Thousands of years apart, the way of bookkeeping is bound to be very different, but everything remains the same, in the final analysis, it is still only a record of numbers, and the bookkeeping method of the Song Dynasty is far less complicated than that of later generations, so even if Sun Tu does not understand accounting, he can still sort out the clues from these seemingly complex account books, and quickly capture the problems.

And as he spoke, the shopkeeper Xin, who was already trembling in front of him, was even more shocked, and smiled a little stiffly: "Will ...... General, where do you start? ”

"Why, do you have to solve the problem?" Sun Tu put the account book on the case casually, and said with a smile: "You remember it clearly, in two years, there are often half a year's grain and rice in and out of the figure is very large, but when it is approaching winter, this number suddenly shrinks to less than 30% of the usual day, what is the reason?" ”

As he spoke, Sun Tu stood up and walked slowly to the shopkeeper Xin, the height difference between the two was not small, he looked at each other almost condescendingly, and his tone was solemn: "If it is other shops, there may be a peak season or an off-season." But this grain and rice business is different, who can skip a meal? ”

As for the officials of Kaifeng Mansion, they looked at Sun Tu with surprised eyes, and they really couldn't understand how he, a general who led troops to fight, was so familiar with the things on these accounts, and he could know everything about it after just looking at it for a while?

But Sun Tu's words were not finished, so he continued: "Another thing is quite strange, I found that the price of your grain and rice in and out of the past two years is too different, the price of the year before last was 800 yuan for stone rice, but last year it became 600 yuan, what is the reason?" ”

Listening to Sun Tu reveal the flaws one by one, Shopkeeper Xin finally panicked, his knees weakened, and he knelt down with a thud: "General Sun spares his life, the small, the small one is just acting on orders, these accounts are all made by the owner to settle them, I have never had any benefits in such things, General Sun Mingjian......" said, he slammed his head even more.

This frightened Sun Tu, and he didn't expect that he would scare people like this when he pointed out the flaws, because this matter is actually not too big, but there is a problem with the grain store itself. But when his gaze swept to the solemn faces of the officials of Kaifeng Mansion on the side, he realized that the matter seemed to be really serious.

The key to this problem is the grain, because this is a guarantee of whether a country can be peaceful, and the Great Song Dynasty because there is no large land in the north, this point is particularly important, so it has a special emphasis on wine, a grain derivative, and heavy taxes, only with the permission of the government, can be sold.

Even sake is like this, and the government naturally values the sale of grain, especially in Tokyo, a metropolis of one million people, and the supply of food is the foundation of stability. Whether it is a good year or a disaster year, the imperial court will control the relevant grain prices, which is an iron law that those grain shop owners must follow, and whoever violates it is a big crime.

But these are all things on the surface, but in private, all kinds of means are emerging in an endless stream, and now, the court is also turning a blind eye, as long as it doesn't catch the handle, it's okay. But now it's different, Sun Tu has already seen through the account book in his hand that there is a big problem with the price of grain in and out of this grain shop, and this number has fluctuated by two hundred wen per stone in two years, which is already a huge problem, as long as it is reported, everyone including the shopkeeper Xin will be guilty of a felony!

Sun Tu, a military man, is naturally unclear about such matters in people's livelihood, but the people in Kaifeng Mansion know it, so they are so cautious at this time, and Shopkeeper Xin is even more frightened. He thought that his means of making accounts were clever enough, and it was inconspicuous to distribute the relevant figures to the middle of each month, but who would have thought that Sun Tu would only look at it like this, and see through the problem at once, and the crime would be completely implemented.

Although Sun Tu didn't know what was going on, it didn't prevent him from asking: "Whether you are guilty or not depends on your attitude towards confessing next, let's say, why is there such a big deviation, what did your grain store do?" ”

This is also what the other officials want to know the most, so they all stared at Shopkeeper Xin to see how he replied. Shopkeeper Xin didn't have the courage to hide it this time, but he could truthfully explain: "Back to the general's words, in fact, the villain just takes care of the business in the store on weekdays, and then keeps the accounts, I can't interfere in the real profitable business in our store at all." Even the year before, I didn't know there was such a thing. ”

Sun Tu didn't interrupt his self-clearance, just looked at him with a faint gaze, waiting for him to get to the point. Xu was deterred by Sun Tu's coercion, and said: "In fact, the price at which we sell grain has always been in the government's regulations, and we dare not deviate in the slightest, but this is only the surface, behind the scenes, we sold a batch of grain to the Gu family firm at a high price, which is more than twice the market price......

"Is there such a thing? Then why did the Gu family's business behavior raise the price of grain so high, is it to befriend your master? Sun Tu said curiously.

"It can't be." An official next to him couldn't help but interject: "The Gu family firm is one of the largest merchants in my Tokyo city, even if we are in Kaifeng Mansion, they will not be able to stammer, how can they deliberately make friends with a forbidden army officer like Yan Ziliang who has not much real power?" ”

Sun Tu nodded and looked at Shopkeeper Xin again. But this one shook his head timidly: "This little one really doesn't know." But because the price of grain and rice had to be kept in the accounts, and it had to be randomly checked by the government, the owner ordered me to settle the accounts, and after two years, I didn't see any problems......

Sun Tu nodded, and then looked at the people of Kaifeng Mansion, this matter is actually their duty, but they were so easily confused, I don't know what they think. After these people felt Sun Tu's gaze, they also blushed a little, but at this time, they could only pretend not to know, and asked with a straight face: "What a talent, since you already knew that your boss had a problem, why didn't you report it to the official earlier." ”

"Small, the villain doesn't dare......" Shopkeeper Xin shuddered when he boarded, and hurriedly excused himself: "My owner has an official body, and the Gu family business house is more powerful, how can a little person like me offend?" ”

Unexpectedly, in order to prevent the Yan family from escaping, he would close the store and lead to such a thing, which made Sun Tu quickly change his established thoughts, and looked at the few people from Kaifeng Mansion: "A few, I don't know if you have any thoughts about this?" ”

"This ......" several people looked at each other, but they were a little embarrassed.

If this was a problem that they discovered themselves, at most they would have found out about the Yan family, and then hastily closed the case, they would not dare to really stretch their hands to the Gu family firm. The Gu family's power is really not small, and the court and China have more backers, not to mention them, even Zhou Fuyin may not be able to deal with it.

But now, with Sun Tu by his side, the situation is completely different, if he and others want to make a big deal small, he doesn't want to, but he is afraid that he will put himself and the entire Kaifeng Mansion into it, which is a consequence that they can't afford to bear. Moreover, with Sun Tu's impulsive approach of flipping the table that Sun Tu showed before, as long as he really wanted to check, no one could really stop him.

Seeing that they were still hesitating, Sun Tu couldn't wait any longer: "Everyone, looking at your reaction just now, you can know that this grain price matter is very important, and since this Gu family firm is doing this, there must be something unscrupulous." If they are willing to collect grain at a high price, there must be a way to sell it at a higher price, which is a threat to me in Tokyo and even in the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"What Yuehou said is ......" After several people looked at each other, they could only nod helplessly in acknowledgement.

"And now that this matter has been exposed, I want to use the Gu family's hands and eyes to reach the sky, maybe after today, they will be able to know everything, and then try to cover up their crimes, so that we can't find out. Do you think this is reasonable? ”

Several people nodded again, this is common sense, once anyone knows that such a major event has happened, they will inevitably try all means to cover up their mistakes, at least to minimize the guilt. And Sun Tu continued at the moment they nodded: "In this case, Ben Hou thinks that this matter can no longer be delayed, and he should immediately surround the relevant shops of the Gu family firm and search people, and after getting all the incriminating evidence, he will report it to the imperial court." Ladies and gentlemen, this is a great opportunity to make a great contribution, would you like to go with so-and-so? ”

After saying this, everyone was instantly dumbfounded. This plot is not going in the right direction, aren't we dealing with the Yan family, why did it climb to the head of the Gu family's firm? And in such a hurry, he didn't give people any opportunity to prepare and ask his boss at all?

"Yuehou, isn't this too urgent, then the Gu family ...... after all"

"It is precisely because they have a backer in the DPRK that they cannot be delayed, otherwise things will only be more difficult to solve. There is a way to be a soldier and a nobleman, since there is a problem, you should face him immediately! Sun Tu almost shouted Ollie and immediately walked out.

A few people wanted to stop it, but they didn't know where to stop it, in addition to being a little panicked, they were also a little excited, maybe this was really an opportunity to make meritorious contributions. Thinking to himself, they followed out unknowingly.

These people don't know that Sun Tu made such a seemingly reckless decision, in fact, it was to completely muddy the water and deduct more crimes on the Yan family's head, so that the military grain corruption case could be made so big that those stakeholders didn't dare to stretch out their claws again.

And just when Sun Tu hurriedly led people straight to the Gu family firm, which was not too far away, Zhang He finally arrived, and after learning his whereabouts, this right-hand man in front of Gao Yu was also a little confused: "What does this guy want to do?" Isn't this a refusal to give up if you don't make things bigger? ”