Chapter 31: Amazing Ledger!
It turned out to be the account book! Fan Haipeng took the initiative to pick up the account book and send it to Di Jiuxu!
But too proactive......
Of course, Di Jiuxu guessed that he had already known his intention to come, but so "Zhengda Guangming" showed him the account book, and Rao is Di Jiuxu didn't expect it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Nine Princes?" Seeing that Emperor Jiuxu didn't stretch out his hand, Fan Haipeng called softly again, signaling that he could look at the account book.
"The king didn't say what he was going to do, but Lord Fan consciously showed the account book to the king. Di Jiuxu was silent for a long time, but he suddenly said such a sentence for a long time, only to see that he didn't look at Fan Haipeng, his eyes just looked at the account book in his hand.
Fan Haipeng is too proactive, so active that it makes people feel uncomfortable.
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Did Fan Haipeng put down the account book in his hand at this time, nor did he hand it to Di Jiuxu. For a while, Fan Haipeng secretly said that he had made a mistake! In the past, the ministers of the Qin Mission wished that he would go straight to the point, and then do things hastily! But the ...... in front of him I'm afraid it's a more truthful Lord......
When Fan Haipeng was in a dilemma, Di Jiuxu seemed to ignore his previous suspicions, and as a result, the account book in Fan Haipeng's hand seemed to ask casually, "Have all the timber transactions been recorded on it for so many years?"
"Oh oh! yes! Fan Haipeng said busily, and his attitude was several levels more humble, for fear that he would say the wrong thing and do the wrong thing again. At this time, Emperor Jiuxu actually started to check the account book again, and he must have answered the rest of the words.
Di Jiuxu knows how to use both soft and hard, of course he knows how the previous ministers did things, so he can also understand the practices of the people who are officials below. He can't be too majestic and serious, that will only make Fan Haipeng more cautious, but he can't be too casual, so Fan Haipeng won't take him seriously.
From yesterday's investigation in Hu's mansion, Di Jiuxu has also made a rough impression, although the two have no other dealings except for business on the surface, but it can be seen from the fact that Hu Chengyao is not surprised by his arrival, Fan Haipeng still reported to Hu Chengyao in the end, but he didn't use the way he did it openly.
Di Jiuxu is not annoyed! The people below are not stupid, and he must know how to ease down after he exerts appropriate pressure. For example, he is now flipping through the ledger page by page and looking at it carefully.
"Lord Fan, are you sure that what you show this king is the account book of wood purchases?" Di Jiuxu's originally relaxed face suddenly became serious! At first, he looked at every bill seriously, but after reading a few pages, Di Jiuxu couldn't read it anymore! After quickly flipping through the back few sheets, he smashed the account book on the table with force!
"Bang!" The water in the teacup shook out of Zhen's face, and the water stains splashed on the table, Fan Haipeng was afraid that the account book would be wet, so he personally took out a handkerchief to wipe the water stains dry.
Looking at Fan Haipeng's unhurried attitude of wiping the water stains, Di Jiuxu was really a little annoyed now! He lost his temper like this, Fan Haipeng actually didn't change his face, it seemed that he had already been mentally prepared! Thinking of this, Di Jiuxu frowned!
No wonder the emperor sent him over this time, it seems that the prefect and timber merchants of Leping Town are not as simple as they imagined......
This is indeed every bill for the purchase of timber over the years. I saw Fan Haipeng said unhurriedly, he had already guessed this reaction of Emperor Jiuxu, because any minister of the Imperial Mission had this attitude after reading the account book, so Emperor Jiuxu would be angry, he was not surprised at all!
In fact, Di Jiuxu didn't get angry by looking at the account book, in fact, Fan Haipeng's reaction was too calm, Di Jiuxu didn't like this kind of calmness, and there were traps behind it calmly!
"Ten taels of silver for a lesson! A big beam of wood actually costs fifty taels!? Could it be that Lord Fan really has read too many sage books, and he can't even know basic arithmetic!" "Di Jiuxu's voice is raised! This account book is simply used to fool people! Rao is Emperor Jiuxu, who has always been from a wealthy family, was also taken aback when he saw the account book!
Although in the Jinxia Dynasty, timber and salt were both public property that was not officially allowed and authorized to be sold privately, but the selling price of this wood was also surprisingly high! Ten taels of silver for one piece of wood, and one hundred taels of wood was only 10 pieces! How many pieces of wood did it take to build a house? There were also beams of wood! In this way, the 1,000 taels of silver allocated by the imperial court was not enough to build a prefect of Fan Haipeng's county government!
"The Nine Princes are a little restless. Fan Haipeng was still unhurried, and said, "In fact, although the price is a little expensive, the wood given by the supplier is indeed genuine." ā
"Heh......" Di Jiuxu scoffed, "The timber suppliers in each place are decided by local officials, doesn't Lord Fan look at the quality when he buys wood?"
Emperor Jiuxu's sword eyebrows were crossed! This Fan Haipeng really looked down on him!
"The Nine Princes are angry! There is a misunderstanding in this!" Fan Haipeng looked aggrieved and said eloquently, "The Nine Princes also know that in the Jinxia Dynasty, this wood is no better than other things, and not everyone is qualified to sell it, even if he can sell it, the taxes he has to pay are not comparable to other commodities." To tell you the truth, at first, Fan also considered the price, so he pained the contract signed by a more favorable supplier, but when the tax was so high, the price was cheap, and the person did something to the quality, and sold us all the wood filled with chaff, so he couldn't build a house at all, but lost money. So Fan thought that it was better to find an expensive supplier, as long as the quality of the wood was good, no, and later decided on Hu Chengyao as a supplier. ā
Fan Haipeng said it reasonably, Di Jiuxu snorted coldly, and choked him to death with a word!
"It's quite practical, how many burned houses do you report every year? How much of the money allocated by the imperial court is really used for the people? This king looked at the account book and heard that Lord Fan also built a temple, how much silver did it cost?"
Emperor Jiuxu asked one after another, this account book is full of loopholes! This Fan Haipeng really just wants to fool him! He didn't even think about being decent, I really don't know how the ministers sent before will be rewarded when they go back!?