Chapter Three Hundred and Eleven - Garden Surprise Farewell
Chapter 311: Surprised Farewell at the Garden
Xue Tong brought the tea, and the girl Wang Wei moved some books and papers on the table to place the tea cup. Zhang Yuan saw that there was an old yellow book under the stack of papers. He picked it up and looked at it. There were five handwritings on the title page.
The ink word - "Illustration of the Dragon Gate Account", he said in surprise: "Is Xiu Wei learning to make the Dragon Gate Account?"
Wang Wei's long and dense eyelashes drooped down, he looked at the celadon tea cup in his hand, and said softly: "If you want to join the Zhang family, you must be a member of the Zhang family. If you don't learn, how can you stand on it. ""
The Longmen Account is a double-entry accounting method that appeared in the late Ming Dynasty. All accounts are divided into four parts: "in", "payment", "deposit" and "the", with "in-pay=deposit-the" as the
The accounting balance equation is very similar to the debit and credit accounting method of later generations. It is said that it was created by Fu Shan, a great scholar from Shanxi Province. Liang Yusheng's "Seven Swords from the Tianshan Mountains" describes Fu Qingzhu, who has superb medical skills and outstanding martial arts.
This person, but Fu Shan and Huang Zongxi are about the same age, so the "Longmen Account" cannot be created by Fu Shan. Ancient Chinese people like to attribute advanced things developed after years of accumulation to a certain celebrity, such as Cangjie's creation of Chinese characters.
Yao made Go and so on. This Longmen account should have been gradually improved and developed on the basis of the four-column accounting method of the Tang and Song Dynasties after the great prosperity of commerce and trade since Jiajing. It is more complicated and not so easy to learn. For those who have always been interested in poetry
It’s really difficult for Wang Wei, a calligrapher and painter——
Zhang Yuan was greatly moved and held Wang Wei's hand. He was speechless for a moment. The glass lamp was bright and the wind was rustling outside the window. However, he heard Wang Wei say: "But I've been watching for two days and can't find a clue. I can't understand. Sister Ling."
I don’t seem to understand it very well. There is no one to teach me. I am confused and confused. I have to memorize it first.”
The gantry account is indeed very difficult for people who have never had contact with it before. It is more complicated than the debit and credit accounting method of later generations, because the gantry account has some imperfections -
Zhang Yuandao: "I'll teach you."
Wang Wei's clear eyes suddenly widened: "This Longmen Account - Mr. Jie knows it too!"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Last year in Qingpu, Hanshe Bookstore was established. I proposed that the bookstore should use Longmen accounts to keep accounts in the future. I understood a little about it at that time and felt that I could still understand it."
Being educated and acquiring knowledge is only one aspect. The most important thing is to cultivate the ability of self-learning. Of course, you must also have a strong thirst for knowledge. It is impossible to always have a good teacher to follow you and guide you in your life. Longer years are to
Learning by himself, Zhang Yuan's learning ability is extremely strong. He only has a superficial understanding of the debit and credit accounting methods of later generations, but with this foundation, he can easily solve the difficulties that others find difficult in learning Longmen Accounts——
Wang Wei praised: "Xiangong Jiezi is really a scholar and a man of heaven——"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Don't praise me like that. I don't dare to take it seriously. I don't understand it at all. I want to read and figure it out with you."
Wang Wei was very happy and said: "Then Mr. Jie will explain to me the words 'advance', 'pay', 'deposit', and 'should'——"
There were no chairs in the room. Zhang Yuan and Wang Wei sat kneeling side by side in front of the small case. Zhang Yuan wrote an example of the inflow and outflow of funds - "In the Year of Yi Mao, Heyue Shengmei Company invested 2,500 taels of silver in Shanyin."
When opening a cloth shop, one thousand five hundred taels of silver are used to purchase the store, hire clerks and purchase related utensils, and the other one thousand taels are stored in the cashier of the cloth shop for future use. How should this entry and exit be recorded using the gantry accounting method?"
Use examples to explain the accounting method of Longmen Account. It is clear at a glance. 'Enter', 'Pay', 'Deposit', and 'Deposit' are entered one by one. It is intuitive and easy to remember. Wang Wei is a very smart woman, but she was unable to get started before.
, now under the guidance of Zhang Yuan, it was revealed in just one click, and I felt that I had an understanding. The girl was beaming with joy, and her smile was charming. Zhang Yuan closed his mouth and just looked at her——
Wang Wei said shyly: "What's the matter, Mr. Jie, why are you looking at me like this?"
Zhang Yuandao: "It's difficult to be your teacher——"
Wang Wei half understood and half confused said: "Why, is Wang Wei stupid?"
Zhang Yuandao: "It makes me confused. The latest chapter of the Holy Church"
Wang Wei wanted to laugh, but held it back. He turned around slightly, not facing Zhang Yuan, and turned the rabbit-hair pen between his fingers. The thin and round barrel was brown, while the girl's fingers were as white as new peeled onions——
Liyuan Garden is located in the west of the city. There are few houses around and it is quite quiet during the day. At night, the only sound is the wind blowing on the treetops——
Wang Wei clearly felt the ambiguity in the atmosphere. Uncle Yao, Xue Tong and the others were outside the door, so he said slowly: "There are many tourists in the garden these days -"
Zhang Yuan asked: "Who are they?"
Wang Wei said: "The people who go out to the city to sweep the tombs, one after another, with mixed gongs and drums, which is quite noisy, and Gardener Xie doesn't care."
Zhang Yuan said "Oh" and explained: "This is my custom in Yuezhong. After sweeping the tomb, I must visit the nunnery, temple and scholar-bureaucrat garden nearby. On other days, no idlers are allowed to visit the garden. Generally, I can't help it before and after the Qingming Festival, otherwise I will be scolded——
Didn't they break into Meihua Temple?"
Wang Wei shook his head and said: "That's not true. It should be Xie Yuanding who warned those visitors." He hesitated and asked: "Mr. Jiezi, I heard from your sister that you wrote a letter to Miss Shang in Kuaiji?" This is Wang Wei
The most important thing.
Zhang Yuandao: "I was just about to tell you about this. I went to Kuaiji today and came directly to Liyuan——"
Wang Wei couldn't help but straighten her waist, staring at Zhang Yuan, a little nervous, when she heard Zhang Yuan say: "Miss Shang is kind and tolerant, and she didn't blame me, which makes me feel ashamed——"
Wang Wei was about to let go of her worries when she heard Zhang Yuan continue: "Miss Shang would like to invite you to meet her."
Wang Wei's heart skipped a beat, and he asked as if he was frightened: "Where can I meet you?"
Zhang Yuandao: "In Kuaiji Shang Mansion."
Wang Wei was stunned for a moment and asked: "Will Mr. Jiezi accompany me?"
Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "But it's up to you to go to the inner house to see Miss Shang. I can't meet Miss Shang. This is the custom of Shaoxing people. I haven't seen her for a year." Seeing Wang Wei, he seemed a little doubtful.
, comforted: "Xiu Wei, don't worry. Miss Shang is virtuous and kind. She just wants to see you and has nothing else to do. You have to see me sooner or later, right?"
Wang Wei nodded slowly, bit his red lips with his white teeth, and asked in a low voice: "Then when are you going to meet me?"
Zhang Yuan said: "Just in these few days."
Wang Wei was silent for a moment, not knowing what to think, and then said after a while: "How about I finish copying the four volumes of Xu Wenchang's book? It will take about five or six days."
Zhang Yuan said: "Okay, you can ask Xue Tong to inform me then."
After talking about Xu Wei's calligraphy and painting for a while, Wang Wei was very fond of Xu Wei's two freehand ink paintings. Wang Wei admired Xu Wei's strong emotions and personality in his calligraphy and painting. She copied Xu Wei's manuscripts these days and unconsciously
Under the influence of this, after drinking two cups of tea, Zhang Yuan stood up and said: "Xiu Wei, then I went back. My family thought I was in Kuaiji and didn't come back. ("")"
Wang Wei sent Zhang Yuan out for plum blossom meditation. The two of them stood under the tall willows in front of the door. The moonlight was cold and the willow shadows were swaying. Zhang Yuan saw Wang Wei's gloomy look and comforted him a few more words before taking Wu Ling out of the garden and returned.
Dong Zhang, he didn’t know that Wang Wei quietly followed him to the gate of Liyuan, watching his back walking away under the moon——
Wang Wei returned to Meihua Zen and was alone in a daze under the glazed lamp. She was in a state of confusion. She had never thought that she would meet Shang Danran so soon. Well, Shang Danran was the eldest wife of Xianggong Jie, and she should meet her.
Yes, it's just that Shang Danran hasn't passed through Dongzhang's door yet, and her identity as Wang Wei is neither embarrassing nor awkward. What's the point of her going to see him now? Can't she go to see him after marriage?
"It's a pity that Yang Wan returned to Wuxing with Mao Sheng the day before yesterday. Otherwise, you can ask her for advice and see how she faced Mao Sheng's wife-"
Wang Wei thought this way, picked up the book "Illustrations of the Dragon Gate Account" and read it under the glass lamp. He felt restless and couldn't read it anymore. He wanted to continue copying Xu Wei's collection, but he was afraid of making mistakes, so he called Hui Xiang.
He discussed with the little girl and said: "Huixiang, Mr. Jiezi asked me to go to Kuaiji to meet Miss Shang in the next two days. What do you think?"
Huixiang was thirteen years old and quite smart. He said in surprise: "I'm going to see Mrs. Shang now. The ladies are very fierce."
Wang smiled and said: "No such thing, everyone is fierce."
Huixiang said: "There are quite a lot of good girls in our old courtyard, but many of them are not living a satisfactory life. The big ladies won't tolerate it, and some of them go back to the old courtyard. Isn't that what happened to Aunt Yin Chun?"
Wang Wei was silent.
Huixiang saw Weigu's hesitant expression, so she added, "But Uncle Wan is living a good life, Mr. Mao treats her well, Mr. Zhang is even better, and Weigu will live a good life in the future." She said in her heart: "
Xianggong Zhang is indeed good, but it’s hard to say whether Mrs. Shang is good or not. Wei Gu is proud and arrogant, and she can’t stand being angry——"
Wang smiled and said: "Bad girl, you have said both good and bad things. Which one of you should I listen to?"
Huixiang smiled "Gege" and said: "My servant is young and ignorant. I don't know anything. I just said that Weigu has a lot of ideas."
Wang Wei said "hmm", turned around and sat up straight. He first took a piece of bamboo paper and pondered for a long time. He got a poem and wrote it down on the paper. The poem goes: "Morning returns to evening, spring and dream. See the moon.
There are traces of resentment, and the flowers are speechless and want to fade away. The soul wanders around timidly, and the drunken shadow is cold when it is farewell. How can a water separate it, and it will be difficult to live if it is gone."
After writing this poem, some of Wang Wei's emotions were vented, and he seemed to have made some kind of decision. His heart calmed down, and he took Xu Wei's manuscript and began to copy it. Hearing the evening bells in the city, he kept writing and wrote all the words.
I wrote eight pieces of bamboo paper, about 4,000 words, and didn’t miss a single word——
Wang Wei put down his pen, rubbed his sore fingers, and thought to himself: "It seems that I have been keeping my heart in mind, but now I feel relieved, which means that my decision is right."
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Zong Yishan and Yi Ting's wedding was scheduled for the sixth day of April. Before Zhang Yuan's wedding, Yi Ting had been adopted as an adopted daughter by Zhang Ruiyang and his wife. She was now called Zhang Yi Ting, and everyone in the house also called her Miss Yi Ting.
, Yi Ting was very embarrassed at first, but after listening to it, she got used to it.
The house that Zong Yishan and his parents rented at the east end of Fuxue Palace was bought by Zhang Yuan with one hundred and twenty taels of silver and given to Zong Yishan. The rest of the wedding gifts and other items were paid for by Zhang Yuan.
Shanzu is Dongzhang's son-in-law, commonly known as a surrogate son-in-law. But in the eyes of the two elders of the Zong family, there is nothing better than this. They just sit back and enjoy the benefits. Yi Ting is also capable and considerate, and the two elders like Yi Ting very much——
Zhang Yuan continues to study and practice calligraphy these days, while preparing for his marriage. In the afternoon, he reads history and discusses with colleagues from the Hanshe who stayed in Shanyin. Friends from far and wide come to visit one after another, and they socialize in all directions every day.
Time flies by like a white horse, and it is March 17th in a blink of an eye. On this evening, Zhang Yuan thought about Wang Wei saying that on the tenth day of the first lunar month, he would go to Kuaiji to meet Dan Ran with him six days later. Seven days have passed, why is there no news?
He called Wuling and prepared to go to Liyuan to visit Wang Wei. Just as he was about to go out, he suddenly saw Xiao Shitou running in and said that there were visitors from Kunshan who wanted to see him. These days, Dongzhang's residence is constantly visited by visitors every day, and Zhang Yuan is used to it.
He called for everyone to come in and waited in the front hall. He saw a steward and a servant following Xiao Shitou, followed by four porters carrying boxes and cages——
When the servant saw Zhang Yuan, his face was filled with joy. He took a few steps forward, crossed his hands and said, "Master Zhang——"
The man who looked like a steward also quickly saluted Zhang Yuan and said with a smile on his face: "Master Zhang is very happy. I have been ordered by my third young master to congratulate Master Zhang on his wedding."
Zhang Yuan recognized the servant as Du Dingfang's domestic servant in Zhenfeng Village, Kunshan. Last year, he sent Du Dingfang's eight-part essay to the Imperial Academy in Jinling for Zhang Yuan to correct. He said happily: "It turns out to be a member of the Du family. It's hard work coming from afar. Please sit down and watch tea."
The steward did not dare to sit in front of Zhang Yuan and said respectfully: "Good advice, Mr. Zhang. My third young master learned that Mr. Zhang's good day is April 12th. He really wanted to come to Mr. Zhang's wedding in person, but he has not yet fulfilled the requirements."
, can't come, so I ordered the villain to leave early and give me a small gift."
Four large gift boxes, obviously not a small gift——
The steward of the Du Mansion took out two letters from his arms and presented them, saying: "One is a letter written by my third young master to Young Master Zhang. It contains ten articles on craftsmanship. Please take advantage of Young Master Zhang's busy schedule to correct it. The other one is written by Young Master Zhang."
It was written by my uncle from Yan'an Guard to Mr. Zhang——"
Juniper’s letter!
Zhang Yuan was slightly excited. It was already the forty-third year of Wanli, and it was one year closer to the Sarhu War that began at the end of the forty-sixth year of Wanli and determined the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty——
Zhang Yuan asked Lai Fu to take Du Fu's steward and servants down to dinner, entertain him, and arrange accommodation. He returned to the study in the west building with the letter. Mu Zhenzhen heard that Du Song had a letter from Yan'an Wei, and he was trembling with joy.
, but seeing that there was only a letter from Jun Song and no letter from his father Mu Jingyan, he was disappointed again and cried: "My father is illiterate——"
Juniper's letter was sealed with lacquer. Zhang Yuan opened the letter and comforted him: "Don't worry, General Du will definitely mention your father in the letter——"
As soon as he took out the letter, there were two folded pieces of paper inside. When he unfolded it and looked at it, Zhang Yuan said happily: "Zhenzhen, this is Uncle Mu's letter." He handed one of the pieces of paper to Mu Zhenzhen.
Mu Zhenzhen was overjoyed. When he saw the letter paper was filled with finger-sized regular characters, he said without thinking: "My dad can write now -" Seeing Zhang Yuan's "Hey" smile, he finally realized, Hao Ran said: "Dad must have called someone."
Written on behalf of someone else." Then he read the letter carefully.
The study was a little dark, Zhang Yuan went to the door to read the letter, and Du Song expressed his gratitude to Zhang Yuan for giving him guidance in Zhenfengli last year, saying that he led a hundred servants to defeat the 300 Hetao Tatars who invaded, and beheaded several people.
10. At the beginning of the year, he was reassigned by the imperial court and was promoted to the rank of General Yansui. Although he was downgraded from his original position as Liaodong Commander-in-Chief, he still had the opportunity to serve the country——
Zhang Yuan felt quite relieved. As Jun Song became a side general, he could exert a certain influence on Jun Song in the future. This was part of his plan——
"Zhenzhen, what did Uncle Mu say to you?" Zhang Yuan put away Jun Song's letter and was in a good mood.
Mu Zhenzhen frowned and said, "Wen Zouzou's words are all clichés, and they don't sound like my father's tone at all - Young Master, what is Xiaoqi?"
Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows: "What, has Uncle Mu been promoted to Xiaoqi?"
Mu Zhenzhen nodded.
Zhang Yuan said happily: "Great, Uncle Mu is really brave. He was promoted to Xiaoqi in just a few months." He explained to Mu Zhenzhen: "One hundred and twenty people live in one hundred households. There are two general banners and ten small banners.
, a small flag leads twelve sergeants, which is considered the lowest officer. Mu Shuding was promoted to small flag because of his meritorious service in defeating the Tao bandits."
Hearing what Zhang Yuan said, Mu Zhen was really happy. He looked at his father's signature at the end of the letter. These three words must have been written by his father. They were large and slightly slanted, as if they were made of sticks. They were stiff and powerful——
Wu Ling had been waiting by the patio. Then he came over and asked, "Master, do you want to go to Liyuan Garden?"
Zhang Ruoxi heard that her younger brother Zhang Yuan was going to Liyuan, so she asked a maid to follow him in a sedan chair, saying that she had not seen Wang Wei for several days and wanted to see how Wang Wei was doing with his Longmen account.
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On the way, Zhang Ruoxi said to Zhang Yuan who was following the sedan: "Xiao Yuan, mother already knows about Wang Wei -"
Zhang Yuan was surprised. He originally planned to take Wang Wei to visit Shang Danran before telling his parents about Wang Wei. Wang Wei arrived in Shanyin on the second day of March, and it has been half a month since then—
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Zhang Ruoxi said with a smile: "I told my mother. At first, my mother frowned and said that you are still young and you are marrying a wife and taking a concubine. I am afraid that it will hurt your body. I told my mother that Wang Wei has not yet combed his hair.
She is only seventeen and you are still innocent with her - are you really innocent?"
Zhang Yuan is embarrassed——
Zhang Ruoxi, who was sitting in the sedan chair, saw her brother acting like this. She smiled and said, "I also said that Wang Wei is good-looking, smart and eager to learn, and he can help me manage Shengmei Company in the future. My mother became happy and asked me."
Now go bring Wang Wei and let her see how it goes, sister deserves a lot of credit, right?"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Thank you sister."
While talking, they arrived at the gate of Liyuan Garden. It was already dusk. Gardener Xie opened the gate and saw Zhang Yuan and his brother. He crossed his hands and sang a promise: "Master Jiezi wants to visit the garden on a spring night. There is also a letter from Prince Wang in the Plum Blossom Zen -
—”
Zhang Yuan didn't understand, so he responded casually and walked to the corridor with his sister Zhang Ruoxi. Xie Yuanding was a little puzzled and followed behind. Sure enough, he saw Zhang Yuan and his sister walking to the Meihua Zen Gate. Wu Ling knocked on the door. Xie Yuanding was surprised and said: "
Master Jiezi, don't you know that the prince has left?" Xie Yuanding already knew that the prince was actually a woman, and Mr. Xizhang also agreed to her living in the garden——
Zhang Yuan was shocked and asked urgently: "When did you leave and where did you go?"
Xie Yuanding said: "She left early yesterday morning and said that Master Jiezi invited her to Songjiang, and there were letters and other things left in the Zen room. The villain said that she would send the letter to Dongzhang and give it to Master Jiezi, but the prince said it was not necessary.
——This little guy hasn’t been in the Zen room yet, he’s just waiting for Master Jiezi to come.”
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