How can a man say no in front of a woman, let alone a woman he likes.
Lin Xuan patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I said three days, it will be three days."
Calculating so many accounts by hand is definitely not possible, so we have to think of other ways.
Lin Xuan picked up the pen, drew an abacus on the paper, handed it to Li Lizhi and said: "You can have someone make one for me as soon as possible. Whether I can calculate the account in three days depends on it."
The abacus was invented during the Northern Song Dynasty. With the advent of computers in later generations, almost no one used this thing anymore.
Fortunately, when I was studying in my previous life, I was taught how to use the abacus.
Li Lizhi took the paper, did not dare to delay, and immediately went to find someone to do the abacus.
Lin Xuan walked to a box and pulled it, feeling tremendous pressure.
Just looking at the boxes, it’s just one box after another, so I don’t feel much about it, but when I look inside, I realize how many there are.
Making an abacus is not difficult. In half an hour, Li Lizhi came back with an abacus.
Lin Xuan tried it and found that it worked very well. He nodded with satisfaction.
"What should we do now?" Li Li asked.
Lin Xuan pointed to the ledgers on the table and said, "Let's start from these ledgers. You can do the calculations for me."
"Some of the account books on the table have been calculated," Li Lizhi said.
Lin Xuan shook his head and said, "Calculate everything from scratch."
Queen Changsun and others calculated by hand, who knows if they made a mistake.
If there is a mistake in accounting, the entire result will be wrong.
"But if this happens, will it be too late?" Li Lizhi said worriedly.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, I'll come in time, just help me read it. If you're tired, just find some literate palace ladies to read it."
Li Lizhi nodded when she saw Lin Xuan was so confident.
Lin Xuan held a pen in one hand and put the other on the abacus, and said, "Let's get started."
Li Lizhi read according to the records in the account book.
Lin Xuan started to make plans.
At first, because he was not proficient, his calculations were relatively slow. Later, as Lin Xuan became more and more proficient, his calculations became faster and faster.
At noon, the maid brought the food, the two of them finished eating, rested for a while, and then started counting.
In the evening, when the palace gate was about to close, there were more than two boxes.
"There are eleven boxes in total. This is just over two boxes. Three days is not enough to play." Li Lizhi said a little discouraged.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, it will definitely be fine. At first, it was because I wasn't skilled in the abacus. Didn't I look behind me and it got faster and faster?"
Why does this sound a little strange?
Li Lizhi nodded and said: "The palace door is about to close, please go back quickly."
Li Lizhi's voice was hoarse from reading the account books for a day.
"Look at you, your voice is hoarse. Tomorrow you find some literate palace ladies and let them read it." Lin Xuan said with some distress.
Li Lizhi's face turned red and she was a little embarrassed, but she felt very relieved.
After leaving the palace, Lin Xuan shook his hands vigorously.
Damn it, my hands are really sore after doing calculations all day long.
Thinking that there were still two days like this, Lin Xuan felt a little regretful. He should have stated the time more broadly.
It's fine now. Once I've said it, I can't take it back.
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At the evening of the third day, Lin Xuan wrote down the last account and said: "It's finally settled."
"It's finally over. You've worked hard these past few days. I'm going to tell my mother." Li Lizhi said excitedly.
"Wait a minute." Lin Xuan stopped Li Lizhi and said with a serious expression: "There are big problems with the accounts here. Have you closed all the ones I asked you to close before?"
"I've been circled, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Li Lizhi asked strangely.
Lin Xuan said: "There is no problem with the total expenditure, and it matches the accounts. But there are big problems with some purchasing records. I compared the records before and after, and the prices at that time were very abnormal."
Li Lizhi was stunned and said, "Isn't it normal for the prices of things to change?"
"It's normal for prices to fluctuate, but it's abnormal for the same thing to have such a big difference. Someone should have falsely reported the price after purchasing it," Lin Xuan said.
He knew that if this matter was revealed, many people would be killed.
Therefore, after carefully checking the calculations and comparing the records before and after, there is obviously something wrong.
Li Lizhi also knew the seriousness of the matter and asked: "Have you calculated how many there are?"
"Thirteen thousand two hundred and thirty-one." Lin Xuan said an astonishing number.
Li Lizhi's face was ashen, what does more than 10,000 yuan mean?
When I was short of money before, the entire harem's annual expenses were not that much.
"I'll tell the queen mother to go." After Li Lizhi finished speaking, she quickly went to find Empress Changsun.
"I don't know how many people's heads fell to the ground in this settlement. It's really a 'settlement of accounts'." Lin Xuan shook his head and went home.
Those people might deserve to die, but Lin Xuan really couldn't bear to see them.
Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were having dinner. When the maid reported that Li Lizhi was asking for an audience, Empress Changsun smiled and said, "I guess that boy Lin Xuan hasn't finished yet, so she came to intercede for Lin Xuan."
"There are so many accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that need to be calculated, and it is really difficult to complete them in three days," Li Shimin said.
Empress Changsun smiled and said: "Of course I know that Lin Xuan can't do it. I just want to polish him and change his habit of talking big."
While the two were talking, Li Lizhi walked in.
"My sons and ministers see their father and the emperor, and their mothers and queens."
"Li Zhi is here. You haven't eaten yet. Sit down and have something with your father, the Queen, and the Queen." Li Shimin said.
"Father, Emperor, Mother, I have something urgent to say." How could Li Lizhi be in the mood to eat right now.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "I know, isn't it true that Lin Xuan promised to calculate the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in three days, but now the time has come but he has not calculated it? What a big deal, it's okay, your mother was joking with him."
"Didn't you calculate it?" Li Lizhi was stunned for a moment and said, "Father, Lin Xuan has already calculated it."
"Have you figured it out?" Li Shimin was slightly startled and said, "Isn't he just talking nonsense because he is afraid of being punished by the Queen?"
"Father, how could Lin Xuan do such a thing? He is really finished." Li Lizhi said unhappily.
"Okay, okay, you're not married yet, and your elbows are turned out." Li Shimin joked with a smile.
"Father~" A blush appeared on Li Lizhi's face.
"Okay, okay, you said he figured it out, but have you found the problem?" Li Shimin asked.
"Lin Xuan said that there are many purchasing records that are inconsistent with the prices before and after. If calculated based on the previous prices, there would be a gap of more than 13,000 yuan," Li Lizhi said.
Li Shimin stood up in shock and said, "Is what you said true?"
"Of course it's true. I have all marked it with my pen. Father, look at it."
Li Lizhi brought an account book with her when she came. Seeing that Li Shimin didn't believe it, she quickly opened the account book, pointed to the circled places and said: "This amount is the same as the quantity purchased before and after, but the price is several times different."
Ten strings."
Li Shimin compared the purchasing records before and after, and it was true.
The price before and after is the same, but the price in the middle is dozens of dollars different. Even a fool knows there is something wrong.
There are very few educated eunuchs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. How could they make false accounts?
They feel that there are so many accounts, and no one pays attention to some odd ones occasionally.
Empress Changsun also read it. Let’s not say whether Lin Xuan’s calculations were correct or not, but there is definitely something wrong with the enclosed accounts.