instructed the porter to bring people in, and Li Qian waved his hand to let the two maids go down first.

Soon, Zhu Zhendong came to Li Qian under the guidance of the porter Li Quan. Before he could speak, Li Qian asked, "Is there no problem with the accounts?" ”

Xiao Zhu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then smiled and flattered: "Master is clear, I haven't said it yet, you can guess it first." ”

This sycophant skill is insufficient, obviously he didn't shoot Li Qian's cool place, he lay there lazily waving his hand and said: "Okay, okay, your flattering kung fu is still weaker, don't come to me to get an axe." ”

Xiao Zhu scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled.

Li Qian is still a "sick number", so until now, he has not gone to work in the county office, and outsiders will not think that he has actually participated in the struggle between the county and the household officials.

In fact, there were only three people who knew about it, and of course Wang Zhixian didn't know about it, the old Wu nephew and uncle, Zhu Zhendong------ Wang Zhixian, because Li Qian rejected him in person yesterday. As for the reason, I am worried that his acting skills are not up to par on the one hand, and on the other hand, I am not very at ease with the long-term followers around him.

Therefore, some people only know that the county lord came to the door to ask Li Qian for help, and finally returned disappointed. Who would have guessed that he was the black hand who hid behind the scenes and stirred up the situation and secretly controlled all this?

In the whole matter, Zhu Zhendong only needs to pass the news back and forth between the two places, everyone knows that Li Qian treats him friendly, and he came to report the news in the name of coming to visit the "master", so naturally it is not easy to arouse the suspicion of others.

Li Qian could have guessed a long time ago that their inventory would definitely not go too smoothly. If the problem can be found out after a check, how could Zhang Sihu sit in the position of the boss of this household in his early thirties?

However, when he listened to Xiao Zhu's report, he still felt a little incredible.

You must know that Xiaorong invited several old account offices this time, all of whom have more than ten years of experience, and none of them are public people.

It stands to reason that these people have the ability to settle accounts, and the possibility of colluding to shield Zhang Fu is not very large, and they can't even find the slightest problem------ to what extent should this Zhang Hu's ability to make fake accounts go against the sky?

To be honest, Li Qian doesn't think that his bookkeeping ability in this era is very good, at least in his eyes, there are some pediatrics------ and he doesn't look at what his brother's background is?

In this era, Confucianism flourished, and although those great Confucians were full of wealth, their ability to write and calculate was only average, and they may not even be as good as many bookkeepers in this regard. Therefore, Li Qian felt that even if he was a scum of the primary level of accounting in later generations, it was enough to abuse the entire Ming Dynasty.

How smart can a household secretary be in doing accounts?

However, he had never seen the account book of the house, so he naturally didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to see the problems in the account------ and his contempt in his heart was right, but he couldn't talk nonsense if he wasn't too sure, so he just nodded and said: "Well, I know, you go back first------ remember to bring a few account books secretly tomorrow, I'll read it first." ”

"I don't need to ------ tomorrow" Xiao Zhu said that he had already reached into his arms, and quickly took out an account book, handed it to him with a smile: "When I came out, Master Rong had an order to let me bring an account book from last month to you to see." ”

"Ho, that's amazing!"

There is a subordinate who can do things, and the boss is also very comfortable in handling affairs, but it is much better than leading a group of "echo worm" subordinates, and everything must be bowed to himself.

Li Qian felt very glad that he really didn't see the wrong person!

After only flipping through a few pages at random, he closed the account book and casually sent Xiao Zhu back.

After that, Li Qian went straight back to the study------

As he expected, the yamen really adopted a single-entry accounting method, which is clear at a glance.

No way, many of the things I learned in college in my previous life, even if I returned most of them to the teacher, they could still be used to beat the ancients------ who let myself have hundreds of years of knowledge more than them?

The household is in charge of the finances of the entire yamen, and every income and expenditure, regardless of the size of the money, must be recorded in detail. In this era, no one knows how to keep accounts such as three-legged accounts and four-legged accounts, so the accounts are not cumbersome.

Although he had already determined in his heart that the house must have made false accounts, Li Qian was still reluctant to do something in vain. So he was not in a hurry to put in it and carefully calculate every expense, but first went through the accounts with "Benford's Law" and soon discovered the problem.

Benford's law says that in a bunch of unmodified numbers, the number with the first place being one has a probability of appearing about 30% of the total, the number with the first 2 has a probability of appearing about 10% of the total, and the number with the first position being 3 has a probability of appearing about 10% ------ the total. This is a kind of law formed in real life.

If the accounts are falsified, then it is difficult to follow such a law, and it is easy to see the problem with this method------ which is just as sharp as Sun Monkey's sharp eyes. Of course, the premise for the implementation of Benford's law is that the sample size is large enough.

As soon as Ben Ford came out, who competed with him------ seemingly flawless accounts in the eyes of others, Li Qian only needed a little counting, and it instantly became full of flaws and loopholes------

Zhang Fu really made a fake account!

Looking up at the sky outside the window, Li Qian shook his head, and sighed helplessly, "This beautiful afternoon, it seems that it is going to be wasted------ and then buried himself in the case, took out the various expenses from the account books, and listed them on the paper one by one.

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The next day, in the private room of Pinxiang Pavilion, there were three guests from Qiantang County.

Mr. Xixi Li Qian.

Master Rongrong, and the county magistrate Sui Zhu Zhendong.

"------ the balance of accounts does not mean that Zhang Fu did not make false accounts, you can list all the expenses from the books, and go into the details one by one, and then you will find a very interesting phenomenon in the ------------"

Li Qian was holding an account book in his hand, which was naturally the one he spent more than two hours checking yesterday. When he said this, he paused, looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "The officials in this county are all giants!" They can eat 26 catties of rice a day, and that's not counting meat and vegetables------ if they are a year, they can each wear 220 feet of cloth! ”

"Master, don't be kidding------"

Zhu Zhendong subconsciously wanted to refute, because he had never even heard of this, and he knew that it was impossible with his toes. But as soon as the words came out, he reacted, and his mouth suddenly became "O" shaped.

After listening to Li Qian's words, Rong Rong was also stunned for a moment, and then his spirit was lifted.

"Mr. is saying that Zhang Fu spends his money and fills his pockets------"

"This is just one of them, I asked Wu Shuban, and he has never heard of this matter!" A meaningful smile appeared on Li Qian's face, "In other words, there shouldn't be too many people involved in this matter, it was purely his Zhang Sihu's hands and feet!" This crime ------"

"It's light to kill heads!" Xiao Rong immediately spoke, and then arched his hand at him: "Sir, this is only a month's account. Without further ado, the disciples immediately went back to the county and asked them to check all the accounts------"

"Wait!" Li Qian sighed in his heart, young people are still too impulsive, and they are going to be imprisoned for such a whole time------

"Sir, do you have any orders?"

Xiao Rong glanced at him strangely, and said with a smile: "This method of accounting is a bit stupid, but it works, the people I invited are all old account rooms, one point is thorough, Mr. doesn't have to worry about them not being able to find out the problems on the accounts------ besides, isn't there still me?" With Mr.'s mention, I can make this account clear! ”

"------" Li Qian glared at him angrily, and said in his heart, why don't you go to heaven, you dare to say that I am stupid!

Do you know that Zhang Fu is a master of bookkeeping, and his kung fu in closing accounts is first-class? If it weren't for that, I would have been able to do it with the credit and debit accounting method alone, and the bookkeepers you found wouldn't have been able to find out the slightest problem------

"I want to tell you that this matter must be kept strictly confidential, and if a big problem is found, you can't let the county know about it."

"Why is that?" Xiao Rong's face was full of puzzlement, and there was a faint unhappiness between his eyebrows. At this moment, he only felt that Li Qian's perfect image in his mind had collapsed------

The relationship between the two is actually that of master and apprentice.

Since he was recommended as a master on that day, Rong Rong insisted on worshipping Li Qian as a teacher. Although the other party did not agree in person, he had already changed his name to "sir", and since Li Qian did not correct it, he could be regarded as acquiescing in this master-apprentice relationship.

Li Qian's image in his mind has always been tall and majestic, but it was not until today that he found that his previous cognition was different from the real Li Qian, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart.

Li Qian also saw that his emotions were not quite right, and it was naturally not difficult to guess some of his true thoughts, and he couldn't help but cry out in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel depressed, and he couldn't wait to strangle this little bastard to relieve his anger.

"Do you think I'm trying to shield them?"

"The disciple didn't dare to ------"

"------ believe it or not, I'm pumping you?" As soon as Li Qian saw his submissive appearance, he was even more angry, and scolded him: "Are you stupid------ cough, do you want to set off a big prison?" Have you ever figured out the consequences of doing this? Don't you know the temper of the county honor? Do you know how many people will be implicated once this matter is stabbed by us? Not? ”

"Not to mention, anyone who makes a mistake deserves to die! The key is, do we want to gain a foothold in Hangzhou in the future? You have offended so many people at once, do you want to enter the official career in the future? Looking at the entire officialdom, it is full of open guns and hidden arrows, how many times can you dodge? ”

In fact, Li Qian was indeed thinking about the other party, because he never thought about becoming an official. With his status as a two-rank jinshi, as long as he is vigilant, there are really few people in this Hangzhou Mansion who can calculate him.

"Sir, the disciple knows that he is wrong------ Xiao Rong lowered his head in shame, did not dare to look at his face again, bowed down and apologized: "The disciple is young and ignorant, reckless for a while, and acts only in front of the eye and recklessly------" said with a deep sigh, "Xiao Rong thank Mr. for mentioning something, what Mr. said is very true!" ”

"Okay, between you and me, there is no need for so many false courtesies."

Li Qian looked relieved, waved his hand and said, "Just do what I say." Remember, don't make a statement! After taking inventory, I returned the account books, and the results were reported to me, and I had my own plans. ”