"Goodbye!"
Meton cupped his hands and said goodbye to Yuan Shoucheng. Then he walked to Qin Huaiyu and the other two who were waiting aside. Only then did he feel a little relieved. It was not a fun thing to see through the flaws of Taoism.
Meton did not expect that Yuan Shoucheng would see through his flaws just by saying one more word. He had to throw out the calcium tablets as bait to calm down the matter.
Fortunately, this time, he gained something. The secret of alchemy was enough to repay Meton for his risky behavior.
"I must not be so reckless in the future!" Meton warned himself secretly.
Qin Huaiyu and the other two were still immersed in the power of Li Shimin. They did not notice the abnormality of Meton at all. They hurried back home with heavy hearts.
In the Mo Mansion.
When Meton had just arrived at the Mo Mansion, Uncle Fu came to report that the Minister of Civil Affairs, Dai Zhou, had arrived.
"Mr. Dai!" Meton hurried to greet him. He did not expect that Dai Zhou would come so quickly.
"Hahaha, Marquis Merton, cut the pleasantries. Send me the account book of the Village Mo as soon as possible!" Dai Zhou's face was full of excitement. He walked with a majestic gait. There was no symptom of poor health at all.
Dai Zhou was extremely happy. The drought in spring almost emptied the treasury of the imperial court. In addition, the emperor's visit to the Ninety Percent Palace this time cost a lot of money. However, it was the busy season and the land tax had not been collected yet. It could be said that the Ministry of Civil Affairs was in a time of shortage.
At this time, the emperor suddenly sent a letter saying that Marquis Merton gave up the privilege of the title of nobility and voluntarily paid the tax. It should be known that Mo Jiazi had made a lot of money during this period. The tax he had to pay was not a small number. Therefore, how could he hold back? He immediately went to the Mo Mansion in person.
"Mr. Dai, please come in. The account book has already been calculated." Meton hurriedly invited Dai Zhou into the front hall. He waved his hand and Xu Jie put a large pile of account books in front of Dai Zhou.
"Come on, check the account books of the Mo Mansion carefully and calculate the tax that the Village Mo should pay. If there is a penny missing, you will be held responsible!" Dai Zhou shouted and could not wait to say.
Immediately, more than ten accountants of the Ministry of Civil Affairs came into the living room with counting chips in their hands. They set the table and check the account books of the Village on the spot. while Xu Jie stayed aside, he was responsible for explaining to the accountants of the Ministry of Civil Affairs if there was any problem.
Hearing the huge numbers one after another............ com........... the Old.. to the emperor... and..... the.. and........ and..... to...
As the saying goes, humans die in pursuit of wealth and birds die in pursuit of food. Which ordinary person didn't value wealth as much as their life? They couldn't wait to extort and extort people, let alone take the initiative to pay taxes. Meton's move was no less than providing charcoal in snowy weather. It could be said that he had directly solved Dai Zhou's urgent need.
"You flatter me, Sir. I have received the Emperor's favor and will naturally repay it. Doing business and paying taxes is a matter of course. I don't deserve Sir's praise," Meton said seriously.
If all the businessmen of the Tang dynasty were like you, there would be no need to worry about the prosperity of the Tang dynasty. " Dai Zhou sighed with emotion. As the Minister of Civil Affairs of the Tang Dynasty, he could be said to be a top figure in the economic field of the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, he knew how profiteering businessmen were. Moreover, many businessmen attached themselves to the nobles of the Tang Dynasty to evade the business tax or tried every means possible to evade the tax. This was the reason why the business tax in the Tang dynasty was low.
Compiling the accounting books was a long and tedious task, but Dai Zhou did not find it boring at all. He declined Moton's invitation to sit in the side hall, and listened to the sound of the accountant's abacus happily. Moton had no choice but to brew tea and wait on Dai Zhou at the side.
"Marquis Merton, please don't laugh at me. In the Old Man's opinion, there is no sound more beautiful than the sound of the abacus striking the abacus," Dai Zhou said. Dai Zhou said. In his view, the sound of the bronze chime meant that money had entered his pocket. The Great Tang had just been established, and there were many things that needed to be done. There were simply too many things that needed money. All of this was supported by Dai Zhou, who wished that he could split every penny in half and spend it.
"Of course not, of course not. I also agree with Sir Dai's idea. In my opinion, there is no study more beautiful than the abacus," Meton also sighed with emotion.
"Old Man, I forgot that Marquis Merton is also a great abacus." The Ministry of Civil Affairs was the department that used abacus the most. Dai Zhou was also a great abacus, so he naturally knew the use of abacus. Meton was even more famous for abacus in Chang 'an.
The old man and the young man suddenly found a topic to talk about. In the living room, they talked with enthusiasm.
After a long time, the sound of the abacus striking the abacus stopped, and the two reluctantly stopped.
"Marquis Merton's compound interest calculation method really opened the Old Man's eyes." Dai Zhou sighed with emotion.
"Lord Dai's Way of the Economy has also opened this junior's eyes." Meton also admired. Even according to the point of view of Meton's later generation, Dai Zhou was also worthy of being called an abacus.
The two immediately appreciated each other as if they were life confidants.
"Sir, the abacus has been tabulated!" The head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was a middle-aged man. After the two complimented each other, he bowed and said.
"So fast?" Dai Zhou looked at the thick piles of account books on the table and said in surprise. Normally, it would take a long time, but he was in a hurry, so he had specially prepared ten accounting rooms. According to the lowest estimate, it would take at least four hours, but it was done in just over an hour in the country.
"Sir, Marquis Merton is indeed a great abacus. The Village of Mo used a new accounting method. All the accounting is clear at a glance. We only need to check the numbers." The middle-aged accountant said with a wry smile. Not only was it done, but the account books of the Village of Mo were unusually clean. According to his years of experience in checking accounts, this was indeed the truest account book. There was no tax evasion at all.
"A new accounting method?" Dai Zhou looked up in surprise.
The middle-aged accountant handed over an account book to Dai Zhou and said, "Sir, you will know when you take a look."
Dai Zhou reached out and took it. He kept flipping through it in his hands. The more he read, the more excited he became.
"Marquis Merton is really a great abacus. Such a simple accounting method of borrowing and borrowing has solved countless accounting problems in the world." Dai Zhou said excitedly.
"Sir, you flatter me. I think that no matter how the accounting is done in the world, it is only for the balance of borrowing and borrowing. If there is borrowing, there must be lending, and if there is borrowing, there must be borrowing. So based on this, I created this new accounting method. "Merton said.
"Marquis Merton, this Old Man has a presumptuous request. Can you spread this method to the Tang dynasty?" Dai Zhou's face flushed and said excitedly.
"Sir Dai, you are too polite. This is a good method. The Mo family has no reason to hide it. To tell you the truth, in the printing house of the Village of Mo, there is already an account book printed with the new accounting method. It is just that it has not been spread for a long time." Meton nodded and said.
Dai Zhou nodded and turned to the middle-aged accountant, "After we go back, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will purchase the new account book immediately. From now on, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will use this new accounting method."
"Yes!" The middle-aged accountant nodded and replied.
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