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 - have also been double-checked. The probability of copying the wrong numbers is extremely low, and the problematic areas have already been discovered, and they are noted in small print in the new ledger - what else is she using them for? 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 down are many and messy, and there is a smell, I am 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. But those who don't know the inside story may not be able to spit out ivory from their mouths. It's better to leave those troublesome things to someone else. They're used to it. The newly transcribed account book should be cleaner, and Sister Zhao could see more clearly if she wanted to check the numbers. Don't underestimate this. Maybe Sister Zhao can really find out where 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?" After a pause, "Don't you want to settle this account?" Then I'll go to them again. 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 can accept 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 stock, and I do it, they will not rest assured, and they still have to take it again. Isn't that 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." Wait for my sister to finish these books. I'll bring you a new one. ”

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 herself. 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, and according to the numbers in the new account, she listed the relevant numbers into a table, including the price of the same material in different regions, and the quantity and price of the same material purchased at different times. 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, the king of 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. Let's see if what Zhao Xiu analyzed makes 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." We have also discovered some of these flaws, but they are not as detailed as Shizi's thoughts. You can also find clues that can be traced. It saves a lot of effort from the people below. There are a few other things that we didn't find before, and they have solved the doubts in my mind 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 got a master. Reconcile the accounts for me in the chamber every day. Today is the first day, and there are some gains. In this case, Master Zeng took this report back to the front and discussed it with someone else. In addition, send all the other transcribed account books to the east ear room, and ask the master to continue to check them. ”

Zeng Shilang only thought that Zhao Wei invited the account room at home. Although it is a little unruly, but now there is a shortage of manpower, and even Zhao You has become the backbone, so what does it matter if you call another Zhao family? He hurriedly agreed. took away Zhao Xiu's analysis report. 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 say it's okay. Could it be true that Sister Xiu can 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, she dared to open this mouth, naturally she had her reasons. You promised on your lips, but secretly you were bluffing, not only disappointing Sister Xiu'er's kindness, but also distrusting her. It's okay this time, it's still the same in the future, even if you really marry someone home, people 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?" If you want to know if she will forgive you, just do it. ”

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 ......" (to be continued)