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"It's not far outside. I just saw him coming here with a tiger in his arms and a package." The little official said.

"Hey, Mr. Tong is really polite. Did you bring a gift?" Someone joked.

"Shh, don't talk nonsense," Ren Jin said, "Clean up quickly, it's a mess. Hey, what's on your table? Coal balls? Hide it!"

The people in the Ministry of Industry usually spend time on the construction site or in various workshops. Of course, there are also clerks in the yamen, but this group of people go to the workshop whenever they find an opportunity. Even the main office in the yamen looks like a workshop. All kinds of equipment and materials are piled up on the desk and the ground.

Everyone in the room hurriedly tidied up. Those who could fit in the drawers were put in the drawers, and those who couldn't fit in the drawers were thrown under the table, or directly packed and thrown into the side room.After a while, the door of the side room was closed, and no one could see how messy it was inside.

"Where is Master Tong?" Ren Jin asked, and a small official volunteered to go out to look.

The petty official ran out, Ren Jin walked back and forth in the main room of the office, Shen Xi was also on the side, looking out from time to time.

After a while, the petty official ran back.

"Where is Mr. Tong?" Someone asked, the officials of the Ministry of Industry looked out, but there was a shadow wall between the main room and the gate, and they couldn't see the scene outside at all.

The little official usually had no sense of presence in the Ministry of Industry, but at this moment he was suddenly surrounded by a dozen adults in official uniforms, and he couldn't breathe.He looked at Mr. Shang Shu, then at Mr. You Shilang, and finally squeezed out a few words: "Mr. Tong...has gone to the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Just now he ran outside the yamen full of excitement, looked at the road from the palace under the cover of shrubs and trees, and saw a young boy of not tall stature coming along the road, he was not wearing official uniform, with a hand in his hand. holding a tiger.

The little official wanted to rush out to greet him, but Tong Ran turned his back and went straight to the yamen of the household department.

"Going to the household department?" Ren Jin's eyes widened, three times their normal size.

"Yes, yes, my lord. I saw it with my own eyes." The little official who went out to investigate shrank his shoulders, wishing to shrink himself into a ball.

"This household department who kills thousands of knives!" Several officials from the Ministry of Industry gritted their teeth.

The household department was the busiest time of the year, and their people were all working at their desks in the yamen, and they didn't report the news, so when Tong Ran walked into the gate of the household department, the people inside hadn't reacted yet.

"Wow!" the little tiger roared.

"Cub, be quiet," Tong Ran said.

The tiger's roar really attracted a lot of attention. Those talking on the porch stopped, those in the house who were busy with accounting raised their heads, and those who were counting taxes and food in the back yard also clapped their hands and ran to the front. Wu Huan rolled up his sleeves, The first one to react, wiped his hands on his clothes indiscriminately, and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Master Tong, long time no see!" Wu Huan said with a bow.

"Hello, Mr. Wu." Tong Ran replied.

"Wow." Flat body.said the little tiger.

"Master Tong?"

"Is this Tong Ran whom Lord Shangshu asked for by name?"

"Your Majesty sent him to the Ministry of Households?"

"I'm not wearing an official uniform."

Everyone in the yard whispered, full of curiosity about Tong Ran.

Someone notified Yan Liang, he put down his official duties, came out of the study at the back, and saw Tong Ran holding a tiger from a distance.

"Master Tong, I have long admired you." Yan Liang cupped his hands and said.

Tong Ran replied, "Who is this lord?"

"I'm Yan Liang, Minister of the Household Department." Yan Liang said, he tried to put on a smile, but he was still ferocious.

Tong Ran was also taken aback by him, but he controlled his expression very well, cupped his hands and said, "So it's Mr. Shang Shu, sorry for your disrespect. This is Tong Ran's first visit to the yamen of the Ministry of Households. If there is any recklessness Also ask the adults to advise."

"Don't dare." Yan Liang said, then invited Tong Ran to the main hall of the yamen, and asked someone to watch tea.

Tong Ran and Yan Liang took the first seats on the left and right respectively, and other officials from the Ministry of Finance also followed in. Those with high positions took up the remaining chairs, and many people stood behind, looking at Tong Ran curiously.

Tong Ran was a little uncomfortable. He smiled awkwardly but politely and said, "Isn't it the right time to come down? It seems to have disturbed everyone on business."

"No," Yan Liang said, "Go back to work!"

Yan Liang's face pulled, and it was even more eerie, but the people in the household department were used to seeing it, and a servant of the household department smiled and said: "Fuqiu Village has a good harvest because of Mr. Tong's terraced fields. I will admire you very much after I know it. , I have been looking forward to seeing you for a long time, so I am a little excited today."

Other officials followed suit.

It turned out that because of the terraced fields, Tong Ran was still a little uncomfortable under so many eager eyes.

He stroked the little tiger's fur, and the familiar warm touch reassured him a little. Tong Ran said, "The terraced fields were built by Fu Xuan, a former Xiaoguo County farmer, and I just gave him some inspiration."

"My lord, don't be humble. When I went to Xiaoguo County, Mr. Fu said that although he led the construction of the terraced fields, it was his idea. If there is no lord's ingenuity, how can there be today's terraced fields! " Wu Huan said.

Another burst of agreement.

Everyone said that, and it would be meaningless to refute, so Tong Ran could only laugh dryly.There are so many people in this hall that they almost can't fit, as if they are crowded together for some illegal assembly.

Afterwards, it was Yan Liang who regained the right to speak again and asked Tong Ran, "Master Tong is here, is there something wrong?"

This question touched Tong Ran's heart, he took the bundle and opened it, and there was a bright yellow scroll and two thread-bound notebooks inside.Tong Ran first handed the bright yellow scroll to Yan Liang, who took it with both hands and opened it solemnly.

The household officials have been in the capital for a long time, and they are no strangers to these things. Everyone's eyes fell on the unfolded scroll, waiting for Yan Liang to read it.

Yan Liang looked at it quickly, and he carefully rolled it up again, and returned Tong Ran with both hands, saying: "Since it is His Majesty's decree, our household department will definitely support Lord Tong with all our strength."

"Thank you, Lord Yan." Tong Ran put away the scroll. He thought he would spend some time in the household department today, but he didn't expect things to go smoothly, and he hadn't had time to sell the gift he planned to use to open up the relationship.

But since it has already been brought, let's give it away, Tong Ran thought, opened the two account books again, found the same account, and pushed it in front of Yan Liang. "Master Yan, please take a look. This is a new type of accounting method that my younger brother learned by accident. I wrote it out against this account book last night. You are an expert, so please tell me whether this method is effective or not."

Yan Liang was a little surprised, he took it.

One of them has vertical Chinese characters familiar to him, and the name should belong to a small shop selling rice, while the other book has lines of grids drawn and written in horizontal lines, and the name is the same as the other book. , but the numbers on it are all symbols that he has never seen before.

"What is this?" Yan Liang asked, pointing to a row of numbers.

"This is called Arabic numerals." Tong Ran said, "It can be understood as a simple counting symbol."

"Arabic numerals?" The household officials who hadn't seen the account book looked at each other in blank dismay.

Why Arabia?Why are numbers represented with different symbols?What is the so-called new accounting method?

"You all have a look." Yan Liang said, he handed over the account book to the little official at the side, and that person passed it on to the servant of the household department who was sitting below. surrounded.

"Scatter it, it's gone!" said the household servant.

After he said that, the crowd retreated only a little bit, but he didn't happen again, because all his attention was attracted by the two ledgers.

Tong Ran has never studied accounting, and he doesn't understand those complicated accounting subjects, as well as accounts receivable and accounts payable. He just re-transcribed the store's accounts according to the original account book, using Arabic numerals and tables. Daily flow.

"Written like this, it's really clear at a glance!" said a Yuanwailang who leaned over to read.

"For the same section of accounts, one book takes three full pages, but the other book only needs one big page. It really saves space!" said another household doctor.

"It not only saves space, but his writing method is simple, and a three-year-old can quickly learn it."

"That's right, and the symbols of numbers are different from those of words, so you can tell at a glance where there are numbers and where there are words."

The people in the household department looked at the account books every day, and they could see the goodness of Tong Ran's new method. Many of the things they said seemed to be insignificant details, but it was these details that made their work complicated.

However, Tong Ran's accounting method has optimized many details, and it is clear at a glance. The thick account book has become a thin one, which makes people feel much more relaxed.

"If all the accounts of the household department can be reduced so much, a lot of space can be freed up in the storeroom where the account books are stored!" said a small official in charge of the warehouse.

"Yes, yes." The man's words attracted everyone's approval.

The little tiger originally wanted to see it too, but the officials from the household department surrounded the person with the ledger so that the little tiger couldn't even see it.It lay on Tong Ran's lap, its tail wagged from left to right, and then from right back to left, a little irritable.

"I'm not very proficient in bookkeeping, and the writing is rough, I hope it can be useful." Tong Ran said, rubbing the little tiger's back with his hand.

The little tiger relaxed a little.

"Of course it's useful!" said the doctor who spoke just now.

"Master Tong brought a great gift, which may be useless to the uninitiated, but everyone in the household department understands that this is an excellent gift!" the servant of the household department stood up and said solemnly.

Tong Ran: "It's good to be able to help everyone. In the next few months, I'm afraid I will trouble everyone."

"No trouble, even if Lord Tong doesn't have His Majesty's will, Yan is willing to do his best to help." Yan Liang spoke, and the rest of the officials returned to their positions one after another, "I just don't know that Lord Tong wants an account. What can you help me with?"

Yan Liang was a little disappointed that it was not an imperial decree, but since His Majesty granted Tong Ran the privilege of transferring the six departments, it meant that he had no intention of assigning Tong Ran to any department.Moreover, it is a great right to mobilize officials of the six doctors and below, which can be said to be second only to His Majesty. His Majesty has used Tong Ran so much, and he will definitely have a prosperous official career in the future.

Thinking about this, Yan Liang became more enthusiastic about helping Tong Ran.

It's a pity that he was not born with an enthusiastic face, and his enthusiasm can't be seen at all from his face. Fortunately, other officials of the household department completed this mission for him, and those enthusiastic faces almost drowned Tong Ran.

Tong Ran smiled and said calmly, "I'm going to make some things. I need iron, wood, and some money. If the household department can prepare for me, it will be of great help."

"It's easy, just leave it to the Ministry of Household Affairs." Yan Liang said, His Majesty's imperial decree has made it very clear that Tong Ran can mobilize the resources of the treasury, and Yan Liang was happy to go along with it, and agreed immediately.

"Then please trouble Master Shangshu." Tong Ran stood up and bowed.

He sat in the household department for a while, and told them how to recognize Arabic numerals. When the officials of the household department practiced the newly learned numbers with brushes, Tong Ran got up and left his seat with the little tiger in his arms, and bid farewell to the household department. Turned a corner and entered the courtyard of the Ministry of Industry.

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