Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 471
Two scholars are fighting each other, and the common people are actually asked to write a question. This method can be called unique.The common people originally just took a look, because they instinctively respect scholars, even if they wait and see, they dare not show their atmosphere on the outside, for fear of disturbing this group of Wenqu stars.

Even if the group of literati were picking stones and beating people, the common people didn't dare to say anything more. The literati must know more truths than them, and there may be some truths they don't know.

They have also heard of the name of the Fifth Highness, who wrote good poems at a young age, and even won battles in the north. He is a good seed born by our Emperor Ming.He is so confident, could it be that he is sure of winning?
But looking at the personable and confident scholar above, and the black and white one with a timid expression, the common people were still uncertain, whispered to each other, and began to discuss.

Some people say that His Highness is so confident that Semuren will definitely win.Some people also said that the scholar looked like the seed of reading at first glance, how could he not be able to count the number of mere butcher shops when he was full of knowledge.In short, among the common people, the uproar began to rise gradually.

Because of Zhu Su's words, they suddenly became testers. This fresh feeling gradually made them no longer regard the group of literati as gods, and also made them replace the gathered literati as the key points of this incident. center.

"Hey, Your Highness, take a look." The butcher shop owner wiped the dirty booklet on his body in embarrassment, then knelt on the ground and offered it to a relative of Zhu Su. guard.Zhu Su hurriedly asked him to stand up, flipped through the "account book", and saw scattered records of the price of the butcher's pigs, how many taels of pigs he sold today, and the price of a catty of meat. There are no details, but they are recorded in the account book in an extremely messy manner.

"Tie Zhong, Yi Zimei, come here." Zhu Su saw with a few glances that the account book was only complicated in numbers, and elementary school knowledge was enough to calculate it, so he put the account book on the table that someone had just brought over. "I'll give you a stick of incense time, let's calculate together."

"After the calculation is completed, there is no need to announce it. Wait for the other party to complete the calculation and then check it."

"Xi Zhi, give them two abacus. Folks, whether it is fair or not, you are all witnesses."

This law is concise and fair, and the people have no objection.On the contrary, many of the literati had ugly faces, and felt that it was an insult to gentlemen to ask ordinary people who could not read these big characters to write questions.But the fifth prince above was not someone to be provoked, he had already made a concession if he could propose a contest.If they make further progress, maybe this person will take out a hot air balloon and send them to the sky for a tour.

The last time the three elders in Pingyang went to heaven, they all peed their pants in public when they returned to the ground, and their reputation has been discredited since then.Since then, these scholars have regarded this hot air balloon as a tiger, and only regarded it as some kind of evil thing...

So Tie Zhong and Yi Zimei, in full view of everyone, leaned over the table and started counting with paper.

Yi Zimei looked at the dirty iron clock on her body, and saw that the account book was crooked and full of greasy grease, and she almost felt sick.But the matter has come to this point, and he only needs to suppress his nausea and start counting.He has actually read a few books on arithmetic and knows how to count, so although the calculation of the account book is difficult, it is not difficult for him.

After counting for a while, I felt that I had encountered a bottleneck, scratching my ears and cheeks, and I couldn't help but sneak a glance to the side. From the corner of my eye, I saw that the iron clock was writing many crooked characters on the paper like picturesque spells, and I didn't even need an abacus. In order to clearly contradict the calculation scriptures, he couldn't help but contemptuously said in his heart: "This barbarian obviously can't even write. With this level, how can he be my opponent?"

Just as he was thinking like this, he saw the iron bell put down the brush, held up the paper in his hand and said to Zhu Su: "Your Highness, the villain has finished his calculations."

The onlookers immediately went into an uproar. Although it was only a small butcher shop, the account book was as thick as a finger. How could it be done so quickly?Even Zhu Su was surprised. He took the manuscript paper he provided, scanned the calculation steps up and down, and found that there were no mistakes or omissions.

"There are such talents in my house?" Zhu Su was secretly surprised in his heart, but kept his face calm, and only let Tie Zhong wait.Tie Zhong hurriedly responded, but he didn't dare to sit down. He just found a corner and stood aside, still panicking.

"In the whole world, how could anyone be able to calculate so fast!" Yi Zimei was a little panicked, but seeing the expression on Tie Zhong's face, and remembering his behavior of drawing talismans on paper just now, she became even calmer: Then Tie Zhong certainly doesn't know how to count. Maybe it's just a domestic slave randomly found by His Highness the Fifth Highness. Even the butcher, maybe he was also the one who was found by the Fifth Highness to set up a trap.

There is no conclusion on this matter, even the butcher himself is ignorant, when the time comes, His Highness the Fifth Highness insists that Tie Zhong is right, and no one can do anything about him.I should be cautious and make no mistakes in every step. If His Highness is unfair at that time, I can ask all my colleagues to count together so that I can uphold justice for me.

With so many colleagues counting together, it is impossible for His Highness the Fifth Highness to set up a trap.After refuting this Fifth Highness who proposed a new theory, I became a hero who inherited Cheng Zhu's lineage. Since then, my future is limitless...

Yi Zimei's calculations were extremely cautious, trying to make every step correct, the scholars and common people in the audience dared not make a sound, for fear of disturbing him.

Zhu Su was also patient, and never said a word, but this person's counting was too long, which made Zhu Su feel more and more irritable.Finally, when the stick of incense was about to burn out, he stopped his pen and abacus, gently blew on the paper in his hand, and offered it with confident hands: "Your Highness, please take a look, this is the answer calculated by the students." .”

"Hmm." Zhu Su took the paper, and saw that the paper was densely packed with petty lowercase letters. Zhu Su was dizzy looking at it, so he simply didn't look at the process, and looked directly at the answer.Seeing this, I almost didn't laugh out loud. Fortunately, I have undergone a lot of training in the past few years, so I can't hold it back.There was only a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth, and he opened his mouth and said: "In this case, this king will make your answer public."

"Yi Zimei calculated that this boss's butcher's shop was established in Hongwu five years ago and made a profit of 130 taels of silver." After saying this, the people immediately gave out admiration.Zhu Su said with a smile: "My old man, congratulations, according to the calculation of this student Yi, you can do a very big business, it is really a good business!"

The common people looked at the butcher with envious eyes, but the butcher had a puzzled look on his face, and his eyebrows were wrinkled into the word Sichuan.

"Tie Zhong's answer. Well..." Zhu Su picked up another manuscript paper, "Tie Zhong calculated that you were born in the fifth year of Hongwu last year..."

"Selling meat for the whole year, the total loss is about 23 taels... Judging from his answer, brother, this is a loss-making business!"

Everyone was in an uproar, and the two of them calculated together, and they actually calculated a profit and a loss, two completely different answers, and the gap is so large, it can be said to be completely different.Yi Zimei was overjoyed and shouted: "It's ridiculous, if there is still a loss, why does this butcher continue to do this business?"

"Brother Tie is talking nonsense, making me laugh! It can be seen that I am a scholar who knows everything in one book."

"If you don't understand the sages, you can't be an official. You can even count a butcher's shop wrong, how can you take on the responsibility of a herdsman for my Ming Dynasty?"

"No." It was the butcher who spoke up. "If you still earn more than 100 taels, why do I feel that money is getting tighter?"

"The family didn't have much expenses last year. That scholar must have miscalculated! Brother Tie, tell me, where did I lose money?"

"Why did I calculate and calculate at home, but I still haven't figured it out?"

"You forgot to calculate the food cost for raising pigs." Seeing Zhu Su nodding in agreement, Tie Zhong stepped forward and explained to him just now. "From May to July, there are hailstorms in Fengyang Mansion, and I also experienced sudden cold for several months."

"Grain production decreased in those months, and the price of grain was quite high. Even the bran you use to feed pigs needs to be purchased at a high price."

"In addition, I saw from your account book that you took in a few piglets in May, but you didn't sell them in June, July and August. Presumably it was because Lingbei lost in those months, and there were few banquets in Beijing. , Those restaurants also charge less pork from you."

"The piglets stay in the hands, but they still have to eat generously. One increase and one decrease, it is a real loss."

While he was talking, Yi Zimei was stunned.What's with the gluten thing?He didn't notice it at all.

In the corner of the account book, there are indeed a few messy places remembering the number of purchases and dressings.But what does that have to do with raising pigs?

Although Tie Zhong's words were plain, it made the butcher seem enlightened.He patted his stomach and said loudly: "Oh! That's what happened! I said, why can't I figure out where the loss is!"

"My pigs eat real bran, so in Yingtianfu, the quality of the meat is first-class. It's just that because the pigs were stuck in their hands in those few months, people also eat pigs if they want to eat them. It's really hard to raise them. It cost a lot of money."

"It's amazing! It's really amazing! Your Highness, the villain is convinced, it's this brother named Tie who won!"

After hearing what he said, the people immediately understood the cause and effect, and all looked towards the iron bell with surprised and admiring eyes.Tie Zhong was rather shy, and shrank back. The people watching laughed, but they got closer to this honest young man.

"Fathers and folks." Zhu Su struck while the iron was hot. "This time the imperial court opened Enke to select suitable tax officials for the benefit of the common people."

"The new tax law stipulates that if the family has a well-connected relationship, and the business makes a lot of money, and the money is easy to come in, then they will be charged more and more. If the family is in trouble and they just do a small business, then they can no longer cause trouble for the people. , less or even no tax. This is the benchmark of the new tax law.”

"Now these scholars think that the new Enke should not take the test of mathematics, but should take the test of what is it, Zi said Shi Yun."

"Let's talk about it, do you think the court's tax officials who calculate the tax of the people should use noble scholars like them, or should they use iron bells, who can figure out whether you are making money or losing money, and even things you didn't think of? Can you give me a clear person?"

"That goes without saying, it must be someone like Brother Tie!" The butcher was a wonderful person, and he even learned to answer quickly. "If the imperial court makes the man surnamed Yi a tax official and counts the loss-making business as making a lot of money, won't we be squeezed out of the tax by him?"

It was a matter of personal interests, the fathers, common people, traffickers and pawns who gathered here immediately pointed and laughed at the noble literati headed by Yi Zimei.

(End of this chapter)