Chapter 3 Hiding from the World
Sister-in-law Liu listened to Yang Bo's words interestingly, reached out and patted him, the bed was made, and left with a giggle.
The next day, the account books had been renovated, and Yang Bo began to take stock. This time it was much easier, and it went smoothly at first, but when it came to counting the leather goods, trouble came.
First, there are too many leather goods, densely piled together, up to the ceiling, to count one by one, thinking about Yang Bo feels big. The second is that there is a pungent smell in the small cabin, which makes Yang Bo, who has a habit of cleanliness, want to vomit.
Yang Bo likes to play chess, that's because he likes to be quiet and doesn't like to move, he likes mental work, not physical work. In my previous life, I also did a few days of liver explosion courier brother, isn't that because I don't have money to pay the rent? Didn't expect that in the 17th century, you still have to do manual work? Yang Bo only sighed bitterly.
Yang Bo endured the nausea, starting with the cowhide, the characteristics of the cowhide are obvious, and they are all stacked in a lower position, which is easy to operate.
It took Yang Bo an hour or two to finally finish counting the cowhides, four thousand eight hundred and twelve, and Yang Bo took the ledger of the cowhides to check.
This check made him break out in a cold sweat, and the account book showed that the total number of cowhides was five thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine accounts, a full nine hundred and forty-seven less.
Yang Bo felt that he couldn't hold on anymore, and now the physical object didn't match the number on the account, so he could only grit his teeth and count it again, he was right, the cowhide was still nine hundred and forty-seven pieces less.
"Hehe," Yang Bo couldn't help but sneer. He was sure that either the leather goods had been dropped, or someone had made a false account.
Yang Bo immediately stopped counting, found Shen Yanqing, handed her a piece of paper, and said, "Miss, the big thing is not good, there is less cowhide." β
"Really?" Shen Yanqing slanted at Yang Bo, took the paper and looked at it, her expression couldn't help but be stunned. Raised his eyes and looked at Yang Bo with incredulous eyes, and said, "Are you sure you are not mistaken?" β
"Miss, if you don't believe me, please send two more people to verify."
Now in addition to the problem, it is Shen Yanqing's inevitable choice to send someone to check again, Shen Yanqing forcibly suppressed his anger, asked people to call Lei Zhenzi, and explained: "Brother Lei, you find two spiritual people, and go to count again." β
Yang Bo saw Lei Zizi for the first time and said that he was a man, but he was born tall and big. It's just that the right side of his face has been injured, his entire facial features have been displaced, and there is a cluster of centipede-like scars on his cheeks, which makes Yang Bo feel surprised. Is this clearly the result of surgical suturing?
This time, Shen Yanqing was also at the scene, and when Lei Yanzi's people counted the cowhides, Yang Bo also explained the ins and outs of the ledger he made to Shen Yanqing.
In fact, Yang Bo had never done anything in his previous life, but he had never eaten pork and never seen a pig run? The account books that Yang Bo reformed were basically recorded in accordance with the loan accounting method of later generations.
Yang Bo uses a tabular form, and he writes horizontally from left to right. Shen Yanqing saw it for the first time, and it took a lot of effort to get used to it. Once she understood it, Shen Yanqing immediately understood the benefits of this bookkeeping method.
Shen Yanqing looked at Yang Bo in surprise and said, "Young Master Yang, your bookkeeping method is novel, where did you learn it?" β
"Well, naturally, the master taught me. If the eldest lady is interested, wait for this matter, and I will teach you. Yang Bo's old face flushed, and he touched his nose and replied.
At this time, Lei Zhenzi came over and sneered sadly: "Miss, I have checked, but the cowhide is missing nine hundred and forty-seven. β
"Who is so daring?" Shen Yanqing shouted angrily, as if two flames of anger were ignited in her eyes, her pretty face turned red, and her trembling chest rose and fell, which was eye-catching, at least Yang Bo's eyeballs.
Yang Bo really didn't want to count those stinky animal skins in person, so he suggested: "Miss, there are still a lot of goods that haven't been counted yet, why don't you take advantage of Brother Lei's people to quickly complete the inventory, and then make a decision?" β
Shen Yanqing was angry and didn't squeak, so Lei Yanzi's people had to continue to count. This was in line with Yang Bo's wishes, he stayed outside the cabin and was only responsible for recording. No more putting up with that suffocating stench.
The number of all the skins has been counted, and it is found that there are thousands of tiger skins and wolf skins missing, and there are surprisingly thousands more weasel skins and rabbit skins.
Other goods, such as porcelain, ironware, pottery, knives and guns, grain, oil, firewood, etc., were also counted and no further problems were found.
Yang Bo and Lei Yanzi followed behind Shen Yanqing and returned to the command warehouse.
Shen Yanqing had calmed down at this time, she sat down at the table in a dejected manner, holding her cheek with one hand, and thinking to herself. 'Wu Yuanqing guards and steals? He is his father's brother in life and death, he is extremely cautious, and he has always been loyal to the Shen family. He also saved his father's life. How is this possible? Wu Yuanqing is now seriously ill and is lying in bed unable to move. You can't beat, scold, or even ask. What to do? β
Yang Bo crossed Erlang's legs, sat opposite Shen Yanqing, looked through his account book, picked up the teacup from time to time, and took a sip.
Shen Yanqing looked at Yang Bo's style, and felt annoyed in her heart, this person was calm and relaxed
"Yang Bo, what do you say?" This time, Shen Yanqing called him by his name.
"Miss, Wu Yuanqing definitely can't escape the involvement. However, he could not do it alone. You take a look at this first. This Tong Da has purchased firewood too many times, and when I recorded the accounts yesterday, I felt that something was strange. Yang Bo took out the detailed account of the firewood and handed it to Shen Yanqing.
"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and there is something wrong with this child." Shen Yanqing nodded, turned her head and instructed Lei Yuzi: "Brother Lei, you go to check on this Tong Da, don't make a noise first." Wu Yuanqing is an old minister of the Shen family, and now he is sick again, so when he returns to the Shen family, he will hand it over to my father to deal with. β
"Miss, just wait and see." Lei Jizi responded in a rough voice, and walked out of the command compartment with a cruel smile.
Yang Bo felt very comfortable at the moment, he successfully picked himself out, and it didn't take much effort to complete the inventory of the goods. Someone is greedy for ink, what does he care? He put down the teacup and got up to say goodbye, leaving Shen Yanqing alone to sit there sulking.
Later, after Ma Daochang gave Wu Yuanqing a follow-up consultation, he came to find Yang Bo by the way. Yang Bo told Ma Daochang about the possibility that the leather goods might be dropped.
Ma Daochang said: "I came here for this, the eldest lady asked me to tell you that Tong Da has confessed and the case has been solved." β
Tong Da recruited another person named Wang Mancang, who took out cowhide and fox wolf skin in the name of selling ceramics, and then Tong Da used his body to carry rabbit skin and weasel skin on the boat to make up the number. They did the same in multiple ports. To Yang Bo's surprise, they had the audacity to sell the large animal skins they had taken out to the cargo hold, which not only coveted the difference in price between the skins of large and small animals, but also improved their performance. It's really bold.
And Wu Yuanqing really can't escape the involvement, he has a son who is familiar with Tong Da, who gambled in Fucheng and owed a huge amount of gambling debts, and was taken captive by the creditor to pay off the debt. Tong Da used this as a threat, coerced and lured Wu Yuanqing, and promised to help redeem Wu Yuanqing's son after the matter was completed.
Yang Bo said with emotion: "It's just a money word." It's a pity that Wu Yuanqing didn't get off the boat for two months, regardless of whether he blamed himself or for the purpose of covering up people's ears, and he also got scurvy for this. It can be said that the organs are exhausted, thinking that they can hide from the world, but in the end they still end up ruined. β
Yang Bo also mentioned that Shen Yanqing suspected that their master and apprentice had something strange, but Ma Daochang didn't react much.
"Yesterday I didn't finish my words, I said that I will take you as an apprentice, one is to give you an identity, and the other is that I may really be your master. Remember? β
"What.. What the? How can it be? Yang Bo blinked and said strangely.
"Actually, the first time I saw you, I knew you were a traverser. I was thinking at the time that it could not be a coincidence that there were two traversers on a ship from the Ming Dynasty. There must have been some kind of connection between the two of us in previous lives. As it turned out, it did. β
"What connection?" Yang Bo's curiosity was aroused, and he couldn't wait to ask.
"We come from the same university, I'm an associate professor in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, and I vaguely remember a student named Yang Bo who often skipped class and was not available every time he was called. It's not an exaggeration to say that I'm your master. β
Yang Bo is a chemical mechanics major, and he also needs to learn a little bit of chemistry. He thought about it, when he was a freshman, he took an inorganic chemistry class called Ma Yongzhen, which was a big class in a lecture hall, and students didn't interact much with the teacher. I don't have a deep impression of this Associate Professor Ma, but Associate Professor Ma is angry that he often skips classes.
Yang Bo was a little stunned, and asked again: "Before the crossing, how did you?"
Ma Daochang looked depressed and said: "I am almost fifty years old, and I am still an associate professor. I was in a bad mood that day, so I drank a few more drinks and got into a car accident while drunk driving..."
"This hunchbacked old man..."Ma Daochang smiled bitterly, "It is called Ma Yizhen, and there are also those who say that it is called Ma Yizhen, so that he has a good golden needle, and he wanders the rivers and lakes by practicing medicine and asking hexagrams." It wasn't until six years ago that I took his life and took his hunchbacked body. β
"That's not the right time, you only crossed over this year, why did you change your life six years ago?" Yang Bo was puzzled.
Ma Dao spread his hands and said, "This may be the reason why space is distorted and time is slowed down..."
Rub, so we traveled to the Ming Dynasty and once again verified Einstein's theory of relativity?
"Or rather, we are two SchrΓΆdinger cats, whose status is undecided, and we don't know whether we live or die."
Yang Bo waved his hand infinitely sadly and said, "Don't fix these useless things, no matter how you say it, we are all snakes." β
Ma Yizhen stroked his beard and wanted to look up to the sky and sigh, but it was not easy for him to do it when he was hunched at ninety degrees, and said: "This is just the beginning, and I am afraid that it will become more and more dangerous in the future." You must know that it is the first year of Chongzhen, and our trouble is big. β