Chapter 7: Face to face
Li Ling was very happy to be able to find out the problems in the accounts in a very short time, this is undoubtedly the handle of Zhou Tong, from now on he will no longer dare to be presumptuous in front of him, it is not easy to get back the management of the shop?
Zhou didn't know that he had made a breakthrough in the matter of auditing the accounts, seeing that there was no movement in the Yanyu Building, and Li Ling ignored the rumors in the mansion, all of which gave Zhou enough confidence.
Li Xiucai is already exhausted in donkey skills, and he can't help his younger brother at all, let alone fight with her.
When the Zhou family was pretentious, Li Ling took a few sorted account books to the county's cell.
With the last experience, the cell boss naturally understood the identity of the other party, Li Xiucai was in a good mood, although the cell boss did not dare to ask/bribe, he should still stuff the official who led the way to scatter the silver.
The official carefully took the silver, looked around with a thief's brain, and only picked up the silver after making sure that no one was paying attention to him, and looked at Li Ling with gratitude, usually all the extra money was taken by the boss, and it was rare to have a chance to make a fortune today.
The room where Zhou Tong lived was cleaner than the last time, and even a table of eight immortals in the middle of the cell was full of sumptuous meals, and he himself was holding a chicken leg to feast, not paying any attention to the servants who came in.
After the torture of Zhou Tong, but did not receive the intended effect, and the guys of the Li family's shop were secretive about what the shopkeeper did, Ma Xiancheng had the intention of retreating and had the heart of reconciling with Zhou Tong.
The cell boss received the order from his boss and became more attentive.
Zhou Tong was originally a delicate person, and when he saw this situation, he immediately realized that the opportunity had come. He asked someone to bring a message to Zhou's mother and son, and asked Li Ming to bring a large amount of cash when he came to visit the prison, and then used this silver to buy off the servants in the cell, so that he could live a big life here every day.
The messenger took Li Ling to the place, opened the door and let him in without saying a word, and nodded to Zhou Tong before slowly walking out.
Only then did Li Ling know that it was not his identity as a showman who was playing a role, and the servants took the benefits of Zhou Da's shopkeeper, and no matter who came to visit, they would not stop it.
"What are you doing here again? Could it be that something is going on in the shop? ”。 After Zhou Tong sent the errand away, he glanced at Li Ling casually and then buried his head in the fight with the chicken legs.
He didn't take the eldest young master of the Li family to heart, he now controlled most of the Li family's business, even if his eldest young master was famous, he had to let himself.
"Yes, it's a problem with the accounts, you better see for yourself!" Li Ling was not angry because of Zhou Tong's anger, and respectfully handed over a booklet in his hand.
Zhou Tong watched Li Ling treat himself with such a low profile, he was relieved, and there was contempt in his heart, the little guy was too tender after all, and he thought of asking for advice without finding any problems in the account book, this show has read so many books in vain, does he really believe that he will be self-defeating?
Li Ling is still his own young owner, Zhou Tongmian took the account book with embarrassment, and read it absentmindedly, he couldn't move his eyes after just one glance. A large Han bead appeared on his forehead.
On the sixth day of the first month of March, the shopkeeper Li of Rouge Fang borrowed 3,000 taels of silver.
On March 13, the shopkeeper Li returned 300 taels of silver, March 19, 220 taels, and 500 taels on the sixth day of April.
On March 13, he hired people to go to the salt factory to deliver goods, and paid 15 taels of freight the next day, 15 taels half a month later, and 15 taels 25 days later.
The more Zhou Tong looked at it, the more frightened he became, not only did the account book count clearly, but also analyzed his method of concealing the truth of the matter.
Seeing that every time I colluded with the guys in the salt factory, I received more salt from my own salt factory, and finally boldly took the salt in the shop as my own and wanted to sell it at a high price, my eyes were dark, and the account book fell to the ground. "Why, why is this happening, doesn't it mean that there are not many people in the world who can see clearly?".
Zhou Tong couldn't stop muttering, he originally thought that his trick was seamless, with such a large workload, who could check it one by one? Even if you check it, from the overall situation, your income and expenditure are balanced. How could the government check them one by one.
This is also to blame for his bad luck, he met Master Li, a traverser, the accounts of his previous life were all managed by computers, what kind of complex accounts have he not seen? He naturally knew how to deal with such accounts.
Coupled with Linglong's attitude of wanting to repay her kindness, she pounced on these accounts day and night, how could there be loopholes that could not be found?
It's just that time is pressing, and there are only a few accounts that Linglong has sorted out, which is enough, and they didn't want to sort out all the accounts, they just want to knock the mountain and shock the tiger.
"The eldest young master spares his life! For the sake of me being in the Li family for so many years, you can just let me go! ”。 Zhou Tong suddenly understood, now that these account books are in the hands of the eldest young master, he is the only one who knows the dirt inside, as long as he doesn't report it to the government, he doesn't have a chance.
"I want to let you go, but the profits in the shop have made you greedy/dirty in the past few years, and our Li family is not having a good time!" Li Ling sighed loudly, looking sorry, why didn't the landlord's family have any surplus grain? It's all these minions!
"I still want to pay it back, I will pay it all back, the eldest young master only lets me go, I will make up all the shortfalls, do things well in the future, and promise not to do crooked things again?" Zhou Tong crawled on the ground and begged loudly, hoping that Li Ling could let him go!
Do you want to have a future? Young Master Li picked up the account book on the ground and wanted to leave, the matter was already under his control, and it was better for the government to decide!
According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, selling illicit salt, buying and selling salt in private is to kill the head, Zhou Tong saw that the eldest young master ignored him, he lost the last chance to suppress the matter, his eyes were black, and he fainted happily.
"Leave me the books in his hand!"
When Li Ling was in a dilemma, he heard a loud voice, and then the cell door was opened with a "clang", and three or four tall servants rushed in, and without saying anything, they snatched the account book in his hand.
A middle-aged man with a big belly then walked in, with a seven-grade black yarn on his head, and he didn't need to ask if he was the old man of the county.
"Lord Prefectural is well, and the students are polite!". During the county exam, Li Ling had seen the county order surnamed Wang, but the other party, as the chief examiner at the time, did not necessarily know him.
"You're very good, it's quite rare to be able to put such a complicated account in order! Don't worry, this county will definitely give you justice and return everything your Li family deserves! ”。 Wang Xianling said seriously.
The county order and the county Cheng are the first and second leaders in the county government, from the official position Wang County Ling is dominant, but Ma County Cheng is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he is a local native official, and the county landlords and squires have a deep connection, and there are acquaintances in the government, relying on these relationships, he used to always like to show his strength in front of the county lord.
One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. The two adults usually fight each other, and this time Ma Xiancheng's rash attack undoubtedly gave the county commander a chance to bring down the other party, how could he not pay attention to it?
Only then did Li Ling know that the county magistrate had been paying attention to the situation in the cell, no wonder the official was so cautious.
The county order may have thought of finding a way to defeat Ma Xiancheng from Zhou Tong's body at first, but when Li Ling showed Zhou Tong the sorted account book, he had already changed his mind, and Zhou Tong's horror made him make up his mind.
All the trivial chores in the county are in charge of Ma Xiancheng, and all kinds of expenses are also handled by him, and the county order has always suspected that he is doing things that use power for personal gain and profit from it, but it is a pity that every time Master Qiangu checks the accounts, it is in vain, and he has to give up the idea of doubting Ma Xiancheng.
Li Ling's appearance made him hope again, even if he got the evidence of Ma Xiancheng's guilt on Zhou Tong's body this time, the other party was just negligent, if he could find a breakthrough in the accounts of the county government, it would be a crime of corruption/corruption.
The Ming Dynasty began to hate corrupt officials from Emperor Taizu, and the same is true of today's saints.
What's more, if he can recover the corrupt/dirty property in Ma County, his hands will be much more relaxed.
"Can you tell me how you see through the holes in these accounts?" Wang Xianling asked Li Ling confidently, it was his blessing to be able to help him, and the Ming Dynasty did not have a saying about protecting intellectual property rights.
Li Ling smiled helplessly, can he say no? People are under the eaves, how can they not bow their heads, in the face of the county lord's inquiry, he can only tell the truth about the methods he has used.
After all, the county magistrate was born as a jinshi, and he was extremely smart, and he understood the mystery by being a little bit.
Compared with Li Ling, he has a unique advantage, that is, he is not afraid of troublesome things, and it is a big deal to invite two more masters, but Li Daxiucai's method is in the hands of Lord Zhengzhong County.
Wang Xianling is also a master who keeps his promises, and after getting what he wants, he quickly fulfilled his promise, copied Zhou's family, and awarded all the property to the Li family.
When the money arrived at the Li family, everyone knew what a large sum it was.
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