Wu Lang is now very good at arithmetic, and he can calculate the accounts clearly by slowly dialing the abacus, but it is obvious that the servants cannot do it.
Even their foreman doesn't quite do it.
Wu Lang clangly took out a bunch of money from the basket and stuffed it into the foreman. The foreman was stunned for a moment, then became weak and sat down on the ground.
They used their brains to calculate carefully and found that they couldn't figure it out. So they stuffed the copper coins back into Wu Lang's arms and said with a sad face: "Brother Wu, brother Wu, we can't figure it out."
Yeah, how about you send them to us one by one?"
The other servants also stared at the copper coins, their eyes shining, and they nodded repeatedly.
If you give it to the foreman, you will have to divide it again when you get back. How can it be better than dividing it on the spot now?
And if Brother Wu and the foreman make a mistake in their calculations, they won't be able to find him again, so they might as well just break up now.
Anyway, they do the same work as others, and they get as much as they get. There are always smart people here, and you won't lose if you follow them.
So everyone persuaded Wu Lang, "Brother Wu Wu, let's share it here. It's still early and we are not in a hurry to go home."
Wuwu Lang: ...You guys are not in a hurry to go home, I am. He is in a mess about his accounts now. He only knows that he has made money, but he cannot calculate how much money he has made. He has to go back to Li Zhong for help.
Do the math.
"It's just, it's just, we just had lunch, we're not in a hurry."
Wu Lang held his breath in his chest and thought for a while. Everyone had said so. If he refused at this time, it would seem that there was something wrong with him in settling the score.
The most important thing is that these people are all Manbao's fiefdoms. If you build a good relationship with them, it will be easier for him to find them if he has a job in the future, so he must build a good relationship with them.
Wu Lang then waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's come one by one. But there are so many of you, so some of you who are good at counting can come forward. Those who can count to a hundred."
In the end, apart from the three foremen, two more people stepped forward.
Yes, everyone’s cultural level is not very high.
The others smiled sheepishly: "Brother Friday, we can actually count, but sometimes we count incorrectly. But we know that the number above ten is twenty, the number above twenty is thirty, and the number above thirty is forty...
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"Okay, okay, I get it."
Wu Lang intercepted their words and called all five of them to come forward.
He poured a basket of copper coins onto the ground, and everyone's eyes fell on the shiny pile of coins on the ground.
At this time, there was a lot of grass growing on the fields, and the copper coins piled up on the grass would not get dirty.
Wu Lang sat cross-legged with them on the ground, took a handful of money and said, "As agreed, one day's wages are fifty cents. So far, you have worked for a total of five and a half days. I will give you six days."
He said: "That person is three hundred cents, and this sling is one thousand cents. We won't say that much. We will count them out one by one. It is estimated that we will count until tomorrow. So, you have a good relationship.
Three people form a group, and I will give you one hundred cents per ounce of money, and you can take the rest and divide it into three equal parts, one cent per person."
This is a good idea. They are not very good at counting. This is how things are divided in the countryside, especially when families are divided. Your family has a bowl, my family has one bowl, your family has another bowl, and my family has another bowl...
No one had any objections, so Wu Lang asked them to count out a hundred coins. The money they counted could be tied into a string with a rope and thrown into the basket.
After a while, just taking three skewers is another person's wages.
So the six people sat down and counted the money. Wu Lang asked the onlookers to keep an eye on the money so that no one could keep the money privately.
After counting the money, put the small bunch of one hundred coins into the basket, and the large bunch of nine hundred coins on the other side.
After counting a basket, Wu Lang poured out another basket of money, and then put a large bunch of money in this basket. He counted seventy baskets, and the number was correct, so he squatted aside and counted on his fingers.
, how much are the wages of these three hundred people, and how many hangings do we need to count?
You can't count all this money like this, right?
Wu Lang calculated quietly. He knew that one person was worth three hundred cents. He had calculated it himself last night and confirmed it with Li Zhong repeatedly. Those three hundred people were...
Friday Lang clasped his fingers and thought uncertainly, nine hundred coins?
Bah, bah, bah, no, it’s 90,000?
Well, ninety thousand means ninety cents...
Wu Lang felt that he had made the right calculation and breathed a sigh of relief, so he rolled up his sleeves and counted a lot of copper coins piled on the ground. After counting twenty large bunches, he immediately shouted: "That's enough, that's enough."
When everyone heard this, they immediately stopped moving. Wu Lang became happy and shouted: "Now the three people who are familiar with each other come forward to collect their wages. Those who are not familiar with each other fall behind and go back to collect their own money alone."
As soon as everyone heard this, they immediately started jostling together. Those who had cousins called them cousins, those who had clan brothers called clan brothers, and those who had cousins called uncles. Or neighbors lined up together.
Wu Lang took out the brochure and held a pen. When the three of them came up, they asked, "Are you sure that the three of you will receive the award together?"
After they nodded, he crossed out their names, then gave them a bunch of money and said, "This is nine hundred cash, three hundred cash per person."
The three of them all chanted it again, and after remembering this sentence firmly in their hearts, they received the money and stepped aside with a smile. They surrounded the person who took the money and whispered: "We will divide the money when we get back.
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"Don't worry, I'll definitely treat you well."
At the end of the distribution, there is a small bunch of money.
Wu Lang gave them three strings of money each, "One string is a hundred cents, and the three strings are here."
After he finished dividing the money among them, he divided it among the three foremen and gave them three strings with a bang. Then he took out a handful of money and said, "As agreed, each of you foremen will be given an extra twenty coins."
After all, they have to take care of people, which is quite troublesome.
"Six days is..." Wu Lang counted on his fingers again, five days is one hundred fen, and adding one day is, "One hundred and twenty fen, come here, I will count it for you."
After the foreman's money was divided, the rest did not belong to Wulang.
Wu Lang found six cooks and divided their wages among them.
They had little money, only twenty-five cents a day, but Zhou Lizhong had calculated the money for him early in the morning, and each of them had one hundred and fifty cents.
He counted the money and gave it to them, and put the remaining money into the basket.
Everyone looked at the remaining money and exclaimed, "Brother Friday, why did you bring so much money here?"
Because Princess Mingda gave him so much money, and it was just delivered to him in the workshop yesterday.
Wu Lang said: "I have to send money to the quarry later. Okay, ok, those who have taken the money can go back. Come and help me with a few people and send the money to the quarry with me."
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When everyone heard this, they immediately helped put the money in the basket and put it on the oxcart. The three foremen were not in a hurry to go home. Adhering to the concept of building a good relationship with the feudal lord brother, they were very willing to accompany Wu Lang on this journey.