After hearing Tang Ji's words, Yue Shuhua and the four deacons stood up at the same time and walked to his side.
Qi Zheng glanced at the rice paper on the table and saw that the contents on the papers looked like children's graffiti. He opened his mouth wide in surprise. After regaining consciousness, he said angrily: "Boy, are you making fun of all of us?"
Tang Ji raised his eyes to look at this scrawny old man of medium height and said calmly: "Don't worry!"
Immediately, he stood up holding on to the corner of the table and said to Su'er: "Girl, can you ghostwrite for me?"
Although he had been working hard to practice calligraphy, Tang Ji's handwriting was still very ugly. In order not to cause more trouble, he simply asked others to write it for him.
After Su'er got Yue Shuhua's permission, she knelt down on the couch, picked up the pen and tapped the ink, waiting for his next words.
Tang Ji picked up the dry papers, arranged them in order of writing, and said: "In the fourth year of Shun'an, on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the cloth bank's purchase account recorded two hundred and forty-two taels, and the chamber of commerce's accounting account recorded one thousand
Three hundred and fifty-seven taels, a difference of one thousand one hundred and fourteen taels, on the seventh day of winter, rice lines..."
Listening to what he reported, Qi Zheng recalled: "At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month last year, heavy snow blocked the roads, and the merchants were unable to deliver the goods to Yunhuai County in time. Only the small cloth shop in the city had business dealings with us. These thousand
Where did the extra taels of silver come from!"
Immediately, he quickly found the account book of the twelfth month of the fourth year of Shun'an, and after comparing it with the accounts recorded by the cloth bank, he clenched his fists, turned to look at the old man who was tied to the chair next to the main seat, and said angrily: "Wang Feng, you
What a big dog!"
Tang Ji was a little upset by the noise. He let out a "tsk" and said, "Be quiet, it's too noisy."
"You..." Qi Zheng didn't expect that this young boy would dare to order him. Just as he was about to educate him, he was glared back by Yue Shuhua.
He calmed down and stared curiously at the rice paper with ghostly talismans in Tang Ji's hand, his face full of questions.
Could it be that this guy created his own style of writing?
"...the Chamber of Commerce's accounting account was 867 taels, with a difference of 30 taels. The total bill was 18,943 taels, and the distribution bank was 3,172 taels.
Two whole, meters...Okay, it's all here. If you still have any questions, just do it yourself." Tang Ji read out all the corresponding contents on the paper in his hand, stood up and walked to the main seat.
He poured himself a glass of water and drank it.
Su'er looked at the dozens of pieces of rice paper filled with writing in front of her, and shook her hands tiredly. If she hadn't often helped the lady write, she really wouldn't have been able to write so many words. She stood up slowly, but found that the surroundings were quiet and strange.
, even the old men who were calculating the abacus turned their eyes over.
The tall old man who started to lie down on the chair to sleep looked at the accounts on the table and sighed: "It's incredible, it's incredible. This kid doesn't even need an abacus to check the accounts. The key is that he can do the abacus faster. Shopkeeper,
You have found a treasure."
Qi Zheng, who was standing on the spot, came back to his senses. When he saw everyone stopped, he said angrily: "Forget it, thanks to all of you, you are still the one who has been settling accounts for decades. You can't even compare to a little baby. I can't even compare."
I’m ashamed of you!”
Immediately, the four people who stopped began to calculate the abacus again.
Yue Shuhua picked up the accounts in question and looked through them. He turned around and walked towards the main seat. He looked at the fat old man who was tied up and said in a deep voice: "Three years ago, our Jianghai Chamber of Commerce just opened. You
He said that he had nowhere to go and wanted to stay as a handyman. Seeing that you were quite talented in accounting, I promoted you to Mr. Accountant, and then even made you the second accountant. You were promoted up and down the chamber of commerce.
All the money was taken care of by you, and this is how you repay your kindness? In half a year, more than 18,900 taels..."
Halfway through her words, she let out a long sigh, gritted her teeth and continued: "Tell me, where did Lu Jue go?"
Tang Ji sat down on the small chair next to the main seat, tugged on the hem of Su'er's clothes, and when she turned around, asked softly: "Who is this person? Who is Lu Jue?"
Su'er looked around, squatted down, and explained: "He is the second accountant of the Chamber of Commerce, named Wang Feng, and Lu Jue is the third accountant."
Tang Ji nodded as if he understood, then shook his head and asked: "What do the second accounting room and the third accounting room mean?"
"The second accountant is in charge of all the money in the chamber of commerce, and the third accountant is in charge of all the account books. This time, the two of them worked together to make a false account, and the lady never found out." Su'er explained, stroking her hair.
Hearing this, Tang Ji was slightly surprised. Logically speaking, in ancient times, accountants were in charge of both money and accounts, and were usually held by the shopkeeper or immediate relatives. This was to prevent outsiders from making false accounts and corruption, although most immediate relatives also
You may be greedy, but after all, you are still one of your own family. As the saying goes, the wealth should not flow to outsiders!
But in later generations, money and accounts are almost always managed separately, and may be distributed to multiple people. It is easy to find out which accounts have problems when summarizing. Corruption can be avoided to a large extent, but there are still ways to make fraud.
Accounts, just like the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce, where those in charge of money and those in charge of accounts join together to commit corruption.
While he was thinking, Wang Feng, who was tied to a chair, was frightened by Pang Qing, who arrived later, and told the truth.
"The shopkeeper, I said, is Lu Jue. Lu Jue is from the Lin family. He told me that as long as I cooperate with him and slowly empty out the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce, the Lin family can give me a large sum of money.
And to ensure my safety, I...I'm sorry, shopkeeper, I'm sorry, please spare me, please spare me!" Wang Feng begged in a low voice with runny nose and tears running down his face.
Yue Shuhua clenched his fist tightly and said angrily: "Uncle Pang, send someone to capture Lu Jue for me, life or death!"
"Yes, miss!" Pang Qing cupped his fists and saluted, then walked out of the crowd. When he saw Tang Ji, he didn't forget to give a thumbs up gesture.
Tang Jim nodded in response, but his heart wandered to nowhere.
Good guy, I don’t care about life or death!
This is too cruel!
He decided to find Jiu'er to learn martial arts as soon as he returned, otherwise he would not be able to guarantee his own safety.
Soon, the other four people also calculated the accounts for other periods of the past three years. There were no problems in the first two years. It was not until Lu Jue became the third accountant that problems gradually appeared in the accounts, which proved that
Wang Feng did not tell lies.
Qi Zheng looked at the person who was so honest before and became like this. He couldn't help but shook his head, raised his hands and asked: "Shopkeeper, what should Wang Feng do with him?"
"Go to his house and search out the money that was corrupted by Mo, and then send it to the government." Yue Shuhua looked a little tired, turned around and sat back on the soft couch of the main seat.
Upon hearing her words, Wang Feng, who was tied up, suddenly became nervous and shouted: "Shopkeeper, please spare my life! Please spare my life!"
At this moment, two guards outside the door came in and escorted him out of the room.
Afterwards, the room became quiet again. Everyone knew that Yue Shuhua was in a bad mood. No one dared to speak, even breathing carefully, except for Tang Ji who was still chatting with Su'er.
"Hey, let me tell you, settling accounts is also a technical job..." Tang Ji was still whispering, but Su'er had already noticed something was wrong and stopped talking to him and quickly stood up.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Tang Ji swallowed his saliva, stood up, and smiled sheepishly.
Yue Shuhua, who was holding the teacup, couldn't help but cast her eyes on him. An idea suddenly appeared in her mind. After thinking about it, she patted the table, stood up and decided: "Tang Ji!"
"Zai Zai Zai." Tang Ji thought she was going to take out her anger on him, so he quickly stood up straight.
"From now on, you will be the number one accountant of our Jianghai Chamber of Commerce!"
Hearing this, the four deacons standing beside the main seat raised their heads in shock.