, has extremely obvious geographical advantages, and it is more than enough to be a prince in one place.

After leaving the market, Zhuge Zhongbao went home directly.

On the way, I saw a large number of ships sailing and going downstream, loaded with food, forage, equipment and other military supplies.

The fiscal and taxation policy of metering out income makes the tax revenue of each state completely unfixed every year. But even in the context of the repeated battles between Shao Shude and Zhu Quanzhong, Lingzhou did not impose any additional taxes, and it would not be necessary to collect them much.

If the money and grain sent to other places are less, the "Liuzhou" part will be larger. This may also be the original intention of King Xia - local construction also requires a lot of money and grain. I want to see what you will do.
Chapter completed!