It's been a day since the three days given by the household department, but the account books they gave are not even ten! According to this progress, after three days, Xin Muyuan will probably not even be able to give a general list!

Xin Muyuan thought for a moment and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter what the account book is, it doesn't matter if they recheck it or not, what they have to do is actually add the numbers on the account book." ”

She flipped out a pile of materials from the sorted materials, patted them, and said: "In order to collect membership dues, the Chamber of Commerce conducts a detailed income check on the merchants who join the association every year, so as to extract a percentage to collect membership dues. In fact, we only need to add up the taxes that all the merchants who join the association need to pay to the state, plus the working capital of the chamber of commerce, and then compare it with the amount I have on hand, and let the person in charge make up the small part. ”

Dong Zhifei: "......" things suddenly became so simple.

He distributed all the ledgers according to a certain percentage, that is, if the taxes that merchants had to pay to the state plus the chamber's own working capital, each stack had a corresponding amount. If there is more, it will be fine, and if there is less, it will be made up by the person who audits the accounts.

If you think about it carefully, you can clearly point out how many places are more and how few places are less, and you don't need to make up for it.

This barbaric and unfair method of checking the accounts of bandits is much easier and faster than the same check.

Those poor people who insisted on rebelling against Xin Mu Yuan did not know how they were arranged, and they were still proud of how Xin Mu Yuan, who "didn't know anything", would respond to the household department's rebuke in two days.

The dungeon of the Penal Division.

Xia Jie had been arrested, but no one went forward to interrogate. She screamed and cried out for an explanation in prison, but no one paid attention to her.

Xia Jie didn't give up, and shouted one after another.

Xu was impatient to hear this, and Zuo Qingyun, who was on duty, walked towards her with a bite of a fresh and cold fruit, and said, "It's been howling for several hours, are you tired?" If I were you, I'd honestly admit the punishment! Wanted in the whole city, there is no interrogation, obviously the crime has been confirmed, no matter how loud you howl, is it useful? ”

Xia Jie sneered: "You keep saying that I am guilty, but no one has come to tell me what the guilt is!" It's ridiculous! ”

Zuo Qingyun was also amused by her righteous accusations, and said: "You are just an ordinary person, walking around in the government and business, and after being invited out by the officials of Zhengliupin, you spread false remarks everywhere, seriously hindering the normal office, isn't it wrong?" Come on! Stay honest, if you behave well, I'll be able to let you out in seven days. ”

"Seven days?!" Xia Jie's face suddenly became ugly, and she slammed the cell door even harder, shouting, "I just told my friends what happened to me, which sentence is not true?" And how has it ever been transmitted? Besides, I was the president of the Chamber of Commerce! Naturally, there is a reason to stay in the Chamber of Commerce! You are clearly announcing your personal vendetta by doing so! ”

Zuo Qingyun rubbed his ears, and was irritable in his heart: When will such a day be a head? When will that guy come back and change shifts with me?

Zuo Qingyun's neglect made Xia Jie even more devastated.

The household department ordered the chamber of commerce to calculate all the accounts within three days, but she had lost a lot of money in order to bribe those people, and if Xin Muyuan found out, she would be here for more than seven days!

In the afternoon of this day, Xie Zhan, the protector of the country who ordered Xia Jie's arrest, appeared in front of Xia Jie for the first time.

Zuo Qingyun was relieved and went to the North Post Station to find a friend.

The next servant brought a chair for Xie Zhan and placed it opposite Xia Jie's cage, Xie Zhan took the book and sat down, and read it carefully. Xia Jie threw herself at the cell door, slapped the cage with both hands, made a crackling sound, and shouted, "Wronged! Protector, I was wronged! I didn't say anything, why did I be falsely accused! ”

Xie Zhan ignored it and looked at the scroll in his hand seriously.

Xia Jieqi choked, and used more force to bang on the cell door and scream, but Xie Zhan sat opposite her, deaf to her anger and roar, until she was exhausted and couldn't shout anymore, Xie Zhan put down the scroll, raised his eyes, and asked her in a calm tone: "The roar is over." ”

Xia Jie blinked, crystal tears falling down, looking pitiful.

But this didn't impress Xie Zhan, who was only interested in Xin Muyuan, he got up impatiently and said, "It seems that your emotions haven't calmed down yet, so let's talk about it when you calm down." ”

Xia Jie was frightened, shook her head hurriedly, and said nervously: "No, no, no, no need to change the day!" I've calmed down! Really, I've calmed down, and we'll talk about it today! ”

"Okay," Xie Zhan sat back down, looked at her expressionlessly, and said, "You are the previous president, do you know that there is a problem with the accounts handed over to the imperial court by the Chamber of Commerce this year?" ”

The cold hair and goosebumps were all over her body in an instant, Xia Jie's face was pale, but she seemed to be a capable veteran, she shook her head with a confused and frightened look, her mouth opened slightly, and she explained in a panic: "This is impossible!" The amount of tax paid to the imperial court is 38,000 taels of silver, which is not wrong! How could it be less! ”

Xie Zhan watched her play expressionlessly, listening to her babbling explanations, until she thought that she had rounded her words to perfection and had nothing to say, Xie Zhan said: "I just said that there was a problem with the accounts, why did you insist that there was a lack of accounts?" Xia Jie, tell me everything you know, I can still ask the emperor to intercede for you! ”

When the words fell, Xia Jie knelt on the ground with a "poof", kowtowed to Xie Zhan, aggrieved and stubborn, and said: "Protect the country and the public is clear!" The accounts I have audited are 38,000 taels! There can be no fault! There must be some misunderstanding here! Please protect the country and check it clearly! ”

"Okay." Xie Zhan didn't ask anymore and got up to leave.

He gave Xia Jie a chance, but Xia Jie didn't want it, since this was the case, he could only check it himself, but ...... It will take a little time.

Behind her, Xia Jie raised her head and looked at Xie Zhan's back, her head a little confused.

What does that mean? "Good"?

Xia Jie was ecstatic in her heart, did this mean that Xie Zhan believed her? Will you go out of your way to find evidence to prove that it has nothing to do with her?

Hehe, the rumored loving couple is nothing more than that, isn't Xie Zhan carrying his woman behind his back to help other women collect evidence?

With Xie Zhan's "good", Xia Jie's heart relaxed a lot.

She had long expected that there might be a problem with the taxes paid by the Chamber of Commerce, and that there would be officials who would come down to investigate this matter, so she prepared her back in advance, as long as they deliberately let herself go, and casually investigated, she would find that all the evidence would point to her innocence.