If you want to control a company, the most important thing is to grasp the personnel and finance of the company. It is not just a company, from a country to a family, personnel appointments and finance are top priority.

Zhang Zong also knew the above truth well. Although the manor in front of him was rewarded, he did not know any of the people in the manor, so he would not mention the personnel and affairs. If you want to directly control the manor, you can only work hard on finance.

"Please look at the master's house. The account book here is mainly divided into two parts. On the left is the output and expenditure of the field, and on the right is the income and expenditure of the other courtyard. Here are mainly the account book of this year, and the account book of previous years is all in the warehouse." The lean and smart manager Tian entered the account room and introduced to Zhang Zong.

Zhang Zong also entered the room with interest, took out a book of accounts and looked at it. It was the book of accounts in the courtyard in March this year. However, when he saw the contents of the book, he frowned. There were no tables in the book that were clearly visible to later generations, only lines of text, mostly arranged according to date.

For example, a certain line says: Seven days, it costs 1,300 yuan to purchase wood, 28,000 yuan to fruits and vegetables, 32,000 yuan to mutton...

All numbers are capitalized, and there is almost no rule except date. If you want to check the accounts, the account book in this room alone will have to check at least ten days and a half months. If there is a slight omission, the final number will be wrong, resulting in the account not being matched.

Tian Feng next to him looked at Zhang Zong flipping through the account book, but his face was not nervous at all, because in his opinion, Zhang Zong was so young and did not have the patience to check the accounts at all. Moreover, there were so many accounts piled up together. Not to mention Zhang Zong, it was not easy for him to check the accounts himself. The reason why he brought Zhang Zong to the account was just to go through the situation.

However, what Tian Feng did not expect was that after Zhang Zong looked through a few pages, he actually took the paper and pen next to him, grind the ink and drew a few lines on the paper, making the paper full of small squares. Then he began to fill in the squares with strange symbols, which looked a bit like the Western Regions text, but he did not recognize any of them.

Although Zhang Zong has never learned accounting, he still understands how to draw tables and do statistics. Moreover, compared with capital numbers, Arabic numerals are much simpler and clearer. If you use symbols such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, the operation process will be greatly simplified immediately, making the accounts very simple.

Soon Zhang Zong listed all the income and expenditures in March, and obtained the total income and expenditures through simple addition and subtraction. However, this amount made him frown and said, "The villa spent a total of 12 jin and 377 jin in March. Is it so much for normal expenses?"

Tian Feng was shocked when he saw that Zhang Zong had calculated the total expenditure in March in such a short time, even as accurate as the text, and this number was almost the same as in his memory. He was originally young as Zhang Zong, the new master, so he didn't pay much attention to it, but now it seems that the other party is definitely not easy to fool.

"I reported to the master's family that in March, it mainly repaired the houses. Last winter, it snowed heavily and some houses were crushed by snow, so the cost increased a lot, and it dropped in April!" Tian Feng also put away his contempt and explained with great respect.

After hearing this, Zhang Zong found the account book for April and still calculated the income and expenditure according to the previous method. Finally, the expenditure was reduced by most of the time. Then he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, the expenditure in April was more than five cents, which was indeed much less."

Tian Feng was even more shocked when he heard this. If the other party had guessed the account in March just now, it might have happened that the other party guessed it correctly, but the expenses in April could be revealed by the other party. This talent alone would be enough for all the accountants in Chang'an City to commit suicide in shame. It seems that he would have to be careful in the future.

Zhang Zong also showed the change in expression on Tian Feng's face, but this was his purpose. He had just taken over this manor. If he didn't shock Manager Tian, ​​he might make him feel contemptuous. Maybe he would deceive his superiors and hide his subordinates in the future, and his losses would be great by then.

After understanding that the new master's family was not easy to fool, Tian Feng immediately changed his mindset. He was naturally a smart person who could stay after the fall of Prince Xu's mansion. He took Zhang Zong to visit the villa again with great care and introduced everything clearly, and did not dare to hide it at all.

In the end, Tian Feng even asked him to clean up the room and prepare for dinner, but Xue Shao agreed to Princess Chengyang to go back before dark, so Zhang Zong refused. Through Tian Feng's introduction, he also had a preliminary understanding of the entire manor.

The fields in the manor are all good fertile fields. As long as there is no severe drought, there is almost no need to worry about water shortage. Zhang Zong, the tenant's farmer, has no time to go, but seeing that the crops in the fields are growing well, I guess the tenant will not have any major problems. In addition, the maintenance of the other courtyards is also good, it can be seen that Tian Feng is still a little capable.

Looking at this exquisite villa, Zhang Zong even wanted to move from the city to live here. However, although the villa was beautiful, it was a bit remote after all, not as lively as the capital, and not as convenient as Chang'an City in all aspects. In addition, Zhang Zong was used to living in the flower garden. If he left, no one would take care of the flowers and plants in the flower garden, so he finally gave up this idea.

On the carriage back, Xue Shao suddenly smiled and said, "Brother Shi, I heard from Manager Zhou that Tian Feng's hands and feet may not be clean. Do you want to consider changing another manager?"

The reason why Manager Zhou was sent was actually because Princess Chengyang was worried about Zhang Zong and Xue Shao, so she asked him to help Zhang Zong check. Manager Zhou was not idle just now. While listening to Tian Feng's introduction to the manor, he secretly beat the servants in the manor to inquire about the news. So when he came back, he also reported some of the information he had found to Xue Shao.

"I know, but you also know my situation. Even if Tian Feng is driven away, I can't find someone to replace him, so let him keep it for the time being and wait until the right person is found in the future." Zhang Zong said helplessly at this time.

If Zhang Zong is available, there is no need to spend so much effort to settle the accounts before.

"This is a problem. Now that there is an extra manor, Brother Shi, you should also consider recruiting some people. For example, the accountant must have one. If you really can't find it, why not find one for you at home. Anyway, there are many people who settle accounts at my family." Xue Shao said enthusiastically at the end.

Zhang Zong was also very moved after hearing this, but in the end he shook and rejected Xue Shao's kindness, "Sanlang, I appreciate your kindness, but I will definitely need a lot of people in the future. I can't help you every time, so I plan to find it myself."

After hearing this, Xue Shao felt it made sense, so he didn't insist anymore. However, he suddenly asked with interest: "When I was in the account room before, I saw that Brother Shi used some characters that I couldn't understand, and the calculation was very fast. What were those things?"

"That is called Arabic numerals, but it is known to the Indians. There are also some operational symbols such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. After introducing these, the arithmetic can be very streamlined. Why are you interested in these?" Zhang Zong also explained with a smile.

"There is such a thing. Brother Shi, you must teach me. I will be so embarrassed by the math master at home!" Xue Shao said excitedly after hearing this. Math master is one of the six subjects and is his usual must-do subject, but he seems to have no talent in math masters, so he has been trained by his teacher a lot for this.

"No problem, I will teach you when you have time in the future. It's very simple." Zhang Zong said casually. Just some mathematical symbols were nothing to him.

The next morning, Zhang Zong went to the vegetable market in Qujiangfang again, but this time he did not buy vegetables, but passed through the vegetable market and finally came to the cattle and horse market. This place was mainly cattle, sheep, horses and other animals. However, in addition to animals, people were also sold here. Yes, it was all kinds of slaves. For example, the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo a few years ago, and for a time, the Korean slaves filled the entire capital, even if they were very common now.

Zhang Zong was still a little unacceptable to slaves, but in addition to slaves, there were also some people here looking for work, which was equivalent to the talent market in later generations. Of course, it was not easy to find a qualified accountant from these people.

Finally, Zhang Zong inquired and found a Yalang named Wu. Yes, it was Xu Yalang's companion, but Xu Yalang had been sent to the county government for offense, and it was probably at least an exile.

Unfortunately, good accountants are very popular in the market. Although Wu Yalang has several reports about accountants, most of them have some shortcomings, either because of poor business or because of character problems. Zhang Zong is not very satisfied with this. In the end, he can only let the other party pay attention. If there is a suitable accountant, he can go to find him, of course, the agency fee will definitely be indispensable.

After doing the above things, Zhang Zong had to go home and wait for news. In addition to finding the accountant, Zhang Zong was also worried about another thing, that is, he had promised Li Hong before to help him talk to Princess Chengyang. When Princess Chengyang came to him yesterday, Zhang Zong felt that the opportunity had come, but he didn't know what to say, and he was unable to speak in the end.
Chapter completed!