The entire lobby was so quiet that it was audible to hear a pin, and everyone's gaze at Ji Yanning became complicated, where is this fledgling little girl, she is simply an aunt with strong wrists!

She remembered the shops and duties of the shopkeepers here, and the old accounts knew better than them.

It's all about business, how can there be no greasy in your hands, it's just for more or less sake, if you check it carefully, no one can make it really innocent.

Ji Yanning didn't seem to see everyone's gradually pale faces, but turned his head to look at Steward Wu: "Steward Wu, in the laws of Great Wei, what kind of punishment is it for privately occupying the property of the master's family?"

Wu Geng stepped forward and bowed to Ji Yanning: "Back to the eldest lady, according to the law of Dawei, ten rods under ten taels can be punished with ten sticks, between ten taels and one hundred taels can be punished with fifty rods, and between one hundred taels and one thousand taels can be imprisoned for one to three years. ”

Ji Yanning's fingers tapped lightly on the table, and after listening to Steward Wu's words, she looked at the account books on the table and said, "Wei Furen, you said that after these accounts are calculated, is the money you embezzled enough for a thousand taels?

Wei Furen's face turned pale, and he knew very well that the silver taels he took from Baochang Ji were only one thousand taels!

Over the years, the people of the Ji family have looked at the face of his cousin is second lady, and they have turned a blind eye to what he has done, so he never thought that there would be such a day.

After Ji Tingsheng and his wife died, he thought that as long as he helped his cousin Wei Shi to become the owner of this Bao Chang Kee, he would be able to have more benefits in the future, so he listened to Wei Shi's words to squeeze out the eldest lady.

But he forgot that the eldest lady is the owner of this Baochang Ji, and only she drives others, but there is no reason why others can drive her away.

He wanted to beg for mercy and say that he was wrong, but now he was held up by several guards, his mouth was gagged, and he couldn't speak at all.

Ji Yanning said to Steward Wu: "Steward Wu, you have worked hard for one thing, thoroughly investigate the false accounts that Wei Furen has done in the past two years, calculate how much money he has been greedy for our Baochang Ji, and hand it over to the government, after the Wei family spit out the greedy money, all of it will be donated to the government, and we Baochang Ji will do good things to the people of Jiangzhou." ”

Steward Wu replied, "Yes." ”

Ji Yanning raised his hand and waved, asking the guards to escort Wei Furen down.

Deathly silence returned to the room.

I have to say that the eldest lady's move is really ruthless, go directly to the official road, put these things on the bright side, Baochang Ji can still leave a good reputation, and the government will definitely pay close attention to this piece of fat for those silver taels, maybe the entire Wei family can be emptied by them.

"That's right. Ji Yanning opened his mouth and said, "Steward Wu said that five shopkeepers have submitted their resignations in the past few days, and I want to know the reason." The shopkeeper Zhou of Pi'an County, the shopkeeper of Sai of Dongjie, the forest manager of Yuzhou, the Wu manager of Chaozhou, and the Zhang manager in charge of waterways, are they all there?"

Her sudden opening of her mouth made many people's hearts jump.

The five people whose names were called stood up a little sneeringly and saluted towards Ji Yanning: "Miss." ”

Ji Yanning looked at them, with a smile in the corner of his eyes, and asked unhurriedly: "There is always a reason for resignation, I don't know where Baochang has done badly, so that you stewards want to leave?"

A few people looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

One of them, an old man who was about fifty or sixty years old, stood up: "Miss, the old slave resigned, not because Baochang remembered anything bad, but because the old slave was old and really weak. ”

When Ji Yanning saw him in such an unhurried appearance, he guessed that he was the forest manager in charge of Yuzhou.

Her gaze softened, and she said: "Steward Lin has been working in Baochangji for nearly ten years, and it can be said that he has watched Baochangji grow step by step. ”

Listening to the words of the eldest lady, Steward Lin also felt some emotion in his heart, he had indeed been working in Baochang Ji for a long time, and he also had some feelings, but the old club died suddenly, and he felt that he should leave.

Ji Yanning learned from the information given by Steward Wu that the son of the Lin steward died unexpectedly a few years ago, leaving only one grandson, and now he is almost in the age of the weak crown, and he is also working in Baochang Ji, but his son is just a small warehouse manager and works reliably.

She said, "I remember that you have a grandson who also works in Po Cheong Kee, right?"

Steward Lin was slightly stunned, not knowing what she meant, but nodded: "Yes, grandson Lin Shaoyang is also doing things in Baochang Ji." ”

Ji Yanning said: "It's better to stay with Steward Lin for another year." In this year, you take Lin Shaoyang to familiarize yourself with the affairs at hand now, and after a year, if he can pass my review, I can let him directly take over your current position as manager, but if he can't pass, go back and continue to be a warehouse manager, how about it?"

Not only Steward Lin, but everyone else was surprised, they didn't expect the eldest lady to make such a promise.

"Thank you for your trust!" Steward Lin was a little excited, and gave Ji Yanning a big salute.

Ji Yanning just said: "Whether you can let him stay or not depends on your strength, my requirements are very strict." ”

Steward Lin said: "The eldest lady can give this opportunity is her trust in the old slave, and the old slave will definitely not live up to your trust." ”

"Good. Ji Yanning said, "Then I'll wait." ”

Steward Lin is old, and now he is most worried about his grandson, originally wanted to let him start from the warehouse management and slowly experience, after all, he is old, and he can't always protect him in Baochang Ji, but he didn't expect the eldest lady to give them such an opportunity, how could he not be grateful?

Steward Lin sat back in his place, and Ji Yanning moved his gaze to the remaining four people: "What about you?"

The four people looked at each other, although the eldest lady had a gentle attitude towards Steward Lin, they hadn't forgotten how she treated Wei Furen just now.

Shopkeeper Zhou stepped forward and said: "Now there are too many affairs in Baochang Ji, and I am often very busy, I think the current treatment is ......."

In the middle of his speech, his voice weakened and stopped at the right time.

"Shopkeeper Zhou of the shop in Pi'an County?" Ji Yanning flipped through the other accounts and looked at them carefully.

Shopkeeper Zhou's head was covered with fine sweat, although he was not as rampant as Wei Furen, but he was not really clean.

Ji Yanning raised his eyelids, looked at him, and said indifferently: "How much salary should the shopkeeper think he should raise for the profit he has made?"