Chapter 6 - 6 Understanding Prohibited Fishing Gear_1
Chapter 6 Understanding Prohibited Fishing Gear_1
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“Um… Shouzhe, are you somehow displeased with our fishing team?” Wang Dinghai asked, somewhat tentatively.
Displeased? He was more than displeased. Wang Shouzhe muttered to himself, then said solemnly, “Sixth Uncle, what’s the annual output of our fishing and hunting team? What about the expenses, the profits?”
At this question, Wang Dinghai looked at him in surprise – how could he possibly answer that?
“Zhe Er, let me answer that.” Gongsun Hui cut in, “For the past few years, I’ve been managing the family’s overall accounts. Our fishing and hunting team has a total of nine small fishing boats and one medium-sized fishing boat. For the past five years, the average annual catch has been about 6,700 shi (a measure of volume), which brought in 486 Qian Gold. Each year, we catch an average of 400 jin of Spirit Fish, which brings in 120 Qian Gold. So, the average annual total profit is 606 Qian Gold.”
Now it was Wang Shouzhe’s turn to be surprised. He looked at Gongsun Hui. He knew his mother was in charge of the bookkeeping, but he never imagined she knew the numbers so well.
However, the amount of the catch seemed far too small. Ten boats together, on average, caught only twenty shi, or about two thousand jin of fish each day!
“Why are you so surprised, Zhe Er?” Gongsun Hui asked calmly. “Despite my Profound Martial talent not being particularly strong, as the direct descendant of the Gongsun clan of Shanyang, I am expected to be proficient in Nine Chapter Arithmetic. With your father being the Clan Leader, it’s natural that I should help him manage the accounts.”
As she spoke, Gongsun Hui’s eyes started to show a trace of melancholy. For all these years, she had painstakingly kept the accounts in pristine condition, knowing every single data by heart, only to find that her husband, Wang Dingyue, did not pay them any attention.
Reminded by her words, Wang Shouzhe remembered the customs of this Profound Martial world. Marriages in the Major Clans were always direct line to direct line, main branch to main branch. Since his mother Gongsun Hui, was a direct descendent, she was expected to marry a Young Clan Leader of another family.