Ning Silang was taken aback for a moment before quickly saying, "You didn't mention this either. After all, we always split things equally before. Since you're not planning to distribute them, I certainly won't do that, but we still need to calculate things."
Ning Ye snatched the ledger from Ning Silang's hand and carefully flipped through a few pages before discovering that his fourth uncle was actually quite good at arithmetic.
I've already memorized a lot, but so far the calculated integer hasn't been wrong. As for whether it will be wrong in the future, we'll have to wait and see.
"Fourth Uncle, I don't remember Zhang Zihe teaching you much about arithmetic. How did you learn so quickly?"
Ning Silang laughed heartily, "I don't know why, but those words look like gibberish to me. However, those so-called numbers you wrote are quite interesting to me, and I learn them very quickly."
Ning Ye then realized that he had indeed given each of them a book, and that book contained a table of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
As for Arabic numerals, there are only ten combinations of numbers in total, so they are even simpler and not as difficult to learn as you might imagine.
However, even with the current level of computation, his fourth uncle was able to calculate the correct result with absolute accuracy.
"Fourth Uncle, let me ask you a question. How many kilograms are there in total if we add forty-three bags of rice and two bags of soybeans?"
Ning Silang immediately replied, "It's a total of 1,400 catties, absolutely not a catty more or less. Of course, if we were to buy it normally from a shop, we probably wouldn't find this much."
Ning Ye was slightly surprised. This was calculated in almost an instant, and the calculation speed was quite impressive.
After Ning Ye tested him on several more questions, he was certain that his fourth uncle had an extraordinary talent for mathematics and would have no problem becoming a logistics officer in the future.
"Fourth Uncle, I've only just realized that you're quite a talent yourself. Do you know how many people find this arithmetic difficult?"
Ning Silang was also a little excited, after all, this was the first time in so many years that he had been praised. "Well, it's only because I can understand what you're teaching. Otherwise, if you just keep talking about how knowledgeable people are, I won't understand it at all."
In order to let Ning Silang rest early, Ning Ye could only help with the calculations. Soon after, Lin Qinshu also joined in the calculations, and after a long time, they finally tallied up everything.
Ning Ye's trip lasted less than half a month, but he amassed a total of 130,000 taels of silver and 3,000 taels of gold.
Even some large families would probably find it difficult to come up with such a large sum of money immediately.
Suddenly, Ning Ye's wealth increased many times over. With so much money in his hands, Ning Ye finally felt at ease, knowing that he would definitely not be short of money for the time being.
However, the good fortune didn't end there; Old Man Bai came to visit that evening.
Bai Ling, who looked very lovable, naturally came along as well. Ning Ye casually took out two candies and stuffed them into Bai Ling's hand.
Bai Ling stared intently at Ning Ye, "Big brother, I remember you. You're the kind person who helped us before."
Ning Ye smiled and said, "The candy I just gave you is delicious, hurry up and try it."
Bai Ling peeled a candy and very sensibly put it into Grandpa Bai's mouth. Only after Grandpa Bai ate it did Bai Ling put the other candy into her own little mouth.
In a time when sweetness is quite rare, a single candy can be incredibly potent.
At the very least, Ning Ye had used this candy to seduce Lin Qinshu into doing some rather unsavory things before, but Ning Ye felt that all of this should be attributed to bedroom pleasures, but for Lin Qinshu, it was a bit too stimulating.
Old Master Bai took out a money bag from his pocket. "Young master, this is the money I made in the last ten days, a total of one hundred and forty taels of gold."
Ning Ye picked at his ear and said, "Grandpa, tell me again how much money you made in these ten days?"
Old Master Bai smiled and said, "Young master, you heard me right. Although we sold it for silver before, I thought that was too much silver, so I switched to gold. The book is still selling very well."
Ning Ye was quite impressed with these animals. You know, one or two taels of gold can be exchanged for at least ten taels of silver, yet they managed to sell 1,400 taels in such a short time, and that was all done by the old man himself, who casually sold them all.
It's clear how destructive Jin Ping Mei is, and I wonder how many people who bought it are planning to use it as study material?
After accepting the money, Ning Ye took out five taels of silver and handed it to Old Master Bai. "Old Master, I can't let you do this work for free. Come to me once a month from now on, and I'll take half a percent of it as your payment."
Old Master Bai quickly declined, "Young Master, you have already shown me so much kindness. I absolutely cannot accept this money. Otherwise, wouldn't I be the one who is heartless and ungrateful?"
Ning Ye said with a stern face, "Whenever I ask my subordinates to do something, I always pay them. If you don't even want this money, wouldn't that make my conscience uneasy?"
Lin Qinshu also spoke up, "Grandpa, you should just take the money you're entitled to. My husband always keeps his word, so please don't think he's just saying that to scare you."
With trembling hands, Old Master Bai accepted the five taels of gold. Although he had received more money before, he felt that it did not belong to him. But now, these five taels of gold truly belonged to him.
Having lived for so many years, he had never seen so much money. You have to understand, five taels of gold nowadays has a considerable purchasing power. He could buy a house, hire two maids, and perhaps live comfortably for the rest of his life.
He never dared to dream of this day before, but now he has achieved it with ease.
Old Master Bai said with tears streaming down his face, "From now on, as long as you have any orders, please just say so. Even if it costs me my old life, I will never let you down."
Ning Ye naturally couldn't let the elderly man rush back so late at night, so he arranged a guest room for him to leave early the next morning.
As for Ning Ye, he has something important to do tonight, and it's something he absolutely has to do!
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