After a night of rest and recovery, Lin Ming and the others were completely exhausted from the rush.

After breakfast, Deacon Song took them to the accounting room and fully supported Lin Ming's verification work. It seemed that he was working diligently and there was nothing fishy about it.

But no matter what Deacon Song looks like, Lin Ming and the others still have to do what they need to do when they come to check this time. Lin Ming and the others first checked the account books, and then compared them with the copper extracted by the college every month.

Compare the gold coins after sale.

It took Lin Ming and the others two days just to compare the ledgers. After these two days, Lin Ming really felt that this was more difficult than refining alchemy. The numbers one after another made him dizzy.

After this comparison, the account books are basically consistent. If there is a small difference, it is not big. For people with a little money, there is no need to be so serious about it, so they just turn a blind eye.

It's a matter of closing one eye.

After checking the data in the account book, it was getting late again. The remaining work can only be done tomorrow.

A new day has arrived, and today Lin Ming and the others need to check the mined inventory and ledgers. Another two days have passed for this verification.

"Deacon Song, is there a difference between the recorded data and the actual data?" Chen Yuanlong asked in a questioning tone after comparing.

After two days of investigation, Lin Ming and the others compared the physical object with the data and immediately found that they were not consistent. Moreover, the difference this time was quite large, which was almost a few thousand gold coins when converted into gold coins.

If the difference was only a few dozen or a few hundred gold coins, they wouldn't ask any more questions and just pretend it didn't happen. But the difference is a few thousand gold coins, which is equivalent to one percent of a year's total income.

, this cannot be treated as if it does not happen.

"Brother Chen, this mineral is different from other things. Each piece of ore is a little different, so the amount of copper extracted will have some impact."

"In addition, the price is not always stable and fluctuates a bit. The sum of these differences means that this year's data cannot be completely consistent."

After hearing the question raised by Chen Yuanlong, Deacon Song quickly explained.

Deacon Song's words were barely able to explain the past to a layman like Lin Ming, but to Chen Yuanlong, a person who had deliberately learned about some of the relevant market conditions this year before coming here, it was not so easy to fool him.

Chen Yuanlong said directly and seriously this time: "Deacon Song, before I came here, I also learned about this year's market and this year's mining situation. Although there are some differences in prices, they are basically constant and there is not much difference."

"The mineral content, Deacon Song, you wrote in the information reported to the college that everything is normal. And although this copper mine is not very big, according to the current scale of mining, it can still be mined for at least thirty years. So now

It is inappropriate to say that the copper content in the mine has decreased!"

Deacon Song did not expect that the people who came to investigate this time would come here specifically to understand the situation. In the past, he just dealt with the people casually and passed away. After all, these people have a bright future and their time is spent on cultivation. Who will go back?

Take the time to learn about these things.

This is a one-time task, and the college will not ask the same group of people to check it every year.

First, this is an academy after all. These students only have a few years of study time, and when the time is up, they will graduate and return to where they came from.

Second, if there are the same people every year, then there will be common corruption, and the censors are shielding the people in the mines. This kind of thing is not allowed no matter where it is.

Therefore, the people who review here are different at the end of each year, and people are only temporarily assigned when the review time is approaching.

The temporary personnel are not that concerned about this investigation. It is a one-time task anyway, and understanding these will not be of much help in the future. It is better to seize the time and practice more.

So after hearing what Chen Yuanlong said, Deacon Song was obviously stunned for a moment. Then he saw Deacon Song smile awkwardly and said, "Brother Chen's knowledge is just like your name, he is as profound as a dragon!"

"Brother, of course there is no problem with the mineral information I gave to the college. Brother Chen, brother, when I say the mine is reduced, I don't mean that the mine is about to be exhausted. It may just be that the copper content in a certain section is slightly lower.

There is a slight difference in the copper output, which is normal and does not conflict with what I reported to the college."

"The price was indeed a bit lower for a while during the process, and some goods were also shipped during that time. When the two are added together, the price is nearly two thousand gold coins."

"Of course, I have indeed slacked off on the discipline of my subordinates this year, which has led to an increase in daily consumption. I am also here to review this point. I will definitely pay attention to this in the future and strengthen the discipline of them.

This won't happen again."

"At the same time, I would also like to ask Brother Chen and all other students to be considerate of these brothers. They work so hard every day to mine ore, and it is understandable that their consumption is a little higher occasionally."

Even Chen Yuanlong couldn't find anything wrong with Deacon Song's explanation. He first talked about the situation of his own minerals. Lin Ming and the others didn't know whether this was correct. If they really wanted to make a more accurate calculation one by one, they could do it.

Calculated, but how long will it take? Don’t even think about it if you don’t have ten days and a half month.

Lin Ming and the others didn't have it at this time, so they didn't know whether the mine itself was what Deacon Song said.

Then Deacon Song also admitted that some of the gold coins were used by these people. As for whether the reason was what he said, Lin Ming and the others would not investigate.

First, Deacon Song is a deacon after all. Others have admitted that they have spent more on living expenses this year. This amount is not much if converted into a year. It is not appropriate for them to be so serious.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Secondly, since Deacon Song dared to say this, he must have colluded with these people. Lin Ming and the others wanted to ask what was wrong in just a few sentences, that is

Something unrealistic.

In the end, Deacon Song played the emotional card again and used the brothers' hard work to gain sympathy from Lin Ming and others.

After Deacon Song made these three moves, even Chen Yuanlong, a man with rich experience in missions, changed his attitude. After all, Chen Yuanlong's executioner mainly focused on killing enemies, and he rarely experienced the current scene.

And now these people are our own, so they definitely cannot be killed. Secondly, others can commit a little corruption, and it will not lead to death. And now they have admitted their mistakes and self-examination, and they will entertain these people well when they come.

Taken together, Chen Yuanlong no longer had such a strong desire to care about anything in his heart.

Deacon Song is indeed a veteran. After some observation, he can roughly judge that even if Lin Ming and the others do not completely believe what he said, they are not prepared to care about this matter.

So Deacon Song hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and praised Lin Ming and the others again, while he criticized and suffered miserably. This made it difficult for Lin Ming and others who had never experienced this to withstand such a thing.

They all said that the matter should be settled as it was, and then Deacon Song arranged a sumptuous dinner for them.

After the dinner, Lin Ming and the five of them gathered together to discuss the day's events. Although they were fooled during the day and let the matter go for the time being, they really need to discuss it now when they come back.

They came with a mission, and they really found out some problems. Even if they decide not to care about it now, they still need to discuss how to report it to the college when they return. Otherwise, they will not agree on it.

It's also a troublesome thing.

After discussion among the five of them, they came to a basic unified conclusion and thought of replying to the college.

After the discussion was completed, Lin Ming asked Chen Yuanlong: "Team Chen, is this the verification task that we have completed? Is there anything else?"

"That's almost it. I'll take a brief look at these people tomorrow and then we can basically leave and return. What's the matter? Lin Ming, do you have anything else to do?" Chen Yuanlong replied to Lin Ming.

"I have nothing to do with the matter. I just wanted to ask if this is the end of it." Lin Ming also replied.

After hearing this, Chen Yuanlong nodded. Then he looked at Lin Ming and the others and said, "If there is nothing else, let's just play back and rest!"

The other people looked at each other and felt that there was no problem. When they were about to stand up and leave, Lin Ming asked again: "Captain Chen, I have a private and curious question. Do you know?"

"Oh?" Lin Ming's words attracted everyone who wanted to leave. After all, curiosity is human nature, so they looked at Lin Ming and waited for Lin Ming to ask.

Looking at the people who were looking at him, Lin Ming asked Chen Yuanlong: "I wonder if Team Chen is familiar with Deacon Song's cultivation level. It seems that he can be entrusted by the academy with the task of guarding the mine. His cultivation level is not low, right?"

Lin Ming asked this because he had nothing to do today, so he checked Deacon Song's cultivation level, but the result was that he failed to find out. This kind of thing happened once recently, and that was with Tang Xi.

As for Tang Xi being able to advance to Dou Ling at the age of twenty, it goes without saying that he has talent. In this world, talent is linked to the strength of the soul. The stronger the talent, the stronger the strength of the soul.

Therefore, Tang Xi used Dou Ling's cultivation and a soul that was not much weaker than Lin Ming to prevent Lin Ming from detecting his cultivation. But this Deacon Song also prevented Lin Ming from detecting his cultivation. This is a bit strange.

After all, Lin Ming was able to figure out Chen Yuanlong's cultivation level, which was that he was a high-level fighting master. Chen Yuanlong's cultivation talent is also good, otherwise he would not have been able to cultivate to a high-level fighting master at this age, so

His soul strength is also pretty good, so Lin Ming can still find out Chen Yuanlong's general cultivation level.

Deacon Song looked like a man in his fifties. Lin Ming was sure that he had not reached the level of Dou Wang, which meant that his talent was not very good and his soul strength was not very high.
Chapter completed!