Glory all the way

Chapter 139
"Mr. Tao, what's the matter?"

After returning from Xiaoyazhai, Bai Yingluo changed clothes and sat on the side of the couch, drinking tea while asking about Tassel.

Liusu shook his head, "Since the evening before yesterday, I took those account books back to the house. Except for the young lady who asked him something, Mr. Tao seldom went out of the house. Even the three meals a day were brought by the servants in the yard. sent in a box."

I didn't expect Tao Jianming to be such a diligent person, and Bai Yingluo couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly asked about the servant who served him, "Didn't Mr. Tao say that day that he wanted to write a book and send it back to Tao Zhen's house? The boy who is used to calling him to serve him, is there any movement?"

She pursed her lips and smiled, Liusu replied: "I sent the letter back yesterday, I guess, people should be here today."

As he spoke, Liusu muttered to himself: "Miss is so devoted to that Mr. Tao, I hope he can be worthy of your great love, and show some real ability to let the servants see. "

Can't help laughing out, Bai Yingluo shook her head helplessly, lying comfortably on the soft couch and falling asleep.

For three days in a row, there was no news from Tao Jianming, but Bai Yingluo didn't seem to be worried at all, what to do every day.

On this day, Bai Yingluo was still in class at Mingcuiju, when she turned her head, she saw Liu Ying poking her head out of the window and looking in, seeing that she turned her head, Liu Ying waved her hands anxiously.

With a sudden jump in her heart, Bai Yingluo's first thought was that something happened to the second elder of the Bai family.

Looking back, she couldn't calm down, Bai Yingluo didn't even hear what Master Yao said.

After class was over, Bai Yingluo hurriedly bowed to Master Yao, got up and left Mingcuiju.

"what happened?"

Bai Yingluo asked in a loud voice.

"Miss, you should go back to the room first. Mr. Tao's mouth is as tight as a clam shell. No matter how much you ask, he refuses to say anything. He insists on waiting for the lady to go back. He has been waiting in the room for more than an hour."

Liu Ying followed Bai Yingluo towards Lanxin Pavilion, and said in a low voice.

No need to guess, Bai Yingluo knew that Tao Jianming must have discovered a big problem from the ledger.

Entering the Lanxin Pavilion, Tao Jianming was sitting there leisurely drinking tea, and on the brocade table beside him were two brand new account books, which were the result of his hard work in the past few days.

On the other hand, Tao Jianming's eyes were swollen and bags under his eyes were blue, and he could tell at a glance that he hadn't had a full night's sleep for several days.

Feeling very relieved that he was so serious, but feeling a little bit sorry in her heart, Bai Yingluo said apologetically, "Mr. Tao, everything can be considered in the long run. You have been working like this day and night. If you turn around and become exhausted, what will I do?" Feel free to go?"

Tao Jianming waved his hand in relief, "Miss, you are welcome. If it is another errand, you can naturally take your time. Maybe it will be clearer if you work slowly and carefully. But since you are going to take over the accountant, you must take over It’s time to clarify the accounts, otherwise, when the time comes, a messy account will be taken over, and if something goes wrong, there will be nowhere to break it.”

What he said was clear, and Bai Yingluo didn't say any more, her eyes flashed across the two booklets, and she asked with some hesitation: "Then, did Mr. Tao find something wrong?"

Tao Jianming nodded, picked up the two booklets beside his arm and handed them to Liusu, and said with a smack of his tongue: "I don't know if I don't check it, but I was really shocked when I checked it. Miss, the old man and the old lady will leave it to you This industry is really amazing, otherwise, it would not be possible to have such a big deficit without being discovered..."

"Shortfall? I don't know. Mr. Tao has found out the source of the shortfall and the specific amount?"

Bai Yingluo flipped through the two account books in her hand, and there were all kinds of complicated store names and annual income amounts, but for a while, she couldn't see the tricks inside, so Bai Yingluo simply closed the booklet, raised her eyes and asked Tao Jianming started.

"I have counted all the shops owned by Miss Tianlin Yiying. Apart from things like replacing paddy fields with paddy fields and adult forests instead of young forests, there is another problem that is not easy to be found, which is the profit harvest of shop integration. Here, a total of about... 3 taels have been ignorant."

Tao Jianming said carefully.

"3 million taels?"

Although thinking that shopkeeper Hu Da and others would definitely take advantage of the loopholes to benefit themselves, it was far from the 8000 taels that she had calculated, but now that she heard the number given by Tao Jianming, Bai Yingluo was still a little surprised.

Tao Jianming frowned, and nodded affirmatively, "It's just a lot."

"What is the benefit harvest of store integration?"

After sipping a bowl of tea, Bai Yingluo cleared her throat and asked seriously.

"Well, let me give you an example, so that the lady can understand better. There were originally two big shops and five small shops. In this way, the annual income is 1 taels. However, in the small shops, there are profits and losses. After a long time, the shopkeepers of the shop that always loses money will do some integration and integrate into one of the big shops, or directly integrate five small shops into four. In this way, the shops are still there, and the income It's almost the same, but in fact, there is already one less shop. If it is the first year, you may not feel anything. After a long time, the integrated shop may have changed owners, or, Under the guise of the original owner, he made money out of his own pocket."

Tao Jianming said with a smile: "Generally, in family business, such things are very common, because there are too many categories of business, as long as the tampered ones are not those big shops, small fish and small shrimps, it is difficult to be found. "

Bai Yingluo thought about what Tao Jianming said, and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

If a small shop earns 2000 taels of silver a year, it may not be a big deal when it is integrated into the total harvest at the end of the year, but if it is taken alone, 2000 taels of silver is really a lot of money , especially for these shopkeepers, it is easy to make a lot of money.

The anger in her heart was beyond words, but Bai Yingluo's face was calm and calm, "Mr. Tao, thank you for your hard work."

"Then, what do you plan to do, miss?"

Tao Jianming hesitated for a moment, perhaps because he felt that it was a bit out of bounds for him to intervene in this matter, but when he thought that Bai Yingluo would be his master in the future, and the cultivation and support of him this time was even more inexplicable. Knowing the kindness of encounter, he should do his best to do things, Tao Jianming asked.

"To tell you the truth, Mr. Tao, before you came, I did the calculations myself, but I only calculated a deficit of 8000 taels. I knew in my heart that after so many years, my grandmother's dowry was so generous. In recent years, it is impossible to only have such a small amount, but 3 taels is still a bit unexpected to me."

After a pause, Bai Yingluo continued: "However, a few days ago, the old shopkeeper and I were the shopkeeper Hu you met that day. I told him that I will not blame the past for everything that happened in the past. , I hope that everything will go smoothly in the future. I think he understands what I said, so since Mr. Tao has worked so hard to check the 3 taels, it will be even more difficult for others. In this case, as I said The words I said before should be regarded as passing clouds and smoke, and they are gone. However, I hope that Mr. Tao will follow the shopkeeper Hu, get familiar with and master everything as soon as possible, and save more 3 taels."

The disbelief flashed across his face, and Tao Jianming sighed in surprise: "Those who can achieve great things must not stick to trivial matters, and Miss is such a person. Nowadays, most of the shopkeepers and stewards are old ladies. The old man who used to be old, if the young lady thoroughly checks the accounts as soon as she comes up, and finds out all these people and things, it will definitely cause big trouble. You know, when the water is clear, there will be no fish. Miss, like this, put everything in the past Turning over like a page in a book, and only looking at future plans, is really a wise person's approach."

After finishing speaking, Tao Jianming stood up and solemnly bowed to Bai Yingluo, "Since this is the case, it is clear on the account, and there is no doubt. I can follow Shopkeeper Hu at any time. Please show me."

A good bird chooses a tree to live in. Now, for Tao Jianming, all the doubts before seeing Bai Yingluo have disappeared. He believes that the road before him will not go straight forward. , but definitely not what he can imagine now.

"Okay, let's start after you have a rest for three or two days. I will tell my servants to prepare the luggage for you. In the future, if you have any questions, please send me a letter at any time. Let's discuss by letter."

Bai Yingluo said politely.

"As the lady said."

Tao Jianming responded in a deep voice, turned around and went out.

Caressing the two account books in her hand, Bai Yingluo sat on the soft couch and pondered for a long time, until Liu Su urged her several times, saying that lunch had already been announced at Qing'an Hall, and Bai Yingluo came back to her senses.

Standing up, Bai Yingluo's eyes were still staring blankly at the two account books. After a while, as if she had made up her mind, Bai Yingluo instructed Liuying, "Take these two account books and give them to me. Shopkeeper Hu, just say that I gave it to him, but I still say that everything in the past is past, but if something like this happens in the future, then I will not be so easy to talk about this time."

After lunch, Bai Yingluo came back from Qing'an Hall, and she saw Liu Ying and Chen Xiang sitting together, whispering, winking and gloating.

After serving Bai Yingluo to drink tea and take a rest, Liuying very relieved her hatred and talked about the time when she went to deliver the ledger.

They are all experts. Shopkeeper Hu only opened the account book and read a few pages, and he knew that all the methods he had used for so many years had been exposed by Tao Jianming.

Kneeling in front of the door and kowtowing in the direction of Lanxin Pavilion with ashen face, shopkeeper Hu repeatedly said that he was ashamed to come to see Miss Six, thanked Miss Six for allowing him a lot this time, and he would never dare again, crying bitterly That miserable appearance aroused Liu Ying's disgust even more.

"Okay, he is an old man in the mansion after all. It's good for you to know about such a thing, but don't spread it to the outside world. The rabbit bites people when it's anxious."

Instructing Liuying and the others, Bai Yingluo finally let out a sigh of relief.

Early the next morning, before Bai Yingluo got up, she heard a commotion in the yard. After a while, Liusu came in to reply, saying that shopkeeper Hu had woken up early, came to Lanxin Pavilion, kowtowed in the yard, and then He took Tao Jianming out and set off.

(End of this chapter)