Zhao Xiu's place of work was arranged by Gao Zhen in the east ear room in the back hall of the main courtyard, next door is the main house where King Guangping is located, and the other staff who reconcile accounts are separated by a courtyard, which is not connected to each other, and there is nothing to avoid. In order to keep her from worrying about miscellaneous matters, Gao Zhen also sent a mother-in-law to guard the door of the east ear room, specially serving her tea and pouring water, running errands and delivering things, and adding charcoal fire in the stove.

Zhao Xiu except for lunch, which was used with the father and son of King Guangping, the rest of the time he nested in the east ear room, getting up early in the morning every day, and leaving after the sun went down. Except for the mother-in-law who was guarding the door, as well as Gao Zhen and Zhao Wei, who appeared from time to time, no one else would come to her house. Zhao Wei has a lot of official duties every day, and there are not many times when he can come to visit his sister. It was Gao Zhen who not only came to accompany her from time to time, answered some unclear questions for her, but also took over the task of collecting and delivering account books for her. Zhao Xiu is accompanied by such an acquaintance, even if he encounters any questions that he doesn't understand, there are people who can ask for advice, and he can get answers quickly, and the work goes smoothly.

She thought that she would be like Zhao You and other account offices and officials, take the account books related to dam repair sent from various places and check them carefully, and if she found anything inappropriate, she immediately reported it to King Guangping. Unexpectedly, from the beginning, what she got in her hands was the accounts that others had checked. The bookkeepers who had already come with him from Beijing had re-checked the original account books and transcribed them into clean, neat and clear account books, so that they could be read by the king of Guangping and several other lords of the imperial mission—they couldn't let these big men go through the piles of old account books, right? The handwriting of the new ledger is clear and correct, all the terms of income and expenditure have been checked and confirmed, and the figures are clearly written, not as chaotic as the old ledger. Zhao Xiu is a person who is used to reading the account books at home, and it didn't take much effort to figure out what was recorded in the account in his hand.

But that's not what she wants. The accounts that have been reconciled - and after a second check, the probability of copying the wrong numbers is extremely low, and the problematic places have already been discovered, and they are noted in small characters in the new ledger - what else is she doing with them? She is here to check the accounts, but not to see how beautiful the handwriting is!

Gao Zhen persuaded her: "The old account books sent from below are many and messy, and there is a smell. I'm afraid that Sister Zhao will be smoked. Moreover, it is also troublesome to move so many account books around, and it also alarms the people who are doing things in front of them. Although Sister Zhao is capable, people who don't know the inside story are afraid that they can't spit out ivory in their mouths. It's better to leave those troublesome things to others to do, and they are used to doing them. The newly transcribed books should be clean. Sister Zhao wanted to check the numbers, but she could also see them more clearly. Don't underestimate this matter, maybe Sister Zhao can really find out what others have neglected? ”

Zhao Xiu looked at him silently and did not speak.

Gao Zhen was a little uneasy: "Sister Zhao, what's wrong with you?" "There was a pause." Don't you want to reconcile this? Then I'll go to them again and let them carry the old accounts over, right? ”

"No need." Zhao Xiu sat down behind the desk, "What the prince said makes sense. I was kind enough to help, but not everyone was receptive to my kindness. They might think I'm making trouble. Even if the prince divides a part of the old account books for me to take a plate, and I do it, they will not rest assured, and they still have to do it again, isn't it a waste of manpower? Even if I don't care about what others say, I have to think about my brother's reputation. These new books are good, I'll take them. It doesn't have to be useless. ”

Gao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's good." When my sister finishes these books, I'll bring you new ones. ”

Zhao Xiu glanced at him, did not say a word, quietly opened the account book, and spread the paper and polished the ink.

She felt that Gao Zhen was underestimating her, and the reason why she agreed to let her come to "help" was because she had other ideas. But she didn't come to fall in love, but she really wanted to do things, and of course she had to make some results. to prove yourself. Although the new accounts have been reconciled twice, who said that the account books can only be used for reconciliation?

She brought a stationery box that she used to use every day, and it contained the paper with tables that she had people print, which she used to make statistics. She took out the stack of papers. According to the figures in the new account, the relevant numbers were tabulated, including the price of the same material in different regions, and the quantity and price of the same material purchased at different times, and it didn't take long to discover something that was wrong—for several months, the amount of a certain material purchased in one place far exceeded the number of the usual and other regions in the same period. The previous person who reconciled the accounts also indicated that it was fake. Although it was a problem that others had discovered a long time ago, she discovered it so quickly, which shows that her method is convenient.

She used the same method to make a preliminary analysis of the numbers in several account books in her hand, and found several problems, some of which were fake, and some of which were mysterious, but left clues that could be traced. She wrote all of this into an analysis report, made several possible speculations, and listed all the places that needed to be thoroughly investigated. In order to illustrate the results of her analysis more intuitively, she also drew simple curves and fan charts to make it clear the singularities in the accounts of various places.

At the end of the first day, she stuffed the written report to Gao Zhen, and then told him very strictly: "Don't underestimate people, whether you believe in my ability or not, you must read this report to the prince." The prince can judge better than you whether my analysis is correct or not. If you don't tell me, I won't have to come tomorrow. I'm not here to be a vase, let alone to chat with you. Can you respect me a little bit?! ”

Gao Zhen was stunned, remembering that she came to see Zhao Xiu a few times today, and wanted to tease her to talk, but she didn't pay attention, where did she not know that she had done it too obviously, which made Zhao Xiu angry? Now even if he gives him leopard gall, he doesn't dare to say a word, so he can only honestly take the analysis report and promise Zhao Xiu: "I will report it to my father immediately." Then he softened his voice again: "How dare I disrespect my sister?" It was all my fault for neglecting my sister before. ”

Zhao Xiu snorted coldly: "You don't need to say anything to me, you just have to read things to the prince to know." With that, she packed up the things on the table, got up and left the east room, and went back to Yi Meixuan, where she lived.

Gao Zhen had to obediently go to see his father, and read the analysis written by Zhao Xiu to King Guangping. At first, King Guangping just leaned on the pillow and listened without a word, but then the more he listened, the more serious he became, he simply sat up straight and listened carefully, and ordered someone to go to the front hall to find Zeng Shilang to inquire to see if what Zhao Xiu analyzed made sense.

Zeng Shilang was amazed by the report and the several tables and statistical charts attached to it, and he didn't know who wrote it, and when he saw Gao Zhen beside him, he thought it was his credit, so he smiled and said: "The son of the world is really a tiger father without a dog." These are a few flaws. We also found out about some of them, but they didn't think as carefully as Shizi, and they could still find clues that could be traced, which saved a lot of effort from the people below. There are a few other things that we didn't find before. It also solved the doubts in my heart for many days. What follows should be smoother than before. ”

King Guangping smiled: "How can this kid have such ability? It was discovered by the people who built the Nanhou Mansion. Now I've hired a master to reconcile the accounts for me every day in the ear room. Today is the first day, and there are some gains. In this case, Zeng took this report back with him. Find someone to discuss, and send all the other transcribed account books to the east ear room, and ask the master to continue to check it. ”

Zeng Shilang only thought that Zhao Wei invited the account room at home, although it was a little unruly, but now there is a shortage of manpower, and even Zhao You has become the backbone, so what's the harm in calling a Zhao family member? He hurriedly agreed and took Zhao Xiu's analysis report away. After he left, King Guangping didn't say anything, only smiled in the direction where Gao Zhen was standing: "How?" I told you not to bluff your sister Zhao. Carefully ask other girls to see it, annoying you. You still said that it was okay, could it be true that you really thought that Sister Xiu'er could be deceived by you? She started housekeeping when she was seven or eight years old, how old is she this year? just supported such a large family business. If it is really so easy to deceive, can Jiannanhou Mansion still have today's wealth? I'm afraid she's better than you! It's good that you're scheming in front of her. ”

Gao Zhen was full of shame and bowed his head silently.

King Guangping sighed and said: "You brought other girls over, just because you want to see more people and get along more." It's just that you don't just think about what you think. Sister Xiu volunteered to help, and she dared to open her mouth. Naturally, she has a point. You promised on your lips, but secretly you were bluffing, not only disappointing Sister Xiu'er's kindness, but also distrusting her. That's it. In the future, it will still be like this, even if you really marry someone home, they will be separated from you sooner or later. ”

Gao Zhen's face turned blue when he heard this, and he said solemnly: "I don't dare anymore." I just don't know if I'm going to admit my mistake to Sister Zhao this time, will she forgive me? ”

King Guangping smiled slightly: "You haven't done it yet, and you're starting to worry?" Want to know if she will forgive you. Just do it and you'll know. ”

Gao Zhen listened, thought about it, and made up his mind. He didn't delay, and immediately got up and went to Yimei Xuan. When he arrived outside the Xuan, Liu Lu had just handed over the food box to the mother-in-law from the kitchen, so it could be seen that Zhao Xiu and her master and servant had just finished dinner, and they should be free at the moment. Liu Lu looked at Gao Zhen curiously: "Why is the prince here?" It's dark and you haven't had dinner? ”

Gao Zhen looked at the room, gritted his teeth, walked to the window, and said to the house, "Sister Zhao, I was wrong." Both my father and Zeng said that my sister's report was very good and very helpful. I was blamed for having no eyes before, and my sister only made me stupid and didn't know gold and jade, but don't bother me. ”

Zhao Xiu had just eaten dinner and was leaning on the couch to massage his sore shoulders, when he heard Gao Zhen say this outside the window, his mood suddenly improved. She leaned against the window, trying to push it away, but her hand retracted halfway through. After thinking about it, she deliberately said a little angrily: "Since you came to admit your mistake, can you really underestimate me this morning?" A few days ago, you praised me for my talent, saying that the son of the Zhao family was not even worthy of lifting shoes for me, but today he looked down on me. Could it be that the good things you said to me in the past were all coaxing me? ”

"Absolutely not!" Gao Zhen hurriedly defended, "If I dare to despise my sister in the slightest, and what I say is not true, I will be called thunder and thunder!" ”

Liu Lu was startled, and hurriedly said: "The prince can't say such a thing, when the prince and our old lady hear it, they will definitely blame." ”

Gao Zhen didn't pay attention to it, and only asked in the window: "Sister Zhao, don't bother me, okay?" I won't dare to do this again. ”

Zhao Xiu looked at his figure reflected in the window, bit his lip and smiled secretly, but deliberately said, "Then I'll watch it." It doesn't matter if you say it, the key depends on your ......." )