Houmen Fenghua: Meet the best evil mother-in-law

Chapter 736 Sending Mr. Account Room to the Emperor

Recently, Emperor Mingguang really has a headache about the ledger.

Although it is indeed a good thing that Haiyan sells well, it is followed by an ever-increasing number of accounts.One book after another, whether the records in the ledger are clear, whether people can see it or not, depends entirely on the accountant's own ability.

In this era, account books are the same as countless craftsmen's handicrafts, relying on hands-on teaching, and paying attention to "the master leads the door, and the practice depends on each person".

Therefore, after each accountant leaves his teacher, how well he does depends entirely on his master's teaching and his own learning.

In such cases, there is no so-called unified format for the ledger.

Perhaps Zhang's ledger is more reliable than Zhou's ledger, but if you are a descendant of Zhou's, you will not be able to learn Zhang's ledger.

Or, after Accountant Liu learned the inheritance of ledgers from his father, he used some symbols with personal characteristics for reasons of confidentiality, so it would be even more difficult for outsiders to understand.

The promotion of Haiyan was aimed at all corners of the country during the Ming Dynasty. From this, one can imagine how terrifying it would be when the shops below handed over their books one by one.

Emperor Mingguang randomly picked one and threw it to the two groups, and then started talking to Li Wenchong.

"You really have confidence in them! Are you not afraid of them losing?"

"They won't lose. I can make a bet with Brother Huang. If Zhong and his son win, what reward will Brother Huang give me?"

Emperor Mingguang laughed: "You won't be looking at something in my storeroom again, right?"

"Brother Huang, am I that kind of person?"

"You are not this kind of person, who is that person who goes into the warehouse every now and then to pick things?"

Li Wenchong's expression was innocent: "That's what the emperor rewarded me, and I should take it. If the emperor doesn't want to give it, the worst thing is not to reward me. If the emperor doesn't say this, I don't have the courage."

"Yes, yes...you don't have the guts. There are some good things in my storeroom, how often do you not think about them?" Emperor Mingguang smiled, "Not long ago, the abbot of Huangjue Temple sent a bunch of red sandalwood made of centuries-old red sandalwood. The wood-polished Buddhist beads have experienced three abbots successively, and it is said that they are full of spirituality... I am afraid that is why you came here?"

"It's... really not." Li Wenchong swore, he really didn't know that his imperial brother got such a treasure again.

Besides, he doesn't believe in Buddhism, so it's useless to give him this thing.

"Are you sure you didn't come out for this string of hundred-year-old Buddhas?" Emperor Mingguang raised his eyebrows.

"I swear."

Emperor Mingguang stared at Li Wenchong for a while: "Okay, I believe in you. Since you didn't come here for this string of Buddhist beads... then you will win later, and I will give you a big reward."

Li Wenchong opened his mouth and laughed: "As long as it is rewarded by the emperor, no matter what kind of reward it is, it must be the favorite thing of the younger brother."

Emperor Mingguang said: "Then I'm afraid you will be disappointed, I don't guess your mind every time."

"I don't believe it. No one in the world understands me better than Brother Huang." Li Wenchong looked confident.

……

On the other hand, Zhong's father and son were fearless, took the ledger and began to copy it, counting while copying.

The accountant next to Emperor Mingguang was a little dazed when he got the ledger, and felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he saw it.

He took the account book, flipped through it from beginning to end, and studied it carefully.

While studying, calculate and confirm.

Huh?
What's going on?
Why do I feel that there is something wrong with this form of accounting?

But where is the problem?

……

Just when the accountant felt that he wanted to figure it out and the calculation was about the same, the Zhong father and son had already submitted their new account book and the final amount.

"This shop sold a total of... pieces of sea salt in July, including... pieces at the original price, and... pieces at a discount."

"It means that its actual turnover should be..."

"The store's operating costs are..."

"Turnover minus operating costs, the profit should be... But the strange thing is that 1294 taels of silver went to nowhere. Among them, the amount of labor costs is a bit beyond the standard."

"Because there are about...names of operating personnel registered in the register. Among them, the sales volume at the beginning of the month is relatively large, but the number of employees is relatively small, and the sales volume at the end of the month is relatively small, but the number of employees is relatively large.

"And..."

……

Based on the daily account of a store in July, Zhong and his son found many problems.

Master Qin was very surprised, because among the problems discovered by the Zhongs and his sons, he was completely unaware of labor costs and labor abnormalities.

There was also the inexplicably missing 294 taels of silver, which he only estimated to be within 100 taels.

The specific amount still needs specific investigation and accounting.

It is impossible to say that the Zhong father and son lied, because they used data to speak, and they also gave a very clear diagram, which can be understood at a glance.

When Emperor Mingguang learned of this from Master Qin, he was also very surprised. He hurriedly took the ledger of the Zhong family and his son and looked at it carefully, wondering where the tricks were.

Looking at it, Emperor Mingguang really saw some holes.

The original bookkeeping method is to add all the receipts together, and subtract the sum of each cost from the total.

The way people check accounts also adopts this method. Several people each take their own calculations, calculate the accounts independently, and finally decide which one is correct together.

As for whether there is a problem with the income or whether there is a problem with the cost, it depends on the personal experience of the accountant.

For example, if the account book says that it has a monthly turnover of 1392 taels, then a few dozen taels in the monthly account, or a reduction of a hundred or so, will generally not arouse anyone's suspicion.

Then the labor cost, the salary of three people today, the salary of five people tomorrow, and the salary of seven people the day after tomorrow, it seems that there is no problem.

But Zhong Cuo's father and son's bookkeeping methods are different. They record the daily sales volume, sales and various costs in it, and settle the accounts on a daily basis.

Finally, there is a summary chart, which can be seen where there is a problem - the sales volume and labor costs must increase or decrease proportionally, how can they run counter to each other?
If it runs in the opposite direction, it shows a problem, someone is fake.

Emperor Mingguang slapped the table with a "slap", and said angrily, "How courageous! Haiyan is an official salt shop, and they have just started to operate, so they dare to make fakes. They simply don't take me seriously."

Li Wenchong can't get involved in the following things.

Although he was able to stand up in front of Emperor Mingguang, he would provide references for matters involving government affairs, but generally seldom intervene directly.

Don't bother the two lords for one thing, this matter was originally the responsibility of Chengjun King, and Emperor Mingguang gave Chengjun Wang an order to strictly investigate.

joke!

Emperor Mingguang managed to get rid of the old aristocratic family that held the lifeblood of salt, and get rid of a big cancer. How could it be possible to raise a group of guys who "eat" people's fat and people's anointing to ruin the ancestors' foundation?

If you don't check them all out, you'll be sorry for his dragon robe.

(End of this chapter)