Chapter 425: Make a lot of money
The two of them ran to Mr. Zhuang with an abacus. After confirming it several times, they ran back and calculated according to the example Mr. Zhuang had used before.
But the speed has dropped a lot, and there are always errors.
If they made a mistake here, they wouldn't be able to help Bai Erlang. Bai Erlang was so anxious that he started sweating profusely. However, his accounting speed was much faster. If he had been slower, he wouldn't have forgotten the numbers he had just reported.
The further he went, the faster he became. Not only was he doing it with ease, he also had time to gloat over the miserable Bai Shanbao and Manbao.
Mr. Bai looked at this and sighed. Now everyone has learned to use abacus for calculations, and they were very fast and smooth when calculating the amount of buckets before. I think they can adapt quickly to calculating weight here. But you can't even use an abacus. What are you so proud of?
Mr. Bai couldn't bear to look at his son. He covered his face with the teacup and turned to talk to Mr. Zhuang.
Weighing is much faster than measuring with a bucket. Once the sack is poured out, two people lift it up, and one of them compares the weight, and the number is reported.
So everyone was brushing at a fast speed, except Manbao and the others who were a little slow.
But as they counted, they gradually became proficient. The two of them quickly calculated the amount of money in the last bag, and Bai Erlang breathed a sigh of relief after writing it down.
Mr. Bai also came over and first took a look at the accounts kept by his son, and then went to look at the accounts kept by his accountant.
The accountant also calculated the price of each item. He did the work of three of them by himself, and not only was it neater and more beautiful than theirs, but it was also faster.
While calculating the abacus, the three children looked at the accountant with envy more than once.
Mr. Bai flipped through it and nodded, "Alright, let's calculate the total."
The accountant took the account book with a smile and started moving his fingers on the abacus so fast that his fingers were almost invisible.
Manbao and Bai Shanbao were stunned, and Bai Erlang also opened his mouth wide and looked at the accountant with admiration.
Mr. Zhuang walked behind the two of them, coughed lightly, and said, "Why are you still standing there? Calculate quickly."
Manbao came to his senses and hurriedly took the account book kept by Bai Erlang, and started to calculate with Bai Shanbao, each on one side.
Mr. Zhuang stood in front of the two of them and said, "The more numerous the numbers, the more careful you have to be. Otherwise, one miscalculation can lead to a complete loss. You'll have to start all over again."
Mr. Zhuang warned, "So you need to be careful, quick-witted, courageous, and have a good memory."
Manbao and Bai Shanbao nodded repeatedly to show that they understood, and then slowly moved the abacus.
The accountant was very quick. In just a quarter of an hour or so, he had calculated all the accounts, including the total copper coins and the converted silver.
Manbao and the others were much slower, but fortunately, neither of them made any mistakes and the numbers they calculated were the same.
The two added up the two portions of copper coins, and then looked at the final number of copper coins together and exclaimed, "We have so much money."
Bai Erlang hurried over to take a look, and saw that the final total weighed was 1,150,662 coins, while the total measured by the bucket was 1,141,457 coins.
Bai Er also exclaimed in amazement.
Mr. Bai asked with a smile, "How much is it in silver?"
The two children immediately started to calculate according to the numbers on the abacus.
Because they were dividing, and the number to be divided was so large, the two children moved the numbers carefully, but they still got confused after a while. They scratched their heads and started counting again...
Manbao looked at the final mess of the abacus and couldn't help but look at Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang knew that this was a bit difficult, so he didn't make things difficult for them. He smiled and took the abacus to help them calculate.
"The total is one thousand nine hundred and ten ounces of silver, with a balance of one hundred and nineteen coins."
The accountant stroked his beard and nodded with a smile, "That's exactly the number."
The three children screamed with joy.
Mr. Bai asked with a smile, "Are you happy?"
The three of them nodded vigorously.
Mr. Bai smiled and said, "Since Mr. Zhuang is here, please help you calculate how much you spent on the wheat you bought earlier. Didn't you say that the wheat was bought on credit? You have to pay it back, right?"
The three excited children were stunned. Oh, they almost forgot, they exchanged so many wheat seeds with others, and the wheat they exchanged was on credit.
Bai Shanbao coughed lightly, and Bai Zhuangtou immediately brought up the account book for the credit. It only recorded the quantity exchanged and the total amount. As for the value, he didn't know what price the young master and the old lady had agreed on.
But Manbao and Bai Shanbao knew the answer, so they took out an abacus to calculate.
Bai Shanbao and Liu had agreed before that the wheat would be sold at thirty cents per bushel.
This price was the market price in Luojiang County at that time, but it was a very high price in Longzhou, so Liu felt that she was not losing money in this business.
Manbao and Bai Shanbao felt that since they were responsible for transporting the goods here and they didn't have to run around to buy them, they didn't lose out.
Who could have thought that as soon as the grain arrived, the market price dropped to 27 wen?
Of course, this market price is the purchase price that grain merchants give to farmers, and the price sold in grain shops is naturally more than this number.
The total amount of grain they exchanged was 16,878 dou, which is 563,400 coins when converted into silver.
The two of them looked up and tactfully handed the abacus to Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang smiled and said, "Four hundred and twenty-one taels, and the remaining one thousand one hundred and forty wen."
The three children now knew the exact number and cheered loudly.
Mr. Bai stroked his beard and smiled, then turned to the accountant and said, "Have someone bring in the silver."
It was already noon and the sun was high in the sky. However, Mr. Bai felt that the Zhou family did not have many wheat seeds, so it should not take too much time. Therefore, he waved his hand and took everyone to the Zhou family.
The people from the Zhou family and the Qian family were waiting anxiously at home. They even sent Datou to watch at the village entrance and report as soon as they saw someone coming from the other side of the river.
Datou saw his aunt coming with a group of people from afar, and immediately ran home.
Old Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Qian.
Qian got up and led a group of daughters-in-law out, also taking Qian's aunt and sister-in-law. After saying goodbye to the people who were watching the fun nearby, everyone went to Zhou Dayuan's house nearby.
The sun was quite strong at this time, and there were only a few women enjoying the cool under the banyan tree. After all, it was more comfortable to stay at home at this time, wasn't it?
As soon as Qian called out, everyone followed her. No one cared what she was going to do, they just wanted to chat.
When Mr. Bai arrived at Old Zhou's house, he was also surprised to see so many people.
Old Zhou smiled and explained, "This is my uncle. It's the Dragon Boat Festival, right? They came to see my wife. They knew Mr. Bai was coming to harvest wheat seeds today, so they stayed to watch the fun."
Mr. Bai naturally greeted them happily and they exchanged greetings.
The Zhou family had already prepared the wheat seeds for sale, and they could just carry them out and weigh them.
(End of this chapter)
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