Chapter 25 The Origin of Oracle

After talking about the canal loan and Cao Jingwen, Mei Qizhao and his son left the Hu family compound.

In the following days, Hu Chuyuan continued to be busy with the business in the south of the Yangtze River. Yan Shizhang wrote several letters of recommendation and continued to think about his tortoise board.

The general office of Jiangnan Commercial Bank is Hu Chuyuan, the deputy general office is Tan Yiyun and Liu Chengxiang, and the general account is Zheng Xitai, the shopkeeper of the Shanghai Public Concession Branch of Fukang Qianzhuang. This is the candidate recommended by Chen Xiaobai.

At present, the commercial bank only does business in five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, with five branches. They are also the old ministers left by Hu Xueyan, who sit on one side and dredge the relations and operations in various places.

There are two governors' secret care. The firm has developed the salt industry, rice industry and tea business very quickly. There is almost nothing that needs Hu Chuyuan's heart. His task is to count money at home, and it is a pure profit of nearly 20,000 taels of silver every day.

I'm afraid Hu Xueyan didn't expect such a speed of making money.

It's strange to say that, even so, the businessmen around Jiangsu and Zhejiang still look down on him. They all think that Jiangnan Commercial Bank is a gift from Zuo Zongtang to the Hu family. Without Zuo Zongtang, Hu Chuyuan's idiot can do anything.

Or, the merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are very unconvinced. If the same errand is left to them, it can be more beautiful. How can Hu Chuyuan and Hede be? Isn't it just stained with Zuo Zongtang's fairy spirit?

Just when people were talking about it, Wang Yirong came suddenly.

He held the invitation letter left by Yan Shizhang, and his behavior was quite extraordinary. Hu Rong, the stewold who was responsible for guarding the door of the Hu family, immediately invited him into the Baishi Tower.

At this time, Hu Chuyuan was discussing with Liu Chengxiang about holding the Jiangnan Business School, while Yan Shizhang continued to fiddling with those turtle boards in the East Study.

"My host, this distinguished guest surnamed Wang came from the capital and held Mr. Yan's invitation." Hu Rong came forward to report.

Hu Chuyuan looked up and saw a rich man, who looked about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, and like thirty years old. He was slightly rich, white and elegant. Although the plain white horse coat gown was not a noble material, it was also very exquisite.

The rich man stepped forward and hugged Hu Chuyuan and said, "Hu Qiwei, I'm Wang Yirong from the capital...!"

Before he finished speaking, Hu Chuyuan laughed happily and immediately stepped forward to greet him, "I've known you for a long time. I'm Hu Chuyuan, Brother Wang, please take a seat!"

After saying this, he asked the stewop Hu Rong to invite Yan Shizhang out.

"I dare not be!" Wang Yirong smiled and sat down on the seats on both sides.

I felt that Hu Chuyuan was very interested in this Wang Yirong. Liu Chengxiang estimated that there was no way to talk about business today, so he got up and said goodbye to Hu Chuyuan. First, he went back to Jiangnan Business Bank to take care of affairs. Hu Chuyuan asked him to call the fourth shopkeeper Shen Furong by the way.

Liu Chengxiang left with his front foot, and Yan Shizhang came out of the east study. As soon as he saw Wang Yirong, he smiled and said, "Ah, you're finally here. Come and see these good things with me!"

"This...!" After all, Wang Yirong is an official eunuch. He has just arrived at Hu's house as a guest. According to the etiquette, he should always be polite to Hu Chuyuan first.

Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "Let's go, Brother Wang, Mr. Yan and I really have a few questions to ask you!"

"Don't dare!" Wang Yirong continued to be polite, but he became more and more curious, so he said, "Sonies, why don't you let me raise my eyes?"

His Beijing accent is very heavy!

"Go."

Hu Chuyuan was really rude to him and immediately led him into the East Study.

In the study, in addition to the desk, there is also a long case of stacking books, which is now used to place turtle plates. In addition to the female keel recently purchased from various pharmacies in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there are hundreds of turtle plates with clearer handwriting.

Among these newly acquired female dragon bones, most of the turtle plates have been smashed. Yan Shizhang has been glued with surface glue these days, some of which are complete and easy to study.

There are time differences in oracle bones. Most of them are in the early Wuding era. The whole calligraphy style has tended to be unified. With the runiform of stereotypes and basic calligraphy aesthetics, the glyphs are relatively unified.

As long as the tortoise plate is large enough, it is easy to judge that it is text - the premise is to break through the existing rigid understanding of text.

Yan Shizhang immediately found a few of the clearest turtle boards to Wang Yirong and said, "Zhengre, please show me carefully. Are these words? I've been thinking about it these days, and I always feel that this is likely to be an earlier text than Dazhuan, and may even be earlier than Shi Guwen and Western Zhou Jinwen.

"Oh...?" Wang Yirong seemed to be shocked by Yan Shizhang's words. He also looked more carefully and thought about Yan Shizhang's words.

After a while, the more he looked at it, the more excited he became. Without saying a word, he picked up the other turtle boards as if he were crazy and grinded them carefully one by one.

Yan Shizhang has developed some results these days. He took out dozens of paper manuscripts with hundreds of oracle bones written on them, corresponding to Xiaozhuan, and then simplified them from Xiaozhuan to Hanshu.

In this way, the whole evolution process of Chinese characters is clear at a glance.

Speaking words of conscience can help them discover oracle bones earlier and study oracle bones. Hu Chuyuan felt very happy, but he did not have a special interest in these words, so he sat back at his desk.

He admitted that the two people were crazy and didn't exist at all.

He continued his work yesterday and translated the English version of Accounting. He discussed with Liu Chengxiang that the biggest problem of Jiangnan Commercial Bank at present is the shortage of people. Because there are too many stores, even the talents left by Hu Xueyan are not enough.

What worries Hu Chuyuan most is that the main person in charge is too old. Among the four shopkeepers, except for Tan Yiyun, who is just 50 years old, the other three are close to 55 years old.

How many years can such old arms and legs be tossed around?

Therefore, while preparing for the Zhejiang Academy, he also set up the Jiangnan Business School. The initial conditions were simple, so he temporarily rented a private school - the most troublesome problem is the textbook. For this reason, he has asked people to borrow people from the Fuzhou Ship Administration and borrow a few translators who are proficient in English and French to take the responsibility in the Jiangnan Business School. Responsible for compiling business textbooks.

Hu Chuyuan translated two more chapters. Shen Furong, the shopkeeper of the pawnshop, also came in. As soon as he entered the door, he smiled at Yan Shizhang and said, "Mr. Yan, what are you busy with? Yo, there are also distinguished guests!"

Yan Shizhang hurriedly introduced him, and then took a few turtle boards for him to think about.

Shen Furong took the turtle board and knocked it, scraped it, and said, "Look at this pulp, why does it have to be an old thing in the Western Zhou Dynasty? Where did it come from?"

"Western Zhou?"

Wang Yirong suddenly woke up and smiled and said to Yan Shizhang, "Yes, this is the text of the Shang Dynasty. The Jinwen of the Western Zhou Dynasty developed from here... Then call it Shangwen?"

Hu Chuyuan finally couldn't help saying, "It's called Oracle. Jinwen is engraved on the tripod, and Shiguwen is engraved on the stone. This thing is engraved on the tortoise plate, so it's called Oracle!"

"Good...what a Oracle!"

Yan Shizhang and Wang Yirong cheered together and said to Hu Chuyuan one after another, "Congratulations, Mr. Hu, you are the first person to discover Oracle. From now on, you are also an academic champion of Jinshiology!"