The winter of the second year of Jian'an seemed to suddenly become hotter.
Cao Cao was fighting fiercely in Wancheng. Zhang Xiu retreated step by step and relied on the defense of Rangcheng to withstand Cao Cao's fierce attack.
At the same time, Yuan Shu, who had retreated to Huainan, was unwilling to withdraw.
While trying his best to appease the Huainan clan, Yuan Shu lowered his attitude and took the initiative to send people to Xuzhou to repair relations with Lu Bu.
He proposed a marriage request to Lu Bu, hoping that his only son Yuan Yao could marry Lu Bu's daughter Lu Lan. Lu Lan, also known as Lu Lingqi.
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although Yuan Shu has become the target of public criticism, he came from the Yuan family after all.
The name of the Four Generations and Three Dukes has always been like a halo, attracting many people. Among them, Lu Bu is naturally included. Yuan Yao married Lu Lan, and he married him as his wife. For an ordinary person, this undoubtedly has a huge impact.
Attractiveness. Even though he turned against Yuan Shu, Lu Bu was still attracted by him. He thought that he was just a commoner. Although he was a prince, he was never accepted by others. If he could marry Yuan Shu, maybe he could improve his family status? Lu Bu was selective.
Yuan Shu's identity as a rebel was ignored.
Fortunately, Lu Bu was confused, but the people around him were not.
Even though Chen Gong was once optimistic about Yuan Shu, he did not agree with Lu Bu and Yuan Shu's marriage at this time.
But Yuan Shu cannot be offended. Even if he is a rebel, he needs to be treated with caution. After all, Yuan Shu still has strength in his hands...
So Chen Gong chose a "delay", that is, he did not object and did not agree to get married immediately.
Yuan Shu saw that there was no hope of getting married, so he immediately came up with another idea.
He expressed his willingness to provide military supplies, weapons and equipment, and sent troops together with Lu Bu to attack Liu Bei in Pei County.
Liu Bei's occupation of Peixian County was always a danger to Yuan Shu. Especially when Peixian County controlled Runan, Yuan Shu felt like he was choking when looking at Huainan from afar.
This time, Lu Bu finally failed to resist the temptation and made up his mind to conquer Liu Bei.
In December of the second year of Jian'an, Lu Bu ordered Lang General Gao Shun to fall into the camp, and joined forces with Zhang Liao to capture Peixian County. Don't look at Liu Bei, to be honest, Lu Bu is really not afraid of him. If I use the words of later generations Jiang Gong Zhongzheng: Fighting
, you can't do it, and I can't play conspiracy.
Of course, Lu Bu would never agree. He couldn't compare to Liu Bei.
In the same month, the Taishan thief Zang Ba plundered a large amount of military supplies from Xiao Jian, the prime minister of the Langya Kingdom. According to the previous agreement between him and Lu Bu, half of the military supplies obtained should be shared with Lv Bu. However, Zang Ba did not make any move, and Lu Bu and others were impatient.
, so he decided to go to Mount Tai to ask for it in person.
Zhang Liao tried to stop it, admonishing him and saying: "This kind of thing can only be done by sending someone there, so there is no need for the prince to go there himself.
If it causes misunderstanding, it will be unsightly. If military resources are not obtained, won't it affect the reputation of the prince? The prince should think twice."
Lu Bu did not take this seriously, but firmly sent Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to attack Liu Bei, and took Wei Xuhou Cheng to Mount Tai.
Haixi, Yatang Study Room.
Bu Zhao was quickly calculating his income and expenditure for the past month, reporting the numbers verbally and recording them with his hands.
Cao Peng sat aside, curiously looking at the thing at Bu Zhi's hand. It was a white sculpture, divided into three parts.
The upper and lower parts are used to place the beads, while the middle part is used to determine the calculation position.
This tool is the abacus.
The calculation method used by Bu Zhi was one of the fourteen popular algorithms in the late Eastern Han Dynasty: abacus.
However, the abacus is different from the abacus known to later generations of Cao Peng.
The biggest difference is that the five-bead abacus is not a bead-penetrating abacus, so it can only be called a bead plate or bead plate.
Place the beads coated with different colors in rows of longitudinal arc-shaped grooves, and use some calculation methods to adjust the beads and perform calculations.
Dai Qian, on the other hand, recorded each number in the account book.
The account books in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were also just simple counts, such as written records of the amount of expenditure for a certain item, the amount of income for a certain item, etc. After recording these numbers, it often takes a lot of time to perform unified calculations. time.
Cao Peng looked a little confused and shook his head repeatedly.
"Afu, why are you shaking your head?"
"This thing is too troublesome to calculate..."
Bu Zhao stopped, tilted his head and looked at Cao Peng, "Ah Fu, do you have a better way?"
"Well...actually, I think we can put these calculation chips together, which will make it much easier to make calculations...Hu Ban!"
"Here!"
Following Cao Peng's shout, Hu Ban trotted all the way into the study.
"Sir, what are your orders?"
"You go to the carpentry shop in the North Market and ask Pan Yong to send me a skilled carpenter. I have something to make."
"Here!"
Hu Ban turned around and left without saying a word.
Chen Qun frowned and looked at Cao Peng, "Afu, what do you want to do?"
"Oh, make a little gadget. I just think it's too troublesome for them to calculate like this."
As he spoke, he walked to Dai Gan and said, "Mr. Dai, how about you let me do it?"
Dai Qian is an upright person, but his temper is usually very gentle.
Hearing what Cao Peng said, he couldn't help laughing and said: "In that case, I'll take a break."
There was still a little contempt in his tone. But it had nothing to do with his character. Dai Gan felt more that Cao Peng was playful and mischievous.
Algorithms were also a science at that time, but not everyone could learn them.
Cao Peng spread out a piece of paper, but instead of using a writing brush, he quickly drew a table on the paper with a hard pen, just like the account book form of later generations. To be honest, he didn't know anything about accounting! But as the saying goes, he had never eaten mutton. I have also seen sheep running away. In the so-called economy-first society in his previous life, Cao Peng had more or less heard of the accounting rule that "everything borrowed must be credited, and loans must be equal."
"Mr. Zishan, it's time to start!"
When Dai Gan saw that Cao Peng was serious, he couldn't help but became anxious and wanted to step forward to stop him.
Unexpectedly, Chen Qun stopped him.
"Dai Facao doesn't have to worry. Judging from Ah Fu's behavior, he seems a little confident.
This kid's mind is full of weird things, just let him try it out... he just made a mistake, so you can just recalculate."
Dai Gan thought about it and it seemed to be the same.
Anyway, I won’t take it seriously. This is just a preliminary calculation and will be reviewed and reviewed in the future.
Great, just think of it as rework!
Bu Zhi glanced at Cao Peng with interest and said, "That's it, let's begin."
He quickly performed calculations and reported numbers one by one. Cao Peng also wrote quickly and quickly recorded the numbers on the paper.
In about one stick of incense, a piece of paper is filled with records.
Cao Peng handed the paper to Dai Gan. Dai Gan looked at it and became angry!
"Youxue, what kind of talisman are you writing?"
"Mr. Dai, please don't worry, listen to my explanation." Cao Peng quickly stopped Dai Gan from tearing up the paper and pulled him to the side of the case.
Bu Zhi and Chen Qun also came over and leaned over to take a look.
But I saw a bunch of symbols written on the paper, but I didn't know what they meant.
"This is the abbreviation of numbers. This is one, this is two..."
Cao Peng's method of recording numbers was to write them according to the Arabic numerals of later generations.
He explained: "This is the ones, tens, hundreds, thousands... We only need to record the numbers in these digits, and we can see them clearly at a glance. This is the expenditure, and this is the income. After we record them separately, You only need to add both sides... For example, in the expenditure column: Yesterday, the residents spent so much on food and rice, and so much was spent on housing construction. The final sum is the total expenditure figure yesterday. Then the income can be deduced... eh , after calculating both sides, add and subtract to instantly calculate the profit. Let me do the math. According to this calculation, yesterday we actually...well, basically, we had a negative profit..."
At the beginning of farming, the expenditure must be greater than the income.
Cao Peng and others knew this very well.
Fortunately, Chen Sheng's property was confiscated before and later sold off, so the Treasury did not have to worry about expenses for a while.
During this period, Haixi County cracked down on illicit salt sales by cracking down on salt roads and confiscated many salt products.
After confiscating the private salt, Deng Ji quickly converted the private salt into salt and sold it into grain, rice, baggage and money and silk through Huang Zheng and others. But in comparison, the expenditure was still greater than the income. After all, this Farming requires a large amount of investment, especially as 30,000 Hainanese people continue to enter Haixi County, which also makes the finances slightly tense. But overall, if we insist on making profits in the coming year, there will not be a big problem.
Moreover, the Haixi people's emotions were also very high, and they obeyed Deng Ji's decrees more than they opposed them.
Bu Zhi and Dai Qian couldn't help but be surprised when they saw it.
Including Chen Qun, they were also shocked. The three of them gathered around the desk, chatting in low voices, and praised Cao Peng's new accounting method.
In fact, they don't really care about Arabic numerals and the like.
What they care about is Cao Peng's way of keeping accounts.
After all, before they kept accounts, they mixed expenses and income and then calculated them.
This separate accounting method seems simpler and clearer than the previous accounting method.
How much was spent and for what purpose; how much was earned and how it was earned is clear at a glance...
"Okay, this method is really clever."
Dai Qian couldn't help but praise him again and again.
This kind of classified accounting is not complicated, but people were in the game at the time and due to inertia, they didn’t think too much about it.
Moreover, things like algorithms are the science of the common people. Although some people study this, they are outside the main theme.
Therefore, most scholars are not willing to spend time on this.
"Afu, does what you want to do have something to do with this?"
"Well, you'll know when it's done!"
Cao Peng scratched his head and answered shyly.
This also made Dai Qianbu and Zhi two people feel more curious and expectant.
After lunch, Chen Qun took Cao Peng and wanted to go out for a walk.
Cao Peng has had nothing to do recently, and all affairs in Haixi are gradually getting on track. Deng Ji is now fully engaged in land surveying and population census. Puyang Kai accompanied him and traveled to every corner of Haixi. The resettlement of the villagers, the cleaning up of property and other matters are the responsibility of Bu Zhao and Dai Qian. Cao Peng does not need to worry about the commercial income of the North Market. It is collected by the heads of the nine major banks, and then handed over to Cao for his administration. It was sent to the county government by Cao Peng's office. Wang Mai and Deng Fan were there, so Cao Peng was naturally relieved.
Pan Zhang was responsible for the security of the city.
Two hundred warriors were stationed outside the city and were trained by Hao Zhao.
As for Zhou Cang and Xia Houlan, they were naturally free. One of them was responsible for staying in the city, and the other was with Deng Ji outside. They were not busy.
In short, as far as the current situation in Haixi is concerned, the space for Cao Peng to intervene is getting smaller and smaller.
Once the villagers settle down, Haixi will be completely on track. However, Cao Peng estimates that Deng Ji will still need time and effort to fully start work in Haixi. Some of the gentry in Haixi County have already expressed their willingness Cooperate with Deng Ji's idea; but there are still many Jin gentry who still do not agree to release the land and population... But this is not important. As long as Deng Ji does well, others will get huge benefits in the coming year, so some people will naturally be swayed. In the end, even if there were still some stubborn Jin gentry left, it would be difficult to have any impact. According to the discussion between Cao Peng and Deng Ji, only 60% of the land in Haixi was needed for farming, which was enough.
What's more, as the population increases, Haixi can be opened up for land reclamation.
At that time, the will of individual Jin gentry will no longer matter. If they are not willing to farm, then let them go...
However, these matters depend on Deng Ji's personal ability! Cao Peng has helped as much as he can. To be honest, if things continue, he may not be able to do better than Deng Ji.
In late winter, the weather gets colder.
The cold weather has begun, which also heralds the coming of spring.
Although the earth is still desolate, when walking on it, you can vaguely feel the vitality that is nurturing it...
Cao Peng and Chen Qun all rode horses, believing that the horses were controlled by the reins.
"Ah Fu, what are you going to do about Yuan Long's invitation?"
Cao Peng scratched his head, "I don't know."
He looked sideways at Chen Qun, "Brother, I actually... I just don't understand why Mr. Chen suddenly wanted to conquer me?"
The Chen Gong he was talking about was not Chen Deng, but Chen Deng's father, Chen Gui.
Because Chen Deng conquered Cao Peng, it is said that it was Chen Gui's intention.
Cao Peng couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, wondering what Chen Gui's intention was to conquer him.
"This..." Chen Qun hesitated for a moment and looked behind him, Xia Houlan and his ten followers, some distance away.
He said softly: "Ah Fu, the formation of the guild in Beiji Market must be your initiative."
"ah?"
"Also, all of unclesun's actions before have traces of you... In fact, there are some things that don't need to be explained clearly, and we can also see some clues. It's not that unclesun is not learned enough. I have come into contact with him. After a while, I thought I knew him well.
Shusun is good at details, but the pattern is a little too small.
This may be related to the fact that he changed his criminal name, so there are inevitably traces of polishing in his work. In terms of adaptability, he seems to be a little behind. In fact, I can generally guess a thing or two when he comes to Haixi. If he stays in Xu If there are two people, he can only work in Dali and needs to work hard for qualifications... For Shusun, it is a pity. That's why he replaced Liang Ziyu and came to Haixi to take up the post. The purpose of training is more important, right? ?”
Cao Peng couldn't help but remain silent after hearing this.
"Chen Gong once told me that what my uncle and grandson did after coming to Haixi was quite extraordinary.
However, after meeting with him and having a cordial conversation, Mr. Chen thought that those miraculous ideas were beyond the imagination of his uncle. At that time, Mr. Chen said that there must be someone around him to help him. But at that time, there were not many people around his uncle. Neither Bu Zhi nor Dai Qian came, and only Puyang Kai had an ear. However, Mr. Chen believed that although Mr. Puyang was good at learning, he was a bit bookish, and he was probably not the schemer around his uncle and grandson.
So Chen Gong kept paying attention to Haixi, and finally discovered you..."
"ah?"
"Do you know how Mr. Chen knows you?"
"I don't know about this."
"Haha, because someone assaulted you to Mr. Chen."
"Someone fucked me?"
Cao Peng couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.
Who will attack me?
"Haha, that's Mr. Shui Jing of Xiangyang."
"Sima...hui?"
"Exactly."
Seeing Cao Peng's confused look, Chen Qun explained seriously: "Mr. De *** actually values you very much. Later, because you offended the Huang family, you had to leave Nanyang. Mr. De *** felt very sorry. When you were a child, you had to leave Nanyang." Pang Shangshu intends to accept you as his disciple, and Mr. De *** also agrees. However... although you have left Nanyang, Mr. De *** is still very concerned about you, and even sent someone to inquire about you. "
"Pray for news about me?"
"Mr. De*** said that you have talent and your future is limitless.
He was afraid that you would neglect your studies, so after learning that you came to Guangling, he sent someone to contact Mr. Chen. Speaking of which, although De *** is a junior to Mr. Chen, he is highly valued by Mr. Chen. Since De *** After marrying you, Mr. Chen will naturally pay attention to you... Originally Mr. Chen was not sure that you were the conspirator behind Shusun, but later Mai Ren went to file a complaint, which made Mr. Chen confirm the matter... …
Haha, Duke Chen has two purposes for conquering you.
In this first one, Shusun has talent and learning, but it still needs training.
Qiyu can grow with experience, but if you stay with him all the time, Shusun will inevitably rely on you for everything, making it difficult to make a real decision. In order to become a great weapon, Shusun must learn to face things on his own. Before Haixi is complicated, and together, you two brothers can support each other. But now that Haixi has gradually stabilized, it will not be beneficial for him to continue to stay with my uncle and grandson."
Cao Peng really hadn't thought about this.
"What about the second one?"
"Haixi...too young!"
Chen Qun said with a smile: "It will not do you any good if you stay in a place like Haixi.
Although Guangling is not too big, it is located in the Huaihe River, sandwiched between Xiapi, Jiangdong and Huainan, connecting Jiangdong and the Central Plains. Chen Gong believes that in Guangling, your horizons will be much wider than in Haixi and Kaiguang. , it will definitely be more beneficial to your future.
Before, I didn't really believe it.
But seeing your wonderful thoughts today, I feel that what Mr. Chen said is quite reasonable."
This elder care!
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, scholars were inherently narrow-minded, but at the same time they were tolerant and tolerant that later generations could not match.
People like Chen Gui and Sima Hui look at things from a different perspective than ordinary people. They love talents and teach talents. Although they also have selfish motives, in general, they do not have much malice. They treat talents Their love and care definitely comes from their true hearts.
After hearing what Chen Qun said, Cao Peng couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Yes, staying in Haixi does not make much sense anymore.
But if you step out this time, it means that you will stand from behind the scenes to the front desk.
Although this day would come sooner or later, Cao Peng was still a little hesitant all of a sudden. Going to Guangling? To get more experience?
Am I ready?
Thinking of this, Cao Peng couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then spit it out forcefully...
