When it comes to accounting skills, Yinzuo is definitely not as good as Yin'er, but when it comes to counting the beads on an abacus, Yinzuo dares to say that even if ten Yin'er were tied together, they would not be his match. If you ask Yinzuo where his confidence comes from and who gives him the courage, the answer he will give is definitely not Fish Leong.

Why was Yinzuo so convinced that he could beat Yinlu? The story goes back to his elementary school days in his previous life. When Yinzuo was in elementary school, he happened to catch up with the nationwide craze for learning abacus and mental arithmetic in primary and secondary schools. Yinzuo's school was of course one of them. Yinzuo started learning abacus and mental arithmetic in the second grade. Every morning, the class would practice abacus and mental arithmetic. There were also several classes every week dedicated to targeted learning. Yinzuo was pretty good at it. Although he was not the best, he had represented the school in the provincial abacus competition and achieved good results. Although he had not practiced for many years and his hands were not very good, Yinzuo felt that he should have no problem beating Yinlu.

Hatu quickly went to the carriage to get what Yinzuo wanted as Yinzuo requested. Akshan also moved a chair and sat opposite Yinzuo as Yinzuo said. Now everything was ready. Yinzuo took out a special abacus from his black pencil case, took the account book beside him and handed it to Hatu who was standing beside him.

"Let's do this one by one. You read and I count, and Hatu will be in charge of recording and transcribing. We'll work together and try to finish this as soon as possible so we can all go home..."

Even though Yinzuo usually looks careless and doesn't seem to care about anything, once he gets down to work, he is just as hardworking as his fourth brother Yinzhen. He hasn't stopped since the moment he sat here and opened the account book in the afternoon. Hatu's mouth felt dry and bitter from reading the account book, and Akshan's wrist hurt from copying the records, but they didn't dare to be distracted for a moment. The main reason was that Yinzuo was moving the abacus beads too fast, and they were afraid that if they were distracted, the accounts would be messed up.

Yin'er had previously been unconvinced, thinking his sixth brother was just bragging. Now, he truly lost all temper. After all, the abacus beads in his sixth brother's hand were practically leaving shadows, and the piles of account books on the desk were disappearing at a speed he couldn't even catch up with. At this moment, he suddenly felt the same way about his third brother. "True love for life, stay away from Yin'er"—that was absolutely true. And yet he still had the nerve to accuse others of being cunning? Haha, who could be more cunning than you...

"Woohoo! I'm finally done. Even though it's a little later than expected, at least I didn't have to work overtime. Akshan, bring me the account book you copied. Let me take a look. If everything looks good, we can go home."

Akshan tidied up the account book he had copied and moved it in front of Yinzuo. Yinzuo stood up and stretched his stiff body, then took the account book recorded by Akshan and began to check it. It was not easy to check the accounts, and checking the account book was also a laborious job. It took Yinzuo more than half an hour to finish checking the account book.

"Xiaojiu, what are you daydreaming about? Weren't you complaining about being tired before? Why aren't you tired now? It's getting late. Get up, let's go back now..."

If Yin'er was only physically tired before, now he was exhausted both physically and mentally. After Yinzuo finished speaking, he didn't wait for him and walked out the door with Hatu and Akshan. Yin'er just stared at Yinzuo's back for a long time, until Yinzuo walked out of the room, he sighed, stood up and chased after him.

"Hey, slow down a bit. Wait for me, Sixth Brother. I have a question for you: when did you learn to use the abacus? Why do you seem to be more proficient at it than I am? Also, why does your abacus look different from the one I usually use?"

At first, Yinzuo could patiently answer Yin'er's questions one after another, but as time went on, his little patience slowly disappeared. Looking at Yin'er who was still chattering and asking questions, Yinzuo raised his eyes and gave him a glare.

"Xiaojiu, you know that I, your Sixth Brother, have limited patience. I advise you to shut up now. If you dare to say another word, I'll have Akshan come and throw you out..."

As soon as Yinzuo said this, Yin'er immediately fell silent. No wonder they say there is always someone who can conquer you. No matter how arrogant and domineering Yin'er was outside, as long as he was in front of his sixth brother, he had no choice but to obey him.

In the following days, Yin'er and Yinzuo were buried in the account books. Every day when they opened their eyes, they would think of two words - accounting. Yin'er was okay, after all, he had to go to the Ministry of Works every day, and now it was just a little harder than before. But Yinzuo was different. When had he ever suffered such torture in all these years? He had to get up at dawn every day and sit on a chair in the Ministry of Revenue all day long. The pain from his fingers moving the abacus beads was secondary. The key was that the accounts seemed endless... Yinzuo looked at Hatu moving another stack of account books over, and his eyes went dark. No, this is never over, right?

"Xiaojiu, stop calculating. I've finally figured out that the Ministry of Revenue's accounts are a bottomless pit. Just go ahead and calculate it. You won't know until you calculate it. Once you do, you'll be shocked. Look, the account book for the 21st year of the Kangxi Emperor hasn't been calculated yet. How old were you in the 21st year of the Kangxi Emperor? You were born then, right? Get up, let's go find Fourth Brother and ask him if he's sending all these old accounts here. Is he trying to tire me out to death..."

Yin'er has been fed up with his days of being buried in the account books these days. Seeing that Yinzuo was going to ask his fourth brother for an explanation, he naturally supported him wholeheartedly. The two brothers went out with high spirits, but were turned away when they came back. It was not that Yinzhen was trying to show off and avoid them, but mainly because our Fourth Prince was too busy now. Yinzuo and his friends didn't see anyone at all this time. Yinzuo would not let it go if he couldn't see Yinzhen. Since he couldn't find his fourth brother, he would go find his father. Anyway, he didn't want to live in such darkness for a single day.

Although Yin'er dared to follow Yinzhen when he went to ask for an explanation, he immediately became timid when the topic of going to Kangxi was brought up. Seeing that he was timid, Yinzuo did not force him and took his men back to Changchun Garden.

"Father, you must make the decision for your son. Fourth brother wants to tire me to death. Look at me now, I have dark circles under my eyes, almost as heavy as an iron-eating beast. I have always dreamed of being a prodigal son, how can I endure such hardship? I don't care. Anyway, starting tomorrow, I won't go to the Ministry of Revenue. If you don't agree to my request, your son will untie his belt and hang himself at the door of your Qingxi Book House..."

As soon as Yinzuo saw his father, he went up to him and hugged him and started wailing without saying a word. Every word he said was full of blood and tears, which made Kangxi, Yinzhen, Yinreng and the ministers beside him stunned.