A lowly soldier becomes king, I slaughter my way through the late Tang Dynasty!

"Bastards! A bunch of traitors!"

Wu Shouyi's defenses were completely breached.

He was cursing loudly in jail!

Originally, he had a very shrewd plan.

Burning all the household registration and farmland documents rendered Li Rui blind.

If Li Rui wants to control and manage Boling County, he must rely on the locals.

Among the locals, who can help him take control of Boling?

no doubt.

It was indeed a member of the Wu family.

Wu Shouyi's purpose was precisely this.

As long as the Wu family members remain, the Wu family will continue to exist!

As for manors and wealth, they are all external possessions.

We'll earn it back sooner or later!

But now.

Wu Shouyi panicked.

Because he discovered that those people Li Rui had recruited were...

They were all low-level people who didn't even rank in the Wu family!

Some nobody even knew the name of the head of the family!

These people at the bottom of society received the least favor from the Wu family.

But it served as the foundation!

Li Rui's method of persuading people to surrender.

They're digging up the Wu family's foundation!

How could Wu Shouyi not panic?

He paced back and forth in his confined cell, muttering curses about being a "traitor."

What's the point of cursing when someone's locked up here?

In contrast.

Wu Shoujun's story was much more unremarkable.

Or.

This person has completely given up and is giving up.

that day.

He and one of Li Rui's soldiers had a series of one-on-one duels.

The family had twelve concubines...

We lost everything!

A woman is forcibly taken by another man.

Although Wu Shoujun, whose head was covered in green, felt extremely humiliated, he was not yet in despair.

What truly drove him to despair was...

A total of twelve one-on-one duels!

He actually did it.

Not a single win!

Before this, Wu Shoujun was someone even Li Rui himself looked down upon!

He boasts of his mastery of the Thunder Cudgel and fears no one.

But now.

Li Rui didn't even glance at him.

It's obvious they don't take him seriously.

He only allowed a few veterans to play with him.

But...

He really couldn't even beat Li Rui's subordinates!

This unparalleled sense of frustration.

This left Wu Shoujun disheartened.

And then I think back to just a few days ago, when he was spouting nonsense to Li Rui's wife...

Wu Shoujun was immediately filled with shame!

I wish I could just die!

of course.

He won't die now.

We still need to wait for Li Rui's trial.

Wu Shouyi glanced at his younger brother's appearance and knew that his brother was already useless.

But he's different.

That old man still has hope!

Even if Li Rui recruits the Wu family, what then?

At most, there are just a few more people doing the work.

The burned household registration and land records still need to be reorganized!

Boling County is not small.

It would take at least half a year to reorganize everything from scratch!

Moreover, after surveying the land, a great deal of calculation is still required.

With such a small number of people, how long would it take to calculate?

Can the people wait that long?

Without the proper management of the Wu family.

I'm afraid the people will be in complete chaos in less than three months!

At that time, Li Rui will still have to ask him to come out of retirement!

Wu Shouyi took a deep breath and calmed down again.

A cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth as he gritted his teeth and said.

"Li Rui, no matter how ruthless you are, you're still just a brute!"

Managing a county well is much harder than killing a thousand people!

……

at the same time.

The surveying team has been assembled.

There are fifty teams in total, with five people in each team.

These mathematicians gathered together today and all understood what they were meant to do.

Anyone who can do arithmetic is not stupid.

Immediately, the crowd began to discuss the matter.

"Is it possible to measure all the farmland in one month?"

"Even if fifty surveying teams worked through the night, it would be impossible to survey all the farmland within a month."

"Moreover, there is the final accounting, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It would be impossible to complete it in less than half a year."

The crowd whispered amongst themselves, their brows furrowed.

Nobody was optimistic about it.

Even Wang Yuan looked worried at this moment.

Even if Li Rui had set a timeframe of six months, he would have found a better way to barely complete it.

But a month...

Too little time!

Absolutely impossible!

The crowd was discussing it.

Li Rui led his men in.

"Greetings, General."

Li Rui waved his hand, indicating that everyone didn't need to be so polite.

Wang Yuan coughed lightly and said.

"General, a month is definitely not enough time to survey the fields!"

Li Rui smiled faintly.

"It's not enough because you haven't found the right method. I'm here today to teach you a lesson."

Upon hearing this...

Everyone was taken aback.

Attend class?

Wang Yuan said in astonishment.

"What class?"

Li Rui held up a piece of paper.

"Arithmetic class".

Instantly.

A low murmur of laughter rippled through the crowd.

It wasn't that they were intentionally mocking them.

I just find Li Rui's actions really amusing.

A general who has fought countless battles is actually going to teach these arithmetic experts how to do arithmetic?!

What's the difference between this and a butcher teaching people to write?

Wang Yuan scratched his head, though he also wanted to laugh.

But I always felt that Li Rui might actually have a good solution.

Everyone was laughing.

A soldier gave each of them a form.

There was a trapezoidal table drawn on it, with some simple and strange symbols written in each cell.

"What is this?"

"It seems to be... the Nine-Nine Song?"

"But what does this symbol mean?"

This table is the multiplication table that elementary school students in later generations are very familiar with.

It was called the Nine-Nine Song in ancient times, and it already existed as early as the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

But the Arabic numerals on them were something no one had seen before.

The ease of writing numbers will undoubtedly greatly speed up the calculation process.

Moreover, Li Rui also had to teach them.

How to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of multi-digit numbers using Arabic numerals.

Once you've learned these skills, you don't need to be at a very high level.

It can also increase the speed of the most basic calculations by several times!

Clang!

Li Rui tapped the wooden board to attract everyone's attention.

"Look carefully, this is number one, this is number two..."

A morning passed.

Everyone had mastered Arabic numerals and the most basic addition and subtraction.

Gradually.

Some people started to figure out what it meant.

Wu Wang picked up a pen and wrote a string of numbers on the paper, then wrote a line of Chinese characters next to it.

234567, Two Hundred and Thirty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-Seven.

Anyone can see that the former is more convenient.

"This symbol, once mastered, is surprisingly convenient?"

Everyone gasped in amazement.

Li Rui shook his head.

"Convenience is convenient, but it is easily altered, so Chinese characters are indispensable."

Normally, calculations are done using numbers, but when recording them, Chinese characters must be written in as well!

Wu Wang understood for a moment, then nodded in realization.

That's right, this symbol is easily altered.

For example, 1 becomes 4, and 3 becomes 8.

When summarizing, Chinese characters are still indispensable.

"Alright, everyone eat your food. This afternoon I'll teach you multiplication and division; that's the most important thing."

Upon hearing this...

The group of calculators looked at each other in bewilderment.

They benefited greatly from just one class in the morning!

Judging from Li Rui's words, the multiplication and division problems in the afternoon seemed to be even more intricate!

At this moment.

Who still thinks that Li Rui is just a brute who stabs people on the battlefield?

This is the legendary Jade Dragon General.

He was clearly a master of mathematics!

Wu Wang made his living through arithmetic.

I thought that with my abilities, I was qualified to be the chief accountant.

But at this moment, we saw only the tip of the iceberg that Li Rui was showing.

Wu Wang suddenly realized he had been careless!

We still need to practice!

Wang Yuan was even more shocked.

He scratched his head and watched Li Rui leave.

His expression was very complex.

I only knew before that this brother-in-law who suddenly appeared was very good at fighting.

A few days ago, after hearing the three countermeasures proposed by Li Rui.

Wang Yuan understood again.

Li Rui was not only good at fighting, but also at governing local areas.

This already qualifies as someone who excels in both literary and martial arts.

But at this moment.

He actually demonstrated innovative mathematical skills once again!

This……

Does this person not know everything?

How is that possible?