Chapter 486: The Demon Concubine Who Brings Trouble to the Nation vs. the Bandit Emperor of the Founding of the Country 97
Hong Xiangyu was biting the tip of the pen and was sweating profusely.
She recalled the fear she had when she was a child and was dominated by a teacher. There were no learned teachers in the bandit's den, so Hong Xing went out and kidnapped an old man with a white beard. It was said that he was an old student and almost became a scholar.
In a desolate place like Cangshan, such a person is considered to be of top knowledge. Hong Xing treated him with courtesy and begged the old man to teach Hong Xiangyu.
The old teacher's teaching was very strict, harsh and old-fashioned. Hong Xiangyu couldn't stand it, so she skipped school every now and then and ran out to join a group of bandits in climbing trees to rob bird nests and catching lobsters in the river. She had a lot of fun.
Later, someone was careless and her father found out about it. Hong Xiangyu was beaten so badly that her buttocks were bruised. She even suspected that she was not her biological daughter.
Lin Yuan's face in front of her overlapped with that of the old man with white beard. Every time the old man asked a question and she couldn't answer it, the old man got angry and scolded her for being a piece of rotten wood!
The old man would complain, and whenever he did, her father would beat her. She was not relieved until a year later when the old man threatened to commit suicide and leave the village.
Hong Xiangyu shuddered. She covered the account book in front of her and stammered, "This... that... there aren't that many people, so it won't cost much."
"You're going to have a competition tomorrow, right? I'll be the referee, and the winners can just come to me to collect their money. Oh, just spend whatever money you have, why do you have to calculate it so precisely? Isn't this how we've lived before? If you run out of money, just rob people."
Hong Xiangyu's voice became lower and lower. She felt guilty and didn't even dare to look up at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan snorted coldly and pulled out the account book with force. Hong Xiangyu jumped up anxiously, "What are you doing? I haven't finished recording it yet, you are not allowed to look at it!"
Lin Yuan opened the account book. At the front was Huan'er's beautiful handwriting, which was clearly written. At the back was a huge mass of ink with only a few numbers written here and there, with no order at all.
"Hong Xiangyu! I think you are here just to cause trouble for me! Is this what you call accounting? How can I hand over the management of the village to you if you can't even write the account book?"
Hong Xiangyu shouted in dissatisfaction: "You are deliberately making things difficult for me. Why should I remember something so difficult when hers is so simple? A group of people are noisy and clamorous, like mosquitoes fighting. How can I remember so many things clearly?"
Lin Yuan slammed the account book on the table and said angrily, "I listened to Uncle Kai and gave you a chance. If you can't do it yourself, let Huan'er do it. Get out! Don't delay our business here."
Wu Kai was too embarrassed to speak for Hong Xiangyu anymore. Xiangyu was half-baked at everything she did. If she had studied hard in the beginning, she wouldn't be so embarrassed now.
Hong Xiangyu pointed at Ji Yunhuan and shouted, "I don't believe she can remember it clearly. You two are teaming up to bully me!"
Ji Yunhuan took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Uncle Kai has eighty-one people under him, Uncle Meng originally managed sixty-seven people, and the list that Grandpa Wang brought out has one hundred and eight people..."
"But these rosters are from the past. When the Feitian Gang attacked the mountain stronghold, hundreds of us died. In addition, some people are not on the roster. I estimate that there are about 700 to 800 people in the mountain stronghold. If we calculate based on two liters of rice per person per day..."
"Team A is still short of a centurion. Team B has fewer people, so there is no need to add more positions. Team C is still short of two centurions..."
Hong Xiangyu widened her eyes in surprise, "You...how did you remember all of this? You must have memorized it in advance, how did you calculate it so quickly? This is impossible!"
Ji Yunhuan smiled slightly, "I'm really surprised by what I've seen so far. Things along the way are much more complicated than this. Practice makes perfect. It's nothing new."
Hong Xiangyu had nothing to say and could only give up her seat.
Ji Yunhuan sat back down at the table. Hong Xiangyu wanted to sit next to Lin Yuan, but A Tao quickly moved the chair away. Hong Xiangyu could only stand on it awkwardly.
The account book had been scribbled beyond recognition by Hong Xiangyu, the brush was almost bitten off by her, and ink was splattered everywhere. Ji Yunhuan had no choice but to clean it up, rewrite the account book, and add the new content.
After a short while, Ji Yunhuan figured it out. She reached into the silver box and actually took out a handful of silver and bronze medals from the space and distributed them.
"The centurions get silver medals, and the decurions get bronze medals. Engrave your names and team numbers on them and give them to your subordinates. They will serve as your credentials from now on."
Lin Yuan added coldly, "If you make a mistake in the future and lose your position, your badge will be taken back."
Hong Xiangyu stared at those brands. She had just looked at the silver box, and there were clearly no such brands inside. Could it be that she didn't look carefully enough?
Wu Kai won a silver medal and ten bronze medals, more than anyone else. Team A also had the largest number of people, and he could even recruit more people.
Meng Ying had difficulty walking and didn't want to be in charge of anyone anymore, so he decided to just be a martial arts master. However, he still won a few bronze medals for his former subordinates.
Everyone was very satisfied, except Hong Xiangyu, who felt satisfied and felt very upset.
"Brother Lin! I want to enter the meeting hall too. Ji Yunhuan, an outsider, can sit here, so I want a seat too!"
"And your Mosasaur Team 12, they all have positions, I want one too, you can't be partial to one and ignore the other!"
Wu Kai frowned when he heard this, "Xiangyu, stop messing around! You never managed things before, and even if you are in charge of people now, the brothers will not accept it."
"You can't even keep a ledger properly, what are you doing in the council hall?"
Wu Kai has a scale in his heart. He can help Hong Xiangyu marry Lin Yuan, but when it comes to the serious matters in the mountain village, he still knows his place.
The bandits lived on the edge of a knife. If they handed them over to Hong Xiangyu for random command, they would be playing with their brothers' lives.
Seeing that Wu Kai did not support her, Hong Xiangyu felt more and more aggrieved. "Accounting is not my strong point. Uncle Kai, you can't read a few words, so you can't understand the accounts! We are bandits. We rely on force, not on who knows more words!"
"I have practiced martial arts since I was young, so I am definitely stronger than Ji Yunhuan. Either let me enter the meeting hall, or Ji Yunhuan get out!"
Ji Yunhuan had already collected the account books, put them into the cash box, and locked it.
She looked up at Hong Xiangyu and sneered, "You are really unreasonable. I came in because I need to take care of the accounts, but you want to compete with me in martial arts."
"But we haven't competed before, so how do you know you're better than me? You're not as knowledgeable as me, you're not as calculating as me, you're not as gentle and considerate as me. A Yuan likes me because I'm better than you in everything!"
"Let's go to the martial arts arena and have a fight. If you win, you'll be given this position, and you'll be in charge of the money and food of the village. I'll help you. If you lose, you can call me sister, and you'll have to listen to me from now on!"
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