Chapter 5: Clues

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Yesterday, after paying his salary in advance, Wei Shuo had a good shopping addiction in the bazaar, and did not return to Yang's Mansion until it was dark. After taking a comfortable hot bath, I slept until dawn.

When he came to the place where he was doing things, a small official took him around the place.

"Thank you, I'm going in first."

Wei Shuo thanked the little official and walked into a house, and looked around, huh! The furnishings are pretty good: shelves all around with account books on them; Several desks are placed side by side, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the desk are complete, and there is a set of tea sets next to it.

The treatment is good, the corners of Wei Shuo's mouth twitched slightly, and then walked to a desk that seemed to have been used for a long time, sat down on the cushion (he was not used to the kneeling of the ancients), opened an account book casually, and at a glance, his head suddenly became big, what is this!

“…… On April 3, a number of salt and copper coins were put into storage...... A number of ......"

Wei Shuo shook his head and continued to read, "On April 6, the treasury came out of Shu brocade, and the money was two hundred yuan......

Can this be called a ledger? Each sell buy is represented by a number of them, who knows how much?

Unprofessional, unprofessional! This is simply to facilitate the crime of corrupt officials and corrupt officials!

What's more, such a running account seems to have an accounting method, and it is also a big trouble to audit the accounts in the future.

Thinking of this, Wei Shuo immediately couldn't sit still, he gathered the small officials in Cangcao, and decided to let everyone rearrange the account books according to the modern retest bookkeeping method.

Unexpectedly, the little official was embarrassed when he heard this: "My lord, this ...... This is not in accordance with the rules, not obeying the orders of the adults, and changing the data on the account without authorization is a capital crime. ”

"I didn't ask you to change the ledger, just a different way of keeping accounts. I had been instructed to take full responsibility for sorting out the books. Wait and rest assured, if something happens, you will have your own official to bear it. ”

"In that case, we will do as your lord commands!"

"Good! Please bring all the ledgers and rearrange them the way I said. ”

As he spoke, Wei Shuo found a blank piece of rice paper from the desk, then picked up a brush and dipped it in ink, and spent a form on the rice paper with difficulty, that is, a modern double-entry accounting sheet.

Most of the officials who work in Cangcao are proficient in arithmetic and bookkeeping, and they originally looked down on the new boss, but when Wei Shuo gave the form of double-entry accounting, he was suddenly shocked.

Everyone deals with bookkeeping and arithmetic every day, and after only looking at it for a while, they can see through the mystery.

"Wonderful!"

"It's really wonderful, small dare to assert that once this way of bookkeeping spreads, it will definitely reduce a lot of confused accounts, and it will also facilitate future audits, and it will inevitably prosper in the future."

"The same account is recorded twice in two interrelated accounts...... It's great to be able to understand the ins and outs of each financial transaction and get a complete picture of the process and the results. ”

"In addition, this bookkeeping method can easily balance the results of the account records to check the correctness of the account records."

The officials in the house watched it for a while, and they couldn't help but applaud and admire.

When someone saw that Hunting was happy, they drew a large number of forms one by one according to the forms given by Wei Shuo, and asked Wei Shuo a few important points, and then one by one they seemed to be resurrected with full blood, and they did not stop registering the new forms in the original ledger one by one one with new forms.

The little officials were in full swing, and even the gray-haired old official seemed to be twenty years younger, and even Wei Shuo was a little ashamed of his enthusiasm, enthusiasm, and energy.

For a whole morning, more than a dozen scribes, plus Wei Shuo, were busy for a moment, and the errors and omissions in the old accounts were found out one by one.

"Hahaha...... Got it...... There is a big problem with the outflow of two hundred and forty yuan and five coins here......"

"I also found a place in the next, and these fifty runs are also not the right number......"

"Three ...... were found below"

"No, no, there's something wrong with the record here......"

With the help of the new bookkeeping method, the officials discovered the loopholes in the original ledger, and they were as excited as if they had seen a fishy cat.

"Okay, yes, let's make persistent efforts, write down all the loopholes, and tomorrow I will ask Taishou for everyone."

……

In the afternoon of the same day, the new Cangcao Shi invented a new bookkeeping method, and the news that Cangcao had found out all the old accounts accumulated over the years instantly spread throughout the entire Taishou Mansion, and finally even Yang Taishou couldn't help but want to take a look after learning about it.

However, all this Wei Shuo still does not know, at this moment he is drinking tea and eating snacks in the warehouse. Since those little officials mastered the double-entry bookkeeping method, he completely let go of the people below to do it, and the whole person has become idle.

"Ahem!" Suddenly, he heard someone coughing, feeling that he was being disturbed, and Wei Shuo, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, turned his head impatiently to look, only to see a small official who kept glancing at him.

Yang Taishou's figure appeared in front of him, and Wei Shuo suddenly poured down like a basin of cold water on his head in winter, and his whole body was excited, and he got up and bowed down to ask for guilt.

"The subordinates don't know that the adults are coming, forgive the sins."

Yang Han waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "Wei Cangcao, this official heard that you have invented a new method of bookkeeping, so I came here to take a look." ”

As long as he didn't come to ask for the guilt, Wei Shuo quietly breathed a sigh of relief and ordered someone to present the sorted account books to Yang Taishou.

Yang Han casually picked up a few new account books and took a look, and found that it was much clearer and more convenient than before, all kinds of incoming and outgoing accounts were often clear at a glance, and everything was mixed together like before, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources to check the accounts every time.

"Okay, Wei Cangcao has done this beautifully, and this official should reward you heavily."

"The subordinates should not be praised by adults, and this matter is also thanks to the assistance of the scribes of Cangcao, otherwise it would be impossible for a subordinate to sort out the past account books. If it is a reward, don't forget the others. ”

As soon as Wei Shuo's words came out, several small officials around him immediately became emotional, in the past, it was the boss who snatched the credit of his subordinates, how could he be as kind and charitable as the newcomer Wei Daren, and he actually took the initiative to ask for credit for his subordinates.

At the same time, Wei Shuo's move made Yang Han value him even more, as a person who has been in the officialdom for many years, he knows that people who like to eat alone will never end well, on the contrary, only those who know how to share with others will have a great future.

……

After Taishou left, Wei Shuo didn't have the heart to continue to enjoy afternoon tea, so he picked up a ledger again.

"Huh?" Some of the prices recorded in the accounts surprised Wei Shuo.

"On April 2, I bought 50 stone of rice grain at the market price, at a cost of 200 yuan...... On April 10, he bought 50 stone of rice and grain at a market price of 400 yuan and 200 yuan, at a cost of 210 yuan......"

"Food prices are starting to rise......"

Wei Shuo sighed, it seemed that the outbreak of war was not far away. Next, he casually checked several other ledgers, but found that there were only records of grain purchases, but no records of selling, which means that Gaochang County was also hoarding grain on a large scale.

Wait, could it be that Tai Shouzheng is planning to fight against Lu Guang by force?

Damn, I'm looking for death! How many soldiers and horses does Gao Changcai have? It is far away from Liangzhou, no matter whether he lives or dies, it is estimated that Liang Xi will not send reinforcements. And Lu Guang has an army of 100,000 under his command, and he has just made a windfall from the Western Regions, and there is no shortage of people in the army who dare to fight, where can the little Gaochang resist?

No, we must find a way to dissuade Taishou Yang Han from giving up the idea of using force against Lu Guang, otherwise once a war starts, no one in Gaochang City will be spared, and if you don't get it, there will be a danger of slaughtering the city.

Thinking that it might affect his own safety, Wei Shuo couldn't sit still anymore, and he couldn't wait to immediately find Taishou to tell him the truth and ask him to give up the idea of armed confrontation.

However, he also knew that this matter should not be taken lightly, and it must be considered in the long run.