By the time Guo An finished speaking, Zhu Di's face was covered with frost, and he clenched his fists with a banging sound!
"These damn bastards! It's only been a few years, but they dare to catch me for such corruption, and there are still so many!"
"Your Highness?"
Guo An looked frightened. At this moment, Zhu Di's eyes were full of fierceness, and he wanted to choose someone to devour!
"Hmph, show me this account book again!"
Zhu Di said in a cold voice.
Immediately, regardless of whether Guo An answered or not, he walked to one side, took out an account book, and handed it to Guo An.
Guo An glanced at Zhu Di blankly, then sat directly on the chair and started reading.
"Iron farm implement purchase account book?"
What's the point of just buying some iron farm tools?
Guo An glanced at the words on the account cover, complained in his heart, and slowly opened the account book.
Just open your eyes wide!
Good guy, this whole account book is a list of accounts for purchasing iron farm tools.
"On May 19th, the iron shop in the east of the city purchased one hundred iron hoes for five taels of silver; two hundred iron hoes for twelve taels of silver; one hundred and fifty shovels for five taels of silver.
.Total twenty-two taels of silver...
On May 21st, the iron shop in the west of the city bought 300 iron bars for 20 taels of silver; 200 shovels for 13 taels of silver; 200 iron hoes for 11 taels of silver. Together.
Forty-four taels of silver...
May 23rd..."
After flipping through it, Guo An couldn't help but look weird, "Your Highness, did you buy back all the more than 60,000 iron farm tools brought by those wealthy businessmen from the south of the Yangtze River?"
"Since they have already sent these iron farm tools all the way to Beiping, how can I let them take them away again?" Zhu Di said softly.
"Your Highness has mercy!"
Guo An said a flattery against his will, then took the paper and pen and began to calculate.
Although the number of accounts in this account book is slightly larger than that of the previous farm account book, there are only three items in total, but it is much easier to calculate than the previous one.
This time, Guo An did the math in two quarters of an hour.
"Your Highness, there is no fraud in this account book!"
"Nothing went wrong?"
Zhu Di said a little doubtfully.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, it's just a calculation of some numbers. I checked it again and there will definitely be no mistakes!"
Guo An looked confident.
Since coming to this world, his other abilities have not improved, but he found that he is much more sensitive to numbers than in his previous life.
It is just a calculation in an account book. For him, there will be no errors at all.
Seeing this, Zhu Di's eyes flashed with relief.
However, Guo An felt a little weird when he suddenly thought of the prices of these farm tools.
"Your Highness, I am a little confused as to why the price of these farm tools is so high?"
"Um?"
Hearing this, Zhu Di stared at Guo An.
"What do you mean?"
Guo An said again: "I have talked too much. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
Zhu Di was furious, "Damn it, you thief official, if you have something to say, just say it and don't chirp!"
Guo An said slowly: "Your Highness, this official is just a little strange. The imperial court has set the price of shovels at thirty-five cents!
In various states and counties, depending on the number of blacksmith shops, the prices of iron farm tools such as iron catalpas, iron hoes and iron bars will fluctuate somewhat.
However, the price of an iron catalpa in my Beiping Mansion is at most thirty-six cents a piece. Why did Your Highness buy these iron catalpas from that wealthy merchant in the south of the Yangtze River? The price of each batch is different, the minimum is thirty-eight cents, and the highest is four
Twelve articles.
Logically speaking, for those wealthy Jiangnan businessmen, we must severely suppress their prices and teach them a lesson.
Why did His Highness let them make some money this time..."
Hearing this, Zhu Di looked furious and said, "Damn it, these beasts and thieves!"
Guo An asked curiously: "Your Highness, who is it?"
Zhu Di couldn't help but glared at Guo An, "It's nothing to worry about!"
"ah?"
Guo An was stunned.
"Wang Zhen!" Zhu Di shouted directly outside.
"Your Highness!"
Wang Zhen quickly opened the door and walked in.
Zhu Di said: "You guys leave first!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Wang Zhen responded.
"I will finally retire!"
After saying that, he dragged Guo An outside.
"Leaving now?"
Being dragged by Wang Zhen, Guo An was still in a daze.
It wasn't until he left the palace gate that Wang Zhen let go of Guo An and explained in a low voice: "Please forgive me, the county magistrate. Your Highness was furious just now. I am afraid that if I step too late, Your Highness will vent his anger on us and the other two!"
"Your Highness is furious..."
Thinking of the two account books he checked, Guo An nodded thoughtfully.
"Your Highness should be furious!"
"Does the county magistrate know why His Highness is so angry?" Wang Zhen suddenly turned his head and asked curiously.
Guo An glanced at Wang Zhen and said, "I dare to say it, but do you dare to listen?"
"this……"
Hearing this, Wang Zhen shuddered subconsciously and quickly bowed his hands to Guo An.
"Thank you, County Lord, for reminding me!"
"Let's go back to the county office!"
"Yes, County Lord..."
…
What Guo An and Wang Zhen didn't expect was that after they left, a woman in gorgeous clothes slowly walked out from behind the screen on the desk in the study.
Princess Yan Xu Miaoyun!
"Your Highness, please forgive me. It's all because of my lax discipline. I didn't notice it for so long. How dare these servants in the palace be so corrupt?"
"Girl, there is no need to be like this. This was an oversight on my part!"
Zhu Di said with a gloomy look, "I never thought that we have only been in Peiping for a few years, and these bastards would already be so courageous and dare to take my money!"
"How much money can the royal palace earn every year? But these evil beasts, with just a small farm, can earn more than 170 taels of silver a year, as well as 120 shi of food!"
"In this case, let alone other businesses under my palace!
My sister and I live frugally every year for fear of spending too much!
But these bastards dare to be so unscrupulous. How many taels of silver have they taken away from me in recent years? It’s really hateful!
Sister, I will investigate strictly this time and cut these thieves into pieces, please don’t stop them!"
Xu Miaoyun said with a sullen face: "How dare those servants be so heartless? Your Highness should conduct a strict investigation. However, this matter is a major scandal in my palace, Prince Yan. I would like to ask Your Highness to find out which account books have the records first."
Problem, who is involved, and then deal with it together!”
"This time, I no longer trust the accountants and managers in the palace, so I still need to trouble my sister!"
Zhu Di said.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I have already memorized all the discrepancies in the account books mentioned by Magistrate Guo just now. As long as Your Highness gives me a few days, I will definitely be able to check all the account books in the palace over the past few years."
Once!" Xu Miaoyun said.
"In this way, I will trouble my sister!" Zhu Di was overjoyed.
In the next few days, the atmosphere in the entire Yan Palace suddenly changed.
All the guards, maids, and chamberlains suddenly discovered that their king had been particularly grumpy these days!
Even the face of my own princess is getting gloomier day by day!
Everyone acts cautiously every day, for fear of making any mistakes and losing their lives!