Chapter 2549: Money Distribution
Zhou Wulang is now very good at math. He can calculate the accounts clearly by slowly turning the abacus, but it is obvious that the servants cannot do it.
Even their foremen can't quite do it.
Zhou Wulang took out a bunch of money from the basket and stuffed it into the foreman's hands. The foreman was stunned for a moment, then his hands and feet became weak and he sat down on the ground.
They used their brains to calculate carefully, but found that they really couldn't figure it out, so they stuffed the copper coins back into Zhou Wulang's arms and said with a bitter face: "Fifth Brother, Zhou Wulang, we can't figure it out. How about you give them to us one by one?"
The other servants also stared at the copper coins, their eyes shining, and nodded repeatedly.
If I give it to the foreman, he will have to redistribute it when I get back. How can it be better than getting it on the spot now?
And if Zhou Wu and the foreman made a mistake in the calculation, it would be difficult for them to come back to him, so it would be better to split it up now.
Anyway, they do the same work as others, so they get what they are paid. There are always smart people here, and you won’t lose out if you follow them.
So everyone persuaded Zhou Wulang, "Brother Zhou Wu, let's divide it here. It's still early and we're not in a hurry to go home."
Zhou Wulang: ...If you are not in a hurry to go home, then I am. He is now in a mess with his accounts. He only knows that he has made money, but he can't calculate how much money he has made. He has to go back and ask Li Zhong to help him calculate it.
"That's right, that's right. We just had lunch. We're not in a hurry."
Zhou Wulang felt a lump in his chest. After thinking about it, he realized that everyone had said so. If he refused at this time, it would seem that there was something wrong with his accounting.
The most important thing is that these people are Manbao's fiefs. If he can maintain good relationships with them, it will be easier for him to find them for work in the future, so he has to maintain good relationships with them.
Zhou Wulang waved his hand and said, "Alright, then come one by one. But there are so many of you. Let's have some good counters come forward, those who can count to a hundred."
In the end, in addition to the three foremen, two more people came forward.
Well, it seems that everyone’s cultural level is not very high.
The others laughed sheepishly and said, "Brother Zhou Wu, we can actually count, but we sometimes make mistakes. But we know that ten above ten is twenty, twenty above twenty is thirty, and thirty above thirty is forty..."
"Okay, okay, I got it."
Zhou Wulang interrupted them and called all five of them over.
He poured a basket of copper coins onto the ground, and everyone's eyes fell on the pile of money on the ground, shining brightly.
At this time, there was a lot of grass growing in the fields, and the copper coins piled up on the grass would not make them dirty.
Zhou Wulang sat cross-legged on the ground with them, took out a hundred coins and said, "As agreed, a day's wages is fifty coins. You have worked five and a half days so far, so I will give you six full days' wages."
He said, "That's 300 coins per person, and this string of coins is 1,000 coins. Let's not talk about that much. If we count them one by one, it will probably take until tomorrow. So, if you have good relationships, form a group of three. I'll give you 100 coins from the string of coins, and you can take the rest and divide it into three equal parts, one coin each."
This is a good idea. They are not very good at counting. This is how they divide things in the countryside, especially when dividing the family. You have one bowl, then it's my turn, then yours, then mys...
Everybody had no objection, so Zhou Wulang asked them to count out a hundred coins, and then string the counted money together with a rope and throw it into the basket.
In a short while, you can just take three strings and that’s one person’s wages.
So the six of them sat down to count the money, and Zhou Wulang asked the onlookers to keep a close eye on it to make sure no one embezzled the money.
After counting the money, small strings of 100 coins were put into the basket, and large strings of 900 coins were put into the other side.
After counting one basket, Zhou Wulang poured out another basket of money, and then put the big string of money in this basket. He counted it and found seventy strings of money, which was correct. So he squatted aside and counted on his fingers, wondering how much the wages of these three hundred people were. How many more strings of money did he have to count to make up the number?
You can't count all this money like this, right?
Zhou Wulang calmly calculated. He knew each person was 300 wen. He had calculated it himself last night and confirmed it repeatedly with Li Zhong. So, those 300 people were...
Zhou Wulang counted on his fingers uncertainly, nine hundred wen?
Bah, bah, bah, no, it’s 90,000?
Well, ninety thousand is ninety dollars...
Zhou Wulang felt that his calculation was correct and breathed a sigh of relief. He then rolled up his sleeves and began to count the copper coins that had already piled up on the ground. After counting out twenty large strings, he immediately shouted, "Enough, enough."
When everyone heard this, they immediately stopped what they were doing. Zhou Wulang became happy and shouted, "Now, the three people who are familiar with each other should come forward together to receive their wages. Those who are not familiar with each other should stay behind and go back to receive their own wages."
When everyone heard this, they immediately started to crowd together, calling cousins their cousins, brothers from the same clan their clan brothers, cousins their uncles, or neighbors lined up together.
Zhou Wulang took out a booklet and held a pen. When the three people came up, he asked, "Are you sure you want to take it together?"
After they nodded, he crossed out their names, gave them a large string of money, and said, "This is nine hundred coins, three hundred coins each."
The three of them repeated it again, and after firmly memorizing it in their hearts, they took the money and stepped aside with a smile. Two of them surrounded the person who took the money and whispered, "We'll divide the money when we get back."
"Don't worry, there will definitely be plenty for you."
At the end of the distribution, it was Xiaochuan’s money.
Zhou Wulang handed them three strings of money each, "One string is one hundred coins, here are the three strings."
After dividing the money among them, he gave it to the three foremen, also shoving three strings into their hands. Then he took out a hundred coins and said, "As agreed, I'll give each of you foremen an extra twenty coins."
After all, they have to manage people, which is quite troublesome.
"Six days is..." Zhou Wulang counted on his fingers again. Five days is one hundred wen, and one more day is one hundred and twenty wen. Come, I'll count it for you."
After the foreman's money was divided, the remaining money still belonged to Zhou Wulang.
Zhou Wulang called six cooks and divided their wages.
They had little money, only twenty-five cents a day, but Zhou Lizhong had calculated this amount for them early in the morning, one hundred and fifty cents per person.
He counted out the money for them and put the rest in the basket.
Everyone looked at the remaining money and exclaimed, "Brother Zhou Wu, why did you bring so much money?"
Because Princess Mingda only gave him this much money, and she just delivered it to him at the workshop yesterday.
Zhou Wulang said, "We have to deliver the money to the quarry later. Okay, okay, those who have taken the money can go back. Come on, a few people, help me and deliver the money to the quarry together."
When everyone heard this, they immediately helped put the money into the basket and loaded it onto the ox cart. The three foremen were not in a hurry to go home. Adhering to the idea of maintaining a good relationship with their lord brother, they were very willing to accompany Zhou Wulang on this trip.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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