wind and rain scissors shop

Chapter 86-86.
The old man Tian thought it would be beautiful to earn three taels of silver for nothing, so he immediately agreed to the idea of ​​the young man Wang Ji.He was thinking about the three taels of silver in his heart, and when he was full of wine and food, he immediately went to the coal registration point and told the person who delivered the charcoal to give the first-class coal to Wang Ji Sword Shop at the price of second-class coal.

The coal delivery person was unwilling and immediately refused.

The staff of Wang Ji squinted, pointed at the old man Tian and said, "This is Commander Tian's own father. Commander Tian arranged for her father to come to the mine to help forge iron, control quality, and issue raw materials. You don't obey Commander Tian's orders from her father. , that is, disobeying Commander Tian’s orders. Lord Zhou of the Armed Forces Institute said that whoever disobeys Commander Tian is against him.”

The coal delivery man quickly explained: "Old Mrs. Tian, ​​I will do as you said. I will pay him the price of second-class coal. I hope you can explain clearly to Commander Tian that I did not disobey her order. What should we do? We Whatever you do, obey."

Wang Ji's buddy stabbed the sky, and the old man raised his chin proudly.He never thought that Commander Tian's father's name would be so famous. It's a big loss to spend all these days burying his head in front of the iron stove.

Tian Erya found that her father was not good at blacksmithing at first, and was always strolling outside, so she began to pay attention to her father's movements.

Old man Tian put down the hammer and walked out again.

"Father!" Tian Erya stopped him, "If you don't work hard, what are you doing?"

Old man Tian supported his waist: "I have been blacksmithing for a long time, and my waist is a little sore, so I want to take a walk to relieve the pain."

Tian Erya supported his arm: "Father, why don't you ask a doctor to show you?"

"What doctor are you hiring? Does our family have so much money? I'm just too tired recently. The number of scissors we have completed has almost reached the imperial court's requirements. You can't always make me work as hard as our young people, and you have to take a rest." rest."

Tian Erya patted him on the shoulder: "You have worked hard these days, when we hand over the scissors to the Armed Forces Institute, you will have plenty of time to rest."

Old man Tian stretched his waist: "Don't prevaricate your father with such words. I'm not always lazy, and now I want to take a stroll for a while, can't I?"

"Okay, you can do whatever you want." Tian Erya immediately walked over when she heard Zheng Yuansheng calling her.

The old man Tian grabbed her: "You have to keep a little distance from the fourth young master, don't stick together every day, otherwise, others should gossip. You have to remember our family's identity, it is very different from the Zheng family, you You and the Fourth Young Master are Pheasant and Phoenix, you can’t climb high. These days, I’m watching here to see which blacksmith’s family is rich enough to marry you out so that I can live a stable life.”

"Father." Tian Erya stomped her foot, "Okay, what are you talking about? I just want to complete the task of forging scissors for the court, and I don't want to do anything else. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing to do with Master Zheng Si. I know I The gap with him, you will not have unreasonable thoughts about him, you work and rest steadily, don't think about it."

Old man Tian saw her drop the words, and ran to Zheng Yuansheng, with a look of admiration on his face, curled his lips: "It's really a girl who doesn't want to stay, no matter how ugly a woman is, there will be a time when she has a spring heart. I have to marry her out as soon as possible." , so as not to cause trouble in the future."

Seeing him babbling, Tie Zhu wondered, "Father, what are you talking about?"

"It's nothing. I saw that the shopkeeper of Xieji Sword Shop just hit up a conversation with you, why didn't you talk to him?"

"Xie Ji, what can the people from the knife and sword shop do to me? They just want me to lower the standards for inspecting scissors and accept their unqualified products."

Old man Tian stopped beating his waist: "You didn't agree?"

Tie Zhu glanced at him: "I definitely can't agree, Dad, do you think I will do such immoral things as sorry for my sister?"

"Worthless or not, everyone knows that. They won't let you do it for nothing, they will definitely let you earn money. You are a fool, you don't want any money in your hand."

"Father, no matter how short our family is of money, we can't earn money with no conscience. If someone asks you to do such a thing, you don't want to accept it."

"I'm your father. How can you call me your son?" Old man Tian was annoyed, and walked away angrily with his hands behind his back.

Tie Zhu shook his head and continued to work on his work.

Tian Erya was called to Zheng Yuansheng's side, she was very happy: "Fourth young master, what are your orders?"

Zheng Yuansheng pushed the account book in his hand to her: "The amount of coal shipped out in the past two days does not match the account, have you noticed?"

"No! The share of coal given by the forging scissors is fixed. I think the fuel is sufficient, so I didn't take care of it."

"There is a shortfall of 1000 two hundred taels of silver."

Tian Erya's eyes widened: "Why are there so many? You don't need 1000 taels of coal to forge [-] pairs of scissors?"

Zheng Yuansheng explained: "The procedure for purchasing sabers by the Armed Forces Institute has also been changed to the same process as that of forging scissors. The Armed Forces Institute purchases raw materials uniformly and distributes them to various sword shops. Because our iron mine is close to the official road, the transportation is convenient. Therefore, the imperial court handed over the task of distributing all the coal to the Zheng family. Father saw that you did a good job distributing raw materials before, and let the people below continue to distribute coal according to the principles of your management. I am afraid that there will be problems, so keep an eye on it. Looking at the accounts, I didn’t expect that there was still a problem.”

Tian Erya swallowed her saliva in fright: "1000 two hundred taels of silver, it's not worth that much if you sell me. Do you know who did it?"

"It's not a sword shop. I can see that the amount of coal delivered recently has been much higher than before. It should be that someone intentionally falsely reported the accounts in the past two days."

"How to falsely report the account?"

Seeing that she was confused, Zheng Yuansheng explained: "You can call low-quality coal high-quality coal. In this way, there is a difference of tens of taels of silver for one ton of coal. In addition to this method, you can also manipulate the number, for example, pull out There are ten tons of coal, but the person who keeps the account records it as eight tons."

Tian Erya looked through the accounts: "Those people are really smart, but it's a pity that they don't use their smartness for righteous purposes, and they only think of crooked ways. Tell me, what should we do?"

"Before the government finds out, we will conduct a self-inspection and rectification internally, and deal with it internally. If it really comes to the court, it will not end well for everyone."

"Fourth young master, you have your own ideas, so I will do as you want, and I will obey your orders."

Zheng Yuansheng laughed: "You are the commander-in-chief here, and all of us should obey your orders."

Tian Erya rubbed the back of her head: "I want to give you an order, but my mind is empty and I don't have so many ideas. Everything depends on the Fourth Young Master."

Zheng Yuansheng was elated, and pointed to the account: "The account is easy to explain the problem. For example, the Wangji sword shop, all the coal bought during this period was second-class. According to previous records, the Wang family used first-class fuel for half, and second-class coal. The goods account for half, and they changed the rules this year, which proves that there is something tricky in it. I have people watching the people who produce coal, and when they get the stolen goods, we will send them to the government.”

"The fourth young master is still smart. This time, we caught those who made false accounts and taught them a lesson. We must not let them go lightly."

While they were talking, Steward Lu brought someone in: "Speak to the fourth young master, the shopkeeper and shopkeeper of Wangji Sword Shop bribed the manager of coal management, let us catch him."

Tian Erya clapped her hands: "That's great. I got the stolen goods, let's see how they can argue?"

Shopkeeper Lu looked at her strangely.

(End of this chapter)