Chapter 22: The Big Deal
In the huge courtyard, in addition to the slight breathing of everyone holding their breath, there is the sound of flipping books one after another.
The hula of paper 'touches' everyone's hearts, moving with it for a moment!
"Third uncle, I'm worried about it, I thought this kid had any ability, it turned out to be pretending!"
Zhang Kaiquan breathed a sigh of relief and said disdainfully.
"Hmph, it's just the color of the silver-like wax spear head, and it's blind that heroes like Lao Wu Wang have such unscrupulous descendants!"
Zhang Shun snorted coldly in a low voice, his eyes suddenly stared at Jia Zhengjing who came over, his brows furrowed deeply, and he instinctively felt that this son was not simple.
"Brother, it's such a trivial matter, just come and do it for you!"
Jia Zhengjing's fat hand grabbed the account book with a big grin.
In his opinion, Wu Ming's speed of flipping books is about the same as eating books, how can he see any tricks, and it is almost the same as slapping a swollen face and becoming fat.
"Wait, what the hell are you, why do you want to meddle in the affairs of King Wu's mansion?"
Zhang Shun hurriedly came up to stop him, staring at Wu Mingdao coldly, "Little prince, do you have to break your word and get fat?"
"Ahem, Brother Jia, this little thing is not sure to be your master, and sit back with peace of mind, there will be big business to talk about in a while!"
Wu Ming pulled Jia Zhengjing, who was about to attack, and deliberately bit the 'big business' very hard.
Jia Zhengjing's fat face twitched, and he reluctantly walked to the side and sat down, saying in his heart Where did the big business come from?
Although the three kings gave a lot of gifts, which were indeed a lot for ordinary people, they were nothing in him, even if it was to complete the income quota stipulated by the family!
"A little fat man, a little monkey, what is the connection between these two melon babies?"
Mu Chun's white eyebrows trembled three times, his temples ached faintly, and he instinctively felt that there was something greasy in it.
is as shrewd as he is, and he can't figure it out, two things that can't be matched, after one night, they become 'good brothers'!
As one of the most powerful people in the Imperial City, as long as he wants to, no one's every move can be hidden from his eyes, and what happened in Yuehuazhai last night is naturally no exception.
"Little prince, I don't know what the problem is? The old man has worked hard for the palace for many years, and now he is suspected of making false accounts, God is pitiful!"
Zhang Shun breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked.
"Hehe, since Steward Zhang is so anxious to know, then I'll ask, Fu Bo, look at it, are there any differences between the monthly examples of these guards, servants, and house slaves?"
Wu Ming casually handed over the account book to Wu Fu.
Zhang Shun's old face changed, and he didn't stop it, after all, Wu Fu was the real old man of Wu Wangfu.
"Back to the little prince, the monthly service of the first-class guards has increased fivefold, the second-class guards have doubled, the third-class guards have increased by half, and the number of people has increased by five times, and the same is true for the monthly services of servants and domestic slaves. ”
Wu Fu's old face was ugly, and his eyes were spewing fire.
"Hehe, the little prince doesn't know, now the border town is in turmoil, too many families born and died in the border town are broken, and many soldiers have nowhere to go after being disabled, and they are all included in the house as guards, this is also the rule set by the old prince when he was alive, it can't be broken!"
The old god Zhang Shun was there, and he didn't mean to be afraid at all.
Zhang Kaiquan and the others were even more holding their arms, showing disdain!
"I see, what do I think, these people are all bearded and tailed?"
Wu Ming grinned and said to Mu Chun, "There is Father-in-law Lao Mu, let the brothers of the forbidden army surround the Wu Wangfu, I want to count the number of people, but anyone who is not on the register will be punished as thieves, I believe that the border town needs slaves very much!"
"Ahem, Steward Zhang, you have to think clearly, there are really any messy people in the palace, and if this forbidden army moves, it will inevitably kill and be injured!"
Mu Chun coughed dryly, glared at Wu Ming fiercely, and said slowly.
"This ...... They have made great contributions to the development of border towns, and it is reasonable for the palace to raise a few idlers!"
Zhang Shun's face changed, he smiled dryly, and gave Zhang Kaiquan a vague look.
A few clever servants in the back ran away.
"Hmph, it's a good word, it's not an empty salary, let me ask you, according to the palace guards, they can catch up with the elite of the elite, how do you explain?"
Wu Fu said sharply.
"Steward Wu, the growth of Yulu, that is also the sons of the sons and daughters who sacrificed their lives and forgot to die for the palace, and fought for them, they crippled their bodies, give more Yulu ......"
Zhang Shun still argues strongly.
It's nothing more than that people are working hard for you, and you give more money to help settle your family, which is justified.
If Wu Ming dares to say that it is none of his business whether these people live or die, they will definitely be sprayed to death by spitting stars, and they will eat you anyway.
"Fu Bo, a person who was really born and died for the palace, let alone being raised by the palace, even if the whole family is placed by the palace, it is only right!"
Wu Ming once joined the army and had special feelings for the people in the army, so he didn't pay much attention to this aspect.
Hearing this, Zhang Kaiquan and the others laughed.
"Steward Zhang, what I want to ask is, where are the white corn, dragon tooth rice, and Zhenyang rice that should be stored in the house? Don't tell me, they are all used to train the guards in the house, and don't use anything, the war in Wubian Town has been in turmoil for many years, and the harvest is not good.
This is clearly remembered, the number of annual storage, the number of sales, and the amount of income are all recorded by your own hands.
It's like this account, lent 12,000 catties of white corn to Hongwu Town, returned 12,000 catties, and consumed 6,000 catties of fire halfway.
And this one, well, and this one, Steward Zhang, you explain it to me!"
Wu Ming pinched another account book and casually pointed to the pages of accounts.
At first glance, the treasure resources are detailed in and out, and there is no fraud at all.
But if you think about it carefully, you will find that everything is in and out, and it is consumed on the so-called fire consumption.
Moreover, the proportion of this fire consumption is not ordinarily large.
Listening to Wu Ming point out one by one, implicating the four border towns, Wu Fu's old face became darker and darker, and his eyes almost wanted to breathe fire.
On the other hand, Wu Ming, the old god was there, and he didn't seem to care at all, these should be the urgency of what he inherited.
"There is also this, a certain guard in the house borrowed a number of treasures such as silver taels, spiritual rice, and medicinal materials, and repaid them for the task.
I didn't know that these guards in the mansion, with such a high salary, had to go out to do tasks to support themselves.
What's even more ridiculous is that it is still used to pay off the debts of the palace, well, these tasks are actually about the defense of border towns.
Hehe, is this considered that the fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders?"
Looking at Zhang Shun, whose body was shaking more and more, Wu Ming looked mocking and threw the account book in front of him.
"Hahaha, amazing, amazing, brother, I didn't expect you to be so good at arithmetic, in such a short period of time, you can see the problem, in my opinion, this is not fat and water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, this is to fill your own pockets, prison guards and steal, all wolves and rats steal!"
Jia Zhengjing stepped forward with a laugh and teased.
"These, these are for the care of those who were born into the ...... for the royal house"
Zhang Shunzhan said tremblingly.
"Come on, who are those people, you know me, God knows the earth, everyone knows, don't hide your ears and steal the bell!
There is also this loss-making business, and most of the shops traded are your Zhang family's stores, right?
I don't want to pursue the past matters, and I won't pursue those people who you sent someone to inform you to leave just now.
But from now on, you are no longer from the palace, oh no, you have never been from the palace of Wu, and you will never be allowed to enter the palace!"
Wu Ming waved his hand and gave the order to evict the guests.
It turned out that he deliberately used the roster of people in the palace to cover people's eyes and ears and support Zhang Shun's henchmen before he really started.
"Little prince is gracious, we are all dragging our families, how can we live without the palace!"
"That's it, the old prince has been kind and righteous all his life, and he will never look at us alone, you can't let the old prince die without turning a blind eye!"
"Little Prince~"
Under Zhang Shun's secret signal, many domestic servants made a noise, crying and grabbing the ground, and even the old prince and others were piggybacked.
"Gonggong Mu, the law of the Great Song Dynasty, what is the crime of bullying the master with slaves and guarding those who steal from themselves?"
Wu Ming turned around and asked.
"This is simple, and it is handed over to the officials for inquiry, there must be no one who is a border plug in the army, and the whole family is a slave, as for the original slave, the master can dispose of it at will!"
Mu Chun said lightly.
"That's good, I changed my mind, but no one is allowed to leave who is named on the register, and all those who receive more, false leaders, and impostors will be sent to the ministry!"
Wu Ming sneered.
"You~~ You are so poisonous, so many people have families and businesses, do you want to beat them all out of slavery and not turn over?"
Zhang Shun was resentful and wanted to eat Wu Ming alive.
Most of these people are members of the Zhang family!
What made him even more desperate was that the account book was written by his own hand, one by one, in black and white, it was good that it was the palace guards, but the name was added to the slave status, and the end would be too miserable!
"Poisonous, I'm not as poisonous as you!"
Wu Ming chuckled, and casually threw an account book to Jia Zhengjingdao, "Jia Fatty, if you can calculate the loss in these fake accounts within one day and recover them, I will pay you thirty percent, if you don't want to be paid, I will talk to you about a big deal!"
"Big business, brother, don't fool your brother! brother, I can't be scared of my heart!"
From beginning to end, after seeing Wu Ming's methods, Jia Zhengjing no longer dared to underestimate this young man who was a few years younger than himself and looked weak.
"Wu Ming, if you dare to expel so many brothers who serve the palace, the four masters will not agree!"
Zhang Shun's old face was purple, and he took out the last hole card in anger.
"No promise, joke!"
Wu Ming smiled loudly and said to Mu Chun, "Dare to ask Father-in-law Mu, am I, Wu Ming, the only orthodox heir of Wu Wangfu, do I have the right to dispose of the family's property?"
"This~ yes, of course the little prince is the only heir of Wu Wangfu!It's just~"
Mu Chun hesitated, looked at Wu Ming, who was standing straight, and then looked at Jia Zhengjing, who was staring at him with blazing eyes, so he had to answer hard.
At this time, he had already cursed in his heart, and he should have left quickly!
"Zhang Shun, you said before, find out the problem, let me deal with it, I won't deal with you, go back and hand over a message to Wu Zhongyi, let him move the place quickly, Zhongwu Town is about to change his surname, don't be an eyesore there!
Wu Ming didn't wait for him to finish, and said with a light smile.
"What do you mean? You, you, you're so poisonous, wow!"
Zhang Shun was stunned for a moment, his old face stiffened suddenly, looking at Wu Ming and Jia Zhengjing, thinking of the 'big business' he had said before, he suddenly felt creepy, vomiting blood and fainting!