Early the next morning, Qin Rushuang was about to set off to inspect Du's property, and Xie Xun followed her when she went out temporarily.
"I, the king, will go with you."
Qin Rushuang raised her eyebrows, a little surprised.
"Your Majesty, don't you have to deal with military affairs?
Xie Xun shook his head and said, "Since I am going to act like a white wolf with nothing to show for it, I naturally want Xiao Shan to think that I have a guaranteed victory. Let me relax a little in the past few days and wait for him to come looking for someone."
Qin Rushuang thought the same thing, so she nodded, "Then let's go together."
But when the two of them went to the gate of Prince Huai's Mansion, they bumped into Qian Ertong who was coming towards them.
"Your Majesty, Princess, I have heard everything about what happened in the palace yesterday."
"Thank you, Your Majesty and Princess, for clearing my suspicion!"
He was sitting in a wheelchair and could not salute the two of them, so he could only cup his hands, but his expression was very sincere.
Qin Rushuang asked him not to be polite and asked, "Why did you come to the palace suddenly? Is there something wrong?"
"I think the fourth prince won't make things difficult for me in a short time. I just want to hand over the Du family's accounts during this period to the princess."
Although Qian Ertong has now become an official in the court, many of Du's big business will still pass through his hands. Apart from him, Qin Rushuang really doesn't want to trust anyone else.
Qin Rushuang smiled and said, "Isn't this a coincidence? I happen to be going to inspect Du's property today. Do you have any official duties today? If not, we can go together."
Qian Ertong nodded and said, "It just so happens that we have nothing to do today, so let's come together."
The group of people went to the small building of Du's Chamber of Commerce.
After returning from Jiangnan last time, Qin Rushuang adopted the methods of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, bought land in Kyoto, and built a small building as the general helm of the Du Chamber of Commerce.
It's just different from Jiangnan, where the chamber of commerce is usually jointly organized by several major merchants, while the Du Chamber of Commerce has the right to use this small building alone.
The small building was surrounded by servants, and the most confidential accounts were kept inside.
Thinking of this, Qin Rushuang looked at Qian Ertong, "You haven't been gossiped about by anyone before when you came to the Du Chamber of Commerce, right?"
Qian Ertong is now an official residence and it is difficult to have anything to do with Du's Chamber of Commerce.
Qian Ertong shook his head and said, "Princess, look over there."
As he spoke, he pointed to a place diagonally opposite, which turned out to be a branch of Du's Rouge Shop.
"Before, in the name of accompanying Qingzhi to see Rouge, I went to Rouge Shop's branch. There was a secret door inside, which allowed me to bypass these lively streets and enter the back door of the Du's Chamber of Commerce building. Don't worry, Princess, I will
I am very careful every time so that no one will see me.”
After saying this, he thought for a while and asked, "Why don't the princess and the prince go in from this way? I'd better avoid it..."
Xie Xun stopped him.
"No need. Your relationship with Prince Huai's Mansion is obvious to all. I occasionally bring you here to accompany the princess to check the accounts. No one dares to say anything. Let's go in."
Qian Ertong took the two of them directly to the accounting room.
In the accounting room, six accountants were busy calculating the Du family's accounts for this month.
Seeing Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun coming, a few people wisely found all the account books Qin Rushuang had after returning to Kyoto from the southwest. There were several thick piles and placed them in front of Qin Rushuang.
Qian Ertong said, "You all go down, I will explain to the princess."
After the few people left, Qian Ertong began to check the account books for nearly a year with Qin Rushuang.
Almost all of Du's industries are profitable. Qian Ertong has a unique vision and his subordinates are also capable. There are basically no loss-making projects.
Even though Qin Rushuang was in her late stages of pregnancy and couldn't find the energy to take care of these things, Qian Ertong still managed Du's business successfully.
There was a surplus in the accounts until Qin Rushuang went to the border.
Starting from the month of the expedition to the border, there were large losses in the accounts. It can be seen that the chamber of commerce was profitable, but there was a large amount of expenditure recorded at the end of each book, which exceeded the profit for the month.
Xie Xun frowned slightly and said, "These accounts in the past few months are because you made a deal with your father and allocated silver from the Du family as military pay, so you lost so much, right?"
Qin Rushuang nodded and took out the books individually.
"Not only is it the income of these few months, but it also uses some previous capital."
Qin Rushuang calculated silently in her mind and reported an approximate figure. Xie Xun's brows furrowed even more.
If the money for making the money was allocated from the treasury, then he thought it was normal and couldn't be more normal.
That's how war is, you're burning money every day, and that amount is just normal military pay.
But when such a sum of money is allocated from personal accounts, it is a very shocking figure.
Ever since Xie Xun saw the loss accounts, his brows had not relaxed.
Qin Rushuang glanced at him in surprise, "What's going on, Your Majesty?"
Xie Xun pursed his lips and said, "I'm thinking about how to get this money from my father and return it to you."
Qin Rushuang laughed and said, "My lord, you are really..."
"That was an agreement made with my father under the bright sky in front of all the courtiers. How could I go back on my promise and ask my father to return my general salary to me? The prince is joking."
"You made these sacrifices just to save the border and prevent Dayan from attacking Daqi's border. You are doing things for the country, how can you pay for it yourself?!"
"You don't know how long it will take you to earn back this money! I..."
Xie Xun felt both angry and ashamed.
Qin Rushuang touched her chin and said to Xie Xun, "Does the prince have some misunderstanding about my business ability?"
She suddenly became interested and asked: "How long does the prince think it will take me to earn back this money?"
Xie Xun thought for a while and said, "If the monthly surplus is based on the previous one, plus the workers' wages and other expenses, it will take one and a half to two years."
Qin Rushuang smiled and shook her head, took out three other account books from her hand, and spread them out in front of Xie Xun.
"My lord, you underestimate me."
"Your Majesty, you can take a look. This is my account book for the three months since I came back from the border battle."
Xie Xun didn't know what she meant, so he opened the three account books with a suspicious look on his face. The more he looked at them, the more surprised he became, and his eyes widened.
"How...how could this happen?"
The accounts are clearly written.
In the three months since the return of the Great Sage Qin Rushuang, Du's profit has almost doubled. In just three months, he has earned back the military salary he spent previously.
Xie Xun suddenly looked at Qin Rushuang, who was looking at him with a smile on her face, a bit cunning and proud.
Xie Xun felt itchy at the look in her eyes. Qin Rushuang's proud look was so cute.
"I, Qin Rushuang, never do business at a loss. How about it? Your Majesty, will you accept it now?"
"Why is this happening? Even if my father suddenly allocated a salt mine to you, you wouldn't be able to earn like this."
Qin Rushuang took a sip of tea and looked at him angrily, "My lord, don't talk nonsense. Selling salt privately is a serious crime. I won't do those things. These are the money earned from the serious Du family industry."
In addition to admiration, Xie Xun's eyes were full of interest, "Can you tell me? How on earth is this done?"
