Qin Huaidao had something to eat and was about to return to Qinjiazhuang. Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin were there at the Supervisory Office, so there was no need to worry. When he saw He'er following him out, he was on the verge of tears and hesitated to speak. He suddenly realized that he had promised to take him with him.
He'er went to Qinjiazhuang.
The conditions in Qinjiazhuang were difficult. A girl had many inconveniences in the past, but it was boring to stay alone in the backyard. She softened her heart and agreed: "Pack some changes of clothes and go."
"Hey, thank you, young master!" He'er was overjoyed, turned around and ran to the backyard, as happy as a bird.
Not long after, He'er came out carrying a bag, Qin Huaidao led the horse out of the house, and the two left.
After leaving the city, Qin Huaidao asked He'er to sit in front and raced the horse.
The two came to the Qinjiazhuang ancestral hall. Qin Huaidao got off his horse, hugged He'er, and said to a girl who was cooking: "Help me notify the statement of the moon and make room for a bed."
The other party glanced at He'er, and rode over on the same horse as Qin Huaidao. They must have a close relationship. He quickly agreed with understanding and hurried to find Mingyue.
"Follow me." Qin Huaidao said, leading He'er into the ancestral hall.
In the ancestral hall, Jia Youcai was settling accounts. When he saw Qin Huaidao coming over, he stood up and said hello. Qin Huaidao returned the greeting and said, "Uncle Jia, leave this account to He'er from now on. She is also taking care of the accounts in the house. Don't miss it. You
It’s more important to free up time to manage everyone’s production and quality control.”
"It would be great if He'er came over to help me. I wish I could. I get a headache looking at these accounts every day for fear of making mistakes." Jia Youcai said in surprise.
"You two hand it over, but Uncle Jia is still responsible for the money distribution. He'er is only responsible for keeping accounts. He'er can't handle the whole thing." Qin Huaidao warned, and after leaving the ancestral hall, he asked someone to inquire.
I found Mr. Huang supervising the work on the hillside.
"Young Master is here?" Mr. Huang came up to greet him.
"Huang Lao, I want to ask something, where are there more stones?" Qin Huaidao asked after returning the greeting. He wanted to put aside the affairs of the court for a while and use this time to bake lime. It would be better if he could research cement.
"Stones?" Mr. Huang thought for a while and said, "There is a hillside about three miles to the west. It does not occupy a large area. There are many stones on it, but they are relatively large and difficult to move. What do you mean, young master?"
"Find someone familiar with the road to take me there."
"I can still walk well." Huang Lao refused to accept him and led the way.
Qin Huaidao followed up, chatting about the production progress of the village while walking, and unknowingly came to a hillside. The hillside was less than ten meters above sea level. It was a gentle slope, covering an area of more than ten acres, and there were many stones on it.
There are overgrown weeds, no tall trees can be seen, and a few birds are playing around.
The stones on the hillside could not be used. Qin Huaidao came to a collapsed place and saw that the stones in the soil were white and had strong crystallization. They looked like coarse salt ore, which was dolomite. He was so happy that he went up and broke off a piece to have a look.
, and smiled after making sure it was correct.
Going up the hillside, Qin Huaidao observed as he walked, and soon found a fracture surface, which contained gray-white limestone, which is also the material for burning lime. When he looked up, he saw a river not far away, and there were many stones on the river beach, ranging in size.
1. They come in different shapes and are all useful building materials.
After observing around, Qin Huaidao found that the entire hillside was covered with stones. The soil layer was less than half a meter deep. In many places, there was only a thin layer. No wonder no big trees grew. He asked: "Huang Lao, who is this mountain?"
of?"
"No one wants the land where food cannot be grown, and I don't know if there is an owner. You have to ask the county government."
"Let's go back." Qin Huaidao was determined. With these stones, he would not have to worry about materials for burning lime, but it was a bit far away and transportation would be a bit troublesome.
The two returned to Qinjiazhuang. Qin Huaidao went to Jia Youcai to explain the situation and warned: "Immediately go to Chang'an County Yajiang Mountain to capture it. It doesn't matter how much it costs. If there is an owner, you have to find out who it is."
"Young Master, what are you using Stone Mountain for? You can't grow food." Jia Youcai asked curiously.
"It's of great use, just do it."
Seeing Qin Huaidao's firm tone, Jia Youcai hurried away with the money without saying another word.
Qin Huaidao returned to the ancestral hall and saw He'er calculating the accounts. He smiled and said, "Is there any problem?"
"There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that there are too many. It takes some time to get used to it."
Qin Huaidao took the account book and looked at it. The numbers were all in capital letters, and all kinds of income and expenditure were mixed together. It gave him a headache just to look at it, so he said, "I'll teach you a simple accounting method."
As he spoke, Qin Huaidao picked up a piece of charcoal from the campfire and wrote down the Arabic numerals from 0 to 9 on the ground while teaching it to He'er. He'er had a very strong memory and remembered everything after listening to it twice. He asked curiously: "Young Master
, what kind of symbol is this, I have never seen it before, it looks quite magical."
"Numbers from the Western Regions are the most convenient for keeping accounts." Qin Huaidao explained. He asked for a few blank sheets of paper and drew three tables on them with charcoal, labeling the income table, expenditure table, and summary table respectively.
There are some small words written inside.
After the painting was finished, Qin Huaidao explained: "Look at this income table first. All income every month is recorded in this table. On which day, for what reason, how much income, unit price, quantity, who gave the money, all
Record it clearly and leave a place for the payer to sign and pledge it, which will be very convenient for checking the balance in the future."
"It's true, the young master is so powerful!" He'er said in surprise.
"The same is true for expenditures. The date, reason, unit price, quantity, daily expenditure summary, etc. must be documented. Whoever receives the amount must also sign and pledge it to avoid future mistakes, omissions, or denials." Qin Huaidao said and took it.
Make another summary table.
"This one looks different." He'er said curiously.
"Yes, this only has four items, including last month's balance, this month's expenditure, this month's income, and this month's balance. Each item includes money, items and other items that need to be counted. In this way, each month's expenditure and balance are the same.
It will be clear and will not be confusing. It will be summarized at the end of the year. Then I will teach you how to do the accounting. Is there anything unclear?"
He'er didn't dare to be careless and asked all the doubts in his heart.
Qin Huaidao explained the truth in detail. It didn't take long for He'er to basically write it down, but he said with some worry: "He'er has basically written it down, but he has never done this before and I don't know if he can do it well."
"It's okay. It's okay if you make mistakes. If you don't understand anything, feel free to come to me."
"Thank you, Master, for teaching me such a wonderful accounting method. He'er will do it carefully."
"You think about it for yourself first, I'll go and look around." Qin Huaidao warned him. He walked out of the ancestral hall and came to a hillside. He saw that the guards were burning coal and making coke. There were many piles next to it, and the brick kilns were also smoking.
A man came over, bowed and said, "Young Master, the clay cylinder has been installed in the kiln, but it has not been fired yet."
"Let's go and take a look." Qin Huaidao said.
The two quickly came to a kiln. Qin Huaidao looked at the clay cylinders inside. They were well arranged and the gaps were well maintained. He had never fired this thing himself, and he was unsure. He wondered whether the bricks should be fired at a temperature of more than a thousand.
The thing may be below 1,000 degrees Celsius, try it first, and then adjust if it doesn’t work.
After pondering for a moment, Qin Huaidao warned: "You are responsible for this kiln. The temperature cannot be too high. Just burn coal directly. Put an iron block at the furnace mouth to test the temperature. The iron block will be slightly red. Once it burns red, it will cool down immediately and the waste will be burned."
It doesn’t matter, just try it boldly.”
When the other party heard that it was okay to burn it to waste, he felt confident and asked: "Young Master, how many days will it take to burn it?"
Qin Huaidao didn't know how many days to burn. Fortunately, it was not a work of art. The requirements were not high, as long as it was usable. He thought that it would take three or four days for others to burn pottery pots, tea sets and the like. He couldn't do too little, so he said: "First
It burned for three days and three nights."
The other party quickly took note and took action.
Qin Huaidao observed for a while and saw that the other party's movements were quite proficient, so he felt relieved. As for the result, he could not do it again but try more and it would eventually work.
After waiting for a while, the fire came up. Qin Huaidao saw that there was no big problem, so he asked Mr. Huang to mobilize workers to dig two smaller kilns to prepare for burning lime and cement.
As long as you try more, you won't believe it can't be burned.