Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

After taking the account book, Chunchan immediately started to calculate. The abacus made a clacking sound, and she figured out the answer in a short while.

Xu Han was very surprised. It was the first time she saw someone showing off their skills like that and she was a little shocked.

Chunchan said in a trembling voice, "Madam, I found a mistake in the account book. It should be 560 coins."

Xu Han looked at the place where Chunchan pointed and laughed out loud, "Not bad, not bad. When I was recording the accounts, I made a mistake. I was too lazy to rewrite it at that time, so I didn't change it.

I wanted to change it the next day, but I forgot about it and never thought about changing it again. "

Lu Chuan also admired Chunchan's talent and praised her a few times. Xu Han even asked directly, "Are you interested in following me and managing the household accounts in the future?"

Chunchan was stunned when she heard this, and didn't reply for a long time. Xu Han didn't rush to look at her. Juxiang, who was standing by, saw that Chunchan didn't say anything for a long time, and began to wink at her frantically, signaling him to agree quickly.

Maybe Chunchan was still in shock and didn't notice Juxiang's hint. Everyone was silent for a while.

Finally, it was Juxiang who said, "Chunchan, Madam is still waiting for your reply, please agree quickly and don't let Madam and Master wait anxiously."

Chunchan came to her senses after hearing this, and immediately knelt down and cried with joy, "I am willing, it is my blessing to be taken by the Madam's side.

I will do my best to share your worries in the future, even if it means death."

Xu Han laughed out loud after hearing this. "It's not as serious as you say. Come on, get up quickly. From now on, you will be in charge of the family account book."

The account books of each shop and workshop are all made by them themselves, and you only need to be responsible for checking the accounts.

As well as the subsequent household expenses and the money needed in various places, all of them will be taken from your bank account. Of course, you are also responsible for the profits they bring.

This part has always been in charge of Juxiang, so you should communicate with him. If you don't understand anything, just ask boldly. Accounting can't be sloppy."

Juxiang quickly replied, "Madam, rest assured. I will cooperate with Chunchan to complete the handover."

"Well, Chunchan is still young and lacks experience. You two should take care of her in the early stages."

Then she turned to look at Chunchan and continued, "Show the account books you made earlier to Juxiang. I have already given Juxiang the accounting format and other information.

Let her teach you again, and from now on, at the beginning of every month, you will come to me to report the account status."

"Yes, Madam. I remember it."

Chunchan is young, so Xu Han couldn't help feeling a little worried about entrusting such an important matter to her, so she gave her a few more instructions.

Xu Han was not afraid of being cheated by his own family, but he was mainly on guard against outsiders. The little girl lacked social experience and was inevitably easily cheated.

By the way, the accounting method used by Li Wen and Juxiang now was taught by Xu Han before.

The format and everything else was written clearly. After all, Xu Han was a social animal in her previous life, so making tables was something she was very good at.

In order to make it easier to check the accounts, Xu Han also taught them how to keep accounts in numbers. Of course, this was only an internal account book, and the old accounting method was still used for external accounts.

However, ever since the two of them started using numbers to keep accounts, they have said that this number is very useful. Not only is it easy to write, but the key is that it is clearer to see.

Now both of them are used to using numbers to record things in their daily lives. After this habit was formed, other people around them also followed suit.

Now almost everyone in the family knows the numbers, even the older ones like Mrs. Ma.

After deciding on the accountant, it was already late. Xu Han asked them to go back and rest first, as she would follow Li Wen to Xindi the next day to check out the situation.

The next day, Xu Han and Lu Chuan got up early. Yun Hua also got up when he heard the noise. They had agreed yesterday to go to Xintiandi together today, so they had to set off together.

Xu Han had finished packing and didn't hear Zhao Yunyun's voice, so she went to her room and called her to get up.

Zhao Yunyun, who was woken up, didn't have a temper. When she heard that they were going to Xindi, she got up immediately.

After finishing breakfast, they followed Li Wen in a carriage to the new field.

The first place they went to was a private field closest to the county town. This field was not too big compared to the other two, and they arrived at the destination in a short while.

Xu Han got off the carriage and looked around. The place was indeed nice. The fields were already planted with wheat, which had been planted by the people in the county government earlier.

The growth is pretty good, but it can't be compared with the ones grown in the mountains. The difference is obvious at a glance.

"This piece of land is generally OK, but the soil is not fertile. Although it is close to a river, there is no water source in the land, so watering is difficult."

After Xu Han finished speaking, she turned to look at Li Wen and said, "While the farmers are not busy now, you should hire people to dig a small river in the fields starting tomorrow. It doesn't need to be too wide or too deep, just enough for daily irrigation and farming."

Li Wen didn't quite understand Xu Han's approach, and asked in confusion, "Madam, isn't this land close to a water source? Why do you still need to dig for water?"

Xu Han patiently explained, "Of course, it is to save time and energy when using water.

You see, although this piece of land is not far from the river, it is very convenient to water the places at the edge of the field, but it is much more troublesome in the middle and at the ends of the field because the land is too long and it is too troublesome to carry water back and forth.

It would be different if we dug a cross-shaped river in the middle.

Although we are wasting some money and manpower now, it will be much more convenient to use in the future.

The time saved over time far exceeds the money we spend now. This is a good deal no matter how you calculate it.

Moreover, the wages were low at that time, only 20 cents a day, and there were plenty of people willing to do the job.

It only takes a few days to dig out this area, and it doesn't cost much in total.

Besides, this way, the people around here will have work to do, and they can save some money this winter. There will definitely be a lot of people coming to work, so there will be no worries about not being able to finish the work.”

After hearing Xu Han's explanation, Li Wen instantly understood the account and agreed immediately. "Madam is really thoughtful. I will recruit people as soon as I get back and we can start working tomorrow."

Xu Han looked at Li Wen, thinking that this guy was very smart and understood things quickly.

Then he said cheerfully, "Okay, let's go check out other plots of land first, and determine the location of the river today, so we can start construction tomorrow."

The directions of the several plots of land are different, and there must be many villagers around them. It would be completely wrong if they started work at the same time.