Chapter 32
Lin Hui asked Yao Chunnuan to organize the data records and other documents from previous years on the grounds that there was not much work at the moment and that she should familiarize herself with the work content first.
Yao Chunnuan seemed not to feel his rejection and oppression, so she left without arguing or quarreling.
You little brat, do you think she can do nothing about it?
Perhaps for many people, organizing past materials is a very annoying task, which is tedious and difficult to produce results, and is not very friendly to novices who are in urgent need of performance.
But who was Yao Chunnuan? In the future, she'd been able to climb to the top of the company, a testament to her multifaceted talent. While accounting wasn't her strong point, she already had a junior accountant qualification. She just needed to sort out the data, just a little bit. And since past data revealed a lot, she had no objection to it.
To be honest, Yao Chunnuan's non-competitive attitude made Chen Jin feel relieved. He was really worried about what he would do if the two of them started quarreling.
This time, Yao Chunnuan used numerous tables to consolidate the data. After each report, she considered adding a few comments or suggestions at the end, but on second thought, she decided against it. She worried about shocking others by revealing so much information all at once. Besides, with Chen Jin, she didn't need to be so impressive.
A few days later, Yao Chunnuan submitted the sorted information.
Chen Jin had nothing to do at the time, so he flipped through the book and was stunned to find that he could understand the information that had previously been a headache for him. You know, he was not very literate, so when he read the materials, he only had a vague understanding.
But the information Yao had compiled gave him a very intuitive feeling. He felt that he completely understood all of this stuff! He even had a vague direction for how to proceed.
This is very scary.
Although he was only a small-time official, the military settlement had a department dedicated to document processing, and there were countless people working there. As far as he knew, no one there could handle the documents so beautifully, not even Zheng Pei, who was always praised by the upper echelons.
Chen Jin stared at the documents in his hand for a moment, then suddenly stood up! Chen Jin believed that Yao Shi was a talented person, and it would be a waste of talent for him to be his right-hand man. Such a talent should be assigned to his superiors. Giving him the documents would be a waste. So he took the stack of documents that Yao Chunnuan had sorted out and went to see his superiors.
When Chen Jin asked for an audience, Zhao Hong was receiving guests. At this time, the competition for the position of captain of a thousand men had already passed, and he had defeated all his competitors. If nothing unexpected happened, the documents regarding his promotion to captain of a thousand men would be issued before the New Year.
Before this, he had never expected to see his uncle in Yichun. "Uncle, are you being transferred to Yichun?"
Butler Wu beside him nodded and said, "The transfer order has been issued, and he will take up the post soon."
"What position does the court offer?"
"Champion General."
Zhao Hong: ...
He was actually a third-rank champion general! How old was his uncle this year? Twenty-one or twenty-two? A twenty-one-year-old champion general, can you believe it?
As for him, he is only twenty-three years old this year and has just become a captain of a thousand men. He suddenly feels that he has been living a stupid life all these years!
Sensing his disbelief and a hint of frustration, Butler Wu consoled him, "You're different. The general earned all his achievements fighting in the Northern Territory. You've only been in the army for two or three years, and you haven't exposed your family background. You've already become a captain of a thousand men, which is quite impressive."
Zhao Hong was even more depressed. This consolation was worse than nothing. But forget it. He already knew his uncle was a monster, didn't he? Comparing himself to him was asking for trouble.
"But it's strange, why did the court transfer you to the Yichun camp?" Compared to Yichun, the Northwest Territory needs a powerful general like his uncle more, right?
"It's not the Yichun camp, but the Yichun military camp." Butler Wu corrected.
What the hell is this? This transfer order is bizarre. It's fine to transfer his uncle to Yichun, but shouldn't he be transferred directly to the Yichun main camp? Why is he transferred to the Yichun military settlement?
Currently, the military settlement consists of two areas: one for convict labor and the other for rotating sergeants and their families. Compared to the soldiers at the Yichun camp who have seen blood, this place is more like a poultry area. What do they want to do by releasing this tiger, my uncle, here?
Seeing his confusion, Butler Wu said with a forced smile, "The higher-ups think the general is still young and needs more training."
Zhao Hong: ...A promotion in name but a devaluation in reality?
He understood. He had long heard that the Third Prince liked to mess around. In order to take down the Northwestern Army, he actually disregarded everything and transferred his uncle, a skilled and combative young lion, from the Northern Territory. His uncle was too unlucky. After being transferred from the Northern Territory, he was tricked by the people in the Yichun camp.
Zhao Hong looked again and found that his uncle's eyes were also a little cold. He shrank his neck. It seemed that someone in the Yichun camp was going to be in trouble.
Just then, Chen Jin asked for a meeting.
Zhao Hong was puzzled. Hadn't he just given him some pointers a few days ago? Why was he here again today? But Zhao Hong also knew that Chen Jin wasn't someone who would seek personal gain. In the past, he wouldn't come to see him for ten days, half a month, or even a month or two. This time, he must have something important to discuss.
Zhao Hong looked at his uncle.
Xing Changfeng took a sip of tea and glanced at him lightly, "Do you need me to step aside?"
"No, no." How could he dare ask his uncle to avoid him? Although his uncle looked harmless, he was actually the typical tough guy who kept his mouth shut. People say that those who are not good at talking are not reliable. But he had a group of arrogant and brave generals under his command, and they respected him.
"But if I summon my subordinates here, will it disturb you? Otherwise, should I change places?"
"Since the person is outside, you can do whatever you want and don't bother with me."
"Okay, then let him in." It was just a personal soldier in front of his uncle, and his uncle didn't mind, so he had nothing to be shy about.
When Chen Jin entered, he noticed a young man in a narrow-sleeved black robe casually sitting in the seat of honor on the left, drinking tea. A single glance at him gave him a sense of imposing presence, and Chen Jin's heart sank, and he quickly looked away.
"Tell me, what do you want to see me for?"
"Please take a look, sir." Chen Jin raised the materials in his hand above his head. In order to have a more direct comparison, he brought all the unsorted materials with him.
Zhao Hong took it and began to flip through it. "Hmm? I didn't expect this form could be used this way?!" His expression grew increasingly serious.
"Go call Zhou Kaiping." Zhou Kaiping was the old clerk who managed the paperwork under his account. He and Zheng Pei were from the same family, so he should be able to see something.
"Why do we need Zhou Kaiping? Is there something wrong with the information? If it's convenient, I can help you take a look." Butler Wu suggested.
"Why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken? I called Zhou Kaiping here because I have a few questions for him. I dare not trouble you, the old steward Wu."
Steward Wu comes from his maternal grandfather, the Xing family. Their Wu family has been the Xing family's stewards for generations and has first-class ability in general affairs.
After his uncle joined the army, the Xing family sent him there to take care of his affairs, including interpersonal communication, paperwork, and so on. If Zhao Hong had been to the future, he would know that a figure like Wu Guanjia, in the words of later generations, was equivalent to the existence of the number one secretary.
No matter what the military called him, he preferred to be called Butler Wu. This was because Butler Wu had become a family title, and they were very proud of it. Actually, he should be called Little Butler Wu, because there was another Butler Wu, his father, who still served the Xing family. But after he was assigned to the military, he automatically gave himself a higher generational title, becoming Butler Wu, and also gave his father a higher generational title, becoming Old Butler Wu.
Zhao Hong knew this, and the Xing and Zhao families were relatives by marriage, so he readily called him that.
Zhou Kaiping's office was not far away, so he came quickly when he was summoned.
Zhao Hong handed over the information in his hand.
Zhou Kaiping took the information and looked at it. The more he read, the more surprised he became.
Recently, this tabular method had been adopted by high-ranking military officials and passed to the Third Prince. Because it allowed for a more intuitive and clear presentation of data, combined with the multiplication table, it offered significant advantages in data coordination. Currently, the entire military settlement and even the Imperial Ministry of Revenue have begun using this method of record-keeping.
He himself also likes the tabular method, and he can vaguely feel the diversity of its uses, but because no one has taught him, his use of the tabular method is still in the exploratory stage.
But look, what did he see? While all of them were still groping in the dark, someone had already figured it out!
While Zhou Kaiping was reading the information, Butler Wu came over curiously.
He followed Zhou Kaiping and read for a while, and couldn't help but slap his thigh and said, "Great! This information is so well organized! It simplifies the complex and makes it clear at a glance. The key is that no important information is missed!" In this way, a great deal of time is saved for superiors, and it also saves them the energy of reading through long documents for a long time.
It was only after he came to Yichun that he learned about the tabular method, but he did not expect that someone could use it so skillfully.
"Can you do what she did?" Zhao Hong asked Zhou Kaiping.
Zhou Kaiping shook his head with difficulty, "I can't do it."
"Master Hong, please don't embarrass him. I dare say that in this army, no, in the entire Yichun, there are very few people who can do this." Butler Wu continued, "Anyone who can do this has a very keen understanding of data and information, and is good at summarizing and extracting information. This requires extremely high cognitive ability. Such people are very powerful. Most people wouldn't dare to organize it this way. They are truly talented."
Steward Wu took the document and read it again, vaguely feeling that the man could do better. Some of the directions in the document were already clear and could be translated into words. For a moment, he couldn't help but praise it again, then thought for a moment and showed it to his general.
Zhao Hong ignored this and asked Chen Jin, "Who compiled this information?" He actually had a vague idea of the answer. He knew a few of Chen Jin's subordinates, and the only people with access to this archaic information were Lin Hui and Yao Shi, his subordinates. He also knew Lin Hui's talents and level. The only exception was Yao Shi.
"It's Yao."
It’s her!
"Didn't you suggest a few days ago that you let her take charge of the daily record-keeping tasks?"
"So you did it?"
"Yes, but Lin Hui didn't quite trust her ability, so he asked her to sort out the previous records and prove that she was indeed capable of the job of recorder."
Zhao Hong nodded. Lin Hui had shot himself in the foot. He probably hadn't realized that by simply giving her a hard time, he'd actually set her on a different path to success. But the Yao family was capable, and sooner or later they would rise to prominence.
"This Lin Hui, are you really not going to consider dealing with it?"
Chen Jin remained silent. When he first joined the barracks, he knew nothing and was led by Lin Hui, so there were some things he didn't want to bother with.
Zhao Hong was once again annoyed by his stubbornness and said unhappily, "Alright, get off now!"
Zhao Hong stopped him and asked, "Wait, show me this information. Do you know what will happen?" He finally had a capable subordinate under him, and he just handed it to him eagerly? I really didn't know what to say to him.
"I know. But although Yao is a woman, she is a talented person. If she stays with me, she can't play a big role. She will be more useful to you, sir." Chen Jin replied very straightforwardly.
This fool! Yao has such ability to help him move up, so how can you say that it can play a small role? "Alright, alright, you can go down!"
After the man left, Xing Changfeng suddenly said, "Your subordinate is not bad."
Zhao Hongdao said, "This person's ability is average, but he is loyal and has good luck."
At this time, Butler Wu said, "General, this Yao is an excellent auxiliary talent with strong clerical skills. I suggest that she be transferred to your command."
Hearing this, Zhao Hong's eyes widened. This was definitely an interception!
Xing Changfeng asked Zhao Hong, "What do you say?"
What could he say? What else could he say? "Uncle, please do as you please."
So Xing Changfeng nodded to Butler Wu, "Yes!" This meant he agreed to his previous proposal.
"Master Hong, please ask someone to call back the person just now." said Butler Wu.
What could Zhao Hong do? He was wrong. This Yao Shi was not just on the road to fame, she was going to heaven!
"Master Hong, don't be too sad. Actually, what your subordinate said just now is right. Talents should be fully utilized."
Zhao Hong: ...That's too much. Not only do they steal his talent, but they also stab him in the back.
After saying that, Manager Wu walked out. He had to ask Chen Jin about the situation with the Yao family.
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